We salute the workers, youth, women and pensioners of Europe and the world. We honour the bloody uprising in Chicago and the heroic struggles of our class and draw inspiration from them for our struggle today.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
European Communist Action on May Day 2025: Long live the struggle of the people! Long live socialism!
Statement on the occasion of the International Workers' Day, on 1st May 2025:
Tudeh Party of Iran: Message of condolences for the victims of the explosion in Bandar Abbas
Message of Condolences of the Tudeh Party of Iran to the Families of the
Bereaved and Victims of the Explosion at Rajaee Quay in Bandar Abbas:
Based on reports from domestic and foreign media, around noon on Saturday, 26 April 2025, a fire broke out at Rajaee Quay, located 23 kilometres west of Bandar Abbas. The blaze initially started in a limited number of containers. It quickly spread to other containers within the area under the supervision of “Sina Gostaresh Company”, leading to powerful explosions. The resulting sound waves and air pressure were audible and felt within a 50-kilometer radius.
Monday, April 28, 2025
15 years of attacks on the working class and the popular strata of Greece
These days mark 15 years since the social-democratic PASOK government
announced the activation of the “support mechanism” for the Greek
economy by the EU and the IMF.
This was followed by three agreements (memoranda) with the EU for the “salvation” of the Greek economy, accompanied by thousands of anti-people laws at the expense of the working class and the popular strata.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Monument in honor of Joseph Stalin to be installed in the Russian town of Mozhaysk
A new monument dedicated to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin will be installed in Mozhaysk, a town approximately 100 km west of Moscow, local media reported.
The bust of Stalin and the pedestal have been delivered to the city and are being installed at the location agreed upon by the administration, in the Glory Square in the center of Mozhaysk, not far from the Eternal Flame.
The inauguration of the monument is going to take place on 8 May, at 11 am local time.
Friday, April 25, 2025
Reflections on Pope Francis, the Influence of Religion on Italian Politics and the False Myths of the “Radical Left”
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio and head of the Catholic Church since March 13, 2013, has passed away. As with the death of his predecessor, the “emeritus pope” Benedict XVI—whom the Italian state honored with a national day of mourning and ceremonial tributes typically reserved for top political offices—Bergoglio’s death has strongly entered the public debate. Italy has ordered flags at half-mast and the cancellation of various sporting and cultural events, including some planned for the anniversary of the founding of Rome, along with extraordinary security measures.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Communist Parties of India condemn Pahalgam Terror Attack in Jammu and Kashmir
The Communist Parties of India, CPI(M) and CPI, strongly condemn the terrorist massacre in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, that led to 28 deaths of innocent people.
The attack, which took place on 22 April, is considered the deadliest in years in the Indian-administered Kashmir area.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Rebranding Vatican
The entire "progressive" world is delirious for the death of Pope Francis. The "Pope of the Poor" - as he was called - leaves this world praised for his positions in favor of migrants and refugees, against "social inequality" and for the "defense of peace."
Of course, the truth is that Francis was chosen by the Roman Catholic Church at a time when the Vatican was plagued by the revelation of pedophilia scandals, embezzlements and corruption.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Communist Party of Sweden's 39th Congress to be held on 30-31 May in Stockholm
The International Section of the Communist Party of Sweden (SKP) has announced that the Party Congress will take place on 30-31 May 2025 in Stockholm:
The 39th Congress of the Communist Party
of Sweden will be held in Stockholm on the dates of 30-31 May under the
slogan "We Strengthen Our Party in the Struggle for Peace and
Socialism”.
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Marx, Engels and Lenin against Individual Terrorism
By Nikos Mottas
Is the murder of a capitalist an "act of revolution"? Does the workers' movement, the working class in general, gain anything if someone places a bomb in the headquarters of a multinational company? Practically speaking, who benefits from individual acts of terrorism?
The so-called "left-wing terrorism," that is, individual terrorism with a "leftist," "revolutionary" ideological and political guise, has its roots in various anarchist trends of the 19th century.
Friday, April 18, 2025
World Federation of Trade Unions on May Day 2025: NO to war economies, YES to the class struggles
Statement by the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) on the occasion of this year's International Workers Day on 1 May 2025:
Read in English & Español
The International Class-oriented Trade Union Movement, the workers, and the militant unions all over the globe honor with struggles the 139th anniversary of the workers’ struggle in Chicago in 1886.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
155th birth anniversary of V.I. Lenin: Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties
Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties
on the 155th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin
on the 155th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin
The Communist and Workers’ Parties, which co-sign this Joint Statement, would like also in this way to honour a great revolutionary and theorist of scientific socialism, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, as 22 April marks the 155th anniversary of his birth.
