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Workshop Talks by James Connolly. An Irish Catholic joins the Socialist movement.

Workshop Talks by James Connolly. Socialism is a foreign importation! I know it because I read it in the papers. All nations today repudiate Socialism, yet Socialist ideas are conquering all nations.

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Born Edinburgh, Scotland of Irish parents – said to have first come to Ireland in his youth as a member of the British Army – married in 1889 – active in The Socialist movement in Edinburgh in the early 1890s – came to Ireland in 1896 and founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party – lectured on socialism in Britain and . 1902 – emigrated to . in 1903 – member of Socialist Labour Party (.

The Irish Socialist Republican Party was a small, but pivotal Irish political party founded in 1896 by James Connolly. Its aim was to establish an Irish workers' republic. The party split in 1904 following months of internal political rows. The party was small throughout its existence. According to the ISRP historian Lynch, the party never had more than 80 members.

Connolly was the only socialist among the Rising’s leaders, and he stands as the most important Marxist revolutionary from .

Connolly was the only socialist among the Rising’s leaders, and he stands as the most important Marxist revolutionary from Ireland. He founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party (ISRP) in 1896; created Ireland’s first Marxist newspaper, the Workers’ Republic; collaborated on the Irish Citizen Army (a militia set up to defend workers during the great Dublin Lockout in 1913); ran the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGWU) with James Larkin; and finally led the 1916 insurrection.

Labour in Irish History (Classic Reprint). James Connolly's writings still resonate with the world today. An interesting insight into a historical figures thinking and a must read for anyone with an interest in Irish history.

Syndicalist First and foremost James Connolly was a Socialist. And when asked to elaborate on his Socialist theory, he would always advocate Revolutionary Syndicalism

Syndicalist First and foremost James Connolly was a Socialist. And when asked to elaborate on his Socialist theory, he would always advocate Revolutionary Syndicalism. Readers of James Connolly may react by saying that almost nowhere in Connolly's work can any mention of Syndicalism be found.

James Connolly Society - Chicago. Many know the story of famed Irish Republican and Socialist James Connolly, but not everyone knows the tale of his daughter Nora. in Edinburgh in 1892, the second daughter of James Connolly. Nora was a gifted child, excelling at her studies from a young age.

James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was a Scottish-born Irish republican and socialist leader. With James Larkin, he was centrally involved in the Dublin lock-out of 1913, as a result of which the two men formed the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) that year. He opposed British rule in Ireland, and was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

The programme of the Irish Socialist Republican Party, written by Connolly, was .

The programme of the Irish Socialist Republican Party, written by Connolly, was not a nationalist but a socialist programme based upon: "Establishment of AN IRISH SOCIALIST REPUBLIC based on the public ownership by the Irish people of the land, and instruments of production, distribution and exchange. Connolly was not just a socialist, not just a revolutionary: he was an internationalist to the marrow of his bones. Eighty five years later, it is necessary to cut through all the fog of historical fantasy and nationalist mystification that surrounds the events of Easter Week, and see the key role of the proletariat.