TY  - BOOK
AU  - Milotte,Mike
TI  - Communist Politics in Ireland, 1916-1945
T2  - Historical Materialism Book Series,
SN  - 9789004739239
AV  - HX250.3.A6 M54 2025
KW  - Communist Party of Ireland
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Communism
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Northern Ireland
N1  - Revision of the author's Communism in Modern Ireland; Includes bibliographical references and index; Volume 1. Pursuit of the Workers' Republic in the Post-Connolly and Larkin Era, 1916-1928 --
N2  - "Mike Milotte's clear and meticulous reconstruction of Irish communism in the 1920s leaves no stone unturned. He reassesses the communist movement and its key figures in light of previously overlooked or misinterpreted material from the Comintern archives. During the revolutionary era, Roddy Connolly's Communist Party robbed banks to fund its activities, and 20-year-old Connolly engaged in gun-running for the IRA while struggling to maintain control of his fractious party. In a later period of retreat, James Larkin refused to submit to the 'imperialistic' British Communist Party or follow the dictates of Moscow's Stalinist bureaucracy, resisting its policies and practices on instinct"-- Provided by publisher
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