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…
Edinburgh… Connolly: A Happy New Year 1 Jan 20161 Jan 2016 By James Connolly 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…
Edinburgh… JCS New Year Statement 2016 31 Dec 20151 Jan 2016 Below is the full text of the James Connolly Society's New Year statement. The James Connolly Society extends New Year greetings to our activists, members and supporters. We offer solidarity…
Ireland… Connolly: Two Fateful Christmas Weeks 25 Dec 201531 Dec 2015 On the 21st December, 1796, a French Fleet entered Bantry Bay bearing on board arms, ammunition, and an army of fifteen thousand men for the liberation of Ireland. The French…
International… Connolly: Notes On The Front 24 Dec 201525 Dec 2015 MORE POETRY Watch and Wait, boys, watch and wait, Let it be your motto, ever, Foolish zeal, unguarded hate, Often baulks a brave endeavour. God ordains, boys, God ordains That…
Events… Connolly: Forgive and Forget 18 Dec 201524 Dec 2015 By James Connolly As we approach the Blessed Christmas Season we are reminded that this is the period of the year when all good Christians are exhorted to follow the…
Edinburgh… Connolly: Economic Conscription I 18 Dec 201518 Dec 2015 As part of a new initiative to bring the writings of James Connolly to a wider audience 107 Cowgate will be republishing Connolly's writings exactly 100 years to the day…
Events… Why The Working Class Must Come In From The Cold 23 Nov 201521 Jun 2016 Last month Gary O'Shea, a founding member of Anti-Fascist Action, delivered the keynote address at Connolly Conference 2015 in Edinburgh. Introducing the speech Gary said 'Liberal piety surrounding immigration must first…
Events… In War 17 Nov 201523 Nov 2015 Etienne Balibar, one of France's leading intellectuals writes for Open Democracy in the aftermath of the Paris attacks. Here he inserts some much needed historical and political context into the…
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