Socialist Labour Party (SLP)
| Years Active: | 1977–1982 |
|---|---|
| Groups & Sections: | Irish Workers Group Tendency … Sub-group/Section/Tendency |
| Documents in Archive: | 6 |
| Related Organisations: | Movement for a Socialist Republic, Irish Workers' Group [1976], Socialist Workers' Movement, League for a Workers Republic |
| Timeline: | View in the timeline of the Irish left |
| Discuss: | Comments on this organisation |
About
The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) was formed in 1977 and led by Matt Merrigan (Dublin Secretary of the ATGWU) and Noël Browne (then an independent TD).
A number of left groups joined the party as tendencies. These included:
- Workers Alliance for Action - formed by members of Irish Workers’ Group, who left in 1979;
- Republican Socialist Tendency - formed by members of Movement for a Socialist Republic, who left in 1979;
- Socialist Workers’ Tendency - formed by members of Socialist Workers’ Movement, who left in 1980.
The party ran in the 1981 general election, with Noël Browne re-elected as a TD. However, with many members having left at this stage, it was dissolved in 1982.
Identifiers
| VIAF | 155024251 |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Socialist Labour Party (Ireland) |
Documents
Show: By publication | Chronological list
Build the Socialist Labour Party through United Mass Action
1978
Alan Bruce, Anne Conway, Maurice Coakley, Bettty Purcell
Conference Notes
1978
Irish Workers Group Tendency
- 1977 - Socialist Labour Party Constitution
- 1978 - Build the Socialist Labour Party through United Mass Action
- 1978 - Conference Notes
- 1978 - Opening Address of Chairman, Matt Merrigan, To the Policy Conference Held at Liberty Hall, Dublin on Saturday and Sunday, May 27th and 28th 1978
- 1978 - Socialist Worker Review: Conference Bulletin
- 1978 - Trade Union and Unemployed Workers Group: Resolutions passed at the April 9th 1978 Conference
Related Material
Items about Socialist Labour Party.
Documents
SLP's Confusion
1979 c.
Socialists Against Nationalism
Gralton, No. 3
1982
External Resources
- Election Literature & Leaflets
Irish Election Literature
Election leaflets and documents from the party and individual candidates.
Comments 1
My 1st party
By: Greg T | 18th May 2020, 9:31am
My 1st party, I wore the party badge to school and got called 'silly little p**' by some wit and a warning from the headmaster . Pity about the infighting which wore it down , ironically the DSA in the states has taken the same idea of a multi-tendency organisation and thrived . Isnt it about time for a new SLP for the non-Leninists among us ?
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