On last year’s St. Patrick’s Day, progressives of Irish ancestry organized the first “Irish Stand” rally at Riverside Church in New York City to protest the xenophobic and racist policies of the Trump administration. The rally represented an energizing shift in Irish American social consciousness back toward an original culture of
This St. Patrick’s Day, Don’t Forget to Celebrate Irish Resistance
In telling the story of Irish America, we must grapple with the history of British colonial rule, racial identity, and capitalism.