Irish Left Archive

New document:

Yellow Unions in Ireland and Other Articles, by James Connolly.

Published in 1968 by the Irish Communist Organisation as part of their series, "Connolly's Suppressed Articles"

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7343/

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#OnThisDay, 31st January 1971, the Cork Communist Organisation was formed after resigning from the Irish Communist Organisation.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/31/#event-4512

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New document:

The Marxism of James Connolly, from March 1968.

Irish Communist Organisation Pamphlets No. 15.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6627/

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New document:

The Irish Republican Congress, from the Irish Communist Organisation.

"In this pamphlet an attempt is made to give an idea of the poli­tical events in the Free State, or 26 County neo-colony of Bri­tish imperialism, in the year 1934, and to do this as far as possible by using extracts from newspapers published in that year."

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6611/

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The other Saor Éire was a Maoist-influenced group in Cork, and a successor to the Irish Revolutionary Forces. It published a magazine called People's Voice, which can be read in the archive: https://www.leftarchive.ie/publication/131/

Associated with Jim Lane, members went on to join the Irish Communist Organisation (ICO), though later left to form the Cork Communist Organisation after the ICO moved to the "two nations" theory.

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#OnThisDay 31st January 1971, the Cork Communist Organisation (CCO) resigned from the Irish Communist Organisation (ICO) in response to their position on Republicanism. It later became the Cork Workers Club (CWC).

The CCO was associated with Jim Lane, and those who had formerly been involved in Irish Revolutionary Forces and Saor Éire. Their position is outlined in their document On the Resignation of the Cork Branch of the Irish Communist Organisation.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/273/

The ICO was moving towards the "two nations theory" view, with which their later formation, B&ICO was known. The CCO and later CWC were Maoist-influenced.

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