INSPIRED by the movements in Britain, independent leftists in Ireland have neoe ou moa aol socialist unity in Ireland.
This was initially based on the idea that the SWP and SP would unite to create the tive collapsed at the first meeting when the SP made a sectarian refusal to unite with others. attempts by smaller groups and independents to unite Programmatically, the SWP proposed a populist electoralism that would adapt to the SP by, amongst other ist perspective.
This rightward drift was ally, with greater emphasis on local organisations rather than a broader electoral unity:
Now there has been a further shift to the night. The Unily on trade union issues is nor ensough SWP has set up local red. green alliances in Belfast and Derry. Socialist Democracy was not invited Blowing une Good rliudy though we had witten to apreement. the SWP requesting a meetThe programme of the new alliance (as illustrated tw the text on the right) has no connection even with the gramme or even with any explicitly socialist demands in a principled way.
Declaration of the new Socialist Environmental Alliance launched in Belfast and Derry by the SWP. "THE Socialist Environmental Alliance is a new iniciative in Belfast politics, which aims to challenge the pro-business ink of the nationalist and unionist parties that dominate the City Council. For too long, the interests of mutinational companies have been put above the interests of Belfast workers and of the local We demand that the issues that affect the lives of the people of Belfast be put at the top of the agenda. Iortner Ireand is currently seen as a soft and is in practice by refusing touch for companies who to raise the issue, a capilu- don't want to pay their lation to the new sectarian workers a decent wage. structures being set up fol- One of our priorities will be to campaign on the ground for a living wage of £7.10 (the he unity movement is not European decency threshold)
There is a severe lack of affordThere is still a slightly able housing in Belfast. greater willineness to dis we will cemand trat mone cuss with each other on the be allocated to buld decent eft and the oportunity to Dubic housing. We will akso demand extra levels of funding paigns where we can unite for public transport, so that peope can optor a g cenen