Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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#OnThisDay 22nd May 2015, the Marriage Equality referendum was carried in Ireland, removing barriers to same-sex marriage.
Referendum - Marriage Equality Referendum, 2015
Irish Left Archive
New documents:
Posters from the Anti-Austerity Alliance housing campaign, circa 2015.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7166/ https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7167/
#Ireland #Politics #Austerity #Housing #AntiAusterityAlliance
Use NAMA to End Housing Crisis (2015 c.) — Anti-Austerity Alliance
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 19th May 1973:
Republican News, Belfast paper of Sinn Féin.
Republican News, Vol. 2, No. 86 (1973) — Sinn Féin
Irish Left Archive
"Labour Takes a Small Step Forward"
The Northern Star on the Northern Ireland local elections, which took place #OnThisDay 19th May 1993.
The Campaign for Labour Representation (CLR) ran 13 candidates, with Mark Langhammer being elected in Newtownabbey.
The Northern Star was produced by Athol Books, publisher of the British & Irish Communist Organisation, which supported the CLR.
The Northern Star, Vol. 7, No. 6 (1993) — Athol Books
Irish Left Archive
Here's an index of leaflets for the forthcoming local elections on Irish Election Literature: https://irishelectionliterature.com/2024/05/14/index-of-2024-local-election-leaflets-le24/
Irish Election Literature is a great resource – if anyone has leaflets to fill some of the gaps, do get in touch.
Index of 2024 Local Election Leaflets #LE24
Irish Election Literature
#OnThisDay 16th May 1920, workers at the Cleeves Creamery in Knocklong, County Limerick occupied the facility, raising a red flag and displaying a banner reading “Knocklong Soviet Creamery - We make butter, not profits”.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/05/16/#event-5766
On This Day, 16th May
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay, 14th May 1987:
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 9, Uimh. 19
Newspaper of Sinn Féin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6722/
#Ireland #Politics #History #SinnFéin #Loughgall #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 9, Uimh. 19 (1987) — Sinn Féin
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 14th May 2022, a rally was held outside the Dáil in Dublin calling for public ownership of the National Maternity Hospital without church involvement.
Documents distributed at the rally are on our site, as part of the Snapshots of Political Action project: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6070/
#Ireland #History #Protest #Politics #Activism #NMH #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction
Political Material from: National Maternity Hospital Rally, 14th May 2022
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Irish Reporter, No. 14 – The Irish Male. 1994.
Irish Reporter, No. 14 (1994)
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 10th May 1972, Ireland voted in the European Communities Membership Referendum.
Documents from the referendum: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2223/
Referendum - European Communities Membership Referendum, 1972
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Public Transport: Keep it public or lose it to private profit
Communist Party of Ireland, 2004.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7125/
#Ireland #Politics #History #CommunistPartyOfIreland #PublicTransport
Public Transport (2004) — Communist Party of Ireland
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Ireland's Resources: The Case For State Control
From the Resources Protection Campaign, 1975.
Ireland's Resources: The Case For State Control (1975) — Resources Protection Campaign
Irish Left Archive
New document:
The Worker, No. 9, November/December 1972.
Published by the Socialist Workers' Movement.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7097/
#Ireland #Politics #History #SocialistWorkersMovement #TheWorker
The Worker, No. 9 (1972) — Socialist Workers' Movement
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 26th April 1994:
The Downing Street Declaration: New Unionism and the Communities of Resistance.
From the Republican Worker Tendency.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/390/
#Politics #Ireland #History #RepublicanWorkerTendency #DowningStreetDeclaration
The Downing Street Declaration: New Unionism and the Communities of Resistance (1994) — Republican Worker Tendency
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 24th April 1966, a Republican parade to Glasnevin cemetery marking the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising took place in Dublin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/04/24/#event-6364
On This Day, 24th April
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 20th April 1985:
"Celebrate May Day!" "Farewell Comrade Enver!"
Voice of Revolution (Marxist-Leninist Weekly), from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist), leads with May Day rally plans and the death of Albanian leader Enver Hoxha.
Voice of Revolution (Marxist-Leninist Weekly), Vol. 9, No. 13 (1985) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 17th of April 1966, a huge demonstration took place in West Belfast to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/04/17/#event-6361
On This Day, 17th April
Irish Left Archive
![A screenshot from the Irish Left Archive website, with text reading: On the 17th of April 1966, a huge demonstration took place in West Belfast to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
[O]n 17 April, one of the biggest parades ever witnessed on the Falls took place. Paisley announced he would hold a counter-march from the Shankill to the Cenotaph and the Ulster Hall, this would pass close to where the republican parade was to start. As a result the Stormont government banned a train carrying republican supporters from Dublin, set up stringent border checks on vehicles and further increased the strict security measures placed upon the parade on the Falls Road. … Up to fifty thousand spectators watched, many waving Tricolours, as twenty thousand people paraded to Casement Park. Among those who took part were the Belfast Trades Council, a number of trade unions, the old IRA, the Wolfe Tone Clubs, the Irish National Foresters and the GAA. A small bomb exploded in a telephone box near the Milltown Cemetery, but otherwise the day passed off peacefully.
Jarman, N. and Bryan, D., 1997. From Riots to Rights: Nationalist Parades in the North of Ireland. Coleraine: Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster.
The United Irishman report the following month includes the text of the oration at Casement Park by Seamus Costello:](https://posts.leftarchive.ie/attachments/thumbnails/b09b33ae800120dac87b39b2801b0fa8a7e292ccb341023981baee08a6ec4b4a/belfast.jpeg)
New document:
Workers' Party Report, Spring 1987.
From the Workers' Party, published soon after the 1987 Irish general election.
Workers' Party Report, Spring 1987 (1987) — The Workers' Party
Irish Left Archive
New document:
"Political Status for All Irish Republican Prisoners! Free All Anti-Imperialist political Prisoners!"
A 2013 leaflet from the Irish Republican Prisoners Support Group in London.
Political Status for All Irish Republican Prisoners! Free All Anti-Imperialist political Prisoners! (2013) — Irish Republican Prisoners Support Group
Irish Left Archive
DCAR statement: Homeless under attack as far-right candidates spread lies
DCAR statement: Homeless under attack as far-right candidates spread lies
The Cedar Lounge Revolution