Events… Barack Obama, The Rope And Chain Fascist 29 Aug 20135 Sep 2013 By Larry Pinkney “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”—Albert Camus “O my body, make of me always a man who questions!”—Frantz Fanon Welcome to…
Events… The Dublin Lockout: On The Eve 26 Aug 201329 Aug 2013 By James Connolly Perhaps before this issue of The Irish Worker is in the hands of its readers the issues now at stake in Dublin will be brought to a final determination.…
Events… Jim Lane Interview Part 1- Socialist, Republican & Revolutionary 25 Aug 201326 Aug 2013 This is the story of Socialist Jim Lane who joined the Army (IRA) Sinn Fein and the Cork Volunteers Pipe Band in 1954, he subsequently participated in Operation Harvest in…
Culture… George Jackson by Bob Dylan 21 Aug 201324 Aug 2013 George Jackson was shot dead by prison guards on this day in 1971. This is the song Bob Dylan wrote on hearing the news. George Jackson I woke up this…
Events… A Lesson Of The Irish Hunger Strike 15 Aug 201318 Aug 2013 By Tom Hayden Word from within is that California’s prison hunger strikers have been studying the Irish hunger strike of 1981 led by Bobby Sands, in which ten Irish republicans…
Events… Happy Birthday Fidel 13 Aug 201315 Aug 2013 This from the 107 Cowgate archive. "Warfare is a means and not an end. Warfare is a tool of revolutionaries. The important thing is the revolution! The important thing is…
Culture… Scotland’s Ivory Towers And Sectarianism – The Squalid Reality 7 Aug 201313 Aug 2013 By Wladyslaw Mejka Have you ever wondered who amongst the long list of illustrious dead from Scotland's past should be awarded the Honorary Doctorates passed out each year to the…
International… FREEDOM FOR SIMÓN TRINIDAD! 30 Jul 20133 Aug 2013 Today is Simón Trinidad's birthday, he was born on July 30, 1950. As a young man from a wealthy family and attending the naval academy, he could not accept the violence,…
Culture… Hatred, Division, & Perpetual Wars: When Will We Ever Learn? 29 Jul 201330 Jul 2013 By Larry Pinkney “…the two parties have combined against us to nullify our power by a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ of non-recognition, no matter how we vote…May God write us down as…