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Ewan MacColl wrote a song about the strike, titled "Ten young women and one young man", for a concert in Dublin. [8] [9] Christy Moore sings the song "Dunnes Stores" written by Sandra Kerr about the strike. [10] [3] The UK pop group, Latin Quarter dedicated their 1989 album Swimming Against the Stream to the 11 workers. [11]
Irish Land League: Charles Boycott (origin of the term boycott) Desired land reform in Ireland [citation needed] 1891: Iranian Shia: United Kingdom: The Shah's granting of a tobacco monopoly to Britain: Tobacco Protest: 1891-1950 Australian unionists and local residents Local publicans and hotels around Australia
The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish "Land War" and derives from Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent of an absentee landlord, Lord Erne, who lived in County Mayo, Ireland. Captain Boycott was the target of social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. As harvests had been poor that year, Lord Erne ...
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill said on Friday she would not attend St Patrick's Day events at the White House in protest over President Donald Trump's position on Gaza. "We are ...
Please don't boycott Target: That's the message from Black founders and influencers to consumers about a backlash against the retailer's decision to end its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has agreed to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years and rattled the foundations of ...
Candace Amber Owens [citation needed] was born in White Plains, New York, in 1989, and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut.She was raised mostly by her mother [13] and grandparents from around the age of 11 or 12, after her parents divorced.
History professor United States 2013 [33] Uri Davis: Academic and civil rights activist Israel 2019 [34] Michael DeForge: Comic book artist and activist Canada 2021 [35] Jason DeMarco: Producer United States 2022 [36] Jamie Demetriou: Actor and comedian United Kingdom 2023 [13] Rob DenBleyker: Cartoonist United States 2023 [37] Saba Dewan ...