Podcast appearances and mentions of Roger Casement

Irish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet

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Latest podcast episodes about Roger Casement

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
Exile On Main Street: Rosie Schaap the New Yorker who found happiness in an Antrim village

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 46:15


Rosie Schaap grew up leading the archetypal New Yorker lifestyle. Her mother was impossibly glamorous and her father was a sportswriter who befriended a young boxer on the way to the Rome Olympics and stayed friends with him all his life. That boxer was Muhammad Ali. Among Rosie's most cherished possessions is a picture taken by the legendary photographer Carl Fischer with Ali in a safari suit tenderly looking down at her. The picture is now in her Antrim home. On Free State today Rosie Schaap tells the story of how a New York girl ended up in Glenarm following the death of her first husband from a rare form of cancer. Rosie was just 39. She talks about how she found in Ireland a way of talking about death she hadn't experienced in New York. She explains how a fascination with Roger Casement led her to Antrim and then to Glenarm where she made a new life and found love again. Rosie also provides some startling revelations about Joe's Harry Potter life at St Pat's Armagh.Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The David McWilliams Podcast
Casement, Congo & the Comeback of Empire: Is Trump Reviving Imperialism?

The David McWilliams Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 33:38


Neo-imperialism is marching, loud and proud, straight into the heart of global politics. Between Trump's quiet dealmaking in Riyadh, to his open musings about annexing Canada, the last few weeks have shattered the illusion that the age of empire is behind us. The world order of the last 70 years is crumbling, replaced by raw, transactional power. Trump and Putin are set to carve up Ukraine, billionaires are circling mineral-rich territories like vultures, and Washington's foreign policy has been reduced to a simple equation: If you have resources, we'll take them. This episode draws an eerie parallel between Trump's tactics and one of the most brutal imperial heists in history; King Leopold's reign of terror in the Belgian Congo. Just as European powers once justified plunder with the rhetoric of “civilization,” today's resource grabs are wrapped in the language of “economic deals.” And at the heart of exposing that brutality was Roger Casement, a man who paid with his life for revealing the truth. Join the gang! https://plus.acast.com/s/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rest Is History
540. Horror in the Congo: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 3)

The Rest Is History

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 66:05


Exposing the dark pit of human suffering, cruelty and corruption that had long been secretly festering in King Leopold's Congo, would reveal one of the greatest abuses of human rights in all history, and instigate a human rights campaign that would change the world. Having established it as what was essentially his own private colonial fiefdom in 1885, Leopold had grown rich off the vast quantities of rubber and ivory that his congolese labourers reaped and transported in unimaginably brutal conditions. The man to finally discover the horrendous scheme, and Leopold's personal corruption, was Edmund Dene Morel, a young shipping clerk who noticed something deeply suspicious about the exports being sent back to the Congo from Belgium. With the backing of a wealthy tycoon, and in tandem with extraordinary individuals such as the magnetic Roger Casement who had personally experienced the horrors of the Congo, Stanley would for the next decade and more of his life embark upon an excoriating attack on Leopold and his regime. He interviewed countless first hand witnesses, published an outpouring of articles detailing the truth of what was going on, spoke convincingly at public gatherings, and set up an influential organisation, all of which served to attract much popular support and attention to the campaign. Soon, the question of the Congo had become an international political affair. But would it be enough to quell the horrific treatment of the Congolese people and discredit Leopold once and for all? Join Dominic and Tom as they describe the discovery, expose, and excoriation of King Leopold's appalling human rights abuses in the Congo, resulting in one of the most important human rights campaigns of all time. Did it succeed? And, with some of Europe's major colonial powers clamouring to condemn Leopold, what were the long term implications for European imperialism overall? _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett + Aaliyah Akude Editor: Jack Meek Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia
551: Following in the footsteps of Roger Casement in Colombia

Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 70:00


Brendan Corrigan has had multiple jobs in his time in Colombia (dating back to 2011), and his most constant has been that of a contributing writer of acerbic observations for the El Tiempo national newspaper, with an office job in marketing thrown in for good measure and some forays into the acting world by way of a telenovela (soap opera) appearance here and there. However, there's been an ever present itch and it has been his desire to get out into the wilds of Colombia to see and experience some of the ground covered by "the forefather of human rights," Irishman Roger Casement. Aside: Who was Roger Casement? Roger Casement was commissioned to undertake a report on the reported abuse of workers in the rubber industry in the Putumayo basin in Peru. The report was published as a parliamentary paper (1911) and had considerable impact, gaining Casement international recognition as a humanitarian, his contribution being acknowledged with a knighthood. Anyhow, Brendan being an Irishman in Colombia has felt the strong urge to pursue some of the history surrounding his countryman and this led him to travel to La Chorrera in the department of Amazonas in Colombia where Casement had worked. We hear his tales from the road in Bogota, San José del Guaviare and la Chorrera. The Colombia Briefing is reported by Emily Hart. 

The BelTel
What Dublin's secret files reveal about NI, Trimble, Bruton, JFK and Casement

The BelTel

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 31:15


Unionists fiercely resist calls for a border poll for on a United Ireland, but that was not always the case. David Trimble campaigned for a poll in 2002 – secret files reveal he was dismissed. Newly released Dublin files reveal former taoiseach John Bruton was suspicious not only of Sinn Féin and the SDLP, but even his own Department of Foreign Affairs. Other files reveal a young John F Kennedy was happy enough with partition of Ireland and how Roger Casement was a source of controversy long after his execution. Ralph Reigel from the Irish Independent joins Ciarán Dunbar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dublin Festival of History Podcast
Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement

Dublin Festival of History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 46:11


Welcome to the Dublin Festival of History podcast, brought to you by Dublin City Council.In this episode, from the Dublin Festival of History 2024, author Roland Phillips discusses his book Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement, chronicling the life and legacy of the British diplomat and Irish rebel executed for high treason. This conversation was chaired by author, researcher and lecturer Paraic Kerrigan.This episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 28th September 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grandes Maricas de la Historia
T05E03: Roger Casement (1864-1916), diplomático, explorador, defensor de los derechos humanos y nacionalista irlandés

Grandes Maricas de la Historia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 41:13


Roger Casement lo tenía todo, y no me refiero a lo guapísimo que era el hombre, sino a que era un diplomático al servicio de Inglaterra pero en contra de esta cuando se convirtió en nacionalista irlandés, y ademas fue uno de los primeros activistas por los derechos humanos en África y en Latinoamérica, inspirando a genios como Conan Doyle o Mark Twain, y también era homosexual, y eso es lo que acabó con su reputación intachable; eso y que le condenaron a muerte por alta traición los ingleses... en fin, un superpersonaje. Las músicas de este episodio, aquí: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ATDiIumKYlBryeAJrpM1t?si=d2b421890d6d43ea

RTÉ - The History Show
Full Show Podcast - 29th September 2024

RTÉ - The History Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 63:15


The story of Wexford-born communist May O'Callaghan; and The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement.

RTÉ - The History Show
Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement

RTÉ - The History Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 35:44


Myles is joined by Roland Philipps, author of a new biography of Roger Casement.

Galway Bay Fm - Galway Talks - with Keith Finnegan
Galway Talks with John Morley 10am-11am Wednesday August 21st

Galway Bay Fm - Galway Talks - with Keith Finnegan

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 42:36


On today's show:  10am-11am New Zealand Rose Keely O'Grady chosen as the 2024 Rose of Tralee Galway cllr reacts as Isle of Man business brings in ‘Seagull insurance' charge Galway Researchers continue Roger Casement's work supporting Amazonian people ‘Galway Talks with John Morley' broadcasts every weekday morning from 9am on Galway Bay FM.

El Club de Lectura
¿Por qué hay que leer la Vorágine y cuál es su importancia?

El Club de Lectura

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 51:07


Invitados: Vicente Pérez Silva, historiador colombiano y autor de los libros “Las raíces históricas de “La Vorágine” y “José Eustasio Rivera polemista”Alberto Chirif, antropólogo peruano y autor del libro “Después del caucho” y prologuista del libro “El libro azul británico: Informes de Roger Casement y otras cartas sobre las atrocidades en el Putumayo”Leopoldo Bernucci, profesor en la Cátedra Russel F. y Jean H. Fiddyment de Estudios Latinoamericanos en la Universidad de California y autor del libro “Un paraíso sospechoso: La Vorágine de Jose Eustasio Rivera: Novela e historiaY NO SE LE OLVIDE, QUE CUANDO UNO LEE UN LIBRO NO VUELVE A SER EL MISMO

Comedians Talking History
John Meagher ~ Roger Casement: The Irish Indiana Jones

Comedians Talking History

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 76:53


John Meagher becomes our first return guest! Another awesome pick by John as we chat about the amazing Roger Casement. A man known as the Irish Indiana Jones, who bravely challeneged the evils of his time.Recieve suggetions from Khalid for books, articles, films and more related to each episode as it's released. This is a totally free extra for people who want to know more.https://mailchi.mp/330e96968d21/comedians-talking-history-weekly-extrasComedians Talking Historyhttps://www.instagram.com/comedianstalkinghistory/   Khalid Winterhttps://www.instagram.com/khalidwinter/

Highlights from Talking History
Best of May Books

Highlights from Talking History

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 52:47


In this episode, we're telling the story of Ireland through its records with Orlaith McBride, Director of the National Archives of Ireland; we'll also find out about the life and legacy of Roger Casement, with Roland Philipps, author of Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement; we'll discuss the formation of the RNLI 200 years ago and its key early personnel with Helen Doe, historian and author of ‘One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History'; and we'll analyse the Anglo-French War of the late 13th century with David Pilling, historian and author of Edward Longshanks' Forgotten Conflict - The Anglo-French War 1294-1303.

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
Roger Casement Part 2. The Mission.

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 39:43


Roger Casement's executioner described him as ‘the bravest man it fell to my unhappy lot to execute'. In part 2 of a special Free State on Casement, his biographer Roland Philipps explains the doomed and heroic final act of Casement's life when he was driven by an obsessive desire for Irish freedom. He talks to Dion and Joe about the love affair which helped to condemn an impractical romantic. If Roger Casement's life had ended after he had exposed the barbarity in the Congo, he would have been hailed as one of history's great humanitarians. But his final years were taken up with the cause closest to his heart: Irish freedomFree State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/To get in touch with the podcast: info@freestatepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
Roger Casement And The Temple Of Doom Part 1

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 34:31


When Roger Casement was hanged in Pentonville Prison in 1916, he died an Irish hero and a traitor to the British Empire.On Banna Strand in 2016, President Higgins described Casement as “not just a great Irish patriot, he was also one of the great humanitarians of the early 20th century”.On Free State today, Joe and Dion look at the many lives of a man who so impressed a tribe of cannibals with his courage that they didn't eat him. Casement's lives were varied, and some of them were secret, but he also, as President Higgins said, exposed “the darkness that lay at the heart of European imperialism”. His biographer Roland Philipps joins Joe and Dion to talk about this modern story. A story of a man who exposed the rotten heart of empire. It was a life that changed Ireland and the world. Nobody will ever live a life like Roger Casement's again.Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/To get in touch with the podcast: info@freestatepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A History of England
190. Man of the moment

A History of England

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 14:58


On Easter Monday in 1916, a group of armed Irish republicans took over the main post office in Dublin and several other public buildings. They had little enough popular support, and the British authorities were able to put down the uprising quickly, using Irish troops. Then, however, the military organised a court martial for fifteen surviving leaders and executed them, including a remarkable man, James Connolly, who was so badly injured he couldn't even stand to face the firing squad and had to be shot strapped to a chair. Those executions, followed by that of Roger Casement in August, only served to enhance the status of Sinn Fein, the Irish republican movement, wrongly believed by many to have been behind the uprising. As is not at all uncommon, brutal repression only enhanced the status of the insurgents. Asquith's government did try to take action to improve the situation in Ireland. It sent in the man of the moment, David Lloyd George, whose performance in government was constantly strengthening his reputation as an effective politician, if not a particularly trustworthy one. He failed in Ireland, but continued to strengthen his reputation. That turned into a major problem for Asquith, whose own standing was being rapidly undermined by the perception that he was indecisive and, above all, by the disaster of the Battle of the Somme, casting doubts on his capacity to manage the war. In the end, that left him hopelessly vulnerable to attack. Lloyd George joined forces with twos Conservatives, the party leader Bonar Law, and the leader of the Ulster Protestants Edward Carson. They proved too much for Asquith to resist. Eventually, he felt forced to resign, and Lloyd George achieved the height of his ambition, by becoming Prime Minister himself. Illustration: James Connolly, Irish Republican, Socialist and Trade Unionist, put to death by firing squad by the British Army in Dublin when he was too badly injured even to stand. www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/ Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

Kerry Today
Flooding Results in Venue Change for Roger Casement Gathering – March 28th, 2024

Kerry Today

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024


Tomorrow’s Good Friday Roger Casement Gathering has had to be moved to the Banna Strand Casement Memorial because of flooding in the McKenna Fort area. Brian Caball is PRO for the event which is organised by Tionól Mhic Easmainn and Conradh na Gaeilge.

Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Casement | Starvation in Gaza

Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 13:35


CasementI have spent many enjoyable afternoons in Casement Park watching countless football and hurling games and playing in some of them. I have lost count of my man of the match triumphs. Especially for St. Marys or Belfast Schools in hurling. Or on Sports Days. In the past the stand and terraces or raised mounds around the pitch provided a wonderful view of the contests. Some games attracted a few hundred spectators while others were watched by enthralled thousands. Casement Park was opened in June 1953 and was named after Roger Casement. He was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916 who was hanged in London by the British in August that year. The people of Belfast, but especially the west of the City, raised over one hundred thousand pounds to construct Casement Park.StarvationThere is now overwhelming evidence that the Israeli state has added a new weapon to its arsenal of genocide against the Palestinian people – hunger. The video and photographic images of starving children and desperate parents searching for food and water are heart rending. The UN says some 2.3 million people in Gaza are now on the brink of starvation.

Blooms & Barnacles
FROM THE FATHERS

Blooms & Barnacles

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 42:44


Featuring a surprise historical cameo!Topics in this episode include our final example of Aristotelian rhetoric, the only passage of Ulysses recorded by James Joyce, the battle of wits between Mr. Justice Fitzgibbon and John F. Taylor, misperceptions about Taylor's oratory, the Gaelic Revival, Dreamy Jimmy, ferial tone, a Moses for Ireland, MacHugh can't catch a break, the analogy of the Irish and the biblical Israelites, The Shade of Parnell, Irish Orientalism, antisemitism in the Irish Nationalist movement of the early 20th century, The Language of the Outlaw and Roger Casement, Joyce's punch-up of Taylor's speech, and reading Ulysses backwards.Support us on Patreon to access episodes early, bonus content, and a video version of our podcast.On the Blog:The Language of the Outlaw: John F. Taylor's Speech in "Aeolus"Blooms & Barnacles Social Media:Facebook | Twitter | InstagramSubscribe to Blooms & Barnacles:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube 

The East is a Podcast
The legendary life of Roger Casement w/ Chris Beausang

The East is a Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 70:37


Friend of the podcast Chris Beausang (@ilchinealach) returns to the show to explore the life and legacy of Roger Casement. Subscribe to Chris' fantastic podcast, Politics and Letters Check out his earlier episodes on the podcast James Connolly and Irish anticolonial resistance (Pt.1)  The Troubles and the Irish Question (Pt.1)   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast    

RTÉ - Barrscéalta
An Staraí Brian Lacey, Dún Lúiche.

