Difference between revisions of "Irish Freedom Movement"
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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]] | + | *[[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> |
*[[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]], 'former National Organiser for the Irish Freedom Movement' 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]], 'former National Organiser for the Irish Freedom Movement' 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> |
Revision as of 20:39, 7 November 2010
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.
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.
Contents
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]
- Mick Hume 'organiser of the Irish Freedom Movement' circa October 1984.[4]
- Kirk Leech, 'former National Organiser for the Irish Freedom Movement' and a 'regular contributor to Spiked-online'.[5]
Publications
Newsletter
- IFM news. Publisher London : Irish Freedom Movement. [Irregular], 1986
- Irish freedom No.3 - No.25 Feb 1988 - Summer 1994
Pamphlets and books
- Irish Freedom Movement The Irish War: The Irish Freedom Movement Handbook, 1st Ed., published by Junius Publications, 1983.
- Hume, Mick. After the Brighton bomb. London : Junius (Revolutionary Communist Party), 1984. ISBN 0950840475, 19p ; 30 cm
- Irish Freedom Movement The Irish War: The Irish Freedom Movement Handbook, 2nd Ed., published by Junius Publications, 1985.
- Irish Freedom Movement The Irish War: The Irish Freedom Movement Handbook, 1st Ed., published by Junius Publications, 3rd Ed. 1987.
Leaflets and misc publications
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Summary Results: GENERAL ELECTION, 9th APRIL 1992, accessed 7 November 2010
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mick Hume Brighton bomb memories, Spiked Online, 13 October 2009
- ↑ Institute of Ideas Special Event - Sunday 15 March: Return of the IRA?