The following is enchanted from an article beside John Goodwillie which appeared in unfledged 9 of Gralton, Aug/Sep 1983. It was a sequel to a genus tree of the Left which John created above all, and which I posted a connect of weeks ago here. Apologies in move up to John Goodwillie for the treatment of copying and posting his article. No crack has been made to scrutinize purely close organisations out of doors Dublin and Belfast, or microscopic groups which be distress with not in any degree reached copy figures.
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These notes crack to scrutinize the leftwing organisation which be distress with existed in Ireland since 1960. The larger organisations be distress with been presented in more send.
Anarchist Bookshop Collective - ephemeral troop in the 1980s who can be regarded as successors to Dublin anarchist Group and predecessors of Dublin Anarchist Collective. This should be regarded as something of a working agency: any corrections or clarifications liking be entitled and printed in a expected unfledged.
Anarchist Workers Alliance - formed 1978. Ceased to expire in 1982.
A libertarian Marxist organisation formed beside ex-members of the Dublin and Belfast anarchist groups.
Belfast Anarchist Collective - formed 1978. (Link to replication of their semi-weekly, Anarchist Worker, on Cedarlounge here. Disbanded as an organisation in 1983.
British and Irish Communist Organisation - changed monicker from Irish Communist Organisation in 1971. Members participated in Campaign for the treatment of Labour Representation in the North and Democratic Socialist Party in the Republic. Initially made an bearing with its “two nations theory”, but back up declined after it adopted other uncommon positions.
Campaign for the treatment of Labour Representation - formed c.1978 with the participation of members of the British and Irish Communist Organisation to contention for the treatment of the appendage of the British Labour Party to northern Ireland. Although it failed miserably in every referendum contested, it did be distress with some hold within the have dealings graft repositioning.
Communist Party of Ireland - reformed 1970 with the coalition of the Communist Party of Northern Ireland and the Irish Workers’ Party.
Ideologically it remained hermitical parts to Moscow. (Link to replication of semi-weekly, Red Patriot, on Cedarlounge here.)
Communist Party of Northern Ireland - formed 1941 when the then Communist Party of Ireland divided between North and South expected to their differing situations with greetings to the War.
Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) - Maoist organisation which changed monicker from Irish Communist Movement (Marxist-Leninist) in 1972. Despite a flow of back up at the motivation of the contention fighting, it not in any degree made a generous bearing except within the have dealings graft repositioning.
Connolly Youth Movement - formed 1965, it has as a after backup been dominated beside the Communist Party of Ireland (originally Irish Workers’ Party). Merged into the Communist Party of Ireland in 1970.
Democratic Socialist Party - formed in 1982 as an coalition of the Socialist Party and the Limerick Socialist Organisation together with members of the British and Irish communist Organisation.
Dublin Anarchist Collective - formed 1982, in essence beside bygone members of the Anarchist Bookshop collective. It buried its lone ensconce in the Dбil with Jim Kemmy’s best in 1982. (copy of their semi-weekly, Resistance, here.)
Dublin Anarchist Group - formed 1978.
Independent Socialist Party - formed c.1976 as a replacement for the treatment of the Irish Committee for the treatment of a Socialist Programme. Ceased to expire in 1979, but most members were later embroiled with in the Anarchist Bookshop Collective.
Known for the treatment of the membership of Bernadette McAliskey it was not in any degree more then a minuscule troop and ceased to expire here 1978. Established Irish Communist Movement (Marxist-Leninist) here themselves in 1969.
Internationalists - formed in 1965, initially broad-based but in a little while charming unabashedly Maoist.
Irish Committee for the treatment of a Socialist Programme - formed in 1976 as a left-wing and anti-militarist breakaway from the Irish Republican Socialist Party. Following the apostasy of the Stalinist detachment in 1965 to develop the Irish Communist Organisation, the Trotskyist balance changed their monicker to the Irish Workers’ Group. Replaced (that year?) beside the Independent Socialist Party
Irish Communist Group - formed in 1964 in essence enormousness emigrants, as a successor to the Irish Workers’ Union.
Irish Communist Movement (Marxist-Leninist) - Maoist organisation formed in 1969 as a unfolding of the Internationalists.
Irish Communist Organisation - formed in 1965 as a Stalinist breakaway from the Irish Communist Group. Sponsored the disposition of the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) in 1972.
As a development of the developing setting in the North, it formulated its “two nations theory” and changed its monicker to the British and Irish Communist Organisation in 1971.
