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Podcast: The Sound of Solidarity
Episode: James Connolly: an anti-colonialist revolutionary
Description: James Connolly was a socialist whose role in the 1916 Easter Uprising in Dublin made him a key figure in Ireland’s national revolution.
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But he was also a major theorist, one of the few socialists of his day to link working class struggles with the fight for national liberation.Â
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Paddy Gibson discusses the importance of a new book about him, The Lost and Early Writings of James Connolly, 1889-1898, by Conor McCabe.
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Read more about Connolly.
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Find out more about Solidarity.
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This talk was delivered at a Solidarity meeting on 1 May 2025.
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