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The German Democratic Republic (GDR) was founded in October 1949, four months after the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). From its first year, the emancipation and social participation of women were core objectives of its socialist project, with equal rights anchored in its constitution. What followed was perhaps the most […]
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, […]
This is the fourth in a five-part series on the politics of power. Earlier articles asked what makes rights real, why some prevail over others, and how that hierarchy is reproduced through the state and its institutions. This article follows that machinery beyond the border. In September 2024 the Court […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vikentiy Matveyev (1923–1997), celebrated foreign correspondent of the Soviet newspaper Izvestiya and a historian, was among the first Soviet journalists to visit Ireland. Here, we reproduce entries from his journal documenting his visits in 1955 and 1961. 3 September 1955 I was fortunate enough – yes, indeed! – to spend […]
Early on a Sunday morning in October, a group of professors gathered at the School ofMarxism at Peking University. It was for a day of labour organised by the CPC partybranches in the school. We boarded a bus and set out for a farm where we dug the soil toharvest […]
On 22 September, the Chinese Embassy in Ireland hosted a reception marking the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The Communist Party of Ireland was honoured to accept the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Zhao Xiyuan, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Ireland, […]
A chara, Many seem to believe that China holds the silver bullet for helping the Cuban Revolution, struggling at the moment against the intense and vicious US blockade, and threats of military invasion. This is a simplistic criticism of Beijing that essentially amounts to wanting China to do a deus […]
January 3, 2026, marked a turning point in Venezuela’s contemporary political history. The U.S. military intervention, the bombings of national territory, and the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores constituted an open violation of sovereignty and gave way to a new balance of power, in which the United States […]
On 27 September, the Swiss people voted on a popular initiative (propositional referendum) aimed at enshrining the country’s permanent neutrality in the Federal Constitution. The initiative was rejected, receiving 29.85% of the vote nationally, against 70.15%. Although the initiative originated primarily from the nationalist right wing, around businessman and former […]
Havana, 7-8th of August 2026 “Maidin mhaith a gcomradaithe, Buenos días camaradas, Good morning comrades.” Pól Mac Phádraig Communist Party of Ireland National Political Committee National Executive Committee International Secretary It is an honour to be amongst Communists here in Havana at such a critical time for the Cuban Revolution. […]
The Irish political and military establishments, state bureaucracy, mass media and numerous “think tanks” continue in their carefully crafted strategy to end the neutrality of this state and turn our country into an unsinkable platform for NATO. They want this state to be the new poster boy for NATO. The […]
In many bourgeois liberal democracies, analysts have become anxious about the “crisis of democracy” – i.e. the loss of support for the traditional parties. Some commentators look outside the system and blame interference by Russian and Chinese state agencies. More realistic defenders of bourgeois democracy locate the crisis within the […]
St Petersburg (Leningrad), 2026 – If you are considering visiting Russia, let’s cut through the Western media noise: I would genuinely recommend travelling. It is rewarding, eye-opening and surprisingly easy, with one genuine headache: Western bank cards. Before we left, we secured our visa online in under five days – […]