Reds and the Green: Ireland, Russia, and the Communist Internationals, 1919-43
Type
Other
Authors
ISBN 10
1904558194
ISBN 13
9781904558194
Category
Ireland - 20th Century
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
272
Description
In August 1922, two agents of the Communist International held a secret meeting in Dublin with two IRA leaders. The four signed an agreement providing for the transformation of Sinn Fin into a socialist party. In return, Moscow was to assist with the supply of weapons to the IRA. From February 1918, when over 10, 000 thronged central Dublin to acclaim the Bolshevik revolution, to July 1941, when the Party in ire was dissolved by the votes of just 20 members, communists were involved with every radical movement, and demonised in every pulpit. Based on former Soviet archives, Reds and the Green shows why Irish Marxists and republicans turned repeatedly to Russia for support and inspiration and how the Comintern was able to direct an Irish political party. - from Amzon
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