Irish Workers' Group [1966] (IWG)
| Years Active: | 1966–1968 |
|---|---|
| Documents in Archive: | 1 |
| Publications: | Workers' Republic |
| Emerged/Split from: | Irish Workers' Union |
| Other Related Organisation: | League for a Workers Republic |
| Related Collection: | 1916 Easter Rising: Anniversaries and Commemorations |
| Article: | Irish Workers' Group, 1966-1968 |
| Timeline: | View in the timeline of the Irish left |
| Discuss: | Comments on this organisation |
About
The Irish Workers’ Group was a Marxist party established in 1966. Prior to this it had been called the Irish Workers Union and then the Irish Communist Group. It included Marxists and Irish Republicans including Gerry Lawless (later of Saor Éire). Two wings developed in the ICG including a Trotskist wing which became the IWG and a Maoist wing which became the Irish Communist Organisation. It produced two publications, the Irish Militant and An Solas/Workers’ republic. The IWG by the late 1960s had relocated to London and saw some members join Sean Matgamna in Workers Fight and others form the League for a Workers Republic. It became defunct around 1968.
(Not to be mistaken for the later Irish Workers’ Group).
Identifiers
| Wikipedia | Irish Workers' Group |
|---|
Documents
Show: By publication | Chronological list
The Irish Revolt: 1916 and After
1966
Seán Murray
Publications
A list of known publications from Irish Workers' Group [1966], including those not represented in the Irish Left Archive collection.
| Name | Years | Organisation(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Irish Militant: For an Irish Workers' Republic | 1966–1968 | Irish Workers' Group [1966] |
| Solas, An | 1965–1966 | Irish Communist Group, Irish Workers' Group [1966] |
| Workers' Republic | 1967–1988 c. | Irish Workers' Group [1966], League for a Workers Republic |
Articles
Irish Workers' Group, 1966-1968
From The Irish Left Open History Project
The Irish Workers Group (IWG) was formed in London in 1966, out of the divisions within the Irish Communist Group. It is argued by D.R. O’Connor Lysaght that the IWG was the first active Trotskyist group to establish itself in Ireland since the Revolutionary Socialist Party of the 1940s. This does not mean that the origins of modern Irish Trotskyism lie within the IWG – the SWM/SWP and Militant/Socialist Party, who arrived in the 1970s, are both outside its borders, while the Socialist Labour League had activists in Ireland contemporaneous to the IWP – merely that it is pivotal to any understanding of the Trotskyist movement on the island. Indeed, in terms of personnel, if not quite ideology, it is possible to trace the IWG in 1967 to the present-day Workers Unemployed Action Group in Clonmel, as well as Socialist Democracy.
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