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Bree criticises elements of the Irish labour movement for discarding its socialist values

category leitrim | anti-capitalism | news report author Wednesday January 04, 2006 21:39author by Kat H Report this post to the editors

Elements of the Irish labour movement are actively undermining its philosophy to keep establishment parties in power, a Labour Party stalwart has claimed. Declan Bree, a former TD and the current mayor of Sligo, made his comments while addressing a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of the Leitrim socialist Jim Gralton on January 1.
His comments were widely seen as a thinly veiled attack on his party leader, Pat Rabbitte.

The two men have clashed over the party’s strategy of having a pre-election pact with Fine Gael and Mr Rabbitte’s support for the European Union constitution.
Last year, Mr Bree was subjected to an internal disciplinary hearing after criticising fellow Labour councillors for joining with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to vote down Sligo’s Traveller accommodation unit programme last June.
Mr Rabbitte was also subjected to a hearing after Mr Bree complained about a letter by Mr Rabbitte that appeared in The Irish Times. Mr Bree described as “false and scurrilous” the claims he had tried to relocate the accommodation unit from his own ward.
Speaking at the site of the Pearse-Connolly Hall in Gowel, Co Leitrim, Mr Bree said: “Today, people who would have us compromise would say that socialist activists like Jimmy Gralton and James Connolly were born before their time, that their ideas and philosophy were much too advanced or too radical.
“Unfortunately, people who hold such views and who would have us compromise on our principles can today be found in the ranks of our own movement.
“They are the same elements who consistently attempt to undermine our ideology and who would have the labour and socialist movement in Ireland discard its philosophy and its values and become mere props to keep the main establishment parties in power.
“Our challenge today is to make it abundantly clear to these elements that, like Connolly’s ideology, Gralton’s philosophy and Gralton’s values are fundamental to what our movement is all about.”
Mr Bree added: “We need to fight for the vision of an alternative Ireland, a society driven by values other than greed, environmental degradation and blind consumerism.”
Amid a red scare in 1933, the Free State government deported Jim Gralton.
He spent the rest of his life involved in the US labour movement and was buried in New York’s Woodlawn cemetery 60 years ago last week.

A Connolly Forum public meeting entitled Jim Gralton — the Leitrim Socialist will be held in the Trades Club, Castle Street, Sligo, on Wednesday, January 19, at 8.30pm.
Pat Feeley, the writer and former RTÉ radio presenter, will be among the speakers.

http://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/news/2005/gralton-tribute/

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Fair play     Mark P    Wed Jan 04, 2006 22:38 
   musings of a deeply disillusioned labourite     deeplydisillusionedlabourite    Thu Jan 05, 2006 03:57 
   Factual Inaccuracies.     Charles B.    Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:49 
   Bree     John    Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:00 
   John     SH    Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:08 
   Bree     Boxty    Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:19 
   The Connolly Forum (Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Party!)     Ray    Thu Jan 05, 2006 14:50 
   This story is from Daily Ireland     Corkman    Thu Jan 05, 2006 15:18 
   The Future of the irish Left     Socialist    Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:12 
 10   Nice idea, but...     Ivor Bell    Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:23 
 11   Sinn Fein!     Wake up    Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:24 
 12   Sinn Fein!     Frank    Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:44 
 13   Correction on SF     Correction    Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:48 
 14   SF not left wing     SFwatch    Thu Jan 05, 2006 20:04 
 15   SF Watch     SP Watch    Thu Jan 05, 2006 20:12 
 16   SP watch..     SF watch    Thu Jan 05, 2006 20:17 
 17   SF Watch     SP Watch    Thu Jan 05, 2006 20:26 
 18   facts     SFwatch    Thu Jan 05, 2006 20:27 
 19   Watching this that and the other     Mark P    Thu Jan 05, 2006 20:40 
 20   SF Watch     SP Watch    Thu Jan 05, 2006 20:44 
 21   SF are sectarians     SFwathc    Thu Jan 05, 2006 21:19 
 22   An answer of sorts.     Mark P    Thu Jan 05, 2006 21:25 
 23   Read some history SFwathc     seedot    Fri Jan 06, 2006 01:48 
 24   seedot     Mark P    Fri Jan 06, 2006 02:38 
 25   row here or on Big Brother     seedot    Fri Jan 06, 2006 03:31 
 26   Back briefly     Mark P    Fri Jan 06, 2006 04:19 
 27   but Connollys socialist ireland     seedot    Fri Jan 06, 2006 04:33 
 28   Trying to get to bed but...     Mark P    Fri Jan 06, 2006 05:33 
 29   Nonsense     SH    Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:55 
 30   Mark     SP Watch    Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:17 
 31   Just a few comments...     SP Member    Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:38 
 32   Any Links?     Davy Carlin    Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:41 
 33   SP Member     SP Watch    Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:44 
 34   Hello There..     Fetish    Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:57 
 35   Fetish     SP Watch    Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:11 
 36   SP Watch     SP Member    Fri Jan 06, 2006 13:25 
 37   SP Member     SP Watch    Fri Jan 06, 2006 13:48 
 38   Replying     Mark P    Fri Jan 06, 2006 14:29 
 39   anti-sectarian     former militant member    Fri Jan 06, 2006 14:47 
 40   will Declan Bree and Labour Cllrs in Galway join SP or SF?     Pete    Fri Jan 06, 2006 21:25 
 41   Bree Supported Fine Gael AND Fianna Fail Govts.     Sean Philips    Fri Jan 06, 2006 23:20 
 42   Harshest possible assessment     Mark P    Fri Jan 06, 2006 23:31 
 43   in fairness     Sean Philips    Sat Jan 07, 2006 00:11 
 44   Where's the line Sean?     seedot    Sat Jan 07, 2006 03:24 
 45   Bree was longer ouside of Labour     Kat    Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:35 
 46   Shinners and the North     Hack    Sat Jan 07, 2006 14:29 
 47   Breaking with Labour is important for workers movement     Sean Williams    Sat Jan 07, 2006 17:59 
 48   Is this there is anything more left in the LP than Bree     Micko    Sat Jan 07, 2006 21:22 
 49   Bree     hs    Sun Jan 08, 2006 15:44 
 50   Long Rd with no turn     PP    Thu May 31, 2007 21:40 
 51   Give it a rest     leftwatch    Fri Jun 01, 2007 09:01 
 52   Centrerightwatch     Left wing Govt    Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:42 
 53   Bitter and twisted     leftwatch    Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:00 
 54   Comments please?     boxty    Fri Jun 01, 2007 13:36 
 55   Thats all irrelevant     leftwatch    Fri Jun 01, 2007 15:08 
 56   save labour     b s    Fri Jun 01, 2007 20:41 
 57   cancer removed     Pioneer group    Sat Jun 02, 2007 08:30 


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