Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 15 March 2020 Covid-19 hastens the deepening structural crisis of the capitalist system The CPI expresses its solidarity with all those affected, and who will be affected, by this growing health crisis, and to the health staff and emergency services in the front line. The […]
Statements
The changing face of Ireland and growing class-consciousness
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 12 February 2020 The results of the general election for the 33rd Dáil have confirmed the growing frustrations within the working class and the need for alternative social and economic policies. It is a reflection of an important growth in class-consciousness, which needs to […]
Brexit: Only the beginning, not the end
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 30 January 2020 The decision of the people of Britain to leave the European Union on the 31st of January has for the last three years thrown the British and Irish establishments into disarray. The EU Commission and the corporate forces it serves have also […]
A victory for the people’ opposition to imperialism
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 7 January 2020 The decision of the Fine Gael government to cancel the planned commemoration of the DMP and RIC, including the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries, was a result of the widespread anger felt by the majority of our people and the speedy […]
The blood of thousands is on their hands
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 3 January 2020 The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the working people of both Iraq and Iran at this extremely critical moment in the life of their nations. The actions of US imperialism in the Middle East and most recently in Iraq […]
Political statement
National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 7 December 2019 At its meeting on Saturday 7 December the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland discussed both the national and the international situation and the current balance of global forces. The outcome of the recent by-elections in the Republic has […]
Solidarity with Nicaragua
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 18 November 2019 Representatives of the Communist Party of Ireland met the Nicaraguan ambassador to Ireland, Guisell Morales-Echaverry, in Dublin today. The ambassador gave an update on developments in Nicaragua and in the region, where democratic social, political and economic changes continue apace. The ambassador […]
Left for unity!
Statement by the Peadar O’Donnell Socialist Republican Forum 26 October 2019 On Saturday 26 October at Moy Bridge, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, on the Tyrone-Monaghan border, the first of a planned series of “Hands Across the Border” rallies was organised jointly by the Peadar O’Donnell Socialist Republican Forum and the 1916 Societies, […]
Britain and the European Union
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 19 October 2019 [This statement was drafted before the chaotic vote in the British Parliament.] The deal now on the table regarding Brexit, agreed between the EU and the British Conservative government, is certainly a reheated May deal but with some important changes from […]
Victory for Harland and Wolff workers
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 1 October 2019 The announcement that Harland & Wolff has been bought by Infrastrata, a British energy firm, is due in no small measure to the swift action of the workers, who occupied the yard to defend their jobs. Their action saved the jobs […]