Fragments of Victory (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

There is much to learn from modern left-wing activism in Ireland. A rich tapestry of movements, including republicans, social democrats, trade unions, Trotskyists and anarchists, they have been battling neoliberalism and austerity with vigour, frustration, success and failure.

Fragments of Victory charts these political currents, from the difficult early years of anti-austerity campaigning, to the successful mass campaign to end water charges and prevent water privatisation, and the seismic victory that was 'Repeal' - the campaign for women's reproductive rights. Looking to the present, the campaign around the brutal housing crisis is also addressed.

Each chapter covers a different campaign or group, written by leading activists who provide insiders' perspectives on how history was made, and share valuable insights that can be applied to international movements everywhere.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780745348773
• Artikelnr.: 72253656

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
Oisín Gilmore and David Landy Part I: Campaigns 2. Anti
Austerity Struggles 2008
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by David Landy 3. Water Charges
by Dave Gibney 4. Abortion
by Aileen O'Carroll and Máire Ni Chuagáin 5. Housing
by Juliana Sassi, Seamus Farrell, Rosi Leonard and Aisling Hedderman Part II: Organisations 6. Trade Unions
by Mary Muldowney 7. The Centre Left
by Paul Dillon 8. Anarchism
by Kevin Doyle 9. Trotskyism
by David Landy 10. Republicanism
by Dan Finn, Stewart Reddin and Damian Lawlor 11. Conclusion
by Oisín Gilmore