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*[[Alex Farrell]], stood under the IFM banner in the 1992 General Election against [[Peter Brooke]].<ref>Alex Farrell [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL20373882M/Standing_for_Irish_freedom_against_Peter_Brooke Standing for Irish freedom against Peter Brooke [election communication from the Irish Freedom Movement candidate forthe City of London and Westminster South constituency]], Open Library, accessed 7 November 2010 </ref> He received 107 votes.<ref>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ge1992.html Summary Results: GENERAL ELECTION, 9th APRIL 1992], accessed 7 November 2010</ref> Farrell was a party name.  His real name was [[Xander Fraser]].<ref>Comment by James Williams a former member of the RCP: podwilliams (Stoke-on-Trent) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901609/ Lefties (TV Series 2006)] Internet Movie Database, 28 December 2009, accessed 7 November 2010</ref>
 
*[[Alex Farrell]], stood under the IFM banner in the 1992 General Election against [[Peter Brooke]].<ref>Alex Farrell [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL20373882M/Standing_for_Irish_freedom_against_Peter_Brooke Standing for Irish freedom against Peter Brooke [election communication from the Irish Freedom Movement candidate forthe City of London and Westminster South constituency]], Open Library, accessed 7 November 2010 </ref> He received 107 votes.<ref>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ge1992.html Summary Results: GENERAL ELECTION, 9th APRIL 1992], accessed 7 November 2010</ref> Farrell was a party name.  His real name was [[Xander Fraser]].<ref>Comment by James Williams a former member of the RCP: podwilliams (Stoke-on-Trent) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901609/ Lefties (TV Series 2006)] Internet Movie Database, 28 December 2009, accessed 7 November 2010</ref>
 
*[[John Fitzpatrick]]  Circa 1991. According to a report in the Australian ''Green Left Weekly'', 'The rally', to comemorate the introduction of Internment in August 1971 and held on 10 August 1991, was 'addressed by John Fitzpatrick of the IFM'<ref>Ian Bolas [http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/727 London march supports Irish freedom] ''Green Left Weekly, No 26, Wednesday, September 4, 1991 - 10:00</ref>
 
*[[John Fitzpatrick]]  Circa 1991. According to a report in the Australian ''Green Left Weekly'', 'The rally', to comemorate the introduction of Internment in August 1971 and held on 10 August 1991, was 'addressed by John Fitzpatrick of the IFM'<ref>Ian Bolas [http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/727 London march supports Irish freedom] ''Green Left Weekly, No 26, Wednesday, September 4, 1991 - 10:00</ref>
*[[Fiona Foster]], Editor of ''[[Irish Freedom]]'', circa 1992.
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*[[Fiona Foster]], Contact name for the [[Irish freedom Movement circa 1986,<ref>''IFM news''. Bulletin of the  Irish Freedom Movement. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/43674625/Ifm-News-No1?in_collection=2699325 Issue No. 1  Nov/December 1986], p. 8</ref>Editor of ''[[Irish Freedom]]'', circa 1992.
 
*[[Mick Hume]] 'organiser of the Irish Freedom Movement' circa October 1984.<ref>Mick Hume [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7534/ Brighton bomb memories], Spiked Online, 13 October 2009</ref>  
 
*[[Mick Hume]] 'organiser of the Irish Freedom Movement' circa October 1984.<ref>Mick Hume [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7534/ Brighton bomb memories], Spiked Online, 13 October 2009</ref>  
 
*[[Kirk Leech]], (Party name: [[Kirk Williams]]), 'National Organiser for the Irish Freedom Movement' (circa 1990)<ref>Nick Holdsworth, 'GOW A LEGITIMATE TARGET - SINN FEIN', ''Press Association'', August 11, 1990, Saturday, SECTION: HOME NEWS</ref> and a 'regular contributor to Spiked-online'.<ref>Institute of Ideas [http://www.instituteofideas.com/events/currentaffairs.html Special Event - Sunday 15 March: Return of the IRA?]</ref>
 
*[[Kirk Leech]], (Party name: [[Kirk Williams]]), 'National Organiser for the Irish Freedom Movement' (circa 1990)<ref>Nick Holdsworth, 'GOW A LEGITIMATE TARGET - SINN FEIN', ''Press Association'', August 11, 1990, Saturday, SECTION: HOME NEWS</ref> and a 'regular contributor to Spiked-online'.<ref>Institute of Ideas [http://www.instituteofideas.com/events/currentaffairs.html Special Event - Sunday 15 March: Return of the IRA?]</ref>
 
*[[Phil Murphy]] (real name [[Phil Mullan]]), national organiser of the [[Irish Freedom Movement]] (in 1988),<ref>STEWART TENDLER and MICHAEL HORSNELL 'German link to Mill Hill bomb; IRA activity marks 20 years of troubles; Inglis Barracks', ''The Times'' (London) August 5 1988, Friday, Issue 63152.</ref>
 
