12.02.2023 Donal Fallon Sleep Easy, Shane With humor, warmth, and delicate beauty, Shane MacGowan’s lyricism profoundly shaped a generation ? and was never afraid to denounce injustice, no matter how unpopular this made him with the powerful.
02.22.2021 Donal Fallon The Socialism of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde is known today for his satirical wit and literary accomplishments. But he was also a socialist committed to the fight against oppression and exploitation.
01.13.2021 Donal Fallon The Socialism of James Joyce Today marks 80 years since James Joyce’s death. Joyce’s flirtation with organized socialist politics was brief, but he continued to find inspiration in socialist texts throughout his life.
03.17.2017 Donal Fallon Ronan Burtenshaw Ireland’s Other Proclamation This St. Patrick’s Day we remember the 1867 Fenian uprising ? and its radical vision of an Irish Republic.
04.14.2016 Donal Fallon Ghosts of the Paris Commune The methods and politics of the Paris Commune served as inspiration for Easter Rising leaders like James Connolly.