EU backs Czech Republic’s anti-communist crackdown — KKE exposes hypocrisy

A new escalation of the anti-communist offensive in the European Union is underway, this time with the Czech government preparing an operation to further criminalize the dissemination, support and defense of communist ideology — and the EU proving yet again its hypocrisy and tolerance for such reactionary measures. 

The alarming developments were raised in the European Parliament by Kostas Papadakis, MEP of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), who exposed the Czech authorities’ plan to equate communist ideas with so-called “totalitarianism” and to apply harsh criminal sanctions.

The Forgotten Holocaust: 60 Years Since The Massacre of Indonesian Communists

By Nikos Mottas

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Indonesian massacres of 1965–66 — one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century, carried out under the banner of anti-communism. 

More than a million communists, workers, peasants, intellectuals, and their families were butchered, while countless others were jailed, tortured, or disappeared. 

Grover Furr: The Betrayal of the Communist Movement in the Soviet Union

Speech by Professor Grover Furr to the Institute for the Critical Study of the Society (ICSS) of Oakland, California, on the subject "The Betrayal of the Communist Movement in the Soviet Union": 

Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, communists had always believed that the only way a socialist state could be destroyed was by hostile forces from the outside. Now we know that this was tragically wrong. The Soviet Union was destroyed by betrayal from within. 

Kaja Kallas's rabid Anticommunism and Russophobia

By Nikos Mottas

Recently, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of People's Republic of China's victory against Japan, the EU High Representative on Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas proceeded to a new provocative statement. During a speech, she said: “Russia turned to China and said: 'Russia and China fought in World War II, we won World War II, we defeated Nazism' and I thought: 'Okay, that's something new'. If you know history, it raises a lot of questions. Nowadays, people don't read much and don't remember history. It's clear that they buy these narratives”. 

Communist Party of Britain on EU's "Black Ribbon Day": A shameless and cynical falsification of history

In a statement posted on the Party's social media pages on Sunday 24 August, the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) condemns the blatant falsification of history by the European Union, on the occasion of the so-called "Black Ribbon Day", which is observed annually on 23 August as a "Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes".

The Communist Party stresses out:

The spectre is still haunting them: German court declares Karl Marx’s teachings "unconstitutional"

"A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism". 177 years since the publication of the Communist Manifesto, the spectre is still haunting the capitalists, the bourgeois governments and their allies.  

Karl Marx and his teachings are still so dangerous for the ruling classes that courts in Europe try to declare them as "unconstitutional". 

A court in Hamburg, Germany, has stated in the details of a ruling concerning a Karl Marx reading group that Marx’s teachings may be contrary to the “free democratic basic order.” 

Lavrov's sweater and the actual meaning of CCCP

The article below was published on 902.gr, official portal of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), on Saturday 16/8 under the title "No matter what they do, CCCP will always mean: Socialism consolidated in battle!". 

Read below the text translated into English:

"In the sidelines of the Trump-Putin meeting, the sweatshirt worn by Russian Foreign Minister S. Lavrov with the initials of the USSR, namely CCCP (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), was commented on worldwide.

The attempt to vilify Lenin in capitalist Russia: On the occasion of the reactionary film "The Mummy"

A new “documentary”, "The Mummy," which premiered in Moscow on June 26, has ignited a firestorm of debate surrounding the legacy of Vladimir Lenin and his final resting place.  

 

Produced by the fervently religious Christian channel “Spas” (Saviour), the film argues for the destruction of Lenin's Mausoleum, portraying it as a satanic temple and a bleeding wound on the soul of the Russian nation. The “documentary” presents a fantastical narrative, linking the Bolsheviks and their leader to a range of dark forces, including Egyptian pharaohs, Babylonian ziggurats, and Masonic conspiracies aimed at global domination by Satan. 

 

Ukraine's regime destroys the last Lenin monument

The reactionary Ukrainian authorities have dismantled the country's last statue of the great Soviet leader and revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, authorities and activists reported on Monday. 

The monument stood in the village of Rudkovtsy in the western Khmelnytskyi Region and was taken down by the local utility service following a request from a group named "Decolonization Ukraine." 

 

According to the group, this was the last known Lenin monument in the country.

 

Grover Furr's Khrushchev Lied is perhaps one of the most important books of the 21st century

By Nikos Mottas

Khrushchev Lied, first published in 2011, is definitely the most emblematic work of Grover Furr, an American Professor of Medieval English Literature at Montclair State University who has devoted years of research on Stalin-era Soviet Union. 

Before going to the book itself, it is significant to underline that Furr isn't an ordinary historian who relies on the dominant narratives and “sacred truths” of bourgeois historiography. On the contrary, he carefully challenges those narratives and “truths”, applying a dialectical approach on history and seeking for the actual facts one by one, usually using an enormous list of thoroughly-searched, primary and secondary, sources.

