Militant Labour (Ireland)

Militant Labour (Ireland)

Militant Labour was the name adopted by the Militant Tendency of the Irish Labour Party after its expulsion in 1989. The name Militant Labour was used by other sections of the Committee for a Workers' International at the time. Militant Labour changed its name in 1996 to the Socialist Party. Joe Higgins ran as a Militant Labour candidate in the 1996 Dublin West by-election.

Sources

  • Barberis, Peter, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, 2005. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organisations. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0826458149, 9780826458148

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