James Connolly Festival 2026

Get your 🎟️ for this year's James Connolly Festival. Events are taking place throughout the week, from May 6th - 11th. Full info & booking 👇 eventbrite.ie/cc/james-conno…

'Breaking Dependency: Irelands Struggle for Class Power & Sovereignty' with Eoghan O'Neill The road from dependency to sovereignty is neither automatic nor inevitable.  It must be fought for, organised, defended and ultimately owned by the working class eventbrite.ie/e/book-launch-…

Today. 🗣️ James Connolly Commemoration 🗓️ Sunday, May 11 🕒 3pm Today we hold the annual James Connolly Commemoration at Arbour Hill from 3pm. It will be followed by drinks and a fundraiser in aid of Cuba 🇨🇺 in the @CobblestoneDub All welcome ✊

Action packed penultimate day at @ConnollyFest 🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️ 11am - Walking Tour Sold Out ✖️ 1pm Poetry TICKETS AVAILABLE ✅ 4PM Lecture LOW TICKET WARNING ⚠️ 9.30PM Gig TICKET WARNING ⚠️ Art Exhibition video game open all day via @ConnollyBooks eventbrite.com/cc/james-conno…

2/2 Dr Kristen Ghodsee, author of ‘Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism’, Red Valkyries’ and ‘Everyday Utopia’. Dr Ghodsee is Professor and Chair of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Book signing afterwards 📚

1/2 Tonight at @The_New_Theatre - Kristen Ghodsee in conversation on 'Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism' Unregulated capitalism is bad for women. Socialism leads to economic independence, better labour conditions, better work/family balance andyes, even better sex

Tonight we host Carlos Martinez, author of a number of books on China, and its unprecedented rise in the last number of decades. Carlos is a founder of 'Friends of Socialist China' We kick off at 7pm in The New Theatre, all welcome 🙌 connollyfestival.com

1/e Exhibition & video game open til 6pm or so. First event of this year's James Connolly Festival tonight at 7pm in the @The_New_Theatre jamesconnollyfestival.com

⏳ N E A R L Y THERE ⏳ Connolly Fest kicks off tomorrow ✊ Tickets can be booked in advance or just arrive on day 🙌 jamesconnollyfestival.com

Thanks to all who joined us for the launch🙌 Art exhibition & video game accessible all week, Tues-Sat, 12-6pm. Entrance via Connolly Books. Drop in ✊ For full information and booking 👇 jamesconnollyfestival.com 🙌🇮🇪🇵🇸

Tonight from 6pm upstairs in Connolly Books . All welcome 🤗 jamesconnollyfestival.com

🎬 FILM SCREENING 📌 The New Theatre 🗓️ Friday, May 8th ⏰ 7.30pm Isrealism examines how a new generation of American Jews, raised to love Israel, are confronting the reality of it's treatment of Palestinians & their relationship with country & identuty eventbrite.ie/e/isrealism-ti…

James Connolly Festival 2025 Full schedule & tickets available now eventbrite.ie/cc/james-conno…

Neutrality has become central to the struggle between those forces who want a united, sovereign, socialist Republic & the political heirs to Redmondism, north and south, who want greater integration with US, British and EU imperialism Book now eventbrite.ie/e/neutrality-p…

This years Memorial lecture will be presented by Harun Šiljak as he reflects upon revolutionary 1848 before looking at the present through the example of two major struggles the Irish working class has been alienated from: environment & sovereignty. eventbrite.ie/e/james-connol…

Unregulated capitalism is bad for women. Socialism leads to economic independence, better labour conditions, better work/family balance and, yes, even better sex. Dr Kirsten Ghodsee, author of ‘Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism joins us Book now eventbrite.ie/e/why-women-ha…

4/4 China has achieved this unprecedented development in less than a century, yet these achievements are frequently misinterpreted or distorted.

3/4 Today’s China is at the forefront of the world economy, it has eliminated absolute poverty and is leading the world in tackling climate change, and the development of new, high quality productive forces, essentially conforming to the fifth industrial revolution.

1/4 On Wed 7th we’ll hear a lecture on Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century, by Carlos Martinez. Author of ‘The East Is Still Red’ & People’s Republic of China at 75: The Flag Stays Red, Carlos is the co-editor of Friends of Socialist China Book now 👇 eventbrite.ie/e/chinese-soci…