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…
PALESTINE, PAYMENTS AND PURGES
Sir Keith Starmer is out to prove that Labour can be relied upon as a safe alternative party of government, argues David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists PALESTINE, PAYMENTS AND PURGES Last week Keir Starmer gave his clearest signal yet that under his leadership the Labour Party can be relied upon to act…
‘FAR LEFT FASCISM’: THE NON-EXISTENT DISORDER
As part of our continuing coverage of the political situation in the USA, we are posting this article by Susan Pashkoff. This was first posted by Socialist Resistance. ‘FAR LEFT FASCISM’: THE NON-EXISTENT DISORDER As I watched the coronavirus pandemic spread globally and the resulting global economic crisis my only thoughts were…
ISRAEL, IRAN AND WEST BANK ANNEXATION
We are posting two articles on the situation in Israel and the Middle East. The first for Socialist Democracy (Ireland) is about Netahyahu’s planned annexation of a further 30% of the West Bank. The second by Yassamine Mather, of Hands off the Peoples of Iran (HOPI), is about the Iranian regime’s response to Netanyahu’s move.…
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…
ON LOOTING AND STATUE TOPPLING
These two short pieces have been taken from the Scottish Left Forum ON LOOTING AND STATUE TOPPLING __________ The initial US BLM protests were accompanied by looting and statue toppling. This amounted to oppositional ‘shock and awe’ tactics. These which were mainly responsible for breaking through the usual media silence and downplaying of constitutional…
RACISM – CALLING A DIFFERENT TONE
The Emancipation & Liberation Editorial Board (EB) is posting this article by Will Stratford of the Platypus Affiliated Society (PAS) in the USA about the Left’s response to the BLM protests. PAS is a Left propagandist think-tank. The EB is taking up Stratford’s challenge to the Left to publish his arguments. We invite others to…
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’…
RACISM, CAPITALISM AND CLASS STRUGGLE
Thus article, written by Josefina L. Martinez, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, was first posted by Left Voice in the USA. RACISM, CAPITALISM AND CLASS STRUGGLE The anti-racist uprising in the United States over the brutal murder of George Floyd reopens a strategic question: How do we link the…
CRISIS AND THE NEED FOR CONFLICT
Mike Macnair makes the case for seeing current political developments in the world as a move from neo-liberalism proper to nationalist rivalry. This is similar to the case Allan Armstrong has made on this blog about the switch from neo–liberal hegemony to Right populist ascendancy. CRISIS AND THE NEED FOR CONFLICT What we…