Jim Slaven

noun, verb, noun, verb. “That preposterous biography” - James Connolly

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A personal reflection on working class politics in Edinburgh, diasporic memory, commemorations & 40 years of James Connolly.

https://t.co/svyTw8YaCd

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👉 https://t.co/6kDHJ2cDjd

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“Can’t get caught with your feet up, got to keep your heat up.”

Connolly Book Club video update on Connolly & Edinburgh on the eve of his birthday.
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“The great hero is still
sitting on the chair,
fighting the battle in the Post Office
and cleaning streets in Edinburgh.”
- Sorley MacLean.

Tomorrow.

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@MarkRevaz @ConnollySociety No idea. But perhaps a rehearsed reading in Edinburgh before that.

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@MarkNesbitt1888 GRMA comrade

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A lot has changed in 40 years.
But we’re still celebrating #JamesConnolly.

In the city of his birth, on his birthday, at his birthplace.

Including wreath laying ceremony plus great speakers & musicians highlighting international solidarity & working class struggles at home.

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@AmericanWork47 @ConnollySociety @David_Jamieson7 @stwscotland @unisontheunion @gerrymulvenna @STWuk @unisonscot @UNISONOurNHS @SIPTU @ScottishTUC @ConterScot @ScotNational @labornotes @Unite_Community @RMTedinburgh Yes! Let’s do it comrade.

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With @David_Jamieson7 speaking for @stwscotland and Tracy Miller from @UNISONOurNHS Lothian Branch.

Live music from Kevin Gore, Allan Hunter & @gerrymulvenna.

Wreaths and banners welcome.

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This event is organised inclusively by Connolly’s home community and hosted by @ConnollySociety.

It is an independent event open to all who want to celebrate Connolly’s life & work.

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@TiocfaidhArLa66 😂
Narcissistic sociopaths forget we have memories and Google!

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"It’s my manor!"
"Not any more Harold, they're taking it away from you."

One of the great movie endings. Without a word Hoskins conveys shock, anger, denial, negotiation, depression then acceptance.

Have a better one than Harold.

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@David_Jamieson7 @EdinburghDetour Let’s do it 👍

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@MaleyWilly Great article Willy. Sending solidarity.

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@MaryKenny4 @ConnollySociety I’ve always seen it described as Yiddish. (See here for example: https://t.co/U3EUpqHWCv)

I’m sure @fallon_donal has written about it before. Also describing it as Yiddish?
I don’t speak Yiddish or Hebrew so happy to stand corrected.

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@MATrasciatti Thank you.

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@markthannah @EdinburghDetour 🙏

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@SamBuntz I recently reread Plough and found myself more sympathetic to it than I was when I was younger.
I’m rereading O’Casey and Shaw looking for dialogues with James Connolly. Who they both knew of course.

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@SamBuntz I read The Iceman Cometh regularly. Seems more powerful to me the older I get.
Streetcar is excellent.

The Irish born ones you mentioned are all great.
Also I never used to like O’Casey. But rereading his plays at moment & they’re much better then I thought.

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@Donna__McLean Yes, preparation is the key!
And a hat!

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@MoMarathons @molloy1916 @EdinburghDetour @ConnollySociety @HibernianFC @EdiHelpingHands @georgegalloway @IrvineWelsh @History_online @IrishEcho @AllHailToThePod @HandsOnHibs @theirishstory I’ve not. Would be great to chat to them.
Follow me back and I’ll DM my email.