Irish Left Archive

Published #OnThisDay, 14th May 1987:

An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 9, Uimh. 19

Newspaper of Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6722/

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

Published #OnThisDay 28th March 1991:

"Call of 1916 – Challenge of Today!"

An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin, on the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Rising.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/332/

#Ireland #History #Politics #1916Rising #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews

Published #OnThisDay, 2nd February 1980:

"The Chains of Hypocrisy"

An Phoblacht Republican News, Iml. 2, Uimh. 5, from Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6314/

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

You'll find the Éire Nua policy and analysis documents about it – from Sinn Féin and later Republican Sinn Féin, who maintained the policy after their formation in 1987.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2283/

#ÉireNua #SinnFéin #RepublicanSinnFéin

Published #OnThisDay 17th January 1971:

A press release from Sinn Féin announces their new social and economic programme, an early version of their Éire Nua policy.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1876/

#Ireland #History #Politics #SinnFéin #ÉireNua

Published #OnThisDay 31st December 1987:

"Peace With Justice Is Still The Aim"

An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4221/

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

New document:

"Loughgall Martyrs"

An Phoblacht Republican News, Imeall 9, Uimhir 19, on the 1987 Loughgall ambush.

An Phoblacht Republican News (later just An Phoblacht) was the newspaper of Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6722/

#IrishPolitics #Loughgall #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews

Published #OnThisDay 20th October 1979:

An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.

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

#SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #OTD

New document:

Left Republican Review, Sept/Oct 2000, from Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6641/

#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #LeftRepublicanReview #SinnFéin

New documents:

Election leaflet and sample ballot from the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections, for Jemma Dolan of Sinn Féin, running in Fermanagh / South Tyrone.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6567/

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6568/

#Ireland #NorthernIreland #Politics #NIAssembly #Elections #SinnFéin #AE2022

If you're interested in creative work and #art from #activist and political perspectives, you might enjoy these episodes too:

#Poet and #activist Sarah Clancy (@sarahmaintains@mastodon.ie): https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/sarah-clancy-poetry-activism-politics-and-the-contemporary-left

#Author and #SinnFéin activist Danny Morrison: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/danny-morrison-sinn-fein-an-phoblacht-republican-news-and-political-and-fiction-writing

#Illustrator Megan Luddy O'Leary and #Activist and #Archivist Orla Egan (@orlaegan@mastodon.ie ) on their book, Diary of an Activist: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/diary-of-an-activist-by-orla-egan-and-megan-luddy-o-leary

And #fiction #author Michael Flavin: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/one-small-step-by-michael-flavin

Published #OnThisDay 13th July 1974:

"Call To Ulster Protestants"

Republican News, Northern newspaper of Sinn Féin.

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

#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #SinnFéin #RepublicanNews #OTD

Published #OnThisDay 30th June 1994:

"Sinn Féin Delegates Will Decide"

An Phoblacht Republican News on the Downing Street Declaration.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/327/

#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews

"Defence Tactics for Demonstrators"

A 1969 article from United Irishman, newspaper of Sinn Féin, outlines advice for protests and dealing with police.

One tip suggests: "Isolated policemen [are] to be well taken care of and are NOT to be molested apart from having their braces removed. A trousers ready to fall down is the best safeguard against further rioting by a policeman."

You can read the full article here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/289/

#Protest #Activism #IrishLeft #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #UnitedIrishman #SinnFéin

Published #OnThisDay, Wednesday 27th June 1973:

Republican News, Evening Edition.

Republican News was the newspaper of Sinn Féin in the North. It later merged with their Southern paper, An Phoblacht, to become an all-island paper.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1503/

#IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #RepublicanNews #SinnFéin

New document:

"25 Years On – We Shall Overcome"

An Phoblacht Republican News marks the 25th anniversary of the deployment of British troops in the North in 1969.

From Déardaoin, 11 Lúnasa / Thursday, 11 August 1994, the newspaper of Sinn Féin.

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

#Politics #History #Ireland #AnPhoblacht #SinnFéin

Published #OnThisDay 19th May, 1973:

Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin in the North.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/2388/

#IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #SinnFéin #RepublicanNews #OTD

#OnThisDay 4th May 1986:

The Hillsborough Agreement: The text of the Bobby Sands Commemorative lecture given by Danny Morrison in Twinbrook, Belfast on Sunday 4th May 1986

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/424/

#OTD #IrishLeft #Hillsborough #SinnFéin

The article comes from The United Irishman, Vol. 23, No. 7, which can be viewed in full on our website: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1608/

#IrishLeftArchive #UnitedIrishman #SinnFéin

#OnThisDay 31st March 1966, Westminster elections were held in Northern Ireland. All seats were won by the Ulster Unionist Party, with the exception of West Belfast, where Gerry Fitt won the seat for the Republican Labour Party.

Sinn Féin newspaper, The United Irishman, reported an "Election Rout of Republicans":

"No matter how tinted the glasses through which one might look, the results of the 1966 Imperial Elections in the Six Counties show a rout of the Republicans."

https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/6358/

#OTD #UnitedIrishman #SinnFéin #GerryFitt #RepublicanLabourParty #Elections #Westminster