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I'm torn between "Every people deserves the right to self-determination" and "Catalunya is richer than Spain, so it's the bourgeosie wanting to split off from the poors and pay less tax"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

On top of that the Official IRA split into factions as well. the INLA was a united front org with MLM, Trot, and anti Revisionist elements, while the Worker's Party was growing progressively disinterested in armed Republicanism.

It is worth noting that essentially Republicanism survived and managed the few gains it did because the Provos rejecting the Official IRA. Keep out of trouble and hope Moscow wins the Cold War was not a viable strategy and the Provisional IRA represented a shift you see in the anti-aparthied struggle and Cuba.