
Mar 17 • 49M
UNLOCKED: The History of the IRA, Ep. 2 w/ Daniel Finn
A podcast from Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison that provides listeners with everything they need to know about what’s going on in the world.
Danny and Derek welcome back Daniel Finn, features editor at Jacobin and author of One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA, to continue their discussion on the history of the IRA. They cover the Irish War of Independence, including Sinn Féin’s historic victory in the 1918 Irish general election, the establishment of the Revolutionary Dáil, the IRA’s use of guerilla warfare, the organization’s interactions with the labor movement, and much more leading up to the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty.