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Monthly journal and media outlet of the Communist Party of Ireland
Everyone's worried about a "crisis of democracy," but this piece argues the real problem isn't Russian interference or populism, it's that capitalism and democracy have never actually gotten along. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/illu... #democracy #capitalism
Controlling the narrative isn't just about billionaires like Elon Musk running social media, or EU bodies pushing coercive laws under the banner of a 'European Democracy Shield.' Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/manu... #ManufacturingConsent #History #Education
In his book, O’Neill makes an excellent effort to “restore both the genealogy and context of the cultural construction of both Irish states in the first three decades of partition” Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/cult... #Partition #books #colonialism
Jack Chambers wants public sector workers to accept restraint, pointing to a pay bill that's jumped 55% since 2020 as proof the state can't afford more. Forsa isn't buying it. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/publ... #PublicSectorPay #IndustrialAction #Ireland
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. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/leni... #lenin #marxism #vietnam #Trotskyism
On Calle O’Reilly in Old Havana there is a plaque on the wall which says, in Irish, Spanish and English: “Two island nations on the same sea of hope and struggle; Cuba and Ireland.” Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/24th... #IMCWP #Havana #colonialism #migueldiazcanel
The Irish people are broadly ‘left-wing’ when we look at support for typically social-democratic or socialist positions on things like housing, healthcare, neutrality and transport. Yet govt of FF and FG continue to be against these. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/the-... #ireland
This summer, Belfast saw the worst of its colonial legacy, and the best of its working-class resistance. In June, racist pogroms tore through the city while the state stood by. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/buil... #Belfast #Gaeilge #Irishlanguage
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. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/work... #northofireland #inflation
The Irish 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 Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/irel... #ireland #NATO #triplelock
On 29 August 2026, Icelanders rejected EU accession by 52.8% to 47.2%, on an extraordinary 82.5% turnout. The verdict was a decisive rejection of Brussels’ neoliberal discipline and the erosion of national sovereignty Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/09/icel... #iceland #Europeanunion
In this sprawling epic, Christopher Nolan takes Odysseus, the Trojan War veteran of mythic poetry, and fashions him into the everyday used-up soldier who has survived the imperial misadventure; left living with guilt over foul deeds Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/film... #TheOdyssey
The stakes could not be higher. If the Triple Lock is scrapped we are one step closer to Ireland becoming a 32 county NATO outpost. People of military age in Ireland will be sent to fight and die in imperialist wars for the axis of genocide. #TrippleLock #irishneutrality
The Communist Party of Ireland welcomes one of the speakers to the Paedar O' Donnell Autumn School, September 12th in Anagaire, Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh
From the racist violence witnessed in Belfast to protests outside accommodation centres and anti-immigration demonstrations across the country, a familiar political argument is repeatedly advanced. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/the-... #immigration #analysis #ireland
The Industrial Committee of the Party has taken the opportunity to interview one of our members who is a union activist in the Public Sector to get their view on this mobilisation. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/impo... #workersrights #tradeunions #IFUT
The Peadar O’Donnell Autumn School is back. 📍 Scioból an Phobail, Mín na Craoibhe, Anagaire 📅 Saturday 12th September A day of history, international solidarity, and music in the heart of the Gaeltacht. 🧵👇
Regardless of his style, Trump is allowed, even encouraged, to launch a programme of measures compatible with the interests of the empire. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/trum... #Trump #USimperialism #China #Lenin
The Government’s Summer Economic Statement sets Budget parameters for 2027: an €8.5 billion package, involving €7 billion above the 2026 expenditure ceiling and €1.5 billion of tax measures. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/gove... #budget2027 #irishpolitics #ictu #betterinatradeunion
Since the Andy Burnham's comment on Irish Unification have rekindled the discussion on the topic, here is a repost of the analysis of the Communist Party of the Good Friday Agreement(April 2023). Read on socialistvoice.ie/2023/04/the-... #goodfridayagreement #andyburnham #unitedireland
We met our old pal, Ilya Klemyonov, from the Communists of Russia party, at their new premises in Leningrad. In an ironic twist of globalisation, the office sits literally next door to an Irish pub called‘The Irishman’. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/from... #Russia #Putin #UkraineWar
Football is the global language of ordinary people. It is played on any suitable surface (and many unsuitable surfaces) by working people in every corner of the world. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/the-... #football #FIFA #worldcup #capitalism
The systematic subversion of left-wing governments across the continent, Washington has consistently treated Latin America as a backyard to be controlled, not a region of sovereign nations to be respected. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/cuba... #26DeJulio #Cuba #USimperialism
Growing up during the cold war, China was a 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 Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/disc... #china
Power determines not only whether rights can be enforced, but which rights and freedoms prevail when they come into conflict. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/the-... #imperialism #power #Palestine #Cuba #marxism
The Berlin Strategy is a blueprint that builds on Colby's 2026 US National Defense Strategy–a plan that sees the EU buy historic amounts of US military hardware in order to help the US counter the rise of China. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/08/nato... #Nato #Militarisation #EU #Germany
Rioting, violence, racist attacks, attacks on homes, forcing people out of communities, thuggery, attacks on workers took place over a few nights from 9 June, largely concentrated in Belfast and in loyalist-dominated areas. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/belf... #belfast #imperialism
The latest event in the series of Connolly Conversations, public meetings on current topics held in Connolly Books in Dublin, focused on the developments in the Western Balkans. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/west... #balkans #US #fuel
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. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/cuba... #icap #cuba #interview
