Sabian society the author
The Fabian Society exists to further socialist education and research. It is affiliated to the Labour Party, both nationally and locally, and embraces all shades of Socialist opinion within its ranks-left, right and centre.
Since 1884 the Fabian Society has enrol- led thoughtful socialists who are pre- pared to discuss the essential questions of democratic socialism and relate them to practical plans for building socialism in a changing world.
Beyond this the Society has no collective policy. It puts forward no resolutions of a political character, but it is not an organisation of armchair socialists. Its members are active in their Labour Par- ties, Trade Unions and Co-operatives. They are representative of the labour movement, practical people concerned to study and discuss problems that matter.
The Society is organised nationally and locally. The national Society, directed by an elected Executive Committee, pub. lishes pamphlets, and holds schools and conferences of many kinds. Local Socie ties-there are one hundred of them— are self governing and are lively centres of discussion and also undertake re- search.
Enquiries about membership should be sent to the General Secretary, Fabian Society, 11 Dartmouth Street, London, SWIH 9BN; telephone 01-930 3077.
Joe England is a former Deputy Direc- tor of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies at the University of Hong Kong, and the author, with John Rear, of Chinese Labour Under British Rule: A Critical Study of Labour Relations and Law in Hong Kong, OUP, 1975. He has been editor of a weekly newspaper and a WEA lecturer. He now researches and writes and is currently working at War- wick University on a study of trade union organisation in Britain. In 1974 he was Labour Parliamentary candidate for Warwick and Leamington.
The author wishes to thank Millie Car- roll, Peter Jackson, Austen Morgan, Maurice Tracy and Dave Tredrea for helpful comments and information.
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