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- Brian
Keenan correspondence
For over a year
from autumn 1987, Jack Conrad (CPGB) corresponded with
the late Brian Keenan
while he was held as a Sinn Féin prisoner in
a British prison. We now publish their correspondence
in full here.
 Province
of permanent instability ‘normalises’
March 22 2007
Liam O Ruairc of the Irish Republican
Socialist Party looks at the situation in Northern Ireland
after the elections and the possibilities of power sharing- Kosova
needs genuine self-determination February 8 2007
Eddie Ford analyses the recent elections in Serbia and
the plans for "limited independence" for Kosova
- Fact
and fictions September 14 2006
Each year on September 16 Welsh nationalists celebrate
‘Owain Glyndwr day’. Bob Davies looks at the
myths surrounding the ‘the last genuine Prince
of Wales’
- A
blow for democracy April 13 2006
The Easter Rising of April 24 1916 was not simply a
pivotal event in Irish history. It signalled the beginning
of a revolutionary wave in Europe that reached its highest
point in Russia in 1917 - Lenin wrote that “the
tragedy of the Irish” was that “they rose
too soon”, before the revolution had matured in
other countries. Today, the democratic legacy of the
rising is under attack. Liam O Ruairc surveys the debate
- Powerful
symbol April 6 2006
Liam O Ruairc reviews Denis O Hearn's book Bobby Sands:
Nothing but an unfinished song, Pluto Press, 2006, £12.99,
pp448
- Self-determination
and the British-Irish February 16 2006
Jack Conrad argues in defence of thesis 19
- Tug
of war for mantle of respectable republicanism October
27 2005
The south of Ireland is experiencing a renaissance in
constitutional nationalism, says Anne Mc Shane
- Screamingly
funny in its absurdity October 13 2005
Liam O Ruairc reviews Alan Woods' book Ireland: republicanism
and revolution Wellred Publications, 2005, pp137, £6.99
- Crisis in Northern takes new form September
29 2005
The IRA’s decommissioning of arms marks the end
of a whole period in Irish history. At such a time it
is essential for communists to take stock in order to
develop an appropriate response to the new situation.
With this in mind Jack Conrad presented a set of draft
theses to the September 25 aggregate of CPGB members,
which also briefly discussed the document written by
Mike Macnair, ‘Ireland’s British problem and
the tasks of British communists’. The latter is
not intended as a set of counter-theses, but an initial
attempt to explore the programmatic aspect of some partial
differences
- Province
of crisis September 15 2005
At the heart of the violence in Northern Ireland lies
the institutionalisation of sectarianism through the
Good Friday agreement, writes Anne Mc Shane
Debate: Ireland, the IRA and self-determination
- Rewriting
history is not a defence September 1 2005
Has the Irish Republican Socialist Party been in retreat
from Marxism? Peter Urban, one of three US-based members
who recently resigned from the organisation, gives his
view of the recent controversy between the IRSP and
CPGB
- Marxism
and republican economism September 1 2005
Jack Conrad replies to Gerry Ruddy's article in the
last issue of the Weekly Worker
- How
dare they criticise us! August 11 2005
The Irish Republican Socialist Party devoted the whole
of its latest email newsletter, The Plough, to the article
on Ireland carried in these pages last week, and the
responses to it. We reproduce the editorial, penned
by John Martin, IRSP political secretary, and his original
response to John Bridge in January 1999
- Nothing
predetermined August 11 2005
Philip Ferguson replies to Peter Manson
- Starting
point for communism August 11 2005
Liam O Ruairc outlines his approach to
Irish republicanism and the problem of the British-Irish
- Assessing the IRA's declaration
Ireland
needs Marxism August 4 2005
What is so unusual about Irish republicans laying down
their arms? Nothing whatsoever. Peter Manson assesses
the IRA's declaration
- As
threatening as the British Legion August
4 2005
Liam O Ruairc is a comrade from the republican socialist
tradition
- Anyone
for tennis? August 4 2005
Philip Ferguson was a Sinn Féin activist in Dublin
in the 1980s and early 1990s. He now lives in New Zealand,
where he is involved in the Anti-Capitalist Alliance
- Behind
the betrayal May 5 2005
Former Sinn Féin member Philip Ferguson recalls
and analyses the organisation’s move to the right
- and points a finger at the British left
- Going
respectable April 21 2005
Liam O Ruairc, a comrade from the Irish republican socialist
tradition, looks at Sinn Féin’s evolution
under Gerry Adams over the last 20 years
- Sinn
Fein rides the storm February 24 2005
The last month has seen the build-up of a joint propaganda
offensive conducted by the British and Irish governments
against Sinn Féin, amidst allegations regarding
the
recent Belfast Northern Bank heist. But a peace settlement
forged in the interests of the British and Irish ruling
classes would not be in the interests of workers, argues
Peter Manson
- Good
Friday on the rocks December 4 2003
Ian Donovan examines the rise and rise of
Paisleyism and what it means for the Six Counties
- Dilemma
of separatism October 23 2003
Nick Rogers sees the fault-lines of the Scottish Socialist
Party's socialist rhetoric and its nationalist trajectory
- Bourgeois
revolutions and breaking national myths October
16 2003
Neil Davidson, a member of the Socialist Worker platform
in the SSP, systematically takes apart what commonly
passes for Scottish history. This is an edited version
of the opening he gave to this year’s Communist
University
- Socialism
and Scottish independence October 2 2003
Would the break-up of Britain advance the cause of socialism?
