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Mansa sits down with Comrade Eibhlin to discuss the hype behind Catherine Connolly, the new President of Ireland, and why the left is so cheery about it. We get into what this victory means, or rather what it doesn't mean, for the situation of the Irish working class, which has been slowly moving to the right. We get into what drove this process during the heyday of liberalism, the fortunes of Sinn Fein, and within this broader picture, make a case for why it's completely disorienting and unhelpful to place hopes on Connolly, a rubber-stamp figure, and propose some tasks for the left in Ireland today.
"For a united Irish workers republic!" https://iclfi.org/spartacist/en/70/ireland
"Enough waiting: Fight for a border poll! https://iclfi.org/pubs/wh/256/ireland-poll
"Reviewing 'Theses on Ireland': https://iclfi.org/pubs/wh/256/ireland-review
"Marxists and the fight for a united Ireland": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mykTfuas3dI&t=6s
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