Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland The scenes in Dublin city centre yesterday (Saturday 27 February) should come as no surprise to anyone. The reactions to the violence of the state were as could be expected, as were the weasel words of condemnation by establishment politicians. Working people are frustrated […]
Statements
Statement on CPI – CYM Relations
Over the recent period a serious rupture in the longstanding political relationship between the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) and the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) has taken place when, on 9th January at its extraordinary Ard Fheis, members of the latter voted to remove their support for the Programme of […]
Decades of church and state repression of women
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 13 January 2021 The publication of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, cataloguing the horrendous abuse and exploitation handed out to tens of thousands of women over the decades by religious institutions—of both main religious faiths—lays bare the violence […]
Countries must be allowed to produce generic covid vaccines
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 28 December 2020 The covid-19 vaccine should be made publicly and freely available to all. Countries should be allowed to produce their own vaccines nationally and begin their vaccination programmes immediately. Never before has the contradiction between private health and public need been so obvious. In […]
Solidarity with the people of Bolivia
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 19 October 2020 The exit polls and early counts in the Bolivian election indicate a major victory for the working and indigenous peoples, despite the mass repression, including the murder of many activists, workers and indigenous leaders by the military and fascist forces that […]
The covid-19 pandemic and its impact on women
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 11 June 2020 Amidst all the health problems and upheaval that are taking place resulting from the covid-19 pandemic, the Communist Party of Ireland points out that it is easy to overlook the specific distress that thousands of women are suffering in their own […]
New “Programme for Government”: a new three-party government with the same old policies
National Executive Committee 11 June 2020 The formation of the three-party coalition government in Dublin, and their agreement on a “programme for government,” is a case of more of the same—a continuation of the same old polices that favour the rich and powerful, policies that are pro-business and full of pious […]
75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi fascism
5 May 2020 In the name of freedom, peace, and truth —Against fascism and war The victory over Nazi fascism in the Second World War is a major event in history, the memory of which must be preserved and defended in the face of repeated attempts at historical falsification aimed at […]
Political statement
2 May 2020 On 2 May 2020 the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland discused and evaluated the current political and economic situation, both nationally and internationally, resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and the growing economic crisis, of which covid-19 is not the cause but simply the […]
Joint statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties on the 150th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin
22 April 2020 We honour the great revolutionary leader V. I. Lenin, we are committed to continuing his work! The Communist and Workers’ Parties which co-sign this Joint Statement would like also in this way to honour a great revolutionary and theorist of scientific socialism, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, as 22 April […]