The world has been shocked by the appalling scenes of police violence in a mining strike last week. Communists in the north west of South Africa have called for the arrest of company unionists Mathunjwa and Steve Kholekile as the basis for stability in the Rustenburg mines and for the immediate establishment of an Presidential Investigation Task Team.
STATEMENT FROM THE CP of Ireland: The Communist Party of Ireland views with concern the announcement of the re-forming of an Irish Republican Army; which could have a detrimental effect on the peace process that the majority of Irish people have endorsed. This has nothing positive to offer the present political situation.
COMMUNISTS IN IRELAND: Stop austerity and bullying by voting No!
At the regular meeting of its National Executive Committee the Communist Party of Ireland once again called on working people to resist the bullying and ideological terror now being unleashed by the Government to force the people to support the Austerity Treaty and to come out and vote No.
JOINT DECLARATION: NATO, the threat to world peace!
Read on for the Joint Statement signed by 35 communist and workers parties from all over the world on the NATO Summit held in Chicago on the 20-21 May 2012.