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In the dark days of December, the Irish ruling class through their government, not once, not twice but three times displayed their contempt for the concept of democracy and political and economic sovereignty. They rushed through the Dail their proposals to abandon the Triple Lock governing the deployment of Irish […]
Edwin Starr’s epic anti-war song from the 1970’s asked the question ‘War, what is it good for?’ and answered ‘Absolutely Nothin!’. Notwithstanding the noble aspirations of the writer and how it positively reflected and resonated with the growing anti-Vietnam mobilisations in the US, we beg to differ with Mr Starr […]
A slow burning but significant class conflict is unfolding within Cumann Luthchleas Gael [the Gaelic Athletic Association or GAA]. It pits the Association’s corporate-aligned leadership against its grassroots membership, with the flashpoint being a sponsorship deal with the German insurance giant Allianz. This is not merely a disagreement over branding; it […]
In the 25th chapter of Das Kapital, “The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation,” Marx states: “Accumulation of wealth at one pole is, therefore, at the same time accumulation of misery …at the opposite pole.” The World Inequality Report 2026 (WIR) validates this fundamental prediction. Rising inequality is a structural feature […]
The Financial Times’ annual review offers insight into contemporary capitalism (see ‘Tariff turmoil, a gold rush and the sinking dollar: 2025 in charts’ Financial Times December 25th). What the FT celebrates as a profitable year is a story about asset prices not workers’ livelihoods. Rising stock valuations and gold prices […]
At the end of December 2025, the Irish state signed off on a new fisheries agreement with the EU Fisheries Council. It will result in an estimated €94 million in losses for the Irish fishing industry in 2026. The deal reduces Ireland’s fishing quota by 57,000 tonnes. Over 2,300 jobs […]
Anyone with an ounce of humanity has been focused, angered, and motivated by the horrific genocide in Palestine. The old saying springs to mind: ‘For those who know, no explanation is necessary. For those who don’t, none is possible.’ But perhaps that is not entirely true. As radical, revolutionary activists, […]
The military and sanctions strategy against Venezuela, developed by U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, is as cynical as it is dangerous. This driven ideological plan is part of a global strategy of US monopoly capitalism. It hides behind the childlike […]
A Monument of Witness and Sumud Leila Majaj Kirkconnell’s novel Under the Same Sky is a profound act of witnessing. It transforms an immense geopolitical catastrophe into an intimate, sensory, fully human experience. Its epigraph, “Gaza Interlude,” evokes sumud – steadfast, everyday resistance expressed through the act of living. One of the novel’s greatest […]
As we approach our 27th National Congress, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on the nature and role of communist parties. Communist Parties were founded on the principles of scientific socialism: an outlook identifying dynamics of social change in the economic structure and its associated class relations, via […]
In the opening chapter of The State and Revolution, Lenin quotes Marx: ‘… the state is an organ of class rule, an organ for the oppression of one class by another…’ This means the bourgeois state will take whatever steps it deems necessary to maintain its dominance. While this preservation […]
Washington’s ruling class recognises a material fact: China is now too large, too economically integrated, and too militarily capable for direct confrontation. An invasive war would be catastrophic and unwinnable. US imperialism has therefore shifted towards consolidation, prioritising not global expansion but the tightening of control over strategic regional spaces, […]
Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank is no longer marginal; it is now a declared state policy directed from the highest levels. It is implemented through an integrated system of governmental decisions, overt incitement, the arming of settlers, and the imposition of faits accomplis by force. What is taking […]
Among the rapid peace deals on the outgoing U.S. president’s agenda is an imposed “reconciliation” between Morocco and Algeria. Compared to the flashpoints in Ukraine and Gaza, their conflict has so far been fought through propaganda, not military means. In Western Sahara, the only recurring hostilities are pinprick attacks by […]
Music, poetry, comedy and theatre performances at Connolly Books during December. Leading musicians, comedians and actors will perform live shows in Connolly Books, and its associated New Theatre, every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in December. Launching on the 4th, it is a celebration of the largely youth-driven renaissance in Irish […]
The government continues its strategy of absolute subservience to the needs and interest of global imperial interest in relation to foreign policy, its ongoing efforts to undermine and get rid of Irish neutrality and the Triple Lock and its absolute unquestioning commitment to market forces solving the housing crisis. Despite […]
The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with Kneecap, who are now under serious threat by the forces of the British State. The arrest and charging of one of the group’s members Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, is just the latest in the ongoing effort to silence the group and […]
