Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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Updates to our bibliography of Irish Left periodicals: https://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2023/04/10/updated-bibliography-of-irish-left-periodicals/
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Updated Bibliography of Irish Left Periodicals
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New document:
The Socialist, No. 137, 26 November 1999. Newspaper of the Socialist Party (England & Wales).
The Socialist, No. 137 (1999) — Socialist Party [England & Wales]
Irish Left Archive
From 1971, the first issue of Official Sinn Féin's theoretical journal, Teoric.
Teoiric, No. 1 (1971) — Sinn Féin [Official]
Irish Left Archive
A leaflet from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), which folds out to a Palestinian flag.
Collected at a 2005 Palestine solidarity demonstration during an Ireland-Israel soccer match.
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@marymcauliffe@mastodon.ieWhat a fun morning filming with French TV in Nearys Pub talking about the pubs campaign led by Nell McCafferty and others in the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement. I think there should be a plaque to them in Nearys - I will be emailing them about it #irishwmnhist #historylife #mastodaoine
From 1969, an article on opposition to the appointment of Charles as Prince of Wales, and the ongoing trial of nine members of the Free Wales Army.
From United Irishman, newspaper of Sinn Féin.
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![Scanned newspaper article headlined "Wales Defiled!", with a caricature image of Charles, and reading:
On July 1 as we go to press a representative of the English Crown, the most vicious institution of murder the world has ever known, was installed as "prince" of Wales.
Surrounded by the largest force of police and troops ever mounted in peacetime the English “royals” imposed themselves on the people of Wales. The “royal” occasion did not pass without protest however: bombs exploded in Cardiff, the Welsh Capital, and in Abergele, forty miles from Caernarvon, two men were killed while placing explosives in a government office.
At the same time the marathon trial of members of the Free Wales Army was coming to an end and the verdicts were due to be announced on July 1. Referring to the trial, our Welsh correspondent writes:
Now as the Free Wales Army trial drags to its seemingly interminable close the moment of decision — the “crunch” — arrives. Not only for those patriots in the dock at Swansea. The hour of decision has arrived for the whole movement towards devolution of Government away from the Whitehall tyrannies of the Harold Wilson regime. Sadly, most sadly, one or two signs of the cracking of resolve are to be seen amongst those who took upon themselves the heavy responsibility of putting themselves forward as martyrs in the cause of the struggle to save the lifeblood of the Welsh nation.
The inspiration for the Welsh militant movement sprang — as it was bound to do — from the great examples of the Irish patriots of the time of Ireland’s agony.
But from the example of the martyrs for Irish independence those who are now in doubt — and who can blame them after the ordeal they have undergone in English prisons over the past months? — they, these new martyrs in the cause of Wales, must draw fresh strength.
They must stand firm. One sign of weakness, one indication that one or two may be tempted, fatally, to “crawl out from under” the weight of their responsibility — a responsibility to the generations of new Welshmen and women in the years to come — and the very existence of Wales, as a Nation again, will be equally fatally threatened.
Stand firm, the new martyrs of Wales.
Remember the examples of Pearse, of Connolly, of Ap Griffith, the Welshman him self who inspired in those days of the other struggles for the freedom of Ireland. Stand firm. For the dignity of the Welsh nation.
Only stand fearless before the threats of the London Government hirelings, the Quisling traitors of Wales, who are even now drawing their wages in Saxon gold as drovers of the Welsh cattle out of Wales and to the "Sais“ New Towns, only stand firm now all can be won.
Only stand firm now and as Ireland survived its testing hour, so can Wales today.
A heavy responsibility rests on the shoulders of the men on trial. They must prove themselves worthy of it.
Any sign of weakness, any sign of fear, and the whole movement towards the rennaissance [sic] of the Welsh spirit will be put back a hundred years.
The men on trial at the Inquisition of Swansea have the ability to write themselves into a golden page of Welsh history. Stand firm Welshmen. The heart and soul of a new Wales is with you. The new martyrs of Wales have already been likened to “the tip of the spear” — this one action, this one public martyrdom, and the modern “Siege of The Post Office" in open court can win Wales its freedom after 500 years of insidious and open oppression.
Stand firm and all can be won.
Stand firm for Wales!](https://posts.leftarchive.ie/attachments/thumbnails/b6d1adb099ec226dea248ad681839d48208ef6ddc2e03364aa530e855843429b/UI-Wales-defiled.jpeg)
New document: People's Voice, No. 6.
Magazine of Saor Éire, 1969.