Is the creation of more and more smaller, nationally
based states something to be encouraged? Nick Rogers
of the Scottish Socialist Party answers in the negative
- Autonomy irrelevant
- Alternative theses on the British-Irish from the Totskyist
Unity Group. December 9 1999
- Irish freedom
and socialist revolution - John Pearson takes up
the British-Irish debate for the Party minority. December
2 1999
- Trotskyist
incoherence - Ian Donovan attacks the theses of
John Stone, Gerry Downing, et al. November 25
1999
- Confused and
inconsistent democracy - Allan Armstrong of the
Scottish Socialist Party and Republican Communist Network
slams the CPGB's position on the British-Irish. October
28 1999
- Two approaches
- Critics of the CPGB's theses in the British-Irish
are inconsistent democrats, writes Jack Conrad. October 21
1999
- Protestant veto
- Lenin opposed self-determination for the British-Irish,
writes Tom Delargy. October 14 1999
- Not a country
but a battle cry - Dave Craig of the Revolutionary
Democratic Group argues that the British-Irish must
accede to the wishes of the majority. October 14 1999
- Bolshevism
and consistent democracy - Jack Conrad replies to
Jose Villa on the rights of peoples to self-determination
and the struggle for socialism. October 7 1999
- Bourgeois
democracy or socialism - Do oppressor communities
have the right to create their own states? Jose Villa
accuses Jack Conrad of sacrificing the rights of the
majority. September 30 1999
- British-Irish:
once again - Jack Conrad argues that communists
must champion the democratic rights of all people. September
23 1999
- Self-liberation
or vicarious nationalism - Jack Conrad replies to
Steve Riley and renews his call for a democratic approach
to the British-Irish question. September 9 1999
- Blair's province
of crisis - Ireland may yet prove the fly in New
labour's modernising ointment. Jack Conrad reports.
September 2 1999
- Ireland and
the British-Irish - Draft discussion theses presented
by Jack Conrad. August 26 1999
- Controversy at
CPGB aggregate - Marcus Larsen reports on the the
recent clash over the British-Irish. July 15 1999
- Neither war
nor peace - Northern Ireland remains a province
of crisis for the Blair government. Jack Conrad writes.
July 1 1999
- National
liberation and the socialist project September 3
2003
Liam O Ruairc reviews Priscilla Metscher's James Connolly
and the reconquest of Ireland
- Scotland
and English nationalism June 26 2003
The English are revolting? Jack Conrad looks at the
national question in Britain
- The
growth and paradoxes of left nationalism February
27 2003
Jack Conrad investigates the development and trajectory
of the Scottish Socialist Party
- Nation-state
and feudal revolution February 13 2003
Mike Macnair reviews Patrick Geary's The myth of nations:
the medieval origins of Europe
- Self-determination
for Chechnya October 31 2002
Maurice Bernal calls for a political solution to the
Chechen crisis
- 'Proletarian'
pedantry and self-contradiction March 21 2002
The unity of nations can only come about voluntarily,
argues Ian Donovan
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