The Young Fabians is the under age 31 section of the Fabian Society, a socialist society in the United Kingdom that is affiliated with the Labour Party (UK). The Young Fabians operate as a membership-driven think tank that organises policy debates, research projects, publications, conferences, and international delegations. The organisation holds no collective position on policy.
Tony Blair at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 29 January 2009
Former Young Fabian Chairs James Hallwood and Martin Edobor at Fabian Society Summer Conference 2015
Jack Straw
Colin Crouch, sociologist and political scientist.
The Fabian Society is a British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy and democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow. The Fabian Society was also historically related to radicalism, a left-wing liberal tradition.
Blue plaque at 17 Osnaburgh St, where the Society was founded in 1884
The Fabian Society was named after "Fabius the Delayer" at the suggestion of Frank Podmore (above).