Monday, April 14, 2025
TKP: Letter to the 35 richest capitalists from Turkey
Letter by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) to the 35 capitalists from Turkey listed among the world’s billionaires:
Your names have appeared in a recent list published by an international financial magazine. The Turkish edition ran the list under the headline: “Billionaire Turks”, noting that “The total wealth of the 35 Turks on the billionaires list stands at $79.5 billion. This is a record.”
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Reflections on the US Communist Movement: William Z. Foster’s History of the CPUSA
A highly interesting and informative article published in "New Worker", the official publication of the Communist Workers’ Platform of the USA (CWPUSA):
Introduction
The communist movement in the US is in a dire state. The working class in the US finds itself without a genuine Communist Party, as the historical Party has mutated into, at best, a social-democratic mass organization.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Partisans for Peace: On the 80th anniversary of Italy's liberation - Against rearmament and imperialist war

Eighty years after those events, the Communist Front of Italy, with the support of the Front of Communist Youth, is launching a popular mobilization for April 25th, reviving the slogan "Partisans for Peace" against imperialist war and historical revisionism regarding Italy's war of liberation.
Friday, April 11, 2025
40 years since the death of Enver Hoxha
Today, 11th April 2025, marks the 40th death anniversary of communist revolutionary and leader of Socialist Albania, Enver Hoxha. A controversial political figure, Hoxha led Albania from 1944 to 1985.
Enver Halil Hoxha was born on 16 October 1908 in Gjirokastër. He graduated from the lycée in Korçë in 1930 and then studied at the University of Montpellier in France. He was a school teacher at the French lycée in Korcë until the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939, whereupon he was dismissed for refusing to join the newly-formed Albanian Fascist Party. Hoxha then opened a tobacco shop in Tiranë, which, in time, became the center for a communist cell.
Trade wars and tariffs are the normality of capitalism
Article originally published in Rizospastis, Organ of the CC of the KKE, on Thursday 10/4/2025. Translated by Nikos Mottas.
The fairy tales about a "peaceful" redistribution of the world, which flared up with Trump's election, the bargaining over Ukraine, and the ceasefire in the Middle East, have collapsed with a blast. Those who try to whitewash the imperialists with such lies and hide their irreconcilable rivalries under the carpet are shamelessly provoking the people.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
SACP: 32 years since the assassination of Chris Hani
The dawn of Thursday, 10 April 2025, marked 32 years since Comrade
Chris Hani, our SACP General Secretary, was assassinated in cold blood.
Hani, the communist revolutionary, was a husband, a father, an uncle –
everything that aligns with our African structures of family and
relatives.
His assassination permanently deprived his wife, Comrade Limpho, of a husband, and their children of a father. It robbed his entire family of a brother and an uncle, and the community and nation of a leader.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Kemal Okuyan: Boycott, Republic and Revolutionary Stance
Article by Kemal Okuyan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), which was published on April 8, 2025, on soL News Portal (Boykot, Cumhuriyet ve devrimci iddia):
It is impossible for the discussions on “”Who’s part of the boycott, why are they included, and who’s in and who’s out of its scope?” not to shift towards “where does the capital start, where it ends”.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Communist Party of India (Marxist) elects M.A Baby as its new General Secretary
The 24th congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which concluded in Madurai on Sunday, elected M.A. Baby, Polit Bureau member since 2012, as its General Secretary for the next three years.
Mr. Baby, formerly the Education and Culture Minister in Kerala, is the second leader from the Kerala unit to helm the party nationally. He succeeds Sitaram Yechury who passed away on 12 September 2024.
Mr. Baby, formerly the Education and Culture Minister in Kerala, is the second leader from the Kerala unit to helm the party nationally. He succeeds Sitaram Yechury who passed away on 12 September 2024.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
KKE denounces European Union's new anti-communist initiative for the "European Day of the Righteous"
In a statement, the EU Parliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) denounces the new initiative of the European Union which equates Communism with the monster of Nazism.
More specifically, the KKE statement (here in Greek) reads:
"With the EU Commission being the initiator of a debate-parade of anti-communists in the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the EU is working on another anti-communist and unhistorical 'day of remembrance' under the name of 'European Day of Righteous'.
World Federation of Trade Unions suspends operation of its Middle East regional office in Syria
The Secretariat of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), in an extraordinary Meeting held on March 27, 2025, examined the recent public statements issued in the name of the WFTU Middle East Regional Office, as well as the statements made by the GFTU of Syria.
