guntpunch1 [he/him]

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  • guntpunch1 [he/him]tochapotraphouseSinn Fein take my energy
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    3 years ago

    Irish person here: sadly Sinn Fein are a neolib party nowadays, they've toned down their anti-imperialist rhetoric in recent years and now espouse "big tent" politics. They're basically a husk of a party now that anyone can find something in, hence their success recently both North and South of the border.

    There still exists genuinely anti imperialist parties out there which you can and I recommend reading up on but sadly a lot of the former "anti imperialist republican" parties are either neolib now or drug dealers

    EDIT: also understanding Northern Irish politics is essential, Sinn Fein are not "coming to power" they were already in power, due to peace agreements both loyalist and Nationalist parties get equal say, both the DUP and SF have had an uneasy alliance the last 25 years where each party has veto power. The current campaign of smaller parties has been to end the hegemony of the SF-DUP rule : I also see a lot of non-irish comrades thinking sinn fein are some sort of party of the working class, which is also false. They're filled to the brim with landlords and business owners.