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Who is really progressive in Northern Ireland?

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On a recent trip to Belfast/Northern Ireland I wanted to find out who is really to be accepted as being a progressive force up there. The Left has generally supported those pro-catholics, who are working for a united Ireland as a part of a national liberation struggle from London rule. I decided to interview representatives of progressive parties on either side on the issues that socialists should really care about -- social issues -- to see how different they really are in their day-to-day politics in these current times of peace.

So far I've written the first two parts -- interviews with Paul Maskey of Sinn Fein ( http://johanneswilm.org/index.php/item/155 ) and Hugh Smyth of the Progressive Unionist Party ( http://johanneswilm.org/index.php/item/152 ). You can go read the interviews for yourself, but so far no conclusion has been drawn.

That will happen tomorrow, in my third installment on Northern Irish politics, on http://www.johanneswilm.org.

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	Conclusion	Johannes Wilm	Sat May 24, 2008 05:45
2	Bush visit	Kevin Murphy	Sun May 25, 2008 18:21
3	GWB	Johannes Wilm	Tue May 27, 2008 06:24
4	Republican = Progressive	Republican Socialist	Tue May 27, 2008 14:56
5	@Irish Republican	Johannes Wilm	Tue May 27, 2008 21:58
6	No Progressives in Stormont Castle	Cael	Wed May 28, 2008 12:01
7	-	Republican Socialist	Wed May 28, 2008 14:02
8	@Irish Republican 2	Johannes Wilm	Wed May 28, 2008 14:50
9	-	Republican Socialist	Thu May 29, 2008 00:04
10	Repudiation of "Republcian Socialsit"	Sceptic	Fri May 30, 2008 12:19
11	They seek them here, they seek them there...	Cael	Fri May 30, 2008 15:01
12	Sceptic	Cael	Fri May 30, 2008 15:16
13	-	Republican Socialist	Fri May 30, 2008 15:34
14	some points	Kevin Murphy	Sat May 31, 2008 11:20
15	Who were the decent and civilized people in all of this?	Sceptic	Sat May 31, 2008 13:13
16	whatever about the provos	Kevin Murphy	Sat May 31, 2008 18:18
17	murder most foul	Sceptic	Sat May 31, 2008 21:05
18	cold hearted killers	Kevin Murphy	Sat May 31, 2008 22:10
19	-	Republican Socialist	Sat May 31, 2008 23:21
20	What works and what doesn't	Non-Republican	Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:45
21	Republicans invariably bitter ,angry and hateful?	tomeile	Sun Jun 01, 2008 13:16
22	Emotion in politics	Non-Republican	Sun Jun 01, 2008 13:35
23	To 'Non Republican'.	Republican Socialist	Sun Jun 01, 2008 15:59
24	The impact of violence	Non-republican	Sun Jun 01, 2008 16:41
25	To 'Non Republican'.	Republican Socialist	Sun Jun 01, 2008 19:37
26	The joys of 'Brit' bashing	Non-Republican	Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:13
27	To 'Non Republican'.	Republican Socialist	Mon Jun 02, 2008 21:10
28	Sceptic	Cael	Tue Jun 03, 2008 14:11
29	as could we	rooster	Wed Jun 04, 2008 16:33
30	Blaming symptoms	not the cause	Wed Jun 04, 2008 16:48
31	Who are you to declare dogmatically what the cause is?	Sceptic	Wed Jun 04, 2008 21:20
32	Sceptic - You dont know what your talking about.	Republican Socialist	Wed Jun 04, 2008 22:27
33	and yet few have heard of it!	rooster	Thu Jun 05, 2008 01:18
34	Perhaps	rooster	Thu Jun 05, 2008 01:26
35	-	Republican Socialist	Thu Jun 05, 2008 01:53
36	There was nothing progressive about McStiofan or the pub bombings or the rest of it	Sceptic	Thu Jun 05, 2008 16:10
37	Skeptic	Republican Socialist	Fri Jun 06, 2008 14:00
38	”Says the spokesperson for the Irish people...” - RS	Sceptic	Sat Jun 07, 2008 09:56
39	The Land War is Central	Cael	Sat Jun 07, 2008 21:57
40	Are the Irish so stupid???	Cael	Sat Jun 07, 2008 22:16
41	Where has he gone?	Cael	Sun Jun 08, 2008 20:52
42	Republican Reactionaries	Liam	Mon Jun 09, 2008 09:48
43	Republican Progressives	Republican Socialist	Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:58
44	Sceptic	Republican Socialist	Mon Jun 09, 2008 15:46
45	Challenging republican and socialists shibboleths	Sceptic	Mon Jun 09, 2008 16:27
46	Ideological Barriers	Republican Socialist	Mon Jun 09, 2008 21:01
47	ideologically incompatible with national democracy	kevin murphy	Tue Jun 10, 2008 05:53
48	Land War	Cael	Tue Jun 10, 2008 16:07
49	Cael	Republican Socialist	Tue Jun 10, 2008 18:17
50	Republican Socialist	Cael	Tue Jun 10, 2008 22:13
51	Capital Flight	Cael	Tue Jun 10, 2008 22:20
52	Britain is your chosen enemy, not your actual one	Sceptic	Wed Jun 11, 2008 21:31
53	Cael	Republican Socialist	Thu Jun 12, 2008 13:07
54	Republican Socialist	Cael	Thu Jun 12, 2008 22:59
55	Cael	Republican Socialist	Fri Jun 13, 2008 13:04

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