- Justice (newspaper)
"Justice" was the weekly newspaper of the
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in theUnited Kingdom .The SDF had been known until January 1884 as the "Democratic Federation". With the change of name, the organisation launched the paper. [http://www.marxists.org/archive/bax/1923/02/earlydays.htm] Many issues appeared with the
by-line "Organ of theSocial Democracy ". [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jjustice.htm]The paper was initially edited by
H. M. Hyndman , and later byHenry Hyde Champion ,Ernest Belfort Bax , thenHarry Quelch for many years, and finallyHenry W. Lee . It attempted to present scientific ideas in a serious fashion, featuring work byPeter Kropotkin ,Edward Aveling andAlfred Russel Wallace . [http://www.shpltd.co.uk/mclaughlin-knowledge.pdf]When the SDF formed the
British Socialist Party , it became the official journal of that organisation, but in 1916, the group around "Justice" split away to form the National Socialist Party. The paper then became the organ of that party, which soon joined the Labour Party and renamed itself as the "Social Democratic Federation" again. In 1925, "Justice" was renamed the "Social Democrat" and became a monthly publication, which lasted until 1933.
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