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Irish members expelled in Workers Power International Split

category national | anti-capitalism | other press author Monday August 21, 2006 01:04author by Dublin Dave

Two long-standing members of the tiny Irish Trotskyist grouping 'Workers Power' have been expelled from their international the 'League for a Fifth International', following allegations that they were part of a plot to split the organisation in advance of a congress, which was to debate the sharply divergant views withing the group on the world economy and political perspectives.

Andy Johnston and Maureen Gallagher, two long standing members of Workers Power Ireland (formerly the Irish Workers Group) have been expelled. For more click on
http://www.permanentrevolution.net/Pages/expulsionstate....html

Related Link: http://www.socialistdemocracy.org/RecentArticles/RecentSplitInWorkersPower.html

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WP in Ireland
author by SW - Personal capacity - Workers Power/League for the Fifth Internationalpublication date Mon Aug 21, 2006 23:56author address author phone

The L5I position on the split can, be accessed at the L5I website, linked below (but temporarily, it seems, down).

About the L5I here today, well, why don't you just ask one of us at the next [Dublin] demonstration?

Related Link: http://www.fifthinternational.org
Wiki
author by Srfpublication date Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:17author address author phone

Wikipedia has more info on WP I think:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_Power_(Ireland)

why always the purges?
author by Jim Whitepublication date Wed Aug 23, 2006 03:32author address author phone

Yet another example of the far left at its worst. Why always the splits and the purges?

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77992

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