Events… John Maclean And The War After The War 19 Sep 201719 Sep 2017 John Maclean's pamphlet The War After The War has been republished by the Bristol Radical History Group with a new Afterword by Jim Slaven. The Afterword is published below. By…
Events… History Will Absolve Me – Fidel Castro 3 Dec 201630 Dec 2016 On the eve of his funeral we republish part of Fidel Castro's four hour speech 'History Will Absolve Me'. Following the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Havana Castro…
Culture… John MacLean: Krassivy, Krassivy 30 Nov 20163 Dec 2016 John MacLean 24th August 1879- 30th November 1923. Krassivy, Krassivy by Hugh MacDiarmid Scotland has had few men whose names Matter- or should matter- to intelligent people, But of these…
Culture… Fidel Castro: That Invincible Hope 29 Nov 201630 Nov 2016 Cuban artists and intellectuals Vicente Feliú, Diana Balboa and Rebeca Chávez recall moments with Fidel “I’M pretty sure the first time I saw Fidel was in the University of Havana’s…
Events… Mark Hayes: What 1916 Means To Me 4 Feb 201612 Feb 2016 By Mark Hayes It is a difficult task to comment on any aspect of politics in Ireland without wading into a swamp of conflicting emotions and perspectives. Ireland has been…
Edinburgh… JCS New Year Statement 2016 31 Dec 20151 Jan 2016 Below is the full text of the James Connolly Society's New Year statement. The James Connolly Society extends New Year greetings to our activists, members and supporters. We offer solidarity…
Events… Fidel Castro Congratulates The People Of Greece 7 Jul 201520 Jul 2015 Hon. Mr. Alexis Tsipras Prime Minister of Greece: I congratulate you warmly on your brilliant political victory, the details of which I followed closely on the Telesur channel. Cubans are very…
Culture… Art And The Revolution 4 Jun 201530 Mar 2016 By Jim Slaven In 1884 Aloysius O’Kelly’s Mass in a Connemara Cabin became the only painting of an Irish subject ever to be exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon.…
Culture… John Lennon’s Red Mole Interview 11 Feb 2014 In 1970 John Lennon gave an interview to Tariq Ali and Robin Blackburn of the International Marxist Group. A partial account of this interview appeared in the paper Red Mole.…
International… On Rethinking Republicanism 13 Jan 201419 Jan 2014 By Jim Slaven There has recently been a very welcome debate about where Irish republicanism finds itself and the best way to advance the struggle. Much of this debate has,…
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