The Dublin Labour War 1913-14 (part 1)
Part of a series of articles on Connolly here Introduction by Sean Matgamna The Dublin Labour War of 1913-14 is one of the great epics of working class struggle and endeavour. Officially, it lasted from August 1913 to mid-January 1914, but some of the lockouts dragged on beyond that date. It is well known throughout the world because Vladimir Lenin wrote about it. That was in the first week, and therefore, many of his judgements were not true for the strike-lockout as a whole. Nor were the locked-out workers innocents picked upon by the 400 Dublin employers who banded together to fight them...