These statements support the jihadist regime, which is the result of the interventions of the imperialist powers that want to seize the wealth of the region.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Enver Hoxha: Revolutionary communists expect China to come out openly against Khrushchevite revisionism

Enver Hoxha's 1962 statement was the following:
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
AKEL for the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the anti-colonial struggle in Cyprus
In a statement, the Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL) pays tribute to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the struggle for the end of the British colonial rule in Cyprus, which began on 1 April 1955.
The statement of AKEL stresses out:
"AKEL honors the heroism and struggle of the children of Cyprus who fought against the British colonial yoke and gave their lives on the battlefields, in torture and on the scaffold, for the freedom and self-determination of our homeland.
Communist Party of the Workers of Spain on the coal mine accident in Asturias: Profits Vs workers' lives
Concerning the terrible coal mine accident in Degaña, Asturias region in northern Spain which resulted to the death of five workers, the Asturias Committee of the Communist Workers' Party of Spain (PCTE) issued a statement, stressing out the following:
"From
the Asturias Committee of the PCTE, we would like to express our
condolences and sorrow to the families, colleagues, and friends of the
five miners who died at the Zarréu/Cerredo mine (Degaña), as well as our
support and encouragement to the four colleagues who are hospitalized
with varying prognoses.
Russia: After 95 years on public display, Lenin's body will be laid to rest in Ulyanovsk
101 years after his death and 95 years on display in the famous Red Square Mausoleum, Vladimir Lenin will share the fate of ordinary people. The decision by the Russian Interior Ministry, made three days ago, is already causing major reactions, both from communists and Russians regardless of ideology.
According to the decision, the Mausoleum will be permanently closed and Lenin's body will be buried in his birthplace, Ulyanovsk, on September 3, 2025, in an official ceremony attended by high-ranking government officials.
According to the decision, the Mausoleum will be permanently closed and Lenin's body will be buried in his birthplace, Ulyanovsk, on September 3, 2025, in an official ceremony attended by high-ranking government officials.
Monday, March 31, 2025
KKE's Secretary Koutsoumbas: Mitsotakis' meeting with war criminal Netanyahu an insult to genocide victims
Prime Minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis' meeting "with war criminal Netanyahu, while the
genocide of the Palestinian people continues and escalates, is an
insult to the victims of this crime, but also an insult to the Greek
people who consistently express their solidarity with the suffering
people of Palestine," stated Communist Party of Greece (KKE) General
Secretary Dimitris Koutsoumbas on Monday.
Koutsoumbas was commenting on the Greek prime minister's meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Israel on Sunday.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
URGENT statement of the European Communist Action in solidarity with TKP
The European Communist Action condemns the brutal repression and mass arrests of demonstrators, journalists, etc., including members and cadres of the Communist Party of Turkey, who oppose the unacceptable actions of the Turkish state in relation to arresting and removing from office the elected mayors in Istanbul, which means violation of right to vote and to be elected. These choices are in service to the political interests of the ruling AKP government and highlight its blatant disregard for any and all democratic processes.
Mexican Communists on Teuchitlán mass grave: Drug cartels and mafia are linked to the bourgeois state
By Nikos Mottas
Earlier this month, on March 8, the discovery of a suspected training and extermination camp for a drug cartel has sparked outrage across Mexico.
More specifically, activists unearthed a mass grave in a ranch called Izaguirre farm, in the Teuchitlan region of the state of Jalisco, which is estimated to contain personal belongings, as well as cremated remains of at least 200 persons.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Communist Parties across the world express solidarity with the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP)

Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
The KKE condemns the decision of the Turkish state and the AKP government to arrest and remove from office the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the repression of demonstrations and the mass arrests of demonstrators, including cadres of the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Youth of Turkey, as well as journalists.
Communist Party of Britain: Spring Statement confirms Labour’s aim to be the war-mongering party of the military-industrial complex
Responding to the Labour Spring Statement today (March 26), Communist Party General Secretary Robert Griffiths commented:
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has put on her tin-foil hat to announce the government’s intention to make Britain a “defence-industrial superpower”.
