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Ted Grant
(1913 - 2006)
South African-English theorist and activist
South African-English theorist and activist
South African-born Marxist theorist and founder of the UK Trotskyist group Militant Tendency.
Ted Grant was born in 1913 in South Africa and became a committed Trotskyist activist.
He moved to Britain in 1934, where he became a leading figure in Marxist theory and organization.
Grant co-founded the Militant Tendency, a Trotskyist faction within the British Labour Party.
He wrote extensively on the transitional programme and workers' democracy, influencing leftist debates.
Despite repeated expulsions and legal challenges, he maintained a loyal following.
Grant also mentored a generation of activists dedicated to socialist principles.
He died in 2006, leaving a lasting impact on international Marxist movements.
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Ted Grant