Socialist Party (Ireland)

The Socialist Party (in Irish Páirtí Sóisialach) is a political party active in Ireland. It is currently Ireland's only socialist and Marxist organisation with electoral representation in Dáil Éireann. It is affiliated to the Trotskyist Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).

Related Topics:
Irish - Political party - Socialist - Marxist - Dáil Éireann - Trotskyist - Committee for a Workers' International

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Formerly known as Militant Labour, then Militant Tendency, it adopted the name The Socialist Party in 1996. Like many other organisations affiliated to the CWI, from their foundation until the 1980s members of the organisation practiced entryism in the Irish Labour Party. In the early 1990s many of its members were expelled from Labour, and it was at this point they took an 'open turn' and established an independent organisation with the name Militant Labour. The Socialist Party now put forward the theoretical analysis that the Labour Party has changed in nature and is no longer a mass workers' party.

Related Topics:
Militant Labour - Militant Tendency - Entryism - Irish Labour Party

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The party is organised in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. They produce a monthly newspaper called The Socialist (formerly Socialist Voice, The Voice, and Militant) and an irregular theoretical journal called Socialist View (formerly Socialism 2000). There is also an irregular e-zine called International Socialist Voice and an occasional free newspaper distributed to tens of thousands of homes in North and West Dublin called Fingal Socialist.

Related Topics:
Republic of Ireland - Northern Ireland - E-zine

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~