The Regrettable Century

BONUS- A Rising Every Generation: James Connolly, the Easter Rising, and Irish Republican Socialism

April 24, 2020 Chris, Kevin, Jenny, and Jason Season 2 Episode 13
The Regrettable Century
BONUS- A Rising Every Generation: James Connolly, the Easter Rising, and Irish Republican Socialism
Show Notes

On Easter Monday, April 24 1916, 1,200 members of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army mustered in Dublin and declared the formation of the Irish Republic. Marxist and Irish Republican, James Conolly, led the Irish Citizen's Army in hopes that the Easter Rising would touch off a revolution in Ireland that would lead to the establishment of a Workers' Republic, the death of the British Empire, and the beginning of a socialist world revolution.

Over a century later, Ireland is still ruled in the north by what remains of the British Empire, The Republic of Ireland is Bankers' Republic, and hopes for the world revolution are a nostalgic memory... for now.

Manifesto of the Irish Socialist Republican Party (Connolly):
https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1896/xx/isrp.htm


Connolly and the Paris Commune
https://jacobinmag.com/2016/04/james-connolly-paris-commune-easter-rising-tactics?fbclid=IwAR2NFon_XDCsFniTFdsVD1qM_u3m23fbJ88qKzokacYaSqghGlaPIAevu40


Socialism Made Easy (Connolly) -- the only long-ish one:
https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/james-connollys-socialism-made-easy-1909-11-political-action-labor


Easter Rising Proclamation (original text):
https://www.onthisday.com/photos/easter-proclamation-of-1916


Socialism and Nationalism (Connolly):|
https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1897/01/socnat.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1897/xx/scirenat.htm


Socialism and Religion (Connolly):
https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1901/evangel/socrel.htm


Socialism in Ireland (Connolly):
https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1908/03/socinire.htm


Direct Action in Belfast (Connolly):
https://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1911/09/diract.htm


The Hope of Ireland (Connolly):

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