Tag Archives: Birmingham Six

History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part eight: 1988

Posted on September 7, 2020 by lipstick socialist

    Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading →

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My review of “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” by Jon Robins

Posted on July 24, 2018 by lipstick socialist

  In the introduction to this critical and crucial analysis of the criminal justice (or rather injustice) system Michael Mansfield QC (who represented people in  many of the cases mentioned)  reminds  the reader that after the 1980s landmark miscarriage of … Continue reading →

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The IBRG archive at the WCML; Part Three;Publicising IBRG to the Irish diaspora.

Posted on May 7, 2018 by lipstick socialist

  In 1987 IBRG was six years old and growing as new branches were being started across the country. Communicating with the Irish communty  was not as easy then as it is today. In the 1980s  some  Irish people were … Continue reading →

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