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COMMUNIST PARTY OF IRELAND / PÁIRTÍ CUMANNACH NA hÉIREANN

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The Communist Party of Ireland is an all-Ireland Marxist party founded in 1933. Its aim is to win the support of the majority of the Irish people for ending the capitalist system and for building socialism—a social system in which the means of production, distribution and exchange are publicly owned and utilised for the benefit of the whole people.

Páirtí Marxach uile-Éireann a bunaíodh ininsa bhliain 1933 is ea Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann. Is é aidhm an pháirtí tacaíocht thromlach mhuintir na hÉireann a bhaint amach do dheireadh a chur leis an gcóras caipitleach agus do thógáil an tsóisialachais—córas sóisialta ina bhfuil na córacha táirgthe, dáileacháin agus malairte i seilbh an phobail agus ina n-úsáidtear iad ar mhaithe leis an bpobal iomlán.

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From the October issue:
The Dublin bus dispute: Defending workers’ rights
Over the course of September, Dublin Bus workers carried out six days of strike action, and had planned a further eleven days in October. Towards the end of September, after three full days and one thirty-hour continuous negotiation, the five trade unions representing all seven grades of workers managed to secure an offer of an 11¼ per cent pay increase. This is a significant achievement for the workers and their unions, who had to battle the management and, more importantly, their political paymasters in the Department of Transport for every penny gained. Continue | Ar aghaidh

News ▼ Nuacht

Statement on debt Reports in the media confirm that the state has paid more than €40 billion (€40,000,000,000) in interest on the bank bail-out in the last five years—almost the same amount as the bank bail-out itself, the CPI says in a statement. This confirms what the party has been saying since the banks were bailed out.	Ráiteas ar na fiacha Dearbhaíonn tuairiscí sna meáin gur íoc an stát níos mó ná €40 billiún (€40,000,000,000) mar ús ar tharrtháil na mbanc sna cúig bliana seo caite—beagnach an méid céanna a caitheadh ar tharrtháil na mbanc féin, a deir an CPI i ráiteas. Dearbhaíonn an tuairisc seo a bhfuil á rá ag an bpáirtí ó tarrtháladh na bainc.

Rotten to the core The EU Commission has ordered Apple to pay €13 billion in back tax to the Irish state. This windfall tax should be put immediately into the National Pension Fund to guarantee future workers’ pensions, the CPI says in a statement.	Úll lofa go smior Tá Coimisiún an Aontais Eorpaigh tar éis ordú go n‑íocfadh Apple €13 billiún i riaráistí cánach don stát Éireannach. Ba chóir go gcuirfí an t‑amhantar seo isteach láithreach sa Chúlchiste Náisiúnta Pinsean, ionas go gcinnteofaí pinsin oibrithe amach anseo, a deir an CPI i ráiteas.

Unveiling of memorial to Jim Gralton On Saturday 3 September a memorial to the Co. Leitrim communist Jim Gralton was unveiled by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, at the site of the Pearse-Connolly Hall in Effrinagh. An address was given by Eddie Glackin, member of the National Executive Committee of the CPI. Nochtadh leacht cuimhneacháin in onóir Jim Gralton Dé Sathairn 3 Meán Fómhair nocht uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, leacht cuimhneacháin in onóir Jim Gralton, cumannaí as Co. Liatroma, ar shuíomh Halla an Phiarsaigh agus an Chonaíligh in Ifrinneach. Thug Eddie Glackin, ball de Choiste Feidhmiúcháin Náisiúnta an CPI, aitheasc. Eddie Glackin and President Higgins Eddie Glackin agus an tUachtarán Higgins

Political statement At a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland in late August the political situation was discussed and evaluated.	Ráiteas polaitiúil Ag cruinniú de Choiste Feidhmiúcháin Náisiúnta Pháirtí Cumannach na hÉireann ag deireadh mhí Lúnasa pléadh agus measadh staid pholaitiúil na tíre.

Stop the TTIP!

The “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” being negotiated between the United States and the European Union is a threat to democracy that would attack workers’ rights, erode social standards and environmental regulations, dilute food safety rules, and destroy digital privacy laws.

Cuir stop leis an TTIP!

Is bagairt ar an daonlathas í an “Pháirtíocht Thrasatlantach Trádála agus Infheistíochta” atá á plé idir na Stáit Aontaithe agus an tAontas Eorpach a dhéanfadh ionsaí ar chearta oibrithe, a chreimfeadh caighdeáin shóisialta agus rialacháin imshaoil, a lagódh rialacha sábháilteachta bia, agus a mhillfeadh dlíthe um phríobháid dhigiteach.

Events ▼ Imeachtaí


		Dublin		Baile Átha Cliath
		Thursday 13 October, 7 p.m. Cuban information evening Mr Obama: Unblock the blockade! More than fifty years after the United States unilaterally imposed its blockade on Cuba, it has cost the Cuban people over $125 billion—more than $4½ billion during the last year alone. ▶Unite House (55 Middle Abbey Street) Hosted by Unite		Déardaoin 13 Deireadh Fómhair, 7 i.n. Tráthnóna eolais faoi Chúba Mr Obama: Unblock the blockade! Níos mó ná caoga bliain ó chuir na Stáit Aontaithe imshuí ar Chúba ar a chonlán féin, tá níos mó ná $125 billiún caillte ag muintir Chúba—níos mó ná $4½ billiún sa bhliain seo caite amháin. ▶Unite House (55 Sráid Láir na Mainistreach) Á chúr i láthair ag Unite


		Dublin		Baile Átha Cliath
		Wednesday 19 October, 7:30 p.m. Constance Markievicz: From revolutionary feminist to minister for labour Speakers: Paddy Kavanagh (general secretary, TEEU), Patrick Quigley (author of Sisters Against the Empire), Pádraig Yeates (labour historian, author of The Lockout), Éamon Devoy (labour historian), Siobhán Cleary (director and writer). ▶TEEU Head Office (6 Gardiner Row) Organised by the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union Cainteoirí: Paddy Kavanagh (ardrúnaí, TEEU), Patrick Quigley (údar Sisters Against the Empire), Pádraig Yeates (staraí luch oibre, údar The Lockout), Éamon Devoy (staraí lucht oibre), Siobhán Cleary (stiúrthóir agus scríbhneoir). ▶Príomhoifig an TEEU (6 Rae Gardiner) Á eagrú ag an gCeardchumann Teicniúil, Innealtóireachta agus Leictreachais		Céadaoin 19 Deireadh Fómhair, 7:30 i.n.

Latest publications ▼ Foilseacháin is deireanaí

Eddie Glackin, The Bloody Trail of Imperialism: The Origins of the First World War · €8 (£6)

Thomas Metscher, The Marxism of James Connolly · €3.50 (£2.75)

Thomas Metscher, The Radicalism of Swift · €3.50 (£2.75)

George Gilmore, The Relevance of James Connolly in Ireland Today [1970] · €3 (£2.30)

Eoghan M. Ó Néill, Trading Away Democracy: How TTIP and Other Trade Agreements Will Destroy People’s Rights · €3.50 (£2.75)

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