RTÉ - Barrscéalta

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 9:03


Beidh an ócáid Cosán Casement ag tarlú i gCloich Cheann Fhaola Dé Domhnaigh mar pháirt den Fhéile Bród na Gaeltachta. Cuireann Brian síos ar an ceangal a bhí ag Roger Casement leis an cheantar seo.

Dig: A History Podcast
Irish Hero, Queer Traitor, Gay Icon: Roger Casement Over Time

Dig: A History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 81:46


Five Cs of History. Change Over Time #1 of 4. Roger Casement has been a subject of fascination - and controversy - for over a century. During his lifetime, he was an internationally-recognized champion for human rights, and was instrumental in exposing the horrors surrounding the rubber industry in the Belgian Congo and Peruvian Putumayo. Significantly, he spent his life striving to do more than just expose the injustices of the Congo and Putumayo - he built a network of activists and leaders willing to intercede, push for reform, and demand change for the indigenous peoples who suffered under European occupation. After years working within the British Empire, he was radicalized in his Irish nationalist beliefs, and spent the last two years of his life working to fight for Ireland's independence from Britain. After his execution, some held on to the memory of him as a humanitarian hero, others claimed he was another martyr of the Irish nationalist cause, and still others distanced themselves from his evident homosexuality. The question of his sexuality determined whether or not he could be counted among the ‘real' Irish heroes. Find the transcript and show notes at www.digpodcast.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast
Roger Casement - The Hung Revolutionary (Part 2)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 52:36


This week we finished the story of Roger Casement, the last of the 1916 leaders to be executed. Our live show is in Dublin next week on the 25th of May, the last few tickets (and the rest of our links) are all here -> STH

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast
Roger Casement - The Hung Revolutionary (Part 2)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 52:36


This week we finished the story of Roger Casement, the last of the 1916 leaders to be executed. Our live show is in Dublin next week on the 25th of May, the last few tickets (and the rest of our links) are all here -> STHThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5645402/advertisement

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast
Roger Casement - The James Bond of the Congo (Part 1)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 75:59


Hello! This week Kevin started telling Jason about one of Ireland's greatest heros, Roger Casement. In part one we covered his exploits in the Belgian colony of Congo and in part two we'll talk about his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. I've been excited about this one for a while so hope ye enjoy it!If you want to see the video from this episode and / or by tickets to our live show in Dublin on the 25th of May, the links are all here - STH

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast
Roger Casement - The James Bond of the Congo (Part 1)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 75:59


Hello! This week Kevin started telling Jason about one of Ireland's greatest heros, Roger Casement. In part one we covered his exploits in the Belgian colony of Congo and in part two we'll talk about his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. I've been excited about this one for a while so hope ye enjoy it!If you want to see the video from this episode and / or by tickets to our live show in Dublin on the 25th of May, the links are all here - STHThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5645402/advertisement

Cork In The North
EP57 " THE NAME IS CASEMENT" FT SHITETALK HISTORY

Cork In The North

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 62:43


Andrew is joined by the lads from Shitetalk History. We talk Irish history, Roger Casement & The Irish abroad. Come see Andrew live www.andrewryancomedy.com listen to Shitetalk History podcast here

