Comment on Left Archive: A New Nationalism for the New Ireland – Desmond...
Wonder was that a reprint of the anti-Fennell articles that appeared in the RMG’s “Marxist Review”.
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by Tomboktu
Sinn Fein’s Eoin Ó Broin in Dublin Mid-west (currently 2 FG & 2 Lab).
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To get back to Fennell: he caused a bit of a ruckus with some of his letters to the IT, one in September 27th 1999 stating: “…the rules of Western civilisation are well known. Massacre and abortion are...
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by roddy
Aye Joe ,once you join in it will all be over.I can here them cry “theres the boy that hid in a shop doorway when Gerry was visiting the Dunnes stores strikers ,we’re really f—d now ” !
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by BB
I find myself in agreement with this outlook. But I wouldn’t discount the attraction of the People Before Profit brand name to many disgruntled voters (most of whom would be unaware of SWP...
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by dilettante
Useful overview JRG – thanks. Here’s my take on it: 1. “A second left seat is possible in Dublin North / Fingal” – SF might have a chance 2. “A second seat is possible in Dublin West (although less...
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by CMK
Who in SF in Dublin North would have a chance? They’ve a very poor profile there and will be lucky to scoop a councillor in May.
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by Jolly Red Giant
I agree with CMK here. Dublin Fingal is ripe for a challenge for a second seat and I would argue that the Socialist Party should run to take a second seat with Clare Daly. The constituency is now a...
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Comment on Claiming our Future update: “A People’s Assembly”, Wednesday 18th,...
I don’t even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great. I do not know who you are but certainly you’re going to a famous blogger if you are not already Cheers!
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by dilettante
There are potentially two left seats in Dublin North/Fingal. And it could be that SF are not able to take the second. So the SP should put forward a candidate. For the rest, I’m not sure that an AAA...
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by CMK
Without being flippant, I’m from Fingal, have loads of relatives there, follow politics there and I couldn’t name a single SF person with any profile. It’s one of the curiosities of Irish politics: why...
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by sonofstan
Anyone in a position to challenge for a left seat in Dublin South West? With two Labour seats in danger (assuming Rabbitte doesn’t run- and even if he does?), there must be an opportunity
View ArticleComment on This weekend I’ll mostly be listening to… FSK by siamese cats facts
Asking questions are actually good thing if you are not understanding something fully, except this post provides good understanding yet.
View ArticleComment on Being neutral by WorldbyStorm
Very true but I would tend to see that as probably being in the same category as Irish neutrality allowing for the Donegal corridor which allowed RAF aircraft passage across Irish airspace. That large...
View ArticleComment on Being neutral by WorldbyStorm
That’s a crucial distinction you point to there.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 19th March 2014 by Jolly Red Giant
Statement from the Socialist Party on the Euro Elections and the possibility of a transfer pact between the SP and the SWP/PBPA...
View ArticleComment on Who is a shoe-in on the left? Election 2015/2016 by shea
if ever there was a time for a scatter gun tactic it would be now with independents consistently above 20%, paper candidates every where, presumably small left wing parties would not have the physical...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 19th March 2014 by hardcorefornerds
Thanks for that, lots of good references. Reading Mirowski (and Foucault) at the moment. Good overview too.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 19th March 2014 by CL
‘Left-Wing Darling Pacifica Radio Is Sliding Into the Abyss’ http://www.laweekly.com/2014-03-20/news/left-wing-darling-pacifica-radio-is-sliding-into-the-abyss/
View ArticleComment on Being neutral by CMK
Neutrality in the post war period in Europe looks less and less ‘neutral’ the more you look at it. With Austria and Switzerland massive arms manufacturers for NATO and Sweden a sort of outsourced NATO...
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