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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?

Without The Power Of The Industrial Union Behind It, Democracy Can Only Enter The State As The Victim Enters The Gullet Of The Serpent.

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.

If You Remove The English Army Tomorrow And Hoist The Green Flag Over Dublin Castle., Unless You Set About The Organization Of The Socialist Republic Your Efforts Will Be In Vain. England Will Still Rule You. She Would Rule You Through Her Capitalists, Through Her Landlords, Through Her Financiers, Through The Whole Array Of Commercial And Individualist Institutions She Has Planted In This Country And Watered With The Tears Of Our Mothers And The Blood Of Our Martyrs

The Irishman In English Literature May Be Said To Have Been Born With An Apology In His Mouth.