July 24, 2025 • 17 mins
James Connolly was a socialist whose role in the 1916 Easter Uprising in Dublin made him a key figure in Ireland’s national revolution.
But he was also a major theorist, one of the few socialists of his day to link working class struggles with the fight for national liberation.
Paddy Gibson discusses the importance of a new book about him, The Lost and Early Writings of James Connolly, 1889-1898, by Conor McCabe.
Read more about Connolly.
Find out more about Solidarity.
This talk was delivered at a Solidarity meeting on 1 May 2025.
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