Desmond Greaves Summerschool

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TWENTY-FOURTH DESMOND GREAVES WEEKEND SCHOOL 2012
A weekend of political thought and discussion
from
Friday to Sunday, 14-16 September 2012
at
The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

I attended the two sessions yesterday. Mick O'Reilly gave an excellent talk at the first session.

Further information here.......http://www.greavesschool.com/

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I thought this might be of interest.

[C. Flower]

I thought this might be of interest.

Looks a fascinating programme - I didn't hear about it in time to go, but would very much have liked to.

I wonder if any of the papers are available?

What was said at the sessions that you went to ?

[C. Flower]

Programme



Friday 14 September at 7:30 pm

The relevance of Republicanism after 90 years of the Irish State


Mary Murphy, Lecturer in Irish Politics and Society, NUI Maynooth; co-author of Towards the Second Republic: Irish politics after the Celtic Tiger.
Micheál MacAonghusa, Freelance journalist and commentator.
Chair

Tommy McKearney, Organiser, Independent Workers’ Union; journalist, Fourthwrite magazine.

Saturday 15 September at 11.00 am

National sovereignty and interdependence

Andy Storey, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, UCD; chairperson of Afri. Sheila Killian, Head of Department and Senior Lecturer, Accounting and Finance, University of Limerick. Mick O’Reilly, President, Dublin Council of Trade Unions; former Regional Secretary of Unite. Chair

Patricia McKenna, political activist, People’s Movement; former MEP.


Saturday 15 September at 2.30 pm

Towards genuine political democracy


Frank Connolly, Head of Communications, SIPTU; former executive director, The Centre for Public Inquiry.
Bernadette McAliskey, Northern civil rights activist and MP for Mid-Ulster 1969-74; currently coordinator of the South Tyrone Empowerment Programme.
Catherine Murphy TD, Independent Dáil Deputy for Kildare North.

Chair

Maureen O’Sullivan TD, Independent Dáil Deputy for Dublin Central.


Sunday 16 September at 11.00 am

An economy for the common good


Terence McDonough, Professor of Economics, NUI Galway.
Mary Lou McDonald TD, Vice-President of Sinn Fein and Dáil Deputy for Dublin Central.
Eugene McCartan, General Secretary, Communist Party of Ireland.
Chair

Esther Lynch, Legal and Social Affairs Officer, ICTU.

Sunday 16 September at 2.30 pm

National independence – what does it mean today?


Nessa Ní Chasaide, Coordinator, Debt and Development Coalition, Ireland.
Conor McCarthy, Lecturer in English, NUI Maynooth, author of Modernisation, Crisis and Culture in Ireland 1969-1992.
Desmond Fennell, writer and cultural philosopher; author of The State of the Nation, The revision of European history, Ireland after the end of Western civilization etc.

Chair

Owen Bennett, writer and political analyst.

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Yesterday Mick O'Rielly stole the show when regaled us with his exploits going for a swim on the Falls Road in Belfast. He said that he could not find a republican in Belfast who was in favour of a United Ireland. So long as were tied into the Euro ... a united Ireland was off the agenda for all Republicans in the six counties.

Today Terry McDonough was excellent .. gave a great power point presentation..... said we have two choices ...... fight for a purging of the debt at either national or at European level...... he said we can't do both at the same time .... it has to be one or the other ..... the actions to achieve one would be counter to the other. He said that in the long term .... we must leave the Euro.

Eugene gave us a very long lecture on the evils of capitalism. He didn't like my joke about the Bible, nomads and the writings of Marx.

Mary Lou dodged the question of the Euro ..in or out.

Desmond Fennell was most entertaining ...... and came dressed just like Mick Wallace. speaking about Irish identity . he said we had none ...... we had abandoned everything....... the language.... our Catholicism etc....... he said our National Symbol was the Spire in O'Connell Street ..... which symbolised nothing.

Next Year will be the 25th Summerschool ........ and the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Greaves... they are hoping to do it big.

The whole event was videoed and will be put on their website in the near future.

http://www.greavesschool.com/

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

Sounds an interesting bunch ... although i must admit I will go like an Exocet for any man or woman who maintains 'catholicism' is intrinsically Irish. I'll leave that one there. Hate this historical inaccuracy and blatant propagandising.

Probably would not get along with the communists either except to offer them a bun like some kind of last remaining woolly mammoth. But it was an interesting line-up otherwise by the looks of it.

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http://www.greavesschool.com/2011.aspx

http://www.greavesschool.com/2010.aspx

http://www.greavesschool.com/2009.aspx

[C. Flower]

Thanks for the report. I'm looking forward to watching the video.

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Thanks for the report. I'm looking forward to watching the video.

I have posted links to video's from previous years above.

[C. Flower]

I have posted links to video's from previous years above.

Thanks.

he could not find a republican in Belfast who was in favour of a United Ireland

This seems to be a fairly extreme claim. Do you think he meant it, and is right ?

Why not unite Ireland and take it out of the Euro ?

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Thanks.



This seems to be a fairly extreme claim. Do you think he meant it, and is right ?

Why not unite Ireland and take it out of the Euro ?

Thanks exactly what Roy Johnston said ........ and he got no objections from Mary Lou.

[C. Flower]

Thanks exactly what Roy Johnston said ........ and he got no objections from Mary Lou.

When did Roy Johnstone say that ?

I wouldn't be surprised by anyone in the Sinn Fein leadership having that view. The GFA arrangements were a major setback to the prospect of a United Ireland.

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When did Roy Johnstone say that ?

Yesterday at 12.50 pm to be precise. ....lol !! Just in case you are wondering Tony Coughlan, Robert Ballagh, Rose Dugdale and other high profile figures such as myself were also present ... lol !!