The quote is in fact from an article about James Connolly by Oisín Mac Giollamóir which appeared in the Irish anarchist magazine 'Red and Black Revolution', in Winter 2004. wsm.ie | It was also published on the indymedia.ie website indymedia.ie. | Mac Giollamóir does write "A revolution will only be achieved when the ordinary people of the world, us, the working class, get up off our knees and take back what is rightfully ours" but the words are his own.
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