Archive for May , 2010Since 1775 Lifford has had medical facilities for the people of East Donegal, a long tradition of care for the community exists in the town. Over 200 years of service and help is to be cast aside in the planned HSE cuts, a blatant attack by the 26 county establishment on the working class of the North West. These cuts to essential services all over Ireland are a product of the greed and mismanagement of the nation’s economy by the Irish ruling class vast sums of the people’s money was squandered during the last few decades to pay fat salaries and bonuses to the nations ruling elite while the rest of the population scrambled to get a tiny piece of the cake that was the “Celtic Tiger”. When the inevitable happened and the capitalist economy crashed the rich who caused the recession through NAMA paid themselves a figure that some now think may exceed 100 Billion. NAMAs bailout of the fat cats will come from the Irish peoples pockets for a generation to come, yet the Irish people through the Proclamation of the Republic have claim to over 400 Billion Euros worth of natural resources of the west coast, why did we not use that 400 Billion Euros to build our economy? Because Shell has laid claim to the peoples natural resources the Irish economy will see but a tiny fraction of that 400 Billion Euro with the vast majority in the hands of a greedy multinational corporation. So while the 26 county establishment pushes through essential services cuts social welfare cuts education cuts infrastructure cuts the Irish people will suffer while the rich get richer. The IRSP stands shoulder to shoulder with the staff and patients of Lifford hospital and indeed the people of North West in opposition to these cuts, let the fat cats know that the working class people of Donegal will not be walked over Posted in: Statements | Comments Off Republican socialist prisoners detained upon E4 landing Portlaoise RSM POWs were to the forefront in ending the last attack on the It is astounding that in an era where the entire R.S.M have engaged We stand with our comrades in Maghaberry and with the IRSP in their We further express our solidarity to the families of Maghaberry POW’s Republican Socialist Prisoners Posted in: Political Prisoners , Statements | Comments Off I.R.S.P. statement on crisis in Maghaberry Following a white line Picket in west Belfast on Saturday in support of the republican socialist and republican prisoners in Maghaberry, the IRSP have called for direct lines of communication to be established between prisoner representatives and the prison regime. Since Easter Sunday the situation has seriously deteriorated, conditions endured republican prisoners are a direct infringement on their human rights and cannot be allowed to continue. Maghaberry prison regime is presently a rudderless ship and prisoners have been forced by the prison regime in to protest action. IRSP spokesperson Paul Little said: The prisoners at present are on a 23-hour lock up, unable to wash or use the toilet and are refusing to eat on such unhygienic conditions in their cells, Prisoner have also been assaulted by prison officers. We believe this is in direct violation of their human rights, the prisoners have two basic demands Free association and an end to needless and degrading strip searches, these are fair and equitable demands and have no direct bearing on security within the prison”. The IRSP will initially be seeking meetings with both the Prisoners Ombudsman and the Human Rights Commission to discus the current plight of the prisoners, it is imperative that this situation in Maghaberry is not allowed to continue and dialogue between all those involved is needed to bring a speedy resolution to this issue. The IRSP is fully committed to supporting the prisoners in finding a solution to the current empass. STATEMENT ENDS Posted in: Uncategorized | Comments Off May Day is a very special occasion for all socialists and progressive-minded people. It is a day when we not only commemorate the Haymarket Massacre, where working men and women in America paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting for their rights, but it is also a day for us to celebrate. On this day we remember with a great sense of pride all the past victories of our class and look to them for inspiration, as we move ever further towards our goal of complete national, economic and social emancipation in Ireland. May Day is also a time for us to show solidarity with the struggles of workers internationally. With that in mind, we in the Republican Socialist Youth Movement would like to extend comradely greetings to all those engaged in anti-imperialist struggle, whether they be in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere. Like Ireland, we demand an end to the imperialist occupation of all sovereign nations and their people, and for the release of all illegally held prisoners. We salute all those who risk their lives and liberty in the fight against capitalist exploitation and imperialism. As capital is international, so must we be, and it is heartening to see the fight against U.S. imperialism and capitalism being fought on many fronts, from the Middle-East, to the Philippines, to Latin America. We send our sincere solidarity to all of you. On a domestic level, Ireland and its workers are facing many problems, not least this current economic crisis. The living standards of normal working people are under attack by those who wish to preserve their failed system. The ruling class in the South of Ireland are determined to make the low-paid and vulnerable pay for the careless risk-taking and profiteering their system rewards and perpetuates. If the judicial system in this country is not going to bring about justice for us to the bankers, developers, speculators and political elites who have robbed our nation and our people, then the working class must mobilise and cast our own judgement. This government has played a very clever game in seeking to drive a wedge between public and private sector workers. We must see beyond this and realise that if they strike a blow against any worker, whether in the public or private sector, it is an attack on all of us. North of the border, due to the sectarian structures present in the Northern Ireland statelet, we now see class issues being drowned out in the interests of neo-liberalism. Issues like class have been made totally subordinate to what is essentially a sectarian headcount. It is clear the Belfast Agreement does nothing to alleviate sectarianism and only serves to divide and ultimately disempower our class. Workers North and South of the border find themselves artificially divided against their interests and solely in the interests of imperialism and capitalist dominance. This situation must end, and the only solution can be found in the politics of Republican Socialism. The Republican Socialist Youth Movement urges all workers to cast aside all the artificial divisions between them, designed and implemented by the ruling classes of Ireland and Britain, and to mobilise towards breaking the connection between this country, Britain and capitalism. We urge you to spurn the advances of lying careerist politicians in the South who will tell you that all we need is a change of government, and also the reformist bastardism of Republican Socialism in the North of those who claim to represent our interests. For it is true to say that there is no parliamentary road to our goals as some may claim, as the struggle for both national liberation and socialism are intrinsically linked it is clear that neither can ever be achieved through the institutions capitalism has created to oppress and exploit us. It is now time to return to the politics of Connolly, Costello and Wolfe Tone. Victory to the working class and onwards to the 32 County Socialist Republic! 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