Monthly Archives: May 2018

My review of “Where are you really from” by Tim Brannigan

Posted on May 31, 2018 by lipstick socialist

  In the 1970s I went to a girls Catholic (read Irish) secondary school in south Manchester. Most of the girls were like me, second generation Irish, with a sprinkling of Irish born, like my friends who were had recently … Continue reading →

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My review of ‘Kill all the Gentlemen’ Class struggle and change in the English countryside by Martin Empson

Posted on May 24, 2018 by lipstick socialist

  In this new book Martin Empson reminds us that class conflict did not start with the Industrial Revolution and urban struggles. In this well researched history he begins with  the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 and then  take us up … Continue reading →

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The IBRG archive at the WCML; Part Three;Publicising IBRG to the Irish diaspora.

Posted on May 7, 2018 by lipstick socialist

  In 1987 IBRG was six years old and growing as new branches were being started across the country. Communicating with the Irish communty  was not as easy then as it is today. In the 1980s  some  Irish people were … Continue reading →

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