The Spectacle
Andor + Rogue One

The Spectacle

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 61:04


Io and Margaret go through the Star Wars narratives, Andor, and Rogue One, and talk about where they overlap historically with real resistance movements, what the narratives are commentating on about current resistance movements, where the representation falls short and generally why the Mon Calamari are the downest people in the universe to have on your side and why they should hangout with Roger Casement. Host Info Io can be found on Twitter @Bum_lung or on Instagram @Bum.Lung or you can find shirts and patches that they make on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BumLung Guest Info Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. She is also the host of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff and Live Like the World is Dying Publisher This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript AGPH 1 Mon, Jan 23, 2023 10:18PM • 1:01:05 SUMMARY KEYWORDS fucking, people, revolution, rogue, empire, revolutionary, anarchists, star wars, insurrection, rebellion, shit, kill, big, irish, revolutionary movements, watch, doomed, sergey, throwing, character SPEAKERS Margaret, Io Io 00:45 Star Wars talking about Star Wars Margaret and I Oh, here we are podcast. Hello. Welcome to the anarcho geek Power Hour. It's a it's it's a podcast.We are just trying to do trying to do a fun, fun, fun little podcast for us. Come on this journey. Well, you are we talk about nerd bullshit with all and I got a pal right here and you just heard her and it's Margaret killjoy. Margaret. How's it going? Good. Hello. Um, thanks for having me on as a guest on your show. I'll probably be trying to talk my way into being on this particular show a lot because it's pretty cool premise. Oh, yeah. Cats. Yeah. And anytime door doors always open because we, cuz we're all living on the same fortified mountain compound. So yeah, the general premise of the show is just we're going to talk about nerd bullshit and Ooh, we got one right out right out the gate something. I'm just just over the moon about we got and or That's no moon. Yeah, no, it's a television show. And a fairly good one. Mark. Margaret, what's your what's your background with Star Wars? Margaret 02:07 I grew up not liking it as much as Star Trek to be real. But now that I'm older well actually both both franchises are really hit or miss. But I like a lot of the newer Star Wars stuff. And I particularly like Rogue One. So I was particularly excited about andorre Samah you well. Yeah, more more or less. Same though. Io 02:30 You know what, let's scale that back. I am captured by Star Wars. Star Wars has my ass for life because I like it for the same reasons. I like like the Ramones, like because I grew up with it and it's stupid and it's stupid and simple and it's easy and that's why I liked it. I'll watch I'll watch all that garbage. And would you believe they made a good they made a good Star War not just a good Star War but a good show about my favorite shit which is morally complicated resistance movements. It really is kind of a a gift specifically to you but to probably half the people listening to this too. Yeah, if you haven't well if you haven't seen Andora highly recommended pause pause this podcast and and returned to it. Maybe someday but go watch and because we are going to talk about spoilers Io 03:27 Yeah, the whole premise basically it's in a star war. You got your you got your Jedi you got your space lasers. Between all the all the Banthas and the R two D tos and the GES music you forget that the plot is about a rebellion and finally they're fucking doing something with it. I grew up really into Star Wars it was like my first it was my first fantasy sci fi anything and I read a lot of the extended universe which is no longer canon. Chewbacca is no longer canonically killed by a planet which is a real shame Margaret 04:06 when did they when did they retcon at all when did they take the extended universe out Io 04:11 when Mickey Mouse got his hands all over this franchise? None of that no, we're not dealing with any of that shit. So they just pick and choose the stuff from the extended universe they want to fuck with and some of it stays some of it when it's all it's all Calvin Ball in in the galaxy now but um yeah, even in the extended universe before though there were a few like really great like the Han Solo trilogy it's been you know, like a decade but I remember it really, really fucking whipping and these Margaret 04:48 are the books right? Yes, the books Io 04:53 and a couple of others deal with like, the rebellion but not not like not like This not and we're not going to. Well, Margaret, I don't know about you. I'm not here to argue that Rogue One is anarchists propaganda. Margaret 05:10 No one might argue that Andorra's bar anarchists propaganda. Io 05:13 Oh, yeah. Okay, well, I'm not here to argue and endorse anarchists propaganda made by made by the Mickey Mouse Corporation, but me as an anarchist and I'm really fucking enjoying it. And I just, I was trying to get everybody into this for so long because it's like, obviously coming from this place of knowledge of the continuum of revolutionary movements the writer said he was influenced by like Palestine and the Russian Revolution and the Haitian revolution. We watched Rogue one the other day, and you pointed out why does everyone have the slightest Irish Burr? I think because they were also influenced, especially in the funding about, especially in like the Mon Mothma funding of like, the Irish revolution, but okay, but yeah, let's, let's, let's get into it, get into it. We both recently finished. And or what do you think overall, Margaret 06:12 I liked it. And I'm kind of, I mean, I'll watch junk TV, you know, because life is short, and why not spend my short life watching it. Okay, I don't have a really good excuse for why I watch drunk TV. But I will happily watch drunk TV, if, you know when I need to turn my brain off or whatever. And so I kind of like go into almost any TV show sort of expecting that. And then instead, I found like, actual depth and like, a less one or two dimensional resistance movement than I see. Basically, anytime I watch, especially TV, but movies as well, like resistance movements are so always clearly painted by people who've never either read history or threw a rock at a cop. You know, and like, I don't want to make any criminal accusations towards anyone involved in writing this, but I will guess they've at least read history. If not throwing a rock at a cop. Yeah, there's toxic cops, kids. It's I'll do whatever you want. Io 07:13 I'll say it I got I got less the loose. Go empire. Yeah, yeah, fight the Empire. Everybody. Subscribe to our Patreon so you can see the video of me doing hand quotes Io 07:32 Yeah, it is a there's dimension in it that I was not expecting from Star Wars. I was and I didn't really expect from, from anything. It's like writing writing is a hard job being able to like Express, like the moral complexity of a of a gorilla. What a gorilla sell who's gonna go rob go rob a big bank on some on some fucking planet. But they did it they pull they pull it off really? Well. Margaret 08:10 Yeah. Tell me about tell me about the how this relates to the funding of the Irish revolution. I don't know if the other direction they want to take this but like, I'd be really interested in like, some of the more obvious or some of the historical parallels that we've picked up on. And I I would love to hear more about that. Io 08:31 I was noticing the fact that they had Mon Mothma up in the mix who is a character from the original Star Wars who's the one who's sort of she says many Bothans died bring in this as these plans and she's always given the given the spiel and bringing her back as like someone who's down for like she's not she's not involved, obviously. But she's like, doing whatever she can to like get the money to these people who are off fucking Killing cops across the galaxy. While still like sitting pretty in high society and like working in parliament in this in this very like subdued liberal way that is like toeing the line in a way that a lot of especially like Irish representation in England was and even in some English representation in England was and like it's definitely like No, there's nothing that's a one to one on on Pandora and I wouldn't say that but like the way the IRA and the like pre Ira revolutionary movements funded themselves with a lot from the Irish diaspora who like made it big in Boston and New York sending money back or, or straight up sending boats full of guns back. Okay, to see, to see not only the like the scrappy people in the woods, ready to do whatever For and the shadowy Stellan Skarsgard who I would love to get into because I I love the whole Skarsgard brood but still and especially to see not only the like the cloak and dagger part of things but the be able to have some fuckin Game of Thrones political intrigue was Yeah, was very fun. Margaret 10:27 Okay well and to go and continue with the Irish fundraising thing I'm sure someone out there fortunately I don't live in the parts of the Internet where people complain about the shit is like complaining that like two of our primary revolutionaries are in a gay relationship right? And you know two women who are who are dating and you know the tension in their relationship based on which one prioritizes love and which one prioritizes revolution but someone somewhere is like, Oh, they're making all these people gay or whatever it is no gay revolutionaries in history. First of all, it's like, obviously bullshit. But in terms of the Irish revolution, one of these such a good example of a character who does actually feel kind of a an and or Star Wars characters to some you heard of Roger Casement, the gay Irish night. If anyone's listening, there's this guy named Roger Casement, who was a big part of bringing down King Leopold from Belgium, the fucking monster who murdered millions and whatever is one of the worst on all of history of historical ghoul. Yeah, and there's just so there was this like, colonial Irish guy who was like part of the English colonization of Africa. And he was like, Oh, I'm on the wrong team, like absolutely on the wrong team. And he got like, really into Irish nationalism, as well as working really hard to fight against the exploitation of Africa and South America, actually. And then he like, went and spent his life and lost his life smuggling guns into Ireland for the for the Easter Rising, and he was so fucking gay. Just so completely, tragically gay. And I don't know, he feels like a very Star Wars character. I guess he's not again, he's not one for one. But yeah, these but he was part of the English establishment. He was a fucking Knight, you know? Io 12:15 Yeah. And there was plenty of those. I mean, in every, in every movement, you know, death to the bourgeoisie, whatever, whatever. But who you can get a lot done if you if you know it, if you know in your heart, what's right and your positions. And just as an as an aside, because I it because it wouldn't, it wouldn't do to zero in on this, but maybe on a later episode. Definitely on a later episode. But there Yeah, yeah, the queers have been in every revolutionary movement in the early in the 19th century, there's a quote from somebody from some open, openly queer person that says, if you want to be yourself, you go find the anarchists. Margaret 12:57 Yeah, I can't remember whose that quote is from. Yeah, no, totally. And, and so it makes sense that I really liked that we've entered a stage of gay representation in Hollywood or whatever, mainstream TV where it's not like the shocker. I mean, there's a little bit they play a little bit on the leg, oh, they're gay, but only like, the tiniest little bit, and no one is upset by it, you know, and that's nice. Io 13:23 Yeah, and I it's a little bit of a hobby horse of mine that I the great meaty, the big media establishment knows that. By and large, the people consuming things like liberal culture is very ascendant in, in media, we'll see how long that lasts, but they know that, you know, representation or whatever, like cells, you can sell a terrible movie on the concept of representation when you put a diverse cast that they're like, the right mushroom and, and the, and the people making the decisions are still Lily whites and straight, but they all they'll sell it to you with whatever. And Star Wars very famously was like, we got a gay kiss in this one. And it's like two women kissing in the background, very easy to edit out for whatever international audiences wouldn't allow something like that. They're like, dogshit this one where they don't, it's not a big deal. It's just a fact. It's not Yeah, it's just a fact of it, that they that they are lovers in a, in a struggle together and the tension being that like you said, one is market is not more committed to the cause, but like the relationship is is eclipsed by the cause certainly. Yeah. Is like like a great a great tension to play with and I'm excited to see like they at least have a season to play around with. Margaret 14:58 Yeah, I mean, it's kind of funny watching this because Just like well, you know how the characters end up? Like, yeah, you know, you know that andorre isn't ending up with Beck's in any way that like, at least like in any way that is worth note in, in Rogue One, you know? And then also, spoiler, they're all going to die. Well, at least at least Cassie and Endor is okay, well, my other historical parallel that I want to draw that I've been like thinking about a whole bunch since I saw it, there's this whole trope within it, and I really am curious to see what they'll do with it. I'm afraid they'll do it badly. But so far, they've kind of earned my trust more than most things. There's this thing about authoritarianism on the rebel side, right? There's this tension. I am incapable of remembering names. You've got your head honcho. Revolutionary guy, right. Who is the doomed revolutionary? What's his name? Skarsgard. luthan. Yeah, that's the actor's name. Io 15:59 The one who's who's a antique seller. Margaret 16:03 Yeah, you don't remember his name either. luthan. Something? Okay. luthan. So, you've got Lutheran and he is the tragic leader. And he specifically refers to himself as doomed at one point. And I think that this is probably consciously a reference to Catechism of the revolutionary bias organic net chef. And so again, that chef was this. This Russian revolutionary nihilist who actually if you want to hear me and I would talk about search, Sergey net, you have listened to my episode of cool people that have cool stuff on the Russian nihilists. Io 16:39 Find it anywhere you find podcasts, folks. Margaret 16:43 Yeah. And I fucking hate this guy, historical guy, Sergey, like he is trash. And he is absolutely the kind of guy who will get his friends arrested on purpose in order to advance the cause without asking their permission or telling them what's happening, right. And I think he has like, lost his ethics in what he's doing. And his whole thing he writes this book called Catechism of the revolutionary that is the revolutionary is a doomed man is one of the main concepts of this book, in which basically like, you don't have friends, you don't have lovers. You have the revolution and you will die. And it has like a romance to it has like a beauty to it. Right? I think fundamentally, it's a flawed concept. But what's really interesting to me is that in in andorre, you have a character who I believe is a conscious reflection of the Sergey model, although Sergey was not actually the leader of revolution he wanted to be but he was a fucking whatever he was also tried guy who fucking killed his own side more than he killed the other side and all around sucked. And so So luthan is almost this like, the positive incarnation of a Skynet ship so far, in that he's doomed. And he makes the hard calls and stuff. But he's not quite a fully authoritarian leader. You know, there's a couple points where he gives people full information and lets them make their own decisions. His assistant whose name I also don't remember clearly has a can exert a certain amount of power over him. He's not quite a dictator. And he's clearly tormented by the fact that in some ways, he is a dictator of, of the revolution. And the thing that I find interesting, almost some of his rant, and I'm really curious are your thoughts about it? The thing I find really interesting about it is how it compares to the manifesto that were being presented by the dead kid. Io 18:35 And he made the mix the fucking hot the hot space, the space twink the crime the crime think loving little revolution, the crime Margaret 18:44 prank. Yeah, the crime twink. Who rules and I love his character, because he's like, afraid, but he like does it anyway, even though it literally kills him. Like that is something to aspire to. I mean, I want to survive. Io 18:59 It's I aspire to be crushed by a metaphor for galactic capital myself. Yeah, Margaret 19:06 exactly. And in his manifesto, that we start exploring right at the end of the season, he talks about the enemy specifically as authority in a way that like, this is why earlier I was like, I will go to bat a little bit about andorre being anarchists propaganda, but only a little bit, right. But it's not the enemy isn't the Empire. The enemy has authority in what he what he is writing. And I'm wondering whether this will cause conflict in future episodes, or whether they kind of in this case mean authority mean like biggle authority like the Empire, not like scars, scars character, but I I'm really excited about that tension. I'm really excited to see what they do with it. Io 19:51 Yeah, me too. I love that he has his little his little monologue that beautiful, beautiful monologue. I've made my mind into a Unless place and I I work for a sunrise that I will never see and again for what I do and I'll and all that shit as he's talking to this this guy who infiltrated the the Empire to give them all information and he's prepared to preparing to sacrifice a squad of like nine people on his team just so the Empire doesn't get wise. Margaret 20:26 It's like 30 people I think it's a bunch of people up Io 20:31 to too many people. I'll I'll go ahead and say it. But yeah, he he does represent that very, like the revolutionary isn't doomed man. thing in a more competent braver way than, than that fucker. Yeah. But I love it. It's more, it's really, I mean, revolutions are morally complex, you're not going to get out of them with your hands clean. And I like that they're not like the original theory of the original Star Wars. Is, is Past is past the point where there's nothing you where the Rebellion has been built up. But to organize something at that scale in a galaxy of apathetic, or unorganized or unmotivated people is, is going to be a fucked process, especially when he's like, Yeah, we want, we want the Empire reacting, we want them. We want them cracking down and making people's lives miserable, like OB like, yeah, like, obviously, fuck that. And but acts of insurrection are going to make your enemy crack down in that way. And he's, he's preparing for that eventuality. Margaret 21:58 Yeah. So he once again, is presenting this like, like, there's a version of him that he could be like, full on accelerationist, right. accelerationism being the concept of like, kind of making things worse, so that people realize they're bad, and then try and make things better or whatever. Right. And, and he absolutely, he makes several statements about how like, look, it's going to get worse, right? But he's not quite so far. It's not like he's quite making things bad on purpose, so much as he's not stopping them from getting bad. And to me, and maybe I'm just like, I want to like him. Talk about luthan here. Yeah. But to me, this is a really big important difference, right? Like, people have been making the claim that you shouldn't do anything disruptive, because it'll like look bad. Or even more than that, it'll cause the police to crack down, right. And that claim stops people from resisting quite often, because realistically, people don't want bad things to happen. That's why we're interested in fictitional representations of revolution, is because we want a better world for our Star Wars characters. And since we want a better world, we want to take certain actions to try and get a better world. But when you turn it into a fight, the other side's gonna fight to. And so, you know, I don't think that it is ethically on the person who throws a brick at a window. I don't believe it is on them, the police crackdown on to resistance movements that could result from that write ethically, there's all kinds of arguments that people can make different ways about this. I think throwing the brick to make things worse, is fucked up. But I think throwing the brick, because it is the best expression in the best way that you are able to choose what to do when the Empire puts that moral weight on us as potential rebels and says it's your fault that we are hitting you. That is like, I mean, it's abuse of logic, and it's a real fucked up thing. And like, you know, you get into this like the very the climax of the entire season. Is that this kid who I have a shitty memory I think maybe his dad got killed by the Empire throws a bomb at the very end. And they did a what's good? Yeah, he does a hey, market for anyone who wants to listen to that episode about the market. And so first episode ever of cool people do cool stuff in which someone throws a bomb at some cops when the cops had been really fucked up and the cops opened fire and it causes this whole big fucking thing. Right? And, and I'm not mad at that kid. Was it the right move? I've literally no idea. Right and the world will never know whether or not it was the right idea because we only get the one thing that we saw happen. Yeah, I'm always Io 24:48 I'm almost 100% of the time on people who have the bravery to try. Try some shit and the others side, like the fascist playbook is to use our conscience against us for for in a in a Stop hitting yourself type of way. Margaret 25:12 Yeah. Io 25:14 That is not. Yeah, you can't. Like I can't imagine somebody even having the foresight to being like, Oh, I'm going to do this because it'll make it worse. But the argument of just like, what will the news say if this happened, or that this that and you're not going to get you're going to turn people off from our side is this is has, has failed for has failed for centuries? Now. Margaret 25:42 I will say, though, I don't sorry, look, Io 25:44 I just don't want to fuck with it anymore. Margaret 25:49 But I think of as an ethical argument, it is like a, I think it is a bad ethical argument to say like that that kid should have thrown the bomb, right in, in this fictional Star War that we're talking about. I don't care about the ethical argument against that. But if you're throwing a bomb at the oppressive force that is busy oppressing you, your conscience is clear. From my point of view, right? The strategic question is where it gets really interesting. And is it a good idea? Is a very different question from is it? justifiable? You know? And that's where it gets into, like, really messy stuff where it's like, well, that's just hard to know. I mean, the history of people killing tyrants in on Earth is a real mixed bag. Right, in terms of its efficacy, Io 26:43 it tends to assassinations do tend to have a tendency to get messy. Margaret 26:48 Yeah. And often, they make everything worse. And not just in a like, everything has to get worse before it gets better way. But sometimes it's like, no, everything just sucks now. And everything. Io 27:00 But but the extent situation was analysis was like unsustainable something. Yeah. Like, no one, no one can predict how things will play out. But there was a chance that they could have could have gone well, and if, if nothing else, you sure you've shown power to be vulnerable? Yeah. Which, which echoes through history? And I don't know, I guess the I guess that's a bigger question that we can keep getting into, but to bring it back into, into and or a little bit. Uh huh. As as for numix Little manifesto, every act of insurrection pushes our lines forward? Margaret 27:51 Yeah. Go ahead. Sorry. No, go on. Yeah, and they even use the term insurrection there. Right. Yeah. Which is like, Io 28:01 they got there. They get so explicit. I didn't expect them to. Margaret 28:04 I know, a manifesto for pure Io 28:07 rocks. Margaret 28:09 I know and like, and it's specifically like, I'm with I think it's Kropotkin I don't know I actually just mostly, I don't always read all of the, the old books by the people. I used to read books about the people. But you know, dead anarchists. Pokken I think it was him who was like, why do we have this like dichotomy between insurrection and revolution? It might have been Malatesta one of these fucking dead anarchists was like, What a useless dichotomy between insurrection revolution, like revolutions are made up of like, insurrections, that's what you know, as compared to this legging. You know, the traditional way presenting the dichotomy is that you need to have, you know, on a purely insurrection aside, like all that matters is the insurrection the larger overarching goal is not worth attempting to accomplish, or setting your sights on, right. And then on the purely revolutionary side, it's like, Oh, don't do the insurrections because they'll diffuse our energy or the wake the sleeping dragon or they'll, you know, cause the cops to crack down on us or whatever, right? All that matters is building up the mass to have the one big, glorious revolution. And like, history, at least the history of revolution is like no, no, no insurrections or that manifesto is right, like an andorre. They want to