Irish Democratic Youth Movement - Youth repositioning of Sinn Fйin (Official), later Sinn Fйin - the Workers’ Party
Irish Marxist Society - formed in 1976 when advocates of Eurocommunism on the skids away from the Communist Party of Ireland. (Copy of anybody its publications, The Communist, on Cedarlounge here. Ceased to expire after most of them joined the Labour Party in 1977 (?). It was be satisfactory more celebrated for the treatment of the battles between the linked Irish National Liberation Army and the Official IRA and for the treatment of the assassinations of its succeeding leaders Sйamus Costello and Miriam Daly, than for the treatment of its national activities, although it has won two seats on Belfast Corporation.
Irish Republican Socialist Party - formed in 1974 as a breakaway from Sinn Fйin (Official), advocating a more utilitarian military behaviour and a more revolutionist socialism.
Irish Revolutionary Youth Movement - kid repositioning of the Irish Communist Movement (Marxist-Leninist)
Irish Workers Group (Mark I) - changed monicker from the Irish Communist Group in 1965.
Irish Workers Group (Mark II) - formed 1976 following a breakaway from the Socialist Workers’ Movement in the manipulation of a more rigorous adherence to Trotskyist concept. An organisation in the Trotskyist unwritten law, it ceased to expire in 1968 following the apostasy of the League for the treatment of a Workers’ Republic, but numerous of its members were already embroiled with in the stock parties of the Young Socialist Alliance. Close relations with the British Workers’ Power troop. It changed its monicker to the Irish Workers Party in 1962.
Irish Workers’ League - formed 1948 when the Communist Party of Ireland had divided on a north/south outright ingredient in 1941.
Irish Workers’ Party - changed monicker from the Irish Workers’ League in 1962. It merged into the Communist Party of Ireland in 1970. The dominating communist organisation in the Republic, it achieved barely except some hold in the have dealings graft repositioning.
Irish Workers’ Union - formed c.1960, some of the members coming from Saor Uladh, a republican with about highly to slenderize to the anchorage side and more amenable to urge a exercise within dignified structures.
Irish Young Socialists - kid repositioning of the League for the treatment of Workers’ Vanguard, later Workers’ League. After it ceased to expire c.1964, some of the unvarying people were embroiled with in the Irish Communist Group.
Labour and Trade Union Coordinating Group - formed in 1974 with the participation of members of Militant to contention for the treatment of a forgather upholder of stock in Northern Ireland.
Labour and Trade Union Group - changed monicker from Labour and Trade Union Coordinating Group in 1979. Changed monicker to Labour and Trade Union Group in 1979. With the participation of members of Militant, worked for the treatment of a forgather upholder of stock in Northern Ireland. Throughout the epoch the Labour upholder has been the largest organisation numerically (possibly rivalled for the treatment of some on many occasions beside Provisional Sinn Fйin): this does not catalogue any grand demolishing of urge a exercise on the in essence of its members, who are unmistakeably heterogeneous in the demolishing of urge a exercise and commitment.
Labour Party - formed 1930 beside the boundary present in area of the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress into its constituent parts. The referendum of Brenden Corish as man in 196o was followed beside a on the alert disturb leftwards and the adhesion of a revolutionist layer of intellectuals.
But the 1969 shared referendum was on the superficies unpleasant, reducing perseverance from the 22 of 1965 to 18, in defiance of the certify increasing from 15.4% to 17%. This unfolding was helped beside the against of the National Progressive Democrats in 1963, which raised Dбil perseverance to 17. The aftermath was the adoption of a coalitionist behaviour in 1970 and the departure of calm left-wing elements. The 1977 referendum also proverb an outflow of left-wingers. Through the epoch of the Cosgrave coalition (1973-77) and the from the start Fitzgerald coalition (1981-82) and the Fianna Fбil governments the upholder certify steadily declined, and seats declined from a elevation of 19 in 1973.
Labour Youth - formed in 1979 as the kid repositioning of the Labour upholder.
League for the treatment of a Workers Republic - formed 1968 as a well-built Trotskyist breakaway from the Irish Workers’ Group. Militant pronto established itself as the estimable hold. Affiliated to the Organising commission for the treatment of the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (known as Lambertists, and at the just now on many occasions Fourth International: International Committee for the treatment of Reconstruction). Some members participated in the Socialist Labour Party in 1977-78.
Played an celebrated place in the unfledged socialists, and following the non-performance of the Socialist Party coalition re-oriented itself to the Labour Party in 1976.
League for the treatment of Workers’ Vanguard - Trotskyist organisation formed 1970 as a breakaway from the League for the treatment of a Workers’ Republic on the outright ingredient of back up for the treatment of the International commission of the fourth International (known as Healyites).
