The RSC was formed at the behest of Jimmy Brown to serve as the political arm of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation, a splinter group of the Irish National Liberation Army formed by Gerard Steenson, Jimmy Brown and Martin 'Rook' O'Prey.
[2][3] Ideologically the group endorsed a militant brand of revolutionary socialism.
[4] Although the party did not take part in any elections it did organise a number of public meetings and debates in Belfast and Newry.
[2] It was disestablished at the end of October 1992 when the Provisional IRA eliminated the IPLO, whilst Brown was killed earlier in August by a rival faction within the IPLO shortly before an internal feud began.
[2][5] The group also published a quarterly newspaper called the Socialist Republican.