The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur

World War Civ 22: Irish Home Rule and Britain’s near-civil war before 1914

Aug 31, 2023
The podcast explores the issue of Irish Home Rule and Britain's near-civil war before 1914. Topics include the involvement of Protestants and Catholics in the 1798 uprising, the parallels between Israel and Protestant settlers in Ireland, the decline in population during the 1840s famine, the complexities of implementing measures, the creation of an Irish assembly with limited power, challenges to democracy and the rigged system, the socialist international, political tensions and the potential for civil war, and the conflict between government and Ulster in Ireland.
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