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What were Shaw's first political activities?
He began attending meetings of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF).
Was he an active member?
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Is there any additional information about his time with the SDF?
Shaw doubted the ability of the SDF to harness the working classes into an effective radical movement and did not join it.
What did he get involved with next?
Fabian Society, Shaw went to the society's next advertised meeting, on 16 May 1884.
He became a member.
How did he involve himself in it?
He joined the society's executive committee.
What did he do as a member of the committee?
provided the society with its first manifesto.
is there information about the manifesto?
published as Fabian Tract No.
2.
When did he come to believe in Marxism?
He began attending meetings of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), where he discovered the writings of Karl Marx.
what was his attitude on socialism?
he largely accepted the principle of "permeation" as advocated by Webb: the notion whereby socialism could best be achieved by infiltration of people and ideas into existing political parties.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In 1890 Shaw produced Tract No.
13.

Question: What was it about?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the 1890 Tract No.13 about?