#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
New document:
"Tomás Mac Giolla: Republican, Socialist, Internationalist"
Produced by the Workers' Party after former party President Mac Giolla's death in 2010.
New document:
Hands Off Ireland!
Issue number three of the publication produced by the Revolutionary Communist Group in the UK in the 1970s.
Published #OnThisDay 21st January 1991:
Towards a Peaceful Ireland, from Republican Sinn Féin.
Published #OnThisDay 18th January 1975:
"The End of the Ceasefire"
Workers Weekly, from The Workers Association (the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO)).
Published #OnThisDay 17th January 1971:
A press release from Sinn Féin announces their new social and economic programme, an early version of their Éire Nua policy.
New document:
The Making Of The Irish Revolution: A Short Analysis
By Tomás MacGiolla, circa 1975. Published by Official Sinn Féin as part of their Repsol Pamphlets series.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6853/
#Ireland #Politics #OfficialSinnFéin #TomásMacGiolla #RepsolPamphlets
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New document:
ARC Statement, from the Anti-Racism Campaign (ARC), 1998 c.
In the latest Irish Left Archive Podcast episode: politically influential books, films, music, events and media from several of our guests throughout the year.
https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/politics-and-cultural-influence
New document:
Socialist Workers’ Movement Annual Conference 1993, Conference Bulletin No. 1
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6809/
#Ireland #Politics #History #SocialistWorkersMovement #SWM #Trotskyism
New podcast episode, featuring politically influential books, films, music, events and media from several of our guests throughout the year.
Happy new year! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Irish Left Archive during 2023 by donating documents, offering feedback and appearing on (and listening to!) the podcast!
https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/politics-and-cultural-influence
Politics & Cultural Influence
🎙New episode! Throughout the year, we asked podcast guests about books, films, music, events and media that they consider particularly influential on their politics. This episode brings together their responses.
Published #OnThisDay 31st December 1987:
"Peace With Justice Is Still The Aim"
An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.
@ila according to irishrock.org, the Xn-trix were a "new pop" group from Balgriffin. Poison Girls ofc are well known.
#OnThisDay, 18th December 1981, The Dublin Unemployed Action Group (DUAG) held their second “Rock ‘N’ Dole” gig.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/12/18/#event-5755
New document:
Red Action, No. 75, Autumn 1997.
The eponymous paper of Red Action, formed in 1982 by expelled members of the SWP, looks at their 15 years of activity. Red Action were principally England-based, but with an active Irish branch in Dublin in the 1990s.
Save Gaza spotted in Sheffield UK
#OnThisDay 13th December 1970, The Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI) was formed.
Unconnected with the contemporary Socialist Party, the SPI was formed by former members of Official Sinn Féin and others. It later merged with the Limerick Socialist Organisation to form the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/12/13/#event-5655
New document:
The Campaigner, Vol. 1, No. 2
Produced by the Connolly Centre for the Unemployed, 1992.