Socialist League
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | William Morris | WM
published the first volume of his successful poem The Earthly Paradise (said to be the longest in the English language) in 1868; two other volumes followed in 1870. He delivered hundreds of lectures on... |
| politics | William Morris | In early 1883 WM
became a member of the Social Democratic Federation
. After disagreements with its leader, H. M. Hyndman
, Morris and others formed the Socialist League
in late 1884. He left this... |
Timeline
22 March 1857
The death by arsenic poisoning of her lover, shipping clerk Emile L'Angelier
, led to the prominent trial for murder of Madeleine Smith
, daughter of an affluent Glasgow architect.
1883
William Morris
published with Reeves
of London the first of his Chants for Socialists: No 1. The Day is Coming.
December 1884
Eleanor Marx
, William Morris
, and Edward Aveling
were among those who formed the Socialist League
after abandoning the Social Democratic Federation
in protest over H. M. Hyndman
's leadership.
February 1885
March 1885
The first issue of the first British anarchist journal was edited by Henry Seymour
and published by The International Publishing Company
in London under the title Anarchist: A Revolutionary Review.