The Socialist Labour Party was a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1903 as a splinter from the Social Democratic Federation by James Connolly, Neil Maclean and SDF
The British SLP adopted the familiar "arm and hammer" of its American namesake as its official logo.
Radical Irish labour leader James Connolly was an important figure in the formation of the British SLP.
The SLP was inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution and lost a group of its members to the new Communist Party of Great Britain in 1920.
John Smith Clarke was a British author, newspaper editor, poet, socialist politician, and lion tamer.
John S. Clarke, c. 1918
A blue plaque commemorating John S. Clarke is located on Albert Street, Jarrow.
Cover of Clarke's 1927 book published by the press of the National Council of Labour Colleges.