Edinburgh… Irvine Welsh Backs Connolly Bridge Campaign 17 Dec 2012 In August the James Connolly Society backed the campaign to have a new bridge over the Liffey named after James Connolly. This campaign is consistent with the JCS campaign for…
Events… Ulster Covenant March: Bigot Alert 29 Sep 20122 Oct 2012 As thousands of Orangemen march through Belfast today here is a few images to remind us what they are really all about. State media will not report their bigotry, racism…
Edinburgh… On Meeting Monarchy 27 Jun 201222 Nov 2012 By Jim Slaven "Fellow-workers, stand by the dignity of your class. All these parading royalties, all this insolent aristocracy, all these grovelling, dirt-eating capitalist traitors, all these are but signs…
Edinburgh… Happy Birthday James Connolly 5 Jun 20126 Jun 2012 Happy birthday James Connolly and it's great to see so many people taking the day off to celebrate. Perhaps we can make this a holiday every year? There have been…
Ireland… James Connolly And The Battenburg’s ‘Feast of Flunkeyism’ 16 Feb 201216 Feb 2012 The British state media is reporting that Sinn Fein is about to vote in favour of diamond jubilee events for Betty Battenburg. It reminded me of Connolly's quote about similar…
Ireland… Interfering, Meddling People: Labour Agitators and 1916 10 Feb 201214 Feb 2012 By Tom Stokes In 1891, in “The Soul of Man under Socialism”, Oscar Wilde had this to say – ‘What is said by great employers of labour against agitators is unquestionably…
Ireland… A Presidency With Enormous Potential 31 Oct 20118 Nov 2011 By Tom Stokes Yes, at the end of a tortuous journey, made all the more tortuous by a deeply flawed ‘journalism’, we have a President-elect. In choosing Michael D Higgins…
Politics… What is a Free nation 2 Sep 201127 Sep 2011 By James Connolly. We are moved to ask this question because of the extraordinary confusion of thought upon the subject which prevails in this country, due principally to the pernicious…
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