have a revolution. What that revolution should look like there is not a agreement upon which kind of rules Io 29:34 Oh, that's the bet that's the best part of the show when he when he goes to me. Saga reira mine yeah, man. The cool yeah, the cool guy. He's talking about so anarchist. Yeah, I don't, I don't I'm I'm not gonna fuck with that guy. He's a he's a human supremacist, and those guys are separatists for et cetera, et cetera. And they're there. I'm the only one Just think pure ideology here. Yeah. And I'm like, Yeah, I've been in a room with him. Margaret 30:06 Yeah, totally. But his, but then they say his ideologies like, well, anarchy is not an ideology or I don't remember the actual quote. Io 30:15 Yeah. And his response is just a shrug because like, Whatever dude, I'm not, I'm not here to convince you. I'm off. He's on. Maybe Maybe I'm just projecting what I want to see. But he's on the like, yeah, you know, there's there's action and then there's whatever other useless surrounds what, what action is being taken? And I'm like, yeah, yeah, he's right. Yeah. Well, this is all like laying this ideological bedrock that eventually morphs into the same neoliberal government that easily falls to Deathstar. Three and Force Awakens. Like you've got we can keep on this but maybe we should talk about Rogue One and in a second because we just watched that a few nights ago, like the early days of a revolution are ya so spicy? Margaret 31:15 Yeah, that's when I like everything is still possible. And but to use Sagar era to tie us into Rogue One, you know, by the time Rogue One comes around saga gara is basically just like the terrorist who's still like, who's still just been like, No, I know where the Empire is. So I'm gonna fuck them up. You know? He's not like trying to think like fourth dimensional chess or whatever he's just trying to fuck up the Empire and like I think that fucking rules and I think that yeah, I I like him. I mean, obviously by the time Rogue One comes around he's like his neuro divergence has continued in a way that makes him probably unsuitable to be a leader have Io 32:02 a bit of a Chase had a hard he's had a hard go of it. Margaret 32:05 Yeah, he is. He does not mind revolutionary suicide. He is perfectly content with revolutionary suicide. By the time he gets his chance. Io 32:15 Yeah, how Yeah, how could you not and they the plot of Rogue One is they need to get close to Sagar era they so they break. I forget her. I forget her name. The main the main character of the movie. Yeah. To get her close to saw because they want they just want to kill sock cats there. Because he's making them look bad, essentially. Yeah. And because they're developing into Yeah, like liberal revolutionaries hmm And so and saw is still is still out there on Jetta. Just just like stealing shit from the Empire blow blowing shit up. They can't get to him. Margaret 33:00 When I thought they were there to kill him. They thought they were there to kill protagonist, dad. And they just needed to get to saw in order to find out what protagonist dad was. Io 33:10 Like, right before they and or gets on the ship. There. They're just like, Alright, remember that thing that we told her? Fuck that no kit when you see saw Calum? Oh, I think that though, I think maybe they do the same thing with Matt's Matt's Mickelson's character. Margaret 33:27 Okay, so that ties into what you're talking about, about. You've got into like, hard choices guy luthan. Right. And he's presented as like, the real radical in in andorre. But it's the same attitude of kill people who are making us look bad because you're thinking about the big picture that leads us into the liberal state stage of revolution that you're talking about right where they you know, are just going to end up being like the sort of like less interested in revolution revolutionary movement and I think that those are related I think that the cold hard calculating leader is absolutely the person who's going to be like alright kill saw All right, kill protagonists dad. Because because they think they're thinking about strategy instead of ethics. And I know ethics is like a word that people have a million different thoughts and feelings about but like what I mean like doing what's right, rather than like, what is believed to be the most strategic I think is and that's what I like about saw is he does what's right which is fight the Empire. Yeah, Io 34:35 I see him as an ideological insurrectionary anarchist and luthan as just a straight up insurrectionary who, like a like an insurrectionary who wants to get extremely Sun Tzu about it all. Margaret 34:51 Yeah. So if I can, I mean a nihilist in like the Russian sense not in the like anarchist sense, you know? Because It's not a coincidence that most of the Russian nihilists were like Social Democrats at heart. Maybe that's getting a little too off. So, Io 35:08 yeah, like I don't I do see I see a lot of people trying to square this to as like Disney published like anarchists propaganda that's like this and that and I'm like, I don't think they did that it's it's in its set in outer space. It's it's a thing, but it's obviously made by people who like, give a shit about these things like and like you and me care about, like the historical stories and context of revolutionary movements. Yeah. And it's from its from that perspective of people who like who are interested in also think it's just think that fighting cops is the coolest thing you can do with your life? Yeah, and making a show about cool people fighting cops, and that is cool to me. Yeah. But uh, do you want to do you want to talk a little bit about about Rogue One? Sure. So well, I guess we were I guess we were already kind of kind of on it. Saw he lives in the holy holy city of Jeddah where the Jedi began as a society of monks and they were guardians against galactic tyranny and fascism, but eventually became a liberal military arm of the Republic or whatever the fuck, and a bunch of other shit happens, but where I think, oh, where this movie really starts screaming is you get to this fucking this stupid. General Assembly is suddenly ready to pack it up. Because suddenly they're up against these overwhelming odds and like, you remember that? That nerd? This fucking nerd shouts What is she proposing? And everyone's just like, oh gosh, crumbs? Well, I guess I guess we're done for packet in everybody. But luckily we plucky heroes. This platoon of doomed men who say fuck this they go rogue because a man with nothing to lose in a sharp stick can take the day and they're the last chance to to save the galaxy to do some overwhelming violence against the Empire against and go against all this bureaucratic cowardice is just a big they all pack into one shitty spaceship. Huddled bunch of cuddle puddle revolutionary saying fuck it life sucks book the Empire. Let's do a cool suicide. And do they Margaret 37:42 wanted to get out? I'm sure they did. Yeah, Io 37:46 they do. It was not. It was not likely. And yeah, it wasn't for this. This is a part of canon. This is the part of the Extended Universe candidate that has transferred over the Mon Calamari you all know Admiral Ackbar it's a trap, etc. Um, that that planets and and race of like people involved in the rebellion are like the most ready to throw down. And I'm glad that that transferred over a Rogue One. Everyone else is just like, beans. Well, I guess the Empire wins. And Mon Calamari was like, Oh, we've got Rogue One. Awesome. Love those guys. Margaret 38:30 Totally. I mean, and that's why I like Rogue One so much right? Yeah. As because you have your doomed revolutionary cuddle puddle that goes off to go do massive violence and steal some plans. And then the like, solidarity that it will kill you is like what breaks my heart more than anything else. If you want to see me cry in a movie, like the second Lord of the Rings movie when the right of the row Hyrum went Rohan shows up to support condor is a safe space for nerd for being a nerd. So when when they roll up, and they yell a red day, a blood day and it's actually this Norse maybe not Norse is the Scandinavian poem. That's the Tolkien's ripping off but it's fucking beautiful. And then they like scream like death death death and then like run charging into the forces of Mordor. Right? To have the backs of Condor that's when I start crying the most consistently in in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And so Rogue One operates on the similar principle of the like, Well fuck it, I guess will show up like like sometimes when all your friends are jumping off a bridge like you should probably show up to support them anyway. You know? And like, Io 39:48 would you rather die all at once rather than piece by piece? Margaret 39:52 Yeah, yeah, totally. Which is you know from and or, and then there's also a quote from Blackhawks speaks, which I haven't read in a long time and so I Um, I apologize for possibly paraphrasing this badly but in the war against the colonization of what later became the United States or whatever, right? You know, a bunch of people are sitting around being like, well, we should go to war against these fucking white invaders. And someone is like, No, we shouldn't write because it's useless. If we do it, we'll die. It's like killing mosquitoes. You can kill them, but they keep coming in. There's, there's no point to it. And then the rest of the council is like, alright, well, we're doing it. And this isn't fiction. This is a nonfiction piece. And, and the same guy who was like, well, we shouldn't do this as like, well, I'm coming with you. Because I'm not a coward. You know, and I, I really like that concept within Rogue One. The like, well, this isn't how we wish it had gone. This wasn't what we planned. But we're not going to fucking just let you go out and do there. On your own. We're not cowards. Obviously, some of the people in that council chamber were cowards. Yeah, a Io 40:59 lot of people didn't show up. And I think a lot of other people were invested in the in the assembly or didn't invested in the in building an army against the Empire, rather than we can get we can really get a lot done with some sabotage. We can get a lot done with with a plucky group of fuckers. Yeah, just plop it plopping down and, and putting on some weird uniforms. Margaret 41:31 Yeah. And it, it was considered right. Like, I think a lot of what we're talking about about like, insurrections are what pushed us forward. You know, it wasn't like, like, let's just, I know, where we can go throw a bomb, let's just go throw a bomb randomly. They were like, What are we going to do? You know, like, the first big action and AND, OR is like, we're gonna steal all this money because we need it. Right. And so all of the actions have a purpose, they tie into a strategy and I love. That's one of the things I love about Rogue One, right? It's like, you know, all right, well, against all odds, we're gonna go get the Deathstar plans. You know, rather than just we're gonna go explode a thing, because the Empire has lots of things. You know, Io 42:22 I got a lot, they got lots of things. And I'm, I think that I think that there's a, there's a poetry in an affirmation of life in attacking something symbolically. But yeah, what you've got, you got a symbol and a rush of adrenaline and a, and a huge danger to yourself and everyone else around you, if you're going to put some danger out there. Be sure of it. And I don't know, maybe, maybe have some maybe have a little bit more more payoff? Yeah. Yeah, like, in Minecraft? Margaret 43:00 It's totally like, in Star Wars, you should, you know, think about like, if you're gonna gamble at all, you should wait till the pot is sweet. I don't know, whatever. Yeah, no, it's Io 43:15 go bigger, go big, and then go home. Margaret 43:18 Yeah. Through your safe house. I do think that the Star Wars rebellion in general, does relate to a style of revolution that is less the style of revolution that I would guess the average person listening to this, like, thinks about, like, the history that they're drawing from, at least based on what you were saying is like, national rebellions for against an oppressive outside force, right. You know, we haven't seen we've seen revolutionaries on the capital planet, but we haven't seen them being like, here's how we're going to take the Capitol planet, you know, as ours, right, because we're from here, whatever. Instead, you see all of these colonized forces, these colonized people, being like, we don't want to be colonized anymore. So we're now in this alliance of all these colonized people to fight against this oppressive force. Io 44:12 Oh, that's just another thing that I like. I like a lot about andorre in that the end of the end of row of not row one of A New Hope is just this like, Lily, this this Dyess of of lily white heroes of the rebellion that might as well be out of like Triumph of the Will and like cheering and Chewbacca doesn't get a medal. I know that's well trod territory, but like, justice for my man AND and OR has very few white characters making up the the core of the rebellion. Margaret 44:57 Yeah, yeah. And just under this funny problem that we're running into, from a cultural point of view that all of a sudden we're watching all these prequels, right? Or at least like I watched the game of thrones show, the new one house of dragons. And I liked it. I liked it a lot. I liked it possibly more than I like Game of Thrones. I've literally no idea what that's a statement that drew everyone mad at me or not. Io 45:20 And dragons. You can't argue with that. Margaret 45:23 Yeah, and it's less white. It's still majority white. But it is like markedly less white. And there's something kind of depressing about watching these prequels that are less white. Io 45:35 Something very, something very bad must have happened between then and then. Margaret 45:40 Yeah, even though what we're actually watching of course, is that, you know, the media that better choices getting made. Yeah, exactly. I don't know just something I think about when I watch that kind of shit. Io 45:55 This one This one sort of maps to my, you know, my, my, my headcanon of like, obviously, it's just the casting choices are better now. But it also maps to like successful revolutions. And especially like the one that installs like Princess Leia, Princess into like, royalty into positions of power in like a new Neo lib chorus on seated government eventually were like the people who did the dirty work saga Pereira and Andorra and whoever else are long forgotten, we're just we're all just cannon fodder for this respectable and hard they they fought hard, but they but they were put in an impossible position but like let the let the lower castes get their hands dirty in a way that every successful revolution winds up winds up doing which is why like, like, you know, I'm obviously interested in in a in massive change but the thing that really interests me is not the end result but the the process the affirmation of life of being able to resist in your modern day and live for Me and artistically. But just live rebelliously in the time you are in not for some far off future not what am I supposed to do put put all my put all my fucking plans and morals on hold because I hope that the the proletarian revolution is going to come off some way. Come on, come around. If I if I just joined enough DSA chapters. Here's your sign. Margaret 47:52 I mean, I feel like andorre gets into this kind of stuff in a useful way with the whole prison sequence, right? Where they're in prison or Prison Break. I know and so they're all in prison and they're all doing prison labor. And, you know, is a brutal regime very controlled, it does the thing where like, part of the systems of control it's very panopticon ish, like, part of the systems that control is also that the, I guess in that Fukui way or whatever, right where like people are controlling themselves because they, you know, the prisoners are in charge of the prisoners on some level. Right. Io 48:32 And you got Gollum is the boss. Margaret 48:37 Yeah, and oh, I thought you were telling me we watch this together. I thought you were telling me that the really old guy was Gollum. Io 48:47 The no Andy Serkis. The other prisoners the guy who did mocap for for the one who literally literally call them I wasn't making I wasn't being ageist. Margaret 49:02 But I thought you were saying the old man was the person who did the motion capture for Gollum. Io 49:06 Oh, he used to be very spry. Margaret 49:10 Okay, okay. I mean, so, so go we all you know and and so, you know, so you have Gollum who is the sergeant essentially, he was telling everyone what to do on the cellblock. And then as soon as they know that they're doomed men. They're able to be free. Right? And as a very literal metaphor in this particular context, that as soon as and then the fact that they're like, What is freedom mean? Freedom means jumping into the water even if you can't swim and trying. Right? Is a very non subtle, and they just express it as beautiful. They just have this beautiful scene of everyone jumping in the water. They don't have a grandeur. land they don't hold the guards hostage in order to get I mean to be clear might have been smarter if they had held the gods hostage in order to get like an escape vehicle but whatever Io 50:09 oh they would they would they would have just bought bombed the planet. Margaret 50:13 I know mainly but yeah, that's true. That's you know, like, Io 50:16 like modern you know, a modern prison uprising will hold Guards, guards hostages for the sake of like the people who are holding the guards hostage hostage are going to get extra years on their mobile a ton of extra time on their sentence, if not outright killed by it, but could win could wind up winning better conditions for people inside I don't have I don't have faith that prison officials were uphold their end of the bargain. But yeah, a resistant resistance is is beautiful, no matter. The end result somebody somebody slipped Andy Serkis a copy of blesses the flame. And they're all like, fuck it. Let's go. Yeah, no, let's go for a dive. Margaret 51:06 Totally. And like the ones who die immediately while throwing a wrench at the second armed guard are just as like beautiful and free as the people who swim to safety, you know? And like? No, I really like that whole long extended metaphor that they did around what it means to just actually be free. Which is why I do hold that. The I don't know. I mean, I guess the real question would be to know the writers and you know, because like, people talk about, oh, Disney made this like, no, no, Disney didn't make this Disney put their name on it. It was made by people in the same way that like workers make all value. You know, the the writers and the actors and the directors and all of these people like made and or? And yeah, exactly. So I don't know I don't know where I'm going with that. But Io 52:08 we'll I had a if you want to if you want to think about it a bit I had. I wish I could remember who said this so I would credit them but somebody put out that when Disney was making was making the Lion King and Pocahontas at the same time, they put all their stock into Pocahontas and really micromanage the entire project. I've never seen Pocahontas it sounds like it's a decent movie. But Lion King undoubtedly turned out awesome. Because the because all the writers and artists involved got creative control of it because they didn't have they didn't have Walt over their shoulder the whole time. Same thing happened with Star Wars because Andorra was being developed at the same time that Obi Wan Kenobi, A, A and nobody, and nobody asked me, but the show was good. I did not have a good time watching goon McGregor do his thing again. But yeah, they really micromanage that and they were just like a thing that's like rogue wants share proceed and makes me a little nervous about season two because they'll see that this is is like it and I read I don't really know much about the writers I know that they were interested in like Palestinian resistance and the Haitian Revolution and things like that, which you can see in the show and that the next season is going to get more into like the the ship that I was so excited about, which was like the internal politics of rebellions like I would love I would love to see saw Guerrera talk some more shit about about space to Kunis or whatever. But yeah, yeah, fingers fingers crossed, they'll they'll realize that it was successful because they didn't get their fucking fingerprints all over it. Margaret 54:02 Well, maybe next year, we'll be sitting down to do another episode and we'll be we'll know whether or not everything went to hell or whether it pulled it off. Io 54:12 You'd be like No, they weren't they brought a AR two d two is there for some reason. That's another that's another great thing about this. Like it was like I think it's great because the rebellion never really got its do it's like the entire plot of Star Wars and nobody ever really like fucks with it. It's just like the just like the scenery. But also we don't have we don't have to hear anything about space lasers and the Jedi and Mother I guess there is a wisecracking droid, but I love that little guy. Margaret 54:48 Yeah, nice. And he's, I don't know. I mean, you need the wisecrack. Enjoy in the same way that you need. The animal who sits around and tells jokes or you know, whatever like that is a good is a good character that gets added to TV and movies. Yeah, bring up at Ewoks. But it still was like, way more. I mean, it's essentially it's it's more proletarian than like, we're working class or whatever jargon word I supposed to use here. Instead of like space nights and space princesses and space royalty and you know, all that shit. It's just like, fucking people in the muck getting it done. Io 55:28 Yeah the space the space serfs out there, perfectly capable of braiding a stormtrooper? Yeah. As good as Luke Luke Skywalker. Yeah. Well, I think we did it. We talked about everything AND and OR. But, Margaret, any final thoughts? Margaret 55:46 I'm just, I'm excited for the quality of the storytelling that we like now have available to us as we go forward, because the world is in very dire conditions right now. And we need better stories are so little Gwen has the story of is the quote about like, we need authors who can remember freedom, you know, and I think that we're like, we're starting to see those stories. And we're starting to see him, including in mainstream places. And I think that's like one of the most promising things that I've ever seen as a radical or whatever. So I'm excited. Who knows, maybe it'll all go off the rails, but for now, is good. Io 56:28 There will always be small examples and whether it erupts soon. Being that freedom as a pure idea, or we just have to keep settling for these little diamonds in the rough. I don't know. I'm excited. Yeah, there does seem to be a lot more good stuff recently. But that's us. That's the anarcho geek review. We did it folks. Margaret 56:52 In our cooking, or our Io 56:54 that's the one. That's what Margaret 56:58 this is where anyone is listening. We used to have a blog called a narco geek review. And that's not what this show is called. Io 57:07 No, not related to the anarcho geek review. We disavow we Margaret 57:12 know that Reza vacco splitters they're split out yeah, we've Io 57:17 split we split off from them. They were ideologically unserious. Yeah. Margaret, you want to tell people where where they can find you? Margaret 57:27 Yeah, I've got some podcast once called cool people did cool stuff. I referenced it like three times this article, I asked to talk about individual and community preparedness on another podcast by the same strangers network called live like the world is dying. And until well, by the time you listen to this, I might not be on Twitter anymore, but I'm currently on Twitter at Magpie killjoy Instagram at Margaret killjoy all that shit. I Oh, what about you? Io 57:53 I'm, as of this recording, still still on Twitter, at bum lung. And I'm also on Instagram at bum lung. And if I get on any other social media fingers crossed, they won't have to. It'll probably be under that as well. And before we go, I would I would love to thank we have a Patreon patreon.com/strangers In a tangled wilderness and I would love to thank some of our Patreon supporters. Right now. Hoss the dog. That's a good boy. Mike, aka mkhaya Kaya, thank you. Like I Margaret 58:33 say yeah. Oh, actually. Actually, that's funny. That's right MC. Mikayla, actually my a veteran, right. Make Io 58:42 that McCain or mkhaya. Please settle this bet and whichever one wins I was the other a coke. Chris Sam Kirk. Eleanor. Jennifer Starr Oh, cat J. Chelsea. Dana. David. Nicole. Mickey. Paige, S J. Shawn Hunter, Theo. Boise. Mutual Aid. Milica and Papa Runa. Hope I got that one. Right. Thank you. Thank you all for your support. Big hugs and kisses out to all of you. And thank you everyone who listened. And yeah, to tune in next time when we'll talk about some other nerd bullshit and I'll see you at the movies. 59:40 The times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. And then, I'm sure both by the scale of the enemy. Remember this? Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random Acts of insurrection. are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy, there are a whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the course. Remember that the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this imperial need for control is so desperate because it's so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort, it breaks, it leaks. Authorities brittle oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that and know this. The day will come when all the skirmishes and battles has moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege remember this try

