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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

#OnThisDay 15th May 2011:

Leaflets distributed by campaigns opposing the State Visit of the British Queen to Ireland, from the Irish Anti-War Movement, Socialist Workers' Party and Éirígí: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6193/

#SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #Éirígí #IrishAntiWarMovement #SocialistWorkersParty #SWP

#OnThisDay 14th May 2022:

A rally in Dublin called for the public ownership of the National Maternity Hospital.

Documents distributed at the protest: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6070/

#IrishPolitics #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #NMH #Mastodaoine #Protest #Activism #OTD

#OnThisDay 19th April 2003, a demonstration was held to oppose the invasion of Iraq and the US military’s use of Shannon Airport in Newbridge, Kildare.

Documents distributed by County Kildare Anti-War Group, Socialist Party and Socialist Workers' Party are collected here as part of the #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction project: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6108/

#OTD #SocialistParty #SocialistWorkersParty #Iraq #Shannon #AntiWar

More documents from the same protest are visible in this demonstration collection from the Snapshots of Political Action project: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6160/

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A leaflet from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), which folds out to a Palestinian flag.

Collected at a 2005 Palestine solidarity demonstration during an Ireland-Israel soccer match.

#SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #Palestine #Israel #IrishPalestineSolidarityCampaign #IPSC #Israel

#OnThisDay 8th March 2018, an International Women's Day march for choice took place in Dublin calling for the repeal of the eighth amendment. Here are documents distributed at the march: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6061/

The eighth amendment was repealed by referendum the following May, removing the block on abortion in Ireland.

#SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #OTD #RepealTheEighth #Repealed

#Activism #Protest #Archives #IrishElectionLiterature #IrishLeftArchive #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

Sharing some previous episodes to make use of the federation of our new podcast platform, which you can follow directly @ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ie.

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#SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction is a joint project from Irish Election Literature (@electionlit@mastodon.online) and the Irish Left Archive to bring together material distributed at individual demonstrations, marches, rallies and protests in Ireland, providing a view of the different political strands and groups that come together in campaigns.

If you have collected leaflets from a march or protest anywhere in Ireland that you'd like to contribute, we'd be delighted to include them!

#Archives #Protest #Activism

#OnThisDay 22nd February 2014, a rally calling for the release of Margaretta D'Arcy and ending the US military use of Shannon airport took place in Dublin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6173/

#OTD #Activism #PANA #ShannonAirport #Protest #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

#OnThisDay 15th February 2003, 100,000 people marched in Dublin in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, as part of a global, co-ordinated day of action.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/02/15/#event-6155

#OTD #Iraq #Protest #AntiWar #Ireland #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

Snapshots of Political Action is a project from Irish Election Literature and the Irish Left Archive to to bring together material distributed at individual demonstrations, marches, rallies and protests in Ireland, providing a view of the different political strands and groups that come together in campaigns.

if you’re participating in political action and either collect or produce leaflets and documents, we’d be grateful if you would pass them on!

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstrations/

#IrishPolitics #Protest #Activism #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

#OnThisDay 9th February 2019, a rally in support of strike action by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) took place outside Leinster House.

Leaflets distributed at the rally: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6177/

#OTD #IrishPolitics #IrishHistory #INMO #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

A poster from a rally in May 2022 opposing the private ownership of the National Maternity Hospital.

The poster uses an image originally painted by Nina Vatolina for a 1940s anti-fascist poster.

From a collection of leaflets from that rally put together by @electionlit@mastodon.online as part of the Snapshots of Political Action project, which you can find at the link below.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6070/

#Ireland #Politics #NMH #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

Material from Occupy Dame Street in 2011.

From a march in support of the occupation, which took place on the 22nd of October 2011 from the Garden of Remembrance to Dame Street.

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

#Ireland #History #Politics #Occupy #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

We've moved to a new self-hosted account, so here's a new #introduction for us to pin :)

The Irish Left Archive is a digital collection of political material from Irish left parties, campaigns and activists. We post left wing political periodicals, posters and leaflets, as well as recording an interview podcast with activists.

Give us a follow if you're interested in left wing politics!

#Ireland #Politics #History #Activism #IrishLeftArchive #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction

In December, we had a special episode with Alan Kinsella of @electionlit@mastodon.online to introduce Snapshots of Political Action, a new joint project from Irish Election Literature and the Irish Left Archive, which aims to bring together material distributed at individual demonstrations, marches, rallies and protests in Ireland, providing a view of the different political strands and groups that come together in campaigns.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/42-snapshots-of-political-action-documenting-protest/

#Activism #Protest #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction #IrishLeftArchive #Podcast

"Support Palestine!"

A poster from a demonstration on 4th June 2005 against Israel’s occupation of Palestine, from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC).

The protest was held to during a soccer World Cup qualifying match between Ireland and Israel.

More from the protest here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6160/

#Ireland #Palestine #IPSC #Activism #Protest #SnapshotsOfPoliticalAction