Jim Monaghan's criticism of our analysis of the European elecpoints.
On the supposed left wing nature of the Green Party, Jim states that ine reen Farty in arciana is way to left of most green parties in Europe.
the state of European green oh on f the state of European greens than any boast on behall of the rish Green Party.
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it is truc McKenna is quite left wing by current standards. he same however. could not be said of Nuala Ahern in the recent clash over the new Irish commissioner they took conEven if she could be described as left wing. it is in part irrelevant. Neither of the successful green candidates fought on a left wing proincy are not Beat in opposition Maastricht, opposed PFP in terms of the need to strengthen the United Nations and not as opposition to all imperi alist military alliances including those called "UN peacekeepers".
They ran a campaign that said littie and were helped in their re-clection by the decision of the main bourgeois parties to field two candidates when it was obvious to every. chance of getting that prized secThe cventually held their seats with a lower percentage of the vote than the last time round. However, there was greater surprise over Jim's evaluation of the Dana victory. Yes, it is true that Dana won in one of the poorer areas much noted for its social conservatism. Don't underestimate the problems sowth of the partition-line!
However, this does not mean that the forces of the right are not reorganising. ancy are i victory is a great boost for them they hope mobilise. Since Dana's victory we the Green Paper on Abortion.
It must always be borne in mind that people like Ivana Bacik didn't Green Paper, Catholic right did, because they feel Progressive forces have been callment the referendum on the X case.
It has been a long held position on the Irsh left that the Free state was a confessional state. Most socialists held the position that partition led to the setting up of two states, one an orange sectarian state and the other a catholic confessional state, described by James Connolly as a