A member of UB1913 reports on the series finale of their podcast series as aired on NEARfm. This past Monday (26 August) marked 100 years to the day of the commencement of the great Lockout of 1913. While official commemoration events are planned for this weekend. for the day that was in it, RTE that evening screened a…
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The long march through USI: UCD Disaffiliation and beyond
– Aidan Rowe discusses UCD’s Disaffiliation from the Union of Students of Ireland, its implications for the student movement, and whether there actually is a student movement in Ireland . It is something of a paradox that leftists – those progressives who fight for a radical restructuring of society – often end up adopting antiquarian…