James Connolly Society's 'Neither King Nor Kaiser' Campaign

[butchersapron]

Ken Macleod had the idea in a sci fi book of his. A soviet republic was left with nothing ,but, environmental disaster and a stock pile of icbms. So rented them out to who ever needed a nuclear deterrent.

And that is where it all started..

 

[Casually Red]

some pics here of the iCA prior to the first european uprising of the war

and this very rare one from inside the GPO during the uprising ..along with the Volunteers . By that stage both had amalgamated into the Irish Republican Army..for that wee at least .

 

[framed]

Cheers CR, those pics will be very useful for another aspect of the NKNK project we're working on.

 

[Casually Red]

Cheers CR, those pics will be very useful for another aspect of the NKNK project we're working on.

some good stuff here...except for this one goddawful illogical lazy and sectarian quote that Connolly never even said but one solitary person ..eejit...claimed to have heard...as is too often with our mangled history


“The odds are a thousand to one against us, but in the event of victory, hold onto your rifles, as those with whom we are fighting may stop before our goal is reached. We are out for economic as well as political liberty. Hold on to your rifles”.

he never said it

but good background here from an East Wall historical society surrounding a guy called willie halpin and his role in the iCA..the guy with the sword at the front in the first pic above.

http://eastwallforall.ie/?p=972

and this is one of the best essays ive read...mebbe the best.. that cuts through all that usual self serving left sectarian shite and sheds true light on Connollys political relationship with pearse and the run up to and after those events . And the real potential there was for genuine socialism in Ireland . Very well worth a read ...a dignified appraisal of dignified men ...miles ahead of the usual nonsense.

http://www.iol.ie/~sob/jcet/2006-03-21-mma.html

 

[framed]

Thanks for the links, much appreciated.

 

[gamerunknown]

Thing is WW2 was a much simpler situation, it wasn't a political mess like WW1.

Not true. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact pushed some willing to defend the show trials out of parties aligned to the USSR. Others such as Elizabeth Gurley Flynn called it the "Second Imperialist War". Bayard Rustin, a member of the Young Communist League, notably refused to fight.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Not true. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact pushed some willing to defend the show trials out of parties aligned to the USSR. Others such as Elizabeth Gurley Flynn called it the "Second Imperialist War". Bayard Rustin, a member of the Young Communist League, notably refused to fight.

In hindsight it was simpler, because the Nazi's actually were that bug-fuck insane.

 

[Casually Red]

Both Pearse and Connolly were strongly pro feminist in outloo in a deeply conservative country . What should never be forgotten is the vigorous role played by women in the anti war and anti imperialist struggle under their progressive leadership

Dublin Brigade Cummann na mban 1916

shortly afterwards the first female elected as an MP in a Westminster election..abstentionst..and the first woman Cabinet minster in the entire world. Minster for Labour first dail. Actively involved in the iCA and the fighting of easter wee..and not the only one.



http://www.easter1916.ie/index.php/people/women/

 

[Casually Red]

Thanks for the links, much appreciated.

connollys daughter nora