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Ireland — Past, Present and Future
Produced in 1983 by the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and World Socialist Party (WSP), their affiliate in Ireland.
Ireland — Past, Present and Future (1983) — Socialist Party of Great Britain, World Socialist Party
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New document: Dawn, 38-39, 1980 c.
Dawn magazine (An Irish magazine on nonviolent action civil liberties and movements for change) was associated with the Dawn Group and was published on a monthly basis from 1974 to 1985. The Dawn Group later become part of INNATE .
The Hillsborough Agreement: The text of the Bobby Sands Commemorative lecture given by Danny Morrison in Twinbrook, Belfast #OnThisDay Sunday 4th May 1986.
The Hillsborough Agreement (1986) — Sinn Féin
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#OnThisDay, 3rd May 1979, elections to Westminster were held. Here's the SDLP manifesto from that election:
SDLP Election Manifesto, Westminster Election, 1979 (1979) — Social Democratic and Labour Party
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Published #OnThisDay 2nd May 1987:
Marxist Leninist Weekly, from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).
Marxist-Leninist Weekly, Vol 17, No. 5 (1987) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Dawn, No. 104.
Dawn – An Irish Magazine on Nonviolent Action, Civil Liberties and Movements for Change – was produced in the 1980s.
Dawn
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Nicanews, February 1995.
Produced by the Irish Nicaragua Support Group
Nicanews, February 1995 (1995) — Irish Nicaragua Support Group
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New document:
The Clann, 29th February 1948.
Newspaper of Clann na Poblachta. This edition comes just after CnaP joined the first inter-party government after the 1948 election.
The Clann, 29th February 1948 (1948) — Clann na Poblachta
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Published #OnThisDay, 1st April 1972:
"Military Dictatorship in Northern Ireland" – Freedom, Anarchist Weekly.
Freedom, Vol. 33, No. 14 (1972) — Freedom Press
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New document:
"Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks!"
From the Dublin Spartacist Group, August 1997.
Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks! (1997) — Dublin Spartacist Group
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Published #OnThisDay, 29th March 1974:
Comment, newspaper of the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO) – "For the working class – the class that holds the future in its hands".
Comment, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1974) — British and Irish Communist Organisation
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#OnThisDay 29th March 1975, The Non-Stop Connolly Show, a 24-hour play dramatising the life of James Connolly by Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden, was first performed.
The Non-Stop Connolly Show - Liberty Hall / Easter Week 1975 (1975)
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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/
#Ireland #Politics #History #OfficialSinnFéin #TheIrishPeople
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]
Irish Left Archive
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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