Captain James Robert "Jack" White is known as the man who was along with James Connolly, co-founded and drilled the Irish Citizen Army. For the Olympic athlete, see James Connolly (athlete) James Connolly James Connolly (June 5, 1868 - May 12, 1916) was an Irish nationalist and socialist leader. ... The Irish Citizen Army, or ICA, was a small band of trained volunteers established in Dublin for the defense of worker’s rights. ...

White belonged to the Anglo-Irish landowning class. He was born in County Antrim, at Whitehall, Broughshane, just outside Ballymena. As a young man he followed his father - Sir George Stuart White into the British army, where he saw action against the Boers in South Africa. County Antrim ( in [Gaelic) is one of the six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. ... Ballymena (Irish: An Baile Meánach, middle town) is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. ... Photograph of a nude man by Wilhelm von Gloeden, ca. ... A father is traditionally the male parent of a child. ... Photo submitted by Marion Hebblethwaite George Stuart White (VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, OKW) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Afrikaners are white South Africans of predominantly Calvinist Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloon descent who speak Afrikaans. ...

In the 1930's he went to Spain during the revolution there and became an anarchist. On his return to Ireland he published some of the first Irish anarchist material. One of the Dublin branches of the Workers Solidarity Movement is named after Jack White. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... The Irish Workers Solidarity Movement is an anarchist organisation from the platformist tradition of Nestor Makhno. ...

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