Sinn Fein
Does Ireland need a new left party?
"We have a multiplicity of left parties [in Ireland] of the traditional types...
Las elecciones municipales y europeas en Irlanda: crecimiento de la izquierda
Lynn Boylan, Sinn Fein.
European elections: Hope in the gloom as left gains in Greece, Spain, Ireland
Basque Country: EH Bildu on the 2014 European election
Ireland: Left surge in South’s local and European elections
Sinn Fein's Lynn Boylan is one of the party's three MEPs in the South.
An Irish republican perspective on Tony Benn
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness in conversation wit
Tariq Ali: 'Thatcherism continues'; Gerry Adams: `Thatcher did great hurt'
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April 9, 2013 -- SinnFein.ie -- Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams commenting on the death today of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said:
Margaret Thatcher did great hurt to the Irish and British people during her time as British prime minister.
Working-class communities were devastated in Britain because of her policies.
Her role in international affairs was equally belligerent whether in support of the Chilean dictator Pinochet, her opposition to sanctions against apartheid South Africa; and her support for the Khmer Rouge.
Here in Ireland her espousal of old draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering. She embraced censorship, collusion and the killing of citizens by covert operations, including the targeting of solicitors like Pat Finucane, alongside more open military operations and refused to recognise the rights of citizens to vote for parties of their choice.
Ireland: Shock, austerity, Sinn Féin and the United Left Alliance
Europe Against Austerity conference builds enthusiasm for fightback
By Fred Leplat
October 3, 2011 -- Socialist Resistance -- The Europe Against Austerity conference, held in London on October 1, was attended by 681 people including 150 from outside Britain. This happened the same weekend that two big demonstrations took place. In Glasgow, there was the "People First" demonstration of 15,000 called by the Scottish TUC on October 1. On October 2, 35,000 joined a demonstration in Manchester on outside the Conservative Party conference, called by the Trades Union Congress and backed by the Coalition of Resistance and the Right to Work Campaign.