The Statement agreed at the foundation of the United Left Alliance. It comprises seven main points.
The United Left Alliance currently comprises of The Socialist Party, People Before Profit, The Tipperary Workers and Unemployed Group, and Cllr Declan Bree and his local group in Sligo.
The Alliance will be publicly launched at a rally in the Ashling Hotel , Dublin on Friday 26 November 2010.
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This is a good start.
I suggest one specific addition – that ULA representatives sponsor a Dáil Bill to hold a referendum deleting Article 40.3.3 which prevents the legal provision of abortion in Ireland. In the meantime, ULA representatives to introduce legislation implementing the Supreme Court Judgment on the X Case – that is, allowing for legal abortion in the narrow circumstances allowed by the 1992 Supreme Court Judgment.
As the process develops, the ULA can develop democratic internal structures where issues such as this can be discussed and decisions implemented.
Of course, the bottom line for an agreement like this is fundamental and non-negotiable – no coalition with the right, no implementation of the savage cuts dictated by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union’s “Stability and Growth Pact”.
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