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James Connolly — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1868–1916 · Ireland · Union leader & revolutionary

James Connolly

Labour and the nation

Industrial unionism meets liberation.

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The Marxist-syndicalist labour leader who fused workers' industrial power with Irish liberation, dying in the 1916 Rising.

social

Socialist internationalist and anti-imperialist.

economic

Workers' ownership through industrial unionism.

governance

Workers' republic built on union power; founded the Irish Citizen Army.

Notable for
  • Founded the Irish Citizen Army
  • 'Labour in Irish History'
  • Leader of the 1916 Rising
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