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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7What is this motorist obsession? Of all the things to get one involved in politics, have you nothing better to campaign about? What about road deaths for example? Climate change? Health services? International justice? Third World debt? Air pollution? Loss of biodiversity? Racism?
Do cars soften your brains or something?
I'm not entirely convinced about this campaign. Surely this is not the most pressing issue today? While I'll leave the question over whether it is even the right thing to do (i.e. surely we should be promoting alternatives to cars not cheaper cars) to another day, my biggest qualm would be the amount of attention being paid to what is basically a sideshow. Especially as this is in Lawlor's constituency. Forget the corporate donations, the planning abuses, the contempt for the legal process. Let's get everyone out on the streets to campaign for the Young Drivers. "Car Rally" ? It sounds frightful. Will there be "Cars For Capitalism" next? Why are SP people supporting this? I've been very impressed by Socialist Youth campaigning and activism in the past few months - refreshingly non-sectarian and very vibrant. What's going wrong?
This isn't an attempt to undermine politics or the electoral process etc (in the interests of openness, this writer is a Labour branch chair). Isn't there a referendum in a few weeks? People, forget this foolish campaign and get involved in the abortion issue. It affects far more people, especially those who cannot afford a car, never mind the insurance. In terms of expediency, this really takes the biscuit. Sure, you'll catch a few young voters. My own party engages in similar stunts from time to time!! But how can this be a priority?
Racist attacks in Dublin
The right to choose
Corporate influence in elections
Sellafield
My personal opinion is that penalising young male drivers doesn't come close to being as important or as pressing as any of the above. I'm sure that others could add many more issues.
My understanding of the support for mijag is that as a socialists we oppose the rip off of car insurance on young drivers.
Its a know fact that car insurance is extremely high if your a young man, its a little lower for young women but i stress a little.
We support mijag as this rip off by the motor insurance companies is an attempt to make more and more money at the expensise of the people.
I agree that there are other issues to campaign on, which we do. Every saturday we are out in the central bank plaza discussing anti racism with people, were also active in a number of second level schools around the country promoting the ideas of socialism and anti racism, our manifesto (available on our website) outlines the issues we fight for.
Id like to again invite all leftists into left exchange a debating forum in the socialist youth national website.
Comradely,
shane
MIJAG are to the Socialist Party as Globalise Resistance are to the Socialist Worker?
Mijag aren't the socialist party. It contains members of the SP, but isnt the socialist Party. It is a different organisation with links to the party. Thats all. You have my word that it isnt the party.
MIJAG is not the Socialist Party. The SP back the campaign and have many members involved in it, but is by no means a cover group like GR is to the SWP.
David Greene is not in the SP or any other party, in fact a vast majority of those that will be campaigning for Greene are not in any party. MIJAG is truely an independent organisation
Unlike the Labour Party and other such 'left' wing parties, we in the Socialist Party and Socialist Youth do not just flit between campaigns to get votes. We are a serious working class organisation, when we are involved in something we take it seriously and follow it through, we don't drop it when something more glamourous comes along. The fact is that we helped initiate this campaign and we are not simply going to drop it. Anyway the amount of resources going into the MIJAG campaign from SP/SY is not as much as you may think, a vast vast majority of those involved in the campaign are independent of any party.
With regard the Liam Lawlor question, Liam Lawlor is the TD for the same constituency as Joe Higgins, a Socialist Party TD. He has consistantly opposed the cronyism and corruption in his time in the Dáil and as a member of the County Council in the past, unlike the Labour Party. The Labour Party have completly sold out their working class origins and are unrecognisable from the corrupt capitalist parties of FF/PD/FG. Why have the Labour Party not clearly come out against corruption? Is it because they might offend their future coalitionists or maybe put out their 'partnership' pals in IBEC?