International… Partition As Perpetual Crisis 10 Mar 201516 Mar 2015 By Jim Slaven (@JimSlaven) The announcement that Sinn Fein will not now after all support the Welfare Bill[i] going through Stormont has, we are told, plunged the political institutions into…
Edinburgh… JCS New Year Statement 31 Dec 201410 Mar 2015 The James Connolly Society extends New Year greetings to all our members, activists and supporters. We also offer our solidarity to political prisoners and organisations we have worked in partnership…
Uncategorized Connolly Conference 2014 13 Oct 201413 Oct 2014 This video was shown at the start of Saturday's JCS Connolly Conference 2014. The conference was sold out and included speakers from Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. Photos from the event…
International… Truly A Day Of Huge Political Significance 17 Sep 201413 Oct 2014 By Plunkett Nugent This is a day of huge political significance as Scotland goes to the polls, a day which may well bring the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…
Uncategorized 1916 Societies Back A Yes Vote In Scotland 11 Sep 201417 Sep 2014 The 1916 Societies take this opportunity to forward best wishes to the Scottish people ahead of their vote for independence and encourage all those with a vote to use that…
Ireland… 1916 Societies On Scottish Independence Referendum 3 Sep 201411 Sep 2014 Who are the 1916 Societies?The 1916 Societies are an emerging political, cultural and historical movement in Ireland founded in 2009 to oppose the further running down of the republican struggle,…
Ireland… 20 Years on – Time To Go 1 Sep 20142 Sep 2014 Statement From 1916 Societies 20 years on from the momentous events of August 1994 and the historic IRA ceasefire of that time, movement towards the reunification of Ireland has been…
Uncategorized The Empire Strikes Back 16 Jul 201423 Jul 2014 This article features in the current issue of the 1916 Societies magazine. By Jim Slaven As Scotland enters the final three months of the independence referendum campaign it remains too…
Uncategorized PSNI IN THE SPOTLIGHT: THE COLLAPSING CREDIBILITY OF THE ‘NEW DISPENSATION’ 18 Jun 201415 Jul 2014 1916 Societies Press Release The vast majority of people from Omagh and beyond watching the recent BBC Spotlight investigation into PSNI abuse in the town no doubt found the programme…
Uncategorized Bank of Scotland in Ireland. Banksters. 8 Jun 201418 Jun 2014 At the end of yesterday's James Connolly commemoration in Edinburgh Jim Slaven, Chairman of the James Connolly Society, urged people to march on the Bank of Scotland Headquarters in solidarity with…