Hello comrades,
Tonight! Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place upstairs in Chaplins! It’s the first month of our meetings, so come join the lil gang! All levels are welcome!
Militarism & Neutrality are going to be meeting tomorrow evening to discuss militarism and the environment, and then next week the Capital group will be back again, and our Care & Community group too! Film is on a short break but will make its return on the 12th of March. xxxx
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
MON 23 FEB 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins
TUE 24 FEB 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
MON 2 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins
TUE 3 MAR 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books
THU 5 MAR 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St
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Ciorcal Comhrá
Dé Luain 23ú Feabhra 2026 / 6in-7in //
Dé Luain 2ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Thuas staighre i Chaplins, Sráid Hawkins, Blá Cliath 2
Beidh ár gciorcal comhrá ar siúl gach seachtain i Chaplins. Fáilte roimh chách, agus má bhraitheann tú beagainín neirbhíseach agus mura bhfuil a fhios agat cad le rá, is féidir leat breathnú ar an gclár is deanaí de Ros na Rún agus is féidir linn chat faoi sin! x
Our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place every week upstairs in Chaplins. All are welcome, and if you are feeling a lil bit nervous and don’t know what you will chat about, you can watch a recent episode of Ros na Rún and we will chat about that! x
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Militarism + Neutrality
Tuesday 24 February 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Militarism & the Environment
Core Readings:
- Environmental Management, The Overlooked Contributors to Climate and Biodiversity Crises: Military Operations and Wars (12 April 2024), available at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-024-01976-4.pdf
- Conflict and Environment Observatory, How the EU’s new carbon border undermines military decarbonisation (2 February 2026), available at: https://ceobs.org/how-the-eus-new-carbon-border-undermines-military-decarbonisation/
Further readings: (optional!)
- Abe Asher, The US Military Is Destroying the Planet Beyond Imagination (28 October 2025), available at: https://jacobin.com/2025/10/us-military-climate-crisis-documentary
- TNI, Climate in the Crosshairs: The planetary impact of NATO’s spending increases (8 July 2024, available at: https://www.tni.org/en/publication/climate-in-the-crosshairs
- Al Jazeera English, Militaries are fuelling the climate crisis (20 June 2024), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjAjO0dl3M (Video – approx 30 mins)
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Capital, Volume 1
Tuesday 3 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…
Session Three
Required reading:
- Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Capital
- + corresponding Harvey chapters
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Care & Community
Thursday 5 March 2026 / 7pm – 8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2
Jodi Dean’s Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging
Our last session discussed the first two chapters of the book, and we will be chatting about the final two at the next one. If you have read some, part, or all of the book, please feel free to come along, even if you didn’t make it along to the last session!
Required reading:
Jodi Dean, Chapter 3: “Four Theses on the Comrade” & Chapter 4: “You Are Not My Comrade” from Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging.
If you need any help accessing the book, please let us know by reply to this email!
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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