Events… Belfast International Women’s Day 11 Mar 201312 Mar 2013 International Women’s Day was marked in Belfast with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Women’s Garden of Remembrance on the grounds of the Roddy McCorley Club on the Glen Road. The…
Events… For Commandante Chavez 6 Mar 201311 Mar 2013 107 Cowgate has published many articles and films on Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela. Here is a great documentary by John Pilger, The War on Democracy, which gives…
Events… Bobby Sands Diary 1 Mar 20136 Mar 2013 Bobby Sands kept a diary for the first seventeen days of his hunger strike, which began 32 years ago today. Sunday 1st March I am standing on the threshold of…
Culture… James Plunkett Short Story Award 25 Feb 20131 Mar 2013 “Publicists of all kinds, philantropists, literary men, lovers of their kind, poets, brilliant writers, artists, have all been conquered by the valiant heroism of the Dublin workers …” James Connolly…
Culture… James Connolly – A Working Class Hero 19 Feb 201322 Feb 2013 This documentary, James Connolly - A Working Class Hero, is a comprehensive look at the life and work of James Connolly. From his birth in Edinburgh's Little Ireland to his…
Events… 1916 Rebellion Museum 25 Jan 20131 Feb 2013 This is a great animated video outlining proposals for a 1916 Rebellion Museum to be situated in Moore Street, Dublin. The Moore Street buildings are where a wounded James Connolly…
Events… The Need For A Sustained People’s Consciousness Movement 22 Jan 201323 Jan 2013 By Larry Pinkney “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”—Steve Biko Today, more than at any period in recent history, there…
Events… Hugo Chavez and Colombia’s Peace 15 Jan 201318 Jan 2013 Fascinating insight from IPS into the key role of Hugo Chavez in the ongoing peace talks between Farc and the Colombian Government. By Constanza Vieira Colombia has suffered an internal armed conflict…
Events… The Flag Riots 9 Jan 20139 Jan 2018 By Jim Slaven The unionist protests across the Six Counties over the decision of Belfast City Council to reduce the number of days the union flag is flown over City…
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