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'''Republican communism''' is a variant of [[republicanism]] that advocates independent communist states in countries such as [[Ireland]] and [[Scotland]].

The Republican movement itself has been historically large in Ireland for centuries and present but less dominant in Scotland. "Republican Communists" usually more likely to describe themselves as Republican Socialists or Socialist Republicans have advocated a mixture of republican policies (independence from England, [[equal rights]] and elected government) combined with [[Marxist-Leninist|Marxism-Leninism]] or Communist economics. They have always represented a minority faction in Irish and Scottish republican politics. [[James Connolly]], the Scottish born Irish Republican rebel is often considered an ideological father of the movement.

Examples of Socialist Republican groups from Ireland are:

*[[Irish Citizens Army]] - a paramilitary organization formed by James Connolly which took part in the [[Easter Rising]] of 1916
*[[Irish Socialist Republican Party]] - a political party founded by James Connolly
*[[Irish Republican Socialist Party]] - a political party, political wing of the INLA, which split from the [[Official Sinn Féin]] in 1974 and claims to represent the values of James Connolly 
(contracted; show full)*[[Marxism-Leninism]]

[[Category:Political science terms]]
[[Category:Communism in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Republicanism in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Politics of Ireland]]

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