Two Dublin plagiarists (2011)
In 1990 to 1991 before I was at the receiving end of five months of sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation by the authorities in Dublin, I prepared the drafts of two books:Revolution in Ireland 1913-1923 and a history of the Irish Labour Party up to 1943. In the 1990s, Kostick and Allen wrote both of these books on the basis of stolen notes on behalf of the Socialist Workers Party. These books where published by Pluto Press and Manchester University Press. I did not give permission for my work to be stolen.
In the early 1990s it was a familiar sight for me to see on South Great Georges Street in Dublin the" street scenes" arranged by the Socialist Workers Party and their garda adjutants. I lived in dire poverty in Dublin but devoted my time there to study political economy and Irish History. I circularised over a hundred trade unionists, community groups and unemployed groups with articles and schema one of which, the Programme of Irish Socialists, later became the National Development Plan. I was not paid for my creative literary endeavours.
I was later expelled from my humble abode by George Redmond, Dublin City Manager.
My plans for a book on revolutionary politics in the early part of the 20th century were fully mapped out with references based on careful study in the National Library. My plan for a book on the Irish Labour Party and the influence of Jim Larkin were also carefully annotated. In my opinion, Kostick stole much of the prepared script but failed to add any colour or descriptive prose. Allen’s book lacked shape after the period of 1943 at which point I was forced to break off my studies.
Both are nonentities!!
