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Socialist Party members are part of Solidarity, and it is affiliated with International Socialist Alternative (ISA) since the latter formed from divisions in the CWI.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Socialist Party members are part of Solidarity, and it is affiliated with International Socialist Alternative (ISA) since the latter formed from divisions in the CWI.
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The contemporary Socialist Party was formed in 1996.
It arose from the Trotskyist Militant tendency in Labour and the Labour and Trade Union Group in the North, which were associated with Militant in Britain and the Committee for a Workers International CWI.
www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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It arose from the Trotskyist Militant tendency in Labour and the Labour and Trade Union Group in the North, which were associated with Militant in Britain and the Committee for a Workers International CWI.
www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The contemporary Socialist Party was formed in 1996.
It arose from the Trotskyist Militant tendency in Labour and the Labour and Trade Union Group in the North, which were associated with Militant in Britain and the Committee for a Workers International CWI.
www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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It arose from the Trotskyist Militant tendency in Labour and the Labour and Trade Union Group in the North, which were associated with Militant in Britain and the Committee for a Workers International CWI.
www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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In 1982 the SPI merged with Jim Kemmy's Limerick Socialist Organisation to form the Democratic Socialist Party.
Here are some documents from the the SPI in our collection: www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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Here are some documents from the the SPI in our collection: www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In 1982 the SPI merged with Jim Kemmy's Limerick Socialist Organisation to form the Democratic Socialist Party.
Here are some documents from the the SPI in our collection: www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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Here are some documents from the the SPI in our collection: www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
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In 1971 another Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI) was set up, with a number of former Official Sinn Féin members among the founders.
It identified strongly with the USSR, and was opposed to nationalism (forming part of the "Socialists Against Nationalism" campaign).
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It identified strongly with the USSR, and was opposed to nationalism (forming part of the "Socialists Against Nationalism" campaign).
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![Logo of the Socialist Party of Ireland [1971], showing a five-pointed star with a torch in the centre.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:voubmrdtjrduaaqwmfwsqsvj/bafkreietiewmtpbkkrwfyxrujoireuq4ijqvqahf5vngigoeedkrcss3eq@jpeg)
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In 1971 another Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI) was set up, with a number of former Official Sinn Féin members among the founders.
It identified strongly with the USSR, and was opposed to nationalism (forming part of the "Socialists Against Nationalism" campaign).
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It identified strongly with the USSR, and was opposed to nationalism (forming part of the "Socialists Against Nationalism" campaign).
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The 1949 Socialist Party of Ireland later became the World Socialist Party: www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
The World Socialist Movement / SPGB is sometimes associated with impossibilism, though they reject the term.
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The World Socialist Movement / SPGB is sometimes associated with impossibilism, though they reject the term.
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World Socialist Party
Political material from World Socialist Party in the Irish Left Archive. The World Socialist Party (WSP) was the successor to the Socialist Party of Ireland (1940s) and linked to the World Socialist M...
www.leftarchive.ie
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The 1949 Socialist Party of Ireland later became the World Socialist Party: www.leftarchive.ie/organisation...
The World Socialist Movement / SPGB is sometimes associated with impossibilism, though they reject the term.
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The World Socialist Movement / SPGB is sometimes associated with impossibilism, though they reject the term.
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The next Socialist Party of Ireland was formed in Belfast and Dublin on 28th May 1949. It was associated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and the World Socialist Movement, a Classical Marxist left movement.
Here's their manifesto: www.leftarchive.ie/document/419/
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Here's their manifesto: www.leftarchive.ie/document/419/
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December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The next Socialist Party of Ireland was formed in Belfast and Dublin on 28th May 1949. It was associated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and the World Socialist Movement, a Classical Marxist left movement.
Here's their manifesto: www.leftarchive.ie/document/419/
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Here's their manifesto: www.leftarchive.ie/document/419/
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The first Socialist Party of Ireland formed in the 1900s to continue James Connolly's Irish Socialist Republican Party after it collapsed. It briefly became the first Communist Party of Ireland in the 1920s, until the Comintern ordered its dissolution in favour of Larkin's Irish Worker League.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The first Socialist Party of Ireland formed in the 1900s to continue James Connolly's Irish Socialist Republican Party after it collapsed. It briefly became the first Communist Party of Ireland in the 1920s, until the Comintern ordered its dissolution in favour of Larkin's Irish Worker League.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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This Socialist Workers' Party poster from the campaign highlighted catholic hypocrisy with an image of Bishop Eamonn Casey, reading: ""Let the Bishops look after their own families…"
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This Socialist Workers' Party poster from the campaign highlighted catholic hypocrisy with an image of Bishop Eamonn Casey, reading: ""Let the Bishops look after their own families…"
An account of Nan Joyce’s election candidacy and the background of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers can be heard on the excellent The Others podcast by Alan Kinsella (@electionlit.bsky.social): theothersthealankinsellapodcast.wordpress.com/2021/03/24/n...
Nan Joyce -The first member of the Travelling Community to run for the Dáil.
Visit the post for more.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
An account of Nan Joyce’s election candidacy and the background of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers can be heard on the excellent The Others podcast by Alan Kinsella (@electionlit.bsky.social): theothersthealankinsellapodcast.wordpress.com/2021/03/24/n...