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New document:

The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 2 – New Century Socialism: Fighting for Justice in the Jungle

These were a series of papers produced by Democratic Left in 1998, after their period in government and losses in the subsequent election. The party went on to merge with Labour the following year.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6544/

The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 2 – New Century Socialism: Fighting for Justice in the Jungle (1998) — Democratic Left

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22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed after a split in the Workers' Party.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/#event-5651

On This Day, 22nd February

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At a Workers Party Ard Comhairle meeting on 22nd February 1992, several members and six of the party’s TDs left the party and formed a new party led by Proinsias de Rossa. Initially called New Agenda, it was renamed Democratic Left at its founding conference the following month. Divisions in the party between more Marxist and social-democratic orientations had culminated in a special conference at which a motion for significant restructuring of the party — proposed by De Rossa (then party leader) and allies — was narrowly defeated. The Workers’ Party analysis of the split is outlined in this document: Patterns of Betrayal: the flight from Socialism Papers and Viewpoints which set out The Struggle for The Workers' Party