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James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland.
Jun 1, 2024 · James Connolly was a Marxist union leader and revolutionary who was a leading participant in the Easter Rising (April 24–29, 1916) in Dublin against British rule. In 1896, soon after his arrival in Dublin, Connolly helped found the Irish Socialist Republican Party.
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James Connolly was a revolutionary socialist, a trade union leader and a political theorist who led the Irish Citizen Army in the 1916 Easter Rising. He was executed by firing squad after the insurrection, which contributed to the mood of bitterness in Ireland.
- If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain.
- The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars. James Connolly. Stars, People, Republican.
- Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class. James Connolly. Government, Class, Affair.
- Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," and can yet pass unmoved through our streets and witness all the wrong and the suffering, shame and degradation wrought upon the people of Ireland-yea, wrought by Irishmen upon Irish men and women, without burning to end it, is, in my opinion, a fraud and a liar in his heart, no matter how he loves that combination of chemical elements he is pleased to call Ireland.
Jun 5, 2024 · The life story of 1916 Easter Rising Leader James Connolly. James Connolly, the Edinburgh man calling the military shots from the GPO during the 1916 Easter Rising, was the “heart” of the ...
May 12, 2017 · Learn about James Connolly, a pro-worker, anti-imperialist organizer who participated in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland. Explore his life, vision, and legacy as a socialist, feminist, and multiculturalist.
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Jun 11, 2018 · Connolly, James (1868–1916). Author and union leader, Connolly was the most important Irish socialist in an intellectual and organizational sense. Though unsuccessful in an attempt to reconcile socialism and nationalism, he remains a great influence in Ireland and Scotland. Born in Edinburgh, Connolly joined the British army.
