On behalf of the CPI, the general secretary, Eugene McCartan, made a statement of solidarity on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution.
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Solidarity with Cuban women
The National Women’s Committee of the CPI, on behalf of the women members of the Communist Party of Ireland and the Connolly Youth Movement, has written to the Communist Party of Cuba and the Federation of Cuban Women to express their solidarity with their sisters and comrades on the anniversary […]
Dublin activists are out!
Since early August (weather and quarantine permitting) members of the Dublin Branch of the CPI have been operating bookstalls in the city for the sale of party publications and giving out information about the party.
The covid-19 pandemic and its impact on women
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 11 June 2020 Amidst all the health problems and upheaval that are taking place resulting from the covid-19 pandemic, the Communist Party of Ireland points out that it is easy to overlook the specific distress that thousands of women are suffering in their own […]
New “Programme for Government”: a new three-party government with the same old policies
National Executive Committee 11 June 2020 The formation of the three-party coalition government in Dublin, and their agreement on a “programme for government,” is a case of more of the same—a continuation of the same old polices that favour the rich and powerful, policies that are pro-business and full of pious […]
75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi fascism
5 May 2020 In the name of freedom, peace, and truth —Against fascism and war The victory over Nazi fascism in the Second World War is a major event in history, the memory of which must be preserved and defended in the face of repeated attempts at historical falsification aimed at […]
Political statement
2 May 2020 On 2 May 2020 the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland discused and evaluated the current political and economic situation, both nationally and internationally, resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and the growing economic crisis, of which covid-19 is not the cause but simply the […]
No return to “business as usual”!
A new leaflet on the health emergency urges that it is time to turn the tide on the housing crisis.
Joint statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties on the 150th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin
22 April 2020 We honour the great revolutionary leader V. I. Lenin, we are committed to continuing his work! The Communist and Workers’ Parties which co-sign this Joint Statement would like also in this way to honour a great revolutionary and theorist of scientific socialism, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, as 22 April […]
John Meehan
It is with great sadness that the CPI announces the death of John Meehan of Cloongowla, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, a lifelong member of our party. We mourn the passing of one of the last of that generation of rural communists who paid a heavy price for upholding the red banner of communism, the banner of labour.