Greece: The first pre-election video of the KKE ahead of the parliamentary elections of 21 May

“The only worthy vote for the people and the young generation is the vote for the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which expresses the consistency of words and works; which will not lead to disappointment; which the people and the youth will find by their side in every struggle; which exerts pressure for a sigh of relief; which sheds a light and paves the way for the real way out”, stresses KNE, presenting its first pre-election video ahead of the elections that will be held on 21 May.

The 2-minute video includes footage of the KKE’s activity such as:

RCWP, "MAGA communists" and the imperialist war

The following article was published in 902 portal («Η στήριξη του ιμπεριαλιστικού πολέμου και η «τρικυμία στο κρανίο»), the official news portal of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). on 31 March 2023: 

Recently, the website of the Russian Communist Workers' Party (RCWP) published an interview with Haz Al-Din, a U.S citizen of Arab origin, who alongside with others have created an “online collective” known as “Infrared”. This person considers himself to be a “Marxist-Leninist” and, as the RCWP website informs us in the introduction, he “infiltrates” the U.S Republican Party. Apparently, this is something interesting for the RCWP which decided to present his views in Russia. 

Finland: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Finland's social democrat PM Sanna Marin.

 By Panos Alepliotis.

No, it's not about another unknown Bunuel film. But if he had lived and knew about Finland's election results, he could write a script and direct something similar.

After the Social Democrats did the “dirty work” of throwing the country into NATO and building a 300 km long wall against Russia, they failed to come on top in the elections. No particular surprise... The right came in first place, the ultra-right in second and Sanna only in third place. It seems that the Finns are are ungrateful...

Communist Party of Swaziland's 5th National Congress to be held on April 6-9

The 5th National Congress of the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) is due to be held between 6-9 April 2023 in Mpumalanga region, South Africa.  

The Communist Party of Swaziland, a vivid Marxist-Leninist party in the African continent, was founded in 2011 and consisted a historic move in the struggle of the people of Eswatini (Swaziland) against the authoritarian regime of King Mswati II and the exploitative capitalist system. 

U.S-Britain to nominate Zelensky as next NATO's Chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is going to be nominated for the position of NATO's General Secretary, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg who is set to step down later this year.

According to the State Department's spokesperson Ned Price, President Joe Biden and British Premier Rishi Sunak have both agreed to support Zelensky's nomination in the North Atlantic Council Summit that is due to take place in Brussels in September 2023. The initiative is also endorsed by French President Emmanuel Macron, while the governments of Germany, Italy and Canada are expected to respond positively. 

Communist Party of Turkey (TKP): Vote for exiting from NATO, not for NATO enlargement!

Statement by the CC of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on Turkish Parliament's ratification of Finland’s accession to the imperialist alliance of NATO:

Vote for exiting from NATO, not for NATO enlargement!

Today the Parliament will vote on NATO enlargement. The general assembly of the Parliament will discuss the bill ratifying the protocol on Finland’s accession to NATO.

Austrian Communists slam Zelensky's appearance at Vienna Parliament

The Party of Labour of Austria (PdA) sharply criticises the propaganda appearance of the Ukrainian president Zelensky in the Vienna parliament. 

 

The representative of a war party as well as of a reactionary, repressive regime is out of place in the democratic heart of a neutral country. What is needed is a policy of neutrality and peace instead of NATO war propaganda. 

Communist Party of Mexico: The death of migrants in Ciudad Juárez is a "state crime"

"The Biden-Obrador anti-immigrant policy is responsible for the death of migrants" points out the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Mexico (PCM), concerning the tragic death of at least 40 migrants at the National Institute of Migration Station in Ciudad Juárez, close to the U.S-Mexican border.  

 

In addition to those who died, 28 people were hospitalised after being injured.

More specifically, PCM stresses out: 

Britain’s Communists condemn racist Immigration Bill

'People seeking to build a new life in Britain are being targeted by those who want to divide us', Tony Conway told the Communist Party's political committee on Monday evening (March 27).

'The Tory government at Westminster, the far right and the big business media are using every weapon to stigmatise migrants and asylum seekers instead of addressing the real economic and social problems facing working people and their families', he added.

What is going on in Israel? Far-Right Government in Crisis, General Strike and Mass Protests

Beset by three months of unprecedented protests against his nationalist-religious coalition's signature plan to overhaul the judiciary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday hit the pause button and called for compromise negotiations.

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across Israel in a spontaneous outburst of anger on Sunday after Netanyahu fired his defense minister for challenging his judicial overhaul plan.

Gorbachev ignored data about U.S agents in the Soviet leadership, ex-spy says

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's last President who led the last phase of the counterrevolution, ignored disturbing intelligence reports about the activity of U.S agents in the leadership of the USSR in the late 1980s. Such an accusation was made by former illegal KGB officer, retired Colonel of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Andrei Bezrukov.

According to RIA Novosti, Bezrukov, who is currently a Professor at the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), made this revelation during a speech at the “Digital History” science festival. 

Joint Statement of Communist and Workers' Parties on the one year since the imperialist war in Ukraine

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE COMMUNIST AND WORKERS’ PARTIES ON THE ONE YEAR SINCE THE IMPERIALIST WAR IN UKRAINE

We must strengthen the struggle against the monopolies and the bourgeois classes, for the overthrow of capitalism, for the strengthening of the class struggle against the imperialist war, for socialism!

One year has passed since the start of the imperialist conflict in Ukraine, which is one of the consequences of the tragic situation that has developed for the peoples after the overthrow of socialism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 

KKE: On the war in Ukraine and China’s “proposals for peace”

On the war in Ukraine and China’s “proposals for peace”" 

Their peace is being built upon the ashes and in the fire of the imperialist war

“Those at the top say:
Peace and war
Are of different substance.
But their peace and their war
Are like wind and storm.
War grows from their peace
Like son from his mother.
He bears
Her frightful features.”

