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New document:
"Tomás Mac Giolla: Republican, Socialist, Internationalist"
Produced by the Workers' Party after former party President Mac Giolla's death in 2010.
Tomás Mac Giolla: Republican, Socialist, Internationalist (2010) — The Workers' Party
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New document:
Hands Off Ireland!
Issue number three of the publication produced by the Revolutionary Communist Group in the UK in the 1970s.
Hands Off Ireland!, No. 3 (1977) — Revolutionary Communist Group
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Published #OnThisDay 21st January 1991:
Towards a Peaceful Ireland, from Republican Sinn Féin.
Towards a Peaceful Ireland (1991) — Republican Sinn Féin
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Published #OnThisDay 1st December 1976:
"Organise to defeat British imperialist aggression and plunder Organise to defeat the Irish monopoly capitalists north and south"
Red Patriot, Newsweekly of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
Red Patriot, Vol. 5, No. 42-43 (1976) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
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New document:
Working Class Action Newsletter, October 2002 on the second Nice Treaty referendum.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6752/
#IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #WorkingClassAction #Nice #Referendum
Working Class Action Newsletter, Oct. 02 (2002) — Working Class Action
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New document:
"Nazis Out Of Football".
A leaflet from Anti-Fascist Action, 1995.
Nazis Out Of Football (1995) — Anti-Fascist Action
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Published #OnThisDay 7th November 1987:
"Vote No To National Plan Wage Agreement!"
Workers' and Unemployed News, from the Workers' and Unemployed Movement (associated with the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)).
Workers' and Unemployed News, November 7th, 1987 (1987) — Workers and Unemployed Movement
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New document:
"Loughgall Martyrs"
An Phoblacht Republican News, Imeall 9, Uimhir 19, on the 1987 Loughgall ambush.
An Phoblacht Republican News (later just An Phoblacht) was the newspaper of Sinn Féin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6722/
#IrishPolitics #Loughgall #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 9, Uimh. 19 (1987) — Sinn Féin
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New document:
Workers Solidarity, No. 104.
From the Workers Solidarity Movement, August 2008.
Workers Solidarity, No. 104 (2008) — Workers' Solidarity Movement
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Published #OnThisDay 20th October 1979:
An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6227/
#SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #OTD
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 1, Uimh. 38 (1979) — Sinn Féin
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#OnThisDay 16th October 1968, a referendum to remove proportional representation in favour of majoritarianism was held in the Republic of Ireland.
The referendum was rejected by 60% of voters.
Below is a poster from the Labour party from the campaign.
#OnThisDay 14th of October 1967:
Labour party leader Brendan Corish delivered his "New Republic" speech, famously opening with “the seventies will be Socialist”.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/14/#event-5538
On This Day, 14th October
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Published #OnThisDay, 13th October 1981:
Rebel, No. 46, on the end of the Republican hunger strikes.
Rebel was produced by Revolutionary Struggle in the late 1970s and early 80s.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/2913/
#OTD #IrishPolitics #History #Rebel #RevolutionaryStruggle #HungerStrikes
Rebel, No. 46 (1981) — Revolutionary Struggle
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In the latest episode of the Irish Left Archive Podcast, we spoke to former Republican Sinn Féin President Des Dalton about his political background, Republicanism, Internationalism and the Left.
#OnThisDay 9th of October 1968, People’s Democracy was formed at a meeting in Queen’s University Belfast.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/09/#event-5709
On This Day, 9th October
Irish Left Archive
New document:
Poster from Éirígí in 2019 reproducing the Democratic Programme of the First Dáil Éireann.
Democratic Programme of the First Dáil Éireann (2019) — Éirígí
Irish Left Archive
"The Two Irelands"
By Andrew Boyd, 1968, published by the Fabian Society.
The Two Irelands (1968) — Fabian Society
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Published #OnThisDay 29th September 2018:
Brexit in the Context of Ireland, from Saoradh.
Brexit in the Context of Ireland (2018) — Saoradh
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New posters added to the archive, from Éirígí's 'Up Housing' and #TrackTheVultures housing campaigns in 2021.
A Vulture Landlord Owns These 268 Homes (2021) — Éirígí
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#OnThisDay 26th September 1931, the founding conference of Saor Éire began. The "organisation of workers and working farmers" was established by the left-leaning and communist wing of the IRA.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/09/26/#event-6290
On This Day, 26th September
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