Communist Party of Ireland

The Communist Party of Ireland ( CPI; Irish: na hÉireann Páirtí Cumannach - Communist Party of Ireland ) is a small Marxist party which is active both in Ireland and in Northern Ireland. It was in the Socialist Party of Ireland ( Socialist Party of Ireland ) and was renamed in 1921. 1924, the party was dissolved in 1933 but brought back to life. 1941, the CPI was split into parties Irish Workers' Party and the Communist Party of Northern Ireland in 1970 and reunited back.

In the first half of the 20th century, the party suffered under the strict Catholic Irish society, and its offices were repeatedly burned down. But despite all the opposition, the party of the 1960s to the 1980s, grew steadily. In the late 1980s, many members left the party when the true intentions of Mikhail Gorbachev were seen. The CPI " survived " the 1990s and then began to regroup.

Historically, the party is part of the wing of international communism and the Soviet Union as a model.

The aim of the party is the support of the majority of the Irish to win, to abolish the capitalist system and build socialism. The CPI is against the European Constitution and privatization.

The party is currently (February 2006) by Eugene Mc Cartan cited, the Secretary-General of the CPI. The branch office in Belfast produces a weekly magazine entitled Unity ( Unity ), in Dublin, the monthly Socialist Voice is produced ( voice of Socialism ). In addition to these two cities, the party offices in Galway, Cork and, most recently, in Kildare.

Although the CPI is an official and registered party, they rarely send candidates to the election race - no candidate of the CPI had been successful. The CPI was involved in the trade union movement in the republican movement, and in the Northern Ireland civil rights movement. Some prominent members of the Irish Labour Party are former members of the CPI.

At international level, relations with the Communist Party of Britain and many other European socialist and communist parties are maintained. The CPI operates the bookstore in Dublin Connolly Books and the youth organization called Connolly Youth Movement - both named after the Irish socialist James Connolly.