Hello comrades,
Quick reminder that our Ciorcal will be taking place this evening from 6pm upstairs in Chaplins, and also that we are going to be holding meetings of our Militarism and Film groups this week as well!
We’ve been so delighted with the interest in our Capital group, which is now taking a short break with the upcoming bank holiday. The reading for the next session is included below, but if you missed the first few meetings, and would like to catch up on the reading before the 31st and come along, you are very welcome to! Just send an email by reply to this newsletter, and we will add you to the register.
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
P.S. New attendees are very very welcome! The more the merrier!
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
MON 9 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins
TUE 10 MAR 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
THU 12 MAR 7PM – Film Club @ Marrowbone Books
MON 16 MAR 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins
THU 19 MAR 7PM – Care & Community @ Flux Chatham St
TUE 31 MAR 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books
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Ciorcal Comhrá
Dé Luain 9ú 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 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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Care & Community
Thursday 19th March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2
Community Knowledge
Required reading:
Laurence Cox, “How do we think in movements? Learning, knowledge and struggle” from Handbook of Sociology for Social Justice. (2024) Available at: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19193/1/How%20do%20we%20think%20in%20movements%20pre-proof.pdf
Alan Sears, “Creating and Sustaining Communities of Struggle: Infrastructures of Dissent” from New Socialist. (2005) Available at: https://equitableeducation.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/alan-sears-infrastructure-of-dissent.pdf
Danesha N. Winfrey, “Popular and Non-Formal Education in Guatemala and Guinea-Bissau: The Legacies of Freire and Cabral” from the Commision for Adult Education. (2018) Available at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED597515.pdf
Further readings: (optional!)
Alan Sears & Anthony Youssef, “Histories, Erosions and Futures: On the Infrastructures of Dissent, A Conversation between Alan Sears & Anthony Youssef” from Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. (2023) Available at: https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Histories-Erosions-and-Futures_Pages.pdf
Dr Antonia McManus & Dr Thomas Kevin Walsh, “Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – Episode 1 – Learning in All Weathers” [Podcast] (2023) Available at: https://listenagain.org/?p=47913
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Capital, Volume 1
Tuesday 31 March 2026 / 7pm-8.30pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Our Capital group is taking a short break due to the bank holiday but will be back again on the 31st. If you had been coming, or had wanted to come, you’re definitely welcome to take advantage of this break to catch up on the reading and come to our next meeting!
If you’d like to do this, please send an email by reply and we can add you to our Capital mailing list.
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…
Session Four
Required reading:
- Chapters 7, 8, 9 of Capital
- + corresponding Harvey chapter – “The Labor Process and the Production of Surplus-Value”
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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