How the Portuguese Communist Party assesses the negative electoral result of 18 May

Alarming news are coming from Portugal. The far-right, ultra-conservative and xenophobic party Chega has become the main opposition party for the first time, following  the final tally of ballots from abroad in a May 18 snap Parliamentary Election.

The centre-right Democratic Alliance of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro won 91 seats in the 230-seat single-chamber parliament, including two from out-of-country voting. While it garnered more seats than in 2024, it again fell short of a majority needed to end a long period of instability. 

TKP: The Claim of “Terror-Free Turkey” and Our Struggle for “Turkey Free from Exploitation”

A 27-point statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on developments in Turkey and the region.

1. The Imperialist system is not limited to the USA alone. Nor is it a nebulous enemy to blame at will. Imperialism is the name for the world system dominated by international monopolies. In this system, capitalist countries compete with each other to seize a larger share of the world’s wealth and to conquer new areas of investment and exploitation. 

Venezuela: PSUV claims landslide victory in sham elections boycotted by the majority of opposition

Parliamentary and regional elections were held on Sunday in Venezuela, with the ruling social-democratic United Socialist Party (PSUV) electing governors in 23 out of 24 provinces.

According to the official figures from the National Electoral Council (CNE), the governmental coalition Great Patriotic Pole "Simón Bolívar," dominated by the PSUV, received 82.68%, with 17.31% of the votes going to the opposition parties that participated in the elections, while the majority chose to boycott the process. The official voter turnout in the elections was 42.66%, while opposition forces claim it was much lower.

 

KKE initiative on Palestine: D. Koutsoumbas sent a letter to the presidents of the opposition parliamentary groups

Mitsotakis and Netanyahu (Archive Photo)

On Thursday 22 May, in light of the dramatic developments experienced by the Palestinian people due to the brutality of the Israeli state, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the GS of the CC and President of the KKE Parliamentary Group, sent a letter to the leaders of the opposition parliamentary groups (excluding the fascists of the ‘Spartans’ party). Despite the different positions held by political parties, the letter was sent based on the unanimous decision of the Greek Parliament in 2015 to recognize the Palestinian state.

Kononovich brothers detained again in Kyiv: "Zelensky's Regime Wants Us Dead"!

On May 22, 2025, brothers Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich were unlawfully detained in Kyiv. Currently held as political prisoners, they are under house arrest with GPS monitoring bracelets. 

According to the brothers, they were walking to a hospital when a police car suddenly stopped near them. Officers jumped out, claiming the brothers were «wanted for evading military service,» and attempted to forcibly take them to a recruitment center (TCC).

Communists in Greece block trucks with ammunition heading to Ukraine

Photo: 902.gr

Once again, forces of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its Youth wing, KNE, blocked trucks carrying ammunition to the slaughterhouse of Ukraine.

This time, members and supporters of the KKE and KNE blocked a convoy of trucks transporting 155mm calibers produced at the Hellenic Defense Systems SA and utilized on the front lines of the Ukrainian war. 

The incident took place in Lavrio, a town 40km south-east of Athens. 

KKE expresses solidarity with Hadash leader Ayman Odeh who was forcefully removed from Knesset

In a statement issued today, the International Relations Department of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) expresses its solidarity with Ayman Odeh, head of the Parliamentary Group of Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), who was violently removed from the podium of the Israeli parliament for denouncing the genocide of the Palestinian people.

The statement reads:

 

Party of Labour of Austria: On the People’s Republic of China and the Communist Party of China

Final Resolution of the Party Conference of the Party of Labour Austria (Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA): “On the Position of the PdA on the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China”, Vienna, 16 November 2024:

 

As a result of the Party Conference of 16 November 2024, the Party of Labour of Austria states the following points. 

 

KKE's leader Koutsoumbas: Greece must immediately recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders

In the face of dramatic situation experienced by the Palestinian people due to the brutality of the Israeli state, the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and President of the Party's Parliamentary Group, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, sent a letter today to the leaders of the opposition Parties.

The letter proposes the creation of a joint draft text that will be addressed to the Greek government urging it to take - also in its capacity as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council - relevant initiatives on the following issues:

Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the killing of 27 Maoists by state forces in Chhattisgarh

In a statement concerning the killing of at least 27 Maoist rebels, including their leader, by state forces, on Wednesday 21 May, in Chhattisgarh, the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) points out:

"The Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the encounter of 27 Maoists, including their General Secretary Nambala Kesavarao, in Chhattisgarh. 

