Allan Armstrong has added an addendum to his book From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit (https://allanarmstrong831930095.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/socialists-and-december-12th-election.pdf) following the December 12th UK and February 8th Irish general elections. COMPETING STRATEGIES IN THE FACE OF THE BREAK-UP OF THE UK AND THE CASE FOR A SOCIALIST REPUBLICAN ‘INTERNATIONALISM FROM BELOW’ ALLIANCE Although Johnson gained an overall…
GENERAL ELECTION: PODEMOS COMES TO IRELAND
We are posting the following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) about the outcome of the Irish general election held on February 8th GENERAL ELECTION: PODEMOS COMES TO IRELAND Sinn Fein were expected to do well in the recent Irish general election. In the event they topped the poll, reviving the old call…
CONCERTED CLASS STRUGGLES IN FRANCE
This article on the ongoing class struggles in France was first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) CONCERTED CLASS STRUGGLES IN FRANCE Following months of Yellow Vest protests last year against fuel tax rises during which President Macron had to partially retreat he then switched his attentions to the public sector, launching his…
FROM ILLUSIONS IN A LEXIT BREXIT TO A DISILLUSIONED LEXIT FROM BREXIT POLITICS – THE DECEMBER 12th GENERAL ELECTION AND INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS ACROSS THESE ISLANDS
Allan Armstrong has published an article entitled From Illusions in a Lexit Brexit to a Disillusioned Lexit from Brexit Politics (https://allanarmstrong831930095.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/socialists-and-december-12th-election.pdf) The contents of this book are shown below, followed by the last two chapters and conclusion. This article follows The Impact of the December 12th General Election across the Constituent Parts of the UK. (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2020/01/24/the-impact-of-the-december-12th-general-election-across-the-constituent-parts-of-the-uk/)…
UKRAINIAN UNIONS URGENT APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY
We are posting two pieces from the Ukrainian Solidarity Campaign The first is statement following the Honchurak government’s attack on labour and social rights. The second is a report on the demonstrations held in Kyiv on January 15th . 1. UKRAINIAN UNIONS URGENT APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY Ukrainian unions urgent appeal for solidarity On 28 December…
HANDS OFF IRAN STATEMENT ON KILLING OF QASSEM SOLEIMANI
E&L is reposting this statement from Hands off People of Iran on response to the US killing of Qassem Soleimani FIGHT ON TWO FRONTS Trump’s reckless drone assassination was a godsend for the reactionary theocratic regime in Tehran Hands Off the People of Iran unequivocally condemns the United States assassination on January…
NEW DECADE, NEW APPROACH – WELCOME TO BACKSTOP COUNTRY
E&L are posting this link about the reconstitution of the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly. It was first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland). NEW DECADE, NEW APPROACH – WELCOME TO BACKSTOP COUNTRY The New Decade, New Approach document restoring the local executive in the North of Ireland marks a return of the…
THE IMPACT OF THE DECEMBER 12th GENERAL ELECTION ACROSS THE CONSTITUENT PARTS OF THE UK
Allan Armstrong follows up his article, The Continued Rise of Right National Populism and Reactionary Unionism in the Run-up to the December 12th General Election (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2019/12/09/the-continued-rise-of-right-populism-and-reactionary-unionism/). He examines the impact of the general election results across the constituent parts of the UK and the prospects for the immediate future. THE IMPACT OF THE DECEMBER 12th GENERAL ELECTION…
MODI MIGHT HAVE FINALLY GONE TOO FAR
E&L has been following the rise of Right national populism throughout the world. One of its distinctive features is to redefine nation-states on ethnic (cultural) grounds, with one ethnic group holding supremacy and ‘others’ targeted for oppression and sometimes repression. On 2018 the Israeli Knesset introduced a new Nation-State Act, which provides constitutional underpinning for…
FROM PRE-BRIT TO EX-BRIT – The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishness
Allan Armstrong’s new book From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit – The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishness is now available online at:- https://allanarmstrong831930095.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/from-pre-brit-to-ex-brit-.pdf Originally posted on 10.1.19, it has been updated. This is an expansion of an article written in 2015 and updated in 2016. (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2016/03/02/britishness-the-uk-state-unionism-scotland-and-the-national-outsider/) ___________ Below is the Introduction with an…