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Left Lives in 20th-century Ireland
Engaging profiles of communists who made their mark in the struggle for a society of equal opportunity and reward
LINKING PAST WITH PRESENT: Eugene McCartan
Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album
Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus
The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
LEFT Lives in 20th-century Ireland is the third in the series and, like its predecessors, sheds light on labour figures, some of whom — despite their contribution and achievements — have been previously neglected by biographers. Indeed, some of those featured are new to labour history.
Edited by Francis Devine and Patrick Smylie, the book examines 24 people who throughout, or at times during, their lives were within an Irish Communist Party.
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