7.30pm, Thursday 28 May
The Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road (Kings Cross)

93 years ago, Irish Republican and socialist revolutionaries organised an uprising against British imperialism, the Easter Rising. Though it preceded the struggle which eventually freed most of Ireland from British rule, at the time it won little popular support and was crushed easily. So was the Rising justified?

YES: Sean Matgamna, Workers' Liberty
NO: Ruth Dudley Edwards, historian and author

We will also discuss what the history can tell us about the politics
of Ireland and Northern Ireland today.

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