1916 : Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition by Kieran Allen MOBI, DJV
9780745336329 English 0745336329 A few minutes after noon on the 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside the newly occupied GPO on Sackville Street with a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Reading aloud, he declared a strike for Irish freedom against the world's greatest imperial power.The Easter Rising, as the six days of intense, bloody fighting that followed came to be known, set the course for the next 100 years of Irish history; the 'Heroes of '16' becoming a national cultural and political touchstone down the generations. But today, canonised and mummified, the radical visions of Pearse and the socialist James Connolly are an awkward encumbrance on an Irish state that has its roots in the counter-revolution of the civil war, and which has emerged as a haven of economic neoliberalism.In this fascinating alternative history of modern Ireland, Kieran Allen follows the thread of 1916's 'revolutionary tradition' - an uneasy marriage of Socialism and Republicanism - as it has unravelled across the century.From the strikes, boycotts, occupations and land redistribution that accompanied the war of independence; to the 'carnival of reaction' that followed; all the way up to the current movement against water charges and austerity, Allen reveals the complexities, ruptures and continuities of a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the establishment today., Amidst the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Easter Rising, this alternative history of Ireland in 1916 will provide a lesser-known narrative and analysis of events that surrounded Ireland's great political upheaval.Kieran Allen will clear away established assumptions by focussing on the uprising's revolutionary tradition; one that was betrayed, but never eradicated, and that is needed now more than ever in a country that has been laid low by austerity and debt repayments.The book focuses on the clash between the socialist's aspirations and the republican current, and how both were ultimately crushed in the counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921.By re-establishing the political role of socialist republican figures such as James Connelly and Patrick Pearse, 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition explores the militancy and radicalism that continues to haunt the Irish elite one hundred years later., On 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside Dublin's occupied General Post Office and read aloud the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, declaring a strike for Irish freedom against the world's greatest imperial power. The six days of intense fighting that followed set the course for the next 100 years of Irish history. Today, however, the radical vision of the Easter Rising sits awkwardly with an Irish state which has become a haven for big business. Kieran Allen's fascinating alternative history follows the thread of Ireland's 'revolutionary tradition' - an uneasy marriage of socialism and republicanism - as it has unravelled over a century. From the strikes and land redistribution in the aftermath of the Rising, to the current campaigns against privatisation and austerity, the book reveals the complexities of a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the establishment today. Book jacket., The 1916 Easter Rising has been claimed by many groups and many different interests. For some it represents a continuation of the great Irish tradition of doomed political gesture - a blood sacrifice without the hope, or even intention, of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms, that would eventually, and inevitably, lead to the formation of an independent Irish State.In 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition, Kieran Allen argues that the full scale and internal dynamics of this pivotal moment in Irish history have too often been obscured amidst claims that it was simply a 'war of independence'. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland acting as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations; a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly and Pearse's vision.Now, amidst the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Rising, Allen highlights an alternative history which stresses the revolutionary tradition associated with 1916; one that was betrayed, but never eradicated, and that is needed now more than ever in a country that has been laid low by austerity and debt repayments., The 1916 Easter Rising has been claimed by many groups. For some it represents a blood sacrifice without the hope, or even intention, of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms that led to the formation of an independent Irish State.1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition argues that this pivotal moment in Irish history has been obscured by those who see it only as a prelude for a 'war of independence'. He suggests that it gave birth to a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the Irish elite. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland acting as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations; a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly and Pearse's vision.Now, amidst the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Rising, Kieran Allen highlights an alternative history which stresses the revolutionary tradition associated with 1916; one that was betrayed, but never eradicated, and that is needed now more than ever in a country that has been laid low by austerity and debt repayments., The Easter Rising of 1916, in which just over a thousand Irish rebels seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed the independence of the Irish Republic before being brutally suppressed by the vastly larger and better-equipped British Army, is an event whose meaning remains contested to this day. For some it represents a blood sacrifice without the hope--or even the intentionÂ--of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms that led to the eventual formation of an independent Irish state. In 1916 , Kieran Allen argues that this pivotal moment in Irish history has been obscured by those who see it only as a prelude for a war of independence. Emphasizing an often ignored social and political radicalism at the heart of the rebellion, he shows that it gave birth to a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the Irish elite. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland that acts as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations--a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly's and Pearse's vision. Published to coincide with the Rising's centennial, 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition re-establishes the political role of socialist republican figures, offers a highly accessible history of the Easter Rising, and explores the militancy and radicalism that continues to haunt the Irish elite one hundred years later.
