tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post8646413729173610605..comments2024-03-29T09:38:08.662+00:00Comments on TPQ: Ireland 1981, Ukraine 2018: Support The Political PrisonersAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78243363545597733172018-06-15T21:22:42.973+01:002018-06-15T21:22:42.973+01:00Stephen L,
support for them on hunger strike is n...Stephen L,<br /><br />support for them on hunger strike is not support for their politics but for their stand against grave injustice, torture, false imprisonment, meted out by a brutal state. It is also a rejection of the suppression of artists. A loyalist on hunger strike against the same things would also merit support. <br /><br /><br />I don't think it a strong enough argument to use theAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84772824453220724232018-06-14T20:14:07.241+01:002018-06-14T20:14:07.241+01:00It might have been more informative if the politic...It might have been more informative if the politics of some of these 'political prisoners' was explained in a bit more detail than simply stating their ethnic identities as 'Ukranian' or 'Ukranian Tartars'. I accept that they are indeed 'political prisoners' and that Russia is a brutal state, but Ukraine is also awash with hardline Nazis and fascists. That is not Cutting_Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969498544702787004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60054367606017322372018-06-13T16:49:02.651+01:002018-06-13T16:49:02.651+01:00When people nowadays say "the left" what...When people nowadays say "the left" what they talking about? There's no international workers solidarity movements.Trade unions are greatly diminished and socialism is constanstly cited, usually by people, judging by their arguments, who haven't read any of it's litrature, but is not relevant. While many across western Europe benefit from socialist policies. I.e forms of Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14120277877011965034noreply@blogger.com