Ep 30: James Connolly's Industrial Unionism

Our own Liam McNulty has written a new political biography of the Irish revolutionary James Connolly, entitled ‘James Connolly: Socialist, Nationalist & Internationalist.’ In this episode we discuss Connolly as a workplace organiser and theorist of trade union organisation, looking at his role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and in major disputes such as the 1913 Dublin Lockout. You can buy Liam’s book here: For further reading, try Liam’s article on ‘Connolly’s Legacy’: You can also learn more about Connolly’s trade unionism in the Workers’ Liberty pamphlet ‘Effective Trade Unionism’, which brings together several of Connolly’s writing on workplace organisation and features a foreword by Liam: See previous episode descriptions for copyright info on our intro music.

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Ep 30: James Connolly's Industrial Unionism is an episode from Labour Days: a labour movement podcast by Labour Days.

This episode is 01:03:21 long.

This episode was published on Aug 28, 2023.

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