The Second RevolutionThe Second RevolutionThis is not a news blog, but a no holds barred medium for the thoughts, opinions and political views of an Irish orthodox Catholic patriot. Ireland, and indeed all nations of the world, are at a crossroads in their history. Never was a Second Revolut Articles
Libertas: The controlled opposition? Part 1 of 2
2008-02-09 12:58:00 Nothing warms me more than the prospect of seeing the towns and cities of Ireland bedecked with massive billboards and posters asking one simple thing of the Irish people: reject the Lisbon Treaty, or send Ireland's sovereignty down the Swanny.But at the moment I came across Libertas, I couldn't help feeling uneasy. Two weeks later, I'm feeling very uncomfortable about their campaign. Here's why.First of all, the suit buzz worried me. I dislike politicians and political groups who insist on loading their organisation with titles like "Executive Director" and "President". Their whole exterior looks almost neoconservative, technocratic, and generally out of touch with people on the street.And that's exactly what's needed in Ireland - nationalists with a radical approach to pressing issues, and an ambition to throw off the shackles of slavery to Brussels, something which the Irish taxpayer is now paying for through the nose. Genuine Eurosceptics need to form the opposition to the... More About: Europe , Part
Cracks of conscience in Republican Sinn Féin?
2008-01-10 22:14:00 As far as fidelity to principles goes, Republican Sinn Féin are the most honest political grouping you will come across on the island of Ireland. But as goes with the likes of the Christian Solidarity Party, such honesty is worthless when your movement is disorganised, dominated by ineffective leaders, and lacking in a clear vision.With its failures, bureaucracies and hellish reputation, the socialist ship has sailed for most people around the world, and yet RSF still clings to its "Federal Democratic Socialist Republic" mantra like a child clings to a lollipop stick - hours after the lollipop has disintegrated.But change is coming to a head in the movement. More and more RSF members are becoming increasingly fed up with the effects of mass immigration into this country, so much that two motions of interest came up at the 2007 RSF Ard Fheis, which was held recently.Many RSF activists have recognised the connection between the capitalist thirst for cheap labour, and the recent flood ... More About: Conscience , Immigration , Cracks
Cracks of conscience in Republican Sinn Féin?
2008-01-10 22:14:00 As far as fidelity to principles goes, Republican Sinn Féin are the most honest political grouping you will come across on the island of Ireland. But as goes with the likes of the Christian Solidarity Party, such honesty is worthless when your movement is disorganised, dominated by ineffective leaders, and lacking in a clear vision.With its failures, bureaucracies and hellish reputation, the socialist ship has sailed for most people around the world, and yet RSF still clings to its "Federal Democratic Socialist Republic" mantra like a child clings to a lollipop stick - hours after the lollipop has disintegrated.But change is coming to a head in the movement. More and more RSF members are becoming increasingly fed up with the effects of mass immigration into this country, so much that two motions of interest came up at the 2007 RSF Ard Fheis, which was held recently.Many RSF activists have recognised the connection between the capitalist thirst for cheap labour, and the recent flood ... More About: Conscience , Immigration , Cracks
The end of Sinn Féin
2008-01-03 03:00:00 There was a point in recent years where the Irish people thought that Sinn Féin provided a viable, nationalist alternative to the vote-catching seoiníns in the political mainstream. But as the old adage goes, "you can't fool all the people all of the time", and in their wisdom, Irish voters have seen through the misleading exterior.Since Sinn Féin rose from political obscurity in the 26 Counties, promising change in what Hilaire Belloc called "the dying institution" of party politics, mainstream parties have been at pains to associate the new kid on the block - and indeed Republicanism in general - with spurious charges of "criminality" and ongoing illegal activities. Knowing the extent to which those Establishment parties are guilty of their own crimes and misdemeanours, people grew tired of such smear tactics. But still, for some reason, they haven't warmed to the new alternative.The recent decline in support for Sinn Féin has prompted triumphalism in that same Establishment. Th...
