Fight, Starve or Emigrate: A History of the Irish Unemployed Movements in the 1950s (1989)

Scanned copy of the 1989 publication from the Larkin Unemployed Centre. Original introduction below. The Larkin Unemployed Centre is to be congratulated for their initiative in producing this pamphlet. The staff of the Centre are to be commended for their diligent research.This brief description of the activities unemployed associations in the 1950’s helps not just … Continue reading Fight, Starve or Emigrate: A History of the Irish Unemployed Movements in the 1950s (1989) →

Eleanor Marx on Class Struggle and Ireland, Sunday 17 May 1891. Phoenix Park, Dublin.

An address given to a demonstration organised by the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers of Great Britain and Ireland. Report taken from the Freeman's Journal, 18 May 1891. . "… Mrs Eleanor Marx Aveling, who was received with cheers, addressed the meeting. She could not tell them how glad she was to … Continue reading Eleanor Marx on Class Struggle and Ireland, Sunday 17 May 1891. Phoenix Park, Dublin. →

Plan of Campaign for Irish Working Farmers, by Peadar O’Donnell (1931)

LAST YEAR a conference of working farmers met in Galway. It was an actual in-out-of-the-fields conference composed of men who had to struggle hard to make a living. Unfortunately no women delegates were present, and a small-farmer congress that does not include women misses the sharpest details of the economy of the homes. This conference … Continue reading Plan of Campaign for Irish Working Farmers, by Peadar O’Donnell (1931) →