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… 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…
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…
Events… The Passing Moment 1 Feb 20181 Feb 2018 Cartoon by Carlos Latuff: @LatuffCartoons By Jim Slaven The Brexit referendum has been followed by a period of frenzied speculation over the negotiations coupled with a strange hiatus in politics…
Events… Ardoyne Residents Reject SF/UVF Deal 28 Jun 201612 Jul 2016 Below we reproduce in full and with permission today's statement from the Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective. Since partition and before, the Ardoyne Community has borne the brunt of naked sectarianism…
Events… Connolly: What Is Our Programme? 22 Jan 201622 Jan 2016 By James Connolly We are often asked the above question. Sometimes the question is not too politely put, sometimes it is put in frantic bewilderment, sometimes it is put in…
Edinburgh… Steve Hedley: What The 1916 Revolution Means To Me 14 Jan 201616 Jan 2016 The first in a year long 107 Cowgate series of articles exploring the impact of the 1916 Revolution on the working class in Ireland and beyond. by Steve Hedley My…
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