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Nicanews, February 1995.
Produced by the Irish Nicaragua Support Group
Nicanews, February 1995 (1995) â Irish Nicaragua Support Group
Irish Left Archive
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) â Clann na Poblachta
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay, 1st April 1972:
"Military Dictatorship in Northern Ireland" â Freedom, Anarchist Weekly.
Freedom, Vol. 33, No. 14 (1972) â Freedom Press
Irish Left Archive
New document:
"Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks!"
From the Dublin Spartacist Group, August 1997.
Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks! (1997) â Dublin Spartacist Group
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay, 29th March 1974:
Comment, newspaper of the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO) â "For the working class â the class that holds the future in its hands".
Comment, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1974) â British and Irish Communist Organisation
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 29th March 1975, The Non-Stop Connolly Show, a 24-hour play dramatising the life of James Connolly by Margaretta DâArcy and John Arden, was first performed.
The Non-Stop Connolly Show - Liberty Hall / Easter Week 1975 (1975)
Irish Left Archive
SIPTU Fightback, No. 7 (1998)
Irish Left Archive
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 âthe working class paper of North Munsterâ.
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 60 (1976)
Irish Left Archive
"Why was Garland Shot?"
The Irish People, newspaper of Official Sinn FĂ©in, #OnThisDay, 7th March 1975.
SeĂĄn 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 #OfficialSinnFĂ©in #TheIrishPeople
The Irish People, Vol. 3, No. 10 (1975) â Sinn FĂ©in [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) â 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 GearĂłid Ă FaoleĂĄn 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 militaryâs use of Shannon Airport and the release of Margaretta DâArcy, 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
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed in a split from the Workers' Party.
Several members and six of the partyâs 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
Irish Left Archive
New document: Fighting Talk, Summer 1998, from Anti-Fascist Action.
Fighting Talk, Summer 1998 (1998) â Anti-Fascist Action
Irish Left Archive
#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
Irish Left Archive
New document: Ireland, Austerity & The Water Tax.
A poster for a public meeting in London organised by Clann ĂirĂgĂ, 2015.
Public Meeting: Ireland, Austerity & The Water Tax (2015) â Clann ĂirĂgĂ
Irish Left Archive
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)
Irish Left Archive