tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920787141907842423.post1186435081305225829..comments2007-04-24T11:19:24.923-07:00Comments on Splintered Sunrise: Stuck inside of Dublin with the Dungiven blues againsplinteredsunrisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512033657370443477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920787141907842423.post-77962557240065304942007-01-24T06:42:00.000-08:002007-01-24T06:42:00.000-08:00Indeed, and given the increasing propensity of the...Indeed, and given the increasing propensity of the IST to act as a London centre issuing orders to the rest of the world, could an organisation operating with that model ever come to terms with the role of British imperialism in Ireland?<br /><br />As Ahmed Shwaki said when the American ISO broke from the IST, "We aren't still a colony!"ANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901425044840795347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920787141907842423.post-83587741155776207122007-01-24T06:05:00.000-08:002007-01-24T06:05:00.000-08:00Of course the other result achieved by this refusa...Of course the other result achieved by this refusal to deal with the issue of imperialism was that it became much easier to import the British SWP's priorities. Last autumn it was Islamophobia. Who knows what it may be next week. This allowed them to build a group in the north around liberal "anti-sectarian" politics filling that niche to the left of the Alliance PartyLiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081564039331261787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920787141907842423.post-47631444371809786922007-01-24T02:03:00.000-08:002007-01-24T02:03:00.000-08:00I would also say - talking about thw British SWP -...I would also say - talking about thw British SWP - there was a wide diversity of views on republcanism, with for example the current national secretary, martin Smith, being very pro-Republican in the past; "a nation one again" was often sung at the Skegness Easter rally during the 1980s.<br /><br />BUt other comrades effectively ignored the national question altogetherk and effecutovely argued the same poistion as the Millies.<br /><br />The issue was never really clarified I think becasue it never suited Cliff's factional intersts to do so.ANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901425044840795347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920787141907842423.post-84837681870239394552007-01-23T15:42:00.000-08:002007-01-23T15:42:00.000-08:00very intersting post.
I have never read this part...very intersting post.<br /><br />I have never read this particular interpreation of Cliff's theroetical gyrations before, as a maens of rootin out oroginal theoretocal sin.ANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901425044840795347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920787141907842423.post-57978557098159445532007-01-23T04:14:00.000-08:002007-01-23T04:14:00.000-08:00Yes, the SWP attitude to republicanism is a bit mo...Yes, the SWP attitude to republicanism is a bit more complicated than it looks from the outside. A fair few of the rank and file would be very pro-republican, but Kieran Allen is very very anti-republican. Their stance at any given moment would depend really on what they think they can gain.<br /><br />Ah, the CPI-ML! Now that does bring the memories floating back. Maybe looking at old issues of Red Patriot could inspire a post.;)splinteredsunrisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512033657370443477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920787141907842423.post-27980444661486779092007-01-22T14:35:00.000-08:002007-01-22T14:35:00.000-08:00Mighty stuff.
I've always been fascinated by Eam...Mighty stuff. <br /><br />I've always been fascinated by Eamon McCann's (and presumably the SWPs) attitude to Republicanism, which has generally seemed one part condescension one part envy. Still, I recall well USI National Congress in Portrush in the mid-1980s when Eamon and a bevy of SWP (or was it SWM still then?) members waxed lyrical about their theoretical positions to those as would listen, while I was stuck in the bar most of the evening being harangued by Tommy Graham of the CPI-ML for my ideological deviation in the WP. Tommy of course went on to greater things and is now editor of History Ireland. :)<br /><br />I'm also presuming you've read the following:<br />www.whatnextjournal.co.uk/Pages/Sectariana/Pub.htmlWorldbyStormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362482364984333707noreply@blogger.com