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100 years ago Belfast was gripped by a remarkable general strike of Catholic and Protestant workers. John Gray, an author and historian of Belfast labour, looks back at that extraordinary event. This January marks the centenary of the most formidable strike in Belfast’s history. It is usually described as
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In a two part series for Rebel, Paul O’Brien looks back at the political impact of the playwriting and activism of socialist dramatist Bernard Shaw. Part 1 can be found here. Henry George, the American economist, is best known for his book Progress and Poverty, which in the last
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In a two part series for Rebel, Paul O’Brien looks back at the political impact of the playwriting and activism of socialist dramatist Bernard Shaw. Any decent second-hand bookshop has acres of shelves devoted to Bernard Shaw that nobody buys. At this remove, it’s hard to imagine
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The third and final part of John Molyneux’s brilliant essay on World War 1 looks at the imperial ambitions of the respective ruling classes who sent millions to their death and sums up the ‘bleak and tragic’ answer to ‘What did they die for?’ Part 1 is available here.
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The second part of John Molyneux’s extensive essay on WW1 and what led to one of the deadliest wars in human history. Here, John looks back at the events leading up to the war to dispel the notion that WW1 was a ‘chapter of accidents’. Part 1 is available
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As the world remembers the centenary of the end of World War 1, John Molyneux asks what those in the deadliest war in history died for, in an extensive three part series for Rebel. World War 1, which began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918, was
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On the anniversary of 5 October 1968, when Civil Rights activists marched to Derry and were brutally attacked by the RUC, precipitating the birth of The People’s Democracy, Matt Collins has written an extensive piece exclusively for Rebel, covering the events of 50 years ago and the whitewashing of
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This week marks the anniversary of the death of Marek Edelman – a Jew who survived the Warsaw ghetto, but who the Israeli state would rather erase from historical recognition. Gerard Stewart looks back at the legacy of the holocaust resistance hero. A youth activist of the General Jewish Labour Bund,
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Constance Markievicz became the first female MP 100 years ago. David Swanson takes a look at the background and politics of this remarkable person. Constance Markievicz’s legacy will be forever etched as a beacon of example for those interested in radical history. An uncompromising revolutionist for much of her
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The events of May ‘68 in France were an unprecedented eruption of people power that shook the world. In the next installment of our 1968 series, TCD student Aislinn Shanahan Daly looks back at the student uprising in France that changed Europe forever. The events of May ‘68 in France
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Looking back at the impact of an author much revered by Irish society today, Michael Collins discusses how James Joyce’s writings posed a threat to the status quo of his time. James Joyce is widely celebrated by the great and the good of Irish politics today. His statue adorns
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Leo Varadkar wants to portray Fine Gael as the face of liberalism in Irish politics. But as Barney Doherty explains, he would rather you didn’t know about his party’s shady origins on the far-right of the political spectrum. Fine Gael’s new leadership have invested heavily trying