Irish Labour History Society Conference

national | anti-capitalism | event notice Friday October 08, 2004 11:42 by Jim Monaghan

Labour Historians gather to discuss past struggles and their lessons if any for current and future struggles

Below please find an interesting set of lectures and debates. The preliminary sounds very interesting with a comparison of the different attitudes of White (later an anarchist), Connolly (Marxist and Socialist Republican) and Larkin (Syndicalism). Lysaght has written extensively about the Irish Soviets. Hanley is best known for his book on 30s Republicanism.
The sessions on the Health services should also be interesting given the distorted service we now have. The 1916 proclamation talked of cherishing children Ms Thompson will have something to say about the reality in the 26 Co state.Ms Morrissey played a great role in exposing the scandal of the Symphisiotomy operation which was used instead of Caesarean operations for Catholic ideological reasons. Desmond should be interesting on the clashes between the state and sectarian and vested interests.
Please note that some titles are provisional only.
Venue ILHS HQ Beggars Bush Barracks
Dublin 4
Fee 10 Euros 5 for the unwaged

Irish Labour History Conference
5/6 November 2004

Friday 5 Nov 7-30pm The Irish Citizen Army
Speakers: D. R. O’Connor Lysaght: 3 strategies; White, Larkin and Connolly
Dr. Brian Hanley (Maynooth): The struggling Phoenix: The Citizen Army after 1916.

Sat 6 Nov 11-00 am Irish Local Gov. (Speaker to be announced)
2-00 Health: from Local Control to Health Boards
Speaker Barry Desmond (Minister of Health 1982 to 1987)

4-00pm Irish Communal Provision and it’s lack
Speakers
Dr Mary Shine Thompson (St. Pats Drumcondra): Cherished Equally? The condition of Irish Children over the Last Century

Jackie Morrissey (UCD) Medical Ethics and the Irish Health Services
(Church, State and the Medical profession from WW1 to date)