Hello comrades,
This evening our ciorcal comhrá will be taking place upstairs in Chaplins from 6! If you’re around beforehand, try to drop over to City Hall for a protest in support of the preservation of the Triple Lock. The protest will be running from 5 until 7 and a few of us will be there in support!
Our Capital reading group will be meeting tomorrow evening, and our Care & Community group will be meeting on Thursday to discuss the Jodi Dean’s Comrade.
If you’re stuck outside a venue and/or can’t find us, we now have a club phone! So please fire a message/WhatsApp to 087 005 4389 if you’re having trouble finding us okay? x
And guess what? New members are always welcome! In fact, your lovely little face appearing at our group will bring joy into the hearts of our lovely little organisers!
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
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
TUE 10 MAR 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
THU 12 MAR 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books
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Ciorcal Comhrá
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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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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Militarism + Neutrality
Tuesday 10 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Homonationalism
Core Readings:
- Jasbir Puar, Rethinking Homonationalism (2013), available at: https://jasbirkpuar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Puar_Rethinking-Homonationalism.pdf
- Irish Times, Life as a gay man in the Defence Forces: ‘A positive experience’ (29 October 2020), available at: https://archive.ph/53x4J
Further readings: (optional!)
- My Genderation, Trans Pilot: Ayla (16 August 2024), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA5ugaljpeE
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Film Club
Thursday 12 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Marrowbone Books, The Coombe, D8
Medium Cool (dir. Haskell Wexler, 1968)
Watch on YouTube!
John Cassellis is a television news cameraman. He and his sound recorder dispassionately film images of car accidents rather than help the victims. Cassellis is seemingly hardened to ethical and social issues; he is more concerned with his personal life and pursuing audience-grabbing stories. Yet once Cassellis finds out that his news station has been providing the stories and information gathered by the cameramen and news journalists to the FBI, he becomes enraged.
Suggested Reading
Paul Cronin, Interview with Haskell Wexler in The Sticking Place, available at: https://www.thestickingplace.com/medium-cool/
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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