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Forgotten Revolution [The Centenary Edition] The Limerick Soviet 1919

BuchKartoniert, Paperback
210 Seiten
Englisch
Liam Cahillerschienen am18.04.2019
It is the Spring of 1919. The shots are already fired in the Irish War of Independence and the separatist Dail Eireann holds its first public session. In Limerick, Ireland's fourth largest city, the workers and their representatives take over running the city and their action is declared a `Soviet'. The British authorities see it as a serious threat to their rule in Ireland.The workers are protesting against a severe military law that requires them to get special passes and be checked going to and from work.The restrictions follow the IRA shooting of a policeman and wounding of another while rescuing a Republican hunger striker from hospital. He, too, is wounded and dies.The workers control every aspect of life -production and distribution of food, opening and closing of shops, prices, transport. They publish their own newspaper and uniquely issue their own currency.Their initial success is built on a local alliance of Socialist, Republican and trade union forces, with the tacit support of Catholic clergy. However, when the workers seek a general strike, the national leaderships of these disparate groups are opposed and abandon them. The outcome is an honourable draw but the militant spirit of Limerick's women and men inspires more than a hundred other soviets across Ireland in the revolutionary years 1919 to 1923.mehr
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KlappentextIt is the Spring of 1919. The shots are already fired in the Irish War of Independence and the separatist Dail Eireann holds its first public session. In Limerick, Ireland's fourth largest city, the workers and their representatives take over running the city and their action is declared a `Soviet'. The British authorities see it as a serious threat to their rule in Ireland.The workers are protesting against a severe military law that requires them to get special passes and be checked going to and from work.The restrictions follow the IRA shooting of a policeman and wounding of another while rescuing a Republican hunger striker from hospital. He, too, is wounded and dies.The workers control every aspect of life -production and distribution of food, opening and closing of shops, prices, transport. They publish their own newspaper and uniquely issue their own currency.Their initial success is built on a local alliance of Socialist, Republican and trade union forces, with the tacit support of Catholic clergy. However, when the workers seek a general strike, the national leaderships of these disparate groups are opposed and abandon them. The outcome is an honourable draw but the militant spirit of Limerick's women and men inspires more than a hundred other soviets across Ireland in the revolutionary years 1919 to 1923.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-912328-41-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum18.04.2019
Seiten210 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 178 mm, Höhe 254 mm, Dicke 12 mm
Gewicht405 g
Artikel-Nr.51610880
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author's Bio vPraise for the 1990 edition of `Forgotten Revolution' viiAcknowledgments xiiiForeword to the Centenary Edition xviiAbbreviations xixMap xxChapter One: Robert Byrne - Republican, Trade Unionist and Hunger Striker 1Chapter Two: An Inquest and a Funeral 20Chapter Three: Soldiers, Strikers and Citizens 27Chapter Four: Food, Money and Newspapers 37Chapter Five: The World Watches 44Chapter Six: Compromise and Confrontation 53Chapter Seven: Bosses and Clergy 61Chapter Eight: Defeat or Draw? 81Chapter Nine: Green, Red and Orange 96Chapter Ten: Why Limerick and Why April 1919? 107Chapter Eleven: Shoulder to Shoulder 117Chapter Twelve: Labour and Liberty 125Chapter Thirteen: Analysis and Assessment 135Chronology of Events 156Sources 160Index 173mehr