Public meeting on the budget
■ Speech by Eugene McCartan, general secretary of the CPI, at a public meeting on the anti-people budget, 10 December 2009.
Tribute to International Brigaders
■ Lynda Walker’s report of the memorial events for the Spanish International Brigaders Bob Doyle and Jack Jones in Belfast and Derry, 5–6 December 2009.
Interview by the Communist Party of Turkey
■ The general secretary of the CPI, Eugene McCartan, gave an interview to the news portal of the Communisrt Party of Turkey and the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet on the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Women and the European Union
■ Paper presented by Deirdre Uí Bhrógáin, National Executive Committee, CPI, to the Desmond Greaves Summer School, Dublin, 14 September 2009.
Interview with Ali Khavari
■ An interview given by Ali Khavari, first secretary of the Tudeh [Masses] Party of Iran, to Junge Welt (Berlin).
Connolly Sunday, 2009
■ Mícheál Mac Aonghusa, National Executive Committee, CPI, gave the oration at the party’s annual commemoration at the grave of James Connolly in Arbour Hill, Dublin.
NATO: Sixty Years of Imperialist Crimes (2009)
■ A booklet published by the World Federation of Democratic Youth on NATO’s ignoble history.
Interview by the Workers’ Party of Belgium
■ The general secretary of the CPI, Eugene McCartan, gave an interview to Solidaire, weekly paper of the Workers’ Party of Belgium, about the capitalist crisis and its effect on Ireland.
Reflections on the global economic crisis and its likely impact on South Africa
■ This extract from a report to the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party by Blade Nzimande and Jeremy Cronin contains a significant analysis of the crisis of capitalism.
Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel launch new election campaign
■ The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) and the Communist Party of Israel have launched their new election campaign for the approaching general election, in which they will concentrate on the fight against fascism and racism.
Report from Latin America
■ During a tour of Latin America, Seán Edwards, National Executive Committee, CPI, sent a series of reports from Paraguay, Bolivia, and Venezuela.
10th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties
■ The 10th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties took place in São Paulo on 21–23 November, the first time such an event was held in Latin America. Sixty-five parties attended, from fifty-five different countries. The work of the meeting was summarised in a statement issued by the Communist Party of Brazil. The meeting also issued the São Paulo Proclamation—“Socialism is the alternative!”—and a Resolution in Solidarity with the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples.
Tribute to La Pasionaria
■ Speech by Lynda Walker, national chairperson, CPI, on the unveiling of a memorial to the International Brigaders in Belfast, 9 November 2008.
Inherent inequality and instability
■ Speech by the general secretary of the CPI, Eugene McCartan, at the Communist University, London, 19 October 2008.
A good first step
■ Article by Jerónimo Carrera (president of the Communist Party of Venezuela) on the recent meeting of the Union of South American Countries (UNASUR).
The Bolivian right wing resorts to illegal measures
■ Article by Ronaldo Carmona on the threat posed by right-wing forces to the democratic government of Evo Morales.
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