This is a new dialogue over the consequences of Brexit following the Corbyn-led Labour Party helping Theresa May get the second reading of the Tories’ Immigration Bill through on Wednesday 29th January see an earlier dialogue at:- FROM FARAGE’S BREXIT TO TRUMP’S “BREXIT PLUS, PLUS, PLUS”, AND ON TO ‘MADAME FREXIT’? – a dialogue This…
ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE CONFERENCE, 10.12.18, LONDON
Allan Armstrong, who attended the ‘Another Europe Is Possible’ conference in London, as a representative from the Campaign for European Republican Socialist Party, makes his political assessment of the event. ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE CONFERENCE, 10.12.18, LONDON The Left in the UK has not only been hopelessly divided over Brexit, but marginal to…
REVIEW: CLASS NOT CREED, 1968
Connor Beaton reviews the pamphlet Class Not Creed, 1968 by Richie Venton both as a historic account of events in Northern Ireland and as an indication of the current politics of the Scottish Socialist Party. Fifty years after the beginning of the civil rights movement in the north of Ireland, the whole island…
JIM AITKEN WRITES AN APPRECIATION OF TOM LEONARD
Jim Aitken, poet and playwright, has written an appreciation of the Glasgow poet, Tom Leonard, who died on 21st December, 2018. It can be seen on the Culture Matters blog at:- http://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/2972-ach-well-all-livin-language-is-sacred-an-appreciation-of-tom-leonard _________ also see:-
FAILING GOVERNMENTS IN IRELAND – SOUTH AND NORTH
We are posting two articles from the Socialist Democracy (Ireland) website, highlighting the problems faced by the current Fine Gael government in the Dail and the lack of enthusiasm for reviving Stormont in Belfast. 1. CONFIDENCE AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT EXTENDED A de facto government of national unity in Ireland weakens capitalism and poses a…
UK: THE POLITICAL CRISIS INTENSIFIES OVER THE BREXIT DEAL
This article first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) analyses the crisis for the UK state, the British ruling class and the Tories and Labour over there deal May is trying to get through parliament. UK: THE POLITICAL CRISIS INTENSIFIES OVER THE BREXIT DEAL The unveiling of the draft agreement on withdrawal from the EU has…
AN IRELAND UPDATE – SOUTH AND NORTH
We posting to articles from the Socialist Democracy (Ireland) website on the current political situation South and North. The first looks at the recent Presidential election; the second at the collapse of Stormont. 1. IRISH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: AN ELECTION WITHOUT CANDIDATES Throughout the presidential election one could only watch open mouthed as RTE, an organisation…
RENEGING ON REPEAL: A NEW THREAT TO ABORTION RIGHTS IN IRELAND
This article, first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) on the situation in Ireland following the earlier successful repeal of the 8th amendment highlights the need to organise independently of the state. RENEGING ON REPEAL: A NEW THREAT TO ABORTION RIGHTS IN IRELAND After a period of quiet relief following the repeal referendum the…
ALL UNDER ONE BANNER DEMO – EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 6th
ALL UNDER ONE BANNER Saturday 6 October Assemble 12.30pm, Johnstone Terrace Edinburgh RIC Edinburgh has agreed to organise a contingent on the march to emphasise RIC’s Scottish republicanism, internationalism and diversity. We have new banners for the event including – Another Scotland Is Possible, Another Europe Is Possible, Another World Is Possible For an…
REVIEW: BALLYMURPHY PRECEDENT (Channel Four)
The following review from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) is of the film Ballymurphy Precedent made by Callum Macrae for Channel Four. A HIDDEN HISTORY OF BRITISH MILITARY REPRESSION AGAINST CIVILIANS The Ballymurphy massacre has the simplest of all dramatic structures. It is a narrative built around a chronology – a three-day assault by the…