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Thursday July 30, 2009 13:21 by Paddy Hackett
Mass rallies of workers
The Fianna Fail government, by frantically rushing criminal legislation through the Oireachtas, is hoping to exploit "the law and order" issue ...
Related Links: ... as a desperate means of stemming any further loss in popular support while using this strategy as a platform to rebuild and expand popular support. It seeks to take over the Fine Gael mantle as "the law and order party". It hopes that by introducing such measures it can succeed in crushing crime. It hopes too that "law and order" will form part of the grand diversion from the economic disaster besetting Ireland. By wiping out crime and "making the trains run on time" Fianna Fáil hope that the resulting increasing authoritarianism of the state will transform it into a keener weapon for constricting the working class.
On the other hand the great weakness and inherent instability of the current government renders it, in many ways, a more dangerous regime. Like a bear with a sore head, it randomly hits out in all directions. But this unstable government may provide the working class with opportunities to strengthen itself by developing its political consciousness and action. The more the government randomly attack the working class the greater the chances of the latter's class consciousness and politics growing. This may lead to the tranformation of the Irish working class into a more politically advanced and class conscious class. Fianna Fail may be creating capitalism's grave by its current attacks on the Republic's workers.
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