Between King and Kaiser Jun 21 Brian Hanley The Great War spurred the separatist movement, but it also blurred the lines between nationalism and socialism on the Irish left.
Between the Risings Apr 14 Ronan Burtenshaw As Ireland celebrates the centenary of 1916, the conditions on the island offer possibilities for socialist politics not seen in one hundred years.
Defending the Faith May 31 Gerard Madden The Catholic Church waged a century-long war against the Irish left.
Ghosts of the Paris Commune Apr 14 Donal Fallon The methods and politics of the Paris Commune served as inspiration for Easter Rising leaders like James Connolly.
Ireland’s Unfinished Revolution Mar 28 Ronan Burtenshaw Sean Byers The revolutionary period sparked by the 1916 Easter Rising offered a vision of a truly democratic Ireland.
Labour in Name Only May 03 Niamh Puirseil Despite its working-class roots, the Irish Labour Party never became an effective vehicle for social democracy.
Left Behind by Good Friday Apr 25 Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey Bernadette Devlin on her early activism and why the Good Friday Agreement brought some peace, but little justice.
Our Struggle Too Jun 09 Mary McAuliffe Ireland’s revolutionary women made the fight for emancipation their own.
Red Flag Times Apr 14 Emmet O’Connor In the years after the Easter Rising, Ireland saw a wave of worker militancy.
The Adaptable Sinn Fein Apr 14 Daniel Finn Over its long history, Sinn Fein has shown itself to be a left-nationalist party that is more nationalist than left.
The Catholic Cure for Poverty May 27 Sarah-Anne Buckley Through the twentieth century, Irish elites treated poverty as a moral failing ? and built a brutal carceral state to correct it.
The Red and the Green Apr 14 Eoin O Broin Sinn Fein wants to be more than an opposition force ? it wants to lead Ireland’s first progressive government.