cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/225150
I would like to learn more about Ireland and it’s history, namely about the troubles, bombings, what the British were doing in there, and the anti-Irish sentiment, etc. Maybe also about it’s foundations and general history.
Basically I have a friend talking to me about it, saying that the Northern Irish were terrorists and how the majority of them did not consider the British their oppressors, but simultaneously how the bombings were done to force the British government to withdraw. But I simply do not know enough about the topic, so I’d like to ask for some in-depth reading materials so I can understand the current hot-spot between the British/Irish/Northern Irish from a non-reactionary perspective.
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So I’ve scoured around a bit and managed to find 1 Marxist podcast episode on Ireland: Proles of the Round Table apparently has 1 episode on it and with that, also a reading list and some audio resources:
The episode: https://prolespod.libsyn.com/ep-45-ireland-and-the-cym
The Suggested Reading and Resources:
James Connolly:
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“Labour in Irish History”
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“Socialism and Nationalism”
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“Reconquest of Ireland”
“Limerick Soviet”, Liam Cahill
Capital, Vol. 1 (Chap. 25, f), Karl Marx
The Origin of Capitalism, Ellen Meiksins Wood
Ireland Her Own, T. A. Jackson
The ‘Mere Irish’ and the Colonisation of Ulster, 1570-1641, Gerard Farrell
Mapmaking, Landscapes and Memory: A Geography of Colonial and Early Modern Ireland, c. 1530-1750, William J. Smyth
“Not Yet Emmet”, Peadar O’Donnell
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My old boss was impressed with “The Troubles” by Tim Pat-Coogan. It’s critical to realize that there is a lot of propaganda on all sides, including what you would usually consider reliable sources. Time to practice the critical thinking your high school teachers should have taught you :-)
