Hello angels,
Ciorcal will be on tonight (and next Monday too!) and tomorrow Militarism & Neutrality will be chatting Tech Elites. The Capital group will be making its return next week for its second half of meetings, and Care & Community will be chatting about conflict! Busy, busy, but not too busy to be welcoming new pals into the mix! (Come along!!)
We have a few bits and pieces in the works and will have more news on that soon, and are also super excited to be working on our summer plans as well. It’s going to be good, comrades, it’s gonna be good.
P.S. One more week and the blessed stretch will mean that our meetings will be ending during daylight hours! Heaven!
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
Mon 23 Mar 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins
Tue 24 Mar 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
Mon 30 Mar 6PM – Ciorcal Comhrá @ Upstairs in Chaplins
Tue 31 Mar 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books
Thu 2 Apr 7PM – Care & Community @ FLUX
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Ciorcal Comhrá
Dé Luain 23ú Márta 2026 / 6in-7in //
Dé Luain 30ú 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, and ná bí buartha, you have enough Irish! x
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Militarism + Neutrality
Tuesday 24 March 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Tech Elites and SaaS (Security as a Service)
Core Reading:
- FT, Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities (7 December 2025), available at: https://www.ft.com/content/b127ee7a-5ac4-4730-a395-c9f9619615
- Town & Country, Inside the Secretive World of Elite Private Security (27 February 2025), available at: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a63664735/elite-private-security-executive-protection-explained
- Intelligent Protection international Limited, Combating Activists (1 December 2025), available at: https://www.intelligent-protection.co.uk/combating-activists.html
Optional readings and strange websites to explore:
- Military.com, Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won’t Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings (27 June 2025), available at: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/27/tech-executives-commissioned-senior-army-officers-wont-recuse-themselves-dod-business-dealings.html
- Website: Praxis – Reunite the West – the World’s first Digital Nation, available at: https://www.praxisnation.com/
- Website: Erinys South Africa, available at: https://www.erinys.net/
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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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Care & Community
Thursday 2nd April 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2
How do we deal with conflict?
Required reading:
Punch Up Collective, “Planning to be Good to Each Other” from Briarpatch Magazine. (2026) Available at: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/planning-to-be-good-to-each-other
Jo Freeman, “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” from The Women’s Liberation Movement. (1970) Available at: https://disruptnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-Tyranny-of-Structurelessness-Jo-Freeman.pdf
Nora Loreto, “Navigating Conflict in Activist Spaces” (2025). Available at: https://noraloreto.substack.com/p/navigating-conflict-in-activist-spaces
Further readings: (optional!)
Sarah Lamble, “Practising Everyday Abolition” from Abolitionist Futures. (2021) Written article and audio version option available at: https://abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/practising-everyday-abolition
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Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