*[[Phil Murphy]] (real name [[Phil Mullan]]), national organiser of the [[Irish Freedom Movement]] (in 1988),<ref>STEWART TENDLER and MICHAEL HORSNELL 'German link to Mill Hill bomb; IRA activity marks 20 years of troubles; Inglis Barracks', ''The Times'' (London) August 5 1988, Friday, Issue 63152.</ref>
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]] referred to as 'of the Irish Freedom Movement' and addressing 'a packed meeting of the Republican Forum in London on May 10' 1997<ref>[http://homepage.eircom.net/~eirenua/jun97/saoirse5.htm London meeting’s support for Josephine Hayden] ''SAOIRSE Irish Freedom'' March 1997</ref>
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]] referred to as 'of the Irish Freedom Movement' and addressing 'a packed meeting of the Republican Forum in London on May 10' 1997<ref>[http://homepage.eircom.net/~eirenua/jun97/saoirse5.htm London meeting’s support for Josephine Hayden] ''SAOIRSE Irish Freedom'' March 1997</ref>
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==Publications==
 
==Publications==
 
[[Image:Irish Freedom, Summer, 1992.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cover of ''[[Irish Freedom]]'' the bulletin of the [[Irish Freedom Movement]], Summer 1992, No. 18. Edited by [[Fiona Foster]]]]
 
[[Image:Irish Freedom, Summer, 1992.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cover of ''[[Irish Freedom]]'' the bulletin of the [[Irish Freedom Movement]], Summer 1992, No. 18. Edited by [[Fiona Foster]]]]

Revision as of 08:52, 24 November 2010

One of the first actions of the Irish Freedom Movement in April 1982

The Irish Freedom Movement was a front group of the RCP, the forerunner of the libertarian LM network. Launched in 1982 and with Fiona Fox in a leading role, it campaigned against British rule in Northern Ireland. It is now defunct.

Cover of the Irish War: The Irish Freedom Movement Handbook, 3rd Ed., published by Junius Publications for the Irish Freedom Movement in 1987

The IFM was the successor to the Smash the Prevention of Terrorism Act Campaign a front group set up by the Revolutionary Communist Tendency the forerunner of the RCP in late 1979. The IFM came into existence following a 'labour movement conference on Ireland' organised by the SPTAC on 6 February 1982.

People

  • Alex Farrell, stood under the IFM banner in the 1992 General Election against Peter Brooke.[1] He received 107 votes.[2] Farrell was a party name. His real name was Xander Fraser.[3]
  • John Fitzpatrick Circa 1991. According to a report in the Australian Green Left Weekly, 'The rally', to comemorate the introduction of Internment in August 1971 and held on 10 August 1991, was 'addressed by John Fitzpatrick of the IFM'[4]
  • Fiona Foster, Contact name for the [[Irish freedom Movement circa 1986,[5]Editor of Irish Freedom, circa 1992.
  • Mick Hume 'organiser of the Irish Freedom Movement' circa October 1984.[6]
  • Kirk Leech, (Party name: Kirk Williams), 'National Organiser for the Irish Freedom Movement' (circa 1990)[7] and a 'regular contributor to Spiked-online'.[8]
  • Phil Murphy (real name Phil Mullan), national organiser of the Irish Freedom Movement (in 1988),[9]
  • Brendan O'Neill referred to as 'of the Irish Freedom Movement' and addressing 'a packed meeting of the Republican Forum in London on May 10' 1997[10]

Publications

Cover of Irish Freedom the bulletin of the Irish Freedom Movement, Summer 1992, No. 18. Edited by Fiona Foster

Bulletin

  • IFM news. Bulletin of the Irish Freedom Movement. [Irregular], First Issue Nov/December 1986
  • Irish freedom No.3 - No.25 Feb 1988 - Summer 1994

Pamphlets and books

Leaflets and misc publications

Notes

  1. Alex Farrell Standing for Irish freedom against Peter Brooke [election communication from the Irish Freedom Movement candidate forthe City of London and Westminster South constituency], Open Library, accessed 7 November 2010
  2. Summary Results: GENERAL ELECTION, 9th APRIL 1992, accessed 7 November 2010
  3. Comment by James Williams a former member of the RCP: podwilliams (Stoke-on-Trent) Lefties (TV Series 2006) Internet Movie Database, 28 December 2009, accessed 7 November 2010
  4. Ian Bolas London march supports Irish freedom Green Left Weekly, No 26, Wednesday, September 4, 1991 - 10:00
  5. IFM news. Bulletin of the Irish Freedom Movement. Issue No. 1 Nov/December 1986, p. 8
  6. Mick Hume Brighton bomb memories, Spiked Online, 13 October 2009
  7. Nick Holdsworth, 'GOW A LEGITIMATE TARGET - SINN FEIN', Press Association, August 11, 1990, Saturday, SECTION: HOME NEWS
  8. Institute of Ideas Special Event - Sunday 15 March: Return of the IRA?
  9. STEWART TENDLER and MICHAEL HORSNELL 'German link to Mill Hill bomb; IRA activity marks 20 years of troubles; Inglis Barracks', The Times (London) August 5 1988, Friday, Issue 63152.
  10. London meeting’s support for Josephine Hayden SAOIRSE Irish Freedom March 1997