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The Irish Spark

The Irish Spark

By Irish Spark

Bringing you a progressive worker’s perspective through interviews, conversations and readings.
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#17 - James Connolly: The Coming Generation

The Irish SparkAug 25, 2019

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#42 - Vijay Prashad gives James Connolly Memorial Lecture
Oct 02, 202158:47
#41 - Connolly Books & 100 Years Of Communism In Ireland
Sep 18, 202101:11:32
#40 - A Night In w/ Lethal Dialect, Emmet Kirwan, Handsome Paddy & others
Sep 04, 202101:49:48
#39 - Working In The Arts Post-Covid
Aug 21, 202158:52
#38 - Carson's Crumbling Creation
Aug 07, 202101:14:43
#37 - Northern Ireland, Built By The Empire
Jul 24, 202101:30:20
#36 - Take The Axe To The Root: Capitalism, Patriarchy and Violence
Jul 10, 202101:02:46
#35 - Building Communities, Fighting Racism
Jun 26, 202156:42
#34 - Football Privatisation: Can Member Owned Clubs Prosper?
Jun 12, 202101:13:03
#33 - Economics for workers: w/Michael Roberts, Marxist Economist
May 29, 202101:13:49
#32 - Economics for workers: w/John Smith, Marxist Economist

#32 - Economics for workers: w/John Smith, Marxist Economist

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John Smith is a marxist economist, researcher and author. He has written extensively on the issues of imperialism and super-exploitation both in his book "Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century" and elsewhere. He is a regular contributor to the Monthly Review, one of the leading and longest running socialist publications.

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Artwork: Moira Murphy

Music: Eoghan O'Neill

May 15, 202101:19:35
#31 - Mujeres Revolucionarias: The Role of Women in Cuba
May 01, 202151:60
#30 - Climate Extinction: Democracy, Sovereignty & Imperialism
Apr 17, 202101:03:12
#29 - The Historical and Structural Origins of Racism in the USA Today - the Role of Settler Colonialism
Apr 03, 202154:02
#28 - Social Partnership: The devil in disguise
Mar 20, 202147:29
#27 - Women & Mental Health: Raising Marginalised Voices
Mar 06, 202101:09:30
#26 - Race, Class and Anti-Imperialism in the USA w/Black Agenda Report
Feb 20, 202153:36
#25 - Venezuela Revolution Under Pressure
Dec 27, 202052:29
#24 - Nicaragua: Defending Sovereignty & Democracy during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dec 10, 202001:06:12
#23 - Cuba and the War Against COVID
Aug 30, 202056:47
#22 - A Time That Called For Giants

#22 - A Time That Called For Giants

We continue our series of readings with an article from the Socialist Voice, delivered by the author: Dr Jenny Farrell.


You can find similar publications in Ireland's oldest radical bookshop: Connolly Books.


Connect with the podcast

Email - theirishspark@gmail.com   

Twitter - @TheIrishSpark

Instagram - theirishspark

Facebook - The Irish Spark Podcast

Artwork: Moira Murphy

Music: Eoghan O'Neill

Apr 11, 202009:09
#21 - The Origins of the Climate Crisis

#21 - The Origins of the Climate Crisis

We begin our series of readings with an article from the Socialist Voice, delivered by the author: Joe Fleming.

You can find similar publications in Ireland's oldest radical bookshop: Connolly Books


Connect with the podcast

Email - theirishspark@gmail.com   

Twitter - @TheIrishSpark  

Instagram - theirishspark 

Facebook - The Irish Spark Podcast  

Artwork: Moira Murphy  

Music: Eoghan O'Neill

Apr 03, 202007:39
#20 - The Cuban Ambassador to Ireland
Dec 14, 201927:57
#19 - Women, Power and Politics in the 21st Century
Nov 07, 201955:15
#18 - Trademark Belfast
Sep 22, 201935:56
#17 - James Connolly: The Coming Generation
Aug 25, 201906:02
#16 - Donal Fallon: The Irish Soviets
Jul 26, 201939:42
#15 - Clare Daly: Venezuela Fact Finding Mission
Jul 01, 201948:56
#14 - David Gibney: Right2Water
Jun 01, 201936:28
#13 - Alex Homits: Connolly Youth Movement
May 21, 201924:57
#12 - James Connolly: Difficulties of Capitalism
May 03, 201906:14
#11 - The First Dáil Éireann: John Douglas
Apr 20, 201907:27
#10 - Alex Gordon: Lexit
Apr 06, 201928:26
#9 - John Hilary: Labour Party (UK)
Mar 15, 201920:16
#8 - The First Dáil Éireann: Clare Daly
Mar 08, 201909:04
#7 - James Connolly: The New Evangel
Feb 23, 201907:01
#6 - Paul Dobson: Venezuela Update
Feb 07, 201927:51
#5 - James Connolly: Home Thrusts
Jan 31, 201910:29
#4 - Carolus Wimmer: Venezuela
Jan 24, 201920:50
#3 - Akiem & Olu: The South African Struggle
Jan 11, 201934:60
#2 - Paul Keating: Maritime Union of Australia
Dec 28, 201815:44
#1 - Conor McCabe: Money
Dec 14, 201834:27