The Famine, the Land War & 19th Century Resistance- why is it not happening today

Alan Morkan
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:34:52 +0000
Capitalist crisis, Direct action, Land war, Republicanism, History, National, Magazine, Analysis

Over the past three years Ireland has witnessed unprecedented austerity. An aspect that has surprised many people has been the limited and at best sporadic resistance to what has been a savage cut in people’s standards of living. Politicians and the media have on many occasions relished the fact that resistance has been largely ineffectual and isolated, while many left wing activists have been left questioning why most people seem willing to take so much pain.