Events… Independence: Should We Stay Or Should We Go 20 Mar 201322 Mar 2013 This article, by 107 Cowgate's Jim Slaven, first appeared at Tal Fanzine. The referendum campaign in Scotland is well under way and almost all politics is dominated by the 2014…
International… Interview With The Craigavon Two 15 Mar 201320 Mar 2013 This interview was conducted by Independent Republican News and the original can be viewed here. Following the recent announcement that a date has been set (29 April 2013) for the…
International… Will Revisionist ‘Scholars’ Succeed In Erasing The People’s Victories From History? 12 Mar 201314 Mar 2013 By Larry Pinkney “Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward all research.” –Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “History is important. If you don’t know history it is…
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…
International… In The Name Of Justice 22 Feb 201325 Feb 2013 Great video by the Justice for the Craigavon Two campaign. Please share to highlight this miscarriage of justice. Follow the campaign: Justice for the Craigavon Two On Facebook On Twitter…
International… Happy Birthday Peader O’Donnell 22 Feb 201325 Feb 2013 Peadar O'Donnell was born on February 22nd in Donegal, in 1893, and was educated locally and at St. Patrick's College, Dublin. He became a school teacher in Donegal but in…
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…