tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2143809711330015208..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: The Covid Crisis Demands A New Beginning AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81365612127574173732020-04-22T15:53:22.979+01:002020-04-22T15:53:22.979+01:00Mike - that's it I guess. I'm not optimist...Mike - that's it I guess. I'm not optimistic at all. Tommy is very engaged in that type of activity and consistently so but the challenges are massive. <br />The FT is where things are at if you want a grasp of the day logic of capital. I have never been an avid reader of it, picking up on some of its more political rather than economic stuff. I used to read the Daily Telegraph quite a AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64034510457811807822020-04-22T11:14:44.608+01:002020-04-22T11:14:44.608+01:00Anthony,
I agree with all of that, but I tend to b...Anthony,<br />I agree with all of that, but I tend to be more optimistic than you. Tommy is helping to build a movement from the ground up, as in the Peoples' Assemblies /Dails that have been set up in Tyrone and Fermanagh lately. The idea is that we shouldn't be held back by the Trade Union leaders adherence to niceties of 'social contracts' which the workers were conned into Mike Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660761750411785160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47836524921619288102020-04-22T08:17:19.164+01:002020-04-22T08:17:19.164+01:00Mike - Tommy would be one of the bigger draws on t...Mike - Tommy would be one of the bigger draws on this blog. So there is an interest in the type of commentary he is offering. The problem is that we can't be certain that because it is being read it is being agreed with. We could have all the capitalists reading it for their own ends as easily as the socialists. I think there is no escaping the logic of what he says in terms of something AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39017116406255208532020-04-21T22:30:59.200+01:002020-04-21T22:30:59.200+01:00Yes. This is the very United Ireland which I would...Yes. This is the very United Ireland which I would support.<br /> <br />As I've said before, 'If the workers don't own and control it, it's not worth fighting for.'<br />Mike Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660761750411785160noreply@blogger.com