Baritz
3rd September 2014, 07:39
"A talk by Dr. Ivan Gibbons (guest speaker), Programme Director and Senior Lecturer in Irish Studies at St.Mary's University, Twickenham.
Date: Sunday, 14 September 2014 - 3:00pm
Venue: The Socialist Party's premises, 52 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UN
Directions: About four minutes walk from Clapham North tube on the Northern line and three minutes walk from Clapham High Street station on the circular overground line
Dr. Gibbons is a labour historian of the period 1912-1922 and will talk about the demise of Irish labour in the face of nationalist resurgence. He will make references to the Dublin Lockout of 1913, James Connolly, and how the Irish Free State used its new army to break a postal workers strike after 'independence' and that the material conditions of the Irish working class worsened somewhat after 1921."
Date: Sunday, 14 September 2014 - 3:00pm
Venue: The Socialist Party's premises, 52 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UN
Directions: About four minutes walk from Clapham North tube on the Northern line and three minutes walk from Clapham High Street station on the circular overground line
Dr. Gibbons is a labour historian of the period 1912-1922 and will talk about the demise of Irish labour in the face of nationalist resurgence. He will make references to the Dublin Lockout of 1913, James Connolly, and how the Irish Free State used its new army to break a postal workers strike after 'independence' and that the material conditions of the Irish working class worsened somewhat after 1921."