The '''United Socialist Movement''' was a Libertarian_communist political organisation based in Glasgow. It published a journal, ''The Word''. The group's roots lay in the Anti-Parliamentary_Communist_Federation. Guy_Aldred, a leading figure in the group, came to believe that Parliamentarianism was essentially dead, and so there was no longer a need for an anti-Parliamentary Propaganda_group. In February 1933, he left, with supporters including Ethel_MacDonald. In 1934, they linked up with some members of the Independent_Labour_Party to form the United Socialist Movement. Aldred used the support of the group to stand for Parliament on an Abstentionist platform, and also to stand for Glasgow_City_Council. The group opposed World_War_II, while trying to build a broad-based opposition. The group was wound up in 1965, a couple of years after Aldred's death. ==References== *''The British Communist Left 1914-45'', Mark Hayes (International_Communist_Current) *''Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations'', Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley Category:Defunct_political_parties_in_Scotland Category:Politics_of_Glasgow