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Principles of freedom
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244 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2009
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September 26, 2022
Enjoyed this, but it's somewhat dry and academic in spots. Still, what a wonderful call to action! Despite the work being published over 100 years ago, it contains many, many passages that ring true in today's world.
June 11, 2014
Another public domain book, this time from 1921. Part-manifesto, part-philosophy, the book was written by T.J. MacSwiney, Irish mayor from Cork during Irish War of Independence.
While can be considered incendiary, the book is more about communicating humanistic-nationalist cause among Irish citizens. Indeed MacSwiney himself can be considered freedom fighter, he died in British prison doing hunger strike. Only that he never shot a bullet: his effort was through newspaper articles.
The book is basically a call of solidarity against oppresors. The biggest part is about why -- and how -- a group of people (the Irish) deserve independence out of foreign menace (England). The interesting thing is that his ideas are universal: one may be tempted to call this as "general manual for fighting independence", and it would be quite accurate.
It is said that, in India, Gandhi and Nehru had read MacSwiney's book and got inspired. I don't know if that's true -- I'm not historian -- but there's a little bit of them in here.
I personally see it as general remarks on freedom in context of Anglo-Irish struggle. May not be for everyone.
While can be considered incendiary, the book is more about communicating humanistic-nationalist cause among Irish citizens. Indeed MacSwiney himself can be considered freedom fighter, he died in British prison doing hunger strike. Only that he never shot a bullet: his effort was through newspaper articles.
The book is basically a call of solidarity against oppresors. The biggest part is about why -- and how -- a group of people (the Irish) deserve independence out of foreign menace (England). The interesting thing is that his ideas are universal: one may be tempted to call this as "general manual for fighting independence", and it would be quite accurate.
It is said that, in India, Gandhi and Nehru had read MacSwiney's book and got inspired. I don't know if that's true -- I'm not historian -- but there's a little bit of them in here.
I personally see it as general remarks on freedom in context of Anglo-Irish struggle. May not be for everyone.
June 16, 2017
This book inspired Ghandi and Ho Chi Minh, and I'd like to think was written by a relative. In clear prose (albeit a bit dry) it talks about many of the political troubles we face today, and how to deal with them. If we all read this, maybe we could get somewhere...
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