ULA conference 4th February: independent thinking
Some exchange of thoughts between independents on the forthcoming ULA conference on 4th February has begun over at:
http://www.politicalworld.org/showthread.php?t=10659
and
http://www.politicalworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=288
As an aid to discussion among independents in the lead up the ULA conference on 4th February here are some articles on the ULA from independent activists associated with CIL (the – perhaps finally defunct? – Campaign for an Independent Left):
http://www.irishleftreview.org/2011/…posals-future/
http://www.irishleftreview.org/2011/05/20/hope-ireland/
https://tomasoflatharta.com/2011/06/24/build-the-ula/
https://tomasoflatharta.com/2011/11/2…-eddie-conlon/
Tomás Ó Flatharta 
Eoin Ó Broin of Sinn Féin has written a very good review of the last 12 months :
2011 – An Interesting Year for the Left
http://www.irishleftreview.org/2011/12/31/2011-interesting-year-left/#more-5911
He writes this about the United Left Alliance :
“For the ULA the challenge is to decide whether it is a genuinely broad based party of the anti-capitalist left and to increase its electoral strength on this basis or to remain an electoral coalition of the SWP and SP and as such a marginal force in the politics of the state.”
That is very fair comment.
tomasoflatharta
Jan 2, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Fair comment indeed
Des Derwin
Jan 3, 2012 at 1:40 pm