Irish Left Archive
@ila@leftarchive.ieDigital collection of political material from the Irish Left.
#Ireland #Politics #History #Activism #IrishLeftArchive #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction
Back Showing posts tagged #otd
#OnThisDay 8th June 1975 Irish Women United was constituted.
Their magazine, Banshee, explains their foundation:
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/06/08/#event-5524
#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #Feminism #IrishWomenUnited #Banshee #OTD
On This Day, 8th June
Irish Left Archive
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
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 5th June 1982: March For Survival
Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marched from Parnell Square to Stephen's Green in Dublin, calling for pressure on the Irish government's position on disarmament and Irish neutrality.
March for Survival (1982) — Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 5th June 2021:
"Towards a Programme for Eco-Socialism"
The founding programme of An Rabharta Glas - Green Left.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4369/
#Politics #Ireland #Ecosocialism #AnRabhartaGlas #GreenLeft #Environment #OTD
Towards a Programme for Eco-Socialism (2021) — An Rabharta Glas - Green Left
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 4th June 1973:
"Performing Artists on a Flying Trapeze"
Gerry Foley on how Official Sinn Féin can build a "revolutionary party of the Irish people", from Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International (USFI).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1489/
#OTD #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #OfficialSinnFéin #FourthInternational #IntercontinentalPress
Performing Artists on a Flying Trapeze (1973) — Gerry Foley
Irish Left Archive
A demonstration was held #OnThisDay, 4th June 2005, against Israel’s occupation of Palestine during a soccer World Cup qualifying match between Ireland and Israel, which was taking place in Landsdown Road stadium.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6160/
#OTD #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #Protest #Activism #Palestine #IrishPolitics
Political Material from: Palestine Solidarity Demonstration During Ireland-Israel Soccer Match, 4th June 2005
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 1st June 1979, a group of protestors began an occupation of the development at Wood Quay, as part of the campaign to preserve the historical mediaeval site from destruction. Dubbed “Operation Sitric”, after Sigtrygg Silkbeard, a Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, the occupation lasted for three weeks.
Document Collection: Wood Quay Protests
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 1st June 1984 Ronald Reagan arrived in Ireland on a state visit that was met with widespread protests.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/06/01/#event-6260
On This Day, 1st June
Irish Left Archive
#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
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 28th May 1949, the Socialist Party of Ireland was founded.
"On May 28th, 1949, a number of workers, representing Socialist Groups in Dublin and Belfast, met in Belfast and decided that the Groups should coalesce and form the Socialist Party of Ireland. That decision was subsequently ratified by the members of the Dublin and Belfast Groups; and so was born the first political party in Ireland to publicly and unequivocally declare its object to be the establishment of Socialism."
The party was associated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and later became the World Socialist Party.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/05/28/#event-4500
#OTD #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #SocialistPartyOfIreland #SPGB #WorldSocialism
On This Day, 28th May
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 27th May 1978, the opening address of the Socialist Labour Party policy conference, given by party Chairman, Matt Merrigan.
Opening Address of Chairman, Matt Merrigan, To the Policy Conference Held at Liberty Hall, Dublin on Saturday and Sunday, May 27th and 28th 1978 (1978) — Socialist Labour Party
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 25th May 2018, the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish constitution was held. The vote to remove the block on provision of abortion services was passed with 66% voting yes.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3762/
#IrishPolitics #OTD #Repeal #EighthAmendment #Abortion #Referendum
Referendum - Repeal of the Eighth Amendment Referendum, 2018
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 24th May 2007, a General Election was held in Ireland.
Election - General Election, 2007
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 24th May 1967:
"New Student Movement Formed" – the first issue of The Irish Student, from the Irish Student Movement (ISM).
The ISM was linked to the Internationalists, later the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist), and active in the late 1960s and early 1970s in various colleges and educational establishments across Ireland.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/297/
#OTD #IrishLeft #IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #CPIML #Maoism #IrishStudent
The Irish Student, No. 1 (1967) — Irish Student Movement
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 19th May 1993, local elections were held in Northern Ireland.
Election - Local Elections (Northern Ireland), 1993
Irish Left Archive
Published #OnThisDay 19th May, 1973:
Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin in the North.
Republican News, Vol. 2, No. 86 (1973) — Sinn Féin
Irish Left Archive
Website update:
We've added a calendar showing events occurring, demonstrations from the Snapshots of Political Action project, and documents published for each day.
Hopefully it's a useful way of finding interesting bits of left history in our database.
It's far from full, so if you come across an interesting event that's relevant or appears in materials in our collection, do please let us know and we'll add it!
Calendar of Events
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 17th May 2002 a general election was held in Ireland, resulting in the Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrat coalition government being returned.
An article by Richard Boyd Barrett in Resistance, magazine of the Socialist Workers' Party, reflects on the performance of the left.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/4823/
#OTD #IrishPolitics #GeneralElection #SocialistWorkersParty #SWP
Election - General Election, 2002
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 16th May 1920 the Knocklong Soviet was declared.
Workers at the Cleeves Creamery in Knocklong, County Limerick occupied the facility, raising a red flag and displaying a banner reading “Knocklong Soviet Creamery - We make butter, not profits”.
On This Day, 16th May
Irish Left Archive
#OnThisDay 15th May 1974, the Ulster Workers Council Strike began
https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/05/15/#event-4504
#IrishPolitics #UlsterWorkersCouncil #Strike #OTD #IrishHistory
On This Day, 15th May
Irish Left Archive
