Culture… James Connolly’s The Agitator’s Wife 12 Mar 201912 Mar 2019 Recently a team of researchers- Willy Maley, Maria Dick and Kirsty Lusk- from Glasgow University discovered a short story which they believe (and we agree) could be the lost play by…
Edinburgh… The Racialisation Of The Irish In Scotland 14 Jun 201814 Jun 2018 The piece below is a chapter, from the recently published book No Problem Here: Understanding Racism In Scotland, in which various writers explore racism in Scotland. This chapter sets the racialisation of…
Edinburgh… Remembering Harry Fry 13 Oct 201714 Oct 2017 By Jim Slaven Today marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Harry Fry. Perhaps not a name familiar to many, but it should be. Earlier this year I was…
Events… The Working Class As The Ruling Class 21 Oct 201423 Oct 2014 Below is the text of speech Gary O'Shea, a founding member of Anti Fascist Action, delivered at Connolly Conference 2014. In 1871 when the National Guard was set up by…
Working Class The State Is Not Solution To Problems In Working Class Communities- JCS 13 Oct 201421 Oct 2014 At a meeting of our members in Pilton tonight the JCS reiterated our position that the solutions to problems in working class communities can be found within our communities. Recent…
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