FNI Wrap Chat
#179 | Alan Gilsenan | Director (Ghosts of Baggotonia) out now in Irish Cinemas.

FNI Wrap Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 63:07


Paul Webster hosts this episode with director Alan Gilsenan, one of the most prolific filmmakers working in Ireland, about his fascinating career spanning three decades and an incredibly varied and impressive body of work as well as his latest film, Ghosts of Baggotonia. An evocative film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin's Baggot Street during the mid-20th century where there was a radical flourishing of artistic and intellectual activity. A screening of ‘Ghosts of Baggotonia', followed by a Q&A with Alan Gilsenan and poet Seán Hewitt, will be held at the IFI in Dublin on Friday, December 9 and is screening in cinemas around the country.  Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director.   His work includes the cinematic documentaries Ghosts of Baggotonia, The Yellow Bittern, Then Meeting and  Meetings with Ivor, the feature film Unless, based on a novel by Carol Shields and The Meeting, which he wrote and directed and premiered at the 2018 Dublin Film Festival. Gilsenan is a former chairperson of the Irish Film Institute. He also served on the Irish Film Board, and on the board of the International Dance Festival Ireland. Between 2009 and 2014, Gilsenan served on the board of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, where he chaired the Editorial and Creative Output Committee. He is currently on the Board of Fighting Words, a creative writing centre for young people founded by Sean Love & novelist Roddy Doyle. Having made an acclaimed film of Samuel Beckett's TV drama, Eh Joe, Gilsenan came to note with his controversial, award-winning documentary for the U.K.'s Channel 4 The Road to God Knows Where. With producer Martin Mahon, he formed Yellow Asylum Films and made a number of documentaries on challenging aspects of Irish life. These include The Asylum (a four-hour portrait of Portrane Psychiatric Hospital), The Hospice (inside St Francis Hospice), The Home (about old age), I See A Darkness (about suicide in Ireland), and A Time to Die (on euthanasia). Gilsenan's Other work includes. Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay, a drama-documentary with Maria Doyle Kennedy in the title role which premiered at the London Film Festival; God Bless America, a series for ITV in the United Kingdom, six portraits of U.S. cities through the eyes of American authors, including Gore Vidal, Neil Simon, Patricia Cornwell and Garrison Keillor; The Irish Empire, the opening and closing episodes of a five-hour history of Irish emigration; The Green Fields of France, a poetic meditation on the Irish who died fighting in World War I; Maura's Story, the story of a young Irish-American woman who became a Buddhist saint in Japan; Ó Pheann an Phiarsaigh, a film-poem inspired by the creative writings of Patrick Pearse; The Ghost of Roger Casement, a feature documentary. His latest film, Ghosts of Baggotonia, is out this weekend. Watch the trailer below.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyegsZF-t-4 Come to our awesome CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS SAT the 10th December:  Tics: https://linktr.ee/wearefni  FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support Film Network Ireland by becoming a member at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #WeAreFni Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FNI Wrap Chat
#179 | Alan Gilsenan | Director (Ghosts of Baggotonia) out now in Irish Cinemas.

FNI Wrap Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 61:22


Paul Webster hosts this episode with director Alan Gilsenan, one of the most prolific filmmakers working in Ireland, about his fascinating career spanning three decades and an incredibly varied and impressive body of work as well as his latest film, Ghosts of Baggotonia. An evocative film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin's Baggot Street during the mid-20th century where there was a radical flourishing of artistic and intellectual activity. A screening of ‘Ghosts of Baggotonia', followed by a Q&A with Alan Gilsenan and poet Seán Hewitt, will be held at the IFI in Dublin on Friday, December 9 and is screening in cinemas around the country.  Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director.   His work includes the cinematic documentaries Ghosts of Baggotonia, The Yellow Bittern, Then Meeting and  Meetings with Ivor, the feature film Unless, based on a novel by Carol Shields and The Meeting, which he wrote and directed and premiered at the 2018 Dublin Film Festival. Gilsenan is a former chairperson of the Irish Film Institute. He also served on the Irish Film Board, and on the board of the International Dance Festival Ireland. Between 2009 and 2014, Gilsenan served on the board of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, where he chaired the Editorial and Creative Output Committee. He is currently on the Board of Fighting Words, a creative writing centre for young people founded by Sean Love & novelist Roddy Doyle. Having made an acclaimed film of Samuel Beckett's TV drama, Eh Joe, Gilsenan came to note with his controversial, award-winning documentary for the U.K.'s Channel 4 The Road to God Knows Where. With producer Martin Mahon, he formed Yellow Asylum Films and made a number of documentaries on challenging aspects of Irish life. These include The Asylum (a four-hour portrait of Portrane Psychiatric Hospital), The Hospice (inside St Francis Hospice), The Home (about old age), I See A Darkness (about suicide in Ireland), and A Time to Die (on euthanasia). Gilsenan's Other work includes. Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay, a drama-documentary with Maria Doyle Kennedy in the title role which premiered at the London Film Festival; God Bless America, a series for ITV in the United Kingdom, six portraits of U.S. cities through the eyes of American authors, including Gore Vidal, Neil Simon, Patricia Cornwell and Garrison Keillor; The Irish Empire, the opening and closing episodes of a five-hour history of Irish emigration; The Green Fields of France, a poetic meditation on the Irish who died fighting in World War I; Maura's Story, the story of a young Irish-American woman who became a Buddhist saint in Japan; Ó Pheann an Phiarsaigh, a film-poem inspired by the creative writings of Patrick Pearse; The Ghost of Roger Casement, a feature documentary. His latest film, Ghosts of Baggotonia, is out this weekend. Watch the trailer below.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyegsZF-t-4 Come to our awesome CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS SAT the 10th December:  Tics: https://linktr.ee/wearefni  FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support Film Network Ireland by becoming a member at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #WeAreFni

Un Jour dans l'Histoire
Roger Casement : grandeur et disgrâce d’un héros - Un Jour dans l'Histoire - 03/11/2022

Un Jour dans l'Histoire

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 33:22


Nous sommes le 3 août 1916, au nord de Londres, à la prison de Pentonville. Peu avant 9 heures, un homme est amené dans la cour où a été dressé une potence. « Il était fort et droit », racontera le prêtre qui l'accompagne aux reporters qui sont présents de l'autre côté des murs, à l'entrée du bâtiment. Accusé de haute trahison, de sabotage et d'espionnage contre la Couronne britannique, Sir Roger Casement a été condamné à la pendaison. Moins d'une quinzaine d'années plus tôt, ce consul britannique avait enquêté sur les atrocités commises dans le Congo de Léopold II, puis sur les exactions perpétrées en Amazonie contre les Indiens. Anobli par George V, il était alors considéré comme l'un des grands héros du Royaume-Uni. Son combat aux côtés des nationalistes irlandais va le faire passer, aux yeux des Anglais, pour un traître. Ses nombreuses relations homosexuelles vont signer sa disgrâce. « C'était un bon compagnon, dira de lui Joseph Conrad, l'auteur de « Lord Jim » et de « Au cœur des ténèbres », mais déjà en Afrique je trouvais que c'était un homme littéralement sans esprit. Je ne veux pas dire qu'il était stupide, mais il était pure émotion. Par sa force émotionnelle (...) il a fait son chemin, par pur tempérament. Une personnalité véritablement tragique: dont il avait tous les traits, excepté la grandeur. Rien que la vanité. Sauf que cela n'était pas encore visible au Congo. » Alors qui était Roger Casement ? Un héros, un traître, un sodomite ? Invité : François Reynaert, auteur de « Roger – Héros, traître et sodomite » éditions Fayard.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Part Two: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 71:24


In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium. Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Part One: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 64:51


Margaret talks with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium. Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kerry Today
The Roger Casement: Did Kerry Take What Was Rightfully the Dubs’? – August 26th, 2022

Kerry Today

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022


The Roger Casement statue in Ballyheigue is a well-known landmark in the county and commemorates the 1916 patriot and human rights activist. But should the statue actually be in Dublin? Ciarán Casey is an economic historian and the author of a forthcoming book is about the Irish Department of Finance.

RTÉ - Brainstorm
The story behind John Lavery's controversial painting of Roger Casement in the dock

RTÉ - Brainstorm

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 6:00


The painting embodies many of the complexities that deny a simple representation of modern Irish history. By Dr Siobhán Doyle, TU Dublin.

Censored
Hero Worship: Roger Casement Part 2

Censored

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 26:47


Everyone wanted a piece of Roger Casement but which piece? Carefully extracting his skeleton from heavy London mud in 1965 didn't end the controversy over his life and lusts. · The treatment of Casement's dead body was exceptionally cruel, even by the standards of executed prisoners.· Why are all our significant national events in March? Is there some penitential impulse forcing us to suffer for our patriotism?· After the burial of the great man in 1965, there little hope of anyone in Ireland reading his raunchy diaries, whether published or not.· The Roger Casement in the diaries is having great fun and that, more than anything, upsets people. Some Reading:Lucy McDiarmid ‘The Afterlife of Roger Casement' in The Irish Art of Controversy (2005)Jeffrey Dudgeon, Roger Casement: The Black Diaries (3rd edition, 2019)‘Notes on the Exhumation of Roger Casement's Remains' in Documents on Irish Foreign Policy 1961-65 vol 12 You can support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/censoredpodAnd buy stickers here: https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Censored
Enormous: Roger Casement's Diaries Part 1

Censored

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 27:34


The scandal over Roger Casement's diaries is huge. People have spent millions of hours of obsessing over whether diaries allegedly found in his personal papers were forgeries or not. It's past time I read the smut and examined the censure of the man and his writings. Truly, he was the hottest martyr of the 1916 Rising – you could argue he was the finest half who ever laid down his life for the cause of Irish freedom.If you are looking for filth, you have to read a lot about gambling, sailing on ships and lost luggage.Casement the hero cannot be Casement the man, especially if that man is a size queen with a very active sex life. You can support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod And buy stickers here: https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Death Row Kitchen
Season 5 Episode 10- Roger Casement

Death Row Kitchen

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 39:29


Join Nancy and Drew as they discuss a man who was well ahead of his time. A man who made lasting political and social changes, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. And yet despite his work for King and Country, he is still tried and executed for treason. Trigger warning: Discussion of abuse/cruelty suffered by indigenous peoples.

UFO‘s and Other Paranormal Stuff
Political Conspiracies: The Bilderberg Group, The Soviet Involvement in The Manhattan Project, The Roger Casement Diaries.

UFO‘s and Other Paranormal Stuff

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 45:43


WWW.GR8DANES.UK Political Conspiracies: The Bilderberg Group, The Soviet Involvement in The Manhattan Project, The Roger Casement Diaries. The Bilderberg Group What is the Bilderberg Group?  Are they a shadow government that dictates to national and international governments, as well as financial institutions and military what to do? Are they really lizard men? Did they make Brexit happen?   The Soviet Involvement in The Manhattan Project Did Soviet spies really infiltrate the super secure Manhattan Project?  Just how could they have managed it? Was the biggest Soviet bomb in history  created with knowledge passed on from the Manhattan Project?   The Roger Casement Diaries What caused the British government to hang one of their own workers? Did the secret services in Britain really forge his diaries to force a death penalty?   FREE GIVEAWAY To have a chance to win Trinity by Jacques Vallee and Inside Wright Paterson by Donald Schmitt, please rate and review the show wherever you get your podcast from, and send a screenshot of that review to me at UFOSANDOTHERPARANORMALSTUFF@GMAIL.COM makesure to writer UFOs in the subject field as sometimes emails go to the spam folder and I don't see them.   Please also do the same when sending any communications to me, including your stories, ideas for the podcast and feedback on it too. ufosandotherparanormalstuff@gmail.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Ufos www.facebook.com/groups/ufosandotherparanormalstuff/ If you would like to sponsor UFOs and Other Paranormal Stuff Podcast please do get in touch by sending me an email to the address above. 

UFO‘s and Other Paranormal Stuff
Political Conspiracies: The Bilderberg Group, Soviet Involvement in the Manhattan Project, Roger Casement Diaries trailer.and competition news.

UFO‘s and Other Paranormal Stuff

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 1:26


WWW.GR8DANES.UK The Bilderberg Group Who are they? What do they do?   Soviet Involvement in the Manhattan Project Did Soviet spies really get that far into the USA's Manhattan project? How did they manage to infiltrate so deep and then get information to pass on to the enemy during the Cold War?   Roger Casement Diaries Were the Irish Nationalist diaries forged by the British government during rising tensions between Ireland and Britain early in the 20th century?   Also listen out for detail of how you can enter and win our competition to win Trinity, by Jacques Vallee and Inside Wright Paterson by Donald Schmitt and Thomas Carey Www.kingsumo.com/g/gjwgwd/ufos-and-other-paranormal-stuff-giveaway ufosandotherparanormalstuff@gmail.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Ufos www.facebook.com/groups/ufosandotherparanormalstuff/

The David McWilliams Podcast
172 - The Economics of Casement, Carson, Congo and Colonialism

The David McWilliams Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 38:57


As Michael D Higgins, Ireland's President gets into a scrap, we have a hot take on rubber booms, Apocalypse Now, Roger Casement, King Leopold and Oscar Wilde! Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Land of The Golden Sunset Podcast
John MacBride, Maud Gonne, Sean MacBride and Roger Casement

The Land of The Golden Sunset Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 34:41


Ireland's difficult transformation to a Republic

Politics, Culture and some other shit Podcast
Who is Roger Casement .....and some other s**t

Politics, Culture and some other shit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 86:43


You may know him but here are some details about how he came to be the revered Irish rebel.... and some other shit.

