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"Before you make up your mind…"

A leaflet from the Socialist Workers' Movement (SWM) during the referendums on access to abortion information and the right to travel, which took place , 25th of November 1992.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/507/

Before you make up your mind... (1992) — Socialist Workers' Movement

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, 25th of November 2010, the United Left Alliance (ULA) was announced.

The alliance of the Socialist Party, Socialist Workers' Party, Workers and Unemployed Action Group (WUAG) and independent leftists contested the 2011 general election, winning five seats.

Disagreements between the parties resulted in first the WUAG and then the SP withdrawing, leaving the alliance essentially defunct by 2013.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/25/#event-5518

On This Day, 25th November

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, 24th November 1995, the referendum to remove the prohibition of divorce in Ireland was narrowly won with 50.28% of the vote.

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Referendum - Divorce Referendum, 1995

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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.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6875/

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.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6866/

Hands Off Ireland!, No. 3 (1977) — Revolutionary Communist Group

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Published 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)

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/85/

Red Patriot, Vol. 5, No. 42-43 (1976) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)

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Published 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)).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/315/

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/

An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 9, Uimh. 19 (1987) — Sinn Féin

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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.

A scan of a poster with red and black text on a white background, reading: WARNING!
The straight vote is crooked - so vote
NO!
This warning is issued by The Labour Party
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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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Scanned cover of the published edition of The New Republic. The text reads: Complete text of The New Republic address by Brendan Corish, T.D., Leader of the Labour Party. The cover features the starry plough on a blue background, positioned within a larger green rectangle.
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Published , 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/

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.

https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/des-dalton-republican-sinn-fein-and-independent-republicanism

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