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| From: Irish Political Review: Articles |
| Date: May, 2012 |
| By: Jack Lane |
| Title: A New Treaty With 'Our Gallant Allies' |
| In politics context is everything. The greatest vices and the greatest virtues are totally interchangeable depending on the context—the particular object to be achieved. The EU was, and is, considered a most virtuous institution by all pro-Europeans. Now it is the favourite weapon of the anti-Europeans to defeat the Fiscal Compact. Cameron justified his action on 8th December last year on the basis that he was defending the EU against the 26 other members who were ignoring it in proposing the Fiscal Compact among themselves. If he had the guts to follow this through, he could legally bar all work and people concerned with the Compact from every EU building. Bill Cash and Bruce Arnold are now also great defenders of the EU. Anthony Coughlan has not yet taken up this argument. Anthony is probably too honest to play this game but that only means he is just a pedant when it comes to politics. However, there is a need to explain to the electorate how this situation has come about. After 40 years' membership of the EEC/EU we are back to square one, legally speaking. To utilise a favourite analogy of the past in relation to Europe: the train we were on has run into a siding and a new one has started moving from the station and we must decide which one to join. Trying to be on both is a rather absurd position to be in. But why are there now two trains? The explanation for this dilemma begins and ends with Britain....Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Political Review: Editorials |
| Date: May, 2012 |
| By: Editorial |
| Title: Syria |
| The turn of events in Syria indicates that the world is in the process of returning to Great Power politics. Nothing other than Great Power politics is possible, unless the Great Powers submit themselves to some kind of world body which is independent of them. The United Nations is not a body of that kind, and was not intended to be. Its creators, essentially the Powers that defeated Nazi Germany, Russia and America, exempted themselves from UN authority at the outset. Each remained absolutely sovereign, with a Veto power which prevented the UN from attempting to interfere in their affairs, or even criticise them.....Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Political Review: Articles |
| Date: May, 2012 |
| By: Eamon Dyas |
| Title: The Stability Treaty Referendum: the case for a "No" vote. |
| There is only be one reason for a socialist to vote “Yes” in the referendum on the Stability Treaty and that is if you believe that by so doing it somehow contributes towards the underpinning of the German model of capitalism throughout Europe. There is little doubt that the social market element in the German model serves the working class far better than the Anglo-American model that has its basis in classical liberal economics. Things like worker participation in the running of companies, extensive trade union rights, superior welfare provision, job security, pensions etc. are taken for granted by the German working class while the working class which is compelled to live under the typical Anglo-American model (exemplified of course, by Britain and the United States) can only point to minimal trade union rights, non-existent or diminishing social welfare provision and falling pensions as the norm. If Ireland is viewed as the battleground of both these models then there is no question that any socialist would be compelled to vote “Yes”. But socialists must be very clear that the scenario thus presented represents the actual situation and that we don’t end up buying a pig in a poke.Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Political Review: Editorials |
| Date: April, 2012 |
| By: Editorial |
| Title: Fianna Fáil: on the road to nowhere? |
| Micheál Martin decided to accept the findings of The Tribunal of Inquiry Into Certain Planning Matters & Payments—the Mahon Tribunal, established October 1997—within hours of its publication. A report of more than 3,000 pages which took almost 15 years and cost—according to some estimates—300 million euros must be true and exempt from criticism. That is the position that Micheál Martin has taken and therefore he has disabled himself from defending the party he leads. Martin is entitled to his opinion, but it is a view that is not shared by the Supreme Court. It found that the Tribunal suppressed evidence that would have undermined the credibility of one of the Tribunal's star witnesses, James Gogarty. This only came to light because the person against whom the allegations had been made had the financial resources to challenge the Tribunal. The Supreme Court Judge Adrian Hardiman commented as follows…Read Full Article |
| From: Irish Foreign Affairs: Editorials |
| Date: April, 2012 |
| By: Editorial |
| Title: "Something not far from malice" |
| John Bruton, the West Brit of long standing, who had a portrait of John Redmond in his office when he was Taoiseach, has been shocked by a sudden realisation of what Britain is. Read Full Article |