Monthly Archives: March 2020

Political women; Maria Brabiner anti-Bedroom Tax campaigner, Labour Party council candidate.

Posted on March 26, 2020 by lipstick socialist

Dear Friends I am reviving this series of interviews trying to find working class women who are activists in their political party, trade union or single issue campaign. It seems to be me they have disappeared from the political scene … Continue reading →

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IBRG at the WCML;part six. A Welcome for IBRG at St.Brendan’s Irish Centre.

Posted on March 17, 2020 by lipstick socialist

  In the 1980s when IBRG branches were being   set up across the country one of the biggest problems was finding somewhere to meet. There were many  Irish Centres,  but most of them did not want an Irish group with … Continue reading →

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IBRG at the WCML; part five BBC, Censorship and the Irish Community

Posted on March 2, 2020 by lipstick socialist

The 1980s saw the rise and rise of IBRG as a local and national  grassroots campaigning organisation that exposed not only the racism and discrimination facing the Irish in Britain but drew the links between those issues and Britain’s ongoing … Continue reading →

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