tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871028124290048486.post7101243014782359596..comments2024-03-29T04:12:59.495+11:00Comments on The Red Wombat Hole: "Twenty Theses on Sinn Fein's Strategy"Red Wombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01744776958733427709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871028124290048486.post-85353094462889457032007-09-28T21:01:00.000+10:002007-09-28T21:01:00.000+10:00Indeed, that's one of the central reasons why the ...Indeed, that's one of the central reasons why the marxists and activists that form the core of eirigi split away a year ago in the 26 counties.<BR/><BR/>The nature of SF *appears* to be more fluid than that of Labour or Labor, however, and with a bit of left rhetoric the leadership manages to keep many of them within "the project" with the hope that either their is a secret plan, or they can easily win it back.<BR/><BR/>The eirigi split appears to have been over a number of other matters (not the GFA), but the upshot is not so dissimilar a conclusion to our own - SF (at least in the 26, and probably in the 6) are an aspiring (and ascending) party of business, whose only interest in the "rank-and-file" is to hold on to a base, which they still do - on an increasing basis.<BR/><BR/>The questions then arise, however, of what are those on the republican left doing to capitalise on this situation, and what to make of or do with the left within SF?<BR/><BR/>It should be noted that the wombats only posted this because it was the closest to a coherent "defence" of SF as has been bandied about of late, and deserves being disected on that basis.Red Wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744776958733427709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871028124290048486.post-77277023282663317632007-09-28T09:44:00.000+10:002007-09-28T09:44:00.000+10:00What a load of crock! The core consequences of the...What a load of crock! The core consequences of the Good Friday Agreement -- which served to actively demobilise the nationalist struggle -- is not even considered.<BR/><BR/>I was covering that obscene exercise in rapproachment for GLW and there's not a good side or a Plan B hidden any where within it. It was a massive sellout of the whole struggle as SF worked actively to occupy the middle ground and make a pitch to the British imperialist state and its Unionist opponents.<BR/><BR/>People should not mix up the question of ending the guerilla campaign -- a totally failed tactic -- with other manoevres. in effect, the engagement nationalist community has been poorly served by SF. <BR/><BR/>You also have to recognise that that the economic changes in the 26 counties have given the Irish bourgeosie a new edge such that they wanted the 'struggle' to unite was totally expendible and in effect SF was complicit with that.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that lefts like Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh are welded to SF like people are to the Laborism here. So you get tripe like this covering for the deed s that have been done in the name of Republicanism.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the situation on the Irish left has only got worse as the recent election results indicate. <BR/>Anything worthy that may come out of that fallout -- will occur OUTSIDE of SF.Dave Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319742357589026156noreply@blogger.com