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Bibliography of publications
of the Communist Party of Ireland

This is a comprehensive list of the publications (excluding periodicals) of the CPI from its found­ing in 1933, including the former imprint New Books. (It should also be borne in mind that the commun­ist party in the South was known as the Irish Workers’ League from 1948 to 1962 and Irish Workers’ Party from 1962 to 1970.)

The entries are arranged by date of publi­cation. Some of the more recent titles are still in print; enquiries should be addressed to Connolly Books.

We realise that this list may con­tain errors or omis­sions, and we would be very happy to receive .



Author Title Place Imprint Date ISBN
Ireland’s Path to Freedom: Manifesto of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1933
Reprinted 1938
[Pat Devine] The Dublin Tram Strike and Unity Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1936
Seán Murray The Irish Revolt: 1916 and After Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland
Jointly published with Commun­ist Party of Great Britain, London
[c. 1936]
Craigavon in the Dock: An Indictment by the Commun­ist Party of Ireland Belfast Progres­sive Publi­cations Society 1938
Communist Party of Ireland Transport in Northern Ireland: Private Profit or Social Service? Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1939
Wlliam Gallacher Freedom or Slavery?: Speech Made at Co-operative Hall, Belfast, by W. Gallacher Belfast Communist Party [1942]
W. H. McCullough Changes Are Needed at Stormont Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1942]
Ireland’s Way Forward: Report of Irish Commun­ist Confer­ence, Belfast, October 1942 Belfast Commun­ist Party 1942
Betty Sinclair Ulster Women and the War! Belfast Belfast District, Commun­ist Party 1942
W. H. McCullough But Victory Sooner . . . Belfast Belfast District, Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1943]
Ireland Looks to Labour [Report by W. H. McCullough to 2nd Congress, 2 October 1943, and text of reso­lutions] Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1943
Michael McInerney Northern Labour and the Commun­ist Party Belfast Commun­ist Party 1943
W. H. McCullough For a Prosper­ous Ulster: An Explana­tion of the Commun­ist Party’s Policy for Northern Ireland Belfast Commun­ist Party [1944]
Michael McInerney The Future of the Belfast Ship­yards: Com­piled as the Result of Discus­sion by Members of the Ship­yard Commun­ist Group (Commun­ist Policy Pamph­let no. 2) Belfast Commun­ist Party [1945]
Ulster and the New Britain: Commun­ist Congress, Belfast, March 1945: Final Reso­lu­tions and Congress Discus­sion Belfast Commun­ist Party 1945
Michael McInerney Your Job—Your Future Belfast Commun­ist Party 1945
Betty Sinclair Homes for Ulster Belfast Commun­ist Party 1945
Let’s Build a New Ulster [elec­tion manifesto] Belfast   1945
Benjamin Farrington The Challenge of Socialism Dublin Editorial Board of Review [c. 1946]
Irish Workers’ League Irish Workers’ Road to Free­dom: Manifesto of the Irish Workers’ League Dublin Irish Workers’ League 1949
James Connolly Songs of Labour Dublin New Books 1952
Andrew Barr North Ireland for Peace and Social­ism Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1952]
James Connolly Labour, Nationality and Religion [1910] Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1954
Reprinted 1962, 1969, 1972, 1983
James Connolly Labour in Irish History [1910] Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1956
Reprinted 1967, 1971, 1973, 1983
Emigration Can Be Ended: Irish Workers’ League Manifesto Dublin   1956
Ireland’s Way Forward: Pro­gramme of the Irish Workers’ Party Dublin
Ireland Her Own: Pro­gramme of the Irish Workers’ Party: Adopted at its Fourth Congress [1962] Dublin Irish Workers’ Party 1963
Ireland’s Path to Socialism: Pro­gramme of the Commun­ist Party, N. Ireland, Adopted at the 11th Congress in Belfast, June, 1962 Belfast Commun­ist Party, N. Ireland 1963
Joseph Deasy Fiery Cross: The Story of Jim Larkin Dublin New Books Publica­tions
Reissued in 2004 by the Irish Labour History Society (of which the author was presi­dent) in honour of his eightieth birthday
1963
Unite Labour: No Surrender to the Monopolies, Invest in Democ­racy, Take Path to Progres­sive Parlia­ment, End Union­ist Domina­tion: Commun­ist Policy State­ment [based on the reports and discus­sion at the 12th Congress of the Commun­ist Party, held in Belfast on 30 and 31 January 1965] Belfast N. Ireland Communist Party 1965
A. Raftery [Paddy Carmody] The Teach­ings of Padraig Pearse (Golden Jubilee Year Series, no. 1) Dublin New Books 1966
Joseph Deasy The Teach­ings of James Connolly: With a Brief Out­line of His Life Dublin New Books 1966
Seán Nolan 1916—Easter Week—1966 Dublin Irish Socialist 1966
James Connolly Revolu­tionary War­fare [1915] Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1968
James Connolly Erin’s Hope: The End and the Means [1897] and The New Evangel Preached to Irish Toilers [1901] Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1968
Reprinted 1972
 