Left Alliance - an coalition between the Communist Party of Ireland, Sinn Fйin (Official), and the Liason Committee of the Labour Left. Changed monicker to Workers’ League c.1971.
Formed in 1975, it produced two budgetary manifestos and operated in stillness in individual areas but collapsed in 1976 because the participants had other priorities. Quickly changed its monicker to the Red Republican Party.
Left Revolutionary Group - formed 1976 as a breakaway from People’s Democracy on the outright ingredient of stronger back up for the treatment of the military exertion and an assay of the Loyalists as facist.
Liaison Committee of the Labour Left - formed 1971 to re-group those left-wingers in the Labour Party who had not defected to the socialist Labour Alliance.
Militant - formed in 1972 with stanch links with the British Militant. Collapsed in 1977 when the womanhood of best members participated in the events which led to the Socialist Labour Party. It has provided a Trotskyist wing in the Labour Party in the republic,and in the North in the Northern Ireland Labour Party and more recently the Labour and Trade Union (co-ordinating) troop.
Trotskyist organisation like-minded to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International.
Movement for the treatment of a Socialist Republic - changed monicker from Revolutionary Marxist Group in 1976. Merged with People’s Democracy in 1978. Noel Browne and Jack McQuillan.
National Progressive Democrats - formed in 1958 here two T.D.s, Dr. To the anchorage side of the Labour Party, most of their members followed their T.D.s into the Labour Party in 1963.
An anarchist troop composed in essence of x-members of Official Sinn Fйin.
New Earth - formed 1973. Ceased to expire in 1975. Since 1949 in supporting of the graft with Great Britain.
Northern Ireland Labour Party - changed monicker from the Labour Party of Northern Ireland in 1927. Despite the affiliation of numerous have dealings unions, it not in any degree achieved a breakthrough, and its showing at elections declined from 4 seats in 1958 and 1962 to anybody ensconce in 1973 and 1975.
People’s Democracy - formed in 1968 here the size up of the Young Socialist Alliance, it was a troops to be reckoned with momentarily as the anchorage side wing of the urbane rights repositioning, but in a little while declined in measure assess and adopted a more unrestrained membership and Marxist behaviour.
Since then its clash distant has preceeded apace and its ens is purposes insignificant. Following the coalition with the Movement for the treatment of a Socialist Republic in 1978 it has like-minded to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. Ceased to expire c.1978.
Red Republican Party - changed monicker from Left Revolutionary Group in 1976.
Republican Labour Party - formed in 1963 here two M.P.s, Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt. Reduced in measure assess after the departure of Gerry Fitt to the S.D.L.P. Although it won individual seats on Belfast Corporation, it not in any degree had much of a upholder institution. in 1970, its extant M.P., Paddy Kennedy, continued to take the monicker.
Republican Socialist Tendency - formed within the Socialist Labour Party in 1979 beside supporters of People’s Democracy. The upholder ceased to expire after pleasant no seats in the 1973 referendum. They anchorage side the upholder unequivocally ere long afterwards. Changed monicker to Movement for the treatment of a Socialist Republic in 1976.
Revolutionary Marxist Group - Trotskyist organisation formed in 1972 as a breakaway from the Young Socialists on the outright ingredient of back up for the treatment of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International.
Revolutionary Struggle - formed in 1975 with a moderately Maoist tinge, comparable to what are called Autonomists on the Continent. Ceased to expire c.1973.
Saor Йire -formed 1967 as a left-wing breakaway from the Republican Movement with a moderately Guevarist familiarization.
Sinn Fйin - formed 1908 from the beginning, after the thirties it was no longer a forgather repositioning but had renewed ties with the I.R.A. called distant the wainscotting contention. It buried its four seats in the Dбil in 1961 and in 1962 the I.R.A. Sinn Fйin began to closed a disturb to the anchorage side, and a reorientation to revolutionist activism took area with an dogma approaching the Communist Party’s. The Officials, known in the North as the Republic Clubs, continued their repositioning, increasingly emphasising the pleasant of according to Roberts Rules of Order seats, and changed their monicker to Sinn Fйin - the Workers’ Party in 1977.
The non-performance to lend guns in the North and the ending of the abstentionist behaviour with greetings to seats won in the Dбil led to the split between Officials and Provisionals (1969 in the I.R.A., 1970 in Sinn Fйin). The Provisionals’ greater power on military methods of exertion brought them more recruits, and their concentration in Catholic working-class areas helped them to Rather begin their gone from disturb to the anchorage side and their lay back up to the contesting of the 1982 Assembly elections when they won 5 seats. Known in the North as Republican Clubs - the Workers’ Party.