The end of Sinn Féin
2008-01-03 03:00:00 There was a point in recent years where the Irish people thought that Sinn Féin provided a viable, nationalist alternative to the vote-catching seoiníns in the political mainstream. But as the old adage goes, "you can't fool all the people all of the time", and in their wisdom, Irish voters have seen through the misleading exterior.Since Sinn Féin rose from political obscurity in the 26 Counties, promising change in what Hilaire Belloc called "the dying institution" of party politics, mainstream parties have been at pains to associate the new kid on the block - and indeed Republicanism in general - with spurious charges of "criminality" and ongoing illegal activities. Knowing the extent to which those Establishment parties are guilty of their own crimes and misdemeanours, people grew tired of such smear tactics. But still, for some reason, they haven't warmed to the new alternative.The recent decline in support for Sinn Féin has prompted triumphalism in that same Establishment. Th...
Europe and the Lisbon Treaty I
2007-12-29 02:13:00 I tend to forever approach issues surrounding the Europe an Union by asking the same question: when will a movement, individuals, or even academics emerge who will muster up the fortitude to suggest that Ireland must leave the EU?Even in the run-up to the forthcoming referendum on the Lisbon Treaty (which we're all supposed to be thankful for, I understand), I hear the same pious platitudes by so-called Eurosceptics."We're not anti-Europe. We believe in a united Europe of free markets, peace, love and tolerance," et al, ad nauseum, until they finally get to the qualifying remark: "We just want more accountability".Apart from a handful of Green Party nonconformists who have now been turned on by the coalition cronies, Justin Barrett remains the only politico in recent years to have taken the Union head on. And even he, now seemingly inactive, stopped short of calling for a withdrawal from this ghastly institution which, according to men like Vladimir Bukovsky and Dr. Gregory Slysz, ... More About: Immigration , Sovereignty , Rope
Europe and the Lisbon Treaty I
2007-12-29 02:13:00 I tend to forever approach issues surrounding the Europe an Union by asking the same question: when will a movement, individuals, or even academics emerge who will muster up the fortitude to suggest that Ireland must leave the EU?Even in the run-up to the forthcoming referendum on the Lisbon Treaty (which we're all supposed to be thankful for, I understand), I hear the same pious platitudes by so-called Eurosceptics."We're not anti-Europe. We believe in a united Europe of free markets, peace, love and tolerance," et al, ad nauseum, until they finally get to the qualifying remark: "We just want more accountability".Apart from a handful of Green Party nonconformists who have now been turned on by the coalition cronies, Justin Barrett remains the only politico in recent years to have taken the Union head on. And even he, now seemingly inactive, stopped short of calling for a withdrawal from this ghastly institution which, according to men like Vladimir Bukovsky and Dr. Gregory Slysz, ... More About: Immigration , Sovereignty
An introduction to The Second Revolution
2007-12-28 22:39:00 Welcome to the Second Revolution blog. The name of this website refers to the need for a second National Revolution as a follow on to that which took place between 1916 and 1923. After many rebellions throughout Irish history, the independent nation successfully established by the Irish Volunteers - and the subsequent attempts to defend it in 1922 - was known as the First Revolution.It was an incomplete one, for two central reasons: partition was enforced, and with the murder of the majority of the Revolution's most talented leaders (who were then replaced by ineffective Free State bureaucrats), independence never flowered.In 2007, we find ourselves slowly returning to "square one", albeit facing a host of new and alternative threats to Irish political and cultural sovereignty. British soldiers have disappeared, and are even beginning to withdraw from several of their posts in the Six Counties; nominally, the 26 Counties are the "Republic of Ireland", with what appears to be an ind... More About: Introduction
An introduction to The Second Revolution
2007-12-28 22:39:00 Welcome to the Second Revolution . The name of this website refers to the need for a second National Revolution as a follow-on to that which took place between 1916 and 1923. After many rebellions throughout Irish history, the independent nation successfully established by the Irish Volunteers - and the subsequent attempts to defend it in 1922 - was known as the First Revolution.It was an incomplete one, for two central reasons: partition was enforced, and with the murder of the majority of the Revolution's most talented leaders (who were then replaced by ineffective Free State bureaucrats), independence never flowered.In 2009, we find ourselves slowly returning to "square one", albeit facing a host of new and alternative threats to Irish political and cultural sovereignty. British soldiers have disappeared, and are even beginning to withdraw from several of their posts in the Six Counties; nominally, the 26 Counties are the "Republic of Ireland", with what appears to be an independ... More About: Introduction |
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