  For Unity and Socialism: Manifesto of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1970
[V. I. Lenin] Lenin on Ireland Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1970
Communist Party Election Manifesto: Unite—Defeat Unionism! Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1970
A Democratic Solution: Programme Adopted by the Commun­ist Party of Ireland, 15th Congress, Belfast Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1971
James Connolly The Re-Conquest of Ireland [1915] Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1972
Reprinted 1983
Betty Sinclair Unemployment Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1972] 978-0-904618-00-6
A. Raftery [Paddy Carmody] The Exploited Island: The Econ­omic and Class Back­ground to Ireland’s Crisis Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1972 978-0-904618-01-3
Britain Created “The Irish Ques­tion”: A State­ment by the Commun­ist Party of Ireland on the Northern Crisis Dublin and Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1972 978-0-904618-02-0
Robert Webb PR in Newtownabbey Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1972] 978-0-904618-03-7
James Connolly Physical Force in Irish Politics [1899] Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [c. 1973] 978-0-904618-04-4
R. Palme Dutt Ireland: Battle­front for Demo­cracy [reprinted from Labour Monthly, July 1974] Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1974 978-0-904618-05-1
Ireland in Crisis: The Communist Answer: Docu­ments of the 16th Congress of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland, Held in Dublin, March 1975 Dublin New Books Publica­tions, for the Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1975] 978-0-904618-06-8
Seán Nolan, editor Communist Party of Ireland: Outline History Dublin New Books Publica­tions 1975 978-0-904618-07-5
Máirtín Ó Cadhain (translated by Seosamh Ó Díochan) The Language Move­ment: A Move­ment Astray [English transla­tion of Gluaiseacht na Gaeilge: Gluaiseacht ar Strae (1971)] Baile Átha Cliath Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann 1975 978-0-904618-08-2
Helena Sheehan Communism and the Emanci­pation of Women Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1976 978-0-904618-09-9
Which Way for Socialism? [a critique of (official) Sinn Féin’s new econ­omic policy, originally published in the Irish Socialist, March and April 1977] Dublin Irish Social­ist Publica­tions [1977] 978-0-904618-10-5
James Stewart Commun­ists Answer Quigley Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1977] 978-0-904618-11-2
Michael O’Riordan Pages from History: On Irish-Soviet Relations Dublin [Commun­ist Party of Ireland] [1977] 978-0-904618-12-9
James Stewart The Struggle in the North Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1977]
Reprinted 1980
978-0-904618-13-6
For People’s Unity: Documents of the 17th National Congress of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland [February 1979] Dublin and Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1979 978-0-904618-14-3
Michael O’Riordan Connolly Column: The Story of the Irish­men who Fought in the Ranks of the Inter­national Brigades in the National-Revolutionary War of the Spanish People, 1936–1939 Dublin New Books

