Thank you to everyone at Haymarket Books for agreeing to publish this edition, and thank you to the extremely dedicated Haymarket team for their patience, persistence, and professionalism in working it towards publication. In particular I’d like to thank Julie Fain, Anthony Arnove, Rachel Cohen, Rory Fanning, Jim Plank, John McDonald, Jon Kurinsky, Eric Kerl, Duncan Thomas, Brian Baughan, Jamie Kerry, and Renaldo Migaldi. Thank you, Renaldo, for all your diligence in getting the book over the line. Thanks also to Dao X. Tran and Ragina Johnson for your help on the book.
This book and I have benefited immensely from conversations and insights about Connolly, Irish politics, and much more from many comrades and activists in the United States, in Ireland, and beyond over the years. There are simply too many comrades to recognize and thank. I would like to thank Becca Bor, Kieran Allen, and Seán Mitchell for their help with the introduction and the selection of Connolly’s writing.
Thank you to the organizers of the Historical Materialism, Socialism (US), Left Forum (US), Marxism (Ireland), and Think Left (Ireland) conferences, and also the Mid Ulster District Council, for the opportunity to discuss Connolly and Irish politics.
Finally, thank you to Becca Bor, my love, my friend, and my comrade, for her encouragement, insights, and help in making this volume a reality. It wouldn’t have happened without you.