Archive for the ‘Seán Garland’ Category
The Workers’ Party in Ireland Splits Again
Gavin Mendel-Gleason, a supporter of the WP wing which has expelled the “northern business committee” makes a statement open to possible alarming interpretations :
While they would have been afraid to move with Sean Garland still alive, they saw their chance with his death.
A sister party in the foreign fields of North Korea is also called the Workers’ Party.
Was the WP northern business committee trying to avoid a fate similar to the late Kim Jong-Nam after he fell out with his brother Kim Jong-Un? Presumably Gavin Mendel-Gleason does not have the same clout as Seán Garland or the leaders of the Kim dynastic family? Read the rest of this entry »
Internment of Marian Price, Attempted Extradition of Seán Garland
Very Good News – it seems Seán Garland, long-time leader of the Workers’ Party and a veteran of the Irish Republican movement since the 1950’s, has won his battle against the United States government, which wishes to charge him about accusations of currency forgery.
http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/sean-garland-extradition-refused/#comment-111337
Many people put their political differences with Garland and his party to one side, and supported the anti-extradition campaign.
One example is the United States socialist Gerry Foley: Read the rest of this entry »
Tomás Ó Flatharta 