BERTRAND RUSSELL AND IRELAND
In: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY, Band 26, Heft 2
IN THIS STUDY, BERTRAND RUSSELL IS SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN A WARM SUPPORTER OF IRISH AUTONOMY IN THE 2ND DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND HIGHLY REGARDED BY THE IRISH INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. HIS SUGGESTIONS FOR PASSIVE RESISTANCE, SIMILAR TO THOSE OF MODERATE SINN FEINERS LED BY ARTHUR GRIFFITH, WERE FORGOTTEN WHEN ADVOCATES OF VIOLENCE TOOK OVER. HIS IDEAS REVEAL AN APPRECIATION OF ESSENTIAL IRISH PROBLEMS.