Forwarded from Based James Connolly
A few more interesting point to highlight from the above chapter:
- " 'The James Connolly Literary Society' leads one to believe that you seek to attract Irishmen to the cause for which the martyrs of the Dublin Easter Day Rebellion gave their lives, which is certainly not the cause of socialism."
- Connolly "was given his last chance to proclaim to the world the motive of his activity, neither directly nor indirectly did he refer to Socialism. But rather, Mr. Connolly clearly set forth his burning desire to rehabilitate Ireland as a nation."
- "It was, no doubt, providential that this brave man, who would have laid down his life for the socialism he held to be socialism, sacrificed his life for the independence of his native land. "
Goldstein, a contemporary of Connolly and a man intimately aware of the socialist movement in America during his time there confirms what we have been saying is obvious for all to see;
James Connolly was a socialist, but of his own version of socialism.
- " 'The James Connolly Literary Society' leads one to believe that you seek to attract Irishmen to the cause for which the martyrs of the Dublin Easter Day Rebellion gave their lives, which is certainly not the cause of socialism."
- Connolly "was given his last chance to proclaim to the world the motive of his activity, neither directly nor indirectly did he refer to Socialism. But rather, Mr. Connolly clearly set forth his burning desire to rehabilitate Ireland as a nation."
- "It was, no doubt, providential that this brave man, who would have laid down his life for the socialism he held to be socialism, sacrificed his life for the independence of his native land. "
Goldstein, a contemporary of Connolly and a man intimately aware of the socialist movement in America during his time there confirms what we have been saying is obvious for all to see;
James Connolly was a socialist, but of his own version of socialism.
Forwarded from Catholic Arena
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The IRA was a military not a ideological organisation so wrong to call them left/right wing
At same time hard not to see early Provos 69-mid 80s as largely Catholic nationalists pissed off with Marxists in movement.
Video is Joe Cahill describing the split mid-1969 stoking the Provos (Catholic Nationalists/People who believed in Arm Struggle against the British Empire regardless of ideology) vs Officials (Hardcore Marxist-Leninists).
The Officials initially called the Provos ''Celtic Supporters with Guns'' when the split first happened.
Give a listen.
At same time hard not to see early Provos 69-mid 80s as largely Catholic nationalists pissed off with Marxists in movement.
Video is Joe Cahill describing the split mid-1969 stoking the Provos (Catholic Nationalists/People who believed in Arm Struggle against the British Empire regardless of ideology) vs Officials (Hardcore Marxist-Leninists).
The Officials initially called the Provos ''Celtic Supporters with Guns'' when the split first happened.
Give a listen.
Old Sinn Féin policy document (dated 1963) on joining the EEC/EU warning of it being a masonic ploy to undermine Catholicism and allow mass immigration.
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