One of the most insidious aspects of the geopolitical world order is the co-opting of popular struggles to prop up US hegemony. This could not be truer than in the conflict between the shallow liberal feminism of the West and the decolonial and anti-imperial feminism in the global south and […]
Tag: Imperialism
Syria, the Uprising, imperialist intervention, and the Axis
In 1946 Syria won its independence in a victorious anti-colonial war that drove out the French forces. The post-colonial government followed a socialist path in pursuing development and self-reliance in the 1950s and 1960s. This was followed by a move away from socialism under Hafez al-Asad, and the full embrace […]
Protest About EU Militarisation And EU Army
Neutrality Is Our Best Defence. Meet Outside Leinster House At 1pm 20th March
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 […]
Africa’s anti-imperialist wave
At the time of writing, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is contemplating an invasion of Niger. This comes after that country experienced a military takeover by anti-Western officers. Both France and the United States have military bases in Niger. The US operates the world’s largest drone base […]
Imperialism becoming more aggressive and more dangerous to world peace
Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region 10 August 2022 There are increasing tensions in and around the Asia-Pacific region, particularly resulting from the calculated actions by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, in visiting the Chinese territory of Taiwan. […]
Protest at Leinster House – No to War
On Wednesday last 18th May. Party comrades took part along within fellow peace activists at the monthly protest organised by the People’s Movement outside Leinster House. They were joined by TDs Mairead Farrell, Thomas Pringle and Rose Conway-Walsh. The next monthly protest will take place at the same venue on […]
James Connolly Commemoration
The annual James Connolly Commemoration took this afternoon in Dublin at Arbour Hill. The main address was given by Communist Party of Ireland member Barry Murray: “A chomrádaithe, go raibh céad maith agaibh as an churieadh labhairt ag an comóradhstairiúil seo inniu, ach maith domh mo easpa gaeilge nó is […]
James Connolly Festival: Peace & Irish Neutrality
Last night’s public meeting took place in a Packed Theatre covering the subject of Peace & Irish Neutrality. The speakers were Clare Daly MEP, Edward Horgan Shannonwatch, Roger Cole PANA and Jimmy Corcoran from the Communist Party Of Ireland. Speaker after Speaker spoke about the dearth of reasonable discussion among […]
V.E In Europe Day
Today marks one of the most important events of the 20th Century, the defeat of Nazi Fascism in World War II. The great international anti-fascist struggle was only won at great cost. The experience of this struggle and its legacy are part of the patrimony of all humankind. It is […]