Why should I support IRSM

[wherenow]

Cén fáth ba chóir dom tachaiocht a thabhairt do IRSM? Tabhair dom an fáth?

Why should I suppot IRSM. Would people refrain from criticizing any IRSM position, but simply ask questions so that IRSM suporters can reply to.

[Emiliano Zapata]

I support the IRSP because it is an ogranisation that truly represents the working class. They take the same stance as James connolly seeking an end to all forms of exploitation and creating a 32 county socialist republic with the working class collectively owning the means of production and distribution, as well as democratically administering society.

[duggie-89]

what is the IRSM doing on the ground to achieve this? i had for a wile flurted with the irsm but i could see no practical work on their behalf on the ground.

[Vox Populi]

The Irish Republican Socialist Party has been the only party consistent in its support for the reproductive rights of women and for full sexual liberation since our foundation in 1974 and the Starry Plough openly provided information for women on how to go about getting an abortion - ernstwhile the right-wing of the national liberation movement were calling for contraceptives to be banned in Republican News. We were the first party to call for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender liberation in Ireland, long before any other party would touch the issue.

The IRSP seeks the creation of a new revolutionary state in Ireland, the smashing of both states, not the merging of two already existing sectarian entities. The IRSP seeks to establish the democratic rule of the working class at the head of the means of production, distribution and exchange - the true liberation of the Irish people.

[KillinSnakes]

Personally I support the IRSP because they're actually a working class socialist party, unlike much of the marxist left I've encountered. The IRSP is not ideal but is the best starting point for communism in Ireland.

[Puddies]

I support the IRSP because they aren't as afraid to admit mistakes as other organizations. The erps aren't 1916, 1969 or 1998 dogmatists...they're just erps!

[wherenow]

An bhfuil aon duine ó IRSP (ba chóir dom IRSP ná IRSM a rá) sa ról ceannaireachta do gluaiseacht ceardchummain?

Are there any IRSP(should I say IRSP or IRSM?) activists in leadership positions in any working class organisations. I suppose I chiefly mean the Trade Union movement, but if there are others organisations you wish to mention then feel free to mention them.

[Vox Populi]

There's IRSP members in leading positions in the Independent Workers Union and a member on the Executive Committee of T&G. We also had people on the Belfast District Trades Council not long ago.

[wherenow]

Cad é an independent workers union?

What is the independent workers union?

[Connolly]

http://union.ie/

A relatively new union, who support the creation of democratic socialism and the revitalization of workers unions.

From site:

Why does Ireland need the Independent Workers Union

When one mentions the Trade Union Movement in Ireland, the names of Jim Larkin and James Connolly are always mentioned in the same breath. Why? Because they were there at the beginning of the movement, which changed the lives of many workers and their families in Ireland for the better, when others in society cared little.Now is your opportunity to get involved in this new movement for change, and like Larkin and Connolly, form the very begining. Get involved to the degree that your ideas will actually shape this new Trade Union.

A group of Irish Trade Unionist were convinced that the Trade Union Movement in its present structure in Ireland has lost its way, and had become nothing more than an arm of the state and management. Its function has become more to control workers rather than advance their interests. People had worked for many years to attempt to reform the movement from within, and apart from some minor victories, their efforts have been continuously stifled by the powers that be within the present Trade Union hierarchy. It is now fair to conclude that the existing Trade Unions cannot be reformed for the advance of the Irish worker. Hence the formation of the I.W.U.