Presidential Election - Catherine Connolly Wins: An Historic Victory For The Left In Ireland

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Socialist left - a key backbone of the campaign The socialist left, in particular People Before Profit and independent left activists, were a crucial part of the Connolly campaign.
52% : A socialist Republic with working people and the oppressed in power is needed.
51% : But in that case, the debate would have focused more on the direction of the European Union, and her close relationship with Israel-supporting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the majority are still with Connolly.
51% : In 1843, Karl Marx provided useful guidance for socialists approaching complicated situations: "we do not confront the world in a doctrinaire way with a new principle: Here is the truth, kneel down before it!
48% : This is part of forming a progressive identity of what it is to be Irish today, relating to our anti-colonial history, and in opposition to the narrow white nationalism of the far-right, who misuse the tricolour.
47% : Many in the campaign remarked on the similarities to the Repeal campaign for abortion rights - with young women as a driving force.
46% : We should be right there, alongside them, organising and taking steps together, while using it as an opportunity to win people to the argument put forward by James Connolly in 1897: "If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain." To win a truly new Republic, it will not be enough to replace the government or even to write a new Constitution.
42% : Those sections of the socialist left who gave grudging endorsements for Catherine while criticising PBP's engagement in the campaign will hopefully reflect on what happened and what they stood aside from.
40% : All of this poses complicated questions to the socialist left.

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