The Wholesome Photo of the Month Thu May 09, 2024 11:01 | Anti-Empire
In 3 War Years Russia Will Have Spent $3... Thu May 09, 2024 02:17 | Anti-Empire
UK Sending Missiles to Be Fired Into Rus... Tue May 07, 2024 14:17 | Marko Marjanović
US Gives Weapons to Taiwan for Free, The... Fri May 03, 2024 03:55 | Anti-Empire
Russia Has 17 Percent More Defense Jobs ... Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:56 | Marko Marjanović Anti-Empire >>
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
Julian Assange is finally free ! Tue Jun 25, 2024 21:11 | indy
Stand With Palestine: Workplace Day of Action on Naksa Day Thu May 30, 2024 21:55 | indy
It is Chemtrails Month and Time to Visit this Topic Thu May 30, 2024 00:01 | indy
Hamburg 14.05. "Rote" Flora Reoccupied By Internationalists Wed May 15, 2024 15:49 | Internationalist left
Eddie Hobbs Breaks the Silence Exposing the Hidden Agenda Behind the WHO Treaty Sat May 11, 2024 22:41 | indy Human Rights in Ireland >>
News Round-Up Wed Aug 07, 2024 01:39 | Richard Eldred A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Olympics Smoking Ban May Hurt My Chances of a Gold Medal, Says Team GB Golfer Charley Hull Tue Aug 06, 2024 19:30 | Will Jones Team GB golfer Charley Hull has said the Olympic ban on smoking may harm her chances of a gold medal as cigarettes help her relax after an ADHD diagnosis last year.
The post Olympics Smoking Ban May Hurt My Chances of a Gold Medal, Says Team GB Golfer Charley Hull appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Covid-Style Controls Should Be Used to Stop the Riots, Says Government Adviser Tue Aug 06, 2024 17:21 | Will Jones Covid-like restrictions should be used to stop the riots, according to Government adviser on political violence John Woodcock. We saw this coming, says Prof David Paton.
The post Covid-Style Controls Should Be Used to Stop the Riots, Says Government Adviser appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Police Must Tackle All Sides in Riots With ?Equal Ferocity?, Police Leader Says After No Arrests at ... Tue Aug 06, 2024 15:00 | Will Jones Forces must tackle all sides involved in civil disorder with "equal ferocity" a police leader has said, amid a row over "two-tier" policing after no arrests were made at a Muslim riot in Birmingham.
The post Police Must Tackle All Sides in Riots With “Equal Ferocity”, Police Leader Says After No Arrests at Birmingham Muslim Riot appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Why is the Covid Inquiry Still Not Recommending Research into the Effectiveness of Lockdowns? Tue Aug 06, 2024 13:15 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson The UK Covid Inquiry, at great expense, has issued recommendations on preparing for the 'next pandemic'. But there is still no call for research into the effectiveness of lockdowns, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
The post Why is the Covid Inquiry Still Not Recommending Research into the Effectiveness of Lockdowns? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Netanyahu soon to appear before the US Congress? It will be decisive for the suc... Thu Jul 04, 2024 04:44 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N°93 Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:49 | en
Will Israel succeed in attacking Lebanon and pushing the United States to nuke I... Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:40 | en
Will Netanyahu launch tactical nuclear bombs (sic) against Hezbollah, with US su... Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:09 | en
Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jun 25, 2024 06:59 | en Voltaire Network >>
|
Campaign for a new party of working people
national |
miscellaneous |
news report
Monday November 28, 2005 23:34 by Colm Breathnach - ISN - personal capacity breathc at hotmail dot com
At a recent meeting a campaign to build a new party of the working class has been launched by a number of groups and individuals. The meeting which was held on the 12th of November in the Teachers Club, Dublin, was attended by around forty people from Dublin, Tipperary, Galway and Belfast. A number of organisations including the Tipperary Workers Action Group, Community and Workers Action Group (Dublin), Irish Socialist Network and individuals linked to Red Banner magazine, have backed this initiative. The meeting was addressed briefly by Seamus Healy TD (TWAG), Des Derwin (Vice President of Dublin Council of Trade Unions - personal capacity), Cllr. Joan Collins (CWAG).
A lenthy discussion led to agreement on a number of issues:
1. That a joint campaign to build a new party of working people would be launched by all those involved.
2. That this campaign would be known as the Campaign for an Independent Left.
3. The campaign would be based on eleven points of political agreement (see below).
4. That a steering committee would organise this campaign with two representatives of each organisation involved and a number of independent representatives.
5. That a series of public meetings would be held to open out a public debate on the need for a new party of working people.
6. That this initiative was not about setting up yet another small left organisation or exclusive grouping to rival already existing bodies and that the CIL would engage in discussions with other left groups/parties/individuals to advance this project.
The first public meeting of the Campaign for an Independent Left will be held in the Teachers Club, Dublin on Tuesday 6th December. For further details see the notice in the events section of indymedia:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=73208
'Founding resolution of the Campaign for an Independent Left:
Campaign for an Independent Left
Building a new party of working people
The individuals and groups involved in the Campaign for an Independent Left are united by the common aim of a radical transformation of Irish society. We are committed to the struggle to build a society where working people democratically control all aspects of their lives—social, economic, cultural and political—and where the gap between rich and poor is eliminated.
To help achieve this transformation, we believe it is necessary to develop a new independent all-Ireland party of working people. By independent we mean a party that we will oppose in real terms the right wing pro capital parties, north and south, and will under no circumstances enter into government with them.
This will be a grassroots campaigning party—broad, pluralist, democratic, and with no agenda other than advancing the interests of working people. We now commit ourselves to campaigning for such a party, winning over people active in the labour movement, community campaigns, and the various movements for social justice to get involved in making it a reality.
The following are the initial points of basic political agreement that have brought us together to begin this process.
· No coalition with parties of the right, under any circumstances.
· Public ownership and democratic control of the country’s resources and services, so that they can be developed in the interests of working people and our environment. An end to the privatisation or commercialisation of public services.
· A comprehensive universal public health-care system. An end to all state subsidies for private health care.
· A free, secular education system, aimed at the full and equal development of each human being from pre-school to university. An end to all state subsidies for private education
· The provision of housing as a basic right
· A public transport system based on the needs of users, not profit, and the protection of the environment.
· A progressive taxation system that will redistribute wealth, making the rich pay their fair share, and lifting the burden of stealth and double taxes from working people.
· No to so-called “social partnership”. We want trade unions run democratically by their members, and fighting for their interests. Repeal all restrictive legislation against union activity. Unite Irish and migrant workers by fighting for basic trade union rights and conditions for all workers.
· We believe in equality and solidarity between all working people—men and women, black and white, Travellers and settled people, Catholic and Protestant. We will offer 100 per cent opposition to all forms of racism, sexism and sectarianism.
· We are for an inclusive, multi-cultural society with equal rights for all; asylum seekers should have the right to work.; for an end to deportations.; full citizenship for all children born in Ireland; work permits to be issued to workers and not employers.
· A foreign policy based on opposition to imperialism, and solidarity with those fighting for democracy, justice and peace, the re establishment and maintenance of military neutrality, opposition to an EU dominated by big business and for a Europe of solidarity between working people.
We appeal to all individuals and groups who share our vision of a new party of working people to contact us and help build it in practice'.
|
View Full Comment Text
save preference
Comments (90 of 90)