British and Irish Communist Organisation

British and Irish Communist Organisation
LeaderBrendan Clifford
Founded1965
Dissolved1980s
Succeeded byAthol Books
Aubane Historical Society
Ernest Bevin Society
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Two Nations Theory
Unionism (until 1990s)

The British and Irish Communist Organisation (B&ICO) was a small group based in London, Belfast, Cork, and Dublin. Its leader was Brendan Clifford. The group produced a number of pamphlets and regular publications, including The Irish Communist and Workers Weekly in Belfast. Τhe group currently expresses itself through Athol Books with its premier publication being the Irish Political Review. The group also continues to publish Church & State, Irish Foreign Affairs, Labour Affairs and Problems.