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The British Left on Ireland.

A collection of documents from British parties and groups on Ireland, from across Labour, communist, Trotskyist, Maoist, and other left traditions.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/collection/2835/

Document Collection: The British Left on Ireland

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Published , 19th December 1985:

Marxist-Leninist Weekly marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of The Internationalists, forerunner of the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1567/

Marxist-Leninist Weekly, 19th December 1985 (1985) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)

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Comrades,

As this is the first National Congress of our party, it is the duty of the inaugural Central Committee to put on record the circumstances which gave rise to the founding of the party, and to report on its development and activity since that time.

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The Socialist Party of Ireland was formed in Dublin on the 13th of December 1970.

The founding members appointed a Central Committee, which drew up a manifesto and a constitution. The manifesto announcing the formation of the party was published on the 19th January 1971.
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New document:

"Don’t Let the Council Bully You", Harolds Cross – Dublin 6 – Terenure Against the Bin Tax.

From the anti-bin tax campaign in Dublin in the early 2000s.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7474/

Don’t Let the Council Bully You (2002 c.)

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, the 8th of December 1974, the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) was formed at a meeting in Dublin by former members of Official Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/12/08/#event-5521

On This Day, 8th December

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The first issue of The Starry Plough announces the formation of the Irish Republican Socialist Party. April, 1975
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Published 5th December 1984:

Voice of Revolution (Marxist-Leninist Weekly), Vol. 8, No. 30

From the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/2999/

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3rd of December 1988, the Irish Anti-Extradition Committee held a march and rally in opposition to the extradition of prisoners to Britain.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6150/

From Snapshots of Political Action, a joint project with Irish Election Literature

Political Material from: Anti-Extradition March & Rally, 3rd December 1988

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New document:

The Story of the Limerick Soviet: The 1919 General Strikes against British Militarism, by D. R. O'Connor Lysaght (1981, 2nd edition).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7459/

The Story of the Limerick Soviet (1981) — D. R. O'Connor Lysaght

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New document:

"Election Interventions—Historical & Contemporary" (Republican Lecture Series, Number 6), from the Sinn Féin Education Department, circa 1982.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7446/

Election Interventions—Historical & Contemporary (1982 c.) — Sinn Féin

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From 1931, the draft constitution and rules of Saor Éire: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6252/

Saor Éire was a left Republican and communist organisation founded by members of the IRA in 1931 as “an organisation of workers and working farmers”.

It was banned by Military Tribunal, along with other Republican and Communist groups, in October 1931. (The ban was lifted the following March).

With the strength of reaction, the organisation never really got off the ground.

Saor Éire: Draft Constitution and Rules (1931) — Saor Éire [1931]

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A newspaper clipping, reading: 

The following associations have been declared by order of the Executive Council to be unlawful associations :—

* Saor Eire.
* The association styling and calling itself the Irish Republican Army, sometimes known as the I.R.A. or Oglaigh na hEireann.
* Fianna Eireann.
* Cumann na mBan.
* Friends of Soviet Russia.
* The Irish Labour Defence League.
* The Workers' Defence Corps.
* The Women Prisoners’ Defence League.
* The Workers’ Revolutionary Party (Ireland).
* The Irish Tribute League.
* The lrish Working Farmers’ Committee.
* The Workers’ Research Bureau.
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New document:

The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 5 – Economic Growth: Who Needs It?

From a series of papers produced by Democratic Left in 1998 prior to merging with Labour.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7427/

The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 5 – Economic Growth: Who Needs It? (1998) — Democratic Left

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2nd of November 1986, Republican Sinn Féin was formed by members of Sinn Féín opposed to removing the policy of abstention from Leinster House, which had been passed by a vote at the Ard Fheis.

They were led by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, who was elected President and remained in that role until 2009.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/02/#event-5541

On This Day, 2nd November

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Published , 24th October 1972:

The first issue of Rosc Catha, newspaper of Clann na hÉireann, the Sinn Féin support group in Britain.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1865/

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Rosc Catha, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1972) — Clann na hÉireann

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New document:

Advance, November—December 1976.

Advance was published by the Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI) in the 1970s.

The SPI went on to form the Democratic Socialist Party in 1982, along with the Limerick Socialist Organisation.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7420/

Advance, No. 24 (1976) — Socialist Party of Ireland [1970]

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New document:

"The Coffee Circle Papers: Postscript - Times Change"

The Coffee Circle Papers were a series of discussion papers in Democratic Left in 1998/99. This postscript was written by Rosheen Callender after their 1999 merger with Labour.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7418/

The Coffee Circle Papers: Postscript - Times Change (1999) — Democratic Left, Labour

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