The Republican Socialist Collective was a fringe Irish republican

Irish Republicanism

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 political group in Northern Ireland

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 formed in 1986.

The RSC formed the political arm of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation

Irish People's Liberation Organisation

The Irish People's Liberation Organisation was a small Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed in 1986 by disaffected and expelled members of the Irish National Liberation Army whose factions coalesced in the aftermath of the supergrass trials...

, a splinter group of the Irish National Liberation Army

Irish National Liberation Army

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, under the leadership of Jimmy Brown

Jimmy Brown (Irish nationalist)

Jimmy Brown was a Belfast member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party , the Irish National Liberation Army , and the Irish People's Liberation Organisation ..Jimmy Brown left the IRSP in the mid-eighties to join up with the IPLO...

. Ideologically the group endorsed a militant brand of revolutionary socialism

Revolutionary socialism

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Although the party did not take part in any elections it did organise a number of public meetings and debates in Belfast

Belfast

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 and Newry

Newry

Newry is a city in Northern Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, formed the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. It is from Belfast and from Dublin. Newry had a population of 27,433 at the 2001 Census, while Newry and Mourne Council Area had a population...

. It was disestablished in 1992 when the Provisional IRA eliminated the IPLO whilst Brown was killed by a rival faction within the IPLO.