| NGO | Campaign for Democratic Socialism (CDS) |
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| Address | [There are no contact details for this organisation as it no longer exists. If you have any information about this or any other organisation on our database, please contact us at dango@contacts.bham.ac.uk] |
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| Background Information | The Campaign for Democratic Socialism (CDS) was a social democratic pressure group within the Labour party, led by future-SDP founder Bill Rodgers, and loyal to Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell. It was formed in the wake of Gaitskell's failed attempt to revise Clause 4 of the Labour party's constitution, which committed it to a wide-ranging programme of nationalisation, and at a time when support for unilateral nuclear disarmament was in the ascendant. Through superior organisation, CDS managed to reverse the unilateralist stance of the party's 1960 annual conference the following year, but its cause was dealt a huge blow by the death of Gaitskell in 1963, and the subsequent election of Harold Wilson. CDS voluntarily wound-up following Labour's narrow victory in the 1964 general election. Source: Haseler The Gaitskellites 1969 |
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| Year Created | 1960 |
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| Year Ended | 1964 |
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| Related Organisations | Labour party |
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| Keywords | Politics and political ideologies. |
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| Last Edited By | RC at 16/10/2007 10:44:44 |
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