Hello chickies,
This week our wonderful CATU collaboration wrapped up – huge huge thank to the CATU gang who we worked on with this and also to all of those who came along over the four weeks!
Next week Militarism & Neutrality will be looking at Education & Militarisation, reading below!
And very very very excitingly (!!) we are going to be teaming up with Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan and Bohs Climate Coop for a one-off seminar on imperialism. It’ll be taking place in The Spark in Baile Phib next month, and more information, including the link to book, are included below. The line-up is an absolute banger and we’re so delighted to be a part of it xx
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
Tue 27 October 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books
Thu 5 November 6.30PM – Care & Community @ Flux Studios
Thu 19 November 6.30PM – Introducing Imperialism @ The Spark
Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷
Militarism & Neutrality
Tuesday 27 October 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, East St E, Dublin 2
Education & Militarisation
Core reading:
- Henry A. Giroux, Higher Education Must Not Become a Research Arm of Militarized Power (8 June 2026), available at: https://truthout.org/articles/higher-education-must-not-become-a-research-arm-of-militarized-power/
- The Phoenix, Profile: Ben Tonra (15 January 2026), available at: https://saintsandscholars.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PROFILE_-BEN-TONRA-The-Phoenix-Magazine.pdf
- Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan, The Neutrality Roadshow: Popular Political Education against Militarisation (31 July 2025), available at: https://www.rundale.org/2025/07/31/the-neutrality-roadshow-popular-political-education-against-militarisation/
Further reading:
- Irish Times, Global wave of militarism a ‘species failure’, Higgins tells INTO conference (8 April 2026), available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/04/08/global-wave-of-militarism-a-species-failure-higgins-tells-into-conference/
- SETU, SETU leads Ireland’s most ambitious €1m transformation of Defence Forces training and education (11 December 2025), available at: https://www.setu.ie/news/setu-leads-irelands-most-ambitious-1m-transformation-of-defence-forces-training-and-education
- UK Ministry of Defence, Apply to become a founding member of the Defence Universities Alliance (20 April 2026), available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-to-become-a-founding-member-of-the-defence-universities-alliance
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Introducing Imperialism with Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan
Thu 19 November 2026 / 6.30pm-8.30pm //
The Spark, Phibsboro Shopping Centre, D7
How to book: Tickets are free and can be booked through the Bohs Climate Coop. Places are limited so get your tickets asap! Tickets @ https://events.humanitix.com/scoil-boiheamach-autumn-and-win…
You hate imperialism? Us too! And guess what? We think you’re going to love our seminar on “Introducing Imperialism”!
Over two hours, we will be looking at imperialism through a Marxist lens, touching on topics like [insert themes for standalone seminar] (Yes, you’ll be reading a little bit of Lenin! 😎)
The reading will have an international focus and we think it will serve as a great foundation for people who have been wanting to learn that bit more about imperialism but haven’t quite known where to start.
You’ll be saying things like ‘super exploitation’ and ‘core-periphery’ in smoking areas before you know it! It’s! Gonna! Be! Good!