#OnThisDay 3rd of October 1932, the Outdoor Relief workers strike in Belfast began. The strike followed a series of marches throughout the Summer. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-...

#OnThisDay 30th September 2019, a press statement announcing the formation of RISE. www.leftarchive.ie/document/3233/

#OnThisDay 30th September 2017, a march organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign took place in Dublin calling for the repeal of the eighth amendment to the constitution. www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio... (Snapshots of Political Action – from @electionlit.bsky.social and the Irish Left Archive.)

New document: "McDowell's Criminal Justice Bill". A leaflet from the Socialist Workers' Party from circa 2006. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7983/

Published #OnThisDay, 26th September 1981: *H-Block/Armagh News*, produced by the Armagh/H-Block Action Group, a campaign of the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist). www.leftarchive.ie/document/6562/

The founding conference of Saor Éire was held #OnThisDay 26th September 1931. The Left Republican group was banned later that year and collapsed shortly afterwards. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-...

Here's an issue of Water Charges News from 1994. The 24th September conference is advertised on the front page. www.leftarchive.ie/document/5947/

#OnThisDay 24th September 2022, a march organised by the Cost of Living Coalition took place in Dublin. www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio... Leaflets from the march are archived as part of Snapshots of Political History, our joint project with Irish Election Literature (@electionlit.bsky.social).

New document: Kick The Imperialists Out Of Trinity! A leaflet from the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland (RCI), circa 2024. RCI are the Irish branch of the Revolutionary Communist International, formerly the International Marxist Tendency. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7977/ #Ireland #Politics

#OnThisDay, 20th September 1984: "A Historic Step Forward: IRSP Adopts the Teachings of Marx, Engels & Lenin" A press release from the Irish Republican Socialist Party, signed by then party Chairperson, Jim Lane. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7767/ #Ireland #History #Politics #IRSP

New documents: A poster and leaflet from The Workers' Party [Starry Plough] in Trinity College Dublin. "Imperialism and How To Fight It": www.leftarchive.ie/document/7961/ "End The Blockade On Cuba": www.leftarchive.ie/document/7962/

No Pasaran! The Story of the Irish Volunteers who served with the International Brigades in defending the Spanish Republic against International Fascism 1936-1938. Produced by the Belfast executive of the Republican Clubs (Official Sinn Féin) in 1975. www.leftarchive.ie/document/4469/

New document: *Left Tribune*, 2006. Newspaper of Labour Youth. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7931/ #Ireland #Politics #History #LabourYouth

#OtD 6 Sep 1921 workers took over the Cork Harbour Board’s offices, hoisted a red flag, and declared a soviet (aka: a workers' council) in protest at the refusal of wage increases. Ending after hours of negotiations, the press found it "highly ominous" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1066...

Published #OnThisDay, 6th September 1974: *The Irish People*, newspaper of Official Sinn Féin. www.leftarchive.ie/document/276/ #OTD

Published #OnThisDay, 5th September 1981: *Armagh/H-Block News*. Produced by the Armagh/H-Block Action Group, a campaign during the Hunger Strikes from the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist). www.leftarchive.ie/document/5819/

New document: Busworker, August 1998, produced by the Busworkers Action Group. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7899/

Published #OnThisDay 27th August 1974: An Analysis of the Significance of the Ulster Workers’ Strike May 14th-30th, 1974. Published by the Necessity for Change Institute of Anti-Imperialist Studies, an imprint of the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist). www.leftarchive.ie/document/1822/

Published #OnThisDay 25th August 1969: "No Peace Until Unionism Is Smashed" *Barricades Bulletin*, from the Derry Labour Party Young Socialists in the aftermath of the "Battle of the Bogside". www.leftarchive.ie/document/423/ #Ireland #History #Politics #FreeDerry

New documents: Stickers from Irish language group, Misneach. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7889/ www.leftarchive.ie/document/7886/ www.leftarchive.ie/document/7887/ www.leftarchive.ie/document/7888/ #Gaeilge

Published #OnThisDay 24th August 1969: Tasks for the Republican Movement in the 26 Counties, issued by the Coiste Seasta of Sinn Féin. www.leftarchive.ie/document/1604/

"The Greatest Irony of the Century" From *SuperSpi*, magazine of the Socialist Party of Ireland, published in 1978 soon after the first Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

Just looking at this Calendar with pictures taken before the destruction and barbaric Genocide... so so sad.

Published #OnThisDay, 22nd August 1975: *The Irish People*, from Official Sinn Féin. www.leftarchive.ie/document/2852/ #OTD #Ireland #History #Politics

#OnThisDay, 21st of August 1984, during the miners’ strike in Britain, a group of partners and children of striking miners visited Tallaght. The week-long trip was organised by the Tallaght Committee to Support Mine Workers. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-...

James Connolly in Roswell, New Mexico, 1 December 1909. Apart from the cheesy sci-fi crossover, I love this as they highlight his natural humour - something that leaps from the pages of his writings when read in the original.

