#51: The Politics of Hunger

The 1981 hunger strikes in Northern Ireland were more than a political protest. They were lived, contested, and remembered in deeply personal ways. The hunger strikes reshaped politics, identity, and memory in Northern Ireland and beyond. With Professors Niall O Dochartaigh and Marie Breen-Smyth, the podcast revisits the events, exploring escalation, symbolism, public reaction, and the lasting…