Ireland Still Remains The Holy Isle Whose

...it Was Always Our View That In Order To Attain This [proletarian Revolution] And The Other Far More Important Aims Of The Future Social Revolution, The Working Class Must First Take Possession Of The Organised Political Power Of The State And By Its Aid Crush The Resistance Of The Capitalist Class And Organise Society Anew.

People Think They Have Taken Quite An Extraordinarily Bold Step Forward When They Have Rid Themselves Of Belief In Hereditary Monarchy And Swear By The Democratic Republic. In Reality, However, The State Is Nothing But A Machine For The Oppression Of One Class By Another, And Indeed In The Democratic Republic No Less Than In The Monarchy.

Three Hundred Years After Its Appearance Christianity Was The Recognized State Religion In The Roman World Empire, And In Barely Sixty Years Socialism Has Won Itself A Position Which Makes Its Victory Absolutely Certain.

All The Other Large And Small Nationalities And Peoples Are Destined To Perish Before Long In The Revolutionary World Storm. The Next World War Will Result In The Disappearance From The Face Of The Earth Not Only Of Reactionary Classes And Dynasties, But Also Of Entire Reactionary Peoples. And That, Too, Is A Step Forward.

The British Labour Movement Is Today, And For Many Years Has Been, Working In A Narrow Circle Of Strikes That Are Looked Upon, Not As An Expedient, And Not As A Means Of Propaganda, But As An Ultimate Aim.