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@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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#OnThisDay 8th June 1975 Irish Women United was constituted.
Their magazine, Banshee, explains their foundation:
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/06/08/#event-5524
#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #Feminism #IrishWomenUnited #Banshee #OTD
On This Day, 8th June
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@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieSarah Clancy: Poetry, Activism, Politics, and the Contemporary Left
In 2021 we spoke to Sarah Clancy about her poetry and political activism and how the two inflect each other.
Two Irish general elections occurred #OnThisDay, 6th June, in 1977 and 1997.
Here' the Socialist Party of Ireland's (SPI) Advance magazine profiling their candidate Eamonn O'Brien in 1977. The SPI went on to merge with the Democratic Socialist Party in the early 1980s, which ultimately merged with Labour in 1990. (It is not related to the current Socialist Party).
And from 1997, an analysis from Labour's Emmet Stagg in TILT of Labour's losses in that election (the party lost 16 TDs, going from 32 to 17).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/06/06/
#OTD #Politics #History #Ireland #SocialistPartyOfIreland #Labour #Advance #TILT #GeneralElection
On This Day, 6th June
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#OnThisDay 5th June 1982: March For Survival
Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marched from Parnell Square to Stephen's Green in Dublin, calling for pressure on the Irish government's position on disarmament and Irish neutrality.
March for Survival (1982) — Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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Published #OnThisDay 5th June 2021:
"Towards a Programme for Eco-Socialism"
The founding programme of An Rabharta Glas - Green Left.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4369/
#Politics #Ireland #Ecosocialism #AnRabhartaGlas #GreenLeft #Environment #OTD
Towards a Programme for Eco-Socialism (2021) — An Rabharta Glas - Green Left
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New document:
"25 Years On – We Shall Overcome"
An Phoblacht Republican News marks the 25th anniversary of the deployment of British troops in the North in 1969.
From Déardaoin, 11 Lúnasa / Thursday, 11 August 1994, the newspaper of Sinn Féin.
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 16, Uimh. 32 (1994) — Sinn Féin
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Published #OnThisDay 4th June 1973:
"Performing Artists on a Flying Trapeze"
Gerry Foley on how Official Sinn Féin can build a "revolutionary party of the Irish people", from Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International (USFI).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1489/
#OTD #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #OfficialSinnFéin #FourthInternational #IntercontinentalPress
Performing Artists on a Flying Trapeze (1973) — Gerry Foley
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A demonstration was held #OnThisDay, 4th June 2005, against Israel’s occupation of Palestine during a soccer World Cup qualifying match between Ireland and Israel, which was taking place in Landsdown Road stadium.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6160/
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Political Material from: Palestine Solidarity Demonstration During Ireland-Israel Soccer Match, 4th June 2005
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#OnThisDay 1st June 1979, a group of protestors began an occupation of the development at Wood Quay, as part of the campaign to preserve the historical mediaeval site from destruction. Dubbed “Operation Sitric”, after Sigtrygg Silkbeard, a Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, the occupation lasted for three weeks.
Document Collection: Wood Quay Protests
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We've just added lots of new entries to our bibliography of Irish Left periodicals, which you can find here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/information/publications-bibliography.
Thanks to Ciarán Crossey for his help! If you are aware of any periodicals we're missing, please let us know.
#OnThisDay 1st June 1984 Ronald Reagan arrived in Ireland on a state visit that was met with widespread protests.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/06/01/#event-6260
On This Day, 1st June
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#OnThisDay 31st May 2012 a referendum was held in Ireland to ratify the European Fiscal Compact.
Here's a leaflet from the United Left Alliance opposing the referendum.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/3197/
#IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #Referendum #EU #UnitedLeftAlliance
Factsheet: Why Vote No to the Austerity Treaty (2012) — United Left Alliance
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New document:
Socialist View, No. 8, Spring 2001, from the Socialist Party.
Socialist View, No. 8 (2001) — Socialist Party
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Published #OnThisDay 28th May, 1973:
"Revolutionary Nationalism, Class Struggle, and Problems of Party Building in Ireland"
An article by Gerry Foley on Official Sinn Féin, from Intercontinental Press, the magazine of the Fourth International.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1488/
#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #OfficialSinnFéin #IntercontinentalPress #FourthInternational
Revolutionary Nationalism, Class Struggle, and Problems of Party Building in Ireland (1973) — Gerry Foley
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#OnThisDay 28th May 1912, the Irish Labour Party was founded by James Connolly, James Larkin and William O'Brien as the political arm of the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC).
Labour
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#OnThisDay 28th May 1949, the Socialist Party of Ireland was founded.
"On May 28th, 1949, a number of workers, representing Socialist Groups in Dublin and Belfast, met in Belfast and decided that the Groups should coalesce and form the Socialist Party of Ireland. That decision was subsequently ratified by the members of the Dublin and Belfast Groups; and so was born the first political party in Ireland to publicly and unequivocally declare its object to be the establishment of Socialism."
The party was associated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and later became the World Socialist Party.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/05/28/#event-4500
#OTD #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #SocialistPartyOfIreland #SPGB #WorldSocialism
On This Day, 28th May
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#OnThisDay 27th May 1978, the opening address of the Socialist Labour Party policy conference, given by party Chairman, Matt Merrigan.
Opening Address of Chairman, Matt Merrigan, To the Policy Conference Held at Liberty Hall, Dublin on Saturday and Sunday, May 27th and 28th 1978 (1978) — Socialist Labour Party
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#OnThisDay 26th May 1987, a referendum was held on the Single European Act. When passed, the act established the European Single Market.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2235/
#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #EuropeanUnion #Referendum #SingleEuropeanAct
Referendum - Single European Act Referendum, 1987
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@marymcauliffe@mastodon.ieArchiving Reproductive Health project published some new collections today, to mark the 5th anniversary of the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. More information and links to the collections here: https://dri.ie/new-collections-published-archiving-reproductive-health-5th-anniversary-repeal-referendum #mastodaoine #repealed #histodons #repoductivehistories
New Collections Published by Archiving Reproductive Health for 5th Anniversary of the Repeal Referendum | Digital Repository Ireland
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#OnThisDay 25th May 2018, the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish constitution was held. The vote to remove the block on provision of abortion services was passed with 66% voting yes.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3762/
#IrishPolitics #OTD #Repeal #EighthAmendment #Abortion #Referendum
Referendum - Repeal of the Eighth Amendment Referendum, 2018
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