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{{Infobox political party|name=Republican Sinn Féin|native_name=Sinn Féin Poblachtach|logo=Republican Sinn Fein Logo.png|founded=November | {{Infobox political party|name=Republican Sinn Féin|native_name=Sinn Féin Poblachtach|logo=Republican Sinn Fein Logo.png|founded=November 1986 (Originally 28 November 1905)|logo_alt=Alternate Republican Sinn Fein Logo.jpeg|president=[[Seosamh Ó Maoileoin]]|leader1_title=Vice-Presidents|leader1_name=[[S. MacCarthaigh]] | ||
[[Martin Kelly]]|leader2_title=General Secretaries|leader2_name=[[L. Ní Chathmhaoil]] | [[Martin Kelly]]|leader2_title=General Secretaries|leader2_name=[[L. Ní Chathmhaoil]] | ||
[[C. Healy]]|leader3_title=Publicity Officer|leader3_name=[[A. Ó Muirithe]]|leader4_title=Treasurers|leader4_name=[[A. Donohue]] | [[C. Healy]]|leader3_title=Publicity Officer|leader3_name=[[A. Ó Muirithe]]|leader4_title=Treasurers|leader4_name=[[A. Donohue]] | ||
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[[J. O’Connor]] | [[J. O’Connor]] | ||
[[M. Mag Congail]]|founders=[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] | [[M. Mag Congail]]|founders=[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] | ||
[[Dáithí Ó Conaill]]|newspaper=Saoirse – Irish Freedom|youth_wing=Fianna Éireann|womens_wing=Cumann na mBan|wing1_title=Military Wing|wing1=[[Continuity Irish Republican Army]] (alleged)|political_orientation=[[Irish Republicanism]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|Abstentionism (Irish Republican)]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Irish_Republican_Legitimism|Irish Republican Legitimism]]<br>[[Euroscepticism]]<br>[[Anti-Imperialism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Direct Action]]<br>[[Éire Nua]]<br>[[Internationalism | [[Dáithí Ó Conaill]]|newspaper=Saoirse – Irish Freedom|youth_wing=Fianna Éireann|womens_wing=Cumann na mBan|wing1_title=Military Wing|wing1=[[Continuity Irish Republican Army]] (alleged)|political_orientation=[[Irish Republicanism]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|Abstentionism (Irish Republican)]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Irish_Republican_Legitimism|Irish Republican Legitimism]]<br>[[Euroscepticism]]<br>[[Anti-Imperialism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Direct Action]]<br>[[Éire Nua]]<br>[[Internationalism]]|seats1_title=Galway County Council|seats1=1/39|website=https://republicansinnfein.org/|twitter=https://x.com/RepublicanSF}} | ||
'''Republican Sinn Féin''' is an [[Irish Republican]] political party in [[Northern Ireland|Occupied Northern Ireland]] and the [[Republic of Ireland|Collaborator Republic of Ireland]]. It split from [[Provisional Sinn Féin]] in 1986 due to the party's abandonment of [[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|abstentionism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us - Republican SINN FÉIN Poblachtach|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/}}</ref> | '''Republican Sinn Féin''' is an [[Irish Republican]] political party in [[Northern Ireland|Occupied Northern Ireland]] and the [[Republic of Ireland|Collaborator Republic of Ireland]]. It split from [[Provisional Sinn Féin]] in 1986 due to the party's abandonment of [[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|abstentionism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us - Republican SINN FÉIN Poblachtach|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
== Ideology == | == Ideology == | ||
Republican Sinn Féin is staunchly Irish Republican, abstentionist, and committed to the armed struggle | Republican Sinn Féin is staunchly Irish Republican, abstentionist, and committed to the armed struggle to liberate Ireland.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
It is considered an Irish Republican Legitimist organization, with it claiming to be the legitimate successor of the original Sinn Féin party of 1905 | It is considered an Irish Republican Legitimist organization, with it claiming to be the legitimate successor of the original Sinn Féin party of 1905.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/|quote="has direct and unbroken continuity with the original Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905."}}</ref> Due to this the party opposes the government of the Republic of Ireland, as it was founded by the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, as well as the occupation government in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/|quote=Sinn Féin is abstentionist. We do not take seats if elected to Stormont or Leinster House. Instead we lend our support to the de-facto Dáil Éireann. | ||
We do not recognize the legitimacy of these parliaments in Ireland, both of which were created by acts of the British parliament in Westminster as a denial of the wishes of the Irish people. | We do not recognize the legitimacy of these parliaments in Ireland, both of which were created by acts of the British parliament in Westminster as a denial of the wishes of the Irish people. | ||