Brian and Ciaran Warfield's Rambling Irish Balladeers Podcast

After 2 weeks away we are back with an episode named after the 5th track on the 1966 Wolfetones Album Up The Rebels - we talk about Banna Strand, Roger Casement, trip to Spain, GAA, Euros, and plenty of ramblings too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Casement's Leftovers
Roger Casement: Cruising as Praxis

Casement's Leftovers

Play Episode Play 46 sec Highlight Listen Later May 10, 2021 75:03


There's a reason we chose Roger Casement as the symbol for this podcast: a queer figure in Irish revolutionary history (queer here meaning gay, a failure and truly disruptive) and a genuine anti-imperialist who saw through a persuasive ideological hegemony in order to understand the brutality and illegitimacy of colonialism and dedicated his life to fighting it, he represents an active, civic republicanism that offers the contemporary Left so much. It's about time we dedicated an episode to him, and so Helen and Glen are joined by Professor Gerry Kearns to discuss Casement's life and the lessons we can take from his actions and ideas. They examine his cruising and the intersectional spaces of encounter that this carved out for him, his ability to identify and articulate the problems of colonialism in an explicitly socialist, materialist way, the importance he placed on love and humanity and his haunting final speech before his execution. They debate the limits of cultural nationalism, specifically with a 1916 framework, and look at how nationalism can be expanded through a re-imagining of the nation, an impetus on what kind of nation you want to build, and a centring of love, loyalty, legitimacy and humanity.  As if this wasn't enough, they finally discuss contemporary colonialism and how unregulated late stage capitalism has led us into a world as confusing and inhospitable as the one Casement faced, and use Casement's many lessons to try to understand how to make our way into a future he would be proud of. Prof Gerry Kearns has written a piece on Casement which can be read here: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11094/1/Kearns%2CNally%2CAn%20accumulated%20wrong.pdf*Note: around 19 minutes in Gerry mentions Thomas Davitt, but this should actually be corrected to Michael Davitt. 

Stories of Ireland and the Irish

Roger David Casement, known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist. He worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat, becoming known as a humanitarian activist, and later as a poet and Easter Rising leader.

A Very Brief Introduction to the British Empire
Episode 9: [Special Episode] Roger Casement

A Very Brief Introduction to the British Empire

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 52:58


Content Warning: This episode contains graphic references to colonial violence. In this special episode of 'A Very Brief Introduction to the British Empire', we invite Professor Gerry Kearns of Maynooth University to provide an important outline on the life of Roger Casement, and the legacy of his work documenting imperial atrocities, challenging British colonial rule and in his efforts to argue and fight for Irish independence.The content for this episode is based on a lecture live-streamed on our Facebook page on September 24th, 2020. The information is aimed at a non-specialist audience who is interested in learning more about the legacies of the British Empire.This podcast is run by Uncomfortable Oxford a social enterprise run by doctoral students at the University of Oxford that aims to raise awareness and discourse about 'uncomfortable' issues in the modern world.

The Old Galway Diary
The Old Galway Diary Podcast - Episode 08 - Country Butter in the Market and Roger Casement

The Old Galway Diary

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 17:26


In this episode, Tom discusses and laments the loss of country butter to The Galway market. Ronnie is still researching Roger Casement and this week looks at his failed and humiliating appeal. Ronnie also looks at the painting of the last day of trial by Sir John Lavery. The image is available to see in this weeks Galway Advertiser.You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway 

The Old Galway Diary
The Old Galway Diary Podcast - Episode 07 - The Claddagh & Eoin MacNeill

The Old Galway Diary

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 24:20


In this episode, Tom discusses Claddagh Parade and Ronnie briefly returns to Roger Casement before looking at Eoin MacNeill.You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway 

The Old Galway Diary
The Old Galway Diary Podcast - Episode 06 - The Hanger Ballroom and the Salthill Development Organisation & Roger Casement

The Old Galway Diary

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 23:49


In this episode, Tom discusses The Hanger Ballroom and the Salthill Development Organisation. Ronnie has been researching Roger Casement.You can find the articles referenced in this podcast on www.advertiser.ie/galway 

No Real Libertarian
NRL BONUS: St. Paddy's Day Special - The NRL Joins The IRA (Unofficially)

No Real Libertarian

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 58:40


What better day to fangirl/boy over the true elite of all groups - The IRA. WEVA gives some backstory on the history of the IRA while Bullshido and Dark Tom dig into international stats about the human body. "If there be no right of rebellion against a state of things that no savage tribe would endure without resistance, then I am sure that it is better for men to fight and die without right than to live in such a state of right as this." - Roger Casement, Irish patriot

The Revisionists
CLASSIC: Sir Roger Casement

The Revisionists

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 50:16


While Brian's on family leave, enjoy and share this, one of our favorite episodes: Sir Roger Casement with Duke Byron Graham!********Hilarious rogue Byron Graham returns to the show to help us discuss Human Rights pioneer, Irish patriot, and very hot guy Roger Casement! Zach helpfully explains the differences between Byron and Brian, Byron repurposes some schoolyard rhymes, and Brian shouts out 2 Chainz!

Brief History of Wars

The Anglo-Boer Wars will introduce you to, one of the most fascinating Victorian Wars of the British Empire. A bite size comprehensive account of the two Anglo-Boer Wars fought between 1880-1881 and 1899-1902.A gripping tale of one of the bloodiest and expensive wars for over a century, which pitted the two Boer Republics of South Africa against the might of the British Empire.The podcast is under an hour, brief but informative and the history hit you are looking for. Please review!Follow us and like on socials:Twitter @bhistorypodcasthttps://www.facebook.com/pg/bhistorypodcast/about/Narrator and Author - Andrew Knight @ajknight31Producer and Composer - Harry EdmondsonResourceshttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/the-boer-wars-a-b…https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boer-Wars-Brief-History-e…Berger, Carl (1970). The Sense of Power; Studies in the Ideas of Canadian Imperialism,: 1867–1914. University of Toronto Press. pp. 233–34. ISBN 978-0-8020-6113-3.Bester, R. (1994). Boer Rifles and Carbines of the Anglo-Boer Warb. Bloemfontein: War Museum of the Boer Republics.Blake, Albert (2010). Boereverraaier. Tafelberg. p. 46."Case Name: Anglo-Boer: Britain's Vietnam (1899–1902)". American University of Washington D.C Trade Environment projects. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.Desai, Ashwin; Vahed, Goolem (2015). The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-bearer of Empire. Stanford University Press."Miscellaneous information: Cost of the war". AngloBoerWar.com. 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.[unreliable source?]Chase, Sean (4 November 2012). "Dragoons remember the heroes of Leliefontein". Daily Observer.Daily Mail (5810). 16 November 1914. pp. 4 ff. ISSN 0307-7578. Missing or empty |title= (help)Duffy, Michael (22 August 2009). "Sam Hughes Biography". firstworldwar.com.[unreliable source?]Cameron, Trewhella, ed. (1986). An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg,: Jonathan Ball. p. 207.Cartwright, A. P (1964). The Dynamite Company. Cape Town: Purnell & Sons.Davis, Richard Harding (1900). With Both Armies In South Africa. Charles Scribner Sons. p. 34, fn. 59."South African War (British-South African history)". Encyclopedia Britannica. Britannica.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2013."Caring for the soldiers health". Nash's war manual. London: Eveleigh Nash. 1914. p. 309.Farwell, Byron (March 1976). "Taking Sides in the Boer War". American Heritage Magazine. 20 (3). ISSN 0002-8738. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009.Ferguson, Niall (2002). Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power. Basic Books. p. 235.Grundlingh, Albert (1980). "Collaborators in Boer Society". In Warwick, P. The South African War. London. pp. 258–78.Granatstein, J.L. (2010). The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-543088-2.Grattan, Robert (2009). "The Entente in World War I: a case study in strategy formulation in an alliance". Journal of Management History. 15 (2): 147–58.Gronum, M.A. (1977). Die ontplooiing van die Engelse Oorlog 1899–1900. Tafelberg.Haydon, A.P. (1964). "South Australia's first war". Australian Historical Studies. 11 (42).Hayes, Matthew Horace (1902). Horses on board ship: a guide to their management. London: Hurst and Blackett. pp. 213–14.Inglis, Brian (1974). Roger Casement. London: Coronet Books. pp. 53–55.Jeffery, Keith (2000). "The Irish Soldier in the Boer War". In Gooch, John. The Boer War. London: Cass. p. 145. citesJacson, M. (1908). "II". The Record of a Regiment of the Line. Hutchinson & Company. p. 88. ISBN 1-4264-9111-5.Jones, Maurig (1996). "Blockhouses of the Boer War". Colonial Conquest, magweb. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.

Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University Podcasts
Jack Halberstam's Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire

Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 35:03


In Wild Things Jack Halberstam offers an alternative history of sexuality by tracing the ways in which wildness has been associated with queerness and queer bodies throughout the twentieth century. Halberstam theorizes the wild as an unbounded and unpredictable space that offers sources of opposition to modernity's orderly impulses. Wildness illuminates the normative taxonomies of sexuality against which radical queer practice and politics operate. Throughout, Halberstam engages with a wide variety of texts, practices, and cultural imaginaries—from zombies, falconry, and M. NourbeSe Philip's Zong! to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and the career of Irish anticolonial revolutionary Roger Casement—to demonstrate how wildness provides the means to know and to be in ways that transgress Euro-American notions of the modern liberal subject. With Wild Things, Halberstam opens new possibilities for queer theory and for wild thinking more broadly.

N'Autre Histoire
#12 Histoire décoloniale du caoutchouc (3/3): Détruire plus et encore au nom du profit

N'Autre Histoire

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 27:40


Ép. 12 Histoire décoloniale du caoutchouc (3/3). Détruire plus et encore au nom du profitCet épisode fait partie d'une mini-série sur l'histoire d'un produit très présent dans notre vie quotidienne, le caoutchouc. Ce produit banal mais très utile a cependant peu de valeur marchande comme beaucoup d'autres matières premières extraites des Suds.L'histoire du caoutchouc montre comment l'Occident s'empare d'un produit qui lui est utile, pour son propre bénéfice, sans le partager avec les populations qui le cultivent. Dans cet épisode, nous évoquons comment l'exploitation des humain·es, des sols et des forêts d'hévéas se poursuit jusqu'à nos jours.Vous pouvez aussi lire un article sur cette histoire sur le blog Perspectives décolonialesRéférences :Musiques:Musique amazonienne, Música instrumental de la Amazonía peruana Musique seringueira, V.A. - O Baque do Acre : A Memória Musical dos Seringais (2012)Musique congolaise : Mbuta Nsana...mpissa ya KongoMusique vietnamienne, le Nhạc đỏ ou « musique rouge » Musique Bunong Documents audiovisuels:« La Chorrera, el genocidio del caucho en el Amazonas »Film d'animation « Caoutchouc rouge, rouge coltan », réalisé par Jean-Pierre Griez (2018)Podcast « Sans blanc de rien » (2019)TV5 Monde, « Ces paysans du Cambodge attaquent le groupe Bolloré pour récupérer leurs terres spoliées » (2/10/19) Bibliographie:CAAP & IWGIA, Informes de Roger Casement y otras cartas sobre las atrocidades en el Putumayo, Lima, CAAP-IWGIA, 2011.CETA IWGIA, La defensa de los caucheros, Iquitos, CETA-IWGIA, 2005.Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Le Congo au temps des grandes compagnies concessionnaires. 1898-1930, Paris-La Haye, Mouton, 1972.Charles Dupoizat, « L'Industrie et le commerce du caoutchouc en Malaysia et en Indonésie », Archipel, 1982/24, p. 51-72.Anne Gouyon, « Les plaines de Sumatra-sud : de la forêt aux hévéas », Revue Tiers Monde, 1993/135, p. 643-670.Adam Hochschild, Les fantômes du roi Léopold II. La terreur coloniale dans l'État du Congo, Tallandier, 2019.Fabian Klose (éd.), The Emergence of Humanitarian Intervention, Cambridge University Press, 2016.Fany Kuiru, La fuerza de la manicuera. Acciones de resistencia de las mujeres uitoto de la Chorrera-Amazonas durante la explotación del caucho – Casa Arana, Tesis de Maestría en Estudios políticos, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogota, 2019.Edm. Leplae, « La culture de l'hévéa au Congo belge », Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 1926, n° 56, p. 204-218.Éric Panthou, Les plantations Michelin au Viêt-nam, Ed. « La Galipote », 2013.Lissell Quiroz, « Construire l'État, civiliser l'Indien dans l'Oriente péruvien (1845-1932) », Les Langues Néo-Latines, n° 379, déc. 2016, p. 37-50.Michael R. Dove, « Histoires et savoirs autochtones hybrides chez les petits cultivateurs d'hévéa d'Asie », Revue internationale des sciences sociales, 2002/3, n° 173, p. 389-400.Ngbwapkwa Te Mobusa, « L'exploitation du caoutchouc par l'État indépendant du Congo dans le territoire de Banzyville, district de l'Ubangui (1900-1908), Civilisations, vol. 41, no. 1/2, 1993, p. 291–306.Pierre Boulle, Le sacrilège malais, Julliard, 1955.Pierre Gourou, « La petite hévéaculture en Asie du Sud-Est », Annales de géographie, 1953/333, p. 397-398.Putumayo : la vorágine de las caucherías. Memoria y testimonio. Primera parte, Bogota, Centro Nacional de la Memoria histórica, 2014.René Fabre, « Les plantations de caoutchouc du Vietnam », Politique étrangère, 1970, 35/4, p. 371-403.Roger Casement, The Casement Report, 1904, The Gutemberg Project Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

N'Autre Histoire
#11. Histoire décoloniale du caoutchouc (2/3) Exploitation et génocides

