The Irish People

Following on from the launch of the Workers’ Party nuclear energy policy https://workersparty.ie/nuclear-power-policy/ this week we discuss the state of current climate and energy policy in Ireland, and debate the best way forward for Ireland.This episode is chaired by Èilis Ryan, Workers’ Pary Ard Comhairle and former Dublin City councillor who speaks to Garrett Greene, Lecturer in Statistics at UCD, Workers’ Party Ard Comhairle and representative for Cabra-Glasnevin, Hannah Daly, Professor ...

In this episode of The Irish People podcast, we’re publishing a talk entitled The National Question in the Era of Imperial Decline by Alexander McKay of the Marx Engels Lenin Institute. The talk was recorded at a recent event organised by the Workers’ Party in Trinity College Dublin. You can find the Marx Engels Lenin Institute on YouTube, Twitter, Telegram and their website, marxengelsinstitute.org.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarxengelsleninstalinmaoTwitter: https://twitter.com/MarxEng...

The Irish People podcast hosted a public meeting entitled "The EU Directive on Minimum Wage: Opportunity or Threat?" on Tuesday, 5th December in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin.Jack O’Connor, former General Secretary of SIPTU, Adrian Kane, SIPTU Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction Divisional Organiser and Daryl D'Art, Lecturer in Labour Law and Employee Relations, all took part in a panel discussion.A new pamphlet, entitled "The EU Directive on Minimum Wage: Opportunity or Trap?" is also availa...

Over the past two weeks we have witnessed what can only be described as the ethnics cleansing of Palestinians in real time. Thousands murdered including children, women and medics, houses flattened and hospitals bombed, food, water and electricity cut off, while thousands more have been displaced. This situation did not begin on 7th October when Hamas attacked Israel. The oppression and occupation of Palestinians and Palestine has been taking place for decades and to its shame the Intern...

In July 1936 Spanish workers across the country took up arms in response to a right-wing coup led by General Francisco Franco. The Civil War pitted the working class against the Spanish capitalists, backed by Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. Thousands came to defend the Republic from across the world, forming the International Brigades including many from Ireland, some of whom formed the Connolly Column. Western countries including Britain and France placed a blockade on Spain w...

“Being the story of twelve months in Hell, told by one of the damned, and written down by Robert Tressell”So read the original title page, drawn by Tressell. For this episode we speak to Scarlett and Sophie Rickard, known professionally as the Rickard sisters. They have created several graphic novels one of which is the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and we are delighted to welcome them to the Irish People podcast. https://rickardsisters.com/

Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly by Dr Peter Cole tells the story of one of the greatest heroes of the American working class.A brilliant union organiser and a humorous orator, Benjamin Fletcher was a tremendously important and well-loved African American member of the IWW during its heyday. Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most powerful interracial union of its era, taking a principled stand ag...

In the second episode of our two-part special, Eoghan Gardiner asks our guests just what exactly is leading to this situation on a national basis, and what our guests believe the solutions are in order to change it.

In the first episode of our two-part special, Eoghan Gardiner discusses the housing crisis in terms of the impact that it is having on the ground, asking a number of activists about the situations people are facing in their communities and the background behind it.

In this episode we talk to historian and writer Liz Gillis about Women in Irish Revolution. Liz is from the Liberties. She is the author of six books about the Irish Revolution including, ‘The Fall of Dublin’, ‘The Hales Brothers and the Irish Revolution’ ‘May 25: The Burning of the Custom House 1921’ and the one we are going to focus on today, the excellent ‘Women of the Irish Revolution’. Liz has worked as a researcher on numerous publications, television and radio documenta...