This Spring Statement confirms Labour’s aim to be the war-mongering party of the military-industrial complex.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Statement of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia on the 26th anniversary of the 1999 NATO bombing
In a statement about the 26th anniversary of NATO's imperialist bombing of Yugoslavia, which took place from 24 March to 10 June 1999, the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) stresses the following:
Today, as we mark 26 years since the brutal NATO aggression against the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, we stand united in condemning the imperialist rampage that brought devastation to our homeland. The scale of the bombing was immense—cities were reduced to rubble, countless civilians lost their lives, and the destruction of vital infrastructure continues to affect the health of our people and the environment even today.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Communist Revolutionary Party of France (PCRF): Two years since the mass strikes in France, conclusions and prospects for the European workers' movement
Contribution of the Communist Revolutionary Party of France (Parti communiste révolutionnaire de France - PCRF) in the conference organized by he European Communist Action (ECA) on Sunday 16 March in Paris, under the theme: "Conclusions and perspectives for the labour movement in Europe":
"Today's topic, “Two years since the mass strikes in France, conclusions and prospects for the European workers' movement”, is a particularly important one for the French working class, not only because of the intensity of the struggle in 2023, but also because of its length, the mass movements of two years ago being the peak of a long-term battle.
Monday, March 24, 2025
KKE denounces Imamoglu's arrest, expresses solidarity with the Communist Party and the people of Turkey
In a statement (here in Greek) concerning the ongoing developments in Turkey, the detention and imprisonment of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the mass protests, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses the following:
"The KKE denounces the decision of the Turkish state and AKP government to arrest the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, and to remove him from his office, the suppression of the demonstrations and the mass arrests of demonstrators, including members of the Communist Party (TKP) and the Communist Youth of Turkey, as well as journalists.
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Turkish communists respond to Erdogan's attempt to delegitimize mass protests: People Will Break the Game
The political developments that began on March 19 with the detention orders issued for more than 100 people, including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and journalist İsmail Saymaz, continue to unfold.
On the first day of these events, the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) declared, “We Call on Our People to Organize Against AKP Tyranny.” And today, the Party has called for protests in several cities, especially in the three major metropolitan cities, with the following appeal:
On the first day of these events, the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) declared, “We Call on Our People to Organize Against AKP Tyranny.” And today, the Party has called for protests in several cities, especially in the three major metropolitan cities, with the following appeal:
Thursday, March 20, 2025
What is "ReArm Europe"? Multi-tool of warfare against the peoples
The EU has announced the “ReArm Europe” program worth 800 billion euros, signalling a rapid increase in its war spending.
It is thus reinforcing the war economy strategy and armaments of the previous period, escalating its involvement in the imperialist war in Ukraine. Its aim is to play a leading role on the Ukrainian front in conditions of heightened Euro-Atlantic antagonisms and US-Russian bargaining.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
KKE on Trump-Putin call: Imperialist peace and arrangements are the other side of imperialist war
In a statement issued on Wednesday 19 March, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) refers to the recent call between U.S President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concerning the situation in Ukraine. The statement (here in Greek) reads:
“The drumbeats about a ceasefire in the 3-year imperialist war in Ukraine, between the US, NATO, EU and capitalist Russia, cannot overshadow the real facts and the painful reality of the continuation of the war that tortures the peoples of Ukraine and Russia, as well as the dangers for other peoples.
Communist Party of Turkey condemns the detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other prominent figures as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links. It was a dramatic escalation in an ongoing crackdown on the opposition and dissenting voices in Turkey.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued detention warrants for the mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, and some 100 other people. Among those detained was Imamoglu’s close aide, Murat Ongun.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Conference of the European Communist Action: The struggle of the working class and its movement is the real catalyst of developments
The European Communist Action (ECA) conference took place on Sunday 16 March in Paris, on the theme: "Conclusions and perspectives for the labour movement in Europe".
The conference, organised two years after the major workers' mobilisations in France, which shook the country and the whole of Europe, aims to exchange the views and experiences of the CPs of ECA the on the workers' movement in Europe.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Trump's tariffs analyzed from a class perspective
By Charles Andrews*
The key to a capitalist economy is the state of its capital accumulation. That goes for understanding tariffs in particular.
— U.S. tariffs were successful in the late 19th century. Capital accumulation was vigorous, and tariff protection helped develop domestic industries.
— The 1930 Smoot-Hawley tariffs certainly did not help when the boom of the 1920s had already collapsed into a deep depression. Capitalism cannot evade the law of the falling rate of profit; boom turns into bust.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Mass graves of executed communists from the Civil War discovered in northern Greece
By Nikos Mottas
Two mass graves containing the remains of executed communists from the 1946-49 Civil War have been discovered in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city.
