Socialist Party of Ireland [1971] (SPI)
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| Years Active: | 1970–1982 |
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| Documents in Archive: | 6 |
| Publications: | SuperSpi, Advance |
| Merged with: | Democratic Socialist Party |
| Other Related Organisation: | Socialists Against Nationalism |
| Related Collection: | Music in the Irish Left Archive |
| Timeline: | View in the timeline of the Irish left |
| Discuss: | Comments on this organisation |
About
The Socialist Party of Ireland was formed on 13th December 1970 and launched its manifesto on 19th January 1971. Initial membership was drawn from former Official Sinn Féin members. The party was Marxist-Leninist and orientated towards the international communist movement. It supported the ‘two nations’ theory on the National Question and strongly opposed nationalism. It considered the existing Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) to be too close to Republican/Nationalist positions.
It worked with the British and Irish Communist Party and Limeric Socialist Organisation (LSO) in the Socialists Against Nationalism campaign.
In 1982 it merged with Jim Kemmy’s LSO to form the Democratic Socialist Party.
Identifiers
| Wikipedia | Socialist Party of Ireland (1971) |
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Documents
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Advance
Advance, No. 22
1976
July - August 1976
Advance, No. 25
1977
January - February 1977
SuperSpi
SuperSpi, June-July 1978
1978
June-July 1978
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