Tag Archives: IBRG

“there was a belief, I could do things” .Women in the Irish in Britain Representation Group; genuine grassroots activism.

Posted on May 10, 2024 by lipstick socialist

This is the text of a talk I gave for the Women’s Grassroots Activism Conference. I am  an activist, not an academic. I am Mancunian and  second generation Irish. From 1985-2000 I was a member and a National Officer of … Continue reading →

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Every Badge tells a Story; Armagh Women and the Strip Search Campaign

Posted on September 10, 2023 by lipstick socialist

  The Working Class Movement Library  collects badges as part of archiving the history of the labour movement. Recently a new collection of Irish badges was donated. As a member of the Irish in Britain Representation Group whose archive (and … Continue reading →

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History of Irish in Britain Representation Group part thirteen 1993

Posted on November 3, 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 the … Continue reading →

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History of Irish in Britain Representation Group Part eleven 1991

Posted on October 12, 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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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part nine: 1989

Posted on September 20, 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 the C20th. … Continue reading →

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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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History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group by Patrick Reynolds. Part 1:1981

Posted on May 22, 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 the … Continue reading →

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IBRG at the WCML;part six. A Welcome for IBRG at St.Brendan’s Irish Centre.

Posted on March 17, 2020 by lipstick socialist

  In the 1980s when IBRG branches were being   set up across the country one of the biggest problems was finding somewhere to meet. There were many  Irish Centres,  but most of them did not want an Irish group with … Continue reading →

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IBRG at the WCML; part five BBC, Censorship and the Irish Community

Posted on March 2, 2020 by lipstick socialist

The 1980s saw the rise and rise of IBRG as a local and national  grassroots campaigning organisation that exposed not only the racism and discrimination facing the Irish in Britain but drew the links between those issues and Britain’s ongoing … Continue reading →

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My review of “Betty Tebbs – a radical working class hero” by Mark Metcalf

Posted on November 25, 2019 by lipstick socialist

      Through my friendship with Eddie and Ruth Frow I have met many women like Betty who had been  activists in the CPGB and the trade union movement. We came from different generations – and had quite different … Continue reading →

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