The Fabian Society is a socialist organization that Sidney Webb joined in 1885 after encouragement from George Bernard Shaw. Shaw believed Sidney Webb’s extensive factual knowledge would provide a strong foundation for the society’s advocacy of socialism. Webb wrote Facts for Socialists in 1887, a work that expressed the Fabian belief that understanding the facts of industrial society was the first step toward reforming it. He became an executive member of the society and contributed to Fabian Essays in Socialism (1889), which helped bring the organization public recognition. Beatrice Webb was also closely associated with the society, sharing its socialist beliefs, and together the Webbs became leading figures in Fabian socialism, which had a major influence on British political thought and institutions.
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