BRITISH SOCIALIST PARTY STATES ITS PRINCIPLES.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 44, 12 January 1912, Page 4

BRITISH SOCIALIST PARTY STATES ITS PRINCIPLES.

The first meeting of the provisional .-.nnniitUxj of the British Social ,>fc I'arty appointed by the Socialist U'neiJy • Conferuieo at- Manchester wsm held in London. Hyndmati presided, and all th:> members of the committoo w< re prewnt. The foHi.wing were adopted to be su'tmittecl i\s the object, immediate action, and methods of tho British Socialist Party. Object: The object of the British Socialist Party is the establishment of tiio 00-operative commonwealth—that is to say, tho transformation of capitalist competitive society into a Socialist or communist' society. - immediate Action: The British Socialist Party supports all measures th.it tend to protect the life and health of the workers, and to strengthen thorn in their struggle against the capitalist class. ' ' Methods: The education of the peoplo in the principles of Socialism..-..... The closest possible co-operation with industrial organisations tending toward the Socialisation of the means of production, and the advocacy of the industrial unity r»f the workers as essential for effective organisation to that end.' The establishment of a Socialist party „ in Parliament and on local bodies co upletely independent of all parties which support the capitalist system. A set of rules was also drawn up, and will be submitted with the paragraphs mentioned above to the bodies represented at the-Socialist.Unity Conference as soon as possible. The bodies ■ and branches, tv which the darft consti-. - tution will be sent are asked to return their votes on the draft constitution ' not later than a fortnight after the draft has been sent out. The first conference of the British Socialist Party will be convened at as early a date as possible after the provisional constitution has been accepted.