The Irish Spark Podcast
1) #42 - Vijay Prashad gives James Connolly Memorial Lecture
The James Connolly Memorial Lecture 2021 will be given by world renowned historian, journalist and Marxist scholar Professor Vijay Prashad. He is an executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for...Show More
2) #41 - Connolly Books & 100 Years Of Communism In Ireland
Hosted by Three Castles Burning Historian Donal Fallon sits down with Eugene McCartan of the Communist Party of Ireland to discuss the history of Connolly Books and look back on the centenary of...Show More
3) #40 - A Night In w/ Lethal Dialect, Emmet Kirwan, Handsome Paddy & others
Recorded live at The New Theatre Tune in for a spoken word and poetry session curated by Emmet Kirwan with guests. Rapper Lethal Dialect takes to the stage for what promises to be another roller...Show More
#40 - A Night In w/ Lethal Dialect, Emmet Kirwan, Handsome Paddy & others
1:49:47 | Sep 4th, 2021
4) #39 - Working In The Arts Post-Covid
Hosted by Trade Union Left Forum The Arts industry has been on its knees since the onset of Covid-19. With venues, festivals and many other artistic outlets shut down, the future for the arts an...Show More
5) #38 - Carson's Crumbling Creation
Hosted by Peadar O'Donnell Socialist Republican Forum Established a century ago and now, the future of the Six County political entity has never been in such doubt. Challenged by demographic tre...Show More
6) #37 - Northern Ireland, Built By The Empire
Hosted by Peadar O'Donnell Socialist Republican Forum A century ago, the political entity that is Northern Ireland was established through a confluence of interest between British Imperialism an...Show More
7) #36 - Take The Axe To The Root: Capitalism, Patriarchy and Violence
James Connolly Festival 2021 - Roundtable Discussion There is a long-established link between economic crises and increases in gender-based violence, and the COVID pandemic has only served to a...Show More
8) #35 - Building Communities, Fighting Racism
Workers in Ireland are faced with a number of important struggles in 2021. Not least among these, the resurgence of far right politics, racism and fascism in Irish society, a cause for significant ala...Show More
9) #34 - Football Privatisation: Can Member Owned Clubs Prosper?
Hosted by Bang Bang Cafe. We launch the 2021 James Connolly Festival with a discussion around the privatisation of football and pose the question: Can member led clubs prosper? Donate - https://paypal...Show More
10) #33 - Economics for workers: w/Michael Roberts, Marxist Economist
Michael Roberts, worked in the City of London as an economist for over 40 years. He has closely observed the machinations of global capitalism from within the dragon’s den. Since retiring, he has writ...Show More