Brian Hanley
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 16 Sep
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But this group was actually able to punch well above its relative weight because of the split between Eamon De Villera and John Devoy, which had left things in something of a flux in Irish politics in New York in this period.
The Irish Progressive League backed devil era, but nevertheless it had its own contacts among American socialists and trade unionists, which meant that people such as Norman Thomas and Joseph Cannon were prominent speakers at events in support of the Irish patriotic strike.
And it also meant they had contacts with activists from other ethnic backgrounds who were also important in bringing out people along the docks.
One of the women Pickett's was the Irish woman, Sidney Gifford, the famous Republican family.
She later claimed that Italian support for the strike was largely the work of the anarchist, Carlo Tresca.
who had connections himself with Irish American left wingers like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
Gifford recalled having a placard which read, Hear the call of the blood and refuse to work on British ships.
I realised that the call of the blood was addressed to Greeks, Italians, Lascars, etcetera.
And when they saw a young woman with a placard, they came up to inquire what the strike was about.
My efforts to translate here the call of the blood into Italian were funny.
But I found one word which they all seemed to know was tyranny, Ireland.
And smiling and nodding, they would all walk away.
The leaflets were distributed.
Specifically aimed at Italian workers.
There had also been a history of competition and tension between the Irish, Slavs and Italians on the docks, but the Irish history with African Americans was a particularly bitter and violent one, and the support given by African American workers was then remarkable, but it was also not to be taken for granted.
Some four hundred black longshore men attended a meeting at Marcus Garvey's Liberty Hall in Harlem.
Now Garvey had called his headquarters after Liberty Hall in Dublin.
These workers asserted that they were willing to participate with the Irishmen in the strike for liberty, but given the treatment extended to them in the past, they would hope that in future arrangements could be made to allow African workers work on other piers, which they were currently barred from.
Now it was interesting that Marcus Garvey
As a separatist, was not that concerned really about the conditions of the black longshore men.
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