‘Bruree Soviet Mills - We Make Bread Not Profits’

The period between 1919 and 1922 in Limerick saw such intense class conflict that it was dubbed the ‘red flag’ years. The following three years saw ongoing and intense strike activity. Soviets were established in Knocklong in 1921 and in Bruree and Castleconnell in 1922. When workers took over the factories in these towns they would hoist a banner, like in Bruree, where they declared ‘Bruree Soviet Mills – We Make Bread Not Profits’.
From an article by Dominic Hough, (click title of this entry to find article in full)

Members of the Trades Council had produced a workers paper called The Bottom Dog.