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‘We only want the Earth’
New year’s statement from the Communist Party of Ireland
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Oil and gas prices are rising due to the illegal war against Iran, but new nuclear power plants will only make things worse as their costs also escalate, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
THE Communist Party of Ireland sends revolutionary greetings to Ireland’s working class, family farmers, students and apprentices, and to all those forces fighting to create a better future for our people.
The coming year will see continued attacks upon the living standards of our class and further degradation of health services, education, housing, and the environment, both north and south of the British-imposed border.
The “new government” in the 26 counties has yet to be formed but as it will be dominated by Fianna Fail and Fine Gael with a replacement for the Greens, it will be a case of more of the same.
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Communist Party of Ireland Statement on International Working Women’s Day 2025