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There are many excellent and in-depth books about the Easter Rising that
began on Monday, April 24, 1916 and ended less than a week later, to all
appearances a blood-drenched fiasco. Easter Witness, however, takes the story
further, giving the political and economic context of the Rising and, more
important, presenting a unifying and empowering new vision for the future of
Ireland and the world
Relying
heavily on contemporary newspaper reports, Statements By Witnesses collected in
the 1940s and 1950s by the Irish Bureau of Military History (Buro Staire
Mileata) 1913-21, diaries, personal correspondence, and first hand accounts of
events leading up to the Rising, Easter
Witness gives the reader a unique perspective for understanding a
transforming world event.
The
book begins with a concise overview of the Easter Rising and its
aftermath. It then presents the often
confused and confusing, century-long series of events that led to the decision
by a small band of Nationalists to sacrifice themselves to bring an end to
British rule of Ireland and reassert the sovereignty of every individual in a
free and independent Irish Republic.
What
makes Easter Witness unique and
relevant for today, however, is that it concludes by presenting the outline of
a proposal that has the potential to make Ireland a global model for systemic
reform offering a more just and humane future for all — a program of expanded
capital ownership that would secure to every child, woman, and man the
fundamental rights of life, liberty, and private property. This, in the words of R. Buckminster Fuller,
would “make
the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through
spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of
anyone.”
In this centenary year of the Easter Rising, Ireland
has the opportunity to establish and maintain a more free and just market
system for the benefit of everyone in Ireland, and make Ireland a global model
for the 21st Century for people throughout the world who desire
economic and social as well as political freedom.
