2007 was a busy year for éirígí activists on a number of different fronts. As the party expanded so too did éirígí’s capacity to effectively campaign on a broad range of issues.
The long-running campaign against the war in Iraq also continued into 2007 with éirígí activists again in the frontline, most notably when three party members were arrested outside of Stormont while protesting against the presence there of the war criminal Tony Blair. The three were later charged with a series of offences with their trial due to take place in early 2008.
Other highlights of the year were a number of commemorative events that éirígí participated in, or directly organised, with the first being the 35th Bloody Sunday anniversary march in Derry in January, which was attended by more than two dozen éirígí activists. The month of May saw éirígí’s second annual James Connolly commemoration addressed by the veteran civil rights campaigner Bernadette McAliskey. Finally in September the 90th anniversary of Thomas Ashe’s death was marked with a commemorative event addressed by the 1981 hunger-striker Bernard Fox. In addition to the activities above there were a number of perhaps visually less impressive, but no less important, events. Chief amongst these was the decision of the éirígi membership to move the organisation from a campaigns group into a formal political party. This decision was taken at éirígí’s first Ard Fhéis in May. Activists also distributed more then a hundred thousand separate pieces of éirígí literature to households across the country during the last twelve months. Below is a selection of images from the year that was 2007. |
2007 - A photo montage 
The campaign for democratic control of Ireland’s natural resources continued apace with the focus still firmly on Shell’s activities in Erris, Co Mayo. éirígí activists were out in strength on a number of ‘Days of Action’ organised by the local community in their battle to prevent the Corrib gas refinery and accompanying pipeline being built. November saw a number of éirígí activists injured and arrested during one such protest. These ‘Days of Action’ were complimented by countless local protests and events across the thirty-two counties.
New campaigns launched in 2007 included the ‘Campaign for British Withdrawal’ which was launched in September and the ‘No to Lisbon’ campaign which was launched in December. Another new campaign was that of opposition to the proposed state visit to the twenty-six counties by the head of the British state and armed forces – Elizabeth Windsor.
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