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The First Dáil. A leaflet from Labour, circa 2010s.
The First Dáil (2010 c.) — Labour
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#OnThisDay 27th June 1998:
Does Ireland Need a “New Labour”?
An address by Dr. Pat Upton, T.D. to the Tom Johnson Summer School, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.
Does Ireland Need a “New Labour”? (1998) — Labour
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#OnThisDay 26th June 1971, the Labour party dissolved the Fintan Lalor branch in Dublin North Central due to membership of the Socialist Labour Alliance.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/06/26/#event-4513
On This Day, 26th June
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Two Irish general elections occurred #OnThisDay, 6th June, in 1977 and 1997.
Here' the Socialist Party of Ireland's (SPI) Advance magazine profiling their candidate Eamonn O'Brien in 1977. The SPI went on to merge with the Democratic Socialist Party in the early 1980s, which ultimately merged with Labour in 1990. (It is not related to the current Socialist Party).
And from 1997, an analysis from Labour's Emmet Stagg in TILT of Labour's losses in that election (the party lost 16 TDs, going from 32 to 17).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/06/06/
#OTD #Politics #History #Ireland #SocialistPartyOfIreland #Labour #Advance #TILT #GeneralElection
On This Day, 6th June
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#OnThisDay 28th May 1912, the Irish Labour Party was founded by James Connolly, James Larkin and William O'Brien as the political arm of the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC).
Labour
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For an overview of materials from the British left on Ireland, we've gathered documents from several strands – including Labour, Trotskyist groups, CPGB and other communists, Maoists, SPGB and others – in this document collection: https://www.leftarchive.ie/collection/2835/
#BritishLeft #Ireland #Labour #CPGB #SPGB #Communism #Maoism
Document Collection: The British Left on Ireland
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Here's an interview with Michael D. Higgins in Gralton, from 1982, in which he is asked about the prospects for the Irish left, his opposition to coalition with Fine Gael (FG), and the role of Labour as a vehicle for the left.
He also expresses opposition to expelling Militant (who were eventually expelled in the late 80s and are now the Socialist Party), and comments on the then recently dissolved Socialist Labour Party (SLP).
Higgins was Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht in the 1993 FG, Labour and Democratic Left coalition, and has been President of Ireland since 2011.
#IrishLeftArchive #Gralton #MichaelDHiggins #Labour #FineGael #Militant #SocialistLabourParty
The Labour Party: Northern Policy Statement
Adopted by their annual conference #OnThisDay 26th February 1972.
Northern Policy Statement (1972) — Labour
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In June 1984, a visit by Ronald Reagan to Ireland was met with widespread protests, with a march on Shannon airport on his arrival, a large “ring around Reagan” protest in Dublin city centre, and the Women’s Peace Camp in the Phoenix Park.
This article from Labour left expresses disappointment at that party's failure to oppose the visit.
#Ireland #Politics #History #RonaldReagan #Labour #LabourLeft #IrishLeftArchive
In June 1984, a visit by Ronald Reagan to Ireland was met with widespread protests, with a march on Shannon airport on his arrival, a large “ring around Reagan” protest in Dublin city centre, and the Women’s Peace Camp in the Phoenix Park.
This article from Labour left expresses disappointment at that party's failure to oppose the visit.
#Ireland #Politics #History #RonaldReagan #Labour #LabourLeft #IrishLeftArchive
"Bright Prospects for Council of Labour"
From 1967, an article from Labour ('Official Organ of the Labour Party'), on cooperation between the Labour party, Northern Ireland Labour Party and Republican Labour Party.
View Document: Labour, Vol. 1, Nos. 5-6 - Labour
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