On June 5, 2009 marks 141 years since the birth of the great Irish poet and revolutionary James Connolly. His biography was written, rewritten and distorted by the Bolshevik historiography and selling zhurnalistcheta Irish nationalists and continues to appear in books, newspapers, magazines and websites. He earn both convinced Marxist, and national revolutionary. Connolly strikingly resembles our anarchist poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev.
James Connolly was born in the suburb Koutgeyt the Scottish city of Edinburgh on 5 June 1868 in a family of poor Irish immigrants. In 1888 he left the army and returned to Edinburgh. Here, with the support of his older brother John joined the local "Socialist League". James Connolly is drawn primarily from the works of Russian folk socialist Herzen and Chernyshevsky. We are pleased to read the writings of the great theoretician of anarchy as William Godwin and Pierre Proudhon. Intensively studied and world language "Esperanto". It occurs as a talented poet. In 1893 with Keir Hardy left "Socialist League" and creates an "Independent Labour Party," espouse freedom of socialism. In 1903 he moved to the United States, where he is actively involved in the activities of anarchist unions' World industrial workers "(IWW). Maintained relationships with renowned figures such as anarchist movement Goldman and Alexander Berkman.
After returning to Ireland in 1907, together with the famous Irish Marxist trade union activist and "big" James (Jim) Larkin, organized numerous strikes and demonstrations in other Irish cities, demanding improved working conditions and lives of destitute Irish proletariat . Because of his military training and his outstanding organizational skills Connelly is set to lead the armed groups of illegal workers, which provides security and police provocateurs. There he met with anarchist and former British Army officer Captain Jack White and the revolutionary and freedom fighter Captain Ireland Frank Ryan. Together with them, working up "the Dublin public police", which in 1913 was renamed the "Irish citizen's army." After two unsuccessful attempts of the Citizens 'Army' to create autonomous free communities in different cities of Ireland at Connolly started the idea that before a worker-peasant Free Republic, Ireland must be liberated from the shackles of their English masters. So contact the leaders of organizations "Irish Volunteers" and "Irish Republican Brotherhood," Thomas Clarke, Patrick Pearse, Joseph Plunkett, Eamonn Kant Makdirmada Sean and others. In early 1916 they decide on Easter in Dublin to be declared an armed rebellion, expecting that many people will respond to their call and will be actively involved in it. They believe that a favorable factor in the uprising will be raging at that time in Europe First World War. Despite the setbacks in the supply of arms to the uprising leaders do not despair.
On April 24, 1916 broke "Easter Uprising". The rebels captured the largest building in Dublin - Mail. Before the innumerable multitude Pierce read Proclamation, proclaiming the independence of Ireland. James Connolly was named military commander of the city's defense. Everywhere in the streets under his leadership were erected barricades, are still occupied public buildings. The British government is in panic from the growing rebellion. In Dublin port is urgently sent military cruiser "Helga", which landed Marines roti. The positions of the rebels fired upon with guns and attacked by armored and cavalry squadrons. The uprising was brutally suppressed. James Connolly was seriously wounded in the leg during the fighting. Although asked to leave, he was removed on a stretcher by his comrades. Arrested by British military unit, Connolly was convicted by a military court to death speedily. Despite global protests in his defense, along with other leaders, was shot on May 12, 1916 in Dublin barracks. The last words uttered to his companions: "Fear not! Most of us who supported the proclamation will be shot, but those who survive will be free. "
James Connolly is not forgotten by the Irish people. His comrades Frank Ryan and Jack White formed a battalion of over a thousand Irish volunteers under the name "Connolly Column", who fought in support of the Spanish Revolution of 1938-39, the Today in Dublin was erected a monument that reminds the Irish workers, the fight against tyranny continues.
Vladimir Penev