On this day, 5 June 1868, Marxist industrial unionist, James Connolly was born in an Irish slum in Edinburgh to Irish immigrant parents. A staunch advocate of Irish independence, and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World union, Connolly was executed by British authorities following the unsuccessful Easter rising of 1916. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1138940962957719/?type=3
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