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First published in 1910, this is a 1967 edition of James Connolly's Labour in Irish History, with an introduction by A Rafterty, and an appreciation by Robert Lynd.
On the morning of 12th May 1916, James Connolly was executed by a British army firing squad for his role in the Easter Rising. Yet his part in the rising was itself an enigma, since his best known book - labour in Irish History was written as a challenge to the Irish Nationalists in whose company he was to fight and die. Connolly's aim was to convince Irish nationalists that their policy of what he called union of the classes would lead to disaster. He argued that Irish Independence would bring little in the way of freedom for the majority of the Irish people unless it included a fundamental challenge to the structure of society.
140 pages.
Published by NEW Books, 16a Pearse Street, Dublin.
