In the wait for a conference ULA supporters might be interested in this footage (you can be there!) of the ULA post-Budget rally at Wynns Hotel, Dublin, on 13th December.  The well attended event was notable in that various components of the ULA were impelled to put forward  their various (and differing) perspectives for the ULA.

Thanks to Paula Geraghty – again – for the great videos, and to Julian at ‘We are Rag Bags’ for originally posting the clips. the link to them is below. They are vids of the three opening platform speeches and do not contain the discussion from the floor or the speakers’ summing ups at the end (of special interest in themselves).  I have notes of these sections of the meeting and intend to write them up for Tomás in the near future. If we can’t have the real thing we’ll have the virtual! 🙂

DD

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http://weareragbags.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/decemberrallyclips/

The United Left Alliance Conference will not take place on February 4 next, as previously advised – an e-mail says :

Dear all,

due to lack of time it was proposed and agreed that the United Left Alliance Conference for 2012 will be postponed until a later date. Therefore, the steering committee will be meeting next week to discuss the rearrangements which will be circulated to members as soon as possible.

Also, we would like to bring your attention to the fact that TDs Clare Daly and Richard Boyd Barrett from the United Left Alliance will meet representatives from the EU/IMF/ECB Troika later today, Tuesday 17th January, and their statements will be circulated tomorrow.

Finally, we urge everybody to be part of the mass campaign against the household tax and help promote the work in the area. Meetings are being organised all over the country and the feedback we are getting is very encouraging. Please note that the hotline number for the campaign is 1890989800.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any information or help for campaigns in your area.

We do not know if the conference will have an agenda and structure identical to this :

https://tomasoflatharta.com/2012/01/12/united-left-alliance-conference-4th-february/

Or if the steering committee has something different in mind.

Clearly this is still good advice :

Branches are encouraged to meet prior to the conference to discuss the issues facing the ULA. Branches should encourage as many members as possible to attend.

All enquiries  should be sent to

unitedleftalliance@gmail.com