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    The William Thompson Forum is a series of talks and discussions on urgent questions of societal relevance in Ireland and overseas.

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    WILLIAM THOMPSON FORUM

    The Cork-based philosopher, politician and social reformer William Thompson (1775–1833) was a progressive thinker and a champion of equality, women’s rights, vegetarianism, trade unionism and the cooperative movement. Over the course of his career, he evolved from an advocate of utilitarianism to a pioneering critic of capitalism, and influenced the writings of Karl Marx. James Connolly, a key Irish republican, trade union leader and cofounder of the Labour Party, named him the first Irish socialist.

    The William Thompson Forum, initiated and developed by SIRIUS, is a series of talks and discussions, celebrating and informed by Thompson’s ideas and legacy. It covers urgent questions of social relevance in Ireland and overseas: inequality, racism, the housing crisis, the politics of care, colonial narratives, civic action. Speakers include scholars, activists, community organisers and arts professionals. Each contributor gives a thirty-minute presentation on a given topic informed by their research and practice, followed by a thirty-minute Q&A moderated by a member of SIRIUS staff.

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    Free; registration via Eventbrite. A Zoom link to your selected event will be sent to you in the ticket order email confirmation. These Zoom access details will also work for all other events in the programme.

    Conor McCabe

    Equality, Community and the Problem of Irish Finance: Challenges, Blockages, Solutions

    Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 19.00–20.00, Zoom

    Finance in Ireland has a complicated relationship with the state. This talk examines the resulting inequalities and lack of social investment in communities across the country, and explores environmental and feminist economic strategies for a more progressive and democratic financial system.

    Conor McCabe is a researcher and collaborator with political, trade union and community groups. His books include Sins of the Father: The Decisions That Shaped the Irish Economy (2013) and Money (2018).

    Ronit Lentin

    “It was not a question of race, the Gardaí were only doing their job”: Race, Racism and Denial in Ireland

    Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 19.00–20.00, Zoom

    Soon after armed Gardaí killed George Nkencho on 30 December 2020, it became clear that many lies were being told.In the face of claims that “it was not a question of race, the Gardaí were only doing their job,” and despite the exploitation of the killing by the far right, the many lies make clear that race was a central factor in Nkencho’s death. This talk unpacks misconceptions about race and racism both theoretically and politically. It argues that denying the centrality of race and state racism in Ireland perpetuates a broader denial that race is central to Irish social relations, and uses the example of the Direct Provision scheme to assert that Ireland follows a regime of race despite the Irish people’s own colonised and racialised past – or perhaps because of it.

    Ronit Lentin is a retired Associate Professor of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin. Her books include Traces of Racial Exception: Racializing Israeli Settler Colonialism (2018); Enforced Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine and the Criticism of Israel (with David Landy and Conor McCarthy, 2020); and Disavowing Asylum: Documenting Ireland’s Asylum Industrial Complex (with Vukašin Nedeljković, forthcoming 2021).

    Stephen Howe

    Empires and Socialisms in Irish History and Future

    Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 19.00–20.00, Zoom

    Irish socialists have always had a complex relationship with the idea of empire. Within the British Imperial system, Irish people were, at different times and places, either the colonisers or the colonised. Attitudes to empire are always intertwined with questions and conflicts over national identity: in some eyes, modern conflict in Northern Ireland is viewed as an anti-colonial struggle, while others see the contemporary Republic as a postcolonial or neocolonial entity. This talk attempts a broad, and admittedly opinionated, survey of these historical debates and their legacies for the political present and future.

    Stephen Howe is a Senior Research Fellow in History, University of Bristol and a Senior Research Associate at Nuffield College, Oxford University. His books include Anticolonialism in British Politics: The Left and the End of Empire 1918–1964 (1993); Afrocentrism: Mythical Pasts and Imagined Homes (1998); Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture (2000); and Empire: A Very Short Introduction (2002).

    Eve Olney

    The Living Commons: Reconfiguring the Social for Unknown Futures

    Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 19.00–20.00, Zoom

    The Living Commons is a holistic, social and ecological living, working and learning scheme in Cork city with a focus on aiding the economic and culturally disadvantaged. It is informed by Murray Bookchin’s concept of communalism/libertarian municipalism; Cornelius Castoriadis’s ‘project of autonomy’ as an alternative ‘social imaginary’; and Silvia Federici’s challenges to the patriarchy. This talk explores the project’s conceptual framework, past and current developments, and objectives around social change.

    Eve Olney is an artist, activist, educator and researcher. Her latest essays can be found in Passepartout’s issue 40, ‘New Infrastructures’ (2021) and the book Enlightenment and Ecology: The Legacy of Murray Bookchin in the 21st Century (2021).

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