Hesitant Comrades

The Irish Revolution and the British Labour Movement

Geoffrey Bell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2016
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-3665-7 (ISBN)

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The first published history of the troubled relationship between the British working class and the movement for Irish independence covering the revolutionary period of 1916-21 .

Geoffrey Bell's Hesitant Comrades is the first published history of the policies, actions and attitudes of the British working class towards the Irish national revolution of 1916-21.

Drawing principally on primary sources, Bell brings to light for the first time important incidents in British/Irish history, including how the leaders of British trade unions were complicit in Belfast loyalist sectarianism; the troubled nature of the Labour Party's relations with its Irish community; and how the Bolsheviks criticised British Marxists over their inaction on Ireland. The author also considers socialist debates on the compatibility of Irish nationalism with socialism, as well as the contentious 'Ulster question'. He examines prominent figures of the era, ranging from Ramsay MacDonald to Sylvia Pankhurst. With sources ranging from newly discovered writings to reports of police spies - Hesitant Comrades is a scholarly, provocative and groundbreaking perspective on the fragile relationship between the British left and the Irish revolution.

Geoffrey Bell was born in Belfast and has written extensively about Ireland and British attitudes to 'The Troubles', past and recent, for print, television and exhibitions. These include Protestants of Ulster (Pluto), and Pack Up the Troubles (Channel Four).

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Prologue

1. Easter 1916

2. Interesting Times

3. The Labour Party

4. The Trades Union Congress

5. Alternatives

6. Voices from Below

7. Socialism and Nationalism

8. Ulster

9. The Treaty

10. Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.2.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 215 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-7453-3665-5 / 0745336655
ISBN-13	978-0-7453-3665-7 / 9780745336657
Zustand	Neuware