Radical politics generally, in a visual form, have been sadly neglected. Historyonline.ie, by announcing three videos and more to follow, is hoping to make a modest contribution towards redressing this imbalance. These videos will explore radical aspects of recent Irish History in both Ireland and Britain. The first video is a profile of political activist Anthony Coughlan covering his participation in public affairs from the early 1950s to the present, his activity in relation to civil rights in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and in opposition to European integration in the Republic from the 1970s to the 2000s. The second video traces the evolution of the Connolly Association in Britain under the leadership of the late C. Desmond Greaves (1913-1988) into an organisation which exerted significant political influence in both Ireland and Britain in relation to civil rights in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s and the contemporary movement against EU integration. |