According to eyewitnesses the fascist mob used thick chains, knives and even tasers, injuring at least three to four people before disappearing into the surrounding straits.
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Greece – Fascists attacked and injured members of KKE and KNE in Thessaloniki
According to eyewitnesses the fascist mob used thick chains, knives and even tasers, injuring at least three to four people before disappearing into the surrounding straits.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Greece: Fascists, neo-Nazis attack students outside school
KKE: Statement on Greece-France defense agreement
“The people need to understand the essence behind the government’s celebrations, namely the fierce geopolitical competition and negotiations in which Greece is dangerously involved. An integral part of the above is the excessive —and never-ending— expenditure on armament programmes, which mainly serve other objectives and not the country’s defence, while the Greek people are called upon to pay for them with heavy sacrifices.
Monday, September 27, 2021
Dimitris Koutsoumbas at KNE-Odigitis festival: "The KKE is here, for the society of true freedom, for socialism!"
Friday, September 24, 2021
KNE-Odigitis Festival kicked off in Athens (Drone video)
Numerous cultural and political events took place on Thursday, including a music concert by popular singer George Dalaras dedicated to the late iconic composer Mikis Theodorakis, stand up comedy, concerts at the student's stage, as well as a theatrical performance about the Paris Commune and a discussion on the situation in Afghanistan.
The legalization of the KKE in 1974
It was on 23 September 1974 when the Greek government of “national unity”, under Konstantine Karamanlis, was publicly announcing the legalization of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) after 27 years. Alongside with the legislative decree, the government was repealing the infamous Law 509/1947 which was a source of persecutions, exiles, tortures and executions of thousands of communists during the post-war years.
On 25 September 1974 the front page of “Rizospastis”, the official organ of the KKE, was dominated by the Greeting Message of the Central Committee to the working class, the peasantry, the whole people. Here is a significant excerpt of the message:
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Greece: Thousands delivery workers rallied against "e-food" blackmails
Monday, September 20, 2021
Thousands of people attended KNE Festival in Thessaloniki
The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas visited the festival on Thursday 16 September, while the central political event took place on Friday with a speech delivered by the KKE Political Bureau member Kyrillos Papastavrou.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Anti-imperialist protest against NATO Military Committee summit in Athens
The protesters gathered at Eleftherias Square and then marched towards the U.S. embassy, denouncing the strengthening of the so-called Greece-USA “defense agreement” which turns the country into a vast US-NATO military base. The demonstrators called for the decisive organization of the struggle against the dangerous policy of the Greek government, against the country's involvement in the US-NATO imperialist plans which pose grave threats for the people.
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Greece: Thousands joined PAME rally, sent powerful message to Mitsotakis' government
Under the slogan “Only the people can save the people. The justified indignation must become a force of organization and struggle”, numerous protesters from Thessaloniki and the broader region of Central Macedonia sent a militant message to the ND government and the employers.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
"As long as the Soviet Union existed no one was hungry"
Julia Nova, a Greek model and TV presenter (photo), decided to share with her followers the happiness of pregnancy by uploading a photo on her Instagram profile account.
The photo of her wearing a t-shirt with the "USSR" initials on it provoked the angry reaction of anti-communists, right-wingers and various social media trolls who attacked her. Julia, who is of Ukrainian origin, became the target of rude and derisive comments by some users who apparently can't stand in the view of the sickle and hammer.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Statement of the KKE on the death of Mikis Theodorakis
The full statement of the KKE reads:
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
All Greek governments supported the imperialist wars in Afghanistan, says KKE MEP
Papadakis, who is also a member of the Central Committee of the KKE, pointed out that those powers which today present Taliban as potential partners are the same ones which, some years ago, presented them as a threat and used them for reactionary changes against the Afghan people. The KKE MEP said that these powers financed and equipped Taliban in the war against the Soviet Union and the people's revolution in Afghanistan.
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Former KKE MP Antonis Skyllakos dies at 72
Born in Larissa in 1949, Skyllakos studied Law in Athens and participated actively in the anti-dictatorship movement. In 1974 he joined the Communist Youth (KNE) and in 1975 he became member of the KKE.
He was a member of the Party's Central Committee from 1982 to 2009.
Monday, August 9, 2021
Greece fires: The KKE exposes the criminal responsibilities of all governments
With info-graphics published on social media, the KKE exposes the responsibilities of all the Greek governments (both liberal and social democratic), including those of PASOK, New Democracy and SYRIZA.
Friday, August 6, 2021
Greece fires: Remarks by the KKE General Secretary Dimitris Koutsoumbas
In a statement, the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas said:
“The members and the friends of the KKE, its deputies and those elected to regional and municipal councils are in battle positions against the wildfires, by the side of the people who are being tested once again.
Greek Communist Party MEP confirms solidarity with the government and people of Cuba
Today, when a political-media operation and destabilizing attempts orchestrated from the United States take place over Cuba, the Greek MEP reaffirms, in an exclusive interview, his "firm solidarity with the people, the Government and the Communist Party of Cuba" and his conviction of that "Cuba is not alone!", that "Cuba will win!"
Friday, July 30, 2021
47th KNE Festival to be held on 23-25 September in Athens
The festival, which is travelling in many Greek cities and towns throughout July and August, includes political as well as cultural events.
In the country's second largest city and a major port, Thessaloniki, the festivities will take place on September 16-18 at the open space of Karatasios multidisciplinacy park. Kyrillos Papastavrou, member of the KKE Political Bureau, will deliver a speech on the last day.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
KKE blasts joint statement against Cuba signed by Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Specifically, the Press Office of the CC of the KKE issued the following statement:
“The KKE denounces the despicable joint statement supporting the criminal plans of US imperialism against Cuba, signed by 21 Foreign Ministers, including the Greek Foreign Minister, N. Dendias. The joint statement, co-signed by the US Secretary of State, as well as the Foreign Ministers of a bloc of reactionary governments, such as of Israel, Brazil, Austria, Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic states, etc., adopts all the provocative pretexts of the Biden administration’s intervention plan against the people and the government of Cuba.
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Large political rally by Greek and Turkish communists held in Lesvos: Socialism is the future!
"The real enemy isn't the neighboring countries, but capitalism, its monopolies and their imperialist alliances", underlined Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), during his greeting speech at Sappho Square in Mytilene.