Published #OnThisDay, 18th August 1997: "Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks! For Trade Union Centred Defence of Traveller Halting Sites!" A leaflet from the Dublin Spartacist Group on #TravellersRights www.leftarchive.ie/document/7615/ #Spartacists #IrishTravellers

New document: Marxism Ninety Seven. A leaflet for the Socialist Workers' Party's annual conference, 1997. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7867/ #Ireland #Politics #History #SocialistWorkersParty

Published #OnThisDay, 15th August 1970: *Communist Comment* on riots in Belfast and the potential dissolution of Stormont. From the Irish Communist Organisation (later British & Irish Communist Organisation, BICO). www.leftarchive.ie/document/2500/

Published #OnThisDay, 14th August 1971: *Drithleog*, Nuachtlitir, Comhairle Ceantair Átha Cliath. From Official Sinn Féin. www.leftarchive.ie/document/3992/ #Ireland #Politics #History #OfficialSinnFéin

New documents: Leaflets issued during Ronald Reagan's visit to Ireland in 1984 by the Reagan Reception Campaign, Irish Campaign Against Reagan's Foreign Policy, and Labour Youth. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7853/ www.leftarchive.ie/document/7852/ www.leftarchive.ie/document/7851/

#OnThisDay, 9th of August 1971, internment was re-introduced in the North with a large wave of arrests and imprisonments in dawn raids. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-... #Ireland #Politics #OTD

New document: *Barricade Bulletin*, No. 14. Produced by the Derry Anarchist Collective, 2021. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7836/ #Ireland #Politics #Anarchism #DerryAnarchists

"Long Live the Heroic Palestinian Resistance! Down with The Fascist Aggression and Genocide of U.S.-Backed Israeli Zionism Against The Lebanese and Palestinian People!" Published #OnThisDay, 1st August 1982, by the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist). www.leftarchive.ie/document/378/

New document: Fighting Talk, Summer 1997, from Anti-Fascist Action. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7830/ #Ireland #Politics #History #AntiFascistAction

Published #OnThisDay, 27th July 1974: Workers Weekly, Vol. 2, No. 8. Workers Weekly was published by the Workers' Association (associated with the British & Irish Communist Organisation). www.leftarchive.ie/document/311/ #Ireland #Politics #History #WorkersAssociation #BICO

New document: *United Irishman*, Vol 36, No. 7. Newspaper of Sinn Féin The Workers' Party. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7818/ #Politics #History #Ireland #WorkersParty

#OnThisDay 19th of July 1984, a group of workers refused to handle South African goods, beginning the anti-apartheid Dunnes Stores strike. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-... #Ireland #Politics #History #Apartheid

#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. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-...

*Ireland — Past, Present and Future* Produced in 1983 by the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and World Socialist Party (WSP), their affiliate in Ireland. www.leftarchive.ie/document/1143/ #Ireland #History #Politics #SPGB #WorldSocialism

Leaflets distributed at the housing march organised by CATU last Saturday, 5th July: www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio... #Ireland #Housing #Politics

New document: Dawn, 38-39, 1980 c. Dawn magazine (An Irish magazine on nonviolent action civil liberties and movements for change) was published on a monthly basis from 1974 to 1985. The Dawn Group later become part of INNATE . www.leftarchive.ie/document/7781/ #Ireland #Politics #History

#OnThisDay, 26th June 1986, a referendum was held in Ireland to remove the prohibition of divorce. The referendum was unsuccessful, with divorce remaining prohibited until 1995. www.leftarchive.ie/subject/2225/

New document: Red Alert, No. 1, April 2002. *Red Alert* was produced by the Cork district of the Communist Party of Ireland in the early 2000s. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7757/ #Ireland #Politics #CommunistPartyOfIreland

The timeline of the Irish left traces the development of Left groups in Ireland. It includes 207 organisations from Labour, Socialist, Communist, Republican and Green movements since 1900. It continues to develop, with the most recent addition this month. www.leftarchive.ie/page/timelin...

"I'm not interested in politics because I don't eat, wear clothes, breathe air or live in a house. I'm incurable and when I die I'll bury myself." The first issue of *People's Voice*, produced by Saor Éire in Cork. www.leftarchive.ie/document/2405/ #Ireland #Politics #SaorÉire

#OnThisDay 18th June 2022, a cost of living crisis rally was held in Dublin in response to rising inflation and energy prices. These leaflets from KKE, Militant Left, PBP and the Socialist Party were collected at the rally: www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio... #Ireland #Politics

New documents: Leaflets from Éirígí's "UP Housing" campaign, 2022. www.leftarchive.ie/document/7741/ www.leftarchive.ie/document/7740/ #Ireland #Politics #Housing #Éirígí

#OnThisDay. 12th of June 1982, the Socialist Labour Party (SLP) voted to dissolve. Founded in 1977, the SLP sought to build a party of the Left, bringing together former Labour members and Left groups. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-... #Ireland #Politics #Socialism #SLP

We remain calm and prepared in the face of possible Israeli aggression. We call on world governments to demand Israel stand down. It has no right to obstruct our mission or enforce its illegal and brutal blockade. #BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #WeWillSail #StandWithGaza