Ireland: Fuel Protests Show the Way - Revolutionary Communists of America

Ireland: Fuel Protests Show the Way - Revolutionary Communists of America

“At this stage Micheál Martin is not in control. The people of Ireland are in control. They have every motorway blocked in Ireland. They have businesses shut down. […] This is a revolution.” [Originally published on Marxist.com] These words by James Geoghegan—agricultural contractor and prominent spokesperson of the Dublin’s protest—broadcast across national radio waves at the height of the fuel protests, paint a vivid picture of the mood that r…

History Moved But the Liberal Left Didn’t: Ireland’s Fuel Protests

Photograph Source: Dnjka4444 – CC0 The liberal left again adopted a self‑defeating posture during the recent fuel and cost‑of‑living protests in Ireland. Instead of supporting the protesters or attempting to engage with them, they stood on the sidelines criticising. The republican left broadly supported the movement. But that section of the left whose support base is largely urban middle‑class – the Greens, the Social Democrats and the Labour Pa…

Kerron Ó Luain - History Moved But the Liberal Left Didn’t: Ireland’s Fuel Protests

The left shoots itself in the foot when it refuses to engage with those taking action over the rising cost of living, just because some of the protestors do not share the left’s worldview. Kerron Ó Luain’s most recent book, “Cath idir an pobal agus an murder machine”: Gluaiseacht na Gaelscolaíochta, c.1973-2023, published by Bradán Feasa (an imprint of Iskra Books) explores the Gaelscoil (Irish-medium school) movement through the lenses of class…