Irish Left Archive

Published #OnThisDay, 7th March 1975:

"Why Was Garland Shot?"

The Irish People, newspaper of Official Sinn Féin on the then recent shooting of Seán Garland.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6906/

#Ireland #Politics #History #TheIrishPeople #OfficialSinnFéin

There's a Radical Book Fair in the Teacher's Club in Dublin this Saturday.

Organised by Rupture / RISE, it will also include workshops and talks throughout the day.

In the main hall we will have big book stalls from Connolly Books, Pluto Press, Rebel News & Rupture Media, as well as campaign stalls from CATU, Unite, Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin, Le Cheile, rs21, Rebel Telly/Red Network, IIRE/Fourth International, Praxis, TNI, Irish Anarchist Network, NARA and more.

#RadicalBookFair #Dublin #Rupture #RISE

New document:

Red Banner, No. 7, July 2000.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6939/

Red Banner, which ran from 1997–2016, described its aim:

We intend to present socialist ideas to as many people as we can, and to develop and apply those ideas to the needs of the struggle for socialism today. We wish to contribute, as far as we can, to ensuring that socialism succeeds in rescuing the world from barbarity.

#Ireland #Politics #History #RedBanner

A few new organisations added to our index.

You can browse them all here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/browse/organisations/

If you know of an organisation or campaign that should be included, even if we don't have material from them yet, please let us know.

#Ireland #Politics #Left

New document:

Stop the Cuts: Budget Day Protest

A leaflet from the Socialist Party for a march in Dublin on budget day in 2002.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6922/

#Ireland #Politics #History #SocialistParty

#OnThisDay 22nd February 1995, the Northern Ireland Framework Documents were published.

They can be read on the excellent Cain archive here: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/fd22295b.htm

Documents in the archive on the subject can be read on our website: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2758/

#Ireland #Politics #History

New document:

The United Irishman, Eanair (January) 1971.

The United Irishman was the newspaper of Sinn Féin from 1948, and continued by Official Sinn Féin after the 1969 split.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6916/

#Ireland #History #Politics #OfficialSinnFéin #TheUnitedIrishman

#OnThisDay 22nd February 2014, a rally held at the Spire in Dublin on 22nd February 2014 calling for an end to the US military’s use of Shannon Airport and the release of Margaretta D’Arcy, who was imprisoned for her refusal to sign a bond committing not to enter Shannon Airport as part of the campaign

The #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction project includes documents distributed at the rally.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6173/

#Ireland #History #Politics #Shannon #MargarettaDarcy

#OnThisDay, 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed after a split in the Workers' Party.

At a Workers Party Ard Comhairle meeting, several members and six of the party’s TDs left the party and formed a new party led by Proinsias de Rossa. Initially called New Agenda, it was renamed Democratic Left at its founding conference the following month.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/02/22/#event-5651

#Ireland #Politics #History #WorkersParty #DemocraticLeft

#OnThisDay, 15th February 2003, an international day of action took place to oppose the invasion of Iraq. Circa 100,000 people joined the march and rally in Dublin.

This collection from the Snapshots of Political Action project includes leaflets distributed on the day: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6155/

#Ireland #History #Politics #Iraq #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

New document:

"Why was Garland shot?"

The Irish People, March 7, 1975, in the aftermath of the shooting of Seán Garland.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6906/

#Ireland #Politics #History #OfficialSinnFéin #TheIrishPeople #SeánGarland

New document:

"Don't Be Codded Again! No National Wage Agreement!"

Irish Socialist, No. 126, May 1973.

Irish Socialist was the newspaper of the Communist Party of Ireland.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6895/

#Ireland #Politics #History #CommunistPartyOfIreland #IrishSocialist

In our (slightly delayed) January episode of the Irish Left Archive Podcast, we talk to Jim Monaghan about his political activism since the 1960s in various Republican and Trotskyist groups including the League for A Workers' Republic, Workers' League, Official Sinn Féin, People's Democracy and the H-Block/Armagh Committee.

Many thanks to Jim for his time and insight on Left political activity in Ireland!

https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/jim-monaghan-lwr-workers-league-official-sinn-fein-peoples-democracy-and-the-h-block-armagh-committee

You can follow the podcast directly @ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ie.

#Ireland #Politics #History #Podcast #Republicanism #Trotskyism

From the 1995 divorce referendum, a poster from the Socialist Workers' Party (SWP).

#Ireland #Politics #History #Referendums #SocialistWorkersParty

Published #OnThisDay, 2nd February 1980:

"The Chains of Hypocrisy"

An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 2, Uimh. 5, from Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6314/

#Ireland #Politics #History #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews

Published #OnThisDay, 2nd February 1968:

"Mass-Line in Education: Revolutionary v Reactionary Line"

Words and Comment, No. 3, from The Internationalists (precursor to the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1272/

#Ireland #Politics #History #Internationalists #CPIML #Maoism

#OnThisDay, 31st January 1971, the Cork Communist Organisation was formed after resigning from the Irish Communist Organisation.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/31/#event-4512

#OTD #Politics #History #Communism #IrishCommunistOrganisation #CorkCommunistOrganisation