Sinn Fйin - the Workers’ Party - changed monicker from Sinn Fйin in 1977. While their back up in the North was much reduced from that at the on many occasions of the split with the Provisionals, back up in the Republic was steadily construction itself along absolutely proper lines, culminating with the referendum of anybody T.D. Changed monicker to Workers’ Party in 1982.
in 1981 and three in February 1982.
Socialist Labour Action Group - formed in 1971 (in opening develop in 1970), following the coalition follow-up of the Labour Party colloquy. By early1972 it consisted of barely more than People’s Democracy, The League for the treatment of a Workers’ Republic with the touch of the Young Socialists, and the newly formed Socialist Workers’ Movement and Revolutionary Marxist Group. Most of the Socialist Labour Action Group joined; People’s Democracy like-minded, as did Saor Йire nominally. It ceased to expire when the S.W.M.
Socialist Labour Party - formed in 1977 following the Independent (anti-coalition) Labour referendum campaigns.
disaffiliated on the grouts that it had be satisfactory a neat debating institute. Attracted much uncommitted back up and also the League for the treatment of a workers’ Republic, Irish Workers’ Group, in essence of the Movement for the treatment of a Socialist Republic, and the Socialist Workers’ Movement. The upholder has be satisfactory fissiparous from the commencement, alienating its members for the treatment of discrete reasons, and indigence outing dissolved in 1982. These groups departed closed the epoch 1978-80.
Socialist Party - changed monicker from Socialist Party of Ireland c.1976, following its adoption of a “two-states theory.” Achieved some localised working-class back up.
Socialist Party of Ireland - formed 1971 as a breakaway from Official Sinn Fйin on the grounds that they were unagitated too much of an all-class coalition and that a consciously socialist organisation was indispensable. Merged into Democratic Socialist Party in 1982. After an deed to coin it in bolt out itself as a replacement for the treatment of the Communist Party of Ireland, it changed its monicker to the Socialist Party c.1976. Entered the Socialist Labour Party and dissolved into the socialist workers’ Tendency in 1978. (newspaper, Vanguard, October 1971, changes monicker to Advance in May 1972.)
Socialist Workers’ Movement - organisation in the Trotskyist unwritten law formed 1971 in essence from elements of People’s Democracy and the Young Socialists, together with the Waterford Socialist Movement (an affiliate of the socialist Labour Alliance), on the outright ingredient of familiarization to the working wraith and agreement with the International socialists (now Socialist Workers’ Party) in Britain.
Re-formed in 1980b when the Tendency anchorage side the upholder. Left the upholder in 1980.
Socialist Workers’ Tendency - formed 1978 in the Socialist Labour Party beside the Socialist workers’ Movement.
Socialists against Nationalism - formed c.1980 as an coalition of the Socialist Party, Limerick Socialist Organisation, and British and Irish Communist Organisation.
United Labour Party - formed c.1978 here Paddy Devlin as a non-sectarian stock upholder in the North. Replaced beside Democratic Socialist Party in 1982. Won anybody ensconce in the close elections in 1981 in defiance of Paddy Devlin’s departure. Ceased to halt alive when the troop anchorage side the upholder in 1979.
Workers’ Alliance for the treatment of Action - predisposition in the Socialist Labour Party formed in 1978 here the Irish Workers’ Group.
Workers’ League - changed monicker from League for the treatment of workers’ Vanguard c.1971.
Ceased to expire here 1978. Trotskyist organisation like-minded to International commission of the Fourth International (Healthites).
Workers’ Party - changed monicker from Sinn Fйin-the Workers’ Party and from the Republican Clubs-the Workers’ Party in 1982.
Young Communist League - formed c.1968, kid repositioning of the Communist Party of Northern Ireland. The dominating organisation to the anchorage side of the Labour Party.
Merged into Connolly Youth Movement in 1970. Acted as size up within People’s Democracy above-stated lapsing in 1969.
Young Socialist Alliance - formed 1968, involving unfledged socialists oriented to the Northern Ireland Labour Party and others of varying familiarization.
Young Socialists - individual groups of unfledged Socialists formed in Dublin and Belfast and absent in 1967 and succeeding years, with the involvement of members of the Irish Workers’ Group and League for the treatment of a Workers’ Republic.
Discussion
We entitled and embolden cheer conversation from the noted encircling articles on Irish Left Review. In Belfast they lapsed after the disposition of the Young Socialist alliance; the groups in the Republic formed a lay form in 1970, and after 1972 were unreservedly the kid repositioning of the League for the treatment of a Workers’ Republic. You can devise a look at using the develop at the latter of the leaf. Please skim from head to foot the existing comments above-stated posting your own.