Tag: James Connolly
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James Connolly: socialism made easy
157 years ago, the great Marxist and revolutionary martyr James Connolly was born in Edinburgh. We republish today his pamphlet Socialism Made Easy that since his first publication has served to introduce millions of workers to the basic ideas of socialism. It still remains today one of the best, simple rebuttals to all the common…
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Connolly and the 1916 Easter Uprising
109 years ago today, on 24 April 1916, a joint force of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army – a workers’ militia led by the Marxist revolutionary James Connolly – stormed the GPO in Dublin. At the same time, various rebel detachments occupied several other buildings and sites in Dublin’s inner city. The…
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James Connolly and the struggle for Irish independence
The great revolutionary James Connolly was born 156 years ago today to Irish parents in Edinburgh. Connolly grew to be the greatest Marxist ever produced by these islands; an iconic figure in the history of the Irish working class. Executed by the British army in 1916 following his leading role in the Easter Rising, Connolly’s…
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Dublin Lockout
The 26th of August 2023 marked the 110-year anniversary of the beginning of the Dublin Lockout. 20,000 members of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) battled with the forces of British and Irish capitalism. The workers were conscious that this was a life-or-death struggle for the very existence of their organisations. They made…
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The Twelfth of July by James Connolly
The Ulster loyalist celebrations known as ‘The Twelfth,’ celebrated every 12 July in the North of Ireland, commemorate the victory of William of Orange over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. They are used to whip up sectarian tensions by specifically anti-catholic groups such as the Orange Order, who amongst…