James Connolly

Hellraisers Journal: New Castle, Pennsylvania, Remembers James Connolly, Editor of The Free Press

The great appear great to us,
only because we are on our knees:
LET US RISE.
-James Connolly
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Friday May 19, 1916
New Castle, Pennsylvania - James Connolly Edited Socialist Free Press

From the New Castle News of May 15, 1916:

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Hellraisers Journal: Remembering James Connolly in 1910, the year he left America and returned to Ireland.


The great appear great to us, only because
we are on our knees:
LET US RISE.
-James Connolly
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Sunday May 14, 1916
Remembering James Connolly's Departure from New York City

In New York City on July 14, 1910, A Farewell Dinner was held for James Connolly:

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Hellraisers Journal: Blood-Lust of the British Continues Apace, Seven Irish Rebels Executed in Five Days


Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Saturday May 13, 1916
Dublin, Ireland - Socialist and Labor Leader, James Connolly, Executed

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James Connolly and John McDermott, Executed Friday May 12th
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Hellraisers Journal: Chicago Federation of Labor Pleads for Life of Irish Rebel James Connolly

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday May 11, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - America Union Workers Plead for Life of Irish Rebel

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In a meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor this past Sunday, a resolution was passed that a message should be sent to London making a plea for the life of the Irish Rebel, James Connolly. Connolly is well known and much respected by the trade unionists and Socialists of Chicago, having once been a resident of the city where he was active in both movements on behalf of the working class.

WE NEVER FORGET: Last Statement of James Connolly, Irish Rebel

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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WE NEVER FORGET
James Connolly
June 5, 1868-May 12, 1916
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Last Statement, smuggled out to the world through his daughter, Nora,
on the eve of his execution:

Hellraisers Journal: Rebel Uprising in Dublin; Irish Republic Proclaimed from Steps of General Post Office

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age.
Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Wednesday April 26, 1916
From the New York Evening World:"Irish in Dublin Rise In Revolt"

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