THE MAINSTAY for decades of the non-republican left in Ireland – north and south – was the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI), but recent years have seen it fall prey to the Trotskyist virus of splits and factionalism. This has resulted in the usual recrimination, expulsions, name-calling and exaggerated claims about each other. For some… Read more »
To access this content, you must be a Phoenix subscriber.
Get access to The Phoenix online for as low as €1.50 per week. Read all the regular online only Phoenix stories AND receive the packed digital edition every fortnight (25 per year). Great value for so many inside stories!