George Stapleton

Ecommunist, geddit?

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@Mickcliff @philipoconnor But despite the fact that anti fascists might be in someways like fascists. They aren't fascists.

Fascists on the other hand are fascists.

It's quite mad you've got this confused.

A cloud that looks like a sailship is not a sailship. A sailship is a sailship.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@Mickcliff @philipoconnor Likewise, you might say that antifascists are like fascists. In someways you'd be right, they hold demonstrations. In other ways you'd be wrong. One wants to introduce a racial police state that kills and imprisons minorities and all its opponents, the other wants to not do that.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@smackovsky @Niall_Boylan That's not true. But I can imagine that a demonstration in Dublin led by the British soldier Rowan Croft would be scared of the IRA.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@Niall_Boylan But yeah the "antifa protestors are the ones creating violence". Not like Nazis have ever "created violence" before?

You're some fool Niall!

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@Niall_Boylan This is a woman in her 50s after getting assaulted by these Nazis. https://t.co/ltlaxz9fib

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@Niall_Boylan These are the nazis from a few weeks ago "creating violence". https://t.co/tYWGtwxSuK

[Workers Solidarity @WSMIreland]

Saturday 22 August in Dublin a large mob of fascists armed with batons attacked a group of anti-fascists near the far right organised anti-mask rally in Dublin. One anti-fascist who was cornered by the mob was knocked unconscious & kicked on the ground by multiple fascists /1

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@jacknolanlabour Like, its surely no longer an argument about the party, its a claim about the party's tradition. And on that, I think if you ask whose more in line with the tradition of Jim Larkin: RBB or Joan Burton? Who is going to answer Burton?

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

I don't want to be too harsh here but...

-The Irish Labour Party was founded in 1912 by the ITUC (not the other way around). So, it had no involvement in the 1907 strike or in founding the ITGWU, both of which occured before the party existed.

[Jack Nolan @jacknolan__]

Ah yes sure wasn’t it People Before Profit & their founders that:

- Co-led the Belfast Dockers’ Strike of 1907 and the 1913 Lockout.

- Founded the ITGWU & ITUC.

- Established the Labour Court.

- Lifted the Marriage Bar.

- Increased the Minimum Wage.

- Established the WRC.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@jacknolanlabour Do you not think claiming things for the Irish labour party that happened before the party existed is a bit of a stretch?

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@jacknolanlabour You mean a future labour TD amd senator.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

-The establishment of the WRC essentially consolidated the National Employment Rights Authority, the Labour Relations Commission and the Equality Tribunal. It did not involve the creation of any substantial new powers or the creation of substantial new workers rights.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

-The min wage was established under a FF/PD government at £4.40/€5.58ph. Its now €10.30. Essentially all of that increase took place when LP was in opposition.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@sarahcareyIRL @SineadCashin @LeoVaradkar @IrishTimes Ohhh you were making a different unrelatrd point to the one being addressed in @fotoole's article, and a different one to what's in Leo's response, and a different one to what's being discussed in this thread.

As you say: "Confusion spread by journalists it would appear. "

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@JenniferMaguire For RTÉ's form here, have a look at Richard Downes disgraceful piece on prime time where he refused to name NDP* supporter Justin Barrett as a fascist but instead invents the term "new nationalists" to avoid calling a spade a spade. https://t.co/7g8JNJRdiI

*NDP=German Nazi Party

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@JenniferMaguire Also, given RTÉ's fondness for giving a platofrm to fascists and the extreme right, you shouldn't be surprised that people are concerned about what you doing here.

A reminder that a middle aged woman was beaten up by fascists at an anti mask demo on Saturday.

[George Stapleton @g_stapleton]

@donalodonovan The desired effect of a suspension of state aid laws to allow states to support domestic industry that is uniquely effected by the pandemic is ACTUALLY (secretly?) to restrict international trade... Suuuuuure.

Those dastardly anti free trade people in... the European Commission?