Statements
International Resolution of the 26th National Congress of the Communist Party of Ireland
As we meet in Congress the world faces the real danger of global war arising from the conflict in Ukraine, where NATO is funding, arming and training its proxy and facilitating mercenaries and fascist paramilitaries. We condemn the escalation of violence in the region since the US-orchestrated coup of 2014, […]
End the war in Ukraine- Dismantle NATO
Today the world is closer to global war than at any time since 1962. The two largest countries in Europe are at war. The immediate cause of this situation has been the expansion of NATO and its project to constrict its imperial competitor, Russia, by establishing large bases of troops […]
The DUP still a useful tool for the British
The decision of the Democratic Unionist Party to collapse the Stormont Executive should not come as a surprise. The DUP have a dual strategy: firstly, to show themselves as continued useful servants to the British and, secondly, to unify the DUP and squeeze the UUP and the TUV in order […]
Bloody Sunday, 1972: Imperialism’s response to peaceful demands for democratic reforms
Anniversaries are an opportunity to dwell upon and learn from past events and struggles, to identify past successes and failures. Fifty years ago the British state carried out an organised and sanctioned attack on the anti-internment civil rights march in Derry organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, in […]
The Irish establishment are collaborators in NATO military strategies
The continuing psychological warfare for shaping and manipulating the people regarding Ukraine and a potential Russian invasion continues to heighten public anxiety, thereby facilitating NATO in building up its military forces inside Ukraine and in other states bordering Russia as part of its “enhanced forward presence.” The Irish media, taking […]
The abandonment of the struggle for national democracy & sovereignty
The Irish state today (16th January) marked the final act of the British colonial Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in handing over Dublin Castle – the seat of British administration and control – to the Provisional Government. This act was a follow-on from the signing of the “Articles of Agreement” on 6th December 1921, an […]
The need to build working class unity and fight back
It is now clear to workers that public health considerations are of secondary importance to the interests of employers where Covid regulations are concerned. The relationship between government and business interests, both large and small, is increasingly being laid bare…
COPOUT26 in Glasgow comes to a close
The grotesque jamboree that was COP26 has closed and statements have been issued to the press. The carefully-choreographed opinion pieces, the television news features claiming that “western democracies” are leading the fight to save the planet while portraying selected nations as villains, exist to reassure the gullible that capitalism is not […]
Solidarity with President Michael D. Higgins
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland, 17 September 2021 The decision by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, not to attend the religious service in Armagh in October to mark the establishment of “Northern Ireland” was the correct one. And he has clearly set down the reason why […]