Socialism Debate with Joe Higgins
David debated with Joe Higgins TD of the Socialist Party at “Socialism 2006” back in October 2006, on “Is there an alternative to the capitalist market?”.
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I was at the debate and I was surprised at how little preparation David had done. He seemed genuinely confused about some of the positions of the Socialist Party.
Great podcast – interesting contributions from both speakers. David, when the current boom phase completes, you forecast the rise of a xenophobic anti-immigration platform in Ireland, emerging from one of the existing parties. I don’t think such a development is inevitable, but it does unfortunately seem likely, considering the recent political history of nearby states in Europe (Le Pen in France, PW in Holland, Haider in Austria, etc etc). Just for fun – which Irish party do you forecast will take the low road? My money’s on the Blueshirts – ref. Enda’s recent “Celtic and Christian” speech, and it’s got… Read more »
Hi. The link to this discussion doesn’t seem to be working. I’d love to hear it. Any chance you could upload it again or whatever needs to be done in such circumstances?