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Tuesday, Feb 7th 2012


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EU unions’ No to EU stability treaty

Please circulate this statement far and wide within your trade union
UNI Europa, the European regional organisation of the UNI global trade union federation, has described the EU fiscal stability treaty as “anti-social, anti-democratic and anti-European.” Trade unions are mobilising across Europe to stop governments from cementing in neo-liberal austerity policies for years to come.
“With this [...]

December edition of the Socialist Voice out now!

The December edition of the Socialist Voice is out now (PDF) or from the Communist Party of Ireland Socialist Voice website.
Articles in this issue include:

Monopoly capitalism: “technocracy” or fascism? [NL]

The outing of “social Europe” [CMK]

The budget: Make the poor, the sick, children and pensioners pay [EMC]

Enda’s big speech [MA]

A tale [...]

Who Is Running Ireland?

Statement from the Communist Part of Ireland.
The revelation that documents relating to the forthcoming budget were found today (17 November) in the German Bundestag, with German politicians poring over their contents, while neither Dáil Éireann nor, most importantly, the Irish people have seen or read what is in store for them, is almost beyond [...]

Occupy Dame Street: A positive development but lacking a class understanding

On 8 October 2011 a group of people pitched tents on the plaza outside the Central Bank in Dame Street and began a protest against Irish and international finance. Inspired in part by events in New York, as well as the M15 movement in Spain, the Occupy Dame Street protest has become not only a [...]

The November edition of the Socialist Voice is out now

The November edition of the Socialist Voice is out now
Areas cover in this issue are:-

Should Ireland remain in the euro?
Occupy Dame Street: The left must become involved
Occupy Dame Street:A positive development but lacking a class understanding
Did Lenin ask for a stimulus package?
The unemployment experience.
Job losses batter Co. Waterford
Crisis in social housing worsen.
The impact of the [...]

Political Statement from the Communist Party of Ireland

At an extended meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland, on Saturday 12th November, communists from around the country gathered to discuss the deepening crisis of the system and its impact on the people, north and south.
The meeting reaffirmed the party’s view that the present crisis is part of the [...]

The Great Oil and Gas Rip-off

The decision by Pat Rabbitte, Minister for Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources, to issue thirteen new exploration licences for oil and gas in Irish territorial waters is nothing more than the complete abandonment by this state of any control of these resources that belong to the Irish people or the right to derive any significant [...]

Greek Trade Union Leader George Pontikos, Speaking on 13th of Oct, Teachers’ Club, Parnell Sq, at 6pm

George Pontikos, a trade union leader in PAME (All-Workers Militant Front) one of the leading forces in the current struggle in Greece will be speaking at:
The Teachers’ Club,
36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Thursday 13th Oct at 6pm
PAME is the most militant trade union formation and has called numerious general strikes and mass protests.

How Broke is the State? A Review of “An Audit of Irish Debt”

With very little media attention or analysis, the first quality report on the scale of Irish debt was published in September. It was compiled by Dr Sheila Killian, Dr John Garvey and Frances Shaw of the University of Limerick and sponsored by the Debt and Development Coalition, Afri, and Unite.
Here we briefly review the report [...]

October issue of Socialist Voice is out now

The October issue of Socialist Voice is out now. View it here or right-click this link and select save as. It includes an interview with Kóstas Papadákis, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, on developments in Greece and the capitalist crisis that took place over the weekend 1st - 2nd October.
Full table [...]

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Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father:

Tracing the Decisions

That Shaped the Irish Economy,

by Conor McCabe

from The History Press

Now Available as an e-Book.

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