Name/TitleBadge: Defend Clause IV
About this objectSmall round pin badge with rusting white background and the words 'CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIALISM ~ Defend Clause IV' in black lettering.
MakerCampaign for Socialism
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, metal
Subject and Association KeywordsLabour Party
Subject and Association KeywordsSocialism
Subject and Association Descriptionhttp://www.campaignforsocialism.org.uk:
Organising for socialist ideas and policies within the labour movement in Scotland
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/3792/20-02-2008/1918-2008-clause-4-and-nine-decades-of-workers-struggles:
CLAUSE IV, part 4, the ‘socialist’ clause of the Labour Party’s constitution enshrining public ownership of industry and finance, was adopted at a party conference in 1918. Under Tony Blair’s leadership it was jettisoned to make way for the New Labour party in 1995. Socialist Party member Tony Mulhearn, a former councillor and chairman of the Liverpool District Labour Party in the 1980s, explains its significance:
“To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry of service.” Clause IV, part 4.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2013-51-15
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved