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a magazine of socialist ideas

Eagrán 40
Meitheamh 2010

Twenty years after the poll tax
Allan Armstrong, formerly chair of the Lothians Anti-Poll Tax Federation, draws lessons from the campaign that finished Thatcher

 

socialist classics James Connolly, Labour in Irish History
A critical celebration by Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh on the centenary of Irish socialism’s most important work

 

Engels with dirty faces
A new biography of the socialist pioneer Friedrich Engels is reviewed by Joe Conroy

 

Fáilte roimh an gConghaileach
Moladh Crimal ar mhórshaothair Shéamais Uí Chonghaile agus iad á bhfoilsiú céad bliain ó shin

 

The Hidden Connolly
 James Connolly castigates the hypocritical trickery of nationalist politics, in articles unpublished since his execution

 

SIPTU: The view from the bridge
Noel McDermott examines an official history retailing a hundred years of Ireland’s biggest union