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Labour in Irish History

Comprehensive in scope, the book delves into the various labor movements that have shaped Irish society, including the struggle for better wages, working conditions, and political representation. It provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and social factors that influenced these movements, offering insights into the lives and experiences of Irish workers throughout history. more

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James Connolly
James Connolly

James Connolly was an Irish political leader born on June 5, 1868, and died on May 12, 1916. He was a prominent figure in the Irish nationalist and socialist movements, playing a significant role in the planning and leadership of the 1916 Easter Rising. more

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Book:Collected Works: Labour and Easter Week
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“State ownership and control is not necessarily Socialism - if it were, then the Army, the Navy, the Police, the Judges, the Gaolers, the Informers, and the Hangmen, all would all be Socialist functionaries, as they are State officials - but the ownership by the State of all the land and materials for labour, combined with the co-operative control by the workers of such land and materials, would be Socialism.”

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“The Irishman frees himself from slavery when he realizes the truth that the capitalist system is the most foreign thing in Ireland. The Irish question is a social question. The whole age-long fight of the Irish people against their oppressors resolves itself in the last analysis into a fight for the mastery of the means of life, the sources of production, in Ireland. Who would own and control the land? The people, or the invaders; and if the invaders, which set of them - the most recent swarm of land thieves, or the sons of the thieves of a former generation?”

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