Ireland: 100th Anniversary of the Execution of James Connolly - Socialist Alternative

Revolutionary socialist, militant workers’ leader and internationalist Three articles on Connolly’s life and ideas Today (May 12) marks the 100th anniversary of the execution of James Connolly, by a British army firing squad, for his key role in the 1916 Easter rising in Dublin. James Connolly was a Marxist, a revolutionary socialist and an internationalist. His life was …