The Irish People, Vol. 2, No. 35
| Date: | 6th September 1974 |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Sinn Féin [Official] |
| Publication: | The Irish People |
| Issue: | Volume 2, Number 35 |
| Type: | Publication Issue |
| View: | View Document |
| Discuss: | Comments on this document |
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Commentary From The Cedar Lounge Revolution
3rd December 2007
Okay, another anonymous donation (and again we’re very grateful for it). And this one provides an interesting contrast with the copy of the United Irishman from some weeks back. For here is an Irish People, august paper of Official Sinn Féin, from 1973. (Apologies about the file size. This is about 10mb’s).
By now the ceasefire was bedded in. The IRSP and PLA/INLA were some months into the future. And we see a document that on the one hand - with the emphasis on industrial struggle, playgrounds and ‘threats to aged tenants’ was not disimilar to the IPs I used to hawk around Dublin North East in the 1980s - while on the other hand was quite radically different. Note the mention of NICRA etc, the front cover story about the Littlejohns. There is a whiff of the cold war about it… although intriguingly little or nothing about the rest of the world bar a curious little comparison between Qutar and Ireland as regards oil rights… And the editorial about Enoch Powell who at that point had just joined the Ulster Unionists, while entirely correct, speaks of another world.
There is still a reflexive Republicanism in some of the pieces. Note the mention of Lord Mountbatten. And the ‘Screw’s cause prison unrest’ article would hardly find it’s way into a party political paper today.
A central ideology is hard to distinguish. Certainly there is nothing of the tedious verbiage of BICO or other formations on the further left… And a final point. Essentially no mention of OSF within these pages. Just the Republican Clubs.
Anyhow, here it is…
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By: John O'Neill Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:51:40
I’m quietly confident that the Hanley/Millar book will be fairly objective and I know that the WP have assisted them in giving access to documentsand interviews etc. Having said that I think it will be critical.
I don’t think I could bring myself to read wee Henry’s book. Since he got his Observer job he deserves the nickname wee Hitchens.
I read Sean Swans book and it was interesting (published by Lulu.com) although I couldn’t make out what his angle was, either he was saying that WP attempts to merge socialism with traditional republicanism was incompatable or that the WP veered away from republicanism under the influence of ‘elements’ the CPI (a negative, in his opinion). others might have some thoughts if they have read it.
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By: WorldbyStorm Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:59:29
Joe, you’re more than welcome to put your thoughts here if you want to… John, I’d tend to agree. I think it should be good. I really liked Deadly Divisions – with obvious caveats, but yes, H has gone to a strange neo-conservative place…
I’ll have to check out the Sean Swan book.
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By: splinteredsunrise Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:08:05
I read the Sean Swan book a little while ago but haven’t got round to writing about it. I’m a bit unclear about his thesis, but it really is a goldmine of info.
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By: The Left Archive: “Advance” from the Socialist Party of Ireland, 1977 « The Cedar Lounge Revolution Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:27:33
[…] But perhaps there is another reason. In fairness it seems like a better read that the Irish People posted up in the Archive earlier in the year. But then, the cynic in me also suggests that that […]
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By: irishelectionliterature Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:03:56
I was recently given a copy of ‘The Irish People’ from 1973. It has only four pages (with no page numbers), would it have normally had 8 pages?.
(In other words am I missing a part of it)
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By: Tawdy Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:05:38
In reply to irishelectionliterature.
It was in it`s early stages so four pages would be about right for the time
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By: THATS NOT MY NAMA! Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:23:05
Apparently the Andersontown News was set up as a community paper with the proceeds of the track ‘Men Behind the Wire’. Can anyone confirm or deny? With the anniversary of internment approaching is there any possibility of getting an early copy uploaded?
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