The Communist Party of Ireland sends May Day greetings to the working class of Ireland, to all anti-imperialist and progressive organisations, to the international Communist movement, to all those struggling against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and native capitalism, and to those actively struggling to build socialism in their workplaces and communities. […]
The Break the Academic Chains of Zionism (BACZ) encampment at University College Dublin (UCD) is now the longest-running university encampment in Ireland. It has done more than expose the complicity of Irish academia in the machinery of Zionist settler-colonialism. It has revealed something deeper and far more damning: the profound […]
Trade union density in the 26 Counties stands at a stark 22%, with collective bargaining coverage at around 34%. This is a catastrophic decline from the peak of approximately 60% density in the 1980s. Yet, this bleak picture obscures a crucial reality: there is a massive representation gap between actual […]
Recent headline figures for the 26-County economy are a study in illusion. GDP growth is expected to reach 10.7% in 2025, a surge driven largely by multinational corporations front-loading exports ahead of potential tariff deadlines. As the European Commission noted in its 17 November forecast, this growth is “exceptional and […]
“Tá dualgas ar gach saoránach Gaeilge a labhairt.” [“Every citizen has a duty to speak Irish.”] These words of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, spoken in an earlier era of struggle, are finding new resonance in today’s Ireland. Across the nation, and particularly among the younger generations, a quiet but determined reconquest […]
Across the hills between Nablus, Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Hebron, extremist settler groups have grown into organized violent formations that intimidate Palestinians on a daily basis. Comprised mainly of ideologically driven young religious settlers, these groups have become the most dangerous field arm in Israel’s project to assert control over West […]
Donal Trump remains as unpredictable as ever and never more so than with his latest pronouncement on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Just when Europe’s leading advocates of endless war were anticipating increased US participation in the conflict on behalf of the Kiev regime, Trump disappointed them. The Whitehouse […]
A new fashion dominates polite progressive politics: denouncing the billionaire. The political and media establishment now routinely laments rising inequality, yet their critique never dares to name the system that produces it. Their solution—their rallying cry—is as bold as a wet leaf: “tax the billionaires.” At first glance, the demand […]
Let us be clear: there is no ceasefire in Gaza or Palestine. The reality is that despite a genocidal campaign, the Zionist military and its imperialist backers have failed to militarily defeat the guerrilla resistance or break the will of the Palestinian people. Up to 200,000 tons of largely American […]
From the Bog to the Cloud is the bestselling book Ireland needs—a rigorous analysis of the nation’s place in the world and a strategic guide for how to change it through principled, anti-imperialist struggle. Authors Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie dissect an Ireland locked snugly between the competing yet collaborative […]
Imagine the sheer number of protests that have erupted across the globe since the genocide in occupied Palestine began on October 7th, 2023. Here in Ireland, we have witnessed an unprecedented wave of civil disobedience in virtually every village, town, and city—a pattern replicated worldwide. We have been inundated with condemnatory statements […]
Twenty-first-century imperialism can no longer rely on classic colonialism to transfer surplus from the Global South to the Global North. Instead, neoliberalism offshores production to low-wage countries, manufacturing commodities at lower costs by pushing wages below subsistence levels. This model requires sustained poverty in the Global South as a fundamental precondition for […]
Comrades and friends, On behalf of the Robert Emmet 1916 Society, it is an honour to stand in Manchester to commemorate three bold Fenians—William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O’Brien—whose courage continues to fuel our unfinished struggle. We are not spectators of history, but participants in a living revolution. Empire […]
The olive harvest in Palestine is more than an agricultural event; it is a centuries-old national ritual, a living testament to the deep, material connection between the Palestinian people and their land. Yet, in 2025, this season of sustenance and solidarity was transformed into one of terror and confrontation, revealing […]
The 15th World Socialist Forum (3-4 November, Beijing, Chinese Academy of History) and the Zhejiang University International Academic Forum (7 November, Hangzhou, Zhejiang University Library) hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) are important platforms for academics, social scientists, Marxists, and activists to exchange ideas. They are particularly […]
Liadán Ní Chuinn’s stunning short story collection is a courageous, unflinching diagnosis of an open wound. That wound is the legacy of the conflict in the British-occupied Six Counties. Ní Chuinn’s genius is to move beyond the strictly political to explore its precise, cellular-level damage within the nationalist community—how state […]
For another year, the COP (Conference of the Parties) climate summit has proven to be an exercise in the most cynical of language games. The evasive jargon of COP remains an accurate reflection of the power relations in the world’s energy market, and a testament to its universal disregard for […]