— B. Brecht, From A German War Primer

Remembering the Khatyn Massacre in Belarus

80 years passed since the massacre at the Byelorussian village of Khatyn, perpetrated by the Nazis and their Ukrainian fascist collaborators. 149 people, including 75 children, were brutally murdered. 

 

The heinous crime was committed by the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118, composed primarily of Ukrainian fascists, assisted by the Dirlewanger Waffen-SS special battalion. 

20 years since the War in Iraq — An imperialist crime

By Nikos Mottas.

The 20th March 2023 marked the twentieth anniversary since the imperialist invasion of the U.S, Britain and their allies in Iraq.

Back then, the so-called “Iraqi Freedom” operation, initiated by the U.S government under George W. Bush, was an advanced sequel of the first imperialist war in Iraq in 1990-91, within the framework of the Gulf War. The aim was the same: The strengthening of the position of the U.S monopolies in the geostrategically significant region of the Middle East. 

Koutsoumbas s'adresse à la manifestation à Paris: "Le KKE, la classe ouvrière de Grèce est de votre côté"!

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Dimitris Koutsoumbas, Secrétaire Général du CC du Parti Communiste de Grèce (KKE), s'est adressé aux manifestants à Paris, le jeudi 23 mars 2023. 

Koutsoumbas s'est rendu à Paris pour exprimer la solidarité des communistes grecs à la lutte des travailleurs français qui manifestent contre la réforme des retraites du gouvernement Macron. 

Plus tôt dans la journée, le Secrétaire Général a rencontré des grévistes à la Gare Montparnasse qui l'ont accueilli par des applaudissements et des slogans.

Communist Party of Turkey declares its electoral position: "1 Vote Against Erdoğan, 1 Vote For TKP"

The Communist Party of Turkey has declared that all revolutionary, socialist and communist forces representing Turkey’s anti-imperialist, secular accumulation, who have a clear stand against domestic and foreign capital should enter the 14th of May parliamentary elections under a common electoral alliance. 

 

Our party has intensified its work in this regard and made various contacts.

Le Secrétaire Général du KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, participera aux manifestations à Paris

Le Secrétaire Général du CC du Parti Communiste de Grèce (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas sera à Paris demain, jeudi 23 mars, où il rencontrera des immigrés grecs et participera aux grandes mobilisations grévistes des syndicats français contre les mesures des Assurances et retraites promu par le gouvernement français.

Selon le portail 902.gr, la délégation du KKE comprend également les membres du Comité central du KKE et les candidats députés Christina Panagiotakopoulou et Giorgos Perros.

PAME: Long Live the Struggle of the Workers of France

PAME, expresses its solidarity with the working class of France and the new General Strike on March 23 and the big daily mobilisations of the workers.

The working class, the youth and the people of France, with the militant trade unions in the front line, flood the streets of all French cities every day and carry out massive, militant strikes and multiform actions to prevent the imposition of the anti-workers pension reform of the Macron government. They clearly state that they do not accept to work til death.

KKE: Hands Off the Communists of Poland — Protest at the Embassy of Poland in Athens

On 17/03/23, a delegation of the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE, led by the Party’s MEP Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, made a demarche to the Polish Embassy in Athens, protesting against the escalation of the criminalization of communist ideology and action by the Polish government through the vehicle of the recent revision of the Criminal Code, which is due to be activated in the coming months.

What's going on in Venezuela? PSUV plan to assault the Communist Party exposed

Right: PSUV VP Diosdado Cabello (up) & PSUV MP Jesus Faria

Plan to assault the PCV continues: audio of Jesús Faría Tortosa revealed upcoming maneuvers

Caracas, 03-11-2023 (TP Newsroom) - A recently leaked audio revealed that the plan of the leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Psuv) to take the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) by assault continues.

 

It is about a phone call in which Deputy Jesús Faría Tortosa, member of the National Directorate of the Psuv, assures that the so-called "assemblies" organized by the Government of Nicolás Maduro to intervene the PCV continue in some states of the country.

Letter by the Union of Communists of Ukraine — Письмо Союза коммунистов Украины

Letter by the Union of Communists of Ukraine to the SolidNet Parties:

Dear comrades, participants of the annual Meeting of communist and workers' parties,

Bearing in mind the “Statement of the Central Committee of the RWCP, the Communists of Ukraine, Donbass, and the parties of the republics of the Soviet Union” submitted for publication on the solidnet.org website (On military operations in Ukraine following the results of the year of the SMO of the Russian ground forces and the Donbass militia), we inform you that the Union of Communists of Ukraine did not sign and could not have signed this document since it categorically disagrees with its positions. 

Communist Party of Greece (KKE): On the train crash in Tempe and the mass protests of the people and the youth

In statement about the 28th February fatal train crash in Tempe which claimed 57 lives and the current massive protests of the people and the youth throughout the country, the Political Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses out:

1. We salute the impressive protests of the workers, the people and particularly the youth, who have been flooding the streets of cities and villages all over Greece. The mass strike rallies, the actions in workplaces, the multifaceted moving events staged by university and school students together with parents and teachers, the demonstrations are a new, hopeful element amidst the grief and anger caused by the tragedy in Tempe.

Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking on Capitalism

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), two of the most extraordinary scientists of the 20th century, two geniuses of theoretical physics who have defined our understanding of the universe, had shared their thoughts on the exploitative system — capitalism. 

Einstein did it in 1949 through an extensive article in defense of socialism in "Monthly Review and Hawking in 2015 answering a question about artificial intelligence:

ALBERT EINSTEIN