Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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A cartoon on the Iran-Contra scandal, in which the US sold arms to Iran, despite an embargo, to use the proceeds to fund the right-wing Contras' attempt to overthrow the Nicaraguan government.
From Ireland, the international magazine of the Workers' Party, 1987.
#Ireland #WorkersParty #IranContra #Reagan #IrishLeftArchive
Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago
Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago
@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieColm Breathnach: Workers Party, Democratic Left and Irish Socialist Network
Colm Breathnach talked to us about his experience in the Workers Party, as a local councillor in the 1990s, the split of Democratic Left, Irish Socialist Network and his subsequent activism in Scotland.
Published #OnThisDay 3rd March 1975:
"'Officials' Turn Against Their Own Past"
By Gerry Foley, from Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/562/
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'Officials' Turn Against Their Own Past (1975) — Gerry Foley
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Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieConor Kostick: SWP, Independent Left, and Left Organising and Activism
In our first series we spoke to activist, historian and author Conor Kostick about his political experience with the Socialist Workers' Party (SWP) and more recently with Independent Left.
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@peelersandsheep@mastodon.ieI am on the latest installment of the Irish History Show talking about agrarian conflict in the Irish Revolution, check it out here - http://irishhistoryshow.ie/91-land-and-revolution/
The photo is from the Ranch War (c.1906-09) which was in many was a precursor of the movements of 1918, 1920 & 1922, it shows a Royal Irish Constabulary detachment protecting a large-holder - something which I talk about being expected of the (Free State) Special Infantry Corp too.91 Land and Revolution - The Irish History Show
The Irish History Show
#OnThisDay 1st of March 1981, hunger strikes began when Bobby Sands started refusing food. A total of ten people died before the strike ended in October.
On This Day, 1st March
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"Ireland: Background to What Is Happening To-Day"
From Official Sinn Féin, an overview of the situation in Ireland and position of the Republican movement.
Ireland: Background to What Is Happening To-Day (1972 c.) — Sinn Féin [Official]
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@belfastiww@kolektiva.socialDirect Action #30, the newsletter of @IrelandIww is out now!
Read the full text here:
https://www.onebigunion.ie/_files/ugd/2a4d7f_62525d76e72e46ffac35522e8a795d47.pdf
Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieAllan Armstrong: The Scottish Left, Republican Communist Forum and Internationalism From Below
Allan Armstrong spoke to us about his experience on the Scottish Left, the politics of Republicanism and Internationalism from Below, and linking movements in Scotland, Ireland and across these islands.
For a Republican, All-Islands, Internationalism From Below Coalition
A series of articles from Allan Armstrong of Republican Communist Forum (@rcfscotland@mastodon.scot).
https://republicancommunist.org/blog/2022/03/25/21248/
Allan Armstrong has written reviews of three books which address the political situation Socialists face, first of all in Ireland. He has extended this to Scotland, Wales and England, and their position in a world of competing imperialisms. The purpose in doing this is to build the case for a Republican, all-islands, ‘internationalism from below’ coalition to challenge the UK state and its imperial allies.
For a republican, all-islands, internationalism from below coalition – Emancipation, Liberation & Self-determination
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New document:
British and Irish ‘Communist’ Organisation – Trotskyite Thugs, Sham Marxist-Leninists and Agents of British Imperialism
Seas le fíor-dhearcadh réábhlóide na hÉireann! Seas le Marxachas-Lenineachas-Smaoineamh Mao Tsetung!
Differentiate between sham and genuine Marxism-Leninism to unite the revolutionary forces and defeat the enemy
From the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist), 1977.
British and Irish ‘Communist’ Organisation – Trotskyite Thugs, Sham Marxist-Leninists and Agents of British Imperialism (1977) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
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The Labour Party: Northern Policy Statement
Adopted by their annual conference #OnThisDay 26th February 1972.
Northern Policy Statement (1972) — Labour
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"What's Another Tour? No To Racist Rugby"
From 1981, an article in Socialist Republic on a proposed tour of apartheid South Africa for the British & Irish Lions rugby team. The team had toured in 1980 despite widespread opposition (including from the governments of both the UK and Ireland).
Socialist Republic was the magazine of Peoples Democracy, who were then the Irish affiliate of the Fourth International.
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Policy documents from the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), early 1980s.
The DSP was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI), Jim Kemmy's Limerick Socialist Organisation and individuals including members of the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO).
The DSP was the Left of Labour, and strongly anti-Nationalist. (The constituent groups had previously co-operated in Socialists Against Nationalism).
The party ultimately merged with Labour in 1990.
You can see them in our Timeline of the Irish Left here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/page/timeline-of-the-irish-left/#find-DSP
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Timeline of the Irish Left
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Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieAileen O'Carroll: Workers Solidarity Movement
Aileen O'Carroll spoke to us about anarchism, the Workers' Solidarity Movement, campaigning – including water charges, abortion and Repeal, Shell to Sea, Reclaim the Streets and the Dublin Grassroots Network, and approaches to political organising.
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@privacyint@mastodon.xyz📢 Heading out to a protest? 📢Check out our Free to Protest guide!
It provides a range of info about police surveillance capabilities, from IMSI catchers to Cloud Extraction, & provides tips to keep yourself informed before you go. #FreeToProtest
Free to Protest | Privacy International
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Northern Ireland Perspectives, by Peter Hadden, Militant, 1988.
Northern Ireland Perspectives (1988) — Militant
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Statement of Irish Left With Ukraine (ILWU) on the first anniversary of the imperialist military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on 24 February 2022
Statement of Irish Left With Ukraine (ILWU) on the first anniversary of the imperialist military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on 24 February 2022
The Cedar Lounge Revolution