Uncategorized SOLOdarity 6 Apr 20216 Apr 2021 We wait on lockdown rules easing further and look forward to getting together in groups for activities. However Cowgate Republic wait on nothing. So we have our SOLOdarity initiative to…
Uncategorized Edinburgh Detours Returning Soon 4 Apr 20214 Apr 2021 Edinburgh Detours will announce their restart date next week. Anyone with a Cowgate gift voucher or with a pre-paid tour will be contacted in advance to get their booking arranged.…
Uncategorized James Connolly On St Patrick’s Day 17 Mar 201931 May 2020 The question often arises: Why do Irishmen celebrate the festival of their national saint, in view of the recently re-discovered truth that he was by no means the first missionary…
Culture… James Connolly’s The Agitator’s Wife 12 Mar 201912 Mar 2019 Recently a team of researchers- Willy Maley, Maria Dick and Kirsty Lusk- from Glasgow University discovered a short story which they believe (and we agree) could be the lost play by…
Uncategorized January Sale! 3 Jan 20193 Jan 2019 The workers are delighted! Our January Sale is online now....... Discounts on all revolutionary products. Limited availability. https://107cowgate.bigcartel.com/products
Culture… James Connolly: Happy New Year 31 Dec 201831 Dec 2018 We should in this issue wish all our readers a “Happy New Year”. We do so wish them. But such a wish rings better when it is accompanied by…
Culture… Pod: John Maclean, The Scottish Lenin 20 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 All Hail To The Pod host Jim Slaven chats to Henry Bell, author of the new biography of John Maclean. https://soundcloud.com/all-hail-pod/john-maclean-the-scottish-lenin
Edinburgh… Video: James Connolly Reader Launch 7 Nov 20187 Nov 2018 Shaun Harkin, editor of the James Connolly Reader published by Haymarket Books, in conversation with Jim Slaven at Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh… Neil Lennon And The Irish In Scotland 3 Nov 20183 Nov 2018 Following the latest attack on Neil Lennon he quite rightly identified anti-Irish racism as the cause of the problem. He also correctly pointed out that he has spent much of…
Uncategorized Pod: Reading James Connolly 1 Nov 20181 Nov 2018 In this episode Jim Slaven speaks to Shaun Harkin, editor of the James Connolly Reader about Connolly's life, his times and his legacy. https://soundcloud.com/all-hail-pod/reading-james-connolly
International… Making Sense Of Brazil’s Election 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 As Brazil prepares to vote in their Presidential Election run off and with all polls suggesting ultra-right Jair Bolsonaro is set to defeat the Workers Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad,…
Culture… Pod: Sunshine On Leith? 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 Jim Slaven chats to radical art historian, activist and artist Stephen Pritchard about artwashing and gentrifications in Leith, Edinburgh and beyond. For more information and links visit All Hail To…
Uncategorized Podcast: Ireland’s Global Revoluion 19 Oct 201819 Oct 2018 Jim Slaven chats to Brian Hanley from University of Edinburgh about his project exploring Irish republicans strategies for building international support for independence 100 years ago. Subscribe to All Hail…
Edinburgh… The Racialisation Of The Irish In Scotland 14 Jun 201814 Jun 2018 The piece below is a chapter, from the recently published book No Problem Here: Understanding Racism In Scotland, in which various writers explore racism in Scotland. This chapter sets the racialisation of…
Edinburgh… John Maclean- Speech From The Dock 8 May 20188 May 2018 John Maclean's famous speech from the dock was delivered at the High Court in Edinburgh on May 9th 1918. Here we reproduce it in full. It has been said that…
Culture… Connolly 150 Concert 26 Feb 201826 Feb 2018 Great line up for this concert on James Connolly's 150th birthday. For tickets and more information click here or the poster.
