Erja Simuna: ”The many faces of a conflict: representations of the 1981 Northern Irish hunger strike in international press” by Erja Simuna

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The Northern Irish hunger strikers as cultural icons by Erja Simuna

“…This article examines the 1981 Northern Irish hunger strike to find out what iconic attributes are connected with the hunger strikers. …”
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Communicative rather than coercive : re-interpreting the strategies of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) and the state up till the hunger strike of 1981 during the Northern Irish troubles by Ho, Hui Qi

“…The most dramatic success came through the Hunger Strike of 1981, in which the first hunger striker Bobby Sands was elected to Westminster as a Member of Parliament. …”
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De Maze à Guantánamo : réflexions sur la temporalité des grèves de la faim et la mort lente en détention by Michelle C. Velasquez-Potts

“…This essay examines the ongoing hunger strikes at Guantánamo Bay detention camp through a comparative analysis of the infamous 1981 Irish hunger strike, during which ten Irish Republican prisoners would ultimately fast unto death. …”
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Interview with Former Political Prisoner, Irish Republican Activist, and Playwright Laurence McKeown by Dieter Reinisch

“…This is an interview with former IRA prisoners, 1981 hunger striker, and Irish Republican activist Laurence McKeown. …”
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‘Progress will not occur if we continually adopt positions of principle’: Irish republican prisoners and strategic reorientation, c.1976–1998 by Hepworth, J

“…First, it argues, experiences of prison protests, culminating in the hunger strike of 1981, inclined prisoners to endorse electoral interventions to counter their isolation. …”