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8. The Graves are Walking, The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 05:48 PM

Apr 2014

I am only four chapters into this book, but it is a great read. What is fascinating is the attitude that the British had toward the poor Irish of the 1940's is the same as how the Republicans view the poor now, especially the blacks. Don't want to give them any assistance for fear they will come to depend on it. Lots of sad stuff in the book. I also learned a new word, immiseration.

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