1 February 2011 For decades the peoples of Tunisia, Egypt and the whole of North Africa and the Arab world have borne the brunt of violence and brutal repression and dictatorships. These dictatorships have been backed and sustained by the United States and the European Union.      Workers’ organisations, from their trade […]

24 January 2011 The intervention by the EU Commission, in the person of the chief spokesperson for Ollie Rehn, calling for the passing of the Finance Bill is another clear example (if one were needed) of who is calling the shots.      His intervention was timed to influence the outcome of the […]

The importance of the struggle for peace, against imperialist exploitation and oppression Statement by thirty-two communist and workers’ partiesJanuary 2011 Twenty years have elapsed since the beginning of the Gulf War. On 17 January 1991 the armed forces of the USA, NATO and its allies unleashed—with the ratification of the […]

Joint statement of the Communist Party of Ireland and Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Ireland and the Communist Party of Britain condemn the decision of the December 17 EU summit to seek to amend the European Union Constitutional Treaty without holding national referendums. This represents a blatant […]

7 December 2010 The much-hyped budget has finally been delivered, much of it leaked over the last number of weeks in a sordid orgy by “informed sources” and the serried ranks of commentators and tame academics, vying with each other to present their interpretation of what each and every leak […]

29 November 2010 The imposed “solution” to the Irish state’s growing and deepening crisis is to make every person an indentured servant to the needs and interests of EU finance houses, in particular to German banks. The National Pension Fund is now to be squandered to bail out banks that […]

23 November 2010 This Government, like the Irish economy, is holed below the water line and is sinking. The life-raft being constructed by the EU and the IMF is not designed to solve the deepening problems facing our people but only to save the rich and powerful, in particular the […]

17 November 2010 The Communist Party of Ireland calls upon working people, and in the first place the organisation that claims to represent them, the trade union movement, to resist the policies that both the European Union and the International Monetary Fund are imposing and will impose in the coming […]

3 November 2010 The Communist Party of Ireland congratulates the students of Ireland who marched in their thousands, coming from all over the country, to protest against the expected rise in registration fees for third-level colleges in the forthcoming budget.      The party condemns the violence perpetrated by the forces of the […]

21 July 2010 Belfast Central Branch of the Communist Party of Ireland congratulates the organisers of Féile an Phobail for another year’s rich mix of cultural, sporting and political events showcasing the creativity and diversity of “the people” within West Belfast and far beyond.      We are glad to be able to […]