Solidarity (Ireland)
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Solidarity
Dlúthpháirtíocht (formerly An Comhghuaillíocht Frith-Dhéine) |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Feminism Trotskyism Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit |
| Dáil Éireann |
3 / 158
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| Local government in the Republic of Ireland |
14 / 949
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| Website | |
| http://antiausterityalliance.ie | |
Solidarity formerly known as the Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA or Triple A) is a socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland, launched in 2014. It has been registered as a political party to contest local elections, and ran at least fourty candidates in the 2014 Irish local elections. This included all of the Socialist Party's sitting councillors, which has led to criticism that Solidarity is a front organisation for the Socialist Party. Solidarity denies this, asserting that Solidarity is an alliance of activists and organisations from across the left.
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".
Paul Murphy was elected to Dáil Éireann for Dublin South-West under the Anti-Austerity Alliance banner at a by-election in October 2014. Ruth Coppinger was elected for Dublin West as a TD at the Dublin West by-election, 2014. Both were re-elected at the Irish general election, 2016. Coppinger became the first woman to be nominated for the role of Taoiseach.
Mick Barry was elected as TD for the Cork North–Central constituency in 2016. According to the Irish Examiner, Barry has been "a leading figure in the Cork and national campaigns" against household and water charges.
On 7 August 2015, the party was removed from the Register of Political Parties. It held discussions in August 2015 with the People Before Profit Alliance about forming a new political grouping. On 17 September 2015, the two parties announced that they had formally registered as a single political party for electoral purposes. The new organisation was called Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit.
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