Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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Published #OnThisDay 24th March 2000:
"Dublin Bus Strike: Decent Basic Pay for Bus Drivers Is The Solution – De-regulation/privatisation of public transport in Dublin would worsen the service"
A press statement from Socialist Party TD, Joe Higgins, on the then Dublin Bus strike.
Dublin Bus Strike: Decent Basic Pay for Bus Drivers Is The Solution (2000) — Socialist Party
Irish Left Archive
New poster:
Justice For The Rossport 5.
A poster for a Shell To Sea rally in support of the Rossport 5 on 1st October 2005.
Justice For The Rossport 5 (2005) — Shell to Sea
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Focus, on Ireland and the Wider World – a special issue on the arms trade (No. 56, 1997).
Published by Comhlámh, the Irish Association of Returned Development Workers.
Focus, No. 56 (1997) — Comhlámh
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 15th of March 1970, the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) was reconstituted, with the merging of the Irish Workers’ Party (IWP) and the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI). (The earlier party had split in 1941).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/03/15/#event-5791
#OTD #CommunistPartyOfIreland #Ireland #History #Politics #Communism
On This Day, 15th March
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#OnThisDay, 8th March 2018, the International Women's Day March for Choice took place in Dublin, calling for repeal of the 8th amendment and the right to choice.
Documents distributed at the march can be read here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6061/
Political Material from: International Women's Day March for Choice, 8th March 2018
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@ucdarchives@mastodon.ieDraft of Article 41, 1937 constitution.
The National Women’s Graduate Association opposed the draft 1937 constitution. The caption on the Dublin Opinion cover image, in one of their files, reads: A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN: “Say, big boy, about those Articles in the New Constitution…”
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@sslh@mastodon.me.ukWCML gets £100k Big Flame grant
The Working Class Movement Library has been awarded £99,847 to fund a project opening up access to its records of the Big Flame revolutionary group. Screenshot Started in Liverpool in 1970, Big Flame was a revolutionary socialist group with a feminist, anti-racist, internationalist vision that emphasized mass class engagement and prioritized non-sectarian, non-authoritarian community organizing and political methods. It spread to…
http://sslh.org.uk/2024/03/08/wcml-gets-100k-big-flame-grant/
WCML gets £100k Big Flame grant
Society for the Study of Labour History
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@bullivant@mastodon.ieOn 8th March 1966 at 1:32 am a bomb planted by Irish republicans exploded in O'Connell Street in Dublin and Nelson’s Pillar was destroyed. Its remnants were later destroyed by the Irish Army.
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Published #OnThisDay, 7th March 1975:
"Why Was Garland Shot?"
The Irish People, newspaper of Official Sinn Féin on the then recent shooting of Seán Garland.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6906/
#Ireland #Politics #History #TheIrishPeople #OfficialSinnFéin
The Irish People, Vol. 3, No. 10 (1975) — Sinn Féin [Official]
Irish Left Archive
There's a Radical Book Fair in the Teacher's Club in Dublin this Saturday.
Organised by Rupture / RISE, it will also include workshops and talks throughout the day.
In the main hall we will have big book stalls from Connolly Books, Pluto Press, Rebel News & Rupture Media, as well as campaign stalls from CATU, Unite, Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin, Le Cheile, rs21, Rebel Telly/Red Network, IIRE/Fourth International, Praxis, TNI, Irish Anarchist Network, NARA and more.
New document:
Red Banner, No. 7, July 2000.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6939/
Red Banner, which ran from 1997–2016, described its aim:
We intend to present socialist ideas to as many people as we can, and to develop and apply those ideas to the needs of the struggle for socialism today. We wish to contribute, as far as we can, to ensuring that socialism succeeds in rescuing the world from barbarity.
Red Banner, No. 7 (2000)
Irish Left Archive
A few new organisations added to our index.
You can browse them all here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/browse/organisations/
If you know of an organisation or campaign that should be included, even if we don't have material from them yet, please let us know.
Index of Organisations in the Irish Left Archive
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Stop the Cuts: Budget Day Protest
A leaflet from the Socialist Party for a march in Dublin on budget day in 2002.
Stop The Cuts: Budget Day Protest (2002) — Socialist Party
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 22nd February 1995, the Northern Ireland Framework Documents were published.
They can be read on the excellent Cain archive here: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/fd22295b.htm
Documents in the archive on the subject can be read on our website: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2758/
CAIN: Events: Peace: The Framework Documents, 22 February 1995
cain.ulster.ac.uk
New document:
The United Irishman, Eanair (January) 1971.
The United Irishman was the newspaper of Sinn Féin from 1948, and continued by Official Sinn Féin after the 1969 split.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6916/
#Ireland #History #Politics #OfficialSinnFéin #TheUnitedIrishman
The United Irishman, Vol. 225, No. 1 (1971) — Sinn Féin [Official]
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 22nd February 2014, a rally held at the Spire in Dublin on 22nd February 2014 calling for an end to the US military’s use of Shannon Airport and the release of Margaretta D’Arcy, who was imprisoned for her refusal to sign a bond committing not to enter Shannon Airport as part of the campaign
The #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction project includes documents distributed at the rally.
Political Material from: Free Margaretta D'Arcy, US Military Out of Shannon Rally, 22nd February 2014
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay, 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed after a split in the Workers' Party.
At a Workers Party Ard Comhairle meeting, several members and six of the party’s TDs left the party and formed a new party led by Proinsias de Rossa. Initially called New Agenda, it was renamed Democratic Left at its founding conference the following month.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/02/22/#event-5651
On This Day, 22nd February
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#OnThisDay, 15th February 2003, an international day of action took place to oppose the invasion of Iraq. Circa 100,000 people joined the march and rally in Dublin.
This collection from the Snapshots of Political Action project includes leaflets distributed on the day: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6155/
#Ireland #History #Politics #Iraq #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction
Political Material from: March Opposing the Invasion of Iraq, 15th February 2003
Irish Left Archive