Re: [Marxism] Irish politics - a grand coalition of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * On 26.01.2015 16:22, DW via Marxism wrote: POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * Phillip, in your opinion would there be any change in politics in Ireland should SF ever form a gov't? Is there that much difference left on any of major issues? My take on this is: Yes and No! Based on their rhetoric (and their nationalist politics, which are critical of neoliberalism), they would probably take a harder line on the Troika and the debt than the current bunch of shysters, but I suspect they would eventually compromise as they did in the North. How quickly this would happen and how easily would depend on the strength of the old neoliberal parties and of the independents and, particularly, the radical left. Einde _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Irish politics - a grand coalition of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * Phillip, in your opinion would there be any change in politics in Ireland should SF ever form a gov't? Is there that much difference left on any of major issues? David _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Irish politics - a grand coalition of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * This year I'm hoping to spend more time on my Irish blog; it's been somewhat neglected over the past year or so. Anyway, this is the first of this year's new pieces I've written for it: https://theirishrevolution.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/a-fianna-failfine-gael-coalition-a-socialist-republican-response/ It deals with the discussion about the two traditional rival parties of the southern Irish bourgeoisie - Fine Gael and Fianna Fail - forming a grand coalition, basically to keep Sinn Fein out of government in Dublin. SF did extremely well in the May 2014 Euro elections - they now hold 3 of the 7 southern Irish seats - and the local council elections that were held the same day (for instance, they are by far the biggest party in Dublin now and smashed Labour). I'm sure the southern bourgeoisie have the measure of the Adamsite Shinners and understand they are no threat. But the politicians of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have no great desire to be sidelined in terms of the 'benefits' of office - southern Irish politics being notoriously corrupt - by a bunch of people they were used to harassing, imprisoning and generally repressing. Phil _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
