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ULA Conference: April 21st
Tomás is reliably informed that the ULA conference postponed from early February for ‘a month’ will take place in April (Saturday 21st). Apparently the Campaign Against Household And Water Charges will be full steam ahead in March (St Patrick’s day being judgement day on the level of registration, begorragh). Eggs in baskets? Eggs hidden deep in the nest?
“Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey” – An exploration of Mass Action Politics
Mass action in Ireland in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s comes across vividly in Lelia Doolan’s Documentary “Bernadette – Notes on a Political Journey” which is screened on the Irish Language Channel TG 4 on Monday January 30
http://www.tg4.ie/tv-listings/tv-listings.html?date=2012-01-30
Here are some reviews :
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2011/1118/1224307739334.html
http://www.irishexaminer.com/features/dealing-with-devlin-179994.html
http://spooool.com/2011/11/bernadette-notes-on-a-political-journey/
If you have not already seen this documentary – don’t miss the TG4 Broadcast.
If you have seen it – watch it again!
Bernadette Devlin, A Fearless Socialist
John Meehan January 28 2012
Opportunists and the Revolution – Gilbert Achcar on the Arab Uprisings
Gilbert Achcar, a regular contributor to the International Viewpoint Online Magazine, speaks in Dublin on Thursday February 2 in the Thomas Davis Lecture Hall, Trinity College Dublin, from 7.00pm – 9.00pm
A short biographical note on Achcar :
Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon and teaches political science at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. His best-selling book ’The Clash of Barbarisms’ came out in a second expanded edition in 2006, alongside a book of his dialogues with Noam Chomsky on the Middle East, “Perilous Power“. He is co-author of “The 33-Day War: Israel’s War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Its Consequences“. His most recent book is “The Arabs and the Holocaust: the Arab-Israeli War of Narratives“, Metropolitan Books, New York, 2010.
http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?auteur40
A recent article is here :
Opportunists and the Revolution
Moncef Marzouki makes his way through the crowd, on 17 December 2011, to pay his respect to Mohamed Bouazizi on the first anniversary of his death, in Sidi Bouzid. (Photo: Ali Garboussi)By: Gilbert Achcar [1]
Published Friday, January 27, 2012 Read the rest of this entry »
“Be Patient and Never Give up the Struggle” An interview with Tommy McKearney
International Viewpoint has published a stimulating interview with Tommy McKearney,
http://www.tommymckearney.com/Site/Blog/Blog.html
Tommy McKearney - A Patient Revolutionary Socialist
We hope soon to carry a review of Tommy’s recently published book
Goodbye Armalite, Hello Ballot Box?
Tommy welcomes the United Left Alliance Project :
Q: In late 2010 the United Left Alliance came together to contest the February 2011 general elections in Ireland, winning five seats. What is you assessment of the ULA?
TM: The ULA is a positive and progressive development. The fact that organizations of the left have come together at any time is good and that these groups are doing so at this time of capitalist crisis is heartening and encouraging. The ULA has also given some needed visibility to the left through its articulate and high-profile spokespersons such as Richard Boyd Barrett and Joe Higgins.
Asked about Ed Moloney’s “Voices From the Grave” and the British state attack on the Boston College Belfast Project, Tommy says : Read the rest of this entry »
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/
Proposal for a Left Unity (ie ULA-related) Blogging Network.
A very loose pooling together, or unionising, of United Left Alliance related blogposts.
Every time a ULA-related post is published, it can be republished on a central distributing facebook page and/twitter. This way, nation-wide, regular members can part-take in policy development on a horizontal level.
We would encourage anyone and everyone to start a blog on whichever aspect of the United Left Alliance that interests you most. Be that the general development, or more specifically on policy development. ie “United Left Alliance – Ecology Policy Blog”.
Twitter – http://twitter.com/LeftU_BlogNtwrk
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-…30558593642145
Directory of ULA relevant blogs(in alphabetical order)
http://ranksavagespit.wordpress.com
http://redwriters1.blogspot.com
http://revolutionaryprogramme.wordpress.com
http://uncorruptablesocialism.blogspot.com
http://weareragbags.wordpress.com
http://weonlywanttheearth.blogspot.com/
Happy Blogging!
Tomás Ó Flatharta 