Originally published in 1896 by the Irish Socialist Republican Party, edited and with an introduction by James Connolly. No copies of the original edition are known to have survived. The Socialist Party of Ireland republished it in April 1906, with some changes to Connolly's introduction. The changes would appear to be cosmetic - the Irish … Continue reading The Rights of Ireland and the Faith of a Felon by James Fintan Lalor (ed. James Connolly; 1906 edition)
Author: Conor McCabe
I write on class, capital, and Irish left/radical history, and am involved in activist education with political, trade union, and community groups
Radical Walk : Comprador State, Phibsborough to Cabra
Space in Dublin for radical talks and workshops is hard to find these days. As a way of getting around that I've started doing radical walks. These are not walking tours, a stroll of passive observations. The idea behind a radical walk is to use the streets to highlight ideas and discussion outside of the … Continue reading Radical Walk : Comprador State, Phibsborough to Cabra
MayDay 1949
I've started doing walking tours / workshops again and it's great because I get asked questions that wouldn't occur to me because, well, I'm blind to my own research. One of them is: why did the Irish left lose that anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, comprador/middleman analysis that was so prevalent not only in Connolly's writings but also … Continue reading MayDay 1949
James Connolly Political Writings 1893-1916 (ed. Donal Nevin, 2011)
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Connolly and the Mendicity Institute
One of the joys of undertaking to edit James Connolly's early writings was the discovery of three previously unknown short stories which I came across through an extensive trawl of the archives. Up to now his only known short story was 'The Mendicity and its guests' which was published in Worker's Republic, 27 August 1898 … Continue reading Connolly and the Mendicity Institute
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