tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post8873136853766710610..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: From Insurrection To ParliamentAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69317882941803310902011-09-17T10:06:47.324+01:002011-09-17T10:06:47.324+01:00Thanks for bringing this to our attention Anthony ...Thanks for bringing this to our attention Anthony and Sandy.Sober analysis in the statement "current attempts to revive the armed struggle against British rule are doomed to failure" but the "alternative to both Sinn Fein’s parliamentary strategy and the attempt to revive the armed campaign" being explicitly socialist alas is also doomed to failure in my opinion.Having said Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145210539748699485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67706383012787699462011-09-14T23:19:50.594+01:002011-09-14T23:19:50.594+01:00Larry,
"As for courting unionist/loyalist wo...Larry,<br /><br />"As for courting unionist/loyalist working class?? Wake the fuck up, they don't like 'Irish' and don't want to be loved by the Irish."<br /><br />Rather than uniting Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter Republican violence and constitutional coercion is primarily responsible for alienating the former of that trinity and giving rise to much of it's Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522188005971742857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30136613618549876762011-09-08T22:33:43.809+01:002011-09-08T22:33:43.809+01:00I have read Tommy Mckearney book. I have also had...I have read Tommy Mckearney book. I have also had the chance to interview him a few times. He also answered questions by my students at the University of Sherbrooke (via Skype ) this summer. It was a interesting experience. I have learned a lot from Tommy McKearney. His book must be read and discuss. Not only for his analysis on the path taken by the provos since 1969, but also for his André Poulinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845019607171055895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71635841494032777642011-09-08T08:02:29.641+01:002011-09-08T08:02:29.641+01:00Sandy,
goor review. Pleased to have it. The book ...Sandy,<br /><br />goor review. Pleased to have it. The book is very well written and the arguments well presented. The critique of SF is clinical, mounted from a radical rather than a traditionalist perspective. I really enjoyed the book. We could have benefitted from the type of analysis provided in this book years ago.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-21688318728083814862011-09-08T06:26:01.814+01:002011-09-08T06:26:01.814+01:00Have to agree with Larry, the working class unioni...Have to agree with Larry, the working class unionist/loyalist despise Ireland and all that is from it, countinued ignorance of the fundamental, or the contrived to deny it, will not lead to a settlement.<br /><br />Find it hard to believe though, that there would have been much of a queue for rifles and suchlike, if a decision ever had been made to give away machineguns. Wasn't it that there Ruairi Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12567341699636249003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43197853481950259452011-09-07T12:22:22.529+01:002011-09-07T12:22:22.529+01:00Kieran
The more I read the more I accept your con...Kieran<br /><br />The more I read the more I accept your conclusions. Wolf Tone and 1798 is a long time ago. It never worked then or since. Tired and inefective.<br /><br />I will get Tommy's book and read it to see his perspective and thoughts. Not to consider joining some splinter or pressure grouping.<br /><br />As for courting unionist/loyalist working class?? Wake the fuck up, they don&#larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47542774218195985772011-09-07T10:40:21.571+01:002011-09-07T10:40:21.571+01:00Irish people have no interest in left wing politic...Irish people have no interest in left wing politics.Labour is the most radical of a conservative bunch,The Workers party/Democratic Left joined with labour in the early nineties.53% Of catholics in NI want to remain in the UK.The south is corrupt from top to bottom.How can a man get a 12 yr prison sentence for fiddling dole money, Dave Drumm/Fitzpatrick walk free ?! 26 failed counties.kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059469859448767085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-86686696326757585722011-09-06T22:17:07.219+01:002011-09-06T22:17:07.219+01:00Have,nt had a chance to read Tommy,s book yet, but...Have,nt had a chance to read Tommy,s book yet, but from Sandy,s review if Tommy,s alternative is to create a new radical republicianism,explicitly socialist and based in the working class north and south(youd hardly base it in the leafy suburbs of the Malone rd or Dalkey Tommy)he futher states it should address unemployment.poverty,access to housing ,hospitals education,and the protection of martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814904389826171437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71671446580034322192011-09-06T22:05:10.587+01:002011-09-06T22:05:10.587+01:00Thanks for the rewiew Sandy, I will be buying or o...Thanks for the rewiew Sandy, I will be buying or ordering this book tomorrow. Tommy is a great republican socailist activist and thinker.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828631921514226292noreply@blogger.com