Independent Socialist Party (Ireland)

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The Independent Socialist Party was a far left political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1976 as a split from the Irish Republican Socialist Party named the Irish Committee for a Socialist Programme, calling for more prominent socialist politics and less emphasis on paramilitary activity. The following year, it renamed itself the "Independent Socialist Party" and was joined by former UK Member of Parliament Bernadette McAliskey.

The party entered discussions with the Socialist Workers' Movement (SWM), with the aim of forming a joint organisation, but the SWM chose instead to join the Socialist Labour Party in 1978. As a result, the Independent Socialist Party decided to disband.

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Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations

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Unionist/Loyalist	Commonwealth Labour Party · Protestant Unionist Party · Ulster Constitution Party · Ulster Democratic Party · Ulster Popular Unionist Party · Ulster Progressive Unionist Association · Ulster Unionist Labour Association · Unionist Party of Northern Ireland · United Ulster Unionist Council · United Ulster Unionist Party · Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party · Volunteer Political Party

Nationalist/Republican	All Ireland Anti-Partition League · Anti-Partition of Ireland League · Federation of Labour · Fianna Uladh · Irish Independence Party · National Democrats · Nationalist Party · Official Sinn Féin · People's Democracy · Red Republican Party · Saor Éire · Socialist Republican Party · Unity

Left wing^#	Belfast Labour Party · Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) · Communist Party of Northern Ireland · Democratic Left · Independent Labour Group · Independent Socialist Party · Labour Coalition · Labour Party of Northern Ireland · League for a Workers Republic · Northern Ireland Labour Party · Republican Labour Party · Socialist Labour Alliance · United Labour Party · Workers League

Ulster nationalism	British Ulster Dominion Party · Ulster Independence Movement · Ulster Independence Party · Ulster Movement for Self-Determination

Others	Democratic Partnership · Northern Ireland Women's Coalition · Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Ulster Liberal Party

^#Excluding those left-wing parties which were avowedly nationalist/republican or unionist/loyalist.