Articles from left wing Irish republican

Tommy McKearney


writing about politics, trade unionism and history

“ The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil... I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. ” —Albert Einstein, "Why Socialism?", May 1949  The Provisional IRA. From Insurrection to Parliament Tommy McKearney’s story is one of those 'must read' books  for anyone interested either in the struggle within Northern Ireland itself  or in the overall relationship between England and Ireland.  Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press (1970; 2000) and author of The I.R.A For further information contact:tommymckearney@me.com Press and media contact: peter@peteroconnellmedia.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einsteinmailto:tommymckearney@me.commailto:peter@peteroconnellmedia.comshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2

RED, ORANGE AND BLUE

Allan Armstrong gives his personal reflections on, ‘The Provisional IRA - From Insurrection to Partition’  by Tommy McKearney, with an Introduction by Paul Stewart

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Tommy McKearney is a former member of the IRA who now works as an organiser with the Independent Workers Union and as a freelance journalist. He contributed a weekly article to Daily Ireland and many of the articles available on this site were first printed in that newspaper