[Marxism] We have to get back to conflict resolution

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This might be informative.

Peace process cannot indefinitely survive undemocratic assaults by the
British system - Mitchel McLaughlin
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin has described British policy in
Ireland as "a package of undemocratic interference".

"Recently we have witnessed the politics of the old, failed agenda of
exclusion and vilification once again become currency in the media," he
said. "Electoral interests North and South of the border are bound up
with this. North of the border, securocrat elements trying to turn the
clock back in an attempt to defeat republicanism have dovetailed their
politics with those that fear the verdict of the electorate. But they
won't succeed. The status quo is not an option.

"The British and Irish Governments' motivation in all of this is clear.

 They did not get the UUP-SDLP coalition they had hoped for and tried
to secure.

 The two governments are not implementing their end of the Agreement
and want to divert or distract attention away from that.

 Fianna Fáil is election-obsessed vis-à-vis the European and local
government elections in June.

"And, alongside this, unionists and sections of the British system do
not want the breadth and depth of change required by the Agreement."

McLaughlin said that "old habits die hard, especially in the British
system in Ireland that has always been above accountability and
democratic politics". He highlighted the campaign of collusion between
the British system and unionist murder gangs and the ongoing cover-ups.

And, in parallel, he said, since the Agreement the British Government
has made a succession of undemocratic interventions in the electoral
process and election outcomes in the North.

"At the core of all of this is the denial by the British Government of
national and democratic rights, democratic norms and the freely
expressed will of the people," said the Derry MLA. "A democratic
political process cannot survive indefinitely or flourish under this
battery of undemocratic assaults by the British system.

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http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/3855

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