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  1. The Garbage Disposal Unit
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    Communist revolution is popular on the Rock this week, eh? How's that going?
  2. Danielle Ni Dhighe
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    I was a member on this side of the pond via the Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America. I had dual membership in the IRSP and the IRSCNA. I did spend some time in both Belfast and Derry, though.
  3. Danielle Ni Dhighe
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    Hello there! Nice to meet you. Friendship request accepted. Yes, I was in the IRSP for 14 years.
  4. Connolly1916
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    A chara, I saw this while looking through 'History Ireland' yesterday, I thought it might interest you: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2tv4ph#
  5. Connolly1916
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    Spot on. Had a good discussion on a similar topic with a fellow Socialist last night, I'm getting better at expressing myself on this topic. It's good to actually have face-to-face discussions with people about these things.
  6. Connolly1916
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    That's a good way of putting it. I think much the same way, I just sometimes struggle to express it. As well as being a Socialist, I consider myself a left-wing nationalist (in the tradition of Pearse, Sands and others like them). I watched a documentary on Connolly today, one of the speakers said that although he (Connolly) was a Marxist, he felt that Marx's analysis failed to address all the problems that existed in Ireland, and thus he tried to address them himself. This is where 'Labour in Irish History' etc came from.
  7. Connolly1916
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    That's a good way of looking at it. I'm inclined to agree with you, but I was also asking your opinion of where an internationalist Socialist world leaves the issue of Irish sovereignty? Sorry, I'm not great at explaining my questions!
  8. Connolly1916
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    That's amazing, surprised I've never herd of that story before. A bunch of Irish people rebelling against their British masters - always good to hear about!

    I wanted to ask you something, by the way, going back to the start of this conversation. Where do you stand on the 'national question' in Ireland, and I suppose on the issue of national sovereignty on the whole? Where do you see an Irish Socialist Republic fitting in an international context (in terms of an end goal)?
  9. Connolly1916
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    Interesting. Can you recommend any further reading on the Irish in Newfoundland? Also, I've been a bit more politically active on the left in Galway of late, I'm pretty sure I've met your friend at this stage
  10. Connolly1916
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    Honestly, I had no idea there was such a strong sense of sectarianism divide in Canada. However, the fact that it's now dying out is encouraging. It gives me hope for Ireland's future, even if that divide also has a political and national aspect. Have you been to Ireland often, by the way?
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