Launch of James Connolly Reader Hosted by Richard Boyd Barrett
This year marks the 150th anniversary of James Connolly
Haymarket Books is delighted to have published The James Connolly Reader introduced and edited by Shaun Harkin.
Connolly is a global figure and his contribution has been brought to life by Harkin in this new collection of his writings.
James Connolly Reader editor Shaun Harkin said: “James Connolly made a tremendous contribution to the international socialist movement as a party builder, organiser, agitator, trade union militant, theorist, propagandist and anti-imperialist. His impact on Irish politics continues today. His vision of a ‘workers republic’ has become more relevant as more people reject austerity and capitalism. He deserves to be celebrated and studied.”
Eamonn McCann writes “James Connolly was an uncompromising fighter for Irish freedom and a socialist for all the world. He lived in tumultuous times in dire poverty in Scotland, Ireland and the United States. Everywhere, he enriched the working class.
“Connolly was a teacher of socialism and a militant union organiser. He wielded words like a scimitar, slicing through the thickets of lies to get to capitalism’s noxious heart. He wrote socialist songs which can still ring the rafters today.
“Connolly died in the struggle for national liberation in Dublin in 1916, having never given an inch to patriots who couldn’t stand socialism.
“With an erudite introduction and a glittering selection of his penetrating, polemical, incisive, inspiring writings, Shaun Harkin has produced the Connolly book which socialists across the world have been waiting for.”
The Dublin Book Launch will be hosted by People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett this Friday, September 21st at 7pm in The Central Hotel. The event is free and open to the public. Copies of The James Connolly Reader will be available for purchase.
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Shaun Harkin can be reached for interviews etc on 07960404137
Haymarket Books can be reached on 07539968046
