SINS OF THE FATHER, B-SIDES AND OUT-TAKES: What’s Mined is Ours!, by Union of Students in Ireland (1973)
Jul 3rd, 2011 by Conor McCabe
Not only does the pamphlet make the case for the public ownership of Ireland’s natural resources, it is co-signed by Pat Rabbitte as well.
Pat Rabbitte is currently the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
It can be read below or downloaded as a PDF by right-clicking here.
Enjoy.
Astonishing. The thought of the Labour Party / Blueshirt / Fianna Fáil rich kid careerists who infest the modern USI producing something like this seems about as likely as skiffle enjoying a popular revival.
1973 -”By the time the Labour party achieves a majority in the Dail the Navan deposit could be reduced to a hole in the ground”
2011- “By the time the labour party achieves a majority in the Dail Navan could be reduced to a hole”
[…] Image is of the cover sheet of the Union of Students in Ireland’s 1973 pamphlet which makes the case for the public ownership of Ireland’s natural resources. It is co-signed by USI President, Pat Rabbitte. Full document is available on Dublin Opinion. […]
As the instigator and author of the first draft of this booklet, and as founder of the Resources Protection Campaign,I was very pleased to re-discover it tonight. I look forward to discussing it with old friends and my family. But tmorrow I am going to Angola, where there is indeed a powerful state oil company and an Irish doctor, Dr Mary Daly, who first went there many years ago as part of a USI inspired campaign to assist the people of Angola