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The Irish Easter Rising: 1916
Ninety years ago, in British-occupied Ireland,
socialists and republicans rose up against the biggest war machine in the world. Officially, it ended in failure and execution.
But in truth, it nearly brought an empire crashing to its knees. Here, Charlie McGuire recounts what happened that Easter
and explains why a working class Marxist like James Connolly saw fit to fight side-by-side with republicans.
This year
marks the 90th anniversary of one of the most important events in Irish history, the Easter Rising. It was an attempt by Irish
republicans and socialists to establish an independent 32-county Irish republic. After five days of fighting, the Rising was
crushed by the British state and the leaders executed. But although a military defeat, the Rising was far from the end of
the struggle for Irish freedom. Instead, it can be viewed more properly as the beginning of a seven-year period of revolutionary
activity, which would see British imperialism rocked and almost destroyed by a series of explosive challenges by both labour
and republicanism.
Click here to read the article from Scottish Socialist Voice (scroll down 1/3 of the page).
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Chicago Hunger Strike Commemorative Film Showing Report
Tj Ó Conchúir, IRSCNA
On 29 April, republicans and republican socialists of the Irish Freedom Committee (IFC), Concerned Group for Republican
Prisoners (CGRP) and Irish Republican Socialist Committees North America (IRSCNA) gathered togetheras the Chicago Hunger Strike
Commemoration Committee (CHSCC). The CHSCC hosted a film showing of the movie by ex-RS POW director Terry George.
View the entire report.
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IRSCNA May Day 2006 Statement
The Irish
Republican Socialist Committees of North America issue solidarity greetings to our comrades and fellow workers around the
world on the working class holiday of May Day, also known as International Workers' Day. In your fight against oppression,
exploitation, and imperialism, and even your daily struggle to survive in an increasingly impoverished world, we salute you.
Continue reading IRSCNA May Day Statement
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The Plough
Volume 3, Number 24
1 May 2006
E-Mail Newsletter of the Irish Republican Socialist Party
1)
May Day Statement of the IRSP
2) What is National Liberation?
3) Letter to the Village
4) BASF: Sign the Petition
Against Censorship
5) What's On
Click here to read the Plough online newsletter.
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International Day of Demonstration for POW Aiden Hulme
Report and Link to Petition
21 April was an international day of protest for Aiden Hulme. Members of
IRSCNA took part, about six in one demonstartion in Missouri.
Signs reading "Free Aiden Hulme!" and flyers were distributed to the curious public, to inform them about his plight and build
support.
Continue to Hulme petition and flyer.
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EASTER CARDS FOR IRISH
REPUBLICAN SOCIALIST POWS
Send a greeting to the prisoners this Easter!
The Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North
America are now selling Easter cards that can be
purchased for 2.50USD a set(or the equivelent amount
in sterling / euro.
View entire Easter Card announcement.
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Boycott the New York City Saint Patrick's Day Parade
On behalf of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement,
the Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America issue the following statement about the continued exclusion of
Irish and Irish Americans who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered from the annual Saint Patrick's Day parade in New
York City and endorse the call for a boycott of the parade.
View entire statement.
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IRSCNA Condemns Israeli Siege of Jericho Prison
On behalf of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement, the Irish
Republican
Socialist Committees of North America issue the
following statement condemning Israel's assault on Palestine's Jericho
Prison and the arrest of six members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, including PFLP General Secretary
Ahmad Sa'adat.
View the entire statement.
International Women's Day 2006
On behalf of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement,
the Irish
Republican Socialist Committees of North America issue the following
statement to mark International Women's
Day 2006.
International Women's Day is observed on 8 March every year to
celebrate the economic, political, and
social achievements of women
and to call for full gender equality worldwide.
View entire statement.
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IRSCNA Commemorate Bloody Sunday
RSM members around the world commemorated the Bloody Sunday massacre, from
Dublin to the USA. The IRSP and RSYouth also attended demonstrations. The murder of 14 unarmed civil rights anti-interment
marchers was a watershed of Irish history, in particular the quarter century war of liberation.
Click here to continue reading report.
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