Fragments of Victory

The Contemporary Irish Left
Herausgeber: Gilmore, Oisín; Landy, David

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Produktbeschreibung

Inspiring insiders' accounts of modern Irish activism under austerity and beyond

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9780745348759
• ISBN-10: 0745348750
• Artikelnr.: 70235180

Autorenporträt

Oisín Gilmore is Senior Economist at TASC (Thinktank for Action on Social Change) in Dublin, Ireland. He has participated in various social movements in Ireland, Britain and continental Europe. David Landy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology in Trinity College Dublin and Director of the MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict. He has written for Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Social Movement Studies on the water charges movement, Irish anti-racism and Palestinian solidarity. He is the author of Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights, and co-editor of Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom and Criticism of Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction - Oisin Gilmore and David Landy
Section I: Campaigns
2. 'Can't Pay, Won't Pay': The early years of fighting austerity
(2008-2013) - Hilary Darcy
3. 'From the river to the sea, Irish Water will be free': Defeating the
water charges' - Finbar Dwyer and James McBarron
4. 'Get your rosaries off our ovaries': Repealing the 8th amendment -
Aileen O'Carroll and Mary Coogan
5. 'Housing is a human right': Campaigning on Housing - Rosi Leonard,
Aisling Hederman and Seamus Farrell
Section II: Groups
6. The centre left - Niamh Puirsil
7. Anarchists - Kevin Doyle
8. Trotskyists - Kevin Squires
9. Republicans - Stewart Reddin and Damian Lawlor
10. Trade Unions - Gregor Kerr
11. Conclusion - Winning Victories, Leaving Empty? - Oisin Gilmore and
David Landy