The Anarchist Collective Edition #1 (14/03/13)
Day 1,941, 14:57
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Published in Ireland 
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by The Irish William Wallace
The Old Labour and The New Labour(Not Labour)
March 14th, 2013
The Old Labour
Being a young comrade, when I came to eIreland in late July of 2010 I immediately joined the Labour - The Republican Party, it was under irishbhoy1967's term as Party President, and got to meet a few members of the party. From what I remember Labour was perhaps one of the greater forces that united the Left in eIreland back then.
I did not choose to be part of the Irish Citizen's Army as I only spent 15-30 minutes maximum a day on eRepublik until late September. I always did get some orders from my fellow comrades where to fight and if I needed weapons. I received a lot of help early on which enabled me to be fairly successful for a new player -- who doesn't use credit cards to buy gold.
The December Wipe of 2010 is, since my time being here, the pinnacle of unity within not only the eIrish Left but eIreland too! Some members of Old Labour were divided and others stayed united. There were many people working towards their own political ends, but overall we worked together to achieve such great accomplishments like the formation of the Irish Army and when eIreland only had 3 political parties at one time: Sons of Eireann (SoE), Fenian Brotherhood (earlier known as the "Popular Liberation Front"), and the Irish Union Party (IUP) who still exist to this day.
(Not) The New Labour?
There are often held two views about what the creation of the Independent Labour Party meant concerning its relationship with the 'old Labour'. I will also then share my own personal response to that question as the founder/creator of the ILP.
The Name 'Independent' Makes It Completely Seperate From the 'old Labour'.
This view takes note of its name to be evidence that it was meant to be a labour party that would be independent from the old Labour Party. It could also be an argument for it being open to independent-minded individuals who tend to lean left or incorporate leftism in their ideology.
Wouldn't The Fact 'Labour' Is In The Name Hint That It Was Meant To Be A Successor Party.
This view claims that the fact the party had 'Labour' in its name that it was the successor party of old Labour. Although the majority of old Labour did not move to the ILP, there were still a few who did and some still to this day.
My Account
I will keep this short; I was part of the old Labour Party and had a fairly high view of that party. When I made the decision to put 'Independent' in front of 'Labour Party' I did it so the Independent Labour Party would be separate from old Labour's name and would have a history of its own. It was, in my intention, to be a party separate from the old Labour Party but to not touch its ever-lasting dignity.
Disregard the error, it says " You "
Two Labour's, One Ireland
Today we see the reincarnation of the old Labour with both the Labour Party and Irish Citizens Army existing in the same time as the 'new' Independent Labour Party and its part-affiliation with the Labour People's Army.
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These will be an interesting next few months in the eIrish political scene. Can two Labour parties exist in the same congress? I can only hope to see fair play and behavior between the two parties and whatever ends the two work for...they work for the good of the nation.
Until next time...
Comrade MikeBane
Contributor Journalist of The Anarchist Collective
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Better dead then red 😛P
ILP! LPA! o/
well good luck, small country as we have can't be selective
(voices in the background) "Boooo!! Aright lads! Get hiiim!"
o/
Better red rather than black and red.
Hey now, social-anarchism is in direct correlation with socialism's goal of social justice.
Soo...Basically punch your wife in the stomach but expect a counterpuch from her?
I belive that MikeBane needs more Kurgan
Mike stop using anarchist rhetoric for your narcissistic goals. You just want to be popular, you have no political stance. You don't have the balls to push a real anarchist agenda in this game. Your faux socialism is not anarchism, so stop being so naive. You are just making pretty propaganda pictures as a facade to hide your complete lack of an actual political position.
Very well said.
Did not use any rhetoric in this article. This article was a historical review. I don't see how this comment is relevant to the article.
Mike...Unless all the shinny anarchist posters in this an most of your articles were a mere product of gastro-intestinal digestion, they are rhetoric. Also u seem to confuse real life with the game at times.
Also if u will remember (in real life),the pockets of anarchists that rose up in the midst of several civil wars were quickly crushed because they were so damn pathetic and stupid enough to think that people are inherently decent. You will say they fought, They fought for their principles. The only problem is that the foundation of their ideas is equivalent to butter put in the frying pan.
Ohh yeah... Stop trying to mix democratic centralism with anarchism. Stop trying to appease shit.
Do something useful like MUFC staying up at 3:45 in the morning trying to direct damage. 😁 Well 4 in the morning for him.
This mockery of "anarchism" saddens me. This is no anarchism, this is kid-play.
Mike has done some stupid things, but this is one of his better and more honest articles. Some people seem to have just scrolled through, seen the images and then proceeded to bash the guy in the usual fashion. What he's written here is actually a p good historical account of things from his own perspective. It's probably the most interesting article in our shitty media atm. Not everything that's useful involves people keeping a bar more blue than red.
People should lay off him, and I say that as someone who has opposed a lot of his crap in the past.
My response was not to content of this particular article, but rather the endless stream off propaganda that has been spouted by Mike since he left the office of CP. If he had put even half this effort into his CP term, we may have had a more productive month (at the very least it would have been less boring). Mike has been on full assault with shouts and articles praising himself and whatever his political flavor of the week might be.
Like I said, I oppose his crap just as much as you do. But when he does come out with something decent then it's better to give him credit for it. If you run him down no matter the content of a particular article then he will not have any incentive to ever bother coming out with anything other than the crap that irks you so much. Think of it as doing yourself a favour in the longterm by helping to limit the amount of crap you have to listen to on erepublik! : )
I have not been running him down for the past few weeks. I've been nearly silent. I could cut my comment and save it for the next article if you would prefer that.
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Better shite than right
lol
Viva la anarquista!
As State Prior I bless this article with the WORD.
thanks for the history lesson!