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"Israeli Restrictions on Palestinian Food Sovereignty Affect Every Item on This Table"
Israeli Restrictions on Palestinian Food Sovereignty Affect Every Item on This Table (2023) — Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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New document:
"Boycott Israeli Apartheid"
A leaflet supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 2023.
Boycott Israeli Apartheid (2023) — Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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Published #OnThisDay October 24th 1972:
The first issue of Rosc Catha, newspaper of Clann na hÉireann.
Clann na hÉireann was the support organisation of Sinn Féin (Official) in Britain.
Rosc Catha, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1972) — Clann na hÉireann
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New document:
Basis of Struggle For a Nationally Independent and Unified People’s Republic of Ireland.
Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist), 1976.
Basis of Struggle For a Nationally Independent and Unified People’s Republic of Ireland (1976) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
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#OnThisDay 22nd of October 2011:
A march was held in support of Occupy Dame Street, the Dublin incarnation of the wider Occupy movement. Here are leaflets collected at the march: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6140/
#OTD #Ireland #Dublin #Activism #Protest #Occupy #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction
Political Material from: Occupy Dame Street March, 22nd October 2011
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Published #OnThisDay 21st October 1921:
An t-Ógláċ (The Volunteer), Official Organ of the Irish Volunteers.
An t-Ógláċ, 21st October 1921 (1921) — Irish Volunteers
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#OnThisDay 24th September 2022:
A march organised by the Cost of Living Coalition was held in Dublin. The Cost of Living Coalition includes several left parties, campaigns, trade union groups and independents, calling for a response to rising inflation and energy prices, and stagnating wages.
Leaflets from the march: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6089/
#Ireland #Politics #Protest #Activism #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #CostOfLiving #OTD
Political Material from: Cost of Living Crisis March, 24th September 2022
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We also have material from the 2018 Repeal campaign in the archive here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3762/
Referendum - Repeal of the Eighth Amendment Referendum, 2018
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#OnThisDay 7th September 1983 a referendum was held to add a "right to life of the unborn" to the Irish Constitution, legally blocking all abortion.
After decades of pro-choice campaigning, the amendment was repealed in 2018.
Here are some documents from the 1983 campaign: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2639/
Referendum - Eighth Amendment (Right to life) Referendum, 1983
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In our latest podcast episode, we spoke to historian Brian Hanley about his new podcast looking at the Irish Civil War, Dirty War in Dublin.
https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/dirty-war-in-dublin-with-brian-hanley/
#Podcast #IrishPodcast #Ireland #Politics #History #CivilWar
New website from the Donegal LGBTQ+ Heritage Project, exploring the history and stories of the LGBTQ+ community.
Donegal LGBTQ+ Heritage Project
donegallgbtqheritage.com
Published #OnThisDay 15th August 1969, a statement from the IRA in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Bogside.
It calls for the disarming of the B Specials, withdrawal of British Troops and a UN-supervised all-Ireland election. It also rejects calls from some for the suspension of Stormont and introduction of direct Westminster rule.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1606/
#Ireland #History #Politics #TheTroubles #IRA #Republicanism
Statement from the Republican Movement, 15th August 1969 (1969) — Sinn Féin [Pre 1970]
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There's a nice round number: There are now 1000 documents in the Irish Left Archive!
That includes newspapers, magazines, posters, leaflets and pamphlets from hundreds of left organisations in Ireland's history.
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#OnThisDay 8th August 2018:
An occupation in Summerhill called for local council purchases of empty buildings, public housing on public land, tenant rights and rent controls.
Material from the occupation: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6131/
Political Material from: Summerhill Occupation, 8th August 2018
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Published #OnThisDay 6th August 1976:
The Bottom Dog, "The working class paper of North Munster".
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 70 (1976)
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Published #OnThisDay 3rd August 1987:
"No to any form of devolution, no to any resurrection of Stormont!"
"Release the Birmingham six!"
Spirit of Freedom, from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).
Spirit of Freedom, August 3rd 1987 (1987) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
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Published #OnThisDay 1st August 1982:
"Demonstrate Against British Imperialism! Remember Ireland's heroic martyrs!"
"Long Live the Palestinian Resistance! Down with the fascist aggression and genocide of U.S.–backed Israeli Zionism against the Lebanese and Palestinian People!"
Red Patriot / An Tírghráthóir Dearg, from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/378/
#Ireland #Politics #History #CPIML #RedPatriot #Maoism #Communism
Red Patriot, Vol. 6, No. 3-4 (1982) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
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New documents:
Election leaflet and sample ballot from the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections, for Jemma Dolan of Sinn Féin, running in Fermanagh / South Tyrone.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6567/
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6568/
#Ireland #NorthernIreland #Politics #NIAssembly #Elections #SinnFéin #AE2022
Sinn Féin: Jemma Dolan 1 (2022) — Sinn Féin
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