Badger

Relentless revolutionary who never stopped fighting for the workers' cause.

James Connolly, the Irish socialist leader and 1916 Rising commander, embodied the badger's defining trait: absolute tenacity in fighting for a cause regardless of the odds. He devoted his entire life to labor rights and Irish independence, organizing workers through the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and founding the Irish Citizen Army, never backing down even when facing execution after the Easter Rising. His stubborn, principled refusal to compromise on behalf of the working class — pressing forward even when wounded and strapped to a chair before the firing squad — is the definitive badger spirit.