N'Autre Histoire

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 19:56


Ép. 11 Histoire décoloniale du caoutchouc (2/3). Exploitation et génocides Cet épisode fait partie d'une mini-série, dans laquelle nous avons voulu raconter l'histoire d'un produit très présent dans notre vie quotidienne, le caoutchouc. On trouve ce produit sous différentes formes (des pneus, des tuyaux, des gants jetables, des chaussures, des gazons synthétiques ou encore des revêtements de raquettes de tennis). C'est un produit banal mais très utile. Il a cependant peu de valeur marchande comme beaucoup d'autres matières premières extraites des Suds.L'histoire du caoutchouc montre comment l'Occident s'empare d'un produit qui lui est utile, pour son propre bénéfice, sans le partager avec les populations qui le cultivent. Aujourd'hui, nous partons pour le 19e siècle. En Europe, la demande de caoutchouc explose. Les vélos font fureur dans les villes européennes alors que l'industrie automobile prend son envol. La soif de la richesse que le caoutchouc peut procurer motive la surexploitation des hévéas et des travailleurs autochtones.Références :Musique amazonienne, Música instrumental de la Amazonía peruanaMusique seringueira, V.A. - O Baque do Acre : A Memória Musical dos Seringais (2012) Musique congolaise : Mbuta Nsana...mpissa ya Kongo Musique vietnamienne, le Nhạc đỏ ou « musique rouge » Musique Bunong Générique: Atch, Freedom Documents audiovisuels:« La Chorrera, el genocidio del caucho en el Amazonas » Film d'animation « Caoutchouc rouge, rouge coltan », réalisé par Jean-Pierre Griez (2018)Podcast « Sans blanc de rien » (2019) TV5 Monde, « Ces paysans du Cambodge attaquent le groupe Bolloré pour récupérer leurs terres spoliées » (2/10/2019) Bibliographie:CAAP & IWGIA, Informes de Roger Casement y otras cartas sobre las atrocidades en el Putumayo, Lima, CAAP-IWGIA, 2011.CETA IWGIA, La defensa de los caucheros, Iquitos, CETA-IWGIA, 2005.Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Le Congo au temps des grandes compagnies concessionnaires. 1898-1930, Paris-La Haye, Mouton, 1972.Charles Dupoizat, « L'Industrie et le commerce du caoutchouc en Malaysia et en Indonésie », Archipel, 1982/24, p. 51-72.Anne Gouyon, « Les plaines de Sumatra-sud : de la forêt aux hévéas », Revue Tiers Monde, 1993/135, p. 643-670.Adam Hochschild, Les fantômes du roi Léopold II. La terreur coloniale dans l'État du Congo, Tallandier, 2019.Fabian Klose (éd.), The Emergence of Humanitarian Intervention, Cambridge University Press, 2016.Fany Kuiru, La fuerza de la manicuera. Acciones de resistencia de las mujeres uitoto de la Chorrera-Amazonas durante la explotación del caucho – Casa Arana, Tesis de Maestría en Estudios políticos, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogota, 2019.Edm. Leplae, « La culture de l'hévéa au Congo belge », Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 1926, n° 56, p. 204-218.Éric Panthou, Les plantations Michelin au Viêt-nam, Ed. « La Galipote », 2013.Lissell Quiroz, « Construire l'État, civiliser l'Indien dans l'Oriente péruvien (1845-1932) », Les Langues Néo-Latines, n° 379, déc. 2016, p. 37-50.Michael R. Dove, « Histoires et savoirs autochtones hybrides chez les petits cultivateurs d'hévéa d'Asie », Revue internationale des sciences sociales, 2002/3, n° 173, p. 389-400.Ngbwapkwa Te Mobusa, « L'exploitation du caoutchouc par l'État indépendant du Congo dans le territoire de Banzyville, district de l'Ubangui (1900-1908), Civilisations, vol. 41, no. 1/2, 1993, p. 291–306.Pierre Boulle, Le sacrilège malais, Julliard, 1955.Pierre Gourou, « La petite hévéaculture en Asie du Sud-Est », Annales de géographie, 1953/333, p. 397-398.Putumayo : la vorágine de las caucherías. Memoria y testimonio. Primera parte, Bogota, Centro Nacional de la Memoria histórica, 2014.René Fabre, « Les plantations de caoutchouc du Vietnam », Politique étrangère, 1970, 35/4, p. 371-403.Roger Casement, The Casement Report, The Gutemberg Project,1904. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

RTÉ Radio Player: Latest Podcasts
Liveline: Vandalism of Statues

RTÉ Radio Player: Latest Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 17:48


Julie spoke about the statue of Our Lady in Coolock which has been vandalised. Richard spoke about the Roger Casement statue in Ballyteigue in Co Kerry which recently was adorned with the local club's jersey and a hurley cable-tied to his hands.

RTÉ - Liveline
Vandalism of Statues

RTÉ - Liveline

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 17:37


Julie spoke about the statue of Our Lady in Coolock which has been vandalised. Richard spoke about the Roger Casement statue in Ballyteigue in Co Kerry which recently was adorned with the local club's jersey and a hurley cable-tied to his hands.

N'Autre Histoire
#10 Histoire décoloniale du caoutchouc (1/3) Le vol d'une plante américaine connue depuis avant Colomb

N'Autre Histoire

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 15:46


Histoire décoloniale du caoutchouc (1/3). Le vol d'une plante américaine connue depuis avant ColombL'épisode que vous écoutez fait partie d'une mini-série, dans laquelle nous avons voulu raconter l'histoire d'un produit très présent dans notre vie quotidienne, le caoutchouc. On trouve ce produit sous différentes formes (des pneus, des tuyaux, des gants jetables, des chaussures, des gazons synthétiques ou encore des revêtements de raquettes de tennis). C'est un produit banal mais très utile. Il a cependant peu de valeur marchande comme beaucoup d'autres matières premières extraites des Suds.L'histoire du caoutchouc montre comment l'Occident s'empare d'un produit qui lui est utile, pour son propre bénéfice, sans le partager avec les populations qui le cultivent. Aujourd'hui, nous remontons plusieurs centaines d'années en arrière, quand tout a commencé, avec le vol d'une plante en Amazonie.Références :Musique amazonienne, Música instrumental de la Amazonía peruanaMusique seringueira, V.A. - O Baque do Acre : A Memória Musical dos Seringais (2012) Musique congolaise : Mbuta Nsana...mpissa ya Kongo Musique vietnamienne, le Nhạc đỏ ou « musique rouge » Musique Bunong Générique: Atch, Freedom Documents audiovisuels:« La Chorrera, el genocidio del caucho en el Amazonas » Film d'animation « Caoutchouc rouge, rouge coltan », réalisé par Jean-Pierre Griez (2018)Podcast « Sans blanc de rien » (2019) TV5 Monde, « Ces paysans du Cambodge attaquent le groupe Bolloré pour récupérer leurs terres spoliées » (2/10/2019) Bibliographie:CAAP & IWGIA, Informes de Roger Casement y otras cartas sobre las atrocidades en el Putumayo, Lima, CAAP-IWGIA, 2011.CETA IWGIA, La defensa de los caucheros, Iquitos, CETA-IWGIA, 2005.Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Le Congo au temps des grandes compagnies concessionnaires. 1898-1930, Paris-La Haye, Mouton, 1972.Charles Dupoizat, « L'Industrie et le commerce du caoutchouc en Malaysia et en Indonésie », Archipel, 1982/24, p. 51-72.Anne Gouyon, « Les plaines de Sumatra-sud : de la forêt aux hévéas », Revue Tiers Monde, 1993/135, p. 643-670.Adam Hochschild, Les fantômes du roi Léopold II. La terreur coloniale dans l'État du Congo, Tallandier, 2019.Fabian Klose (éd.), The Emergence of Humanitarian Intervention, Cambridge University Press, 2016.Fany Kuiru, La fuerza de la manicuera. Acciones de resistencia de las mujeres uitoto de la Chorrera-Amazonas durante la explotación del caucho – Casa Arana, Tesis de Maestría en Estudios políticos, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogota, 2019.Edm. Leplae, « La culture de l'hévéa au Congo belge », Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 1926, n° 56, p. 204-218.Éric Panthou, Les plantations Michelin au Viêt-nam, Ed. « La Galipote », 2013.Lissell Quiroz, « Construire l'État, civiliser l'Indien dans l'Oriente péruvien (1845-1932) », Les Langues Néo-Latines, n° 379, déc. 2016, p. 37-50.Michael R. Dove, « Histoires et savoirs autochtones hybrides chez les petits cultivateurs d'hévéa d'Asie », Revue internationale des sciences sociales, 2002/3, n° 173, p. 389-400.Ngbwapkwa Te Mobusa, « L'exploitation du caoutchouc par l'État indépendant du Congo dans le territoire de Banzyville, district de l'Ubangui (1900-1908), Civilisations, vol. 41, no. 1/2, 1993, p. 291–306.Pierre Boulle, Le sacrilège malais, Julliard, 1955.Pierre Gourou, « La petite hévéaculture en Asie du Sud-Est », Annales de géographie, 1953/333, p. 397-398.Putumayo : la vorágine de las caucherías. Memoria y testimonio. Primera parte, Bogota, Centro Nacional de la Memoria histórica, 2014.René Fabre, « Les plantations de caoutchouc du Vietnam », Politique étrangère, 1970, 35/4, p. 371-403.Roger Casement, The Casement Report, 1904, The Gutemberg Project Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

Women in Film and TV Podcast
In Conversation with Award-winning Director Dearbhla Walsh

Women in Film and TV Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 88:36


On Tuesday 23rd June 2020, WFT Vice-Chair Vanessa Gildea was in conversation with award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh about her directing career to date. The pair of filmmakers spoke about filming techniques, working in the industry and personal experiences - as well as taking questions from our WFT members and supporters. About Dearbhla Walsh: Dearbhla Walsh is from Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo. She is an award-winning director who has worked on drama series including most recently Tales from the Loop, The Handmaid's Tale, EastEnders, Shameless, Penny Dreadful, The Tudors and much to her nephew's delight the Netflix Marvel series The Punisher. She won the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for Little Dorrit. She directed Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench, a television film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel of the same name. She has also directed several art/dance films, funded by the Arts Council, in collaboration with Fearghus Ó Conchúir including Match and I'm Roger Casement. Walsh has been nominated for the Irish Film and Television Awards eight times and won twice for directing in 2011 and 2018 respectively. This event was supported by the BAI. https://wft.ie/

Cats Over Kids
Episode 3: Childfree People in History

Cats Over Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 26:11


Jared and Teresa showcase five accomplished historic people who just so happened to be childfree: Francis Bacon, Hattie McDaniel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Dian Fossey, and Roger Casement. Plus -- probably their most favorite top 5 countdown yet.

The Bar of Ireland Podcasts
The Trial Of Roger Casement - Green St. Courthouse Lectures

The Bar of Ireland Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 79:12


Michael McDowell SC delivers a lecture examining the trial of Roger Casement for high treason in 1916.

Bad Gays
Roger Casement

Bad Gays

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 60:18


At the height of his career, today's subject was a national hero in the UK, knighted by George V. His life ended as a traitor and a pervert, executed by hanging in Pentonville Prison before being thrown in an unmarked grave in the prison yard, his body covered in quicklime. His name was Roger Casement, and we'll talk about his rise and fall, Britain’s hypocritical relationship with imperialism and colonialism, and secret black diaries full of "gentle thrusts" and "splendid erections."  Visit our website for T-shirts, an episode archive, and more information about the show. ----more---- SOURCES: Achebe, Chinua. An Image of Africa: And the Trouble with Nigeria. Penguin Great Ideas 100. London: Penguin Books, 2010.   Dudgeon, Jeffrey, and Roger Casement. Roger Casement: The Black Diaries : With a Study of His Background, Sexuality and Irish Political Life. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Belfast Press, 2016.   Goodman, Jordan. The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man’s Battle for Human Rights in South America’s Heart of Darkness. 1st American ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.   Halifax, Noel. “The Queer and Unusual Life of Roger Casement.” Socialist Review, February 2016. http://socialistreview.org.uk/410/queer-and-unusual-life-roger-casement.   Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.   Inglis, Brian. Roger Casement. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Blackstaff Press, 1993.   Mitchell, Angus. “REPUTATIONS: Roger Casement and the History Question.” History Ireland (blog), June 30, 2016. https://www.historyireland.com/volume-24/reputations-roger-casement-history-question/.   O’Toole, Fintan. “The Multiple Hero.” The New Republic, August 2, 2012. https://newrepublic.com/article/105658/mario-vargas-llosa-dream-of-celt-fintan-otoole.   Toibin, Colm. Love in a Dark Time: And Other Explorations of Gay Lives and Literature. New York, NY: Scribner, 2004.   Our intro music is Arpeggia Colorix by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.

Erlebnis Irland - Reisen und Reisetips mit Chris und Fee
Tour über den Glasnevin Cementery - Reisetipps für Fotografen und alle Irlandinteressierte

Erlebnis Irland - Reisen und Reisetips mit Chris und Fee

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 91:38


In der letzten Folge habe ich euch von meinem Besuch auf dem Glasnevin Cementery erzählt. Ich hab mich da mit der Marketing Managerin Anne Kilcoyne des Friedhofsmuseums getroffen. In dieser Episode gehe ich nun mit Brigit auf Tour. Brigit ist einer Der Tour Guides. Auf diesem speziellen Friedhof sind viele bekannte Persönlichkeiten Dublins beerdigt. Ein Querschnitt quer durch die irische Geschichte und Gesellschaft. Ich habe mir im Vorfeld eine Wunschliste zusammengestellt welche der Personen ich gerne besuchen würde. Auf ihr stehen u. a. Daniel oh C‘Connel, Den ich euch in der letzten Episode schon vorgestellt habe, Roger Casement, Father Browne oder Eamon de Valera.

Bitch Talk
Gillian Fitzgerald co-owner of Casements Bar and creator of Proud Mary Bloody Mary Mix

Bitch Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 36:34


Bitch Talk had a great time chatting with bar owner and bloody mary  maven, Gillian Fitzgerald. Gillian is the co-owner of Casements Irish Bar - a brand new drinking establishment in the heart of the Mission district of San Francisco, and  a bit of an old soul when it comes to talking about her love of the City, it's bar culture, and how past San Franciscans used to drink. Gillian has a fantastic bartending history in around SF including one of our old haunts Nickies in the Lower Haight. We're pretty sure we've run in to her in one of our old nights out on the town because sitting down and swapping stories with her felt like talking with an old friend.  Enjoy our conversation with Gillian and head to Casements any night of the week - their happy hour starts at 4 pm Monday - Friday, and they have a full menu of classic Irish fare to boot.  Follow Casements on Instagram here.Follow Proud Mary on Instagram here. Casements Bar - 2351 Mission Street - San FranciscoVisit their website for full calendar and menu! --Let us know how we're doing: therealbtpod@gmail.comVisit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen in every Monday from 6:00 - 6:30 AM on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions     

Bitch Talk
Basic Bitching at Casements Bar

Bitch Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 27:25


We're on location at the new Irish bar called Casements in San Francisco. Your Bitches have been hustling hard this past week and it's time to sit down, grab a drink, and catch up... hear about Ange's recent trip to a Beer Festival in Oregon, a brainstorm session for new tattoos, and an epic story of one of the Bitch's 18th Birthday. In the next couple of weeks, we'll release our interview with Casement's co-owner Gillian Fitzgerald. You'll hear the crew getting schooled on who Roger Casement was, and learn more about one of our new favorite watering holes. If you're in ever in the area, head on over to 2351 Mission St and tell them Bitch Talk sent you... --Let us know how we're doing: therealbtpod@gmail.comVisit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen in every Monday from 6:00 - 6:30 AM on BFF.FMPOWERED BY GO-TO Productions  

Deconstructing Comics
#639 Fionnuala Doran talks “Roger Casement” and more

Deconstructing Comics

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019


Roger Casement is known in the UK and Ireland as a British diplomat who joined the Irish Nationalists and, in 1916, was convicted of treason and executed. But the rest of the world is less familiar with his name. Enter Fionnuala Doran, who has released a graphic novel about him called The Trial of Roger … Continue reading #639 Fionnuala Doran talks “Roger Casement” and more

Records Search and Rescue
Roger Casement and the Black Diaries Part 2 of 2

Records Search and Rescue

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 27:53


Today I am finishing up my discussion on Roger Casement. I am going to discuss the trial in the kings court in London and talking about his diaries and their effect on the trial as well as their authenticity. 

