Smashing H-Block: The Popular Campaign against Criminalization and the Irish Hunger Strikes 1976–1982

F. Stuart Ross

doi:10.5949/UPO9781846317194

Smashing H-Block

The Popular Campaign against Criminalization and the Irish Hunger Strikes 1976–1982

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Smashing H-Block is a political history of the Irish republican struggle against criminalization from 1976 to 1982. This struggle, which culminated in the historic hunger strikes of 1980 and 1981, is widely regarded as a turning point in Irelands Troubles, marking the 'last great wave of activism and mobilization within the nationalist population'. Unlike previous accounts of this period, this fascinating book focuses on the popular movement outside the prisons, challenging republican orthodoxy and stressing the importance of broad-based, grassroots movements in effecting political and social change. Ultimately, it was what happened outside the prisons during these years of protest that reshaped and revitalized modern Irish republicanism.

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Smashing H-Block

The Popular Campaign against Criminalization and the Irish Hunger Strikes 1976–1982

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations
pp xi-xiv

Introduction: Everyone Has a Part to Play
pp 1-8

1 - Prison Protests and Broad Fronts (1972–1975)
pp 9-19

2 - Lean Days and Uphill Battles (1976–1977)
pp 20-41

3 - Steps in the Right Direction (1978–1979)
pp 42-73

4 - Building the Campaign (1980)
pp 74-91

5 - Hunger Strike (October–December 1980)
pp 92-108

6 - Bobby Sands MP (January–April 1981)
pp 109-127

7 - Ten Men Dead (May–October 1981)
pp 128-156

8 - A Quiet and Uneventful End (October 1981–October 1982)
pp 157-173

Conclusion: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
pp 174-191

Bibliography
pp 192-209

Index
pp 210-226

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