Re­issued in 2005 by Warren and Pell, Pontypool (ISBN 978-0-9548904-2-1)
1979 978-0-904618-15-0
New Life for Our City: The Commun­ist Party’s Plan for Dublin Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1979 978-0-904618-16-7
Taxation and the Economy: Tax the Rich—Not the Workers (Red Paper no. 1) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1979] 978-0-904618-17-4
The Case Against Carnsore: Nuclear Power, Econ­omics and Sovereignty Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1980] 978-0-904618-18-1
[James Connolly] Breaking the Chains: Selected Writ­ings of James Connolly on Women [Belfast] Northern Area Women’s Com­mittee, Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1981 978-0-904618-19-8
For Peace Independence and Social­ism: Docu­ments of the 18th National Congress of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland / Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann, Dublin, May 1982 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1982 978-0-904618-20-4
National Women's Committee Portrait of a Commun­ist Woman: Lily Anderson Belfast National Women's Com­mittee, Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1982 978-0-904618-21-1
Eoin Ó Murchú The Workers’ Party: Its Evolu­tion and Its Future: A Critique [off­print from Irish Social­ist Review, September 1982] Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1982 978-0-904618-22-8
Clondalkin: A Workers’ Victory Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1983 978-0-904618-24-2
Wolfe Tone in Song and Story Belfast CPI Student Group, Northern Area [c. 1984] 978-0-904618-25-9
Peadar O’Donnell Not Yet, Emmet: A Wreath on the Grave of Seán Murray Dublin New Books
Reprinted by Connolly Youth Move­ment, Belfast, 2009
[1985] 978-0-904618-26-6
The Anglo-Irish Agreement: The Commun­ist Analysis Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [c. 1986] 978-0-904618-27-3
Documents of the 19th Congress of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1986 978-0-904618-28-0
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels Clár na Comhar­sheilbhe: Forógra Pháirtí na gCumannach [Irish trans­lation of Manifesto of the Commun­ist Party (1848)] Baile Átha Cliath Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann 1986 978-0-904618-29-7
James Connolly Collected Works [two volumes] Dublin New Books Publi­cations 1987 978-0-904618-30-3
A Spectre Is Haunting Ireland: The Commun­ist Analysis of the Position of Women in Ireland Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1987 978-0-904618-31-0
Democratic Rights: A Communist Party Discus­sion Pamphlet Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1988] 978-0-904618-32-7
West Belfast Branch A Development Programme for West Belfast Belfast West Belfast Branch, Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1988] 978-0-904618-33-4
“Armed Struggle”: The Communist Party’s Open Letter to the Provisional IRA and the Com­plete and Un­edited Contri­butions to the Debate that Appeared in the Party’s Press “Irish Social­ist” and “Unity” (Commun­ist Party pamphlet) Dublin and Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1988 978-0-904618-34-1
Francis Devine Andy Barr: An Undiminished Dream Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland
Reprinted from Saothar: Journal of the Irish Labour History Society, no. 16 (1991), p. 95–111
[1991] 978-0-904618-35-8
James Stewart The Great Orange Myth: The Williamite War in Ireland, 1688–92 (Commun­ist Party pamphlet) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland [1992] 978-0-904618-36-5
Submission to National Forum for Peace and Reconcili­ation Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1995 978-0-904618-37-2
CPI National Executive Committee Commun­ist Party of Ireland Opinion on Issues for All-Party Talks Dublin and Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 1998 978-0-904618-39-6
Common Cause: Programme of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland: Adopted by the 22nd National Congress, Sep­tem­ber 2001 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2002 978-0-904618-40-2
Public Transport: Keep It Public or Lose It to Private Profit Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2004 978-0-904618-41-9
Lynda Walker (editor) Their Songs Not Forgotten: Songs to Com­memor­ate the 70th Anni­versary of the Spanish Anti-Fascist War Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2006 978-0-904618-42-6
For a People’s Politics: Documents of the 23rd National Congress of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland, Belfast, Novem­ber 2006 Dublin and Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2007 978-0-904618-43-3
John Foster Economics for Workers (James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2009) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2009 978-0-904618-44-0
An Economy for the Common Good: Strategy for a New Direc­tion Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2009 978-0-904618-45-7
