International… Historic Peace Agreement For Colombia 24 Sep 201524 Sep 2015 Report from Havana, Cuba. The Peace Delegation of the FARC-EP published today photos of the arrival of its commander-in-chief,Timoleón Jiménez (Timochenko), on its twitter account. He arrived early this morning…
Culture… Jim Slaven Interview On Scottish Independence Podcast 21 Sep 201524 Sep 2015 In the first in a new series on Missing Histories, Jim Slaven of the James Connolly Society (and 107 Cowgate) spoke to the Scottish Independence Podcast about Connolly's life and relevance.…
Culture… James Connolly Documentary 20 Sep 201521 Sep 2015 ------- 107 Cowgate is run by volunteers and we need your support to survive. Please donate to help sustain the site and the tours, conferences and other educational services we provide.…
Edinburgh… 107 Cowgate Refugee Crisis Appeal 15 Sep 201520 Sep 2015 107 Cowgate in conjunction with the James Connolly Society are holding a refugee crisis appeal. 107 Cowgate is based in Edinburgh's Old Town, the part of the city known as…
Culture… JCS 30th Anniversary Video 19 Aug 201514 Sep 2015 New short video for the 30th anniversary of the James Connolly Commemoration organised annually by the James Connolly Society in his home city of Edinburgh. The video features posters and…
International… 2016 And The Crop Of Orators 13 Aug 201519 Aug 2015 By Jim Slaven The centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising has loomed large for several years and coincides with an increasing desire for political transformation across the island of Ireland. In…
Events… Tommy McKearney & Ruth Dudley Edwards Debate 1916 Rising 12 Aug 201513 Aug 2015 Video of the recent debate between Ruth Dudley Edwards and Tommy McKearney in Dublin. The debate on '1916 Rising- A good or bad thing for Ireland? was hosted by the…
International… Frantz Fanon at 90 20 Jul 201512 Aug 2015 Anti-colonialist writer and revolutionary Frantz Fanon would have been 90 years old today. Below is Jean-Paul Sartre's introduction to Fanon's classis The Wretched of the Earth. Not so very long…
Events… Fidel Castro Congratulates The People Of Greece 7 Jul 201520 Jul 2015 Hon. Mr. Alexis Tsipras Prime Minister of Greece: I congratulate you warmly on your brilliant political victory, the details of which I followed closely on the Telesur channel. Cubans are very…
Culture… Scotland’s Interregnum And The Crisis In Greece 2 Jul 20157 Jul 2015 By Jim Slaven Interregnum was originally used to describe that period between the death of one monarch and the enthronement of the next. This period was characterised by a suspension…
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