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The political situation today

15 November 2008 The meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland that took place on 15 November condemned the budget introduced by the Fianna Fáil-dominated Government. It is clear that the Government is attempting to make working people, the poor, the sick and pensioners pay […]

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Communist Party demands the sacking of bank CEOs

1 October 2008 It is now time for a state bank to be established.      The state should have 50 per cent of places on the board of all the banks and financial institutions that may avail of the massive public bail-out.      All bank CEOs should be removed from office, without severance pay.      While […]

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Corporate welfare on a vast scale

8 September 2008 For decades our politicians and economic gurus of all shapes and sizes have been extolling the virtues of the “free market” and arguing that the state should stay out of the market. “There is no alternative” was the unchallengeable dogma of these forces.      Now we have those same […]