James Connolly, born on this day in 1868, was an Irish socialist revolutionary, founder of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), and leader of the Easter Rising rebellion, for which he was executed by the British government.
Connolly was born in a poor Edinburgh neighborhood and spoke with a Scottish accent. He joined the British Army at age 14 to escape poverty and developed a hatred for the institution from firsthand experience. He deserted when his regiment was set to deploy to India.
He was also member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party. With labor radical James Larkin, he was centrally involved in the Dublin lock-out of 1913, after which the two men formed the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) the same year.
Connolly was opposed to British rule in Ireland and played a leading role in the Easter Rising of 1916, signing the "Proclamation of the Irish Republic" and serving as Commandant of the Dublin Brigade, the regiment that played the most substantial role in the Rising. Connolly was executed by firing squad following the Rising's defeat.
"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 would be in vain. England would 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."
James Connolly
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Why do I use so many commas when writing? I'm editing my dissertation (it's really, truly, finally almost done this time, hooray!) and consistently the editing I need to do is removing like half the commas in every sentence. It's actually hilarious, at this point, just, how many, extra commas, there are, everywhere.
After intensive investigation comma of the markings on the alien pod comma...
Haha, yeah, exactly. Exactly that
I, tend to, do the same thing, when writing. I still remember, in high school, getting a failing grade on my paper because of those commas. The rules, make no sense to me!
Also congrats on your dissertation! I wrote mine during the COVID lockdown. Lol fun times.
Your teacher gave you a failing grade just because of commas? That's a little over-the-top, in my opinion.
And thanks! It's been a miserable slog, I'm going to be so glad to be done with it! Congrats on finishing yours too, even though it was awhile ago!
I still passed the course but definitely failed the paper. I thought it was harsh too :( I can relate with its misery, but you'll get it and be so happy to be done with it! I've since moved on with other interests and haven't looked at it since, but I'm glad I got it finished at least.