Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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#OnThisDay 15th February 2003, 100,000 people marched in Dublin in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, as part of a global, co-ordinated day of action.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/02/15/#event-6155
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On This Day, 15th February
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"For a Prosperous Ulster: An Explanation of the Communist Party’s Policy for Northern Ireland"
From the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI) in 1944.
The CPNI existed was extant between 1941 and 1970 at which point it merged with the Irish Workers' Party to refound the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI).
For a Prosperous Ulster (1944) — Communist Party of Northern Ireland
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@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieBer Grogan: Abortion Rights Campaign, Repeal, and Communities Against Racism
Ber Grogan talked to us about the Abortion Rights Campaign, Together for Yes and the successful campaign to repeal the eighth amendment.
"Hands Off Ireland!"
From the Revolutionary Communist Group, November 1979.
Hands Off Ireland!, No. 9 (1979) — Revolutionary Communist Group
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Irish Left Archive shared 1 year, 9 months ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieCatherine Stocker: Social Democrats
Catherine Stocker of the Social Democrats spoke to us about joining and building a new political party, policy formation, working with other parties in the repeal referendum campaign, and her experience as a local councillor.
From Nov.1977, the constitution of the Socialist Labour Party.
The SLP was led by Matt Merrigan and Noël Browne, formerly of Labour.
The Socialist Workers Movement, Irish Workers Group, and Movement for a Socialist Republic all joined as tendencies.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1576/
The SLP continued until 1982, when it was dissolved.
For a great overview of the party, they are covered in this episode of "The Others" podcast (from @electionlit@mastodon.online):
https://anchor.fm/alan-kinsella/episodes/The-Socialist-Labour-Party--Episode-56-e13tpkq
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From the first issue of Socialist Republic in 1988, an interview with the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO).
Published by the Socialist Republican Collective, the political arm of the IPLO, which split from the INLA in 1986.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/view/565/?page=6
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View Document: Socialist Republican, Vol. 1, No. 1 - Socialist Republican Collective
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Irish Left Archive shared 1 year, 9 months ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieMark Fitzpatrick: Anarcho-punk, Hunt Sabotage, and Animal Rights
Mark Fitzpatrick joined us last year to discuss his politicisation in the anarcho-punk scene in Cork, animal rights activism, hunt sabotage and veganism.
Irish Left Archive shared 1 year, 9 months ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieOrla Egan: Cork LGBT Archive
In 2020 we discussed Queer Archival Activism with Orla Egan, founder of the Cork LGBT Archive.
Irish Left Archive shared 1 year, 9 months ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieBrian Hanley: The Lost Revolution - The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party
In October 2020, we spoke to historian Dr. Brian Hanley, co-author of "The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and The Workers' Party" about the history of Official Republicanism since the 1960s.
New document:
"Press Poisoners in Ireland" and other articles by James Connolly.
A pamphlet produced by the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO), including an introduction from BICO. From May 1972.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6306/
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Press Poisoners in Ireland and Other Articles (1972) — British and Irish Communist Organisation
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@TheWildGees@mastodon.ieSuffragist and teacher Kathleen Cruise O'Brien died #OTD in 1938. With sister Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, founder member IWFL. United Irish League. Teacher at Rathmines Tech. Wrote Irish language textbooks, plays performed in Abbey. Mother of Conor Cruise O'Brien
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📷 Kathleen, Hanna and Mary Sheehy with Meg Connery attending court martial of soldier who killed Hanna's husband Francis Sheehy Skeffington. June 1916. Bains News Service. Library of Congress.
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Irish Left Archive shared 1 year, 9 months ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieMags O'Brien: Divorce Action Group, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Women and Trade Unionism
Last year Mags O’Brien spoke to us about the divorce referendum campaigns of 1986 and 1995; her experience with the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in 2011; her work as a tutor with the SIPTU College; and Left Lives in 20th Century Ireland Vol. 4 – Women, which was published last year.
Irish Left Archive shared 1 year, 9 months ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieLynda Walker: Communist Party of Ireland, NICRA, Women's Rights Movement, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, and International
In 2020, we spoke to Lynda Walker who has been active on the left in Belfast since the late 1960s, in the Communist Party, NICRA and Trade Unionism.
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"Sadistic Nuns and Paedophile Priests! Time to get the church out of the schools, out of the hospitals and out of our bedrooms"
A sticker produced by the Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM) in the 1990s.
WSM were a platformist anarchist group in Ireland extant from 1984 to 2021.
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The Socialist Party is a name that has been used at different times by unrelated groups in Ireland, from the early 20th Century to the present, and from a number of strands of the left.
Here's a thread on the various Socialist Parties in Ireland
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New organisation:
Cork Anarchist Workers' Group: formed in 1984, and became part of the Workers' Solidarity Movement (WSM) when it was founded later that year.
Our Timeline of the Irish Left is regularly updated. If you find an omission or error, please let us know!
https://www.leftarchive.ie/page/timeline-of-the-irish-left/#find-CAWG
Timeline of the Irish Left
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Published #OnThisDay 11th February 1992:
Northern Ireland Report
Northern Ireland Report was published by an ad hoc group of individuals in the United States. While supportive of Sinn Féin, it sought to provide a left wing publication in the context of the conservative-leaning U.S. support for Irish Republicanism.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1198/
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Northern Ireland Report, No. 2 (1992)
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Irish Left Archive shared 1 year, 9 months ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieDanny Morrison: Sinn Féin, An Phoblacht / Republican News, and Political and Fiction Writing
In 2020, we spoke to Danny Morrison - former Sinn Féin director of publicity, editor of Republican News and An Phoblacht, spokesperson for Bobby Sands during the 1981 Hunger Strikes, and writer of several books and novels.