| Description | These publications concern the political and economic situation in Ireland and the experiences of Irish people in Britain. They have a primarily republican and socialist stance on many matters.
Newsletter of the Birmingham Troops Out Movement [TOM],
/1 January 1982 [Number 1]
/2 Leaflet for 2 events:(a) Public Meeting, Digbeth Civic Hall with speaker Meurig Parri & film 'Home Soldier Home', 27/01/1982, (b)'Bloody Sunday Commermoration March & Rally, Coventry 31/01/1982'
/3 February 1982, originally interleaved with TOM bulletin February 1982
/4 'Troops Out', the Bulletin of TOM, 7 issues [1980 - 1983]. March 1980, the issue for December 1981 / January 1982 includes an article on fascist / loyalist links in Birmingham, February 1982 includes an article on the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1974 [Birmingham TOM newsletter February 1982 was originally interleaved with this], June 1982 includes an article on the trial of the 'Bradford 12', members or sympathisers of the United Black Youth League, with an appeal for funds and support for their defence campaign. [Interleaved with this issue are 3 flyers: Troops Out Special at the Black Horse, Sparkbrook 10th July, Notice of picket of Gartree Prison 11th July, Notice of delegation to Northern Ireland 7th - 9th August], February 1983 includes articles on 'Bloody Sunday' 1972 and allegations of 'shoot to kill' policies in London and Ireland, March 1983 includes articles on housing policies in Northern Ireland, July 1983 includes articles about the forthcoming TOM delegation to Ireland. [Interleaved with this issue are 2 flyers: 'Free Nicky Kelly', 'Bristol Troops Out Bulletin Number 2']
/5 'The British Media and Ireland' nd [1970s] considers media bias and government censorship.
/6 'British Soldiers Speak Out on Ireland' nd [1980s] includes articles on British military involvement in Aden and Malaya, as well as Northern Ireland. There is also an article on the recruitment of soldiers from Black British communities.
/7 'The H Blocks: the New Internment' nd [1980s] is a poster magazine calling for political status for Irish Republican prisoners.
/8 'An Irish Tragedy, Britain's Disgrace' 1982 is a poster magazine calling for the banning of plastic bullets, which provides details of children killed by their use.
/9 'Inside the IRA' 1975 a special edition of RECON, a radical newsletter based in Philadelphia, USA. This issue was based on interviews with members of the Provisional IRA [Irish Republican Army] and discussions at an Anti-Imperialist festival in Ireland in 1974.
/10 'Northern Ireland: a programme for action' nd [1970s] is a Communist Party pamphlet by Irene Brennan, which sets out an alternative strategy for resolving Northern Ireland's problems.
/11 'The Great Irish Oil and Gas Robbery', a case study of monopoly capital' nd [1970s] is a Sinn Fein publication concerning the Republic of Ireland's offshore oil and gas resources. Collaboration of Irish politicans and business people with British and American interests to deny Ireland the full benefits of these resources is discussed and the dispute between Britain and Ireland over the island of Rockall is considered.
/12 Rushlight, The Belfast Magazine undated [1970s] - 2 copies of the same issue.
/13 'The Slaying of John Downes' [1984], issued by the Sinn Fein Publicity Department. |