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“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” A quote attributed to V. I. Lenin might also be applied to recent events in the Six Counties. The two-week Drumcree standoff has had a large impact on the day-to-day political situation in the north. Not only […]
Fidel Castro asked the question: “You talk about the failure of socialism, but show me the success of capitalism.” The Gen Z protests spreading like wildfire across the world are the evidence that capitalism is not working for the majority of the people. The first wave of Gen Z protests, […]
Over the past few days, friends in Dublin have been messaging me to ask if I’m okay after the protests in Paris. I understand why they might have felt like they should worry about me. I’m a Communist Party member living in the suburbs of Paris, and TV channels all […]
The management of the Volkswagen Group is demanding a wage freeze at Škoda Auto, extending until 2030. This move is part of cost-cutting measures across the entire VW Group, which is currently falling into a deep crisis. According to the trade union IG Metall, the Group’s management plans to freeze […]
On Wednesday 21 October, the Dáil voted 79 to 71 to advance the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2016 to committee stage. 15 Government TDs and 9 Opposition TDs did not vote. There were no abstentions. This would suggest that the Government had pairings with 9 Opposition TDs and had 6 rebels […]
In December 2025, representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and Israel signed the Pax Silica declaration, a strategic initiative to secure the global supply chains for advanced information and communication technologies and, in particular, artificial intelligence. Like other prongs of the wide US […]
In recent decades, we have been no strangers in Ireland to corruption and inefficiency in the delivery of infrastructure projects. Be it a bike shed or a major hospital, no project seems to have the ability to come in on time and under budget. The investigations into the construction of […]
A Marxist View on AI: A Six-Part Series Part 1: AI and the Marxist Theory of Machines Capitalists say some wild things about what AI is all about. Elon Musk has described it in terms of a project of extending the “light of consciousness” to the stars. A Marxist perspective […]
Public sector workers have demonstrated their determination to secure a fair settlement through collective industrial action. They subsequently suspended further action to facilitate negotiations, yet the Government has failed to produce a satisfactory offer. The Government’s foot-dragging must be seen in a wider context. The latest CSO national accounts show […]
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) salutes the working people of Garvaghy Road and their many supporters. We also acknowledge the courageous stand taken by many within protestant community who stood up and supported the people of Garvaghy Road. The Orange Order does not represent nor speak for all protestants. The unity […]
Turmoil has characterised international bond markets across September. As a reminder, governments borrow money mainly by issuing bonds. Investors lend money to governments, receiving interest in return, with the original sum repaid later. Bonds are bought by typically large financial institutions: banks, pension funds, insurance companies and investment funds. They […]
Have pay increases for teachers kept pace with inflation over the last number of years? No, the same as the rest of the public service and, more broadly, most workers. Pay increases under the “Building Momentum” pay deal and the first two years of the Public Service Agreement 2024–26 amounted […]
Dear readers, I watched the EU State of the Union address so you don’t have to. Similar to the wearing of sashes by MEPs in parliament sessions, the annual address by the EU president is one of those unusual rituals which no EU citizen seems to know or care is […]
Organised Workers have had enough! The Communist Party of Ireland welcomes the clear mandate from public sector workers for industrial action over pay and conditions in the public sector. Unions across the public sector have been returning massive ballot results in favour of industrial action demonstrating that public sector workers […]
The undemocratic attack on Irish neutrality by the Government has reached a fever pitch. As a neutral country we should be using the EU Presidency to promote peace and dialogue to end conflicts and to encourage the EU to pull back from increasing militarisation. In effect, quite the opposite is […]
UK consumer price inflation, the relevant measure for the North’s economy, was at 2.6% in June, down from 2.8% in May. Food inflation was just 1.7%, below the rates experienced during the 2022–2024 inflationary spike. The inflation rate has fallen, but the general price level remains roughly 30% above where […]