Documenting class struggle on the island of Ireland
What’s all this about?
“Be moderate,” the trimmers cry,
Who dread the tyrants’ thunder.
“You ask too much and people fly
From you aghast in wonder.”
’Tis passing strange, for I declare
Such statements give me mirth,
For our demands most moderate are,
We only want the earth.
- James Connolly, 1907Welcome to Demands Most Moderate, a newsletter of Irish labour news and commentary.
This is a workers’ publication seeking to educate ourselves and others about the causes and progress of the working class with a focus on the island of Ireland.
While this newsletter has no specific political affiliation, we take as a given the reality that class conflict drives history. The collection of stories and analysis included in this newsletter will try to illustrate that reality in real time. Our hope is that Demands Most Moderate will evolve from a collection that merely reflects reality to an informed analysis that interprets reality, and, ultimately, functions to raise class consciousness in the real world.
