From Gary Kent in Manchester
President Bill Clinton came to give the party the benefit of his experience of saying goodbye to office and of being the spouse of a political leader. Divorce is not an option was his summary of how we are all part of an interdependent world but one which is unjust, unsafe and unsustainable. A powerful speech well worth reading.
Are you confused about ‘dissident’ Irish Republicanism? Anxious about its existence and its seemingly increasingly deadly capabilities? Martyn Frampton’s new book, Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism (Irish Academic Press, 2011) serves both as a primer on active dissident groups and a timely analysis of their historic significance and contemporary capabilities. This book clears [...] read our review »
World by Storm has a nice piece up on the IRA’s role in helping MK, the armed wing of the ANC, in the 1980s. In particular he sees a strange alchemy at work there: …if one can think of a clearly legitimate contemporary struggle it was that against apartheid and it is to the credit [...] read our review »
Reading where Mick?
And he urged the party not to be unduly concerned at recent polls and newspaper reports.
“The Guardian says 70 per cent of the public think it is ‘time for a change’,” he noted.
“Do you know what I think you should say? Of course it is.
“It is always time for a change in a great and dynamic nation.
Still having trouble with the meaning of “is”.
It depends on the meaning of “is”.
Sigh~Big Dog’s working on his acceptance speech for when he’s chosen to lead the United Nations. We all wish he’d just go for it, and we’ll be happy to have him there. But, his support for Tony Blair rings a little hollow by this time.