Irish Left Archive

#OnThisDay 23rd January 1973:

"Giving Irish Trotskyism a Bad Name"

A letter from the Belfast branch of the Revolutionary Marxist Group to the rest of the organisation over a proposal to change the name from ‘Revolutionary’ to ‘Republican Marxist Group’.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/3161/

#Ireland #Politics #History #RevolutionaryMarxistGroup #Trotskyism #IrishLeftArchive

in our January activist interview for the Irish Left Archive Podcast, we spoke to left activist, Vincent Doherty.

We discuss his politicisation growing up in Derry; his role in the Derry Republican movement and perspective on the Officials and the divisions which led to the formation of the IRSP; his work with the IMG and Troops Out Movement in England; joining Peoples' Democracy and his central role in the H-Blocks campaign during the 1981 hunger strikes; his move towards Sinn Féin and the influence of People’s Democracy; and his perspective on the contemporary left in Ireland.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/44-vincent-doherty-offical-sinn-fein-international-marxist/

#Ireland #Politics #Trotskyism #Republicanism #IrishLeftArchive #Podcast