A chairde,
Our Militarism & Neutrality group will be meeting tomorrow in Connolly Books to chat about Sports & Militarism, and our Capital Vol 1 group will be meeting in the same spot tomorrow week for their next discussion. Readings for both are included below.
Also we are giddy goats about our upcoming banner-making workshops, more info also also below!!
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
Tue 2 June 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
Tue 9 June 7PM – Capital Vol. 1 @ Connolly Books
Sat 20 June 11AM – Our first banner-making workshop!
Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷
Militarism & Neutrality
Tuesday 2 June 2026 / 7pm-8.30pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Sports & Militarism
Core readings:
- John Kelly, A Critical Discourse Analysis of Military-Related Remembrance Rhetoric in UK Sport: Communicating Consent for British Militarism (11 November 2020), available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167479520971776
- Al Jazeera English, How the US military took over American football (10 February 2026), available at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X9KOyRlyQlM
- National Army Museum, The Army’s Impact on Sport, available at: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/british-army-and-evolution-sport
Further reading:
- Jacobin, Sócrates Showed Us the Best Way to Bring Politics Into Sports (19 February 2026), available at: https://jacobin.com/2026/02/socrates-football-world-cup-politics
- Tifo Football, Sócrates & Democracia Corinthiana (6 April 2020), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NLME8esE9w
- Truthdig, The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism (20 August 2018), available at: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-militarization-of-sports-and-the-redefinition-of-patriotism/
- Propaghandi, Dear Coach’s Corner (15 April 2015), available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xva-cdBi8E
Capital, Volume 1
Tuesday 9 June 2026 / 7pm-8.30pm //
Connolly Books, 43 Essex St E, Temple Bar, D2
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DRcwO6jmanINyAjSFF9S…
Required reading:
- Chapters 16-24, and corresponding Harvey chapter (From Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value to the Accumulation of Capital)
Banner-Making Workshops
Pre-registration is necessary to attend these workshops. The banner will be created over the full three sessions, so we ask people to please confirm you will be available for all three sessions.
Link to sign-up is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eFpOFOe6VFLy5wH-xiC8hE0VPf2_ZFq7wV3pGilhrzM/edit
Details of Workshops
What: We will work together to design and create a banner to display at occasions, celebrations, and demonstrations. Áine will provide materials and will help us execute our ideas. Everyone is welcome and there’s no need for any sort of artistic experience to sign up for these workshops. Just bring your creativity!
When: The workshops will take place across three dates in June and July 2026.
- Saturday 20 June from 11am-1pm
- Saturday 11 July from 11am-1pm
- Saturday 25 July from 11am-1pm
Where: Fire Station Artists Studios, Lower Buckingham Street, Dublin 1
Information about Áine Phillips
Áine is an artist and community organiser based in Galway. Her work explores themes of feminism and social justice. She holds a PhD in performance art practice from NCAD and is the editor of ‘Performance Art in Ireland: A History’ (2015).
Áine was part of the Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment and helped create many of the iconic banners which were displayed at marches and organising events during the repeal campaign. She regularly holds banner making workshops with community groups around Ireland, including her recent ‘Reflections’ project with the women of Dún Emer Eastside Collective who created a banner commemorating the Irish women of 1923-1925 as part of the Decade of Centenaries.
Áine’s banners have been collected by the National Museum of Ireland and Galway Museum.