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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 18h
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🌟TONIGHT 7PM🌟 📍Connolly Books A dominant theme in discourse about #China is allegations of Uyghur genocide and forced labour in the #Xinziang regi
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Communist Party of Ireland welcomes one of the speakers to the Paedar O' Donnell Autumn School, September 12th in Anagaire, Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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. 🧵👇
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Pay Transparency is meant to be legislated for and in place from June. However, they have now said it will not be legislated for until the end of the year, and IBEC is seeking further delays and further watering down. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/a-fu... #lobbying #tradeunion
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There are now over two thousand entire homes available for short-term rental sa Ghaeltacht, in the very same areas where the Irish language is so threatened and supposed to be protected. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/dath... #bánú #gaeltacht #housing
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The dystopian fiction of imperialism, which began with Jack London’s Iron Heel, has returned with a vengeance in the 2020s, increasingly recognised in international literary awards. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/resi... #gliff #alismith #culture #bookreview
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As we move into the summer, developments demonstrate continuing instability and geopolitical reorganisation of global capitalism. Throughout May and June, inflation remained stubbornly above target. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/glob... #capitalism #currentaffairs
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Statement of the Industrial Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland on the public sector pay negoatiations 🇮🇪 #ireland #payrise #union
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Two grassroots protest campaigns are currently challenging the deep complicity of Irish sporting institutions in normalising the Israeli state’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/spor... #stopthegame #irishfootball
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
July 26th is to Cubans, as 1916 is to Irish people. A hopeful, courageous stand for a better life, for sovereignty, dignity and independence. A failure at first but an act that later emboldened a bigger movement of people #hapennybridge #dublincity #1916rising #26DeJulio
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What if you made something, and it was taken from you? What if you had to watch the thing you brought into existence generates enormous profits; none of which made their way back to you? Would it affect you ? Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/revi... #alienation #powerballad
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The recent rioting and pogrom in Belfast was met with the trite, facile interpretations and responses we have grown all too used to hearing. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/sect... #riots #belfast
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A few tickets remaining for Friday & Saturday - don't miss out! All proceeds go to mediCuba-Europe, and their campaign to buy solar powered tuc-tucs for the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana. Link : takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... 🇮🇪 🤝 🇨🇺 l #cuba #ireland #blockade
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The Dublin Cuban Film Festival returns for its third year, bringing three days of cinema from the Caribbean to the Irish capital's cultural quarter venue - THE NEW THEATRE #cuba #unblockcuba Book tickets on the below link : takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Book your ticket now on the link on below 🇨🇺 takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #filmfestival #cuba #unblockcuba #ireland #solidarity
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Statement of the Communist Party of Ireland on Aer Lingus layoffs 🇮🇪 #aerlingus #layoffs #ireland
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Dublin Cuban Film Festival returns for its third year this July, screening at The New Theatre in Temple Bar and supported by the Communist Party of Ireland and the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/07/dubl... #filmfestival #cuba
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We have entered a new more aggressive phase of US imperialism, one defined by intensifying militarism, genocidal interventionism, economic grandstanding, technological delirium, and a tougher line with allies. #imperialism #culture #resources
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Housing. Land reform. The blockade. The La Coubre explosion. Afro-Cuban music. Santiago Álvarez. And much more! The history of Latin America on film Screening in two afternoon blocks on Saturday July 25th. takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #oldmovies #dublin #templebar #DescubreDublin
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Communist Party of Ireland Statement on Aughinish Alumina 🇮🇪
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Martin Scorsese on Soy Cuba: "It wiped the slate clean, and redefined cinema," he said. "If I had seen it earlier, I would have made films in a totally different way. It was unadulterated joy and passion in filmmaking. link : takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #Filmrecommendation
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This failed coup attempt in 1992 defined Venezuela's future. This clip is from Nicolás: From Yare to Miraflores, screening Friday 24th at the Dublin Cuban Film Festival. Tickets link : takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #hugochavez
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This can be taken as my submission to both the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders –sixth edition (DSM-VI)and the International Classification of Diseases–twelfth edition (ICD-12). Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/06/leni... #satire #communism #leftism #ireland
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If you only know Nicolás Maduro from headlines, this is a must-see! The festivals 2nd Irish premiere is Nicolás: From Yare to Miraflores. 📅 Friday 24 July, 7pm 📍 New Theatre, Temple Bar 📅 €10 – tickets in link takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The world votes against the US blockade of Cuba. Ireland joined 135 nations yesterday in condemning the 64-year-long illegal embargo. **#cubasibloqueono #cuba #cubalibre #unitednations #generalassembly** Book tickets for Cuba : takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
'Nicolás: From Yare to Miraflores' The film traces Venezuela's Maduro from his days as a bus driver and union organiser to the presidency, through archive footage, music, and dramatised recreations All proceeds to mediCuba-Europe Book your tickets takeyourseats.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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Community Party of Ireland @socialistvoice.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The government has taken steps to further integrate Ireland into EU and NATO military structures, while churning out the usual refrain that none of this affects ‘our policy of military neutrality’. Read on socialistvoice.ie/2026/06/thre... #neutrality #militarism
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