On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the CPI stands in unwavering solidarity with the women and children of Gaza, who courageously endure the harrowing reality of state-orchestrated oppression. Palestinian women find themselves at the forefront of a relentless genocide. They witness the very people they […]
Statements
Statement on Dublin Riots
First and foremost, the Communist Party of Ireland extends our deepest sympathies and well wishes to all the victims and their families of the horrendous stabbing and the subsequent violence in Dublin on 23rd November, and in the strongest possible terms, denounces the riots on the city centre’s streets later […]
Statement on Government Plans to Abandon the Triple Lock
The Communist Party of Ireland condemns the plans by the Irish government to abandon the “Triple Lock” on the deployment of Irish troops outside the state. The government does not have a mandate for this policy, it was not put to the public in a General Election and does not […]
Statement in Support of Palestine
The Communist Party of Ireland congratulates the working people of Ireland, from Derry to Kerry and everywhere in between, for their steadfast solidarity with the heroic Palestinian people as they face a barbarous assault by the Israeli Occupation Forces over the last number of weeks. Across our country, in many […]
STATEMENT ON NEUTRALITY
15th November 2022 STATEMENT ON NEUTRALITY In a further blow to Ireland’s traditional policy of military neutrality, Simon Coveney, Minister forForeign Affairs, today signalled that the Irish state is to become further integrated into theNATO/EU proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Coveney confirmed that the Irish military wouldtake part in […]
Political Resolution of the 26th National Congress of the Communist Party of Ireland
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 […]