9780745336329 English 0745336329 A few minutes after noon on the 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside the newly occupied GPO on Sackville Street with a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Reading aloud, he declared a strike for Irish freedom against the world's greatest imperial power.The Easter Rising, as the six days of intense, bloody fighting that followed came to be known, set the course for the next 100 years of Irish history; the 'Heroes of '16' becoming a national cultural and political touchstone down the generations. But today, canonised and mummified, the radical visions of Pearse and the socialist James Connolly are an awkward encumbrance on an Irish state that has its roots in the counter-revolution of the civil war, and which has emerged as a haven of economic neoliberalism.In this fascinating alternative history of modern Ireland, Kieran Allen follows the thread of 1916's 'revolutionary tradition' - an uneasy marriage of Socialism and Republicanism - as it has unravelled across the century.From the strikes, boycotts, occupations and land redistribution that accompanied the war of independence; to the 'carnival of reaction' that followed; all the way up to the current movement against water charges and austerity, Allen reveals the complexities, ruptures and continuities of a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the establishment today., Amidst the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Easter Rising, this alternative history of Ireland in 1916 will provide a lesser-known narrative and analysis of events that surrounded Ireland's great political upheaval.Kieran Allen will clear away established assumptions by focussing on the uprising's revolutionary tradition; one that was betrayed, but never eradicated, and that is needed now more than ever in a country that has been laid low by austerity and debt repayments.The book focuses on the clash between the socialist's aspirations and the republican current, and how both were ultimately crushed in the counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921.By re-establishing the political role of socialist republican figures such as James Connelly and Patrick Pearse, 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition explores the militancy and radicalism that continues to haunt the Irish elite one hundred years later., On 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside Dublin's occupied General Post Office and read aloud the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, declaring a strike for Irish freedom against the world's greatest imperial power. The six days of intense fighting that followed set the course for the next 100 years of Irish history. Today, however, the radical vision of the Easter Rising sits awkwardly with an Irish state which has become a haven for big business. Kieran Allen's fascinating alternative history follows the thread of Ireland's 'revolutionary tradition' - an uneasy marriage of socialism and republicanism - as it has unravelled over a century. From the strikes and land redistribution in the aftermath of the Rising, to the current campaigns against privatisation and austerity, the book reveals the complexities of a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the establishment today. Book jacket., The 1916 Easter Rising has been claimed by many groups and many different interests. For some it represents a continuation of the great Irish tradition of doomed political gesture - a blood sacrifice without the hope, or even intention, of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms, that would eventually, and inevitably, lead to the formation of an independent Irish State.In 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition, Kieran Allen argues that the full scale and internal dynamics of this pivotal moment in Irish history have too often been obscured amidst claims that it was simply a 'war of independence'. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland acting as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations; a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly and Pearse's vision.Now, amidst the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Rising, Allen highlights an alternative history which stresses the revolutionary tradition associated with 1916; one that was betrayed, but never eradicated, and that is needed now more than ever in a country that has been laid low by austerity and debt repayments., The 1916 Easter Rising has been claimed by many groups. For some it represents a blood sacrifice without the hope, or even intention, of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms that led to the formation of an independent Irish State.1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition argues that this pivotal moment in Irish history has been obscured by those who see it only as a prelude for a 'war of independence'. He suggests that it gave birth to a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the Irish elite. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland acting as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations; a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly and Pearse's vision.Now, amidst the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Rising, Kieran Allen highlights an alternative history which stresses the revolutionary tradition associated with 1916; one that was betrayed, but never eradicated, and that is needed now more than ever in a country that has been laid low by austerity and debt repayments., The Easter Rising of 1916, in which just over a thousand Irish rebels seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed the independence of the Irish Republic before being brutally suppressed by the vastly larger and better-equipped British Army, is an event whose meaning remains contested to this day. For some it represents a blood sacrifice without the hope--or even the intentionÂ--of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms that led to the eventual formation of an independent Irish state. In 1916 , Kieran Allen argues that this pivotal moment in Irish history has been obscured by those who see it only as a prelude for a war of independence. Emphasizing an often ignored social and political radicalism at the heart of the rebellion, he shows that it gave birth to a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the Irish elite. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland that acts as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations--a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly's and Pearse's vision. Published to coincide with the Rising's centennial, 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition re-establishes the political role of socialist republican figures, offers a highly accessible history of the Easter Rising, and explores the militancy and radicalism that continues to haunt the Irish elite one hundred years later.