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The Hillsborough Agreement: The text of the Bobby Sands Commemorative lecture given by Danny Morrison in Twinbrook, Belfast #OnThisDay Sunday 4th May 1986.
The Hillsborough Agreement (1986) — Sinn Féin
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#OnThisDay, 3rd May 1979, elections to Westminster were held. Here's the SDLP manifesto from that election:
SDLP Election Manifesto, Westminster Election, 1979 (1979) — Social Democratic and Labour Party
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Published #OnThisDay 2nd May 1987:
Marxist Leninist Weekly, from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).
Marxist-Leninist Weekly, Vol 17, No. 5 (1987) — Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)
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The 1st of May was first marked as International Workers’ Day in 1890, when the Second International called for demonstrations.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/05/01/#event-6415
On This Day, 1st May
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Published #OnThisDay 20th April 1985:
"Celebrate May Day! Come to the rally at Dublin's GPO" "Farewell to Comrade Enver!"
Voice of Revolution (Marxist-Leninist Weekly), from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).
The paper also marks the funeral of Albanian leader, Enver Hoxha. The #CPIML took a Hoxhaist position after the Sino-Albanian split.
#OnThisDay, 19th April 2003, demonstration was held in Newbridge, Kildare, to oppose the invasion of Iraq and the US military’s use of Shannon Airport. These documents were distributed at the demo and to promote it:
Political Material from: Anti-War Demonstration, 19th April 2003
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Published #OnThisDay, 1st April 1972:
"Military Dictatorship in Northern Ireland" – Freedom, Anarchist Weekly.
Freedom, Vol. 33, No. 14 (1972) — Freedom Press
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Published #OnThisDay, 29th March 1974:
Comment, newspaper of the British & Irish Communist Organisation (BICO) – "For the working class – the class that holds the future in its hands".
Comment, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1974) — British and Irish Communist Organisation
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#OnThisDay 29th March 1975, The Non-Stop Connolly Show, a 24-hour play dramatising the life of James Connolly by Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden, was first performed.
The Non-Stop Connolly Show - Liberty Hall / Easter Week 1975 (1975)
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Published #OnThisDay 22nd March 1974:
"Step Back to to 1921 and Civil War?"
An Phoblacht, Vol. 4, No. 12. Newspaper of Sinn Féin.
An Phoblacht, Vol. 4, No. 12 (1974) — Sinn Féin
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Published #OnThisDay 19th March 1976:
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 60.
The Bottom Dog was a Limerick-based newspaper, published from 1975 and subtitled “the working class paper of North Munster”.
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 60 (1976)
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#OnThisDay 12th March 2003: "Monster Meeting" - Crumlin Anti-Bin Tax Campaign
From the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign of the early 2000s in Dublin. The campaign led to the imprisonment of Socialist Party and Irish Socialist Network members. Waste collection was subsequently privatised.
Crumlin Anti-Bin Tax Campaign - Monster Meeting (2003)
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"Why was Garland Shot?"
The Irish People, newspaper of Official Sinn Féin, #OnThisDay, 7th March 1975.
Seán Garland was shot in an INLA assassination attempt. The INLA had split from the Official IRA months previously, resulting in a violent feud.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6906/
#Ireland #Politics #History #OfficialSinnFéin #TheIrishPeople
The Irish People, Vol. 3, No. 10 (1975) — Sinn Féin [Official]
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The 1981 hunger strikes began on the 1st of March, when Bobby Sands began refusing food. A total of ten people died before the strike ended in October.
Contemporary documents from the National H-Block / Armagh Committee, People's Democracy, IRSP and others are in our collection here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2692/
Event - Hunger Strikes, 1980/81
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#OnThisDay, 22nd February 2014, a rally was held at the Spire in Dublin calling for an end to the US military’s use of Shannon Airport and the release of Margaretta D’Arcy, who was imprisoned for her refusal to sign a bond committing not to enter Shannon Airport as part of the campaign.
Political Material from: Free Margaretta D'Arcy, US Military Out of Shannon Rally, 22nd February 2014
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#OnThisDay 22nd February 1992, Democratic Left was formed in a split from the Workers' Party.
Several members and six of the party’s TDs left the party and formed a new party led by Proinsias de Rossa. Initially called New Agenda, it was renamed Democratic Left at its founding conference the following month.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/02/22/#event-5651
On This Day, 22nd February
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#OnThisDay, 15th February 2003, 100,000 people marched in Dublin in opposition to the invasion of Iraq. The march was part of an international day of action against the war.
Leaflets distributed at the march are included in our Snapshots of Political Action project: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6155/
Snapshots of Political Action is a joint project from the Irish Left Archive and Irish Election Literature (@electionlit@mastodon.online) collating political material and ephemera from protest actions. If you're attending a rally or protest and pick up any leaflets, we'd love to include them!
The Cork Communist Organisation was formed #OnThisDay, 31st of January 1971, after resigning from the Irish Communist Organisation in response to their position on Republicanism. It later became the Cork Workers Club.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/31/#event-4512
On This Day, 31st January
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Bloody Sunday took place 53 years ago #OnThisDay, 30th of January 1972 in Derry.
British soldiers shot 26 people during a civil rights march resulting in 14 deaths.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/30/#event-4800
On This Day, 30th January
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Published #OnThisDay 23rd January 1976:
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 57, "The working class paper of North Munster"
The Bottom Dog, Vol. 3, No. 57 (1976)
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