SOLIDARITY GREETINGS FROM THE WORKERS PARTY OF IRELAND TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

March 1st 2026

The Workers Party of Ireland sends comradely greetings to the Communist Party of Australia on the occasion of its 15th National Congress taking place on 27 February – 01 March 2026 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Our Party follows the struggles of the Australian Communists, sharing many of the common fights against the barbarous system of capital.

We fight to defend wages, collective labour agreements in the workplaces, pensions and social security rights; oppose massive cuts to social spending on public services and social programmes resulting in job cuts and the loss of public services; intensifying the struggle for the disengagement of our countries from war and the imperialist plans; advancing the struggle to expand workers’ rights; class solidarity with immigrants and refugees; demonstrating solidarity with working-class women against exploitation; and fighting oppression, inequality, expropriated labour, poverty, discrimination, low wages and precarious and socially devalued work.

Our countries remain exposed to the ever-present dangers of imperialist aggression and war. The causes of imperialist wars lie in the predatory nature of the capitalist system and the interests of the exploiters. Fascism is re-emerging across Europe and beyond. The expansion of imperialist blocs, imperialist aggression and growing militarisation represent real threats to peace and the peoples of the world.

The Middle East continues to occupy a position of strategic and geopolitical importance for imperialism. Israel and its imperialist allies have imposed a state of permanent war in the region with decades of relentless and bloody attacks on the West Bank and Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and beyond. The Zionist state of Israel continues its genocidal assault, including the deliberate starvation of the Palestinian people, across the Gaza Strip and has increased its murderous attacks on Palestinian territory in the West Bank, destroying infrastructure and laying siege to refugee camps. All of these war crimes take place with the support of the US, EU and their allies. Imperialism’s plan for Palestine is not a proposal for peace; it is a strategy for subjugation.

As your Congress takes place the latest military attack by the racist state of Israel and the USA on Iran is happening. This is a reprehensible and criminal act. The military aggression of U.S. imperialism and the Israeli government, which is currently under legal process by the International Court of Justice in The Hague for crimes against humanity, is a blatant attempt to destroy Iran and replace the current government with a dependent and despotic regime. Massive US firepower has been assembled in the region and war preparations have intensified in order to impose imperialist plans in the Middle East, creating a real danger of escalation into a wider and generalised conflagration. This aggression will inevitably lead to great loss of Iranian lives and the destruction of the country. The Workers Party of Ireland calls for solidarity with the Iranian people at this critical time and stands with the people of Iran against this naked imperialist aggression. Our Party supports the struggle of the Iranian people against the dictatorship but rejects the attempts of imperialist powers to reimpose the bloody monarchy and manipulate these developments in the interests of imperialism.

We have witnessed recent U.S. aggression against Cuba and Venezuela. This is an imperialist threat not only to Venezuela and Cuba but to all of Latin America which must be opposed.

Our parties will continue to oppose the escalation of tensions and aggression and the barbarity of imperialist war, emphasising the urgent need for the struggle for peace, the demand for the elimination of both the weapons of mass destruction and the causes that give rise to imperialist wars.

The Workers Party of Ireland salutes the long struggle of the Communist Party of Australia to advance the interests of the working class and build a new socialist society. We have no doubt that your deliberations at this Congress will assist in that task.

The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party of Ireland wishes you success in your discussions, sends best wishes to the Australian communists in their continuing struggles and solidarity with the Communist Party of Australia on the occasion of your 15th National Congress.

Yours in comradely solidarity,

Ted Tynan, President

Gerry Grainger, International Secretary

On behalf of the Central Executive Committee

Workers Party of Ireland