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New document:
"The Coffee Circle Papers: Postscript - Times Change"
The Coffee Circle Papers were a series of discussion papers in Democratic Left in 1998/99. This postscript was written by Rosheen Callender after their 1999 merger with Labour.
New document:
"Quinn and De Rossa merge parties to form: New Labour Sellout!"
Voice, newspaper of the Socialist Party, on the merger of Democratic Left with the Labour party in 1999.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7256/
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#OnThisDay, 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed after a split in the Workers' Party.
At a Workers Party Ard Comhairle meeting, 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.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/02/22/#event-5651
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.
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#OnThisDay 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed after a split in the Workers' Party.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/#event-5651
#DemocraticLeft #WorkersParty #IrishPolitics #IrishLeftArchive