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…
Culture… A Huey P Newton Story 17 Feb 201319 Feb 2013 On Huey P Newton's birthday here is the Spike Lee film version of Roger Guenveur Smith's play A Huey P Newton Story. Smith also stars in the award winning film version.
International… Serious Political Activism Is A Lifelong Endeavor 14 Feb 201317 Feb 2013 By Larry Pinkney “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”—Frantz Fanon Serious political activism, like history itself, is both ongoing and dialectical in…
International… The Legitimate Rage Of The People Cannot Forever Be Denied 1 Feb 201314 Feb 2013 By Larry Pinkney “I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressors and those who do the the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those…
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