Until We Fall: Long Distance Life on the Left, with Helena Sheehan
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Until We Fall: Long Distance Life on the Left, with Helena Sheehan

Episode description

In this episode we talk to Professor Helena Sheehan about her recent book, Until We Fall: Long Distance Life on the Left.

We discuss the lead up to and impact of the break up of the Soviet Union, Helena’s experience of post-apartheid South Africa and the changing role of the University in the contemporary period.

Helena is Emeritus Professor at Dublin City University (DCU) and has published and taught on culture, media, politics and philosophy. She has been active on the left in Ireland since the 1970s, with numerous campaigns and as a member, first, of Official Sinn Féin, then the Communist Party of Ireland and subsequently the Labour party.

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