James Connolly
James Connolly
James Connollywas an Irish republican and socialist leader, aligned to syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World. He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish-born parents. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading Marxist theorists of his day. He also took a role in Scottish and American politics. He was executed by a British firing squad because of his leadership role in the Easter Rising...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth5 June 1868
James Connolly quotes about
republican british ireland
The british govt has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland ,never can have any right in Ireland
alive apostles
Apostles of Freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive.
spirit republican prison
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
class government affair
Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.
stars people
The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars
liars heart men
Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is bubbling over with love and enthusiasm for "Ireland," and can yet pass unmoved through our streets and witness all the wrong and the suffering, shame and degradation wrought upon the people of Ireland-yea, wrought by Irishmen upon Irish men and women, without burning to end it, is, in my opinion, a fraud and a liar in his heart, no matter how he loves that combination of chemical elements he is pleased to call Ireland.
The great appear great to us…
mother country army
If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain. England will still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs