Saor Éire

Saor Éire

They think they have bought half of us off with the withdrawal of the
British garrison in Ireland to barracks and fooled the rest of us with
with the consumer fetishism of living for handbags and rarified
sparkling water. However the fools with their Stormont expense
accounts and corporate funding slush funds hadn’t realised that they
have left us armed with something far more dangerous than any bullet
or any ounce. The historical legacy and political ideas of James
Connolly should act as a guide to the actions that republicans and
socialists should be engaged in. On Saturday May 7th in the Dublin
éirígí has organised a gathering where the way forward for the
national liberation and class struggles in Ireland today can be teased
out. ‘Saor Éire’ in the 1930’s was central to the project of
radicalising a generation of activists and it is fitting then that it
will today be the title for a gathering which hopes over the coming
years to achieve the same end.


'Saor Éire - A gathering for socialists and republicans'

Venue- Ashling Hotel(across from Heuston Station)
Date- Saturday May 7th

The purpose of the gathering is to open debate on topics which have
dominated the struggle for Independence and Socialism in Ireland in
the past year as well as to have discussion

10am- The resources of Ireland for the people of Ireland? The giveaway
of Irish natural and the struggle to reclaim them. Speakers include
Pat O'Donnell, Maura Harrington and a rep from Dublin Shell to Sea.
11am- 'James Connolly- Idol or Ideologue for Irish Republicans'.
Speakers - Aindriais O’Cathasaigh (Author) and Dr Brian Kelly
(Lecturer QUB). A discussion on whether Irish Republicans only see
James Connolly in terms of his involvement in the 1916 Rising or
seriously use his writings and actions over his lifetime as a guide to
their political commitments.
12 Noon- Fightback against EU/IMF inspired cutbacks. Speakers include
éirígí's Daithí Mac An Mháistír, Pepe Gutierrez from LASC and a
speaker from the trade union movement.
1pm- Lunch
1.30pm- No Queen Here! Among others Brian Leeson of éirígí and Roger
Cole of PANA will take part in a discussion on the imminent arrival of
the commander of British military on a state visit to Ireland and how
this visit needs to be resisted.
3.30- James Connolly Commemoration