Cork Mayday Lecture

cork | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice Sunday April 23, 2006 15:19 by Sean Russell - Cork Council of Trade Unions

'The Justification of Connolly'

Manus O'Riordan, Head of Research at SIPTU, will deliver the Cork Mayday Lecture in the Metropole Hotel, Cork on Tuesday May 2nd. 2006 at 8pm. This event is hosted by the Cork Council of Trade Unions and admission is free.

Is Connolly remembered more for his moniker on hospitals and railway stations than for his Marxist view on re-ordering society? Are the the revolutionary views of Connolly the elephant in the room, during these Easter commemorations? Was the rising counter-productive for workers? Come along, listen to good debate and give your tuppence worth.