Red Patriot, Vol. 7, No. 5
| Date: | 1st May 1984 |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) |
| Publication: | Red Patriot |
| Issue: | Volume 7, Number 5 |
| Type: | Publication Issue |
| View: | View Document |
| Discuss: | Comments on this document |
| Subjects: | International Workers' Day Ronald Reagan Visit to Ireland, 1984 |
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Commentary From The Cedar Lounge Revolution
2nd May 2022
This edition of Red Patriot from the CPI (-L) joins others in the Archive. It is particularly timely since it celebrates May Day.
It notes:
For today, just as in the time of Marx and Engels, the whole world is divided between two main classes which stand io opposition to each other – the capitalist and imperialist bourgeoisie on the one hand and the working class, the international proletariat on the other.
It continues:
However apparently powerful the capitalist and imperialist bourgeoisie, this class is a decadent class, doomed to extinction.
The piece also attacks the “revisionist sham “Communist Party of Ireland of Michael O Riordain and the social-democratic “Workers” Party… the Soviet Union is joining U.S. Imperialism and our national enemy British Imperialism in brow beating the working class and the oppressed Irish nation against revolution, and holding out the same old myth of ‘peaceful change’”.
Other pieces examine the visit of President Reagan to Ireland:
With mounting opposition of the people of Ireland to the coming visit of Ronald Reagan, the notorious fascist butcher and warmonger –the main capitalist parties hove been thrown into disoroy. Originally they hod hoped that the Reagan visit would be viewed as a feather in their cop and they were particularly hoping that the ·representative of this big superpower would intervene in Ireland by assisting them in deceiving the Irish people over the proceedings of the New Ireland Forum, by giving it the seal of his approval. But all their hopes are backfiring as one by one they are being forced to make statements “disagreeing” with U.S. foreign policy, especially in Central America.
A long piece argues “Hands Off Albania” and another asserts “Long Live the Inspiration of Bobby Sands – Patriotic Hero”.
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By: pangurbán Mon, 02 May 2022 08:48:24
thanks for posting this, its a great laugh
i’m wonderinging where david vipond id now?
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By: WorldbyStorm Mon, 02 May 2022 09:28:49
In reply to pangurbán.
I want to know more about the split in the CPI (M-L) around the late 1970s. Apparently it was pretty fractious. Some of the party publications refer to it but I’ve seen no clear account.
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By: Aonrud ⚘ Mon, 02 May 2022 09:55:19
I thought we had an accidental duplicate in this one, but they just liked using that headline in May it seems!
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/3448/
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