The Unholy Left-Right Alliance to Save Neutrality

Dear Editor,

I write to you in connection to Aontacht Media's recent coverage of the Peoples' Forum for Peace and Neutrality held in Dublin on the weekend of the 19th of June 2026.

Neutrality. The slow burning background issue that we all, right and left, desire to get active on but are held back by the aftertaste of the 2016-2024 culture war. The left wing arguments for Neutrality, being absolutely sound and inarguable, dovetail perfectly with the right wing position on it because here in Ireland we are lucky to retain, unlike the US, Britain and Continental Europe, a shared, objective appreciation of what it means to be Neutral. Despite the best efforts of the Declan Ganleys of this world, the right wing in Ireland has not been captured by neo-liberal/con war hawks. I argue that the left takes a moment of reflection when considering the imminent battle ahead for Ireland's neutrality. 

The right in Ireland is not like the right in the rest of the EU or the UK. They are anti-imperialist, Isolationist and sensitive to long standing, national positions, Anti-EU Federalism etc. Whereas EU superpowers are shifting to the right, bringing their militarism and NATO membership with them, we do not harbour a demographic of working class people who are indoctrinated into such evil. With the mainstream media in Ireland reporting/seeding the notion that the cabinet will table a vote on, and pass, legislative nullification of the Triple lock by the end of 2026, any activist or group who wants to take this 11th hour moment seriously needs to drop partisanship and lock arms. Are people willing to do this?

First off, one of the key statements from anyone relevant ( hold the rotten tomatoes for a moment ) came from Tadhg Hickey, renowned Palestinian activist and anti-imperialist. Tadhg openly suggested a right-left alliance on neutrality on his Twitter/X account which may have been nothing more than a momentary indulgence of an intrusive thought, but what if there is a real appetite for it? I personally know for fact that there is. Having spoken directly to a number of Nationalists and Socialists on this it is something they have all expressed willingness to explore, only doubting its feasibility due to perceived reluctance from others. My own personal lens, as part of Fronta Poblachtach, casting a wide net over the no man's land between the trenches, is that these positions that overlap in the national discourse should be teased out and explored. These are the loose threads that can hurt FFG far more than any Palestine protest or immigration march on their own, which the state uses to counterweight each other respectively. 

I have long held the view that all anti-establishment forces are compelled to pull with each other against state policies, particularly treacherous ones. The only reasons not to do this are driven by over reliance on the right/left dichotomy for relevance and sense of identity. There are far too many NPCs in both camps, enforcing a dictatorship of predetermined thought. The left, as in the real left, are caught up in the Labour/Soc Dems/Sinn Féin/PBP ecosystem and rely on those entities for platforming and coordination. The right is overwhelmingly under the compliment of foreign movements like MAGA for pats on the head in the form of retweets etc. These negative forces on the Irish people have led debate into artificial cul-de-sacs. We can all do Ireland justice and come into our own by taking the reins away from the “working opposition” who will never rock the boat. This is where people like Tadhg Hickey come into play. The free radicals.

One such free radical, whom I hope will see the value in this ramble, is László Molnárfi. A man who if he was to present such an alliance at a forum like Trinity, would trigger the melt down of all melt downs, not in the campus itself, but in the group chats of all the Parties chained up to the states trough. Perhaps another man by the name of Theo McDonald could encourage The Ditch to puc it out to the crowd? There is a network now of people who refuse to abide by the Incommunicado orders sent out by official left and official right and the power of that fact alone in the right hands could trigger a real pivot against the state on Neutrality. 

Nationalism must take its place in the fight. Its own dogmas demand it. There is almost no social or political red tape here. The Republican movement is chomping at the bit for an issue like this to take centre stage. The far-right too are every bit as animated on this as the left. Most importantly of all, Joe Normie is Gaelcoded to lean into it. By isolating support for the removal of the Triple Lock to certain seats in the Dáil and amplifying the ubiquitous opposition to it everywhere else we can actually defeat this thing. We can not however hope to defeat it by hogging the ball. The Tesco value automated email response that the liberal left will Trot out will not suffice. We have a full squad here, let's use it.