Irish Left Archive

New podcast episode!

We talk to Aidan Beatty about his book, The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism. We discuss the history of the Socialist Labour League and Workers’ Revolutionary Party in the UK; the role of the party and their Galway-born leader, Gerry Healy, in Trotskyism; the implosion of the party in 1985 with allegations of sexual abuse against Healy in a context of an already diminished Left; and responses to Aidan’s book.

https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/the-party-is-always-right-the-untold-story-of-gerry-healy-and-british-trotskyism-with-aidan-beatty

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New document:

A History of the CWI/CIO, from the Socialist Party of England & Wales, circa 1998.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7018/

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In our (slightly delayed) January episode of the Irish Left Archive Podcast, we talk to Jim Monaghan about his political activism since the 1960s in various Republican and Trotskyist groups including the League for A Workers' Republic, Workers' League, Official Sinn Féin, People's Democracy and the H-Block/Armagh Committee.

Many thanks to Jim for his time and insight on Left political activity in Ireland!

https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/jim-monaghan-lwr-workers-league-official-sinn-fein-peoples-democracy-and-the-h-block-armagh-committee

You can follow the podcast directly @ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ie.

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New document:

Socialist Workers’ Movement Annual Conference 1993, Conference Bulletin No. 1

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6809/

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New document:

Socialist Republic, November 1977.

Paper of the Movement for a Socialist Republic.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6414/

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"The Prospects Before Us"

A 1978 pamphlet by Rayner Lysaght of the Revolutionary Marxist Group (RMG) setting out their political position and analysing Republicanism and Irish politics.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/357/

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The contemporary Socialist Party was formed in 1996.

It arose from the Trotskyist Militant tendency in Labour and the Labour and Trade Union Group in the North, which were associated with Militant in Britain and the Committee for a Workers International (CWI).

Its members are part of Solidarity, and it is affiliated with International Socialist Alternative (ISA) since the latter formed from divisions in the CWI.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/organisation/248/

6/6

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#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/

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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/

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