The society originated as a consequence of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and what the members perceived as a subsequent increase in the criticism of Stalin.
[3] The Stalin Society's chair, Harpal Brar, for instance, was at one time a member of both organisations (although he subsequently left the SLP to head the CPGB-ML).
[3][4] Kamal Majid, a founding member of the Stalin Society, is a patron of the Stop the War Coalition.
[10] The Stalin Society has produced many booklets on subjects including CPSU purges, famines and George Orwell.
The society has claimed on Facebook that it "stands for communist revolution in Pakistan"[12] and on its website it states that it is "not a political party but an academic venture" which aims to "refute anti-Stalin propaganda and revisionism".