The Easter Rebellion
Defeat or Victory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9198684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Newsinger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 31 |
| Publication date | 1982-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-034-07-1982-11_4 |
| OpenAlex | W2014742372 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The participation of the working-class Irish Citizen Army in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was criticized at the time by many socialists, who saw the insurrection as a foredoomed adventure, inspired by petty bourgeois nationalist aims and having nothing to do with the struggle for socialism. A few months after the event, Lenin wrote a sharp reply to one of these critics, Karl Radek, and forcefully defended James Connolly and his comrades against accusations of putschism.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Adventure · Art history · Bourgeoisie · Class conflict · Communism · Epistemology · Event (particle physics) · Irish · Media studies · Nationalism · Nothing · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · Victory · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 1990 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |