Rebel City: Larkin, Connolly and the Dublin Labour Movement

by John Newsinger

This study examines the great labour revolt in Ireland and its repercussions in Britain. It focuses on the rise of the Irish Transport Union, on the nature of Larkinism and on relations between James Larkin and the Marxist revolutionary, Jim Connolly.
Newsinger considers the reasons for the workers' defeat in the Lockout, relations between the union and the Volunteers, its anti-war stance in 1914, the Citizen Army's alliance with the republicans and the politics of the Easter Rising. The book examines the part played by the Irish labour movement in the War of Independence.

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

John Newsinger is a British Marxist professor of History at Bath Spa University.

A book reviewer for the New Left Review, he is also author of numerous books and articles, as well as studies of science fiction and of the cinema. He teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.