The graves were uncovered during redevelopment work close to the national resistance memorial, thus increasing the total of such sites in the area to six. The location of the graves indicates that it was likely used for the execution of political prisoners due to its proximity to the notorious Yedi Kule prison.
Friday, March 14, 2025
No to the rearmament of Europe: Statement on the imperialist war in Ukraine and the EU’s arms race
Joint statement from the Communist Front Political Bureau and the Front of Communist Youth National Secretariat on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine:
1. Three years after the escalation of the war in Ukraine between the Russian Federation and the US-EU-NATO Euro-Atlantic alliance, the conditions under which peace talks or cease-fire negotiations are presented once again demonstrate that this war has nothing to do with the “defense of European values” and democratic freedoms, nor with the alleged “anti-fascist” values that are instrumentally invoked by both factions.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
New York City's working class is hit by extreme poverty
Something is very rotten in the heart of the American Dream. In 2025, when the total net worth of the 10 richest Americans is $1.774 trillion, the working class of the largest metropolis in the U.S. faces the consequences of capitalist barbarism.
A new report by a research group at Columbia University and Robin Hood, an anti-poverty group, reveals a brutal reality: One in four New Yorkers lives in extreme poverty. This means that the city's poverty rate is nearly double the national average.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Communist Party of Turkey leader Kemal Okuyan on the solution process regarding the Kurdish Issue
Interview with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), Kemal Okuyan, published in the March issue of TKP's monthly newspaper, Boyun Eğme:
Nowadays, everyone asks everyone else: "Do you support or oppose the new Solution Process?". So, let's start from here: How does TKP view this new process?
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
KKE: Protests for the anti-communist, anti-democratic persecutions in Ukraine and Russia
Press release of the IRS of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE):
On 11 March 2025, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) held a picket outside the Embassy of Ukraine in Athens, while a delegation of the KKE and KNE affixed a letter of protest to its door.
With this protest, the KKE and KNE condemned the prolonged political persecution, arrest and torture of Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich, members of the Ukrainian Communist Youth League (Komsomol).
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Communist Party of Greece condemns the massacre of minorities by Syria's jihadist regime
In a statement (here in Greek) concerning the massacre of more than 1,000 civilians, mostly Alawites, by the jihadist ruling forces of Syria, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses out:
"The KKE condemns the heinous crimes in Syria by the jihadist regime, which was imposed with the intervention of the states of Turkey and Israel and with the support of the US and the EU.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
International Working Women’s Day 2025: Statement by the European Communist Action

March 8 was proclaimed as
International Working Women's Day by the Second International
Conference of Communist Women held in Moscow in June 1921.
Working-class women live in a world of exploitation and inequality, expropriated labour, low wages and precarious and socially devalued work. They face, poverty, discrimination, harassment, problems in accessing healthcare, and are forced to confront the harsh consequences of repeated attacks on social security protections and the absence of free proper childcare facilities.
Friday, March 7, 2025
D. Koutsoumbas: The KKE's position on the nature of the war in Ukraine is confirmed once again
During the debate in the Parliament on 5 March, Dimitris Koutsoumbas,
General Secretary of the CC of the KKE, referred, among other things,
to international developments and the war fronts, noting the following:
“One of the things you told the people to justify our country’s involvement in the war in Ukraine in the role of a NATO stooge was that we are supposedly on the 'right side of history'. Among other things, this involvement has hit the pockets of our people, especially due to high energy bills.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Joint struggle of the communists in Greece and Turkey against the US bases and NATO
Elisseos Vagenas,
member of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Head of the Party's International Relations
Section, gave an interview to the Turkish newspaper "Cumhuriyet":
— Greek newspapers Dimokratia and Ta Nea claimed that US President Donald Trump has decided to close the alleged US base in Alexandroupoli, Greece. However, US officials issued a statement on the allegations, saying that “the US does not have a base in Alexandroupoli, it is a Greek facility to which the US has access under the Mutual Defense Cooperation Treaty.” What is your assessment of these discussions?
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
KKE: Statement of the Political Bureau of the CC on the mass strike rallies of 28 February 2025
STATEMENT OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE CC OF THE KKE
On the mass strike rallies of 28 february 2025
1. The PB of the CC of the KKE salutes the
more than one and a half million demonstrators, workers, employees,
self-employed, small traders and craftsmen, farmers, youth, parents with
their children, artists, intellectuals and many others, who flooded the
squares all over the country and abroad on 28 February, two years after
the crime of Tempe. The people have spoken and the government, the
bourgeois state and their mouthpieces have finally kept silent.
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