Statement on the results of the Family and Care referenda

As the results of the Family and Care referendums are announced, a clear No-No result has emerged. The weaknesses of the proposed amendments have already been laid out in a previous statement, but the process of the referendum has exposed serious weaknesses in the Irish left’s approach to the growing threat of the far-right. From … Read more

Statement from the Palestinian Communist Party on the ongoing genocide in Gaza

This statement was originally released by the Central Committee of the Palestinian Communist Party on 03/04/2024, and is republished here with their permission. The escalation of the occupier’s massacres against our people in the Gaza Strip, along with their policy of starvation and siege, continues unabated. The most recent atrocity, the Wheat Massacre in northern Gaza, … Read more

CYM Wexford host succesful housing rally

On Saturday 17 March, the Wexford cumann of the Connolly Youth Movement organised a successful rally, in the Bullring – Wexford’s town centre. The rally saw a wide and enthusiastic attendance and got an engaging response from locals. Leaflets were distributed that laid out our organisation’s position and countered far-right, and liberal lies about the … Read more

Prophet Song: A liberal analysis of fascism

A cautionary tale, but of what? Prophet Song was the bestselling book in Ireland of 2023 in the wake of the Booker Prize being awarded to its author, Paul Lynch. While fictional, it deals quite openly with political issues at the heart of today’s Ireland – the far right, state repression and refugees. What matters, … Read more

Young people give their experiences with the PSNI

Over the last number of months the Connolly Youth Movement has been highlighting that the PSNI is not a force safe for young people; as seen with the fact that it strip-searched 27 teenagers in 2022 – in violation of its own procedures, and the dignity and rights of young people. As part of this … Read more

Letter to the Editor: Perfidious Albion

A PSNI officer on a mobile phone, and a British soldier stand in the foreground. A mixture of PSNI officers and British army soldiers stand in the background, beside a line of PSNI Landrovers.

As I have been walking through Belfast, more and more recently I have been noticing stickers from various British groups. Usually recruiting or propagandising in the north of Ireland has been a taboo for British groups – and I am willing to imagine that it has mostly been ignorant members from England attending the various … Read more

No céad míle fáilte for Canadian warship

On the 12 Feburary, CYM members joined a protest jointly held by the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Cork Neutrality League at the docking of a Canadian warship in Cork city. The warship has been docked for refueling and resupply since Friday. The protest was held to both protest the Canadian government continued support for … Read more

The Decolonial Project and Our Role in It

The first free Irish person will not be born, they will be formed in the national and class struggle that we as socialist-republicans have committed ourselves to.  We face ahead of us a seemingly insurmountable foe. The occupation of our island, the exploitation of the working people of Ireland, and the subjugation of our national … Read more

CYM Dublin host women’s emancipation seminar

This weekend, the Dublin branch of the Connolly Youth Movement held a day-long seminar on the question of women’s emancipation. The seminar began with a presentation looking at the emergence of women’s oppression with the first economic division of labour in the late stages of feudalism.  The seminar centred around the resolution on women’s emancipation … Read more

Israel begins most genocidal operation in Rafah

On Friday, the Israeli Occupation Forces approved their latest offensive into the city of Rafah, and air strikes have already been carried out. A city with a population of nearly 1.5 million, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the IOF to prepare evacuations from the … Read more