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✨"Hey Ronnie Reagan" -- this is the poem/tune that Christy Moore made so famous amongst the Left -- but here is the man who wrote it -- Surely there's nothing better than the Original. ,✨
#Fenians #IrishLeft 🍀💚🌼
Since Trump's illegal bombing and kidnapping of the head of state in Venezuela, I've taken time to reach out to many Venezuelans I know from living in Spain and also those I know from Ireland and the UK, and wanted to share some thoughts: 1) Many Venezuelans are understandably incredibly happy that the horrible dictator Maduro is gone. He ruined Venezuela and committed countless proven crimes against humanity, including torture, mass murder, and other severe repression. He stole multiple elections and *nobody* who is informed (whether Left or right) should in any way support him or his government. 2) Many Venezuelans are understandably incredibly angry at those, especially us on the Left in the EU/US, whose criticism of Trump's actions veer into tacit support of Maduro or his repressive government. Exclusively blaming US sanctions for Venezuela's problems is overly simplistic and shows a lack of understanding (countries like Cuba have faced severe US sanctions for decades yet manages to provide a much better quality of life for people there). Many South American countries and Spain have struck a better balance, but must go further in condemning US actions - and really should have done more to resolve the situation before it came to this, as neighbouring countries. As Europe came to the aid of Ukraine, where was the rest of South and Central America to help bring peace and justice to Venezuela, apart from reluctantly taking in much of the 8 million refugees? 3) As much as a few vocal Venezuelans abroad might want you to think that every one of them is supportive of Trump's illegal bombing and kidnapping, opinions are more mixed on his actions, especially once you include those living there still and disaffected socialists (though Maduro is near-universally unpopular due to his repression). It's important to keep in mind that those who have been forced to leave will tend to be the most right-wing, and are melding valid opposition to Maduro's repression with simplis…
4) Maduro is not socialist in any positive way. I learned so much speaking to Venezuelan socialists over the past few years and the picture they paint is of dashed hopes and disillusionment, especially after Chavez died and Maduro came into power. In my view, any socialist who supports Maduro (like those who support the USSR or China) is doing a disservice to the ideals of Leftism we should hold - equality, democracy, community, empowerment, and autonomy. 5) Everyone is being pushed towards a boring binary, when the reality is Maduro was and is awful for millions of Venezuelans, plus the wider democratic Left movement in South America (Lula in Brazil, Petro in Colombia, previously Boric in Chile). You can be against US Imperialism without supporting South American dictatorships. Messages of peace from the Venezuelan government are laughable, as they come after a sustained campaign of their own imperialism, almost invading and annexing half of Guyana recently just because it had oil (sound familiar?) 6) Venezuelans are understandably most concerned with their country, but my concern is focused on what an emboldened Trump will do now that the UK, France, Germany, and much of the Global North (plus many Latinos abroad and in the US specifically) have failed to condemn his illegal actions of bombing the capital of Venezuela (including damaging civilian buildings and killing some civilians - many Venezuelans will tell you that's not true but there is multiple videos showing evidence of bombs damaging homes and even US outlets have highlighted civilian deaths) and kidnapping the Head of State and his wife in the middle of the night (even if he is a contested head of state). 7) I fear for the millions of Mexicans, Colombians, Panamanians, Canadians, and Greenlandic people who are now correctly terrified that Trump will similarly invade and colonise their countries. Since the US illegal actions in Venezuela, Trump has already again threatened Colombia, Mexico, and Green…
Thoughts on US illegal actions in Venezuela:
#Venezuela #VenezuelaCrisis #Trump #Oil #Democracy #Freedom #Ireland #IrishLeft #IrishNews #Socialism #EcoSocialism #Left
What's next for the left? - Thursday 27th November 7:30pm. Public Meeting at Harbour Hotel - the docks, galway. H91E9PR Paul Murphy -PBP, Cllr Alan Curran -Soc Dems, Cllr Helen Ogbu -Labour, Mark Lohan -SF, Cllr Eibhlín Seoighthe -Independent. Chaired by John Cunningham.
Really glad to see this event in Galway this evening. Props to People Before Profit Galway for organising this.
Link to watch this live today at 7:30pm: www.youtube.com/live/YaWusQS...
#IrishLeft #Ireland #IrishPolitics #Left #UnitedLeft #Irish #IrishPol #Democracy #Unity #Solidarity #Galway
selfie of Killian with others holding leaflets while canvassing in Lisduggan
First day of canvassing for Connolly For President! It was great chatting with people on doorsteps in Lisduggan about what they hope to see in our next president 🇮🇪
#ConnollyForPresident #WaterfordForConnolly #IrishPresident #PresidentialElection #Waterford #IrishPolitics #IrishLeft #Independent
“[Doherty] said her ‘worst fear’ was that the government wouldn’t get an invitation to the White House next March.”
Very damning investigative journalism on some vile anti-Palestinian comments by Regina Doherty. From The Ditch. Read here:
www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-me...
#gaza #pbp #irishleft
