32 County Sovereignty Movement

32 County Sovereignty Movement
ChairpersonFrancis Mackey[1]
FounderBernadette Sands McKevitt
Founded1997 (1997)
Split fromSinn Féin
IdeologyIrish republicanism
Socialism[2]
Anti-imperialism[3]
Website
32csm.org
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The 32 County Sovereignty Movement, often abbreviated to 32CSM or 32csm, is an Irish republican group that was founded by Bernadette Sands McKevitt.[4][5] It does not contest elections but acts as a pressure group, with branches or cumainn organised throughout the traditional counties of Ireland.

The 32CSM had been described as the "political wing" of the now defunct Real IRA,[5][6][7] but this was denied by both organisations.[8][9][10] The group originated in a split from Sinn Féin over the Mitchell Principles.[11][12] The group was designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.[13]

  1. ^ "Alan Ryan commemoration 2014". 32csm.com. 6 September 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015.
  2. ^ "International". 32csm. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Constitution". 32csm. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ^ "The bombers have blown a hole in more than the BBC". The Guardian. 5 March 2001. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Links with terror group rejected". BBC. 17 August 1997. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Red Pepper January 2001". 2 March 2004. Archived from the original on 2 March 2004.
  7. ^ "Not Found – BreakingNews.ie". breakingnews.ie. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2006.
  8. ^ "CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations – 'T'". Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. ^ Horgan 2013, p. 185.
  10. ^ Morrison 2013, p. 149.
  11. ^ Horgan 2013, p. 28.
  12. ^ Morrison 2013, p. 159.
  13. ^ "Foreign Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations; Designation: Real IRA". federalregister.gov. 13 May 2003.