Solidarity (Ireland)

Solidarity
Neart le Chéile[1]
LeaderCollective leadership
Founded2014 (2014)
IdeologySocialism
Eco-socialism
Left-wing populism
Trotskyism[2]
Feminism
Political positionLeft-wing[3] to far-left[4]
National affiliationPeople Before Profit–Solidarity
Affiliate partySocialist Party
Dáil Éireann
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Local government in the Republic of Ireland
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Website
www.solidarity.ie

Solidarity (Irish: Neart le Chéile), formerly known as the Anti-Austerity Alliance[5] (AAA), is a socialist political party in Ireland, launched in 2014.[6][7] It had been registered as a political party to contest local elections,[8] and ran at least forty candidates in the 2014 Irish local elections.[9] All Solidarity's elected representatives are members of the Socialist Party.

  1. ^ "Clár nua Gaeilge 'Solidarity' le seoladh ag Oireachtas na Samhna inniu". Tuairisc.ie. November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ "The PBP/Solidarity explainer: from Campaigns to Revolution". Village Magazine.ie. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. ^ Gannon, Colin (23 January 2019). "Parties 'out of step' with Ireland on birthright citizenship". The Irish World. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ Tom Lansford, ed. (23 March 2021). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. p. 802. ISBN 978-1-5443-8472-6. The Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA) was launched in 2014 as a far-left, anti-capitalism grouping.
  5. ^ "AAA to rebrand as Solidarity". Businesspost.ie. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Anti-Austerity Alliance launches election campaign". RTÉ News. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  7. ^ "'We are the Triple A': New party says it will target Labour in local elections". The Journal. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Iris Oifigiúil, 14 February 2014" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Anti-Austerity Alliance launches as new party". 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.