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Description: | This recording of "A Rebel Song" was distributed by the "New Leader" newspaper. The "New Leader" was associated with the Independent Labour Party, a grouping on the left of the main party. It was sung by John Goss under the pseudonym "Rufus John". Originally written by the Irish Socialist and revolutionary James Connolly (1868-1916), it was published in 1903 in "The Socialist" newspaper, which Connolly had helped found in 1901. Connolly was a significant figure on the radical left and played a leading role in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, for which he was executed. The song's focus is on the need for perseverance in the fight of the working classes for their social and economic freedom. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Bishopsgate Institute | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | c1925 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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