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SIPTU Fightback, No. 7 (1998)
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Published #OnThisDay 19th March 1976:
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 60.
The Bottom Dog was a Limerick-based newspaper, published from 1975 and subtitled “the working class paper of North Munster”.
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 60 (1976)
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"Why was Garland Shot?"
The Irish People, newspaper of Official Sinn Féin, #OnThisDay, 7th March 1975.
Seán Garland was shot in an INLA assassination attempt. The INLA had split from the Official IRA months previously, resulting in a violent feud.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6906/
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The Irish People, Vol. 3, No. 10 (1975) — Sinn Féin [Official]
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New document: Red Action, Vol. 3, No. 2, August/September 1998.
From the eponymous UK organisation, Red Action, this issue dates from the period of the Good Friday Agreement.
Red Action, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1998) — Red Action [Britain]
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The 1981 hunger strikes began on the 1st of March, when Bobby Sands began refusing food. A total of ten people died before the strike ended in October.
Contemporary documents from the National H-Block / Armagh Committee, People's Democracy, IRSP and others are in our collection here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2692/
Event - Hunger Strikes, 1980/81
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New podcast episode!
We talk to historian Gearóid Ó Faoleán about his research into support for the Provisional IRA in the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles.
#OnThisDay, 22nd February 2014, a rally was held at the Spire in Dublin 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.
Political Material from: Free Margaretta D'Arcy, US Military Out of Shannon Rally, 22nd February 2014
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#OnThisDay 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed in a split from the Workers' Party.
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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New document: Fighting Talk, Summer 1998, from Anti-Fascist Action.
Fighting Talk, Summer 1998 (1998) — Anti-Fascist Action
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#OnThisDay, 15th February 2003, 100,000 people marched in Dublin in opposition to the invasion of Iraq. The march was part of an international day of action against the war.
Leaflets distributed at the march are included in our Snapshots of Political Action project: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6155/
Snapshots of Political Action is a joint project from the Irish Left Archive and Irish Election Literature (@electionlit@mastodon.online) collating political material and ephemera from protest actions. If you're attending a rally or protest and pick up any leaflets, we'd love to include them!
The Cork Communist Organisation was formed #OnThisDay, 31st of January 1971, after resigning from the Irish Communist Organisation in response to their position on Republicanism. It later became the Cork Workers Club.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/31/#event-4512
On This Day, 31st January
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Bloody Sunday took place 53 years ago #OnThisDay, 30th of January 1972 in Derry.
British soldiers shot 26 people during a civil rights march resulting in 14 deaths.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/30/#event-4800
On This Day, 30th January
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New document: Ireland, Austerity & The Water Tax.
A poster for a public meeting in London organised by Clann Éirígí, 2015.
Public Meeting: Ireland, Austerity & The Water Tax (2015) — Clann Éirígí
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Published #OnThisDay 23rd January 1976:
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 57, "The working class paper of North Munster"
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 57 (1976)
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New document: Rebel, No. 54, July 1982, from Revolutionary Struggle.
Rebel, No. 54 (1982) — Revolutionary Struggle
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New document:
Red Patriot, Vol. 2, No. 16, from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist), December 1970.
Red Patriot, Vol. 2, No. 16 (1970) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
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New document:
A circular from The Workers' Party on their Constituency Education Programme, 4th May 1988.
Constituency Education Programme Circular (1988) — The Workers' Party
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Traveller Activism in the 1980s: The Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Mincéir Misli
An outline of early '80s Travellers' Rights groups and the first Traveller candidate in a general election, Nan Joyce.
Traveller Activism in the 1980s: The Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Mincéir Misli
Irish Left Archive
The Communist Organisation in the British Isles was formed #OnThisDay, 1st of January 1974, in a split from the British and Irish Communist Organisation.
The foundation is outlined in the first issue of their journal, The Proletarian.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/01/#event-4510
On This Day, 1st January
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New document:
The Irish People, Vol. 1, No. 2
The second issue of the newspaper from Official Sinn Féin and later The Workers' Party.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7495/
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The Irish People, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1973) — Sinn Féin [Official]
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