Writings by important Marxist thinkers on Ireland

  1. mosfeld
    mosfeld
    Post them.

    The British Liberals and Ireland by Lenin
    http://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...914/mar/12.htm

    The Discussion On Self-Determination Summed Up: 10. The Irish Rebellion of 1916 by Lenin
    http://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...16/jul/x01.htm

    Marx & Engels On Ireland and the Irish Question
    http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...land/index.htm
  2. PRC-UTE
    PRC-UTE
    Aside from Connolly, these aren't works by what would be recognised as important Marxist thinkers, but they're based on the work of Marxist thinkers. The third link down is the important, as there aren't enough works dealing with this issue specifically. From that link: This is the most realistic programme to strengthen what is best in the 'British-Irish' population without making any concessions to Orangeism, Loyalism and Unionism.

    What Is Irish Republican Socialism

    1916: A Blow for Democracy

    Left Republicanism and the Protestant Question

    James Connolly: Socialism and Nationalism

    The Reconquest of Ireland

    Lots more Connolly here

    A review of Roddy Connolly and the Struggle for Socialism in the Irish Democrat, and another review of the same book by Liam O Ruairc of the IRSP.
  3. Small Town Boy
    Small Town Boy
    There's quite a few documents here: http://www.cym.ie/2-education.htm

    For specifically Irish, check out the stuff under Socialism at the bottom, specifically:


    • Not Yet, Emmet (2009)—Reprint by CYM of the famous pamphlet by Peadar O’Donnell, first published in 1985
    • Resistance (2009)—Reprint by CYM of a pamphlet published by Irish Freedom Press in 1957
    • The Language Movement: A Movement Astray (2009)—English translation by Seosamh Ó DÃ*ochan of Gluaiseacht na Gaeilge: Gluaiseacht ar Strae (1971), reprint by CYM of a pamphlet first published in 1975
  4. Small Town Boy
    Small Town Boy
    Also, interesting history of the League of Communist Republicans:

    www.fourthwrite.ie/lcr.pdf