Sinn Féin and the politics of left republicanism

national | miscellaneous | event notice Sunday February 08, 2009 19:53 by Eoin Ó Broin - Sinn Féin eoinobroin at hotmail dot com 0872794843

Book Launch

You are invited to the Dublin launch of Eoin Ó Broin's new book, Sinn Féin and the politics of left republicanism, published by Pluto Press

Dublin - Monday February 16th @ 6pm, Pearse Street Public Library, 138-144 Pearse Street
Chair: Cllr Daithí Doolan. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin & Mary Lou McDonald MEP

Belfast: Wednesday February 18th @ 7pm, Lecture Theatre 2, St Marys College, Falls Road
Chair: Mayor Tom Hartley. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin, Laurence McKeown & Professor Richard English

Sinn Féin is a growing force in Irish politics. Now the countriy's third largest party, Sinn Féin have been one of the central architects of the peace process and are increasingly setting the terms of political debate north and south.

Despite this, the party remains much misunderstood and often misrepresented.

In this book, Sinn Féin activist Eoin O’Broin explores the ideological and organizational origins of the party, charts its history and recent political development and assesses their possible futures.

He argues that the party is part of a distinct left-republican tradition in Irish society whose future lies in the growing global resurgent left.

'An intelligent, readable and fascinating reflection on left republicanism in Ireland.' Professor Richard English, Queens University Belfast.

'Full of information and analysis yet extremely easy to read, Eoin Ó Broin poses the question that has occupied the minds of many down through decades of struggle - not just how best to establish the "republic" but what the republic will look like?' Dr Laurence McKeown, writer, playwright and former IRA political prisoner.

Dublin - Monday February 16th @ 6pm, Pearse Street Public Library, 138-144 Pearse Street
Chair: Cllr Daithí Doolan. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin & MAry Lou McDonald MEP

Belfast: Wednesday February 18th @ 7pm, Lecture Theatre 2, St Marys College, Falls Road
Chair: Mayor Tom Heartley. Speakers: Eoin Ó Broin, Laurence McKeown & Professor Richard English