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How the British Labour Party was formed By Rigobert Mfula October, 2007 In February 1900 129 delegates met in a hall in Farringdon Street, London. Theyrepresented 65 trade unions, and three socialist organisations - the Independent LabourParty, the Social Democratic Federation and the Fabian Society. As they made their waythrough the crowded streets they were not noticed by City workers. They had come to foundthe Labour Party. Fifty years on the Labour Party published a golden jubilee pamphlet entitled"Marching on". It reaffirmed the principles upon which the movement had beenfounded. It read;-"We reaffirm our belief that the earth's resources should beemployed in the service of the community and that this can be assured only if it is thecommunity which commands their employment. Only in this way can we avert the pitilessparadox of unused resources and unsatisfied needs; of unemployed millions living in needof the very things they themselves could produce; the unemployed coalminer in...

