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…
Culture… James Connolly: Happy New Year 31 Dec 201831 Dec 2018 We should in this issue wish all our readers a “Happy New Year”. We do so wish them. But such a wish rings better when it is accompanied by…
Culture… Pod: John Maclean, The Scottish Lenin 20 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 All Hail To The Pod host Jim Slaven chats to Henry Bell, author of the new biography of John Maclean. https://soundcloud.com/all-hail-pod/john-maclean-the-scottish-lenin
Edinburgh… Video: James Connolly Reader Launch 7 Nov 20187 Nov 2018 Shaun Harkin, editor of the James Connolly Reader published by Haymarket Books, in conversation with Jim Slaven at Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh… Neil Lennon And The Irish In Scotland 3 Nov 20183 Nov 2018 Following the latest attack on Neil Lennon he quite rightly identified anti-Irish racism as the cause of the problem. He also correctly pointed out that he has spent much of…
Uncategorized Pod: Reading James Connolly 1 Nov 20181 Nov 2018 In this episode Jim Slaven speaks to Shaun Harkin, editor of the James Connolly Reader about Connolly's life, his times and his legacy. https://soundcloud.com/all-hail-pod/reading-james-connolly
International… Making Sense Of Brazil’s Election 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 As Brazil prepares to vote in their Presidential Election run off and with all polls suggesting ultra-right Jair Bolsonaro is set to defeat the Workers Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad,…
Culture… Pod: Sunshine On Leith? 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 Jim Slaven chats to radical art historian, activist and artist Stephen Pritchard about artwashing and gentrifications in Leith, Edinburgh and beyond. For more information and links visit All Hail To…
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… John Maclean- Speech From The Dock 8 May 20188 May 2018 John Maclean's famous speech from the dock was delivered at the High Court in Edinburgh on May 9th 1918. Here we reproduce it in full. It has been said that…