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The Laura Flanders Show

Tue, Apr 25, 2017   6:30 PM

IRELAND'S NEW RISING: AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT REVISITED

With the news around Brexit, we revisit an episode filmed last year in Ireland and reflect upon the Easter Rising of 1916. The question of Irish sovereignty still looms large. New challenges face the Irish in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and slashes to public spending in the North have ignited fresh waves of resistance. In this special report, Laura Flanders returns to Ireland, 30 years after first reporting for Pacifica on the so-called "Troubles". With photographer Paula Allen she takes a fresh look at Irish nationalism through the stories of socialists, anti-imperialists, anti-austerity activists and several generations of republicans. With Fintan O'Toole of The Irish Times, Sinn Fein TD Eoin O'Broin, Clare Daly TD, and more. Made possible by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting #pulitzercenter.

Message on May Day and The Laura Flanders Show:

We've been hard at work on some exciting projects in the spirit of May Day. As politics each day seems more polarized, powerful solidarities are at the same time being constructed. Join us in fostering these strands and engaging with the questions May Day asks of us all: What are the roots of our dispossession? What creative strategies can we employ towards liberatory ends? How can we build something better, together?

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