Irish decolonisation

5. Oktober 2022 admin 0

There is nothing more foreign to Ireland than capitalism. While the primitive Irish communist system was not perfect, the feudal and capitalist systems of production […]

“Shooting by roster”

6. September 2022 admin 0

The British and Irish media have been singing the praises of Field-Marshal (retired) Henry Wilson, assassinated outside his home in London on 22 June 1922 […]

Orpen and Keating

5. August 2022 admin 0

Two bilingual tanka, in Irish and English, “Hail the Deserters” and “Weeping in their Graves,” 31-syllable poems (5-7-5-7-7), in response to work by two Irish […]

Stranger than fiction

5. August 2022 admin 0

Anyone who is politically active knows the importance of reading—and knows the weight of books one ought to have read. It is easy to become […]

Two book launches

4. Juli 2022 admin 0

This month Connolly Books will play host to two book launches.      On 15 July, at 7pm, Conor Magahy will launch his first book, Posh […]

Pride is a protest

4. Juli 2022 admin 0

On Saturday 25 June members and comrades of the CPI joined a protest organised by the Connolly Youth Movement on Rosie Hackett Bridge to protest […]

War poet

4. Juli 2022 admin 0

The short life of Sidney Keyes (1922–1943) is in itself a striking metaphor for the cruelty and futility of war. He was killed in action […]