Fragments of Victory
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-4875-9 (ISBN)
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There is much to learn from modern left-wing activism in Ireland. A rich tapestry of movements, including republicans, social democrats, trade unions, Trotskyists and anarchists, they have been battling neoliberalism and austerity with vigour, frustration, success and failure.
Fragments of Victory charts these political currents, from the difficult early years of anti-austerity campaigning, to the successful mass campaign to end water charges and prevent water privatisation, and the seismic victory that was 'Repeal' - the campaign for women’s reproductive rights. Looking to the present, the campaign around the brutal housing crisis is also addressed.
Each chapter covers a different campaign or group, written by leading activists who provide insiders' perspectives on how history was made, and share valuable insights that can be applied to international movements everywhere.
Oisín Gilmore has been involved in political activism in Ireland, the UK and Europe since 2001, and is currently researching labour organisation and economic development at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He has been published in a number of journals as well as in left-wing publications including Jacobin, Lookleft, Rabble and The Commune. David Landy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology in Trinity College Dublin and Director of the MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict. He has written for Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Social Movement Studies on the water charges movement, Irish anti-racism and Palestinian solidarity. He is the author of Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights, and co-editor of Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom and Criticism of Israel.
1. Introduction - Oisin Gilmore and David Landy
Section I: Campaigns
2. Anti-Austerity Struggles 2008-13 - by David Landy
3. The Anti-War Charges Campaign: 2014-2020 - by Dave Gibney
4. The Grassroots Road to Abortion Rights - by Aileen O’Carroll and Máire Ni Chuagáin
5. Irish Housing movement after the Fall of the Celtic Tiger: direct action and community building - by Juliana Sassi, Seamus Farrell, Rosi Leonard and Aisling Hedderman
Section II: Organisations
6. Irish trade unions and reactions to the financial crisis - by Mary Muldowney
7. The Centre Left: Labouring in vain? Assessing Irish social democracy after the financial crash - by Paul Dillon
8. The Rise and Retreat of Anarchism - by Kevin Doyle
9. Trotskyism - by David Landy
10. Republicanism - by Dan Finn, Stewart Reddin and Damian Lawlor
11. Conclusion: The Irish left in comparison with the Western European left, or, did Ireland solve the crisis of the left? - by Oisin Gilmore
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.1.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7453-4875-0 / 0745348750 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7453-4875-9 / 9780745348759 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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