The Industrial Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland stands in full solidarity with public service workers striking over pay and declining living standards. The government allowed the previous agreement to expire without obtaining a credible successor and must now make substantive movement. Workers are right to reject any settlement […]
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Connolly Conversations: The People’s Budget: From redistribution to economic power
Connolly Books, Sat 17 Oct, 3.30pm43 Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 SPEAKEREoghan O’Neill (CPI) Every Budget is presented as a question of how much to tax and how much to spend. The People’s Budget asks a different one: why should public money keep building private wealth, when it […]
Connolly Conversations: Counter-Terrorism, Criminalising Solidarity, and the New Red Scare
Connolly Books, Thu 15 Oct, 7pm43 Essex St East, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 SPEAKERSShezana Hafiz (CAGE Intl)Tommy McKearney (CPI)Rory Rowan (TCD) The publication of the United States’ new counter-terrorism strategy in May this year made it clear that we are in the grip of a new transatlantic ‘red scare’ driven […]
Connolly Conversations — The Truth About Xinjiang: What Is Behind Allegations Of Uyghur Forced Labour And Genocide
A dominant theme in discourse about China is Xinjiang and allegations of Uyghur genocide and forced labour. This Connolly Conversation provides a rare opportunity to probe these allegations with expert visitors from China. Professor Yan Hairong of Tsinghua University in Beijing and Professor Barry Sautman of Hong Kong University of […]
CPI Statement on the Latest Attacks on Irish Neutrality
The undemocratic attack on Irish neutrality by the Government has reached a fever pitch. As a neutral country we should be using the EU Presidency to promote peace and dialogue to end conflicts and to encourage the EU to pull back from increasing militarisation. In effect, quite the opposite is […]
It is not enough to condemn the empire; we must build popular power at the grassroots level, win the streets
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the closing of the XXIV International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties, at the Convention Palace, on August 8, 2026, Year of the Centenary of […]
Culture & Language: A Battlefield for a Progressive Ireland
Culture & Language: A Battlefield for a Progressive Ireland CPI Panel Discussion at Féile an Phobail – Friday 7th August BELFAST – The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) will host a bilingual panel discussion, “Culture & Language: a Battlefield for a Progressive Ireland” / “Cultúr agus Teanga: Láthair Chatha d’Éirinn […]
Frank Ryan Commemoration 2026, Glasnevin
On 11th of July, Independent Dublin Republicans organised a commemoration for Irish Republicans who fought Fascism 1936 – 1938 in Spain. Comrade Gearóid Ó Machail spoke at this event; he is an Executive Committee member of both Friends of the International Brigades Ireland (FIBI) and the Communist Party of Ireland […]
James Connolly Commemoration 2026
Arbour Hill, 10th May 2026 Speech delivered by comrade Fionn Wallace at the 2026 Connolly Commemoration Friends, comrades, we gather here today at the final resting place of 14 leaders of the 1916 Rising for the Communist Party of Ireland’s annual commemoration marking the Easter Rising and the execution of […]
Working-class Anger
The current protests on our streets are a textbook expression of working-class anger. Years of rising energy bills, fuel costs, and a government that consistently prioritises the interests of big capital have created the conditions for this moment. Across the country, and particularly in rural and small-town Ireland, workers have […]