Solidarity (Ireland)
Solidarity | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Ideology | Anti-capitalism Trotskyism Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Left-wing to Far-left |
| National affiliation | Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit |
| Dáil Éireann | 3 / 158
|
| Local government in the Republic of Ireland | 14 / 949
|
| Website | |
| http://antiausterityalliance.ie | |
The Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA or Triple A) is a broadly anti-capitalist unregistered political party in Ireland, launched in 2014.[1][2] It has been registered as a political party to contest local elections,[3] and ran at least forty candidates in the 2014 Irish local elections.[4] This included all of the Socialist Party's sitting councillors, which has led to criticism that the AAA is a front organisation for the Socialist Party.[5]
The party contested the 2014 local elections on a platform of job creation. On 8 April 2014, it launched a plan to create 150,000 jobs across Ireland by replacing the controversial JobBridge and Gateway initiatives with a "real jobs programme of public works, free education and genuine training schemes".[6]
Paul Murphy was elected to Dáil Éireann for Dublin South–West under the Anti-Austerity Alliance banner in October 2014. It also contested the Carlow–Kilkenny by-election, 2015 in May 2015. The AAA candidate in that by-election Conor MacLiam, also of the Socialist Party. MacLiam polled 2,194 first preference votes (3.3% of the total) and came ninth out of 13 candidates.[7]
On 7 August 2015, the party was removed from the Register of Political Parties.[8] It held discussions in August 2015 with the People Before Profit Alliance about forming a new political grouping.[9] On 17 September 2015, the two parties announced that they had formally registered as a single political party for electoral purposes.[10] The new organisation is called the Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit.
See also
References
- ^ "Anti-Austerity Alliance launches election campaign". RTÉ News. 20 February 2014.
- ^ "'We are the Triple A': New party says it will target Labour in local elections". The Journal. 20 February 2014.
- ^ Iris Oifigiúil, 14 February 2014
- ^ "Anti-Austerity Alliance launches as new party". 20 February 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Column: Is the Socialist Party cloaking itself as 'Anti-Austerity Alliance'?". 22 February 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Anti Austerity Alliance seeks 'real jobs' action for Limerick". 10 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Former IFA chief loses bid for Fine Gael nomination". Newstalk. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Iris Oifigiúil" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "Could we be about to get another new political group?". TheJournal.ie. 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Anti Austerity Alliance and People before Profit to launch new party". The Irish Times. 17 September 2015.