Political material on Sunningdale Agreement, 1973 in the Irish Left Archive. Documents from Communist Party of Great Britain, Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist), Necessity for Change ...

Commentary and PDF of Join Today!, published by Social Democrats.

These documents were collected at a Raise the Roof march that was held in Dublin on Saturday 26th November 2022.

Events and documents from this day in history from the Irish Left Archive.

In this episode we talk to Mags O’Brien about her political background; the divorce referendum campaigns of 1986 and 1995; her experience with the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in 2011 - which was captured at sea and the crew held in an Israeli jail - and subsequent Palestine solidarity work with Gaza Action Ireland; her work as a tutor with the SIPTU College and combining her activism and trade unionism; and Left Lives in 20th Century Ireland Vol. 4 – Women, which was published last year and is edited by Mags.Mags is a trade union activist and tutor at SIPTU College. She has been involved in many campaigns, including as Chair of the Divorce Action Group during the 1995 divorce referendum. She is part of the ICTU Global Solidarity Committee and has served as Chair of Trade Union Friends of Palestine. She has formerly been in Labour as part of Labour Left, and briefly in Democratic Left.You’ll find the Left Lives series of books on the Umisken Press website. The Irish Left Archive Podcast looks at Left politics in Ireland, talking to activists, writers, historians, politicians and others involved in Left organisations and movements about their experiences of participating in Left parties and campaigns. The podcast is hosted by Ciarán Swan and Aonghus Storey. View this episode on our website: #37: Mags O'Brien: Divorce Action Group, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Women and Trade Unionism.

From Aonrud. The Committee for the Rights of Travellers was formed in 1982 in response to anti-Traveller protests in Dublin with the aim of exposing mistreatment of Travellers by the state and anti-Tr...

Commentary and PDF of The Worker, No. 9, published by Socialist Workers' Movement.

Commentary and PDF of Marxist-Leninist Weekly, Vol. 19, No. 21, published by Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist).

Commentary and PDF of Join The Resistance, published by Communist Party of Ireland.

Documents from the vigil and rally calling for abortion rights after news of the death of Savita Halappanavar after she was refused an abortion on legal grounds.

Commentary and PDF of National H-Block/Armagh Committee Circular by Christina Carney, published by National H-Block / Armagh Committee.

Commentary and PDF of Red Star, Vol. 1, No. 2, published by Red Network.

In this episode we talk to Madeleine Johansson of Red Network. Madeleine moved from Sweden to Ireland in the 2000s where she became active with the Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP) and People Before Profit (PBP). She was a party organiser and director of elections for the 2016 General Election campaign in Dublin Mid-West, subsequently co-opted on to South Dublin County Council in 2016, and returned in the 2019 and 2024 local elections. Madeleine was a founding member of Red Network, which was formed in 2021 within People Before Profit before becoming an independent party in 2025. She is the author of Class War – Not Culture War (2025) and Reform or Revolution – Sweden, Socialism and The Welfare State (2022), available from the Red Network website. We discuss Madeleine’s early political experience and the contrast between Sweden and Ireland; her work as an activist and organiser with SWP during the austerity years and campaigns against household charges, property tax and water charges; her experience as a local councillor and the particular challenge of the housing crisis; the formation of Red Network and the political differences that led them to leave People Before Profit; and her position on the politics of class, identity politics, reform and revolution. You’ll find more details of Red Network’s politics on their website at rednetwork.net.

Commentary and PDF of After 4 Years of Austerity Policies Enough is Enough!, published by Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes.

Commentary and PDF of Rosc Catha, Vol. 1, No. 1, published by Clann na hÉireann.

The Occupy Dame Street camp was an ongoing protest from October 2011 to March 2012. These documents are from a march in support of the occupation, which took place on the 22nd of October 2011 from the...

Commentary and PDF of An t-Ógláċ, 21st October 1921, published by Irish Volunteers.

Events and documents from this day in history from the Irish Left Archive.