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Socialist International

Morgan Phillips

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In this posthumous and previously unpublished account Morgan Phillips, the Secretary of the British Labour Party from 1944 to 1962, describes the birth of the Socialist International. As the Nazi forces retreated in the closing months of the Second World War, democratic socialists from all over Europe gathered in London to plan for a future of peace, prosperity and freedom.
Hopes for a pan-European movement soon vanished as the Soviet Union eliminated the social democratic parties in the countries under its control. Morgan Phillips recounts his visits to many of these groups before the Iron Curtain fell. It became all the more urgent for the left-wing parties of free Europe to come together and in 1951 the Socialist International was founded with Morgan Phillips as its first Chairman.
This book details the birth of the organisation and explains its original purposes. In his dual role as Chairman of the Socialist International and Secretary of the British Labour Party Morgan Phillips travelled widely, meeting amongst others Khrushchev, Chou-en-lai and Tito. With his deep conviction that there was more than one road to socialism Morgan urged the rulers in the Communist bloc to respect the rights of democratic socialists in their countries. He also campaigned for the release of political prisoners like Anna Kethly of Hungary.

Language: English

Pages: 106

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: October 20, 2014

Socialist International

Morgan Phillips

0/5 ( ratings)

In this posthumous and previously unpublished account Morgan Phillips, the Secretary of the British Labour Party from 1944 to 1962, describes the birth of the Socialist International. As the Nazi forces retreated in the closing months of the Second World War, democratic socialists from all over Europe gathered in London to plan for a future of peace, prosperity and freedom.
Hopes for a pan-European movement soon vanished as the Soviet Union eliminated the social democratic parties in the countries under its control. Morgan Phillips recounts his visits to many of these groups before the Iron Curtain fell. It became all the more urgent for the left-wing parties of free Europe to come together and in 1951 the Socialist International was founded with Morgan Phillips as its first Chairman.
This book details the birth of the organisation and explains its original purposes. In his dual role as Chairman of the Socialist International and Secretary of the British Labour Party Morgan Phillips travelled widely, meeting amongst others Khrushchev, Chou-en-lai and Tito. With his deep conviction that there was more than one road to socialism Morgan urged the rulers in the Communist bloc to respect the rights of democratic socialists in their countries. He also campaigned for the release of political prisoners like Anna Kethly of Hungary.

Language: English

Pages: 106

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: October 20, 2014

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