Maoist newspaper from Ireland from 1976.

[Palingenisis]

Unfortunately in 1978 the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) were to follow the dogmatic stance taken by the Party of Labour of Albania towards the contributions of Chairman Mao. Never the less this remains a interesting document and I would argue that there is much of value in the their post-1978 work as well in understanding the Ireland of the time they were writing. The radical divergence of their understanding from that of the social-Imperialist SP/CWI is clearly to be seen on pages 3 and 6 (which to my mind are the most thought provoking.

http://cedarlounge.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/cpi-ml.pdf

[Bud Struggle]

On one level not much has changed: neither the rhetoric or that which the rhetoric is against.

On the other hand Communist Albania is long gone and now has a George W. Bush Road running down the center of it's Capital Tirana...

[ComradeMan]

1976..... :rolleyes:

[Red Commissar]

I like these things because it's shows a contemporary take on the events in those times, with all the political slogans thrown in. I also noticed there was an obituary to Lysenko.

"The top Monopoly Capitalists in Britain" is interesting too, seeing some familiar firms like Shell Oil.

[Palingenisis]

Actually a lot of what they said was prophetic and is relevant today...But honestly I think in order to understand yourself as a person you have to understand your past because it contains many explanations of why you are the way you are at the moment...This fetishizing of the "new" is a reproduction of the capitalist search for the "next big thing", fashion, etc.

[Bud Struggle]

Actually a lot of what they said was prophetic and is relevant today...But honestly I think in order to understand yourself as a person you have to understand your past because it contains many explanations of why you are the way you are at the moment...This fetishizing of the "new" is a reproduction of the capitalist search for the "next big thing", fashion, etc.

Well Capitalism isn't all that great in Albania, but to be honest--Communism was pretty much crap, too.

[Palingenisis]

Well Capitalism isn't all that great in Albania, but to be honest--Communism was pretty much crap, too.

Pretty crap by what standards? Communism transformed that nation which was the most backward in Europe and the only European country with no universities as well having a lot of sectarian strife and the very brutal oppression of women. Yeah, it was probably pretty crap by white nation USA standards...But it was pretty cool compared to what was before and what came after.

Anyway I posted it primarily because of what it has to say about Ireland. In many ways though I would see socialist Albania as a model which should inspire Irish people in their struggle for national liberation and socialism.

[hatzel]

In many ways though I would see socialist Albania as a model which should inspire Irish people in their struggle for national liberation and socialism.

For what reasons? I'm assuming that the conditions in Albania were greatly different from those in Ireland today, so I'm not sure why Albania specifically would be held up as a model applicable to the Irish. Or...am I missing something? :)

[Palingenisis]

The overcoming of sectarian division and ingrained sexism (outside of the northern Republican working class communities were women are valued and respected Ireland is very sexist), the example of a small nation going its own way and sticking to its principles heroically, the necesscity of combining the struggle for both national liberation and socialism.

[RGacky3]

This fetishizing of the "new" is a reproduction of the capitalist search for the "next big thing", fashion, etc.

No, thats not what it is, its being relevant.