A story of corporate corruption and seizure of land and property could be told of virtually every city in the UK. The following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) shows are this process takes place under the auspices of the bisectarian Belfast City Council. Brits Out! – Unless they’re London developers and absentee landlords, in which…
Labour’s Historic Defeat In Scotland
We are posting this article by Steve Freeman first posted on the Republican Socialist Alliance outlining, mainly for the benefit of republican socialists in England, the Scottish dimension of ‘Labour’s historic defeat’. You may remember the famous Monty Python sketch about a parrot returned by a dissatisfied customer, John Cleese, to the pet-shop run by…
EVICTIONS OF MIGRANTS IN DUBLIN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Thus article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) examines the evictions of nine migrant workers from their homes in Dublin. EVICTIONS: ROUND TWO OF THE BATTLE AGAINST THE BANKS AND GOVERNMENT BEGINS Nine tenants have been evicted in Berkeley Road Dublin by masked men garbed in black who seized and boarded up the property…
THE CASE FOR A REPUBLICAN INTERNATIONALIST COALITION FOR SCOTLAND’S INDEPENDENCE
THE CASE FOR A REPUBLICAN INTERNATIONALIST COALITION FOR SCOTLAND’S INDEPENDENCE a. The Radical Independence Campaign An examination of the wording of the initials and principles of the Radical Independence Campaign is instructive. R = Radical, I = Independence, C = Campaign Each one of these terms is ambiguous.
A TRIUMPH OF IDEOLOGY: JOHN HUME AND THE DEFEAT OF IRISH REPUBLICANISM
The following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) explains the political reasons behind the adulation for John Hume since his death on August 3rd. A TRIUMPH OF IDEOLOGY: JOHN HUME AND THE DEFEAT OF IRISH REPUBLICANISM The flurry of commemoration by the great and the good following the death of John Hume…
LATEST POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN IRELAND – SOUTH AND NORTH
We are posting an update on the most recent political developments in the Dail and Stormont from Socialist Democracy (Ireland). 1. DUBLIN GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSES THE PARLIAMENTARY LEFT – BUT EXACTLY WHO ARE THE LEFT? The 33rd Irish Dail has demonstrated in spades just how unstable it is. Effectively a national government of…
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN IRELAND AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT
We are posting two articles from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) about the political situation on Ireland since the formation of the Fianna Fail, Fine Gael/Grene Party coalition government. WHAT IS A SHARED IRELAND AND IS A BORDER POLL THE ANSWER? The new programme for government for the three party coalition in Dublin includes a commitment to…
IRISH GOVERNMENT HYPOCRISY
The following three articles from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) contrasts how the Irish government deals with mega-corporations, 12,000 Aer Lingus workers threatened with redundancy, and sacked Debenhams’ workers who have taken action IRELAND BEATS THE RAP ON TAX FRAUD We would sell out to anyone, claims defence! The announcement that the European Court had…
THE UK STATE, RIGHT POPULISM AND REACTIONARY UNIONISM IN 2020 – rUK IT or fUK IT?
Allan Armstrong has produced his third online pamphlet, following The Continuing Shift from Neo-Liberalism to Right Populism. This follows the last update which looked at the impact of Right Populism and reactionary unionism on the politics of the these islands after the December 12th UK and February 8th Irish general elections. The contents of the…
IRELAND: PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT – AUSTERITY WITH A GREEN TINGE
We are posting this article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) about the delayed formation of a new Irish government involving Find Gael, Fianna Fail and the Irish Green Party. And this is only a couple of months after some o the Irish left were considering the Irish Greens as forming part of a wider Sinn Fein,…