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#OnThisDay 2nd of November 1986, Republican Sinn Féin was formed by members of Sinn Féín opposed to removing the policy of abstention from Leinster House, which had been passed by a vote at the Ard Fheis.

They were led by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, who was elected President and remained in that role until 2009.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/02/#event-5541

#OTD #Ireland #Politics #History #RepublicanSinnFéin

Published #OnThisDay, 24th October 1972:

The first issue of Rosc Catha, newspaper of Clann na hÉireann, the Sinn Féin support group in Britain.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1865/

#Ireland #Politics #History #OTD #ClannNahÉireann RoscCatha

#OnThisDay 22nd October 2011:

An Occupy Dame Street march took place from the Garden of Remembrance to Dame Street. The Occupy Dame Street camp was ongoing from October 2011 to March 2012 as part of the global Occupy movement.

Leaflets from the march can be found in the Snapshots of Political Action collection:

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6140/

#OTD #OccupyDameStreet #Occupy #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #Activism

Published #OnThisDay 20th October 1979:

"IRA Okay! Lynch Up The Poll"

An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6227/

#Ireland #Politics #History #OTD #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews

#OnThisDay 9th October 1968, People's Democracy was formed in Belfast, in the wake of the RUC assault on a civil rights march in Derry and subsequent rioting.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/09/#event-5709

#Ireland #Politics #History #PeoplesDemocracy

#OnThisDay 5th October 1968, a civil rights march in Derry was stopped by the RUC at its starting point in the Waterside and marchers were attacked with batons. The march is often cited as the start of the "Troubles".

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/05/#event-5536

#OTD #Derry #CivilRights #Ireland #History #Politics #TheTroubles

#OnThisDay 26th September 1931, the founding conference of Saor Éire* was held. 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

• Not to be mistaken for the later "Saor Éire Action Group", active in the 1970s.

#Ireland #History #Politics #SaorÉire

Published #OnThisDay, 27th August 1974:

An Analysis of the Significance of the Ulster Workers’ Strike, May 14th-30th, 1974

Published by the "Necessity for Change Institute of Anti-Imperialist Studies", part of the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI(ML)).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1822/

#Ireland #Politics #History #CPIML #Maoism #UlsterWorkersCouncilStrike

Published #OnThisDay, 25th August 1969:

Barricades Bulletin, Special Edition

Barricades Bulletin was produced by the Young Socialists youth wing of the Derry Labour Party.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/423/

#OTD #Ireland #History #Politics #BarricadesBulletin #YoungSocialists #DerryLabourParty

Published #OnThisDay, 11th of August 1994:

"25 Years On – We Shall Overcome"

An Phoblacht, newspaper of Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6492/

#Ireland #Politics #History #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht

#OnThisDay, 9th of August 1971, internment was re-introduced in the North with a large wave of arrests and imprisonments in dawn raids. Aimed at weakening the IRA, 342 people were arrested in the initial action, all from Nationalist or Republican backgrounds. Several days of violence and protest followed immediately afterwards.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/08/09/#event-5734

#Ireland #History #Politics #Internment

Published #OnThisDay 27th July 1974:

Workers Weekly, from the Workers' Association.

The Workers' Association was established in 1972 by the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/311/

#OTD #Ireland #History #Politics #WorkersWeekly #WorkersAssociation #BICO

#OnThisDay 19th of July 1984, Mary Manning, a worker in Dunnes Stores, refused to handle fruit imported from South Africa in protest against apartheid, following a decision taken by IDATU members the previous day.

When suspended, she and other members of the IDATU union at the shop went on strike. The strike continued until April 1987 when the import of South African goods was banned.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/07/19/#event-5717

#Ireland #Politics #History #Apartheid #DunnesStores #Strike

#OnThisDay 18th of July 1981, a march in support of the Hunger Strikers campaign, ongoing since March of that year, ended with violent clashes outside the British Embassy after a Garda baton-charge, in which more than 200 people were hurt.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/07/18/#event-5714

#OTD #Ireland #Politics #History #HungerStrikes

Published #OnThisDay 13th July 1974:

"Call to Ulster Protestants"

Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin in the North.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/397/

#Ireland #Politics #History #SinnFéin #RepublicanNews #OTD

Published #OnThisDay, 12th July 1981:

Rebel, journal of Revolutionary Struggle.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/379/

#Ireland #Politics #History #Rebel #RevolutionaryStruggle

Published #OnThisDay 7th July 2007:

Unity, Vol. 19, No. 25.

From the Communist Party of Ireland.

Unity is a Belfast communist newspaper, originally started by the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI) and continued by the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) after its re-formation, it is now the newspaper of the Irish Communist Party.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4239/

#Ireland #History #Politics #CommunistPartyOfIreland #IrishCommunistParty #Unity

Published #OnThisDay 7th July 1994:

"Peace needs end to British violence"

An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/589/

#Ireland #History #Politics #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews

Published #OnThisDay

"Review of Anglo-Irish Agreement – Simply a review of its effectiveness in maintaining partition and foreign imperialist enslavement of Ireland".

Marxist-Leninist Weekly, Vol. 18, No. 18, from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) (CPIML).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/3057/

#Ireland #Politics #History #AngloIrishAgreement #CPIML #Maoism #MarxistLeninistWeekly

Published #OnThisDay 15th June 1969:

Squatter, No. 1, from the Dublin Housing Action Committee.

The DHAC was set up in 1967 by Sinn Féin and Left activists.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/300/

#Ireland #Politics #History #Housing #Squatter #HousingActionCommittee