Growth of Socialism and Anarchism

what caused a growth in revolutionary political movements across Europe?

social and economic problems in the middle of the 19th century

where did anarchists flee to London from and why?

French anarchists would fail in attempts for revolution so they fled to London as it was seen as more politically tolerant

when did the Special Branch carry out a special invesitagtion into Eastern European revolutionaries?

1893

what were Eastern European immigrants now associated with being?

anarchists and revolutionaries

what was the first socialist in England group which emerged at the time?

the Social Democratic Federation

when was the SDF founded?

1881

what did the SDF represent?

• agircultural and insudtrial workers

• rights of women

what demonstration was the SDF involved in and what year was it?

the Trafalgar Square demonstration in 1887

what did the Trafalgar Square demonstration lead to?

Bloody Sunday

what did the SDF socialists want to do in Whitechapel?

have an SDF councillor get elected for their county