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Editorial: The march has begun
We are beginning to see a concerted workers response to the on-going attacks on our living standards. In the North the Con-Dem cutbacks have provoked strike action by public servants and delivered a clear mes- sage to Dave Cameron and his Tory boys that their agenda of increasing profits by striping […]

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Tuesday 19 July, 5:30 p.m.
Book launch
The Making of an Irish Communist Leader
Launch of The Making of an Irish Communist Leader: Michael O’Riordan, 1938-1947
by Michael Quinn
Connolly Books (43 East Essex Street)
Baile Átha Cliath
Máirt 19 Iúil, 5:30 i.n.
Seoladh leabhair
The Making of an Irish Communist Leader
Seoladh The Making of an Irish Communist Leader: Michael O’Riordan, […]

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I came across the image above on the guardian website, (original story here), and was struck by how familiar it looked - and I don’t mean in terms of the imagery of drought and famine.
I mean, take a look at this - it’s not a real campaign by the way:

The aesthetics of drought and famine […]

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[Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland, 13 July 2011]
As the people of Co. Roscommon protest at the closure of the Accident and Emergency Unit at their local hospital it is clear that this will be only the first of many such closures, as the Government and all the establishment parties have given priority to […]

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The 3rd Wexford Independent Documentary Film Festival Invites Film Makers to submit films for inclusion.
The festival will take place in Kilmore Quay, Wexford, during September 2011.
This years “Local Selection” hosted by Artist Kevin Ryan, all those interested can send a DVD of their work to Kevin Ryan, St Anne’s, Waterloo Road, Wexford.
The Ideal candidates […]

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Book reviews seem to be like buses. None for ages, and then four come out on the one day. So it is with Sins of the Father.
In the just published July edition of An Phoblacht, Robbie Smyth provides a short assement of what he describes as the most troubling book he has […]

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[From Solidarity Books]
Solidarity Books is pleased to present a talk and book launch by Conor McCabe (of the blog “Dublin Opinion) on his new book, “Sins of the Father”.
The talk, which will be on the general thesis of the book – tracing the decisions that shaped the Irish economy over the last eight decades and […]

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Went out for a drive yesterday morning with Donal and his son Padraig. We went as far as Rosslare Harbour and drove up to the old Great Southern Hotel.
It’s fully deserted, broken windows and what have you.
This is the outside, from a wider angle:

This is what the foyer looks like:

And here’s a bath in the […]

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