Anarchistic update news all over the world - 25 April 2016 Part 2
Today's 1 Topics:
1. anarkismo.net: Remembering the 1916 rebellion in Ireland
together + Video from the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair by Andrew -
WSM (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Almost a century ago, an armed insurrection took place in Ireland to end British rule and
to establish an independent Irish Republic. The 1916 Rising was soon accompanied by major
popular revolts against World War One across Europe and later emulated by anti-colonial
movements across the Global South. ---- When it comes to remembering the 1916 Rising, why
do conservative politicians and historians want to convince us that it would have been
better for us if Pearse and Connolly had stayed at home? Why did the state parade lots of
military equipment and personnel down O’Connell Street to mark the centenary? Why did so
many people turn out to watch it? ---- This panel attempts to think through the meaning of
1916 for us today, and the politics at stake in how these events are remembered,
forgotten, and mis-remembered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnxXE8JwRM
SPEAKERS
Andrew is a member of Workers Solidarity Movement, currently based in Dublin. He will be
making the case for a more critical assessment of the legacy of 1916 in terms of the sort
of movement we should be building today
Fionnghuala is a member of the Workers Solidarity Movement, currently based in Belfast.
She will be taking a post colonial look at the celebrations and modern day ireland and
where we find ourselves in the north.
Donal is a local Dublin historian and activist. He is one of the founders of the
award-winning blog on Dublin life and culture, ‘Come Here To Me’. He will be looking at
the revisionist nature of centenary, the reinvention of World War One as some kind of
wonderful thing and the cult of Redmond.
Video recorded and edited by Andrew Flood
http://www.anarkismo.net/article/29242
