This month’s addition to the Connolly Archive is ‘We Shall Rise Again’, a short piece first published in ‘The Workers’ Republic’ on 25th March 1916 - a month before the Easter Rising began.
Éirígí Activists Highlight The Scourge Of Fly-Tipping In Lurgan
100 Years On - Remembering The Brutality At Ballyseedy
Today (7th March) marks the 100th anniversary of the Ballyseedy Massacre - an outrage perpetrated by Free State counter-revolutionaries against those fighting in defence of the Republic. The massacre was one of the most brutal acts to take place during the counter-revolution, an event that is routinely and less accurately referred to as the Irish Civil War.
On The Shoulders Of Giants . . . 'Address To The United Nations' - Hugo Chávez
On The Shoulders Of Giants . . . 'Speech To The First Council Of African Organisations' - Malcolm X
Éirígí Gaillimh Call For Dublin Government To Tackle Violence Against Women
The Connolly Archive - 'Harp Strings'
This month’s addition to the Connolly Archive is ‘Harp Strings’, first published in the ‘The Harp’ in early 1908 while James Connolly himself lived as a migrant worker in New York. Connolly wrote the article in response to friction between Irish workers and newly arrived migrant workers from southern and eastern Europe.
