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@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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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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@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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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.
"Socialist Workers Movement 1971-1977"
An outline of the history of the Socialist Workers Movement, and their decision to join the Socialist Labour Party (forming the Socialist Workers Tendency).
From Socialist Worker Review, No. 1, 1978.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/view/3931/?page=19
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View Document: Socialist Worker Review, No. 1 - Socialist Workers' Tendency
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"No Pasaran!"
The Story of the Irish Volunteers who served with the International Brigades in defending the Spanish Republic against International Fascism 1936-1938.
Published by Official Sinn Féin, 1975.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4469/
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No Pasaran! (1975) — Republican Clubs
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New podcast episode!
We talk to Éirígí activist Mickey Moran about his experience of campaigning and organising on the left, his perspective on Republicanism and the development of his politics.
You can follow the podcast directly @ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ie for updates, as well as subscribe to the feed in the usual apps. Thanks to Mickey for taking the time to talk to us!
https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/mickey-moran-eirigi
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Irish Left Archive shared 2 years ago@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieMickey Moran: Éirígí
New episode: We talk to Éirígí activist Mickey Moran about his political experience in anti-fascism, the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG), joining Éirígí and their campaign focus, and the centrality of Republicanism to his politics.
Snapshots of Political Action is a project from Irish Election Literature and the Irish Left Archive to to bring together material distributed at individual demonstrations, marches, rallies and protests in Ireland, providing a view of the different political strands and groups that come together in campaigns.
if you’re participating in political action and either collect or produce leaflets and documents, we’d be grateful if you would pass them on!
https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstrations/
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Snapshots of Political Action — Demonstrations, Marches, Rallies and Protests in Ireland
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