Steve Freeman takes a different view if the crisis in the British Labour Party from the views taken by the British Left. Steve relates the crisis in the Labour Party to the ongoing collapse of the post-1945 UK’s social monarchist welfare state. THE CRISIS IN THE LABOUR PARTY …
STORMONT PUSHES BACK AGAINST ABORTION REGULATIONS
This article, first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland), examines a socially reactionary role of Stormont over women’s abortion rights. STORMONT PUSHES BACK AGAINST ABORTION REGULATIONS On the 2nd June Stormont Assembly passed a DUP motion calling for the rejection of abortion law enacted at Westminster. A Sinn Fein amendment which solely dealt with abortions…
THE GEORGE FLOYD DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRELAND
These two articles from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) look at the response in Ireland (south and north) to the killing of George Floyd and then the response of the PSNI and the Garda to these demonstrations. The first article argues for the power of solidarity in the face of shared exploitation and oppression rather the ‘allyship’…
ONE MAN’S TERRORIST
Connor Beaton reviews One Man’s Terrorist by Dan Finn. This first appeared in Red Pepper. ONE MAN’S TERRORIST – A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE IRA When the Irish government announced plans earlier this year to host a special commemorative event for members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) who were killed in the…
FANTASY FOOTBALL – THE IRISH LEFT AND FORMING A ‘LEFT GOVERNMENT’
This article, originally posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) looks at the attempts by People before Profit and RISE to form a ‘Left government’ in Ireland with Sinn Fein. FANTASY FOOTBALL – THE IRISH LEFT AND FORMING A ‘LEFT GOVERNMENT’ Recently People before Profit reopened talks with Sinn Fein about building an alternative…
THE GREENS IN GOVERNMENT? – Ireland has seen this movie before
The formation of a new government in Ireland is proving to be a tortuous process. Following Sinn Fein’s electoral surge to first place, even a Fine Gael/Fianna Fail coalition can not provide a new government. Their Framework for Government document was designed to act as a bait for other parties. This article from Socialist Democracy…
KEVIN KEATING – An Appreciation
It was with great sadness I learned of the death of Kevin Keating. I first met Kevin and his partner, Anne Conway, at the Socialist Democracy (Ireland) weekend schools held near Kippure, in the upper Liffey Valley in the Wicklow Mountains, from 2007-9. The political debates were of a very high standard, and the camaraderie…
IRELAND’S FRAMEWORK FOR GOVERNMENT
Following their disastrous general election showing on the 8th February, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have come up with Ireland’s Framework for Government document to try to create the basis for a new Irish government. Socialist Democracy (Ireland) provides an analysis of this. IRELAND’S FRAMEWORK FOR GOVERNMENT A Framework for Capitalist Survival Michael Martin…
COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRACKS FACADE OF UNITY AT STORMONT
Much has been made of the UK government’s ‘4 nations’ approach in its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Sunday Times article exposed both Covid’s 19’s secondary concern (after a ‘No Deal Brexit) for Johnson and the Tories’ deliberate winding down of NHS preparations for pandemics. In the face of this, the supposedly ‘4 nations’…
FIGHTING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
We are posting two responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. The first is from Trade unionists, health workers, independence supporters and community activists in Scotland. The second is from Socialist Democracy in Ireland. 1. Trade unionists, health workers, independence supporters and community activists demand radical action from the Scottish government to fight the pandemic (To…