Irish Left Archive
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Since it's Easter weekend, here's a collection of documents marking previous anniversaries of the 1916 #EasterRising.
Document Collection: 1916 Easter Rising: Anniversaries and Commemorations
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Published #OnThisDay 20th April 1985:
"Celebrate May Day! Come to the rally at Dublin's GPO" "Farewell to Comrade Enver!"
Voice of Revolution (Marxist-Leninist Weekly), from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).
The paper also marks the funeral of Albanian leader, Enver Hoxha. The #CPIML took a Hoxhaist position after the Sino-Albanian split.
There's a wide range of political material on our site, but this remains among the most unsettling to pass when scrolling through them… 
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6130/
From a housing occupation in Dublin (from @electionlit@mastodon.online).
Leo Varadkar Face Mask (2018)
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#OnThisDay, 19th April 2003, demonstration was held in Newbridge, Kildare, to oppose the invasion of Iraq and the US military’s use of Shannon Airport. These documents were distributed at the demo and to promote it:
Political Material from: Anti-War Demonstration, 19th April 2003
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Nicanews, February 1995.
Produced by the Irish Nicaragua Support Group
Nicanews, February 1995 (1995) — Irish Nicaragua Support Group
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Irish Left Archive shared 14 days ago
@CLR@mastodon.ieAlan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive
Great news from Dublin City Council/Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath, a testament to a left wing activist life (and there's a fine photo of Alan courtesy of Mary Muldowney). The Alan MacSimóin Collection is a wonderful collection for researchers interested in left wing activism in Dublin over the past few decades. Share Share via Twitter Share via Facebook Share via WhatsApp…
Alan MacSimóin Collection in Dublin City Library and Archive
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In the latest Irish Left Archive Podcast episode, we spoke to Aidan Beatty about his book, The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism.
You can listen here: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/the-party-is-always-right-the-untold-story-of-gerry-healy-and-british-trotskyism-with-aidan-beatty
For more on the relationship of the left in Britain to Ireland, the archive includes a range of material from British left groups, including from Healy's Workers' Revolutionary Party. You'll find an overview in our British Left on Ireland collection: https://www.leftarchive.ie/collection/2835/
Document Collection: The British Left on Ireland
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Irish Left Archive shared 15 days ago@CLR@mastodon.ieNew look for the Irish Left Archive
We're currently working towards a new version of the Irish Left Archive website, which is showing its age a bit since we launched it in 2013. That will happen sometime later this year, but in the meantime we've refreshed the existing site to match the new style. Yep, it's red. We originally avoided red as too on-the-nose, but the old blue always felt a bit contrarian, and the rest of the rainbow gets a bit party-specific.
https://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/new-look-for-the-irish-left-archive/
New look for the Irish Left Archive
The Cedar Lounge Revolution
New document:
The Clann, 29th February 1948.
Newspaper of Clann na Poblachta. This edition comes just after CnaP joined the first inter-party government after the 1948 election.
The Clann, 29th February 1948 (1948) — Clann na Poblachta
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Published #OnThisDay, 1st April 1972:
"Military Dictatorship in Northern Ireland" – Freedom, Anarchist Weekly.
Freedom, Vol. 33, No. 14 (1972) — Freedom Press
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New document:
"Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks!"
From the Dublin Spartacist Group, August 1997.
Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks! (1997) — Dublin Spartacist Group
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New podcast episode!
We talk to Aidan Beatty about his book, The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism. We discuss the history of the Socialist Labour League and Workers’ Revolutionary Party in the UK; the role of the party and their Galway-born leader, Gerry Healy, in Trotskyism; the implosion of the party in 1985 with allegations of sexual abuse against Healy in a context of an already diminished Left; and responses to Aidan’s book.
Irish Left Archive shared 24 days ago
@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieThe Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism, with Aidan Beatty
🎙️New Episode! We talk to historian Aidan Beatty about his book, The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism.
Published #OnThisDay, 29th March 1974:
Comment, newspaper of the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO) – "For the working class – the class that holds the future in its hands".
Comment, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1974) — British and Irish Communist Organisation
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#OnThisDay 29th March 1975, The Non-Stop Connolly Show, a 24-hour play dramatising the life of James Connolly by Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden, was first performed.
The Non-Stop Connolly Show - Liberty Hall / Easter Week 1975 (1975)
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SIPTU Fightback, No. 7 (1998)
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Published #OnThisDay 22nd March 1974:
"Step Back to to 1921 and Civil War?"
An Phoblacht, Vol. 4, No. 12. Newspaper of Sinn Féin.
An Phoblacht, Vol. 4, No. 12 (1974) — Sinn Féin
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Published #OnThisDay 19th March 1976:
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 60.
The Bottom Dog was a Limerick-based newspaper, published from 1975 and subtitled “the working class paper of North Munster”.
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 60 (1976)
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New document:
"Why Are We Not Letting You Into the Book of Kells?"
From the Trinity Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to force Trinity College Dublin to divest from Israel, 2024.
Why Are We Not Letting You Into the Book of Kells? (2024) — Trinity BDS
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#OnThisDay 12th March 2003: "Monster Meeting" - Crumlin Anti-Bin Tax Campaign
From the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign of the early 2000s in Dublin. The campaign led to the imprisonment of Socialist Party and Irish Socialist Network members. Waste collection was subsequently privatised.
Crumlin Anti-Bin Tax Campaign - Monster Meeting (2003)
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