People's Democracy

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civil rights organisation radical political organisation student political organisation

People's Democracy was a radical student-led political organization in Northern Ireland that played a prominent role in campaigning for civil rights and social reform during the late 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights organisation ⓘ
radical political organisation ⓘ
student political organisation ⓘ
activePeriod early 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
areaServed Northern Ireland ⓘ
campaignsFor civil rights ⓘ
end to discrimination in employment ⓘ
end to discrimination in housing allocation ⓘ
end to gerrymandering in Northern Ireland ⓘ
one man one vote in local elections ⓘ
repeal of the Special Powers Act ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
country Northern Ireland ⓘ
dissolved 1970s ⓘ
foundedBy Bernadette Devlin ⓘ
Cyril Toman ⓘ
Eamonn McCann ⓘ
Michael Farrell ⓘ
students at Queen's University Belfast ⓘ
hasPart Belfast branch ⓘ
Derry branch ⓘ
Queen’s University Belfast ⓘ
surface form: Queen's University Belfast branch
ideology Irish republicanism ⓘ
Trotskyism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterAffiliation Irish Republican Socialist Party ⓘ
Socialist Workers Movement (Ireland) ⓘ
locatedIn Belfast ⓘ
mergedInto Irish Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement New Left ⓘ
civil rights movement in Northern Ireland ⓘ
student movement ⓘ
notableMember Bernadette Devlin ⓘ
Cyril Toman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eamonn McCann ⓘ
John McGuffin ⓘ
Kevin Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Farrell ⓘ
opposed B Specials ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ireland Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Unionist government of Northern Ireland
participatedIn Northern Ireland civil rights movement ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of the Bogside ⓘ
surface form: Belfast to Derry march

Burntollet Bridge march ⓘ

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