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Monthly journal and media outlet of the Communist Party of Ireland
As multiple war zones on the world map trace the urgent imperialist demand for escalation and violent intervention in economic and geopolitical arenas Read on
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#imperialism
#ireland
#defeatism
1 day ago
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On 17 March 1991, over 148 million Soviet citizens voted in a national referendum on whether to preserve the Soviet Union. Read on
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#USSR
#history
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Mick O'Riordan - The Man We Knew
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#ireland
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Mick O'Riordan - The Man We Knew
On the twentieth anniversary of his passing, join us for an evening of memories and discussion on the life of Mick O'Riordan
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5 days ago
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At the threshold of the imperialist era, when the Enlightenment’s promises gave way to war, repression, and new forms of domination, contradiction — the irreconcilable tension between hope and terror — became central to art. Read on
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#Goya
#arthistory
#art
8 days ago
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In 2004, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, known as Frontex, was set up. It is tasked with aiding EU member states with border control, specifically in the Schengen area Read on
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#EU
#refugees
#frontex
9 days ago
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#Mayday
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11 days ago
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The anger and uprising of people is inevitable whenever reaction escalates. It is an example of the dialectical nature of social movements. The reaction of the imperialists will always produce an opposite movement. Read on
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#imperialism
#ireland
15 days ago
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Press headlines in Washington on Patrick’s Day 2026 were carrying the news that Joe Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Centre, and once a staunch MAGA supporter, had resigned. Read on
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#ireland
#US
#imperialism
17 days ago
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The Irish ruling class, its subservient media and academia, along with a well-funded global network of “think tanks” connected to the military-industrial complex, continue to subvert
#neutrality
and push ahead for the removal of the
#TripleLock
Read on
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21 days ago
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Available data indicate that attacks in the West Bank are no longer merely a temporary escalation in the level of violence; rather, they have evolved into a systematic pattern Read on
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#settlers
#westbank
23 days ago
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Since the turn of the century, China has been undergoing its own green industrial revolution. In 2023, China was responsible for the production of over 80% of the world’s solar panels Read on
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#china
#ecology
24 days ago
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The escalating conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is often presented as another regional crisis in the long history of Middle Eastern wars. Read on
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#imperialism
#US
26 days ago
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Latin America has been the laboratory to test neoliberalism. After the coup in Chile in 1973, the “Chicago Boys” trained by Milton Friedman implemented neoliberalism, resulting in disaster. Read on
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#currentaffairs
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27 days ago
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James O’Toole’s recent article on “comprador theory” raises an important and serious political concern.He is right to insist that the Irish ruling class must not be portrayed as innocent intermediaries. Read on
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#compradorclass
#economics
#currentaffairs
29 days ago
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The biggest threat to US unipolarity would be a grand coalition of China, Russia, and perhaps Iran an “antihegemonic” coalition united not by ideology but by complementary grievances. Read on
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#imperialism
#US
#currentaffairs
about 1 month ago
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CPI STATEMENT ON FUEL PROTEST
#ireland
#fuelprotest
about 1 month ago
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The United States has entered what can fairly be described as a new Cold War with China. The language has changed, but the methods are familiar. Read on
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#china
#US
#currentaffairs
about 1 month ago
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In 2019, James @nvmbertheory made the move from the great city of Cork, with a population of 224,000 people, to a megacity of 21 million, one of the most populous on earth. Read on
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#Cork
#RebelCounty
#China
#PeoplesRepublic
about 1 month ago
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There may be a temptation on this side of the Irish Sea to regard as entertainment the recent scandals among the upper echelons of Britain’s ruling class Read on
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#EpsteinFiles
about 1 month ago
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Is international law progressive, reactionary or neutral? Before answering, one needs a Marxist understanding of law. Read on
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#intenrationallaw
#marxisttheory
#icj
about 1 month ago
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Cuba has transformed its electricity system in just 12 months, increasing solar power from 5.8 per cent to over 20 per cent of total generation as the country races to escape dependence on oil imports now blocked by US sanctions. Read on
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#Cuba
#Solar
about 1 month ago
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Chris Cullen is standing in the Scottish Parliament elections on May 7th as a member of the Communist Party of Britain in the Edinburgh and Lothians East region. Read on
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#CPB
#elections
#communism
about 1 month ago
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Reformism and liberalism manifest themselves in all sorts of ways. They are so endemic that they have become part of the human psyche. They are a central part of protests and campaigning, no matter what the cause. Read on
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#nhs
#healthcare
#sixcounties
about 1 month ago
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Politically and economically, Ireland has reconciled itself comfortably with imperialism and positioned itself as a conduit economy between peripheral and core, benefitting significantly from capital flows and FDI. Read on
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#TradeUnion
#KarlMarx
about 1 month ago
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The attacks and machinations against Irish neutrality by the coalition government, arms companies, security think tanks and the military establishment continue to gather momentum. Read on
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#neutrality
#ireland
#EU
#NATO
about 1 month ago
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is more than a Gothic tale; it is a politically charged meditation on science, ethics, and social responsibility. Read on
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#Frankenstein
#MaryShelley
#LordByron
about 2 months ago
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Let us compare two intellectuals—one who understood Marx’s words and another who was a captive of a “pure socialism” which existed only in ideals.Michael Parenti passed away recently and Noam Chomsky fell from grace Read on
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#inmemoriam
#michaelparenti
about 2 months ago
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It is not uncommon to hear dismissal of trade unions among leftists: too conservative, don’t mobilise enough, too eager to make deals with employers and so on. Read on
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#tradeunions
#left
about 2 months ago
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For almost two decades,Friends of the International Brigades Ireland(FIBI) gather in Spain to mark important dates in the history of Spanish anti-fascist struggle with other Spanish and international groups Read on
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#battleofjarama
#spanishrepublic
#war
about 2 months ago
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Once again, the spectre of another war haunts the Persian Gulf. The Biden—and now Trump—administration has orchestrated a massive military build-up in the region Read on
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#iran
#US
#imperialism
about 2 months ago
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When Central America’s military dictatorships faced a spiritual threat from liberation theology, they responded with a campaign of arrests and assassinations through the CIA’s Banzer Plan Read on
socialistvoice.ie/2026/03/enem...