Question by the MEPs of the KKE regarding the new attempt to ban communist ideology in Czech Republic

Question by the MEPs of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) regarding the new attempt to ban communist ideology in the Czech Republic: 

Backed by the EU, whose official ideology is anti-communism, the Fiala government in the Czech Republic has pushed through despicable changes to the penal code. These changes provocatively criminalize support for communist ideology, equating it with Nazism and making it punishable by up to five years in prison. This paves the way for dangerous developments, such as the banning of the Communist Party and communist activity in the Czech Republic.

Capitalism is dying: More than 30% of young Americans view communism positively, survey reveals

A recent survey conducted the by the reactionary Cato Institute and YouGov provides a quite promising perspective for the U.S society. Despite decades of severe anti-communist propaganda in education and media, a significant number of young men and women in the States seem to hold positive views on the concepts of socialism-communism.  

 

According to the Cato/YouGov survey, 62 percent of Americans aged 18–29 say they hold a “favorable view” of socialism, while 34 percent say the same of communism. 

 

Czech Republic: The despicable attempt to criminalize communist ideology shall not pass!

Rally by the KSČM in Prague (Archive Photo)

Based on the shameful and deeply unhistorical "theory of the two extremes", the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel (a former NATO General), signed on Friday 18/7 an amendment to the criminal code that criminalizes the "promotion of communist propaganda", putting it on a similar level to nazism!

The amendment invokes the known, unhistorical and shameful theory of the "two extremes", thus equating communism with the monster of nazism; under the amended criminal law, the public display of the sickle and hammer or the Soviet flag would incur similar penalty as bearing... swastikas or other Third Reich symbols!

Mexico: Mayor of Cuauhtémoc orders the removal of the statues of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara

Supporters of PCM at Fidel and Che's sculptures

In a completely unjustifiable decision, the mayor of Cuauhtémoc Municipality in Mexico City, ordered the removal of the sculptures of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara which had been placed in 2017 in Tabacalera gardens as a reminder of their first meeting in 1955.

In a report, the official gazette of the Communist Party of Mexico (PCM) "El Machete", stresses out that the argument put forward by Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega was the lack of formal permits for its placement, despite the fact that the work had been there for several years and was recognized by residents and passersby. 

The KKE and its revolutionary action are a thorn in the side of all kinds of anti-communists

Comment by the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE:

The ongoing struggle of the KKE and the mass mobilizations currently taking place in Greece, in which the KKE and KNE are playing a leading role, have placed all kinds of anti-communists in a very difficult position. Supporters of Greece’s greater involvement in the war, alongside Israel and the USA, accuse the KKE of supporting ‘the mullahs’, the ‘theocratic regime’ of Iran,  ‘terrorists’ and even ‘conservatism’ through its stance. They also claim that it it ‘fosters anti-Semitism’ because it supports the just struggle of the Palestinian people, who are being massacred by the murderous state of Israel.

Anticommunism in Kyrgyzstan: The world's largest monument dedicated to Lenin to be dismantled

Kyrgyzstan has joined the group of former Soviet republics in which socialist-era monuments are dismantled. According to eadaily.com, the local authorities of the city of Osh decided to remove the tallest memorial dedicated to the leader of the 1917 October Revolution and founder of the USSR, Vladimir Lenin.

As TASS reminds, Osh is the second largest city after Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The administration assured that the decision was made based on expediency, and not because of Russophobia.

KKE condemns the decision of the Czech government to criminalize the communist movement

Statement by the Press Office of the CC of the KKE

We condemn the decision of the government to criminalize the communist movement in the Czech Republic

We condemn the new anti-communist decision of the Fiala government and the Czech Parliament, which criminalizes ‘any form of support or promotion of the communist movement’ as part of the changes to the criminal code that were adopted.

The European countries where communist symbols and organizations are banned or restricted

By Fernando Ariza

In recent years, various European countries have implemented laws that prohibit the public display of communist symbols, as well as the existence of communist parties, in the context of a reactionary wave of anti-communism. 

Interestingly, at a time when socialism has long since disappeared from the European continent, the authorities are legislating with the aim of criminalizing an ideology that has historically been linked to significant social achievements for workers, especially during the early stage of the Soviet Union. 

Joint statement by the KKE, AKEL, PCP and KSČM in the European Parliament against anti-communist initiative

A joint statement by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the Progressive Party of Working People of Cyprus (AKEL), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) gives a response to the recent despicable, anti-communist proposal by five reactionary MEPs who are members of the European People's Party (EPP). 

The joint statement, initiated by the KKE and addressed to the President of the European Commission and the College of Commissioners, condemns anti-communism and has been also sent to other MEPs for further signatures.

European Parliament: The shameful and unhistorical equation of Communism with Nazism shall not pass!

By Nikos Mottas

A new provocative attempt to equate communism with Nazism and take measures against communist symbols took place in the European Parliament, “Rizospastis” newspaper has reported. Five MEPs of the European People's Party (EPP) asked the Commission to ban the hammer and sickle - which they shamelessly equate with the Nazi swastika (!) - just a few days after the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Anti-Fascist Victory of the Peoples, led by the Soviet Union and the Red Army.