greetings comrades.

[saoirse_go_deo]

hello

Just thought I would introduce myself.

my name is john and I am from liverpool in england.

I am a socialist with a big interest in irish republicanism.

that's about all for now, the forum looks great.

[Charles]

Welcome to rev-left comrade :) i hope you enjoy the time you spend here.

[Tekun]

Welcome, may ur stay be active and informative

BTW, based on your interest in Irish republicanism....do you consider yourself an Irish nationalist?
I support Ireland being a free state and all, but nationalism-is a lil frowned upon here at RevLeft

[Eoin Dubh]

Failte, Saoirse go deo!

If you have the time, maybe you would like to check out this link, Beir Bua!

http://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/1897/01/socnat.htm

"Nationalism without Socialism – without a reorganisation of society on the basis of a broader and more developed form of that common property which underlay the social structure of Ancient Erin - is only national recreancy.

It would be tantamount to a public declaration that our oppressors had so far succeeded in inoculating us with their perverted conceptions of justice and morality that we had finally decided to accept those conceptions as our own, and no longer needed an alien army to force them upon us."

---James Connolly