Monday, September 27, 2021
KKE on German election: No positive change for the people
Friday, September 24, 2021
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 16, 2021
KKE MEP denounces EU machinations against Cuba
In his intervention, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) MEP Kostas Papadakis strongly denounced the anti-communist provocations against Cuba. More specifically, the KKE eurodeputy said:
Friday, September 3, 2021
Mikis Theodorakis: I want to leave this world as a communist
In his personal letter on October 5, 2020, to Dimitris Koutsoumbas, he wrote: "Now at the end of my life, at the time of reckoning, the details fade from my mind and remain the big picture. So I see that my most critical, strong and mature years were spent under the banner of the KKE. That is why I want to leave this world as a communist."
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.
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
KKE statement on the developments in Afghanistan
The rapid developments in Afghanistan following the collapse of the puppet government, which had emerged in the country after the imperialist intervention of the US, NATO, and their allies, and the rise to power of the Taliban obscurantist movement, which had multifarious support initially by the USA and other capitalist powers, show that the suffering of the Afghan people is endless.
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.
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Slovenia's EU presidency falsifies history by organizing anti-communist conference
KKE-KNE protest at the Slovenian Embassy in Athens. |
Monday, July 12, 2021
KKE: Solidarity with Cuba! Imperialist plans shall not pass!
"Another imperialist plan against Cuba and its people is ongoing during the past hours. The USA, in cooperation with anti-Cuban mafia operating on its territory as well as forces within Cuba openly supporting their plans, are orchestrating protests in Cuba with anti-communist and anti-revolutionary slogans calling for the overthrow of the government. They also magnify and surround these actions with media hype through their enormous propaganda apparatus. They even call for an imperialist “humanitarian intervention” in Cuba, under the pretext of addressing the difficulties caused by the imperialist US blockade itself!
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.
Saturday, July 3, 2021
Greek and Turkish young communists to meet in Lesvos
Dimitris Koutsoumbas (KKE) and Kemal Okuyan (TKP) |
KNE organizes this year's Anti-imperialist camp in Mytilene, Lesvos, under the slogan: “In Greece and Turkey, the enemy is the same: NATO – governments – capitalism! Socialism is the future!”.
The two-day events will conclude with a large political rally on Saturday 10 July, at 8 pm, at Sappho's Square in Mytilene. A speech will be delivered by Nikos Abatielos, Secretary of the Central Council of KNE.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
NATO 2030 strategy is a preparation for war, says KKE MEP
Papadakis highlighted the leading role of the Greek government in the dangerous plans of NATO and stressed that the people have the power to fight against them, by intensifying the struggle in every country for the disengagement from NATO and EU. More specifically, as 902 portal writes, the KKE MEP pointed out:
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Dimitris Koutsoumbas was re-elected General Secretary of the KKE
Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the CC of the Party since 2013, was re-elected in his position.
The 21st Congress assessed the work of the Central Committee and the Party as a whole from the 20th towards the 21st Congress, examined the basic assessments on the international and domestic economic and political developments of that period, the condition of the labour–people’s movement and the Party’s tasks up until the 22nd Congress.
Friday, June 25, 2021
KKE's 21st Congress kicked off in Athens
The Congress' inauguration took place in the Indoor Olympic complex in Galatsi, under the slogan "STRONG KKE. Mind-Heart-Organizer of the Workers-People's Struggle for Socialism".