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Jan 8, 20213 min read

Marty Walsh, the Department of Labor Nominee, and Mother Jones

Marty Walsh, the Mayor of Boston, has been nominated by President-elect Biden for Secretary of Labor. Marty Walsh is a fan of Mother...

Jan 31, 20201 min read

Blazing A Trail: A New Exhibit from Ireland

Blazing a Trail; Ireland

Nov 21, 20191 min read

Meeting with other Midwest Organizations

We were pleased to meet with Daniel Mulhall, Ireland's Ambassador to the US, and other Midwest organizations, for a talk on strategies...

Oct 11, 20191 min read

Meeting Ireland's Minister for the Diaspora

Members of our board were honored to meet with Ciaran Cannon, Irelands' Minister for the Diaspora and International Development today,...

Sep 30, 20191 min read

Ireland's Grant for Our Chicago Mother Jones Statue Campaign

Our Mother Jones Chicago statue sculpture fundraising is off to a glorious start. Proud to accept a generous check from Sara Keating,...

Mar 21, 20191 min read

Siasma na nGael for Mother Jones!

Mother Jones Tribute produced by Old St. Pat's March 2019 Bravo Old St. Patrick's Church which produced the story of Mother Jones’ life...

Jul 20, 20183 min read

Voyage to Ireland and Durham

This summer I was invited to give a talk on Mother Jones at Dublin's GPO, the famous post office where the Easter Rising was centered. ...

May 7, 20183 min read

Ireland’s Ambassador Visits Mother Jones Monument

Daniel Mulhall, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, was in St. Louis last week. An unexpected break in his schedule allowed an ...

Apr 19, 20186 min read

The Spirit of Two Irish Rebelwomen, 1918 & 2018

One hundred years ago, Mother Jones and Irish feminist rebel Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington spoke at a what was considered a subversive...

Dec 31, 20167 min read

Auld Lang Syne to Four We Lost This Year

At year’s end, we pause to reflect on those we have lost and commemorate their lives. John Keiser John Keiser, a native of Mt. Olive who...