Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
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#OnThisDay 2nd April 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev visited Ireland and met with the then Taoiseach and Tánaiste, Irish Socialist reported on the event.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/04/02/#event-6421
On This Day, 2nd April
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New document:
Fightback, No. 9, May 1995.
Produced by the Galway branch of the Irish Workers' Group.
Fightback, No. 9 (1995) — Irish Workers' Group [1976]
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Published #OnThisDay 28th March 1991:
"Call of 1916 – Challenge of Today!"
An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin, on the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Rising.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/332/
#Ireland #History #Politics #1916Rising #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 13, Uimh. 13 (1991) — Sinn Féin
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Published #OnThisDay 27th March 1981:
"Eviction over £1 Arrears"
The Irish People, newspaper of Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/574/
#Ireland #Politics #History #SinnFéinTheWorkersParty #TheIrishPeople
The Irish People, Vol. 9, No. 13 (1981) — Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
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A new episode of the Irish Left Archive Podcast: We talk to activist and academic Camilla Fitzsimons about her research and activism, the Spectacle of Defiance & Hope, Repeal, and Academics for Palestine.
You can follow the podcast on the Fediverse @ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ie.
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@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ieCamilla Fitzsimons: Spectacle of Defiance & Hope, Repeal, and Academics for Palestine
🎙️ New episode!
We talk to activist and academic Camilla Fitzsimons about her research and activism, the Spectacle of Defiance & Hope, Repeal, and Academics for Palestine
New document:
A History of the CWI/CIO, from the Socialist Party of England & Wales, circa 1998.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7018/
'History #Politics #CWI #SocialistParty #SPEW #Trotskyism
A History of the CWI/CIO (1998 c.) — Socialist Party [England & Wales]
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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
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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
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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
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#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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@liaizon@wake.sttoday I came across the Irish Left Archive Podcast by @ila and already am really enjoying it! You can follow the podcast directly from the #fediverse at @ILAPodcast and get episodes you can listen to directly in your feed here!
I found it while taking a look through new podcasts posted on the fedi with @Castopod's new https://index.castopod.org
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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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Birds Not Bombs
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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]
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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)
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