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Entryism in the British Labour Party, 1920- 1992

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This work aims at studying entryism in the context of the revolutionary socialist left in Britain, from the inception of the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1920 to the departure of Militant, the largest entryist organisation of the Kingdom, from the Labour Party in 1992.Entryism, which is often at the heart of political myths, is a tactic of penetration of a political party by another, aiming at accomplishing objectives, the nature of which can change depending on the type of entry. The intention of this study is to show to what extent there is not one type of entryism but several ones.The adopted methodology is chronological. The first part is dedicated to the relationship between the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Labour party up until the middle of the 20th century. The next two parts are dedicated to British trotskyists before and after WWII.This work focuses on the theory of entryism in 17 organisations. By analysing their objectives, their practices, and their results, we intend to formulate an exhaustive typology of the tactic which should fill a definitional gap in political science.