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category national | anti-capitalism | other press author Tuesday January 31, 2012 09:33author by Joe McIvor Report this post to the editors

Jordan Shilton from WSWS comments on the ULA’s recent meeting with the Troika in Dublin .

"Left" groups of a similar stamp to the ULA are being integrated into the highest echelons of government in other parts of Europe to act as responsible oppositions to austerity measures . One such group is Germany's Die Link , the Left Party , whose representative Christine Buchholz sits on the country's Defence Committee, a body 'charged with defending “the security of the country and of Germany’s allies, as well as the interests of Bundeswehr [armed forces] personnel on active service.”'
Shilton argues that the ULA is seen by the Troika as “a useful safety valve for popular opposition to the austerity policies of the major parties, and a potential future collaborator in government to defend the capitalist system against the working class. “

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jan2012/irel-j31.shtml

author by D_D - ULApublication date Fri Feb 10, 2012 01:51author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Imaginative angle that. And a shop stewards committee that meets management to demand better conditions is being subsumed into capitalism.

author by JoeMcpublication date Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:02author address author phone Report this post to the editors

"And a shop stewards committee that meets management to demand better conditions is being subsumed into capitalism."

Save that sort of arrogance for your own supporters D_D . The Troika only takes it seriously to the extent that it needs left militant-sounding caricatures like the ULA to channel opposition along safe , parliamentary lines .

The ULA delegation “demanded” better condition from the Troika according to D_D . If the Troika is “management” and the ULA the shop steward’s committee where do the government and the Dail come into the equation ?

 
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