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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 […]
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. […]
In the spring of 1920, as the young Soviet Republic struggled for survival amid internal and external siege, Lenin penned “Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder. The pamphlet took aim precisely at those West European communists who considered themselves “more Left” than the Bolsheviks. Lenin pointed out that this “Left-wing” infantilism “regards […]
This is the second in a five-part series on the politics of power. The first asked what makes rights and freedoms real. This article examines what happens when they come into conflict. Consider a home. To the person living in it, whether tenant or owner-occupier, it is somewhere to live […]
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the closing of the XXIV International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties, at the Convention Palace, on August 8, 2026, Year of the Centenary of […]
Growing up during the cold war, China was a distant, mysterious, menacing spectre. During my new left years, during the cultural revolution, China became a beacon of possibility, when masses seemed to be examining the foundations of knowledge and pushing at the boundaries of the social order. Then it seemed […]
Last month, the Communist Party of Ireland commemorated the 1953 revolutionary assault by El Movimiento 26 de Julio on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba with a solidarity vigil on Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin and a Cuban Film Festival in the New Theatre, Temple Bar. Moncada was not merely a […]
At the end of June, the Communist Party of Ireland had the privilege of hosting an intimate morning event with Elizabeth Ribalta from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), during her travels around Ireland and the UK. The event happened just days after Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel […]
Friends, comrades, we gather here today at the final resting place of 14 leaders of the 1916 Rising for the Communist Party of Ireland’s annual commemoration marking the Easter Rising and the execution of its leaders, among them perhaps the greatest Irish anti-imperialist, James Connolly. We are witnessing a raising […]
We have all met this character: an otherwise kind, thoughtful, energetic advocate of the working class who seems to believe they are the reincarnation of V.I. Lenin. In this article I will examine the underlying pathology and symptomatology affecting these poor individuals and discuss possible courses of treatment to help […]
The Prosperous Heritage Group will, for the first time in public, unfurl their International Brigades banner of red, yellow and purple at The Kilcullen Heritage Centre during the Frank Conroy 90th anniversary commemoration on Saturday 20th June at 3:00 PM. The main speaker, Kildare historian James Durney, will be joined […]
The important contribution that Marx made towards socialism was that he transformed socialism from utopian to scientific socialism. The utopian socialists like Robert Owen, Saint-Simon and Fourier had the greatest of intentions. They thought socialism could be achieved by appealing to the moral side of humans, by propagating ideas that […]
The Communist Party of Ireland sends Mayday Greetings to the Irish working class, self-employed working people and family farmers. The reality for working class and working people on Mayday 2026 is the increasing cost of living, with the price of food, clothing, energy, heating and rent increasing, while wages – for […]
Under the slogan “Peace, Independence & Socialism”, delegates from various branches of the Communist Party of Ireland gathered in Dublin over the weekend of 25th–26th April to discuss and debate the national and global situation. The delegates also agreed the Party’s Political Resolution, voted on changes to the Constitution, and […]
On 17 March 1991, over 148 million Soviet citizens voted in a national referendum on whether to preserve the Soviet Union. In those republics where it was held, 113 million—or 77.85 per cent—voted in favour. At the moment of victory of the counter-revolution, a clear majority supported the continuation of […]
Communists from across Ireland will gather for the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of Ireland. Under the slogan “Peace, Independence and Socialism”, Ireland’s communists will gather in Dublin this month for the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of Ireland. Delegates to Congress will debate and vote on the […]