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Fabian Socialist Society


United Kingdom, Political Org    (1884 to present)
• Socialist utopians. Advocates of gradualism rather than revolution. Influential in media, academics, politics. (See: Fabian Society profile)
• Article on the history of the Fabian Society (See: Spartacus article)
• Collection of Fabian Society publications from the London School of Economics (See: LSE library)
• History of the Fabian Society, list of officers (See: Fabian History)
• 1889 : Published "Fabian Essays", edited by G.B.Shaw -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1961 : "The Story of Fabian Socialism", by member Margaret Cole (See: Text online) -- Duck | Google | Bing
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CohenIMember
 
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WebbBPMember
 
BesantAMember
 
HobsonJAMember
 
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PeaseERFounder
 
ShawGBMember
 
WallasGMember
 
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Life ofFabianSoc
 
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Healey, Denis W.   (Member of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1954 : Member, Executive Committee (1954-61)
Martin, Kingsley   (Member of, 1920 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1952 : Published "Socialism and the Welfare State" (Fabian tract #291)
Laski, Harold J.   (Member of, 1920 to 1950) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1922 : Published "The State In The New Social Order" (Fabian tract #200) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1925 : Published "Socialism and Freedom" (Fabian tract #216)
Orwell, George   (Associate of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Orwell was introduced to the Fabian Society by his French teacher and lifelong friend Aldous Huxley. However, he later became disenchanted with the Fabian Society and it is now thought his book 1984 (a title chosen to mark the 100th anniversary of the Fabians) was really a satirical polemic describing the kind of world he believed the Fabians would achieve. The Fabian Society acquired and sealed the archives of Orwell when his second wife Sonia died some years ago. According to representatives of the publishing company Harper Collins, the Fabians will be in control of the "1984" copyright and name through the year 2025, and they have done their best to block unauthorized investigative research about Orwell's anti-socialist works. Even rights to Orwell's estate fell under control of the Fabian Society. [Camelot]
Woolf, Leonard S.   (Member of, 1916 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1916 : Published "International Government" -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1921 : Published "Socialism and Co-operation" -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1944 : Published "The International Post-War Settlement" (Fabian research pamphlet #85)
Lippmann, Walter   (Member of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Keynes, John Maynard   (Member of, 1910 to 1946) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Cohen, Israel   (Member of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Russell, Bertrand A. W.   (Member of, 1895 to 1970-02-02) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• (See: Spartacus profile)
Webb, Beatrice P.   (Member of, 1892 to 1943-04-30) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Besant, Annie   (Member of, 1888 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1889 : Contributor to "Fabian Essays". (See: Spartacus profile) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Hobson, John A.   (Member of, 1887 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• (See: Spartacus bio)
• 1898 : Published "John Ruskin, Social Reformer"
• 1902 : Published "Imperialism: A Study" -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1914 : Published "Towards International Government" -- Duck | Google | Bing
MacDonald, James Ramsay   (Member of, 1886 to 1937-11-05) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Webb, Sidney J.   (Member of, 1885 to 1947-10-13) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1889 : Published "The Historic Basis of Socialism" (See: Excerpt online) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Pease, Edward R.   (Founder of, 1884 to 1955) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Co-founder
• 1890 : Secretary of the Society (1890-1913)
• 1914 : Honorary Secretary (1914-38)
Shaw, George Bernard   (Member of, 1884 to 1950-11-02) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1910 : Shaw designs a stained glass window illustrating the goal of the society to "remould" the world (See: LSE photo and article)
Wallas, Graham   (Member of, 1884 to 1932) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• (See: Spartacus profile)
New Statesman   (Affiliate of, 1912 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
U.K. Labour Party   (Founder of, 1900 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Members of Fabian Society and other British socialists met to form the Labour Party.
London School of Economics (LSE)   (Founder of, 1895 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Fabian Society received a grant from the estate of Henry Hutchinson which was used to found the school.