the Officials

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The Officials were a Marxist-oriented faction of the Irish republican movement that emerged from a split in the Irish Republican Army and became associated with political rather than armed struggle.


Statements (43)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican faction
Marxist political organization
activeIn Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
associatedWith Official IRA
Official Sinn Féin
Workers' Party of Ireland
country Ireland
distinguishedFrom Provisional republican movement
emergedFrom IRA split of 1969–1970
Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED
emphasis parliamentary activity
political organization building
trade union work
goal end of British rule in Northern Ireland
socialist republic in Ireland
ideology Irish republicanism
Marxism
socialism
influencedBy European Marxist parties
international communist movement
language English
mediaLabel Official republican movement
notableEvent split in the IRA in 1969–1970
opposed Provisional IRA armed campaign
sectarian violence
opposedStrategy armed struggle
organizationalSuccessor Workers' Party of Ireland
partOf Irish republican movement
position Marxist–Leninist
left-wing
religiousOrientation largely secular
separatedFrom Provisional IRA
strategy electoral politics
political struggle
supported ceasefires by Official IRA
class politics
constitutional politics in Ireland
working-class interests
timePeriod 1970s
The Troubles NERFINISHED
late 1960s
viewedAs more moderate than Provisional IRA

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Official Irish Republican Army
alsoKnownAs

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