RP,
There is more than one form of revolution of course, so you might want to be clear what you mean by that. It sounds as if you mean something like storming the Winter Palace is inevitable but perhaps I have misunderstood.
The WP does not have a concrete programme mapped out for how any transition to socialism in Ireland would take place because it would be a pointless effort to try and predict that. What it does have is a view of what is necessary to build class-consciousness in order to bring the transition to socialism and the revolutionising of society closer. In concrete terms, it believes, for example, that expanding the role of the state in the economy is a step towards that for various reasons such as accustoming people to the idea of the state as the most important economic actor, generating income to be spent on reforms useful to the working class in the here and now, and creating jobs, something important both in people’s every day life and for the possibilities of growing class consciousness.
As LATC said right at the start of this, and I think you agreed, social democracy is a step along the road to socialism. In Ireland, we are very far even from social democracy, so our programme of immediate policies reflects that, but does so within the context of the overall vision for the revolutionary transformation of society.
I suppose what this boils down to is that all you see are the limitations of the programme, where we see how the changes suggested by it can be a dynamic element for further change – a spark if you will.
I doubt anyone is going to change anyone’s mind on these fundamental approaches through this thread, at least not for the people who are already committed in a party political way.