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Irish Socialist Republicans New Year Statement, 2022

The Leadership of Irish Socialist Republicans extends Revolutionary greetings to our members and supporters across Ireland and abroad. In particular we commend the work of our mass organisations Anti Imperialist Action Ireland and Macradh- ISR Youth for their work over the past 12 months and their unfailing commitment to rebuilding the struggle for National Liberation […]

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Unite Under Maoism!

The following statement was first published on the website of the journal Communist International on December 26 2021, as a rallying call on the Birthday of Chairman Mao. It can be read here: https://ci-ic.org/blog/2021/12/26/unite-under-maoism/ Proletarians of all countries, unite! UNITE UNDER MAOISM! Chairman Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893, and throughout his life […]

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James Fintan Lalor- Revolutionary Socialist Republican

To mark the 132nd anniversary of the Revolutionary Socialist Republican James Fintan Lalor, a young Irish Socialist Republican pays tribute to him with a new biographical article. Early Life and education James Fintan Lalor was born in Tenakill House in Raheen County Laois on March 10th 1807 to Patrick Lalor and Anne Dillon. His father […]

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Breithlá Shona Chairman Mao!

‘Only by achieving national liberation will it be possible for the proletariat and other working people to achieve their own emancipation.’ – Chairman Mao Breithlá Shona Chairman Mao Zedong. Today Socialist Republicans celebrate the birth of the Great Leader of the Chinese Revolution, which defeated imperialism in China and then native Counter Revolutions before embarking […]

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Liam Mellows Oration 2021

• Delivered at the Four Martyrs Commemoration, Castletown Co. Wexford, Saturday, December 11. Liam Mellows was born on May 25, 1895 in Manchester, England to William Joseph Mellows a sargeant in the British army and Sarah Jordan, of Inch, Co. Wexford. His father was transferred, with his family, to Dublin. During Liam’s early years in […]

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Four Martyrs: Remembering Rory O’Connor

At 8am on December 8 1922, Commandant General Rory O’Connor, Irish Republican Army was led before a firing squad in Mountjoy Gaol and executed by the Free State Administration, doing the work of British Imperialism to suppress the All Ireland Republic proclaimed in 1916. With this execution the Free State put down one of the […]

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Four Martyrs: Remembering Liam Mellows

‘It is fashionable nowadays to tell Ireland that she must forget. Forget what – her history? Woe to the country or the cause that forgets its history.’ – Liam Mellows, 1918 On this day 99 years ago the socialist-republican most fit to carry on where James Connolly left off was executed by the forces of […]

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Four Martyrs: Remembering Dick Barrett

Born 17th of December 1889 in  Ballineen, County Cork too Ellen and Richard Barrett and educated as a teacher in De La Salle College, he devoted himself from early in his life to the promotion of the Irish Language and culture, being a member of the Knockavilla GAA club and even a player for them. […]

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Four Martyrs: Remembering Joe McKelvey

Background On the 17th of June 1898 Joseph McKelvey was born in the small town of Stewartstown Co.Tyrone to Patrick McKelvey a member of Britain’s colonial police force at the time the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Rose O’Neill a post office worker Interest in the GAA and the founding of O’Donovan Rossa CLG As […]

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Liam Mellows and the Treaty Debates

To mark the centenary of the signing of a treaty of surrender with Britain by a gang of renegades we reproduce the contributions of Liam Mellows to the Dáil debates on this treaty. Among Ireland’s most outstanding revolutionaries, driven by a firm conviction in republican principles and a ceaseless dedication and courage in implementing those […]

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Grup Yorum on the International Art Front

The great Grup Yorum toured Ireland recently, so we took the time to ask them about their newly launched project – the International Art Front. The International Art Front is a way for political artists of all types to unite against imperialism, the common enemy of humanity. Enjoy the interview, and if you know any […]

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December is POW Month

December is the month for highlighting that there are still Republican Prisoners of War in Gaols across Ireland for their opposition to the illegal British Occupation and Partition of our Country. Men and women who would never have ended up in a cell but for the ongoing Imperialist interference in Ireland and that they took […]

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Dublin: Socialist Republicans stand in International Solidarity with the Communist Party of India (Maoist)

On Wednesday November 24, Macradh ISR Youth’s Dublin Slua took part in the international day of action in solidarity with the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the protracted People’s War in India. They going revolutionaries held a vigil at the James Connolly Statue at Beresford Place in Dublin. As Part of the International Campaign […]

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Kerry: Charlie Kerins- The Boy From Tralee

Cathal O’Céirín ,Óglach na hÉireann, was born in the small cottage of number 5 Caherina, Tralee, on the 23rd of January 1918, to parents Tom Kerins and Johanna Griffin, both from the nearby village of Blennerville, only some few miles from Caherina. Kerins had two sisters Elsie and Lena, Elsie would be one of the last to see him before his execution in 1944, and did not know he […]