The Dream of the Celt

The Dream of the Celt

* Perspective, Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn (Roger David Casement).

"Men, women, and children were confined in them for days, weeks, and often months. ... Whole families ... were imprisoned — fathers, mothers, and children, and many cases were reported of parents dying thus, either from starvation or from wounds caused by flogging, while their offspring were attached alongside of them to watch in misery themselves the dying agonies of their parents. "

-Rogger Casement's investigation about the crimes of British-Peruvian companies in Peru (dedicated to the collection of rubber, although there were other businesses) against Native Americans.

Journalist and diplomat for the British, even he had worked for the British Empire's commercial-colonial interests in Africa.

It was a bad record.

Also for many, Casement was perhaps too moderate, but at the end of the day, Casement was Irish and had left his service to the British.

Now the man was dressed in a costume, accompanied by papers indicating a Norwegian origin. In reality, Casement and his companions were taking a new ship with ammunition and weapons to the Irish Revolution.

"We are already approaching the coast!" Casement indicates to his companions, the island of Ireland was very close.

But something was very wrong ...

There were British on the coast. Of course, loyalist forces and British ships would have the island heavily protected, hoping that the resources of the revolution would diminish.

Numerically inferior, the Irish nonetheless survived the landing.

"We still have some rifles and more than 20 survivors, but not much more." An injured Casement announces, seeing in front of him a man who did not look like a president.

James Connolly was simply sitting on a stone, talking to the men who made up his government and the leadership of his army.

"... Perfect. This was a battle won." The President of Free Ireland announced, leaving Casement stunned.

"Victory?!". Casement asks.

"Yes, a victory. We started this revolution with only 800 men, even with the terrible losses, our number continues to increase." Connolly increases.

"I can not understand it." Casement quickly responds.

"We are revolutionaries, every success involves enormous work, enormous obstacles. And even then, we can turn the tables against tens of thousands of Englishmen." Connolly indicates, opening his shirt slightly. "We have the best armor, a moral armor."

"We have several journalists like you, how about you go talk to them?"

The President of Ireland exclaimed calmly, patting Casement on the back before turning to other business.

There were many people, people from the countryside, people from the cities, men, women, and people of countless trades.

A wide variety of people would participate:

* Tadhg Barry.

* Walter Carpenter.

* Jim Connell (who wrote many of the songs from the early years of the revolution and the Irish Red Army).

* Sean Connolly (Seán Ó Congaile), first captain of the Irish Red Army appointed by President Connolly.

* James "Jim" Larkin, main organizer of the Irish Red Army.

* William O'Brien, the Gray Eminence of the Irish Trade Unions.

Among many Scottish volunteers (or 'exiles' due to British attempts to arrest-execute them), female paramilitaries, female nurses, female organizers, etc.

This brotherhood was part of the small movements of Scottish socialism, which could not mobilize in a total revolution.

But still there was a huge brotherhood between James Connolly and John Maclean (socialist)

Celtic socialism, championed especially by the Irish revolutionaries and parts of the Scottish socialist movement.

It instilled a belief in the struggle of the working class (the Celtic proletariat against the Celtic upper classes, whose interests were generally against, and were not similar) and the historical struggle of the Celts against British imperialism.

In addition to including a 'return to the roots', recovering the years of damage to the Celtic language, or even a 'clan socialism' (Scottish proposal).

*The Dream of the Celt (Spanish: El sueño del celta) is a novel written by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, inspired in well, Roger David Casement.

*Based in the Cuban Revolution, in fact I can still see some similarities more, persons like Castro or Stalin and persons like Che and Trotsky.