Category Archives: Bernadette McAliskey

History of the Irish in Britain Representation Group Part nine: 1989

Posted on September 20, 2020 by lipstick socialist

Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the C20th. … Continue reading →

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My review of “Hanna Sheehy Skeffington: Suffragette and Sinn Feiner” by Margaret Ward

Posted on October 6, 2017 by lipstick socialist

In the 1980s massive changes were taking place in this country. One event was the arrival of 40,000 Irish people each year looking for work. It was not a new occurrence, but the latest in a series  of waves of … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on March 6, 2016 by lipstick socialist

    Watch Hail Caesar(Home)…at last a funny film! Set in ‘50s Hollywood there are several plots going on but George Clooney as Baird Whitlock, the star of a Quo Vadis type movie, does steal the show at least for … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Marxism and Women’s Liberation by Judith Orr

Posted on November 19, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Recently fundraising for a play about Mary Quaile, an Irish trade unionist, our group contacted all the feminist historians in this country and Ireland. Only 2 responded and made a donation they were the socialist feminists. One of them was … Continue reading →

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Northern ReSisters Conversations with Radical Women by Bernadette Hyland

Posted on April 26, 2015 by lipstick socialist

Northern ReSisters: Conversations with Radical Women by Bernadette Hyland ISBN 987-0-9932247-0-6 £5.95 I decided to write this book because I was fed up with the way that the Left, which I have always been a part of, has  in recent … Continue reading →

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