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…
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…
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… Police Scotland Attempts To Stop 30th Annual Connolly Commemoration ‘Will Fail’ 1 Jun 201628 Jun 2016 The lengths Police Scotland will go to in order to disrupt James Connolly Society activities always amazes. In Jim's absence (and because he could do with being cheered up) we…
Edinburgh… None Of The Above? 5 May 201521 May 2015 By Jim Slaven None of the above? This is the question I’ve been asking myself for the last few weeks. Or perhaps more accurately for the last few years. Having…
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…
Edinburgh… After Scotland’s Independence Referendum- A Socialist Republican Perspective 23 Oct 20143 Nov 2014 By Allan Armstrong A Movement-in-the-making The campaign for Scottish independence has been the largest movement for popular democracy seen in these islands since the Irish War of Independence. In terms…
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,…
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