My uncle Donal, based in London since 1972, is over in Dublin at the moment. Today, he dropped a shopping bag full of political pamphlets into me at work. Spanning from 1963 till 1989, the collection is quite stunning. I hope to scan most of them up over the next few months. If anyone wants me to scan one up in particular just leave a comment.
Teoiric, Official Sinn Fein. (No. 1, Summer 1971)
1916 Easter Rising Commemoraton Concert Souvenir Programme, Cumann na Poblactha. (April 1984)
Northern Ireland: a programme for action, CBGB. (1975)
Bodenstown oration, Martin McGuinness. (1986)
A United Ireland A Working Class Demand, Trade Unionists for Irish Unity and Independence (TUIUI). (October 1986)
The Birth of Ulster Unionism, Irish Communist Organisation. (March 1970)
The Working Class in the National Revolution, Irish Communist Organisation. (June 1969)
In Defence of Leninism, Irish Communist Organisation. (September 1968)
Marxachas Lenineachas, Cumann Comharsheilbhe Eireann. (July 1968)
The Housing Crisis and the Working Class, Irish Communist Organisation. (March 1970)
The Economics of Partition, Irish Communist Organisation. (January 1969)
Teoiric, Official Sinn Fein. (Summer 1976)
Stolen Waters, Official Sinn Fein. (August 1970)
Teoric, Official Sinn Fein. (No. 2, Autumn 1971)
The Teachings of James Connolly by Joseph Deasy. (November 1966)
The Teachings of Padraig Pearse by A. Raftery. (March 1966)
Jemmy Hope by Sean Cronin. (August 1964)
Wolfe Tone by Sean Cronin. (June, 1963)
Revolutionary Warfare by James Connolly. (1968 Reprint)
Lenin on Ireland, New Books Publications. (1970)
Fiery Cross: The Story of Jim Larkin by Joseph Deasy. (April, 1963)
The Relevance of James Connolly in Ireland Today by George Gilmore. (Fodhla Printing Co., no date)
The Present Position of the Irish Question by John Leslie. (1969 reprint)
Connolly - Walker Controversy. (1969 Reprint)
Socialism & the Orange Worker by James Connolly. (August 1969 reprint)
Justice Deined: Irish People and the English Law, Connolly Association. (1989)
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Wow. Thats a really interesting collection. Although rather oddly I recognise some of them as the texts I read when I was 11/12/13 and first interested in politics. The teoric’s though I’ve never seen and look amazing.
jaysus, nearly all worth scanning, reckon Connolly’s would aleady be online though?
The “Economics of Partition” pamphlet is a real find as it is the original January 1969 edition. It was later revised to become the basis of the Two Nations theory. I haven’t read that edition you have there and would love to compare it to the later versions. I doubt if anyone else would find it interesting though, as the history of the (British and) Irish Communist Organisation and the Two Nations theory borders on left-wing trainspotting, but I’d love to have a look at it some time Jay.
The teachings of Padraig Pearse, again, a bit of a find as the pamphlet is by “A. Raftery” – the pseudonym of Paddy Carmody, Irish Workers Party/Communist Party of Ireland and the editor of “Irish Socialist” (up to c.1974). He was their most original thinker and his introduction to Pearse is often cited but again I haven’t come across it that often. An important pamphlet in the intellectual history of the Irish communist movement.
[…] 4, 2010 by jaycarax Earlier in the week, I scanned up the covers of around 20 political pamphlets (from 1963 – 89) that my uncle passed down to me. Here is the first full scanned up pamphlet […]