The Great Appear Great To Us.

The Irishman Frees Himself From Slavery When He Realizes The Truth That The Capitalist System Is The Most Foreign Thing In Ireland. The Irish Question Is A Social Question. The Whole Age-long Fight Of The Irish People Against Their Oppressors Resolves Itself In The Last Analysis Into A Fight For The Mastery Of The Means Of Life, The Sources Of Production, In Ireland. Who Would Own And Control The Land? The People, Or The Invaders; And If The Invaders, Which Set Of Them - The Most Recent Swarm Of Land Thieves, Or The Sons Of The Thieves Of A Former Generation?

Yes, Friends, Governments In Capitalist Society Are But Committees Of The Rich To Manage The Affairs Of The Capitalist Class.

Such A Scheme.. The Betrayal Of The National Democracy Of Industrial Ulster, Would Mean A Carnival Of Reaction Both North And South, Would Set Back The Wheels Of Progress, Would Destroy The Oncoming Unity Of The Irish Labour Movement And Paralyse All Advanced Movements While It Lasted.

We Who Hold His (wolfe Tone) Principles Believe That Any Movement Which Would Successfully Grapple With The Problem Of National Freedom Must Draw Its Inspiration Not From The Mouldering Records Of The Past, But From The Glowing Hopes Of The Living Present, The Vast Possibilities Of The Mighty Future.

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.