Deirdre Uí Bhrógáin Women and the Euro­pean Union: Paper Presented to Desmond Greaves Summer School, Dublin, 13 September 2009 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2009 978-0-904618-46-4
Andrew Murray 21st-Century Anti-Imperialism (James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2010) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland
Jointly published with Manifesto Press, London (ISBN 978-1-907464-04-1)
2010 978-0-904618-47-1
12th International Meeting of Commun­ist and Workers’ Parties: Address by Seán Edwards (CPI), and the Tshwane Declar­ation Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2011 978-0-904618-48-8
Build the People’s Resistance—Build the People’s Alterna­tive: Docu­ments of the 24th National Congress of the Commun­ist Party of Ireland, 2010 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2011 978-0-904618-49-5
Repudiate the Debt: For a Better Future Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2011 978-0-904618-50-1
Áine Ní Chathasaigh The Equality Delusion: Paper Presented to the 22nd Desmond Greaves Summer School, Dublin, 12 Sep­tem­ber 2010 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2011 978-0-904618-51-8
Michael Quinn The Making of an Irish Commun­ist Leader: The Life and Times of Michael O’Riordan, 1938–1947 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2011 978-0-904618-52-5
The Challenge for Trade Union­ism Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2011 978-0-904618-53-2
Jorge Cadima The European Union: New Develop­ments in Imperial­ism (James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2011) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2011 978-0-904618-54-9
Robert Griffiths Nationality, Nations, and Imperial­ist Globali­sation (James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2012) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2012 978-0-904618-55-6
Kerry Fleck Saving the Planet or Saving Capital­ism? Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2012 978-0-904618-56-3
Des Guckian An Undesirable Alien: Jimmy Gralton: The Life of a Leitrim Social­ist, 1886–1945 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2012 978-0-904618-57-0
Charlie McGuire Ninety Years of Struggle: The Legacy of the First Commun­ist Party of Ireland (1921) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2012 978-0-904618-58-7
James Petras 21st-Century Imperial­ism: Militar­ism, Collabor­ators, and Popu­lar Resist­ance (James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2013) Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2013 978-0-904618-59-4
An Introduction to the Communist Party of Ireland Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2014 978-0-904618-60-0
Brian Hanley Remember with Rage: Irish Partici­pation in the First World War Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2014 978-0-904618-61-7
Debt: A Weapon Against the People Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2014 978-0-904618-62-4
Eddie Glackin The Bloody Trail of Imperial­ism: The Origins of the First World War Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2015 978-0-904618-63-1
Thomas Metscher The Marxism of James Connolly Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2015 978-0-904618-64-8
Thomas Metscher The Radicalism of Swift Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2015 978-0-904618-65-5
George Gilmore The Relevance of James Connolly in Ireland Today [1970] Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2015 978-0-904618-66-2
Eoghan M. Ó Néill Trading Away Democracy: How TTIP and Other Trade Agree­ments Will Destroy People’s Rights Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2016 978-0-904618-67-9
James Connolly Breaking the Chains: Selected Writ­ings of James Connolly on Women (2nd edition) Belfast Northern Area Women’s Com­mittee, Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2016 978-0-904618-68-6
Greg Godels The Russian Revolution and Its Continued Relevance: James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2017 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2017 978-0-904618-69-3
Break the Connection with Imperialism! Documents of the 25th National Congress of the Communist Party of Ireland, November 2017 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2018 978-0-904618-70-9
The Challenge of Connolly: James Connolly Com­memor­ation, 2018 Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2018 978-0-904618-71-6
Lynda Walker Living in an Armed Patri­archy: Public Protest, Domestic Acqui­escence Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2019 978-0-904618-72-3
Dónal Donnelly The Legacy of Peadar O’Donnell Belfast Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2019 978-0-904618-73-0
An Introduction to the Communist Party of Ireland (2nd edition) Dublin Commun­­ist Party of Ireland 2020 978-0-904618-74-7
Capitalism Cannot Solve Its Many Crises: James Connolly Memorial Lecture and James Connolly Commemoration Dublin Commun­ist Party of Ireland 2020 978-0-904618-75-4


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