“The end days of partition” – Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2022
The mood at the Ard Fheis was very upbeat. At the heart of the party is the commitment to Irish reunification. The key issue being how to further encourage and channel the debate around unity.
International
Seven key points from the COP
1. The pace of action is slower than the rate of breakdown
2. Fossil fuel companies are embedded in the COP process
3. Gas development in Africa is “fossil fuel colonialism”
4. The West/Global North is still failing to support the Global South, prioritising war instead
5. Progress depends on countries raising and exceeding existing targets
6. The Inflation Reduction Act is an America First carbon reduction plan
7. The climate struggle is a class struggle
Why the midterm elections defied expectations
Despite the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, voter suppression legislation, and gerrymandered electoral maps, the Republicans are failing to sufficiently break the Democratic electoral coalition to produce a breakthrough.
Lula’s victory in Brazil is also a victory for the world
Lula’s leadership against the US’s Global Monroe Doctrine establishes that while his victory in Brazil’s election is important for Brazilians, it is equally important for the peoples of the world.
Vital that the left leads the calls for ‘butter, not guns’
The challenge for the left in CEE countries is to lead the growing social protests and explain how NATO’s escalation of the war in Ukraine and sanctions imposed against Russia are adding to the fall in the living standards of its populations.
The last thing Haiti needs is another military intervention
On 15 October the US submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for the ‘immediate deployment of a multinational rapid action force’ to Haiti.