Tuesday, Mar 16th 2010
Government on the Ropes after Election Defeat | The Socialist Party Analysis
Kevin McLoughlin of the Socialist Party provides an analysis of the party’s performance in the local and European elections on Indymedia.
“It wasn’t that 50,510 voters fully endorsed socialism but, there is no doubt that everyone who voted for Joe, knew well that they were [...]
Despite the election of Fine Gael’s blow-in candidate George ‘TV’ Lee in Dublin South, in a by-election Labour thought they had sewn up only weeks beforehand, the recent bout of elections have given the left much to cheer in the capital.
In Dublin Central, independent Maureen O’Sullivan retained the seat of her mentor, the late Tony [...]
I want to expand on my thoughts about ‘tough times’ and the rhetoric we’ve heard about how the government has to impose ‘tough measures’, either in cuts in the public sector and services (which, given how small our PS/CS is relative to other states is essentially synonymous in most instances), or impose further taxes. Or [...]
Joe Higgin’s Election as MEP
Brian Greene has lots of audio (including singing!!) and images of Joe Higgin’s victory. As Brian says himself
“The Great Anti-Theft Movement had a major boost, the workers movement has a Marxist MEP in the European Parliament. From Lispole Co. Kerry, The Dublin West Socialist Party (CWI) Joe Higgins was elected after [...]