Ireland
Ireland: ten years on from the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement Print E-mail
By Gerry Ruddy of the IRSP   
Thursday, 08 May 2008
In looking back at the Good Friday Agreement, Gerry Ruddy points out that it has served to stabilise British rule in the North as Sinn Fein has been absorbed into the establishment. In this situation he stresses the need for republican socialists to focus on working class and socialist policies.
 
Ireland: Easter 1916 - Easter 2008 Print E-mail
By Gerry Ruddy   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
After the Easter 1916 uprising the actual class conditions that motivated the likes of James Connolly and the trade unionists who set up the Irish Citizen's Army to battle capitalism were written out of history. Radical ideas were demonised and Connolly's Marxism was airbrushed from history.
 
Connolly and the 1916 Easter Uprising Print E-mail
By Ted Grant   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
It is impossible to understand the Easter Rising without understanding the ideas of its leader, James Connolly, who considered himself a Marxist and based himself on the ideas of Internationalism and the class struggle. (Written by Ted Grant in 1966 on the 50th anniversary of the uprising.) Read the article here.
 
James Connolly and the Easter Rising Print E-mail
By Alan Woods and Ted Grant   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
The outstanding leader of the Easter 1916 uprising was James Connolly. There have been many attempts to portray him simply as an Irish nationalist. But Connolly was, first and foremost, a militant workers' leader and a Marxist. He alone in the annals of the British and Irish Labour Movement succeeded in developing the ideas of Marxism. (Written in 2001 on the 85th anniversary of the uprising.) Read the article here.
 
IRSP Easter Commemoration 2008 Speech Print E-mail
By Paul Little (IRSP Ard Comhairle)   
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
For the interest of our readers we publish a speech delivered by Paul Little (of the IRSP Ard Comhairle) on Sunday, 23rd March, at the Republican Socialist Plot, Milltown Cemetery, Belfast. He explains that the aim of the IRSP is “to oust imperialism, oust capitalism in all its guises and end the occupation and exploitation of the Irish working class.”
 
Irish Republican Socialist Youth Movement Day School Print E-mail
By Ewan Gibbs   
Friday, 07 March 2008
irsm-school.jpgOn February 23 three comrades of the International Marxist Tendency attended the Republican Socialist Youth Movement’s (RSYM) winter day school in Belfast. Jim Daly, Sean McGowan and Bernadette McAliskey spoke on various aspects on the question of Republicanism and Socialism and the role of the working class. Francesco Merli spoke on Venezuela. There was keen interest in the ideas of Marxism and the school bodes well for the development of the RSYM.
 
Ireland’s holocaust - The Irish Potato Famine, 1845-50 Print E-mail
By Harry Whittaker   
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
famine1-copy.jpg Over 150 years ago Ireland lost a staggering 13% of its population to death by disease and starvation. How could it be that Britain, which was still the richest and most powerful country in the world, could not prevent this horrific death toll? The answer is simple ‑ the British ruling-classes did not want to minimize the death toll, on the contrary, they welcomed it!
 
Ireland: Trade unionism and Republican Socialism Print E-mail
By Peter Black   
Thursday, 29 November 2007
connolly1.jpg We are publishing here an interesting piece on the Irish trade unions by Peter Black, an active member of the TGWU (now fused with Amicus to form "Unite") and the Irish Republican Socialist Party. Trade union membership is growing in Ireland, as is the militancy of the working class and Socialist Republicans, in the tradition of James Connolly, can play an important role in providing the militant leadership the Irish workers deserve.
 
Ireland: Basque Marxist speaks at meetings of socialist republicans Print E-mail
By In Defence of Marxism   
Monday, 12 November 2007
basque_tour_ireland.jpgA Basque Marxist was on a speaking tour of the North of Ireland at the end of October. He spoke to audiences in Belfast, Strabane and Derry mainly composed of republican socialists, but not only. There was keen interest in seeing how the experience of the Basque situation could be applied to the North of Ireland, and vice versa. We make available here a report, originally published in The Plough, the journal of the Irish Republican Socialist Party.
 
Ireland: Stormont Executive’s new budget Print E-mail
By Fred Weston   
Thursday, 01 November 2007
stormont.jpg Last week the Executive in the North of Ireland presented its budget. It has been presented as a budget that will create jobs, improve services and reduce poverty. A closer look reveals tax concessions and incentives for the bosses and cuts in jobs and social spending and increased taxation for the workers. They are preparing social turmoil in the future.
 
The Tragedy of Michael Collins Print E-mail
By Julian Sharpe   
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
michael-collins-portraitweb.jpg Michael Collins was a great Irish revolutionary and nationalist who more than any one person may be considered to have created modern Ireland. On 22 August 1922, 85 years ago, he was killed in an ambush during the Irish civil war - he was 31 years of age.
 
Ireland - An Overview 1967-2007 Print E-mail
By Gerry Ruddy   
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
gerryws07-small.jpg A Speech delivered in Barcelona Wednesday August 1st 2007 to a gathering of Marxists from around the world by Gerry Ruddy, a member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party.
 
IRSP members arrested in Waterford Print E-mail
By Ewan Gibbs   
Friday, 13 July 2007
ireland_green-flag-and-castle.jpg Some disturbing events have been taking place in the south of Ireland, where two IRSP members have been arrested and are being held under the notorious “section 30”. This is clearly a case of political victimisation and should be condemned by all socialists.
 
Ireland: Imperialism not neutral Print E-mail
By Gerry Ruddy of the Irish Republican Socialist Party   
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
ira.jpg As Gerry Ruddy explains, "The issue of the national question in Ireland is at heart a class question. The division of the country into two separate states has encouraged sectarianism, seriously dividing the working class and allowing the continued exploitation of all workers." This while in the recent period the IRSP in the South of Ireland has come under attack from political policing.
 
Ireland - Class struggle is the only option Print E-mail
By Editor of the Plough   
Thursday, 10 May 2007
thumb_paisley_feet_upThe armed struggle is over. Class struggle is the only option. Those who ignore the class question and stand alone on their "republican principles" stand condemned to remain in splendid isolation. We now live in different times and the old certainties now no longer hold. We all on the left need to forget our petty differences and become relevant to the lives of the working classes in Ireland while keeping alive our vision of socialism.
 
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