Published #OnThisDay 5th December 1984:
Voice of Revolution (Marxist-Leninist Weekly), Vol. 8, No. 30
From the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).
Published #OnThisDay, The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 53, The working class paper of North Munster
#OnThisDay 3rd of December 1988, the Irish Anti-Extradition Committee held a march and rally in opposition to the extradition of prisoners to Britain.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6150/
From Snapshots of Political Action, a joint project with Irish Election Literature
#OTD #Ireland #Politics #History #Extradition #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #Activism #Protest
New document:
"Election Special: O'Devaney Gardens – A Litany of Lies", from the Campaign for Public Housing, 2020.
Irish Election Literature's collection of election leaflets from #ge24
https://irishelectionliterature.com/2024/10/22/index-of-2024-general-election-leaflets/
Leaflets distributed at the Raise the Roof housing march #OnThisDay 26th of November 2022.
From Militant Left, People Before Profit, The Workers' Party, United Against Racism, and Éirígí.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6199/
Part of the Snapshots of Political Action project from Irish Election Literature and the Irish Left Archive, documenting protest and activism in Ireland.
#Ireland #Politics #Housing #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #Activism #OTD
New document:
The Story of the Limerick Soviet: The 1919 General Strikes against British Militarism, by D. R. O'Connor Lysaght (1981, 2nd edition).
"Before you make up your mind…"
A leaflet from the Socialist Workers' Movement (SWM) during the referendums on access to abortion information and the right to travel, which took place #OnThisDay, 25th of November 1992.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/507/
#Politics #IrishPolitics #OTD #SWM #SWP #ReproductiveRights #Abortion #Referendums
#OnThisDay, 25th of November 2010, the United Left Alliance (ULA) was announced.
The alliance of the Socialist Party, Socialist Workers' Party, Workers and Unemployed Action Group (WUAG) and independent leftists contested the 2011 general election, winning five seats.
Disagreements between the parties resulted in first the WUAG and then the SP withdrawing, leaving the alliance essentially defunct by 2013.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/25/#event-5518
#IrishPolitics #SWP #SocialistParty #WUAG #UnitedLeftAlliance #OTD
#OnThisDay, 24th November 1995, the referendum to remove the prohibition of divorce in Ireland was narrowly won with 50.28% of the vote.
#OnThisDay, 24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/24/#event-5712
ILHS publishes directory of historic trade unions online
The Historical Directory of Trade Unions in Ireland, first published in 2017 by the Irish Labour History Society and the Working Class Movement Library, is now online. Historical Directory of Trade Unions in Ireland. Click for a larger image. Both the original 616-page directory, edited by Francis Devine and John B. Smethurst, and a substantial 38-page update compiled by Devine, can be found on the ILHS website,…
http://sslh.org.uk/2024/11/22/ilhs-publishes-directory-of-historic-trade-unions-online/
A few updates to the graph of Electoral Parties in the Republic of Ireland in advance of #GE2024 .
It looks like there are eight new party names that will appear on ballots since the last general election – six new parties and two name changes.
For people in or near Dublin: Rally for Unity & Hope, Saturday 23rd of November, 1pm.
New document:
"Election Interventions—Historical & Contemporary" (Republican Lecture Series, Number 6), from the Sinn Féin Education Department, circa 1982.
New document:
The Good Friday Agreement: Capitalism, Poverty, Imperialism And The Police State
From Lasair Dhearg, 2023.
From 1931, the draft constitution and rules of Saor Éire: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6252/
Saor Éire was a left Republican and communist organisation founded by members of the IRA in 1931 as “an organisation of workers and working farmers”.
It was banned by Military Tribunal, along with other Republican and Communist groups, in October 1931. (The ban was lifted the following March).
With the strength of reaction, the organisation never really got off the ground.
New document:
The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 5 – Economic Growth: Who Needs It?
From a series of papers produced by Democratic Left in 1998 prior to merging with Labour.
#OnThisDay 2nd of November 1986, Republican Sinn Féin was formed by members of Sinn Féín opposed to removing the policy of abstention from Leinster House, which had been passed by a vote at the Ard Fheis.
They were led by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, who was elected President and remained in that role until 2009.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/02/#event-5541
A Flea Market and All Day Gig fundraiser for Palestine in Dublin tomorrow (2nd November).