'Ulysses' is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic. — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity. — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
In my view the European culture carries a very heavy responsibility for the creation of Israel... it is a product of both British and… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they recognise that… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
I went to a grim Victorian school with classes of 40 or 50 children. It was a very rigid and unimaginative education, but it… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in the north and the south of Ireland, intolerant habits are part of the fabric of emotion, part of the identity crisis which… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines. — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
If you spend your life with academics, when you step outside, you realise there is this huge general readership that is almost impossible to… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
My parents were Northern Ireland Labour party people. We read the 'Guardian' and the 'New Statesman,' listened to the BBC. The house was full… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
