'This is Irish history seen anew, from below, bristling with
practical lessons for working-class struggle today' - Eamonn McCann
The 32 counties of Ireland were divided through imperial terror and
gerrymandering. Partition was borne from a Tory strategy to defend
the British Empire and has spawned a 'carnival of reaction' in
Irish politics ever since. Over the last 100 years, conservative
forces have dominated both states offering religious identity as a
diversion from economic failures and inequality. Through a sharp
analysis of the history of partition, Kieran Allen rejects the view
that the 'two cultures' of Catholic and Protestant communities lock
people into permanent antagonism. Instead, the sectarian states
have kept its citizens divided through political and economic
measures like austerity, competition for reduced services and low
wages. Overturning conventional narratives, 32 Counties evokes the
tradition of James Connolly and calls for an Irish unity movement
from below to unite the North and the Republic into a secular,
socialist and united Ireland.
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