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A Rebel's Guide to James Connolly
The figure of James Connolly looms large in the pantheon of Irish historical figures. Streets, buildings, and train stations are named after him in Dublin, statues are built in his honour.
It is less well known, however, that Connolly was a revolutionary Marxist committed to the destruction of capitalism. This fact alone is a source of embarrassment to an Irish elite intent on claiming him as their own.
The 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising and Connolly's death gives socialists the world over the chance to relate to a new audience engaging with Connolly for the first time and to rediscover his unique contributions to the international socialist movement.
It is less well known, however, that Connolly was a revolutionary Marxist committed to the destruction of capitalism. This fact alone is a source of embarrassment to an Irish elite intent on claiming him as their own.
The 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising and Connolly's death gives socialists the world over the chance to relate to a new audience engaging with Connolly for the first time and to rediscover his unique contributions to the international socialist movement.
64 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2016
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March 27, 2016
The latest in the excellent "Rebel's Guide" series deals with a key figure in the Irish socialist and trade union movement, James Connolly, who died in the repression following the Easter Rising of 1916. It's a great introduction to Connolly's life and politics.
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December 12, 2025
An excellent, ultra-short summary of the main events of Connolly's life and how they intertwined with his political beliefs, with a little apposite criticism thrown in.
July 30, 2023
Connolly’s life was incredible and hence this short book surmising his life is moving and inspirational. But Murphy’s semi-constant editorialising is revisionist Trotskyism at its worst, assuming that the worldwide communist movement can be resolved into one ubiquitous understanding and myopically criticising Connolly for recognising the exceptional nature of the Irish Catholic relationship to the means of production under British subjugation. Worth a quick read if you need an introduction but take such interjections with a pinch of salt.
January 7, 2019
Really informative and easy to read, but I was hoping for just a *bit* more detail.
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