Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The KKE pays tribute to the 48th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
KKE: Statement for the refugee crisis in Belarus-EU borders
More specifically, the statement (here in Greek) issued by the Press Bureau of the CC of the KKE reads:
Friday, November 12, 2021
KKE: Solidarity with Cuba - Imperialist plans will not pass!
More specifically the statement reads (here in Greek):
Friday, November 5, 2021
Demosthenes Ligdopoulos, Greece's first communist hero
Demosthenes Ligdopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1898. At the age of 18, in 1916, he was enrolled at the University as a mathematics student. On the same year, alongside his co-students Sp. Komiotis, Fr. Tzoulatis and Tzoumas brothers, he founded the “Socialist Youth” of Athens. Since then, the socialist ideas and the labor movement became an inseparable part of his life. The Great October Socialist Revolution in 1917 was an event that ignited the flame of Ligdopoulos' revolutionary thinking and activity.
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Vietnam's Vice President visits KKE headquarters in Athens
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan is on a visit to Greece, as the head of a multi-member delegation consisting by the president of the Women's Union, the deputy ministers of Foreign Affairs, Labour and Social Affairs, Planning and Investments, Industry and Trade, as well as other governmental officials. From the side of the KKE the meeting was also attended by Giorgos Marinos, Politburo member, MEP Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos and Christina Skaloumpaka, president of the Greek Women's Federation. The Ambassador of Vietnam in Greece Le Hong Truong also participated in the meeting.
Monday, November 1, 2021
Museum in honor of communist guerrillas unveiled in Greece
The speech was given on the occasion of the inauguration of a Museum-Memorial for the communist guerrilla fighters of EAM-ELAS and the Democratic Army (DSE), who fought against the Axis occupation and during the Greek Civil War respectively. The Museum was a donation by Harisis Tsoutounis who provided a space “in memory of his militant parents”, as well as to “honor the struggle of EAM-ELAS and DSE, to which the people of the area contributed significantly”.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
KKE denounces the despicable anti-communist "resolution" circulated in the European Parliament
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Worker killed at Cosco-owned Piraeus Port in Greece
"It's not the 'bad' moment. It is a result of the intensification of work, the lack of safety measures for our health and our integrity ", the Union of Container Workers at Piraeus Port underlines in its statement, demanding 6-hour shifts, abolition of counter shifts, conversion of all contracts into full and Health and Safety Committees by employees.
Monday, October 25, 2021
KKE: Solidarity with the people of Sudan
“The KKE expresses its full solidarity to the suffering people of Sudan, the working class and the comrades of the Sudanese Communist Party, who are experiencing another coup.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
EU's concern for the rise of far-right extremism and racism is hypocritical, says KKE MEP
KKE MEP Kostas Papadakis speaking in Strasbourg. |
Speaking at the debate concerning the “rise of the right-wing extremism and racism in Europe” on October 20th, the KKE MEP pointed out:
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Flashback: Remembering the 2011 murderous attack against PAME rally in Athens
Friday, October 15, 2021
KKE denounces the new Greece-US military agreement
“The so-called defence —but in reality extremely aggressive— agreement between Greece and the USA constitutes a dangerous development that further entangles our country in the US and NATO war plans in the wider region. Besides, the reference of the US Secretary of State to Greece's contribution to the war in Afghanistan foreshadows many new cases like Afghanistan, with the active participation of Greece.
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Greek communists honored the exiled martyrs of Gyaros
The event, which took place on Saturday 9 October, was organized by the KKE Party Organization of Attica.
Monday, October 4, 2021
KKE: "The mass people's struggle will crush the fascists"
More specifically, the statement reads (here in Greek):
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.
Friday, October 1, 2021
KKE and KNE are committed in the struggle against fascism
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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
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: