TY - JOUR
T1 - 'They'll never understand why I'm here' British Marxism and the Irish Revolution, 1916-1923
AU - McGuire, Charles
PY - 2018/1/25
Y1 - 2018/1/25
N2 - The Irish Revolution of 1916-1923 posed a huge challenge to Marxist organizations in Britain. Although Marx and Engels themselves had supported Irish independence, later British socialists were not able to frame a consistent response to the Irish national question. Few organizations supported the Easter Rising in 1916 and although attitudes changed markedly during the Irish War of Independence, most British Marxists, with some notable exceptions, did not seem to view the Irish struggle against British imperialism to be connected to their own struggle for revolutionary change in Britain.
AB - The Irish Revolution of 1916-1923 posed a huge challenge to Marxist organizations in Britain. Although Marx and Engels themselves had supported Irish independence, later British socialists were not able to frame a consistent response to the Irish national question. Few organizations supported the Easter Rising in 1916 and although attitudes changed markedly during the Irish War of Independence, most British Marxists, with some notable exceptions, did not seem to view the Irish struggle against British imperialism to be connected to their own struggle for revolutionary change in Britain.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047269389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13619462.2017.1401472
DO - 10.1080/13619462.2017.1401472
M3 - Article
SN - 1361-9462
VL - 32
SP - 147
EP - 168
JO - Contemporary British History
JF - Contemporary British History
IS - 2
ER -
