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#OtD 5 Jun 1868 Marxist industrial unionist, James Connolly was born in Edinburgh to Irish parents. An advocate of Irish independence and a member of the @iww Connolly was executed by British authorities following the unsuccessful Easter rising of 1916 https://t.co/g6c5dft2Sh https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10534/james-connolly-born?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

John Wilson WSWS

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FYI: …James Connolly was among the minority of socialists who sharply criticised the embrace of national chauvinism by European socialism. Indeed there is no better refutation of the politically motivated portrayals of Connolly as an Irish nationalist icon than to cite his powerful writings from the period at length.
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