The following is taken from Des Derwin’s considerable analysis: Ireland: Shock, austerity, Sinn Féin and the United Left Alliance which was published recently on Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Eternal austerity The Irish left…
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2011 – An Interesting Year for the Left
2011 has been a very interesting year for the southern Irish party political left. The general election in February brought the largest number of left wing deputies into the Oireachtas in its 90-year history. Sixty-three…
Reflections on the Recent ULA Meeting
AGGRESSOR : in plain English a country or organisation(s) that begins hostilities provoking reaction (In the text below I will try to develop and share some of the thoughts and ideas generated by the podium…
Ireland: United Left Alliance Confronts Big Challenges
Dick Nichols, Green Left Weekly/Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal‘s correspondent in Europe, has a report on the recent ULA conference on the Links IJSR site, which was originally published on the 16th of July….
Des Derwin | ULA forum: a resounding success
Des Derwin | ULA forum: a resounding success Great coverage of the ULA Forum on Saturday from Des Derwin and plenty of discussion. Nevertheless all involved must take credit for a phenomenon that would have…
New Hope in Ireland
The Irish election returned five TDs for the United Left Alliance, with 2.8 per cent of the first preference votes. But this victory for the Left is only part of a bigger picture of political…
The Blending of the Irish Left
Today at the Gresham Hotel there is a conference titled Political Change and People Power which has the expressed aim of discussing the ‘New Political Possibilities in Ireland for all Left-Wing Parties in Partnership with…
Sins of the Father
Dublin Opinion
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- In God’s Country May 12, 2013Working on the last few pages of a chapter for a book edited by Colin Coulter and Angela Nagle. I’ve just been rigid with anger over the last couple of weeks - more than usual - and I think the process of writing this chapter is the reason why. This little paragraph sums it up […]Conor McCabe
- Fishy Talks Galway, 13 May 2013 May 12, 2013Speaking tomorrow in Galway before Donal O’Kelly’s performance of Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son. The title of the talk is: All the Devils are Here - A Short History of the Irish Entrepreneur. All welcome. […]Conor McCabe
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