The political and economic strategies pursued by this and previous Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael-dominated governments have left our people deeply exposed to the economic, political, and military strategies of global monopolies.
Our people are already reeling under some of the highest energy costs in Europe, resulting from the NATO proxy war against Russia. This has been compounded by the government’s decision to slavishly follow the EU’s failed Ukraine strategy, which has driven up energy prices and deepened our dependency on expensive fuel imports from the United States.
Once again, they have placed the interests of the US and EU ahead of the needs of our people.
Over decades, they have handed over our oil and gas resources, from Kinsale in the Celtic Sea to the Corrib gas field, to global energy corporations, abandoning any serious prospect of energy sovereignty and failing to protect our people.
In return for these acts of betrayal by our ruling class, our people are forced to pay global energy prices.
The strategy of the ruling class has been, and remains, the maintenance of its relationship with imperial blocs at the direct expense of the Irish people.
This subservience to US, EU, and British imperial centres is reflected in the government’s muted criticism of the genocide in Gaza and its silence on the unprovoked war carried out by the US and Israel against Iran. Maintaining alignment with imperialism is prioritised over opposing its illegal wars and acts of genocide.
We support those who have mobilised in response to the escalating cost of energy and fuel. These protests reflect a growing recognition that the burden of this crisis is being placed on working people. The high prices faced by households are not incidental. They are the direct outcome of a dependent economic model and a political establishment subordinated to the strategic interests and permanent wars of US and EU imperialism.
The left must organise, campaign, and mobilise to defend neutrality and the Triple Lock.
We must be to the fore in demanding a radical social and economic strategy to secure national energy and food sovereignty.