Note, this is the Cork-based organisation, not to be confused with the Saor Éire Action Group.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6371/
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People's Voice, No. 6 (1969) — Saor Éire [Cork]
Irish Left Archive
The 50th Anniversary Conference of the Irish Labour History Society is taking place from 14th–17th September 2023.
The conference is entitled "Visions of Labour and Class in Ireland and Europe".
Tickets are available from the ILHS website: https://www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/conference-23/conference-23-tickets/
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Conference 23 tickets - Irish Labour History Society
Irish Labour History Society
Published #OnThisDay 1st April 1972:
"Military Dictatorship in Northern Ireland"
Freedom, anarchist weekly from Freedom Press.
Freedom, Vol. 33, No. 14 (1972) — Freedom Press
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 31st March 1976, the Sallins Train robbery occurred.
Three members of the IRSP were charged with the robbery and convicted despite evidence of torture after arrest. A significant campaign for the release of Nicky Kelly was organised. Kelly was ultimately released, and later received a presidential pardon and compensation.
Here are documents from the campaign in our collection: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2674/
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Event - Sallins Train robbery
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 31st March 1966, Westminster elections were held in Northern Ireland. All seats were won by the Ulster Unionist Party, with the exception of West Belfast, where Gerry Fitt won the seat for the Republican Labour Party.
Sinn Féin newspaper, The United Irishman, reported an "Election Rout of Republicans":
"No matter how tinted the glasses through which one might look, the results of the 1966 Imperial Elections in the Six Counties show a rout of the Republicans."
https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/6358/
#OTD #UnitedIrishman #SinnFéin #GerryFitt #RepublicanLabourParty #Elections #Westminster
Election - Westminster Election (NI), 1966
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 31st March 1966, Westminster elections were held in Northern Ireland. All seats were won by the Ulster Unionist Party, with the exception of West Belfast, where Gerry Fitt won the seat for the Republican Labour Party.
Sinn Féin newspaper, The United Irishman, reported an "Election Rout of Republicans":
"No matter how tinted the glasses through which one might look, the results of the 1966 Imperial Elections in the Six Counties show a rout of the Republicans."
https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/6358/
#OTD #UnitedIrishman #SinnFéin #GerryFitt #RepublicanLabourParty #Elections #Westminster
Election - Westminster Election (NI), 1966
Irish Left Archive
The Draft Constitution and Rules of Saor Éire: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6252/
Saor Éire was a short-lived left Republican and communist organisation founded by members of the IRA in 1931. Notable among its founders were Peadar O’Donnell, Frank Ryan and George Gilmore.
It brought together members of the Revolutionary Workers’ Groups (RWG), which was chiefly Dublin-based, and the Irish Working Farmers’ Congress (IWFC), which had been established by O’Donnell in 1930 and was associated with Krestintern, the Peasants International.
#IrishLeftArchive #SaorÉire #IrishWorkingFarmersCongress #RevolutionaryWorkersGroups
Saor Éire: Draft Constitution and Rules (1931) — Saor Éire [1931]
Irish Left Archive
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@RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu"No eviction ban? No peace!"
Poster seen in Earl St, South Dublin
Published #OnThisDay 29th March 1974:
"Shops Stewards Committee: 'Why We Left It': B&ICO Shop Stewards"
"Revivalism or Reform for the Gaeltacht?"
Comment, fortnightly paper of the British and Irish Communist Organisation (BICO).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/2322/
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Comment, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1974) — British and Irish Communist Organisation
Irish Left Archive
#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 on Saturday 29th March 1975. The play was in part supported by Official Sinn Féin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/03/29/#event-5522
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On This Day, 29th March
Irish Left Archive
Sharing Responsibility, from the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP), 1985.
The Progressive Unionist Party is the only Socialist Unionist Party in N. Ireland. It is a party committed to restoring consensus politics to this region.
Sharing Responsibility (1985) — Progressive Unionist Party
Irish Left Archive
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@rcfscotland@mastodon.scotAnnouncing the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2023/03/26/announcing-the-2023-declaration-of-calton-hill/
Announcing the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill – Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination
republicancommunist.org
Published #OnThisDay 28th March 1991:
An Phoblacht, newspaper of Sinn Féin, on the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
An Phoblacht/Republican News, Vol. 13, No. 13 (1991) — Sinn Féin
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 27th March 1981:
"Eviction Over £1 Arrears"
"NATO's Target – Ireland"
The Irish People, Vol. 9, No. 13, newspaper of Sinn Féin The Workers' Party.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/574/
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The Irish People, Vol. 9, No. 13 (1981) — Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Irish Left Archive