Jenny Farrell

Dr. Jenny Farrell is a lecturer and writer in Galway, Ireland. Her main fields of interest are Irish and English poetry and the work of William Shakespeare. She is an associate editor of Culture Matters and also writes for Socialist Voice, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Ireland.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jenny Farrell

Culture

The Siege of Leningrad: Shostakovich and the airbrushing of history
June 26, 2019 By Jenny Farrell
The Siege of Leningrad was recorded not only in books, but also in music.
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Culture

The working class becomes subject in the art of Gustave Courbet
June 5, 2019 By Jenny Farrell
Gustave Courbet, born 200 years ago, was one of the first artists to show laborers at work so forcefully and honestly.
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CP100

Remembering Pete Seeger on his 100th birthday
May 2, 2019 By Jenny Farrell
Military intelligence deemed Pete unfit for sensitive positions due to his “Communistic sympathies" and "unsatisfactory relations with landlords."
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Culture

Exposing capitalism’s exploitative nature: The life and writings of B. Traven
April 2, 2019 By Jenny Farrell
Traven is one of the most widely read working-class writers of the 20th century.
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Arts

100 years of Bauhaus: Building for a society of equals
March 25, 2019 By Jenny Farrell
"Art and people must form a unity. Art should no longer be the pleasure of a few, but serve the happiness and life of the many." - Walter Gropius
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Books

Liam O’Flaherty’s ‘Hollywood Cemetery’: Long censored exposé makes a comeback
March 21, 2019 By Jenny Farrell
For readers of People’s World, a special aspect: O'Flaherty puts the Daily Worker (called Proletarian Power in the novel), at its moral center.
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World

Butcher’s dozen: The crimes of Bloody Sunday 47 years on
March 20, 2019 By Jenny Farrell
Disbelief is the reaction of most in Ireland to the decision to charge only one British Paratrooper with the murder of 14 civil rights marchers.
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