The Cause Of Labour Is The Cause

If You Strike At, Imprison, Or Kill Us, Out Of Our Prisons Or Graves We Will Still Evoke A Spirit That Will Thwart You, And Perhaps, Raise A Force That Will Destroy You! We Defy You! Do Your Worst!

If You Remove The English Army To-morrow And Hoist The Green Flag Over Dublin Castle, Unless You Set About The Organisation Of The Socialist Republic Your Efforts Would Be In Vain.

The Irish Republic Must Be Made A Word To Conjure With - A Rallying Point For The Disaffected, A Haven For The Oppressed, A Point Of Departure For The Socialist, Enthusiastic In The Cause Of Human Freedom.

Only The Irish Working Class Remains As The Incorruptible Inheritors Of The Fight For Freedom In Ireland.

Irish Tory Employers Hid[e] Their Sweatshops Behind Orange Flags, And Irish Home Rule Landlords Us[e] The Green Sunburst Of Erin To Cloak Their Rack-renting In The Festering Slums Of Our Irish Towns.