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It opposes all imperialist presence in Ireland, including both by the United Kingdom and the European Union, the latter in particular due to its exploitation of natural resources in Ireland and its harm to Irish farmers, as well as the EU's participation in global imperialism.<ref>{{Web citation|title=About Us-The European Union|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/}}</ref> Likewise it opposes global imperialism as a whole, supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people against Zionism<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Stand up for Palestine|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2023/10/09/stand-up-for-palestine/}}</ref> and criticizing the docking of NATO ships in Ireland.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Another NATO ship breaking Irish neutrality|date=2022-11-28|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2022/11/28/another-nato-ship-breaking-irish-neutrality/}}</ref> It also supports the revolutionary left in Turkey<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=R.S.F demand release of arrested comrades in Turkey|date=2022-03-2015|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2015/04/03/r-s-f-demand-release-of-arrested-comrades-in-turkey/}}</ref> and the Kurdish struggle against Turkish repression.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Kurdistan: Imperialists show their true colours|title=Kurdistan: Imperialists show their true colours|date=2025|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2015/07/29/kurdistan-imperialists-show-their-true-colours/}}</ref> Among other global national liberation movements. | It opposes all imperialist presence in Ireland, including both by the United Kingdom and the European Union, the latter in particular due to its exploitation of natural resources in Ireland and its harm to Irish farmers, as well as the EU's participation in global imperialism.<ref>{{Web citation|title=About Us-The European Union|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/}}</ref> Likewise it opposes global imperialism as a whole, supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people against Zionism<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Stand up for Palestine|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2023/10/09/stand-up-for-palestine/}}</ref> and criticizing the docking of NATO ships in Ireland.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Another NATO ship breaking Irish neutrality|date=2022-11-28|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2022/11/28/another-nato-ship-breaking-irish-neutrality/}}</ref> It also supports the revolutionary left in Turkey<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=R.S.F demand release of arrested comrades in Turkey|date=2022-03-2015|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2015/04/03/r-s-f-demand-release-of-arrested-comrades-in-turkey/}}</ref> and the Kurdish struggle against Turkish repression.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Kurdistan: Imperialists show their true colours|title=Kurdistan: Imperialists show their true colours|date=2025|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2015/07/29/kurdistan-imperialists-show-their-true-colours/}}</ref> Among other global national liberation movements. | ||
The party believes in the Éire Nua plan, which calls for the establishment of a 32 County Socialist | The party believes in the Éire Nua plan, which calls for the establishment of a 32 County Socialist Republic in Ireland.<ref>{{Citation|year=1990|title=Éire Nua: A New Democracy|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:%C3%89ire_Nua:_A_New_Democracy}}</ref> | ||
== Objectives == | == Objectives == | ||
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'''16)''' Campaigning against speculation in land for housing and essential services. Supporting demands that the principle, that the price of building land be based on the price of agricultural land plus 25%, be adopted and implemented.<ref>{{Citation|author=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Saol Nua - A New Way of Life|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Saol_Nua_%E2%80%93_A_New_Way_of_Life|chapter=A Programme of Immediate Action|chapter-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Saol_Nua_%E2%80%93_A_New_Way_of_Life#A_Programme_of_Immediate_Action}}</ref></blockquote> | '''16)''' Campaigning against speculation in land for housing and essential services. Supporting demands that the principle, that the price of building land be based on the price of agricultural land plus 25%, be adopted and implemented.<ref>{{Citation|author=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Saol Nua - A New Way of Life|title-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Saol_Nua_%E2%80%93_A_New_Way_of_Life|chapter=A Programme of Immediate Action|chapter-url=https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Saol_Nua_%E2%80%93_A_New_Way_of_Life#A_Programme_of_Immediate_Action}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
== Affiliated Organizations == | |||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
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[[Library:Saol Nua – A New Way of Life|Saol Nua – A New Way of Life]] on the Prolewiki library | [[Library:Saol Nua – A New Way of Life|Saol Nua – A New Way of Life]] on the Prolewiki library | ||