New Education/Training Section on OSF.IE

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Oifigeach Oideachas ÓSF

''Organise, educate, and agitate'' - James Connolly

This was the political philosophy of one of our nations foremost republicans and socialists. This philosophy remains as central to our struggle as ever. But while we in Ógra can justifiably claim to be well organised and regularly agitating, there is much work to be done in educating and training our activists. The new education/training section of the website is intended to help to remedy that.


The main point to education and training our activists is essentially to create better activists.

The more knowledgeable republican youth is, the better we can counter the arguments of the conservative ruling classes, and the better the republican movement is renewed by intelligent and progressive young representatives and activists, at all levels.

On the other hand if we fail to inform ourselves and improve our activism, then the movement will suffer, and will struggle to maintain its relevance.

What will be posted here will be break downs on Sinn Féin Policy on a whole range of issues, articles of interest, regular updates on materials of interest and youtube clips. But this is only intended to be a starting point. Ógra activists should endeavor as best they can to keep reading the newspapers, keep an eye on current affairs programmes, read widely on political and social issues, and most importantly be open to new ideas - the attitude you take to activism is key.


Question the perceived wisdom and challenge consensus, within and without the movement; offer a credible alternative, and an answer to the criticisms of our detractors.

Have the courage of your convictions and act on your beliefs and opinions.

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