Leftist Parties of Ireland

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION South '02	ELECTION North '03	OTHER
Anarchist Federation in Ireland		AFI	Resistance, Organise	e-mail	anar.	IAF	-	-	f. 2001; identical with British AF
Communist Party of Ireland	Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann	CPI	Socialist Voice, Unity	e-mail	com.	ex-CI, ex-WMR	-	one cand. on SEA list	f. 1921 as Socialist Party
Green Party in the North	Comhaontas Glas			e-mail	green	EFGP	3.85%	0.39%	f. 1981
Industrial Workers of the World		IWW		e-mail	anar. syn.	IWW	-	-
Irish 32-County Sovereignty Movement			The Sovereign Nation	e-mail	left. Irish nat.		-	-	split from Sinn Féin in 1997
Real Irish Republican Army		RIRA					-	-	pol.-mil., f. 1998
Irish Republican Socialist Party	Pairtí Poblachtach Sóisialach na h-Éireann	IRSP	The Starry Plough - An Camchéachta	e-mail	rad. left. Irish nat.		-	-	f. 1974, split from Official Sinn Féin
Irish National Liberation Army		INLA					-	-	pol.-mil., f. 1975 by splits from Official and Provisional IRA
Irish Socialist Network		ISN	Leftline		rad. left.		-	-	f. 2001
Irish Workers' Group		IWG	Class Struggle	e-mail	tro.	L5I	-	-	f. 1976
Official Republican Movement		ORM			left. Irish nat.		-	-	f. 1998 as split from WP
Organise!			Working Class Resistance!	e-mail	anar.		-	-	f. 2003, alliance of AFI and OASF
Organise! Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation		OASF		e-mail	anar. syn.		-	-	f. 2001 by Syndicalist Solidarity Network
Red Banner Group			Red Banner	e-mail	rad. left.		-	-
Republican Sinn Féin		RSF	Saoirse - Irish Freedom	e-mail	left. Irish nat.		-	-	f. 1986 as split from Sinn Féin
Continuity IRA		CIRA							pol.-mil., f. 1996
Sinn Féin (We Ourselves)	Sinn Féin	SF	An Phoblacht - Republican News	e-mail	left Irish nat.		6.51%	23.52%	split in 1970 as Provisional Sinn Féin when Sinn Féin split
Irish Republican Army		IRA							pol.-mil., f. 1969 as Provisional IRA as split from IRA
Socialist Democracy			Socialist Democracy	e-mail	tro.	USFI	-	-	f. 1996
Socialist Party in the North			Voice, Socialist View	e-mail	tro.	CWI	0.80%	0.050%, 2 cand.	f. 1969
Socialist Workers Party in the North		SWP	Socialist Worker, Resistance	e-mail	tro.	IS	0.18%	one cand. on SEA list	f. 1971
Spartacist Group Ireland			Spartacist Ireland		tro.	ICL	-	-
Workers' Party	Pairtí na nOibrí	WP	Irish People	e-mail	com.	ex-SU, ICS	0.22%	0.20%, 8 cand.	f. 1970 as Official Sinn Féin when Sinn Féin split
Workers Solidarity Movement		WSM	Workers Solidarity, Red & Black Revolution	e-mail	anar. com.	ILS	-	-	f. 1984
Working Class Action				e-mail	rad. left.		-	-	formerly Red Action
World Socialist Party					left. com.	WSM	-	-
Parties organizing only in the North
Labour in Northern Ireland		LiNI		e-mail	soc. dem.		-	-
Progressive Unionist Party		PUP			left. British nat.		-	1.16%	f. 1979
Ulster Volunteer Force		UVF					-	-	pol.-mil., f. 1966
Social Democratic and Labour Party	Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre	SDLP		e-mail	soc. dem.	SI	-	16.98%	f. 1970
Socialist Environmental Alliance		SEA			rad. left.		-	0.35%, 2 cand.	f. 2003 by SWP and others
Parties organizing only in the South
Labour Party				e-mail	soc. dem.	SI, ES	10.77%	-	f. 1912
Parties probably disbanded Class War, Red Action, Workers' League