Introduction
The Brexit debate is being framed in exclusively nationalist terms in the official media. This assumes that Ireland is synonymous with the business and elites classes in the country and excludes analysis of the effects of Brexit on different social groupings. Working people have different interests than employers and bankers that must figure in any discussion on Brexit. In their rush to remain close to European capitalism, the mainstream press also refuse to criticise the imperialist record of the EU. This leads to a very narrow debate with Varadkar and Coveney wrapping themselves in the green jersey and looking to use Brexit to defend the interests of Irish capitalism.
People Before Profit have a different agenda. For us the key issues centre on
- Avoiding a hard border.
- Opposing imperialism in the UK and EU.
- Analysing the effects of Brexit on social classes
- Analysing the new contradictions for Ireland’s model of capitalist development