Records Search and Rescue
Roger Casement and the Black Diaries Part 1

Records Search and Rescue

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 27:27


In this part 1 of a two part episode I will be discussing Sir Roger Casement and his work in colonial British areas, humanitarian work, his reports and his initial move to becoming an Irish Nationalist. Tune in in two weeks time for more on his trial, appeal and his infamous diaries!

Vite che non sono la tua - Radio3
VITE CHE NON SONO LA TUA - Roger Casement

Vite che non sono la tua - Radio3

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019 30:00


"Voltagabbana - Uomini che non hanno tradito se stessi" di Massimilano Griner - Letture di Patrizia Hartman Roger Casement

La Luciole Littéraire's show
Le Rêve du Celte

La Luciole Littéraire's show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 16:56


Dans ce deuxième épisode, je vous présente un ouvrage de Mario Vargas Llosa intitulé Le Rêve du Celte, qui se penche sur la biographie de Roger Casement, personnage très controversé de la lutte pour l'indépendance irlandaise et du combat anticolonialiste.

Dig: A History Podcast
Hearts of Darkness: Victorian Imperialism and Travel of the African Continent

Dig: A History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2018 69:43


Frontiers, Episodes #4 of 4. Find the transcript and complete show notes at digpodcast.org. Victorian-era European imperialism was facilitated by the thousands of missionaries, businessmen, soldiers, and private police forces employed by the religious, economic, and military institutions of “civilized” Europe, but there were also individuals that facilitated this process, such as Henry Morton Stanley, Joseph Conrad, and Roger Casement. These individuals were essential to the larger effort to normalize imperialism. They were seen as national heroes, adventurers, larger-than-life pinnacles of Europe’s “civilizing” mission in sub-Saharan Africa. All of these men treated sub-Saharan Africa as if it were theirs for the taking, where they could play and profit as they saw fit. All of these men were essential to European imperialism in sub-Saharan Africa: its rise, its fall, and its impact on the people it crushed along the way. So today we’re going to take a look at where Conrad, Casement, and Stanley’s stories intersect: in the Congo, or as Joseph Conrad called it, in the “Heart of Darkness.” Brief Bibliography (get the full bibliography at digpodcast.org): Adam Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost (Houghton Miffling, 1999). Tim Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer (Yale University Press, 2007). Agata Szczeszak-Brewer, Critical Approaches to Joseph Conrad (University of South Carolina Press, 2015) Dean Pavlakis, British Humanitarianism and the Congo Reform Movement, 1896-1913(Routledge, 2015) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Irish Nation Lives
Episode 2: The German Plot

The Irish Nation Lives

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 38:39


Britain has suffered heavy casualties in the Spring Offensive and attempts to introduce conscription to Ireland has been hampered by Nationalist opposition there. The new administration in Dublin Castle will use the appearance of a mysterious figure off on the west coast of Ireland to accuse Sinn Féin of being part of a German plot and on the 16-17th of May 1918 it will move to arrest it's entire leadership. On this episode of The Irish Nation Lives we will look at what evidence existed for such a move and examine witness statements to see if there was indeed communication with Imperial Germany. For more information on the Irish Brigade in Germany and Roger Casement's time there: www.irishbrigade.eu Witness Statements from the Bureau of Military History: www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/ Eamon Broy: http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1280.pdf Seán T. O'Kelly: http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1765%20PART%202.pdf Liam De Róiste: http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1698%20PART%202.pdf Dominick Molloy: http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1570.pdf Richard Walsh: http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0400.pdf Robert Brennan: http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0779%20Section%201.pdf

The Revisionists
Episode 62: Roger Casement

The Revisionists

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2018 50:16


Hilarious rogue Byron Graham returns to the show to help us discuss Human Rights pioneer, Irish patriot, and very hot guy Roger Casement! Zach helpfully explains the differences between Byron and Brian, Byron repurposes some schoolyard rhymes, and Brian shouts out 2 Chainz!Please help support the show by donating over at our Patreon page!Be sure to check out all the awesome shows on the Denver Podcast Network!

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Zeitsprung
ZS90: Aufstieg und Fall des Roger Casement

Zeitsprung

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2017 61:27


In dieser Episode springen wir zurück ans Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und sprechen über eine außergewöhnliche Person, die maßgeblich am Erstarken der Menschenrechtsbewegung und später der irischen Freiheitsbewegung beteiligt war. Es geht um Kolonialismus, Nationalismus und schließlich ein verräterisches Tagebuch. Verstärkung hatten wir für diese Folge in Form von Angus Mitchell, Professor an der Limerick University in Irland und Experte für Roger Casement. Vielen Dank nochmals an ihn! Das von ihm in der Episode erwähnte Buch über Casement heißt "Roger Casment: 16 Lives". Das Episodenbild wurde von der National Library of Ireland über Flickr Commons zur Verfügung gestellt.

Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins
Keynote Address at the Peruvian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Lima, Peru

Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2017 51:00


“When the gaze must not be averted: The testament for humanity in the universality of Roger Casement's humanitarian vision” Keynote Address by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lima, Peru

RTÉ - Drama On One Podcast
Treason on Trial

RTÉ - Drama On One Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2016 13:36


The month of August marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Roger Casement on the gallows of Pentonville Prison, London, in one of the most controversial killings in the penal history of the British Empire. Edited by Fintan O'Toole and read by Owen Roe Produced by Aidan Mathews

Documentary on One - RTÉ Documentaries
Roger Casement's 'Apocalypse Now' - Africa & 1916

Documentary on One - RTÉ Documentaries

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2016 39:59


In August 1916, the British executed a very unusual rebel figure: a knight-cum-Irish rebel who honed his nationalism in ‘Belgian’ Congo in Africa - Sir Roger Casement. From Dublin and Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, he was captured in Kerry. Then, imprisoned in the Tower of London, he was, as the saying goes, “hanged on a comma”.(Broadcast 2016)

Irish Times Off Topic
Roger Casement: The Movie / Assassin's Creed / Bits, Bytes and Books

Irish Times Off Topic

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2016 42:07


One of the best known campaigners for civil rights of his day, a knighted poet, a gay man, a nationalist, a rebel: the life of Roger Casement's provides more than enough fodder for a big screen treatment. Exploring what such a movie would be like is the idea behind a new exhibition at IMMA, The Humaniser, by artist Simon Fujiwara. Screenwriter Michael Lesslie, who worked on the project, talks with Laurence Mackin about Roger Casement and the primacy of themes over facts in dramatisations of real lives. Lesslie also talks about his work on the new Assassin's Creed movie and an intriguing new writing project, blending fact and history in New Orleans. In part two: how can libraries survive and thrive in an age where texts of all kinds are multiplying at a dizzying rate and can be spread and shared in the digital space? The changing concept of the modern library was the focus of ‘Library Futures' Symposium at Trinity College Dublin this week. Hugh Linehan talks with speakers Richard Ovenden of Oxford University's prestigious Bodley Library and and Helen Shelton of Trinity College.

Breaking History Podcast
Episode 4: Easter Rising Anniversary Roundtable

Breaking History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2016 39:20


Join Northeastern University Graduate Students Matt Bowser, Bridget Keown, and James Robinson as we discuss the Easter Rebellion that sparked the Irish War of Independence, and whose 100 Anniversary just passed. We discuss some of the recent scholarship, the rising in World History, the role of women in the Easter Rising and their writing out of the history, Ireland and British settler-colonialism, and the Limerick Soviets. We touch briefly on the articles going around the internet about "Irish slavery" and the rebuttal. We wrap about Roger Casement and his diary, and the what-if of the Easter Rising. Books on Easter Rising mentioned in the podcast: Ireland And The First World War by David Fitzpatrick https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5116323-ireland-and-the-first-world-war?from_search=true&search_version=service 1916: A Global History by Keith Jeffery https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25402257-1916 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition by Kieran Allen https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26153474-1916?from_search=true&search_version=service At Home in the Revolution: What Women Said and Did in 1916 by Lucy McDiarmid https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27134661-at-home-in-the-revolution?from_search=true&search_version=service How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/305686.How_the_Irish_Became_White?from_search=true&search_version=service News item discussed: Two Cities, One Book: Dublin & Belfast Read Fallen by Lia Mills https://libranwriter.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/two-cities-one-book-dublin-belfast/ Also check out: Letters of 1916 http://letters1916.maynoothuniversity.ie/ Stories from 1916 podcast http://www.storiesfrom1916.com/ Credits: Brought to you by the Northeastern Graduate History Association Sound editing: Beka Bryer Produced: Dan Squizzero Music by Kieran Legg Rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! Feedback/love/hate/comments/concerns/suggestions: breakinghistorypodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: www.facebook.com/breakhist/ https://breakinghistorypodcast.com/

AbbeyTheatre
Panel - The Body Of The State

AbbeyTheatre

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016 61:19


Jesse Jones, Sarah Browne, Fearghus Ó Conchúir and Sarah Jane Scaife. JESSE JONES AND SARAH BROWNE – IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE Taking place in the context of the Irish State centenary, artists Jesse Jones and Sarah Browne discuss their exploration of statehood from the perspective of the female body. FEARGHUS Ó CONCHÚIR – THE CASEMENT PROJECT The Casement Project is a choreography of bodies and ideas that takes place across multiple platforms and national boundaries. It dances with the queer body of British peer, Irish rebel and international humanitarian, Roger Casement to ask: Who gets to be in the national body? How could the national body move? Might Casement’s legacy be a flourishing diversity of citizen-bodies? SARAH JANE SCAIFE – BECKETT IN THE CITY How is it possible for Beckett’s abstract, modernist works to speak to the trauma of ‘unruly’ female bodies long hidden and controlled? Thursday 21 January 2016 at the Abbey Theatre

Come & See Inspirations
"The End of All Things Earthly" edited by David Bracken - 13th March 2016 (S06E17b) (SS102fm podcast excerpt)

Come & See Inspirations

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2016 30:50


We are joined by David Bracken who works as the Limerick Diocesan Archivist to talk about the publication of a new book about the faith profiles of the 1916 leaders. The title of the book comes from the last letter of John Mallin to his wife from Kilmainhan Gaol written the night before his execution, "My darling Wife pulse of my heart, this is the end of all things earthly; sentense of Death has been passed, and a quarter to four tomorrow the sentense will be carried out by shooting and so must Irishmen pay for trying to make Ireland a free nation, Gods will be done.....My heart strings are torne to pieces when I think of you and them of our manly James, happy go lucky John, Shy warm Una dadys Girl and oh little Joseph my little man my little man Wife dear Wife I cannot keep the tears back when I think of him he will rest in my arms no more, to think I have to leave you to battle through the world with them without my help, what will you do my own darling …Edited by Limerick Diocesan archivist David Bracken, ‘The End of All Things Earthly' has contributions from 18 academics on this aspect of the leaders' lives and also includes personal letters and testimonies of the leaders, as well as rarely seen photographs and transcripts. Commenting ahead of the book launch, Bishop Leahy said, “The question of how faith and armed rebellion can be compatible has exercised much conversation from the time of the rising to, indeed, the present day.  However, the book does not seek to adjudicate on this but, instead, merely give a sense of what faith meant to the Leaders.“The Rising Leaders clearly had varying degrees of faith.  But what is striking is the closeness with God in the final moments before execution, including for those with little Catholic faith prior to this.  It's a piece of work we are very proud of and indebted to all involved, including our own David Bracken for his effort in pulling this together, and, of course, all contributors.”Featuring contributions from a selection of Irish academics and historians, the book comprises seventeen concise, yet richly detailed, essays that provide a fascinating insight into the faith profiles of the leaders of the Easter Rising.The essays trace pivotal movements: from the horrors witnessed by Roger Casement in colonial Africa and South America; to the radicalisation of Patrick Pearse, whose writing reflected his Catholic upbringing; to the quiet prison cells in the sober aftermath of the Rising, where the likes of Con Colbert and Joseph Plunkett found consolation in their faith. The personal letters and testimonies of the leaders contained in the book provide a window into the minds of these revolutionaries as they faced their deaths.Including rarely seen photographs and transcripts, The End of All Things Earthly, offers a poignant perspective on the events of 1916, and explores the spirituality that shaped those who gave their lives to Ireland's independence. Contributors to the book include:Damien Burke, Assistant Archivist at the Irish Jesuit Archives.Bernie Deasy, Archivist at the Delaney Archive, which cares for the archival collections of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, the Patrician Brothers, Brigidine Sisters and Carlow College.Noelle Dowling, Archivist at Dublin Diocesan ArchivesRoddy Hegarty, Director of the Cardinal Tomán Ó Fiaich Memorial Library and ArchiveBrian Kirby, Archivist at the Irish Capuchin Provincial Archives.Bishop Brendan Leahy launched the new book in Dublin and his talk at the launch is available here.

Stories From 1916 Podcast
022 - Robert Monteith

Stories From 1916 Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2015 10:06


Captain Robert Monteith had a distinguished career in the British Army, but later became a dedicated nationalist. As an Irish Volunteer, he joined Roger Casement in his mission to found an Irish Brigade in Germany, and land a shipment of arms off the coast of Kerry for the Easter Rising. This is his story.

Stuff You Missed in History Class
From Diplomacy to Black Diaries: Roger Casement

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2012 29:05


Roger Casement was an Irish-born British diplomat. He eventually became an Irish nationalist. After his arrest, he was sentenced to die. To stifle support for Casement, the government also released the "Black Diaries" which outed Casement as gay. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Documentary on One - RTÉ Documentaries
DocArchive: Roger Casement as Seen by his Contemporaries

Documentary on One - RTÉ Documentaries

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2009 35:17


Roger David Casement was an Irish nationalist, activist, patriot and poet. Here, we listen to reminiscences of the man by those who knew him. (Broadcast 1965) Roger David Casement was an Irish nationalist, activist, patriot and poet. Here, we listen to reminiscences of the man by those who knew him. (Broadcast 1965)