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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
On This Day, 2nd November
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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
Rosc Catha, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1972) — Clann na hÉireann
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#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
Political Material from: Occupy Dame Street March, 22nd October 2011
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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
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 1, Uimh. 38 (1979) — Sinn Féin
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#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
On This Day, 5th October
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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
Barricades Bulletin, Special Edition (1969) — Young Socialists [DLP]
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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
Workers' Weekly, Vol. 2, No. 8 (1974) — The Workers' Association
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#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
On This Day, 18th July
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![A clipping from an article, reading: On the 18th. July thousands of people from all over the country mobilised in Dublin for a march on the British Embassy in support of the Hunger Strickers [sic]. Before reaching the Embassy however, the marchers were stopped at Merrion Rd. by a wall of cops in riot gear, seceral [sic] rows deep. This strategy of confrontation and intimidation, meant to frighten people off the streets and deny them expression, was resisted by many brave comrades who tried to fight their way through. The cops held rank for fifteen minutes and then charged. Their violence and brutality as they ran riot, beating everyone in their path was pyscotic [sic].](https://posts.leftarchive.ie/attachments/thumbnails/8c6eb86e326568e35fde6afc59d3e23f7598c44612e70f3c1275f21c6747c5f0/rs_embassy_clash.jpeg)
Published #OnThisDay 13th July 1974:
"Call to Ulster Protestants"
Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin in the North.
Republican News, Vol. 4, No. 28 (1974) — Sinn Féin
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Published #OnThisDay 28th May 1973:
"Revolutionary Nationalism, Class Struggle, and Problems of Party Building in Ireland"
An article by Gerry Foley on the Official Republican movement for Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1488/
#Ireland #History #Politics #OTD #OfficialRepublicanism #IntercontinentalPress #FourthInternational
Revolutionary Nationalism, Class Struggle, and Problems of Party Building in Ireland (1973) — Gerry Foley
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Published #OnThisDay: Workers' and Unemployed News, May 28th 1987
"All Working People Must Unite Against the Capitalist Offensive and Cut-Backs!"
From the Workers and Unemployed Movement.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6531/
#Ireland #History #Politics #OTD #WorkersAndUnemployedNews #WorkersAndUnemployedMovement
Workers' and Unemployed News, May 28th 1987 (1987) — Workers and Unemployed Movement
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#OnThisDay in 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.
This Socialist Party of Ireland was associated with the SPGB and later became the World Socialist Party.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/05/28/#event-4500
#Ireland #History #Politics #SocialistParty #WorldSocialism #SPGB #OTD
On This Day, 28th May
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#OnThisDay 24th April 1966, a Republican parade to Glasnevin cemetery marking the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising took place in Dublin.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/04/24/#event-6364
On This Day, 24th April
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#OnThisDay 17th of April 1966, a huge demonstration took place in West Belfast to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/04/17/#event-6361
On This Day, 17th April
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![A screenshot from the Irish Left Archive website, with text reading: On the 17th of April 1966, a huge demonstration took place in West Belfast to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
[O]n 17 April, one of the biggest parades ever witnessed on the Falls took place. Paisley announced he would hold a counter-march from the Shankill to the Cenotaph and the Ulster Hall, this would pass close to where the republican parade was to start. As a result the Stormont government banned a train carrying republican supporters from Dublin, set up stringent border checks on vehicles and further increased the strict security measures placed upon the parade on the Falls Road. … Up to fifty thousand spectators watched, many waving Tricolours, as twenty thousand people paraded to Casement Park. Among those who took part were the Belfast Trades Council, a number of trade unions, the old IRA, the Wolfe Tone Clubs, the Irish National Foresters and the GAA. A small bomb exploded in a telephone box near the Milltown Cemetery, but otherwise the day passed off peacefully.
Jarman, N. and Bryan, D., 1997. From Riots to Rights: Nationalist Parades in the North of Ireland. Coleraine: Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster.
The United Irishman report the following month includes the text of the oration at Casement Park by Seamus Costello:](https://posts.leftarchive.ie/attachments/thumbnails/b09b33ae800120dac87b39b2801b0fa8a7e292ccb341023981baee08a6ec4b4a/belfast.jpeg)
#OnThisDay 15th of March 1970, the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) was reconstituted, with the merging of the Irish Workers’ Party (IWP) and the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI). (The earlier party had split in 1941).
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/03/15/#event-5791
#OTD #CommunistPartyOfIreland #Ireland #History #Politics #Communism
On This Day, 15th March
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#OnThisDay, 31st January 1971, the Cork Communist Organisation was formed after resigning from the Irish Communist Organisation.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/31/#event-4512
#OTD #Politics #History #Communism #IrishCommunistOrganisation #CorkCommunistOrganisation
On This Day, 31st January
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Published #OnThisDay 31st December 1987:
"Peace With Justice Is Still The Aim"
An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.
An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 9, Uimh. 50 (1987) — Sinn Féin
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#OnThisDay, 18th December 1981, The Dublin Unemployed Action Group (DUAG) held their second “Rock ‘N’ Dole” gig.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/12/18/#event-5755
On This Day, 18th December
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#OnThisDay 3rd December 1988, The Irish Anti-Extradition Committee held a march and rally in opposition to the extradition of prisoners to Britain and coinciding with a government review of the Extradition Act.
Leaflets from the demonstration are available as part of the Snapshots of Political Action project: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6150/
#Politics #History #Ireland #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #OTD
Political Material from: Anti-Extradition March & Rally, 3rd December 1988
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#OnThisDay 24th November 1995:
A referendum was passed to remove the prohibition on divorce from the Irish constitution.
Referendum - Divorce Referendum, 1995
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