England for All

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England for All was a significant socialist book published in England in 1881 by Henry Mayers Hyndman. It was the first socialist publication in England since the decline of Robert Owen's reform movement in the 1830s. The book expounded the theories of Karl Marx, though Marx felt Hyndman did not adequately acknowledge his intellectual debt. Hyndman was an influential early British Marxist who helped found the Democratic Federation, later renamed the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). Despite his influence, his personality often antagonized others, lessening his political effectiveness.1

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Henry Mayers Hyndman
…conference (June 1881) he wrote England for All, the first socialist book published in England since the decline of Robert Owen’s reform movement in the 1830s. In this work he expounded the theories of Marx, who was offended, however, because in his view Hyndman did not make the necessary acknowledgment…
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…conference (June 1881) he wrote England for All, the first socialist book published in England since the decline of Robert Owen’s reform movement in the 1830s. In this work he expounded the theories of Marx, who was offended, however, because in his view Hyndman did not make the necessary acknowledgment…
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