Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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Published #OnThisDay 24th February 1975:
"Officials' Split over Stalinist Power Play"
By Gerry Foley, for Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/561/
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Officials' Split over Stalinist Power Play (1975) — Gerry Foley
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Statement from Irish Republican Political ex-PrisonersWe, the undersigned men and women, served terms of imprisonment in jails in Ireland, England and Europe during the conflict for Irish republican activity.
From 1978, Women's Action, published by the Belfast Women's Collective.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/629/
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Women's Action, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1978) — Belfast Women's Collective
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@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieSnapshots of Political Action: Documenting Protest
We recently launched a new joint project with Irish Election Literature to bring together political material distributed at individual protests in Ireland to see the different political strands that come together in campaigns. To introduce the Snapshots of Political Action project, we were joined by Alan Kinsella.
Sligo Star, from November 1976.
Produced by the Connolly Youth Movement and supporters in Sligo.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4781/
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Sligo Star, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1976) — Connolly Youth Movement
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Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieMichael Pidgeon: Green Party, and Irish Election Manifesto Archive
In 2020 we spoke to Green Party councillor, Michael Pidgeon, about his experience of political campaigning and elections with the Greens.
#OnThisDay 22nd February 2014, a rally calling for the release of Margaretta D'Arcy and ending the US military use of Shannon airport took place in Dublin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6173/
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Political Material from: Free Margaretta D'Arcy, US Military Out of Shannon Rally, 22nd February 2014
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#OnThisDay 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed after a split in the Workers' Party.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/#event-5651
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On This Day, 22nd February
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A list of pubs to boycott who wouldn't serve women, from 1976.
Taken from Banshee, magazine of Irish Women United.
The practice of refusing to serve women in some bars didn't end completely until the late 1990s.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/view/2728/?page=15
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View Document: Banshee, Vol. 1, No. 2 - Irish Women United
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Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieDiary of An Activist, by Orla Egan and Megan Luddy O'Leary
In December, we spoke to Orla Egan and Megan Luddy O’Leary about their book, Diary of An Activist, an illustrated memoir of social activism in the 1980s and 90s in Cork.
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@CaitRua@mastodon.ieTá mé ag iarraidh rud éigin cosúil leis an zín seo a chruthú right ach TRÍ GHAEILGE
New document:
An Phoblacht Republican News, Imleabhar 2, Uimhir 5
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 2, Uimh. 5 (1980) — Sinn Féin
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New organisation added:
Irish Anarchist Network – a network of anarchists formed in 2022.
Irish Anarchist Network
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An account of a 1977 Irish Women United action to buy and distribute the UK second wave feminist magazine, Spare Rib, in response to the Irish censor banning it as 'obscene'.
From the Irish Women United magazine, Banshee: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1894/
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Banshee, No. 7 (1977) — Irish Women United
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![Scanned article headlined "Spare Rib" and reading:
A WEEK AGO THE CENSORSHIP BOARD BANNED SPARE RIB ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS OBSCENE AND INDECENT. ON SAT, THE 12th MEMBERS OF 1W.U. WENT TO BELFAST TO PICK UP 22 COPIES OF THE MAGAZINE, WITH THE INTENTION OF DEFYING THE BAN BY SELLING THEM OPENLY IN DUBLIN.
There we were, all 20 of us, bright and bleary eyed, aboard the 8.30 shoppers special to Belfast. Two and and a half hours later, we arrived in Belfast where a sister from the Northern Women's movement was waiting or us to lead us through check points and back streets to a pub where we settled down to a lunch of sandwiches and Guinness at 33p a pint. A couple of hours later more women Joined us with placards condemning the banning of Spare Rib, and we all s out o form a picket outside Board Failte [sic] which was conveniently situated right next door to the pub.
At 5.30 we were back on the train heading for Dublin with our precious booty of 200 Spare Rib. This time we commandeered the entire first compartment of the train and waited impatiently for customs officers to make their appearance at Dundalk. At Dundalk a custom officer walked straight through looking at his shoes; 3 of the women chased after hm, to inform him that they were bringing banned magazines through. The official turned his back, raised his hand and said "that's alright, go ahead." Next thing we were in Dublin station. We jumped out as soon as the train stopped, and linking arms formed lines of five and marched down the platform chanting "Lift the ban on Spare Rib" and “We'll read what we want not what we're told". At once, our sisters from the home team, awaiting us behind the ticket barrier, joined in the chanting and lifted placards for all to see.
The sisters from the train stopped at the barrier and let the other passengers through, with women both side of the barrier singing and chanting the whole time. We surged through the barrier and when a woman asked a guard if he would like to buy one of the copies he attempted to arrest her. We then began to chant "we are all selling Spare Rib". Totally unimpressed by this display of male legality we surrounded the Gardaí and our victimised sister and with sustained enthusiasm we linked arms and took him for a frantic dance across the platform chanting "one for all and all for one" and “would you like to buy Spare Rib". At this stage, police reinforcements arrived and one guard losing his cool together with his cap, seized a brief case from one of the women and tried to run away with it. Eventually he discovered that it contained none of the "obscene" material. He returned it to its owner. Then at last realizing that they were overpowered ideologically and physically, the gardaí gave up. As a sergeant later admitted to the press "An attempt was made to seize Spare Rib, the attempt failed".
And so we left, victorious in the first battle of the campaign.](https://posts.leftarchive.ie/attachments/thumbnails/19a3ea09fa646d5669ea03d2d9a6f07de78aff5bd348d1158bf34173cfa03ae3/irishwomen_united_spare_rib.jpeg)
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@IanMoore3000@mastodon.iePeople at the #IrelandForAll demonstration earlier today, at the Custom House.
Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieJess Spear: RISE
Jess Spear spoke to us about her political activism in the US; campaigning with Socialist Alternative in Seattle; moving to Ireland, the foundation of RISE, and decision to join PBP; and the development of Rupture magazine.
From 1977: "Church Launches New Attack on Women"
Socialist Republic on the establishment of "Cura" by the catholic church, and the campaign for abortion, contraception and reproductive rights.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/view/2261/?page=8
Socialist Republic was the paper of the Movement for a Socialist Republic, and later of People's Democracy when the two organisations merged in 1978.
Cura closed in 2018 when new regulations and accreditation requirements were brought in.
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View Document: Socialist Republic, April-May 1977 - Movement for a Socialist Republic
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Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieJohn Goodwillie: Young Socialists, Socialist Labour Alliance, SWM, Socialist Labour Party, Gralton magazine and the Green Party
In our first series, we spoke to John Goodwillie, who has been active on the left since the Young Socialists in the 1960s. We discussed his involvement in left organising with the SWM, the Socialist Labour Party and subsequently the Green Party.
The first issue of The Starry Plough, newspaper of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP), from April 1975.
The Starry Plough, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1975) — Irish Republican Socialist Party
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"Ag Foghlaimh na Gaeilge: Leabhrán Eolais agus Díospóireachta"
"Learning Irish: A Discussion and Information Booklet"
Sinn Féin, 1980 c.
Learning Irish: A Discussion and Information Booklet / Ag Foghlaimh na Gaeilge: Leabhrán Eolais agus Díospóireachta (1980 c.) — Sinn Féin
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