Red Patriot Explained

Red Patriot
Type:Weekly Newsletter
Format:Newsletter
Foundation:1969
Ceased Publication:1984
Owners:Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)
Political:Marxist-Leninist
Maoist(1969-78)
Hoxhaist(1978-84)
Publishing Country:Ireland

Red Patriot was a publication by the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist), it articulated an anti-revisionist outlook on Irish politics and Marxist-Leninist agenda.[1] Initially Maoist the CPI-ML moved away from Mao and sided with an Albanian articulation of Communism - Hoxhaism.[2] Initially published by the forerunner to the CPI-ML, Irish Revolutionary Youth and launched in 1969,[3] It was produced irregularly throughout the partys history, sometimes as a weekly, sometimes monthly, it was relaunched in 1982 after two years unpublished on the partys twelfth anniversary. It was replaced in 1984 by The Voice of Revolution itself replaced by Marxist-Leninist Weekly.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.clririshleftarchive.org/workspace/documents/13322-cpimlredpat82.pdf Red Parrot
  2. 'Irish Maoism - Maoism in the Developed World' By Robert Jackson Alexander
  3. https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ireland/index.htm Communisty Party of Ireland Marxist Leninist