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SUMMARY:Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class Conference - 'Ireland and the Wobbly World'
DESCRIPTION:IRISH LABOUR RADICALS AND THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY\n‘One Big Union’ was a motto of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)\, founded in Chicago in 1905. Reflecting disappointment with the achievements of political Labour\, the IWW was ‘syndicalist’ in advocating that working people rely on militant trade unionism (and not politics) to create a fair society. Prominently associated with the IWW’s revolutionary ‘Wobbly’ wing were Cork-born Mother Jones\, Tom Glynn of Gurteen\, Co. Galway\, and James Connolly\, an IWW organiser in New York. ‘Big Jim’ Larkin gave a graveside oration for Joe Hill\, best-known of the Wobbly martyrs. \nThis conference will examine the contribution of Irish people to the IWW in America\, Australia and South Africa\, and consider the influence of the IWW’s syndicalism on bodies like the Irish Transport & General Workers’ Union and the Irish Citizen Army. \n  \nIRISH CENTRE FOR THE HISTORIES OF LABOUR AND CLASS \nNUI Galway \n11-12 November 2016 \nIn association with the 1916-2016: The Promise and Challenge of National Sovereignty conference \n  \nFRIDAY\, 11 NOVEMBER\, Hardiman Building\, GO10 \nPanel 1\, 2.00 pm: Chair: Sarah-Anne Buckley\, ICHLC \nJim Larkin\, Jack Carney and the American Irish Worker (1917)\, James Curry \nPatrick J. Read’s ‘Irishness’ and the creation of the Wobbly mythos\, Matthew White \nJoe Hill and Ireland\, Francis Devine \nPanel 2: 3.45: Chair: Prof. Terrence McDonough\, ICHLC \nThe rebel Irish and the IWW: the roots of American syndicalism\, Kristin Lawler \nSacco and Vanzetti and the radical Irish world\, Niall Whelehan \nFrom socialist to syndicalist\, to communist: the political development of William Z. Foster\, 1904-1922\, Liam Ó Discín \n8 pm Function Room\, John Keogh’s\, Upper Dominick Street \n‘Rebel Voices: Galway Wobbly Connections‘. Chair: Catherine Connolly TD \nPeter Yorke: A Galway priest and the San Francisco labor movement\, Tadhg Foley \nElizabeth Gurley Flynn: a Galway rebel girl\, Meredith Meagher \nThe syndicalist trajectories of Tom Glynn and Mary Fitzgerald\, John Cunningham \n  \nSATURDAY\, 12 NOVEMBER\, Hardiman Building\, GO10 \nPanel 3\, 10.15 am. Chair: Jamie Canavan\, NUI Galway \nConnolly the Marxist socialist\, but what sort? Bolshevik\, Menshevik or Industrial Democrat? The ideological impact of the IWW\, Manus O’Riordan \nIndustrial unionism and social democracy: Connolly as vector of organising principles\, Gavin Mendel-Gleason \n‘We Irish are a working race’: Connolly and Flynn in the United States\, Stephen Thornton \nPanel 4\, 12.00\, Chair: Mary Gibbons\, Galway Council of Trade Unions \nCaptain Jack White: syndicalist? Leo Keohane \nSyndicalism as a dirty word: press coverage of radical trade unionism in early twentieth century Ireland\, Donal Fallon \nPatrick Quinlan: nationalist or militant IWW member? Gerry Watts \nKeynote address\, 2.15 pm: Chair: Tish Gibbons\, Siptu \n‘Romances and erasures’\, David Howell \nPanel 5\, 3.30 pm Chair: Jackie Uí Chionna\, NUI Galway \nAmerican reactions to the 1916 Rising\, Luke Gibbons \nRebel women and the IWW\, Teresa Moriarty \nThe Irish and the Mooney case: a miscarriage of justice in California\, John Borgonovo \nFull Conference Programme available on https://ichlc.wordpress.com
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/irish-centre-histories-labour-class-conference-ireland-wobbly-world/
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