Events… The Passing Moment 1 Feb 20181 Feb 2018 Cartoon by Carlos Latuff: @LatuffCartoons By Jim Slaven The Brexit referendum has been followed by a period of frenzied speculation over the negotiations coupled with a strange hiatus in politics…
International… Nazi ideology, Anti-fascism and the State 18 Dec 201718 Dec 2017 By Mark Hayes A considered analysis of primary source materials reveals that NA articulated an uncompromising version of Nazi ideology, and the group engaged in high profile activities that captured…
Edinburgh… Remembering Harry Fry 13 Oct 201714 Oct 2017 By Jim Slaven Today marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Harry Fry. Perhaps not a name familiar to many, but it should be. Earlier this year I was…
Events… John Maclean And The War After The War 19 Sep 201719 Sep 2017 John Maclean's pamphlet The War After The War has been republished by the Bristol Radical History Group with a new Afterword by Jim Slaven. The Afterword is published below. By…
Culture… David Rovics Live in the Cowgate 10 Mar 201710 Mar 2017 107 Cowgate presents internationally renowned singer/songwriter David Rovics will perform a special concert in Edinburgh's Cowgate on James Connolly's birthday. Supported by local artists (to be announced shortly) this one…
Events… History Will Absolve Me – Fidel Castro 3 Dec 201630 Dec 2016 On the eve of his funeral we republish part of Fidel Castro's four hour speech 'History Will Absolve Me'. Following the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Havana Castro…
Culture… John MacLean: Krassivy, Krassivy 30 Nov 20163 Dec 2016 John MacLean 24th August 1879- 30th November 1923. Krassivy, Krassivy by Hugh MacDiarmid Scotland has had few men whose names Matter- or should matter- to intelligent people, But of these…
Culture… Fidel Castro: That Invincible Hope 29 Nov 201630 Nov 2016 Cuban artists and intellectuals Vicente Feliú, Diana Balboa and Rebeca Chávez recall moments with Fidel “I’M pretty sure the first time I saw Fidel was in the University of Havana’s…
Edinburgh… July 12th: James Connolly 12 Jul 201629 Nov 2016 By James Connolly As this Saturday is the 12th of July, and as I am supposed to be writing about the North of Ireland in particular, it becomes imperative that…
Events… Ardoyne Residents Reject SF/UVF Deal 28 Jun 201612 Jul 2016 Below we reproduce in full and with permission today's statement from the Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective. Since partition and before, the Ardoyne Community has borne the brunt of naked sectarianism…
Edinburgh… Police Scotland Attempts To Stop 30th Annual Connolly Commemoration ‘Will Fail’ 1 Jun 201628 Jun 2016 The lengths Police Scotland will go to in order to disrupt James Connolly Society activities always amazes. In Jim's absence (and because he could do with being cheered up) we…
Edinburgh… James Connolly’s Last Statement 12 May 20161 Jun 2016 On the centenary of James Connolly's execution we republish his last statement. The statement was given to his daughter on the eve of his execution. We would also encourage people…
News… Solidarity And The KKK Grand Wizard 15 Apr 201612 May 2016 By John Frame What is going on with Tommy Sheridan and his Solidarity Party? The perma-tanned firebrand appears to have lost all sense of reason and political rationale since his…
Events… Brother Obama by Fidel Castro 29 Mar 201616 Apr 2016 We don’t need the empire to give us anything. Our efforts will be legal and peaceful, because our commitment is to peace and fraternity among all human beings who…
International… Connolly: What Is A Free Nation 12 Feb 201629 Mar 2016 By James Connolly We are moved to ask this question because of the extraordinary confusion of thought upon the subject which prevails in this country, due principally to the pernicious…
International… Connolly: Still Fighting 12 Feb 201612 Feb 2016 By James Connolly The following resolution was moved at last meeting of the Dublin Port and Docks Board: That we request the Government to take such steps as are necessary…
International… Connolly: Cannon Fodder for British Imperialism 12 Feb 201612 Feb 2016 By James Connolly The Irish Parliamentary Party, which at every stage of the Home Rule game had been outwitted and bull-dozed by Carson and the Unionists, which had surrendered every…
Events… Connolly: Slackers 1 11 Feb 201611 Feb 2016 By James Connolly Ireland is in the throes of a new invasion. But whereas all other invasions have been invasions of fighting men, this last invasion is an invasion of…
Events… Connolly: Notes On The Front 11 Feb 201611 Feb 2016 By James Connolly Recently we have been pondering deeply over the ties that bind this country to England. It is not a new theme for our thoughts; for long years…
Events… Mark Hayes: What 1916 Means To Me 4 Feb 201612 Feb 2016 By Mark Hayes It is a difficult task to comment on any aspect of politics in Ireland without wading into a swamp of conflicting emotions and perspectives. Ireland has been…
International… Connolly: In The Gap Of Danger 22 Jan 20164 Feb 2016 By James Connolly In this week’s issue of The Workers’ Republic we publish figures showing the enormous profits now being made by shipowners and merchants engaged in the import trade,…
Events… Connolly: What Is Our Programme? 22 Jan 201622 Jan 2016 By James Connolly We are often asked the above question. Sometimes the question is not too politely put, sometimes it is put in frantic bewilderment, sometimes it is put in…
Edinburgh… Connolly: The Programme Of Labour 16 Jan 201622 Jan 2016 By James Connolly We regret that we are not able to give in our paper a complete report of the splendid speech delivered under the auspices of the Dublin Trades…
Edinburgh… Connolly: Economic Conscription II 16 Jan 201619 Jan 2016 By James Connolly Conscription means the enforced utilising of all the manhood of a country in order to fight its battles. Economic conscription would mean the enforced use of all…
Edinburgh… Steve Hedley: What The 1916 Revolution Means To Me 14 Jan 201616 Jan 2016 The first in a year long 107 Cowgate series of articles exploring the impact of the 1916 Revolution on the working class in Ireland and beyond. by Steve Hedley My…
International… James Connolly Film 13 Jan 201614 Jan 2016 Film about James Connolly, produced as part of the Seachtar na Cásca series. ----- 107 Cowgate is run by volunteers and we need your support to survive. Please donate to help sustain…
Edinburgh… Connolly: The Volunteers Of ’82 8 Jan 201613 Jan 2016 By James Connolly A correspondent has written to us asking whether there is not a great similarity between the position and actions of the Irish Volunteers of our day, and…
Edinburgh… Connolly: A Lesson Of The Strike 8 Jan 20168 Jan 2016 By James Connolly The long-drawn out fight with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company is one of the most striking lessons yet offered of the absurdity of our present…
International… Gramsci: I Hate New Year’s Day 1 Jan 20168 Jan 2016 Continuing the theme this article from Italian Marxist revolutionary Antonio Gramsci was, like Connolly's article, published 100 years ago today. By Antonio Gramsci Every morning, when I wake again under the…
