James Connolly (June 5, 1868 - May 12, 1916) on Socialism and Social Organization(published by RevoltSource) |
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Scottish-Born and Irish-Blooded Republican, Socialist, Trade Union Leader, Cowgate Area of Edinburgh, Scotland
: An Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader. Born to Irish parents in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, Connolly left school for working life at the age of 11, and became involved in socialist politics in the 1880s. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“...the enrollment of the workers in unions patterned closely after the structure of modern industries, and following the organic lines of industrial development, is par excellence the swiftest, safest, and most peaceful form of constructive work the Socialist can engage in. It prepares within the framework of capitalist society the working forms of the Socialist republic, and thus, while increasing the resisting power of the worker against present encroachments of the capitalist class, it familiarizes him with the idea that the union he is helping to build up is destined to supplant that class in the control of the industry in which he is employed.”
Source: "Industrial Unionism and Constructive Socialism," by James Connolly, from Socialism Made Easy, 1908, Section: Organizing Constructively.
"Industrial Unionism and Constructive Socialism," by James Connolly, from Socialism Made Easy, 1908, Section: Organizing Constructively.
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