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Launch of Equality: From Theory to Action
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Wednesday November 17, 2004 12:13 by ESC
Book Launch From UCD Equality Studies Centre Equality: From Theory to Action (by John Baker, Kathleen Lynch, Sara Cantillon and Judy Walsh of the Equality Studies Centre, UCD) is being launched in the National Library by Michael D. Higgins at 6pm on Wednesday November 17th. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5So whats the solution?
Its simple: join the Labour Party, get into government with those other great defenders of the 'marginalised' Fine Gael and the Greens and watch as they take on 'the powerful and priveleged' by establishing bottom up particapatory democracy! Remember how Michael D. did all of that the last time (tax amnesties etc?).
What a pity tto see radical academics end up being a fig leaf for the Blairite Labour Party
We are well aware of the criticisms egalitarians have of social democratic parties and discuss this issue at length in chapter 12 of our book. One aspect of this issue is to recognise that there are internal disagreements within these parties and that egalitarians need to cooperate with the radical elements within such parties. I invite Paddy to have a look at that chapter and continue the discussion.
Clever trick to get me to buy the book eh?
Seriously, though, Im ploughing through it (what with all this activism finding it hard to get time to read) and I will respond to your specific comment when I get to chapter 12.
Meanwhile as a taster, could you give me an example of where a radical wing of an otherwise conservative/mainstream social democratic party has had a major impact, in terms of forcing the implementation of radical democratic reforms in either political or economic sphere?
Lets start with the Irish Labour Party: never happened in its entire history.
More after chapter 12!
The proletariate must rise up and eliminate the bourgeoise and establish a dictatorship of the proletariat after which it will fade away and inevitably a free society of total equality will emerge.