 Lehane eventually left the SDF and was a founding member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain in 1904. He was the first General Secretary of the SPGB (June 1904 to August 1905) and was a prominent public speaker for the Party. He was expelled along with most of the rest of Islington branch on 18 September 1906. His downfall came as follows. At the 1906 Annual Conference Bexley branch tabled a motion calling on the party to adopt a policy of socialist industrial unionism. This was voted down and charges brought against the branch. They were eventually expelled but Islington branch, led by Lehane, argued that the question should never have arisen and demanded that the Executive Committee should be removed for not rescinding the Bexley resolution and refusing to alter the record of the resolution. Islington ceased activity when this did not happen. Charges were hence brought against the branch. After being expelled the group continued to meet for a while as Islington branch of the SPGB (in the fashion of the dissident branches of the 1990s) and published two pamphlets (Rocks Ahead and More Rocks Ahead) both authored by Lehane. Category: Socialist Party of Great Britain members Lehan, Con Category: 1877 births Category:1919 deaths Category:  People from County Cork Category:Cler
Cornelius Lehane at "the cottage" in Union Square, New York City speaking during a Socialist anti-war rally against World War I. The sign reads "War is hell, Socialism alone stands for brotherhood, Working men of the world will work for Socialism." Lehane eventually left the SDF and was a founding member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain in 1904. He was the first General Secretary of the SPGB (June 1904 to August 1905) and was a prominent public speaker for the Party. He was expelled along with most of the rest of Islington branch on 18 September 1906. His downfall came as follows. At the 1906 Annual Conference Bexley branch tabled a motion calling on the party to adopt a policy of socialist industrial unionism. This was voted down and charges brought against the branch. They were eventually expelled but Islington branch, led by Lehane, argued that the question should never have arisen and demanded that the Executive Committee should be removed for not rescinding the Bexley resolution and refusing to alter the record of the resolution. Islington ceased activity when this did not happen. Charges were hence brought against the branch. After being expelled the group continued to meet for a while as Islington branch of the SPGB (in the fashion of the dissident branches of the 1990s) and published two pamphlets (Rocks Ahead and More Rocks Ahead) both authored by Lehane. Category: 1877 births Category:1919 deaths Category: Clerks Category:Irish anti-war activists Category:Irish atheists Category:Irish socialists Category: People from County Cork Lehan, Con Category:Socialist Party of Great Britain membe
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