Companion Parties
All the parties, except the Austrian BDS, began as offshoots from the Socialist Party of Great Britain; WSM members in countries without a companion party of their own are as a rule SPGB members. It is made up of the following parties:
- Socialist Party of Great Britain
- World Socialist Party of Australia
- Socialist Party of Canada (WSM)
- World Socialist Party (Ireland)
- World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
- World Socialist Party of the United States
The following parties were at one time companion parties of the WSM but have since disaffiliated or been expelled:
- Socialist Party of North America (1911)
- Bund Demokratischer Sozialisten (Austria)
- World Socialist Party of India (1995-2003)
A group used to exist in Sweden, with the name Världsocialistiska gruppen. The Proletarian Party adopted the Object and Declaration of Principles of the SPGB.
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