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JAMES CONNOLLY “should forever be remembered as a son of Scotland,” his great-grandson said in a message read out to a weekend conference in Glasgow marking the 150th anniversary of the Irish revolutionary’s birth.
James Connolly Heron said his great-grandfather’s vow to create “a full, free and happy life for all or for none” remained the challenge today.
He said the trade unionist and Easter Rising leader offered an analysis that “remains a valid description of the way governments continue to marginalise, ignore and abandon great numbers of citizens, leaving them in desperate circumstances.
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
ARTHUR WEST surveys the achievements of the Scottish campaign against South African apartheid and how we can draw on them to fight a rising far right
The unifying victory of Irish progressive forces in the presidential campaign should be a salutary lesson to the left in this country, argues MARY GRIFFITHS CLARKE
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH