"During this glorious reign Ireland has seen 1,225,000 of her children die of famine, starved to death whilst the produce of her soil and their labour was eaten up by a vulture aristocracy, enforcing their rents by the bayonets of a hired assassin army in the pay of the –best of the English Queens’; the eviction of 3,668,000, a multitude greater than the entire population of Switzerland; and the reluctant emigration of 4,186,000 of our kindred, a greater host than the entire people of Greece. "
#children #famine
#children #famine
"All the men who write the furiously patriotic leading articles, all the literary guides of politics, all the men who in season and out of season are protesting their love for Ireland, their hatred of tyranny, their unquenchable determination to follow in the footsteps of Tone and Emmet. Well, these hot-headed, high-minded patriots (sic) met together and at a purely social, non-political function, where they were in an overwhelming majority, they commenced proceedings by drinking a toast, to what, think ye? To our martyred dead, no; to our motherland, no; to Freedom’s cause, no; perhaps to the 1,225,000 persons who died of famine in the present reign in Ireland, no. But to
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
The sovereign under whose rule those countrymen and women of ours were starved to death, in a land as fertile as any in Europe, in obedience to a hellish system of political economy, and in accordance with the deliberate government policy sanctioned and approved of by Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. "
#famine #martyrs
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
The sovereign under whose rule those countrymen and women of ours were starved to death, in a land as fertile as any in Europe, in obedience to a hellish system of political economy, and in accordance with the deliberate government policy sanctioned and approved of by Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. "
#famine #martyrs
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⬆️ Long and Short versions of Connolly's criticism of migrant labour ⬆️
Based James Connolly has officially broken into the mainstream after being retweeted by the comedic heavyweight that is Bill Badbody. This absolutely hilarious satirist is as good as they come with a style that is in no way unoriginal or stale. We can expect big things to come now.
https://twitter.com/BillBadbody/status/1321446500145180672?s=19
https://twitter.com/BillBadbody/status/1321446500145180672?s=19
I won't be able to watch it live but will try to upload the video here tomorrow.
https://mailchi.mp/a8bd09f330b8/uncovering-the-hidden-heritage-of-james-connolly
https://twitter.com/JamesConnollyVC/status/1321490536612667392?s=19
https://mailchi.mp/a8bd09f330b8/uncovering-the-hidden-heritage-of-james-connolly
https://twitter.com/JamesConnollyVC/status/1321490536612667392?s=19
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Áras Uí Chonghaile | James Connolly Visitor Centre
Uncovering the hidden heritage of James Connolly Virtual Launch 8pm tonight, Click here to watch - https://t.co/EG0Q7u2rkg
"The power which holds in subjection more of the world’s population than any other power on the globe, and holds them in subjection as slaves without any guarantee of freedom or power of self-government, this power that sets Catholic against Protestant, the Hindu against the Mohammedan, the yellow man against the brown, and keeps them quarrelling with each other whilst she robs and murders them all"