Militant Left (Ireland)

Militant Left is a Trotskyist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. After a split, in 2019, in the Committee for a Workers' International (1974), the group was founded by former members of the Socialist Party who wished to affiliate to the 'refounded' Committee for a Workers' International (2019). Initially known as CWI Ireland, it renamed itself Militant Left in 2020.[1]

Militant Left
Founded2019 (2019)
Split fromSocialist Party
Youth wingYoung Socialists
IdeologySocialism
Trotskyism democratic socialism
International affiliationCommittee for a Workers' International
Local government in the Republic of Ireland
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Local government in Northern Ireland
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Website
militant-left.org

The group has one public representative, Donal O'Cofaigh, on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.[2] O'Cofaigh had previously been a councillor for Sinn Féin in Fermanagh, but resigned in 2009 to join the Socialist Party.[3] While a member of the Socialist Party from 2009 to 2019, he was also a member of the Labour Party (LPNI) and subsequently the Cross-Community Labour Alternative.[4][5][6] He was elected to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections as a Socialist Party member running under the Cross-Community Labour Alternative name,[6][7][8] but left to join CWI Ireland later that year.[9]

As of February 2021, Militant Left was not included on the register of political parties in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.[10][11]

References
  1. "Militant Left". Irish Left Archive. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. "Launch of Militant Left – for workers' unity and a socialist future – Militant Left". 9 June 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. "Sinn Fein has a month to nominate replacement for fourth defection". impartialreporter.com. 10 September 2009.
  4. "Labour expels member for standing in Stormont election on different ticket". irishnews.com. 21 February 2021.
  5. "Former SF man to run on anti-fracking ticket". fermanaghherald.com. Fermanagh Herald. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. "Your Councillors - Cllr Donal O'Cofaigh". fermanaghomagh.com. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  7. "Election 2019: Fermanagh and Omagh District Council candidates". BBC News. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  8. "Election breakthrough for anti-sectarian socialist in Fermanagh". Socialist Party. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  9. "Launch of Militant Left – for workers' unity and a socialist future". Militant Left. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  10. "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). data.oireachtas.ie. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  11. "Registers of Political Parties - Search - Northern Ireland". electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2021.


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