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Tag: James Connolly

Why Connolly?

Posted on May 30, 2022 by CYM Committee

SÓP, Baile Átha Cliath This speech was originally given at the annual Dublin branch commemoration of James Connolly’s execution on 14 May.   Dia daoibh a chairde. Thank you for being here this morning to honour the life, and remember the execution of our organisation’s namesake: James Connolly. Why Connolly? Of all the Irish republican revolutionaries why…

Black Friday of 1910 & the Irish Suffragettes

Posted on November 27, 2020January 3, 2022 by CYM Committee

With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, suffragette movements across the world followed in behind empires that had beaten them for decades but not Irish Suffragettes.

For the Citizen Army – 107th Anniversary of the ICA

Posted on November 23, 2020January 3, 2022 by CYM Committee

107 years ago the Irish Citizen Army made their first public appearance, as we remember them and their commitment to the cause of labour, what lessons can we learn from their example?

Why James Connolly was Executed

Posted on May 11, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

The crisis of 2020 can be a rupture in the status-quo of capitalism as much as the First World War and the 1916 Rising was. We must look at his contributions to applying Marxism to the Irish context, and his unique ability to recognise the political moment he was living in. For Connolly, Marxism was not an abstract theoretical position to be talked about in universities, nor a dogma to be appealed to as an authority. Marxism was simply a key to be used to unlock Irish History.

Freedom of Discussion, Unity of Action – CYM 2020 Ard Fheis

Posted on March 5, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

Nobody’s voice was above any other. Our mandate comes from ourselves, open debate and discussion drawing us to unity. I challenge the reader to find a political organisation on our island that operates in so democratic a manner.

What Connolly Teaches Us About Elections

Posted on August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 by CYM Committee

The recent results of the local and European elections were a brief insight into how each political party is performing, what is the level of engagement of the working class with the electoral process and which messages are resonating from which political parties. The main conclusions to draw before dissecting the rest are as follows:…

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