James Larkin
James Larkin
JamesLarkinwas an Irish trade union leader and socialist activist, born to Irish parents in Liverpool, England. He and his family later moved to a small cottage in Burren, southern County Down. Growing up in poverty, he received little formal education and began working in a variety of jobs while still a child. He became a full-time trade union organiser in 1905...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth21 January 1875
CountryIreland
comrade
Comrades - We are living in momentous times!
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I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.
soul world publicity
The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph.
mistake funeral faults
We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral.
mean may essentials
Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.
want method workers
Those who want to divide the workers have resorted to the foulest methods.
determination class goal
The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.
mean men justice
It means that the men who hold the means of life control our lives, and, because we workingmen have tried to get some measure of justice, some measure of betterment, they deny the right of the human being to associate with his fellow.
outcomes matter birth
The question of religion was a matter for each individual's conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area.
strong intelligent use
By God's help, and the intelligent use of their own strong right arms they could accomplish great things.
years done born
For years and years I have done the work I was born for.
fighting men race
No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.
home fighting hands
Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land.
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Humanity abhors, above all things, a vacuum in itself, and your class will be cut off from humanity as the surgeon cuts the cancer and alien growth from the body.