Ireland
A statue in verse for Friedrich Engels’s partner Mary Burns
November 25, 2020There can be little doubt that Mary Burns was instrumental in introducing Engels to the horrendous conditions of the Manchester proletariat. She knew intimately the conditions of families at work and in their typhus- and cholera-stricken...
Read moreLast of Communist Liam O’Flaherty’s banned novels sees the light in Ireland
October 20, 2020O’Flaherty always wrote from the point of view of the ordinary people, fishermen, peasants, workers. His last novel was no different.
Read moreIrish repay debt from famine to Native American Choctaws
May 27, 2020“First Nation’s” people, Native Americans, are suffering horribly, with our national administration making this situation worse.
Read moreIrish unification back on agenda after election, but it won’t be simple
February 14, 2020If unification is the goal, supporters in the Republic and Ulster will have to be patient and show that they can deliver a better life for the entire community.
Read moreLeft-wing “Sinn Féin” wins historic victory in Ireland
February 10, 2020Sinn Féin, the left-wing republican party founded in 1905 and famed for its affiliation with the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), has seen its popularity steamroll across the island in this weekend’s national elections.
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