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''See main article: [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]'' | ''See main article: [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]'' | ||
The Social Democratic and Labour Party was founded in 1970 by Gerry Fitt, who was then a leading member of the Republican Labour Party and who was subsequently expelled from the party. It was founded as a Republican nationalist party with Social Democratic and some Socialist principles. The party opposed internment but was not in favor of the IRA armed struggle.<ref | The Social Democratic and Labour Party was founded in 1970 by Gerry Fitt, who was then a leading member of the Republican Labour Party and who was subsequently expelled from the party. It was founded as a Republican nationalist party with Social Democratic and some Socialist principles. The party opposed internment but was not in favor of the IRA armed struggle.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=CAIN|title=SDLP|url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/organ/sorgan.htm#sdlp}}</ref> | ||
The party began to move away from Socialism and its more left-wing Social Democratic principles in the late 1970s, particularly shown by the expulsion of [[Paddy Devlin]] for his criticism of the party's political shift in 1977 and Gerry Fitt's resignation from the party in 1979, opposing its move away from Socialism. | The party began to move away from Socialism and its more left-wing Social Democratic principles in the late 1970s, particularly shown by the expulsion of [[Paddy Devlin]] for his criticism of the party's political shift in 1977 and Gerry Fitt's resignation from the party in 1979, opposing its move away from Socialism. | ||
In the late 1970s the party became the second most prominent Republican political party, winning large shares of the Stormont elections, UK Parliament elections, EU elections and local elections in Northern Ireland. The party still is prominent in Irish Republican and Northern Irish politics today. | In the late 1970s the party became the second most prominent Republican political party, winning large shares of the Stormont elections, UK Parliament elections, EU elections and local elections in Northern Ireland. The party still is prominent in Irish Republican and Northern Irish politics today. | ||
==== Irish National Liberation Army/Irish Republican Socialist Party ==== | ==== Irish National Liberation Army/Irish Republican Socialist Party ==== |