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#OnThisDay 15th March 1970, the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) was reconstituted, with the merging of the Irish Workers’ Party (IWP) and the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI).

The party had divided in 1941 amid tensions over the entry of the Soviet Union into the second world war.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/03/15/#event-5791

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"For a Prosperous Ulster: An Explanation of the Communist Party’s Policy for Northern Ireland"

From the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI) in 1944.

The CPNI existed was extant between 1941 and 1970 at which point it merged with the Irish Workers' Party to refound the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/489/

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