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Government preventing workers accessing profits of boom years - Morgan

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday May 15, 2003 14:12author by Justin Moran - Sinn Feinauthor email maigh_nuad at yahoo dot com Report this post to the editors

Fighting capitalistic Vampires

Government preventing workers accessing profits of boom years - Morgan

In the Dáil today, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on the Environment and Local
Government, Arthur Morgan TD, speaking on the Redundancy Payments Bill 2003,
accused the PD/Fianna Fáil government of having no affinity with protecting the
rights and entitlements of the working class.

Deputy Morgan said

"Despite the wealth generated in the last ten years, life remains a perpetual
struggle for the low paid workers of this state. James Larkin once referred to
William Martin Murphy as the "most foul and vicious blackguard that ever
polluted any country ... a capitalistic vampire". If he had lived today, I
expect that Larkin would describe the current Minister for Finance in similar
terms, for it is Minister McCreevy who has led the lockout against the workers
of this state, preventing them from accessing the profits which their labour
generated during the years of the Celtic tiger boom.

"The workers of Peerless Rugs in Athy and the Irish Glass Bottle Factory in
Dublin deserve much of the credit for forcing this uncaring Government to reform
the outdated Redundancy legislation, the basic terms of which had not changes in
35 years. It is a sad indictment of this Government that it took the
protracted disputes at Peerless Rugs and the Irish Glass Bottle Factory and the
determination of the workers of those companies to force the Government to bring
forward legislation to increase redundancy entitlements.

author by pat cpublication date Thu May 15, 2003 14:37author address author phone Report this post to the editors

the oaken stake of orgainised labour and the silver bullet of socialism we will lay these vampires low.

author by Seanpublication date Thu May 15, 2003 15:54author address author phone Report this post to the editors

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/may29nie/petition.html


To: The British, Irish and American Governments

Five years ago, the people of Ireland endorsed the Good Friday Agreement as a bridge to a new future, free from division, injustice, violence and inequality. At the core of the Agreement are political institutions representing all the people of Ireland. The British government has suspended these institutions on four separate occasions, against the wishes of the majority of Irish people.

The British government has now cancelled an Irish election, disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of people. This is in breach of the Agreement and
against the wishes of the Irish government and the Irish people. The process of change must not be subject to a unionist veto or British government manipulation.

We the undersigned demand that the British government establish a date specific for these cancelled elections and hold them.
On May 29th people across the Ireland and the United States will peacefully demonstrate their opposition to the anti-democratic actions of the British government.


Sincerely,

The Undersigned

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/may29nie/petition.html

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author by Tom Lubypublication date Thu May 15, 2003 16:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Is that what ye want Sean? Is that what the war was about?

author by Seanpublication date Thu May 15, 2003 16:59author address author phone Report this post to the editors

"Is that what ye want Sean?"
What I want is a 32 County Socialist Republic based on the 1916 Proclamation and the Democratic Programme.
What I want is for the time being at least out of reach, but that doesn´t mean any of us should stop working towards it.

In the very short-term I want to be able to take part in free elections without Blair being able to take that right away from me at the behest of Trimble or anyone else.

Whether its Stormont, Leinster House or anywhere else, is not that important to me as long the representatives I help elect are working towards the above mentioned goal.

"Is that what the war was about?"
For me the war about an Imperial power being showed that it wasn´t welcome in Ireland, and on its withdrawal would be the establishment of a 32 County Socialist Republic based on the 1916 Proclamation and the Democratic Programme.

I hope that clarifies matters.

author by Gpublication date Fri May 16, 2003 11:18author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Fair play sean, guess the best way of achieving that would be to establish a Socialist Republic based on the '1916 Proclamation and the Democratic Programme' in the 26 Counties First.
Im not knocking you man, in principle I agree, but the republic of ireland is a long way off the tracks.

author by iosafpublication date Fri May 16, 2003 11:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

check out this man.
he listens to shortwave radio.
great little hobby.

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author by Seanpublication date Fri May 16, 2003 12:37author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Fair play sean, "guess the best way of achieving that would be to establish a Socialist Republic based on the '1916 Proclamation and the Democratic Programme' in the 26 Counties First."
Not necessarily, most great thinker such as, Marx, Engels and Connolly all believed that until Ireland (all of it) good rule itself without interference from Britain or any other power, a socialist republic would not be possible.
I happen to agree.

"republic" of ireland is a long way off the tracks", a long way off a republic, and a lot longer off a socialist republic.

author by Seanpublication date Fri May 16, 2003 12:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Apologies me nogging isn´t up to speed today.
Below corrected reply.

Fair play Seán, "guess the best way of achieving that would be to establish a Socialist Republic based on the '1916 Proclamation and the Democratic Programme' in the 26 Counties First."
Not necessarily, most great thinkers such as, Marx, Engels and Connolly all believed that until Ireland (all of it) by that I mean the people within it could rule themselves without interference from Britain or any other power, a socialist republic would not be possible.
I happen to agree.

"republic" of ireland is a long way off the tracks", a long way off a republic, and a lot longer off a socialist republic.

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