1916 rebellion as seen by the "weekly worker"
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Friday April 14, 2006 22:17
by hs
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/620/index.htm
The Easter Rising of April 24 1916 was not simply a pivotal event in Irish history. It signalled the beginning of a revolutionary wave in Europe that reached its highest point in Russia in 1917 - Lenin wrote that ;the tragedy of the Irish; was that ;they rose too soonbefore the revolution had matured in other countries. Today, the democratic legacy of the rising is under attack. Liam O Ruairc surveys the debate
