No Revolutionary Movement Is Complete Without Its

Ireland, As Distinct From Her People, Is Nothing To Me; And The Man Who Is Bubbling Over With Love And Enthusiasm For "ireland," And Can Yet Pass Unmoved Through Our Streets And Witness All The Wrong And The Suffering, Shame And Degradation Wrought Upon The People Of Ireland-yea, Wrought By Irishmen Upon Irish Men And Women, Without Burning To End It, Is, In My Opinion, A Fraud And A Liar In His Heart, No Matter How He Loves That Combination Of Chemical Elements He Is Pleased To Call Ireland.

Irish Tory Employers Hid[e] Their Sweatshops Behind Orange Flags, And Irish Home Rule Landlords Us[e] The Green Sunburst Of Erin To Cloak Their Rack-renting In The Festering Slums Of Our Irish Towns.

Just As It Is True That A Stream Cannot Rise Above Its Source, So It Is True That A National Literature Cannot Rise Above The Moral Level Of The Social Conditions Of The People From Whom It Derives Its Inspiration.

Whoop It Up For Liberty! After Ireland Is Free, Says The Patriot Who Won't Touch Socialism, We Will Protect All Classes, And If You Won't Pay Your Rent You Will Be Evicted Same As Now. But The Evicting Party, Under Command Of The Sheriff, Will Wear Green Uniforms And The Harp Without The Crown, And The Warrant Turning You Out On The Roadside Will Be Stamped With The Arms Of The Irish Republic. Now, Isn't That Worth Fighting For?

Under A Socialist System Every Nation Will Be The Supreme Arbiter Of Its Own Destinies, National And International; Will Be Forced Into No Alliance Against Its Will, But Will Have Its Independence Guaranteed And Its Freedom Respected By The Enlightened Self-interest Of The Socialist Democracy Of The World.