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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part nine: 1989
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the C20th. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-cuts, Bernadette McAliskey, education, feminism, films, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Salford, Socialism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Bernadette McAliskey, IBRG
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My review of “That’s How it Was” by Maureen Duffy
Secondhand bookshops are treasure troves, but sadly they are in decline. They have been defeated by Abe books and the lack of books bought generally. But in Hamburg I came across this great English language bookshop run by … Continue reading
Posted in book review, Catholicism, education, feminism, novels, TV drama, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged "That's How It Was", Maureen Duffy, Virago Classic
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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part eight: 1988
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in education, feminism, films, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, peace campaigns, political women, Socialism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Birmingham Six, Bloody Sunday March 1988, Diarmuid Breatnach, IBRG, IBRG March for Justice, Lambeth IBRG, Liz Curtis, Manchester IBRG, N.E.Lancs IBRG, Prevention of Terrorism Act
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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part seven: 1987
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in education, feminism, films, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Socialism, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged an pobal eirithe, Bloody Sunday march 1987, Census and Irish, Diarmuid Breatnach, Gearoid McGearailt, Haringey, ILEA, Irish Mental Health Conference, Manchester IBRG, Press Council
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My review of “Threads of Life. A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle” Clare Hunter
I found this book in a charity shop and it opened my eyes to a different world; the world of sewing and the important place it has in all of our memories. As a socialist I have marched behind and … Continue reading
Posted in book review, Communism, education, feminism, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, North of Ireland, political women, Salford, Socialism, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Clare Hunter, Kate Magee Campaign, mary quaile, MSWTUC, Phil and Jill Donnellan, Threads of Life
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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group by Patrick Reynolds.Part six; 1986
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in education, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Birmingham Six North West Campaign, Gearoid McGearailt, IBRG Emigration Policy, IBRG N.Ireland Policy, Irish in Britain Representation Group, Irish Post newspaper, Pat Reynolds
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My review of “Breaking Ground: the story of the London Irish Women’s Centre” ( Michelle Deignan 2013)
On 26 November 1989, as the first woman chair of national Irish organisation, IBRG, I spoke at the 5th London Irish Women’s Conference. Other speakers represented organisations as diverse as pensioners, adult education, Troops Out Movement, Open Line … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, education, feminism, films, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, North of Ireland, political women, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Irish in Britain Representation Group, London Irish Women's Centre
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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group by Patrick Reynolds.Part 5; 1985
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the C20th. … Continue reading
Posted in education, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Salford, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged "At the Edge of the Union", Bolton IBRG, Christine Crawley, Clare Short M.P., Gearoid McGearailt, Irish in Britain Representation Group, Irish Line BBC Radio Programme Manchester, Joe Mullarkey, Maire O'Shea, Patrick Reynolds, Prevention of Terrorism Act
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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group by Patrick Reynolds. Part 4: 1984. Regrouping and Rebuilding.
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the C20th. … Continue reading
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My review of “Never Counted Out! The story of Len Johnson Manchester’s Black Boxing Hero and Communist” by Michael Herbert
When my parents moved to Clayton, a working class suburb of Manchester in 1963, it was a large sprawling council estate surrounded by engineering and manufacturing factories and dominated by two busy main roads, Ashton New and Ashton Old Roads. … Continue reading
Posted in book review, Communism, education, human rights, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, Socialism, trade unions, Uncategorized, working class history, young people
Tagged communist party, Len Johnson, Moss Side, New Internationalist Club, Paul Robeson, ruth and eddie frow, Syd Booth, Wilf Charles
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