#Honduras
#latinamerica
#Tegucigalpa
#JuanOrlandoHernández
about 2 months ago
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The Danish establishment was happy with its subordinate relationship with the US and willing to allow the US to expand its military footprint and assert greater control over Arctic shipping lanes. Read on
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#Greenland
#US
about 2 months ago
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The novel is not only a landmark of revolutionary fiction but the culmination of his socialist thought and a foundational text of dystopian literature, emerging directly from the advent of imperialism. Read on
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#JackLondon
#TheIronHeel
about 2 months ago
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Highlighting an external threat allows Israel to intensify its activities in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nablus under the banner of counter-terrorism. Read on
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#Iran
#Israel
#Media
2 months ago
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The political and economic space in which the Irish state operates is increasingly shaped by the growing inter-imperialist contradictions within the NATO/EU bloc, which is itself a manifestation of the general crisis of capitalism. Read on
socialistvoice.ie/2026/02/iris...
#neutrality
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Irish Establishment Running Out of Road on Sovereignty and Neutrality
The political and economic space in which the Irish state operates is increasingly shaped by the growing inter-imperialist contradictions within the NATO/EU bloc, which is itself a manifestation of…
https://socialistvoice.ie/2026/02/irish-establishment-running-out-of-road-on-sovereignty-and-neutrality/
2 months ago
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Events surrounding the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás
#Maduro
on 3 January by the US continue to cause confusion and division on the Left worldwide as people try to understand what happened. Read more on
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2 months ago
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Communsit party statement on
#womansday
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Société Générale was fined $1.34 billion for processing $5.5 billion in Cuba-related payments. ING bank was fined $619 million for Cuba wire transfers. Read on
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#Cuba
#US
#sanctions
2 months ago
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823) established a US sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere, which considers Latin America as the backyard of the US and treats any interference there as an act of war. Read on
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#Venezuela
#US
#Imperialism
2 months ago
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The growing clash between the European Union and the United States tells us something important about how capitalism works and why ordinary working people keep finding themselves exposed to shocks they did not create. Read on
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#EU
#US
#currentaffairs
2 months ago
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“Liberals are being radicalised”, claims Cameron Harrison. The People’s World journalist and trade union organiser arrived in Minneapolis on the eve of the Shutdown to support the Twin Cities Communist Party Club. Read in full on
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#Minneapolis
#ICE
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2 months ago
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Communsit party of Ireland statement on iran
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Sean defined himself as a communist for most of his life, and Eileen shared his convictions. Their home was filled with modernist art, Van Gogh prints, Soviet cinema, the Jooss Ballet, and friends such as Harry Pollitt. Read on
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#resistance
#ireland
2 months ago
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Right now, Venezuela and Palestine in the current “ceasefire” period serve as an unfortunate litmus test for the interrupted pipeline of anti-imperialist solidarity Read on
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#charity
#Solidarity
3 months ago
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There is no rupture; NATO is not under threat. This is at least our third time going through this theatre of ‘Trump is so unreliable the special relationship is in danger’. Read on
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#NATO
#EU
#neutrality
3 months ago
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With Donald Trump drawing so much attention to his outrageous demands and acts of international piracy, it is hardly surprising that, with notable exceptions, little attention is paid in Ireland to problems caused by the European Union. Read on
socialistvoice.ie/2026/02/capi...
#CPI
#EU
3 months ago
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Instead of strength, what they encounter is a union that chooses weakness. It treats confrontation as an inconvenience and protection as optional. Read on
socialistvoice.ie/2026/02/when...
#workplace
#union
3 months ago
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The US-led imperialist bloc is far and away the leader in military power. 53.6% of global military spending is by the US alone; when including its NATO and other allies such as Japan, the figure is 74%. Read on
socialistvoice.ie/2026/02/us-e...
#Imperialism
#usa
3 months ago
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