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Category Archives: International Women’s Day
IBRG Archive at the WCML; N.E.Lancs IBRG and Irish Women in Britain.
IBRG was an organisation that reflected the history of the Irish in this country but one that was not frightened off linking up the present with the past – unlike many other Irish organisations in the era of 1981-2003. Branches … Continue reading
Posted in education, feminism, human rights, International Women's Day, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Michael Kneafsey, N.E.Lancs IBRG, West Midlands P.T.A.Research Association., Women's Delegation to Belfast 1993
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Margaret Mullarkey; working class, Boltonian, IBRG activist
In archiving the history of IBRG it is noticeable how many women were active as national officers as well as playing a more hidden role as the backbone of the organisation at a branch level. Margaret was one of … Continue reading
Posted in education, feminism, human rights, International Women's Day, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, North of Ireland, political women, Socialist Feminism, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Bolton Irish in Britain Representation Group, Women and Ireland Network
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My review of “Betty Tebbs – a radical working class hero” by Mark Metcalf
Through my friendship with Eddie and Ruth Frow I have met many women like Betty who had been activists in the CPGB and the trade union movement. We came from different generations – and had quite different … Continue reading
Posted in Betty Tebbs, biography, book review, Communism, education, feminism, human rights, International Women's Day, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, political women, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history
Tagged Betty Tebbs, CND, IBRG, Pankhurst Centre
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The IBRG archive at the WCML. Part Four; How Irish women played an active role in IBRG.
In the 1970s the Irish community in Britain was represented by the Federation of Irish Societies; an organisation made up of mainly men who were Irish born. IBRG was set up in 1981 because of the F.I.S.’s reluctance to speak … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, human rights, International Women's Day, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Socialism, Socialist Feminism, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged Birmingham 6, IBRG, Manchester, Maude Casey, Moy Mccrory
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Following in Sylvia’s footsteps; from 1918 to 2018. Meet Charlotte, Josephine, Eden and Lauren.
Sylvia Pankhurst’s response to the 1918 Representation of the People Act reflected her politics. She had opposed the First World War from the start and spent the war years defending the rights of poor women and children in the East … Continue reading
Posted in anti-cuts, Communism, education, feminism, human rights, International Women's Day, labour history, political women, Socialist Feminism, Tameside, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged BFAWU, Helen Pankhurst, Pankurst Centre, Sylvia Pankhurst, Theresa May
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A Better World for Women: British Women Trade Unionists visit the Soviet Union in 1925
In 2017 it feels like the word hope has left the political vocabulary. Politics today seems to be all about trying to hang on to our jobs and our public services. It feels as if we are all in the … Continue reading
Why we need to reclaim International Women’s Day from the middle class feminists!
I have grown to hate International Women’s Day. As the lives of women (and the partners we live with) deteriorate under the Tory government with the collaboration of Labour councils, the meaning of the annual Day, started by Socialist women … Continue reading
Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house
Watch Welcome to Leith…Leith as in North Dakota USA. A documentary set in a barren, if beautiful landscape. It is a landscape that is slowly emptying of people; there are only 24 people in Leith including one black … Continue reading
Posted in anti-cuts, drama, education, feminism, films, human rights, International Women's Day, labour history, Manchester, Palestine, peace campaigns, political women, Socialist Feminism, Uncategorized, women, working class history
Tagged 3minute theatre, Jane Bradley, Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, welcome to leith
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Celebrate IWD;Maud Brown and the Hunger Marches
What does International Women’s Day mean in 2015? It seems like everyone from the banks to Radio Three can celebrate a day that is now largely devoid of its socialist feminist roots. But for me IWD should be a day … Continue reading
Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house
Watch.…. Dirty Wars..another fascinating film put on by Manchester Film Cooperative. It is the story of the secret war by the US to eliminate people that they see as their enemies and this includes US citizens. Reporter Jeremy Scahill exposes … Continue reading
Posted in anti-cuts, book review, drama, education, feminism, films, human rights, International Women's Day, labour history, Manchester, Middle East, music, NHS, political women, trade unions, women
Tagged 30 Anniversary of Miners Strike, Annie Kenny, Christabel Pankhurst, Dirty Wars
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