tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post4662795981228681372..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: The Irish Citizen Army & James Connolly ➖ Revising History And RealityAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-40781699091121966872021-05-01T17:27:55.137+01:002021-05-01T17:27:55.137+01:00AM
I see your point and yes, the British Army wou...<br />AM<br /><br />I see your point and yes, the British Army would have been in the field, no doubt about it. The object of having a revolutionary army is indeed to engage the state in all its manifestations, including the army. The idea is to have a workers armed wing capable of fullfilling this task. Back in 1984, remembering the strike was called by the government who were the employers - asCaoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1941728441277640452021-05-01T13:17:59.148+01:002021-05-01T13:17:59.148+01:00Caoimhin - I don't see revolution working in t...Caoimhin - I don't see revolution working in the West. I think this is why Gramsci and later Poulantzas worked so hard in examining Western societies are actually ruled. Had the miners armed in 84 the military would have crushed them. <br />Today, it is even harder - if you look at how ridiculous the application of armed struggle has become in the North where there has been a history of it. <AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-5907594471190996212021-05-01T09:37:56.420+01:002021-05-01T09:37:56.420+01:00AM
That would depend how such a force would be or...AM<br /><br />That would depend how such a force would be organised. If a group based on the ICA were formed to defend workers involved in a strike - the ISTC and NUM, SOGAT in Britain during the eighties - it would have to be on the understanding that the strike is the first ingredient to taking on and crushing capitalism. The strike, civil disobedience backed by armed resistance, all three Caoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86236858612591795692021-04-30T17:41:07.429+01:002021-04-30T17:41:07.429+01:00Caoimhin - I found that a very good read.
Howeve...Caoimhin - I found that a very good read. <br />However, I doubt very much such a movement today would have much success. The state is shaped in such a way that it can absorb that type of thing. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com