Republican Items

IRA volunteer (and marksman in the Irish Army) John Starrs was killed in a May 13th, 1972, gun battle with the British Army in William Street (Seachranaıdhe), near his plaque in Chamberlain Street, Derry, which is also home to Connolly House, home of the IRSP in Derry, and Junior McDaid house, home of Saoradh/IRPWA.

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X02965 active service beırıgí bua

We Had Our Distresses

02802 2015-08-23 EasterLeckyUnderpass+

This entry is an assortment of republican posters, many of them in distressed condition, book-ended by the 1916 Societies’ Easter Parade posters from 2015 and 2016.

03653 2016-07-07 Tony Taylor poster+

03140 2015-10-19 Free Newry 10+

03444 2016-05-10 Unfinished Revolution d+

03462 2016-05-12 Torn Poster+

03617 2016-07-03 Stormont Abuse poster Sands+

03618 2016-07-03 Stormont Abuse poster Tone+

03619 2016-07-03 Easter Monday poster+

03613 2016-07-03 1916 Societies poster+

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X02802 X03140 X03444 X03462 X03617 X03618 X03619 X03613 lecky rd westland st beechmount ave clowney st ? ? ? ? liam hannaway sean o’neill hungering for justice wolfe tone bobby sands stormont abuse of irish republican prisoners ferguson racism in the US unfinished revolution free newry 10 maghaberry http://continuitysinnfein.org/

Mothers Of The Revolution

Here are two murals from the Youth First (Tw) group in and around their Bogside home in Meenan Square. In the image above, a young mother sporting both a nappy pin and an Easter lily tends to her infant child while casting a look back at Free Derry corner and the silhouettes of marchers and washing on a line. The image below also shows Free Derry corner and the skyline of the city.

02830 2015-08-24 YouthFirst+

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X02799 X02830 you are now entering celtic cross caolan tonisha P.m. amy-leigh BAP chloe liam E.s. cian conor chantelle KT tricolour

Universal Soldier

02800 2015-08-23 BreakTheConnection+

A Coors Light “Closer to Cold” ad, with Jean-Claude Van Damme on a snowy mountain in jeans and loafers with his foot on a snowy tree-stump, is co-opted by the IRSP: “Ireland didn’t vote for Tory cuts — Break the connection with England!”

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X02800 northumberland st irish republican socialist party http://www.irsp.ie plough stars inla mountain

Free Stephen Kaczynski

2015-08-23 FreeStephenKaczynski+

Stephen (or Stephan) “Steve” Kaczynski will go before a Turkish court on September 18th on charges of membership of the Marxist-Leninist ‘Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front’ (DHKP-C). (WP) In April, members of the group took over a courtroom and held a state prosecutor hostage; when special forces stormed the building, the hostage and two of his captors died. (Independent) Kaczynski, a freelance journalist from Scotland, is alleged to be instrumental in financing the group. Alternatively, (according to various newspaper reports) he is an undercover agent of the Germans (Daily Sabah) or the British (Brian Shaw). He was on hunger-strike in protest at the conditions in Maltepe #3 from June 25th to August 12th.

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X02803 rnu in west belfast are today leading the way in combating anti-social behaviour reclaiming republican values fighting the benefits cuts tackling the increased drug problem exposing the slum landlords rebuilding community pride the only secure community is an organised one socialism communism red star phoenix

In Defence Of The Nation

2015-08-23 32CSM+

This is a new mural from the 32 County Sovereignty Movement (web) on the international wall, Divis Street, (Visual History) with symbols of nationalism (the crests of the four provinces, the harp, the tricolour), socialism (the plough in the stars) and support for republican POWs (the barbed wire).

For images of the mural being worked upon, see the Peter Moloney Collection; for an earlier version see 100% British.

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X02744 End British Rule Smash Stormont 32 County Sovereignty Movement 1997-2015

Trains, Planes, And Cranes

02796 2015-08-21 NurseryH&W+

A view of east Belfast from the perspective of the children in a nursery school in Beechfield and Westbourne Streets: the modes of modern travel, including the Seacat, and a long-standing symbol of industry, the ever-present H&W crane.

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X02796 car bus houses sky clouds coloured railings harland and wolff