Audio: Early Irish communist - William Thompson
cork |
history and heritage |
opinion/analysis 
Thursday March 29, 2007 19:25
by Joe
From 2007 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
William Thompson was one of the of the first people to critically engage with political economy and attempt to turn it around to defend the improvement of the condition of the working class and rural poor. He was from a Anglo- Irish landowning family from West Cork and was to become a leading figure in the early Co-operative movement. In this talk from the anarchist bookfair Paul Bowman talks about the importance of Thompson and the relevance of his ideas today
Download is 9.1 mb MP3 file, just over 41 minutes in length.
Its also the last audio I recorded at the bookfair so I'm interested in feedback from anyone who has listened to them as to whether it was worth recording them.
