"The Secretariat of the European Communist Initiative deplores and condemns the plans of the bourgeois classes and governments of Sweden and Finland to join NATO. This is a move that entangles the peoples of both countries, the whole of Scandinavia, and overall in great dangers and adventures.
Thursday, June 9, 2022
The enlargement of NATO is a threat to the peoples — Statement by the European Communist Initiative
Friday, June 3, 2022
Denmark's communists stand up against NATO and EU
“Tonight Denmark has sent a very important signal. To our allies in Europe and NATO and to Putin”, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen declared echoing the aspirations of the Danish bourgeois class. “Denmark now can partake in the European cooperation on defense and security. And for that I’m very, very happy”, the Prime Minister added.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
KKE slams Mitsotakis' government for sending tanks to Ukraine
BMP-1 tank of the Greek Armed Forces. |
Friday, May 6, 2022
Koutsoumbas: “The right side of history is the struggle against the imperialist war in every country”
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
KKE: On the imperialist war in Ukraine and the stance of the CPRF
“A struggle for markets and for freedom to loot foreign countries, a striving to suppress the revolutionary movement of the proletariat and democracy in the individual countries, a desire to deceive, disunite, and slaughter the proletarians of all countries by setting the wage slaves of one nation against those of another so as to benefit the bourgeoisie; these are the only real content and significance of the war. ” - V.I. Lenin, The Tasks of Revolutionary Social-Democracy in the European War, Collected Works, Vol 26, pp 1
All the above, underscored by the leader of the October Revolution more than one century ago, are absolutely true as regards the war in Ukraine. Many articles to date have highlighted aspects of the fight over markets, raw materials, and commodity transport routes.
Sunday, April 17, 2022
The struggle against the imperialist war in Ukraine and Greece's participation in it
The imperialist war in Ukraine, following the unacceptable invasion of Russia, continues. The conflict between the USA, NATO, EU with capitalist Russia carries the risk of generalization and Greece is “up to the neck” on the side of Euro-Atlanticism. The government, with the support of SYRIZA and KINAL, has transformed the country into a military base. The US bases, for which all governments bear responsibility, are used. Greek military unites and armaments are sent to the “eastern front”.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
D. Koutsoumbas: “We do not choose a camp between thieves, we choose the camp of the peoples”
The demonstrators united their voices under the slogan “No to the imperialist war in Ukraine”. They demanded that our country's involvement should stop. They shouted that they will not accept that the people pay the price of the war, that they face high prices that erode the income of the working class and greater energy poverty.
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Massive anti-war rally of the KKE in Athens
KKE rally in Syntagma Square, Friday 1 April 2022. |
Waving red flags and shouting anti-imperialist slogans, the demonstrators raised their voice against the imperialist war in Ukraine and expressed their firm opposition to Greece's involvement in the dangerous US-NATO-EU plans.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Ukraine's decommunization and the rise of fascism
The process of the so-called “decommunization” in Ukraine was introduced during the first years of the restoration of capitalism in the USSR and included the slandering and erasing of anything related to the Soviet period and the construction of socialism.
This term was also used by the President of today's capitalist Russia, Vladimir Putin, in his anti-communist statement prior to the invasion, saying characteristically that “we are ready to show you what genuine decommunization means for Ukraine”. It is not a coincidence that anti-communism is a common feature of both the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev as well as the leadership of capitalist Russia, at a time when the two sides are waging a bloody war against the people on behalf of their bourgeois classes.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Resolution of the CC of the KKE on the Imperialist War in Ukraine
ON THE IMPERIALIST WAR IN UKRAINE
1. The KKE, from the very first moment, denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressed its solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
D. Koutsoumbas: "The people of Ukraine have become a punching bag among ruthless imperialists"
Now they are being told that they must pay the price of Greece’s participation in imperialist war. To pay ‘the price of participation in the war for freedom’, as the Prime Minister, K. Mitsotakis, said.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
The stance of the communists towards the imperialist war in Ukraine
The inter-imperialist confrontation between the Euro-Atlantic powers (USA, NATO, EU) and Russia in Ukraine inevitably brings to the fore serious ideological-political disagreements and chronic contradictions that exist in the international communist movement.
The Russian invasion and the war in Ukraine emphatically highlights the misconception that exists in part of the communist movement concerning the issue of imperialism. A number of self-proclaimed “communist” forces are either unable, or deliberately avoid, to conceive imperialism through Leninist criteria. Instead, they disconnect economy from politics, overlook the fact that the competition between the monopolies is the basis for the sharpening of international conflicts and focus unilaterally on the aggressive foreign policy of specific states and alliances (e.g. USA, NATO, EU).
Monday, March 7, 2022
War and the dirty role of social democracy
From left to right: Olaf Scholz, Alexis Tsipras, Pedro Sanchez. |
“If you had picked up the phone to call the party leaders, I might have told you my opinion, but not now after the fact, like the other political leaders. I would tell you that it would be better to send humanitarian aid, it would be better to send non-lethal equipment, like Spain and Italy did”.
Friday, March 4, 2022
European Communist Initiative on Ukraine war
"Three decades after the dissolution of the USSR and the imperialist war in Yugoslavia, a new war broke out on European territory. The unacceptable Russian military intervention and invasion of Ukraine has been prepared all the previous years through the USA, NATO, and EU intervention, their support for the reactionary government of Kyiv, the paramilitary mechanisms andfascist groups in Ukraine as well as the plan for the economic, political, and military encirclement of Russia.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
KKE leader Koutsoumbas blasts PM Mitsotakis on Greece's involvement in Ukraine war
In his speech, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, GS of the CC of the KKE, stressed, among other things, the following:
KKE MEPs reject EU Parliament's resolution on Ukraine
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Dimitris Koutsoumbas: No to imperialist war! Greece’s involvement must stop immediately!
The event took place in Lamia, the native city of Aris Velouchiotis, leader of ELAS and cadre of the KKE.
Friday, February 25, 2022
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU): Statement on Ukraine war
In 1999, at the heart of Europe, NATO, the USA, the EU, and their allies bombed Yugoslavia. Today, in 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine in an unfair and destructive war. Nevertheless, where are hidden all those who in 1991 were trying to persuade all the peoples that the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the overthrows in the countries of Eastern Europe were taking place in favor of international security and global peace?
Thursday, February 24, 2022
UKRAINE WAR: Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties — No to the imperialist war!
An independent struggle is needed against monopolies and bourgeois classes, for the overthrow of capitalism, for the strengthening of the class struggle against imperialist war, for socialism!