Secretary General of the Communist Party of Israel: "Netanyahu government seeks to neutralize the PLO"

"The Palestinian left has an important historical role in uniting the Palestinian political forces", underlined Adel Amer, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Israel (Maki), this week in a discussion with "Zo Haderech" newspaper, concerning Palestinian politics in the midst of the war in Gaza. The transcript of the interview is as follows:

— Amid the annihilation war in Gaza, have there been changes in the Palestinian political arena?

Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties: Stop the genocide against the Palestinian people

Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties

The Communist and Workers’ Parties condemn the new crime against the Palestinian people, which is being carried out before the eyes of the whole world and has been brought about by the intensification of the barbaric military aggression and the criminal Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Monument dedicated to Stalin erected in Melitopol

A monument dedicated to Soviet leader and architect of the 1945 Great Antifascist Victory, Joseph Stalin, was erected in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on May 8, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day. 

The statue carries a plaque that reads: "To the organizer and inspirer of the victory of the Soviet people over the Nazi invaders, Generalissimo of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin, from grateful descendants."

KKE: 80 years since the Great Anti-fascist Victory of the Peoples - Its conclusions and significance today

Opening speech by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, GS of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), at the hybrid meeting of the European Communist Action, held in Berlin on 9 May 2025 under the subject “80 years since the Great Anti-fascist Victory of the Peoples.  Its conclusions and significance today”:

Dear comrades,

Joint statement by the KKE, AKEL, PCP and KSČM in the European Parliament against anti-communist initiative

A joint statement by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the Progressive Party of Working People of Cyprus (AKEL), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) gives a response to the recent despicable, anti-communist proposal by five reactionary MEPs who are members of the European People's Party (EPP). 

The joint statement, initiated by the KKE and addressed to the President of the European Commission and the College of Commissioners, condemns anti-communism and has been also sent to other MEPs for further signatures.

The True Stalin

We republish an interesting opinion article on Joseph Stalin written on May 2, 2025, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Great Antifascist Victory, by historian and geopolitical analyst Christine Lynn, editor of the americanorthodoxchristian.com. (The views and opinions expressed in the article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect, in their entirety, the views of the present site)

By Christine Lynn 

Communists achieve landslide victory for fourth year in a row in Greek university student elections

The university students in Greece sent a powerful message.

 

For a fourth consecutive year, "Panspoudastiki KS" (All Student Cooperation Movement), backed by KNE - the young wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) - emerges first in the nationwide student elections held on Thursday 14 May, throughout the country's universities and technological institutes. 

 

Communist Party of Turkey: NATO Foreign Ministers are unwelcome in Antalya!

Statement of the CC of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on the occasion of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Antalya on May 14-15:

"They are there on behalf of an alliance (!) 

An alliance whose members laugh and joke at each other in luxurious halls, at sumptuous tables, and shower each other with gifts. 

Then… 

Greece: Communist trade unionists convicted due to anti-war activity!

Seven trade unionists, including a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), and a member of the Bureau of the Central Council of KNE, were prosecuted for their anti-war actions on 6 April 2022 in the port of Thessaloniki. The prosecution was based on fabricated charges and flimsy evidence.

The Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece made the following statement:

European Parliament: The shameful and unhistorical equation of Communism with Nazism shall not pass!

By Nikos Mottas

A new provocative attempt to equate communism with Nazism and take measures against communist symbols took place in the European Parliament, “Rizospastis” newspaper has reported. Five MEPs of the European People's Party (EPP) asked the Commission to ban the hammer and sickle - which they shamelessly equate with the Nazi swastika (!) - just a few days after the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Anti-Fascist Victory of the Peoples, led by the Soviet Union and the Red Army.

Communist Party of Turkey on the dissolution of the Kurdish PKK group

Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) regarding the dissolution decision announced by the PKK militant group:

With today’s announcement by the PKK, a new chapter begins in Turkey’s political and social dynamics. Naturally, our party supports the aspect of the process referred to as the “silencing of arms.” 

KKE's General Secretary concludes visit to Germany

KKE event in Berlin

Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) concluded his visit to Germany on Sunday 11/5 with a speech in Stuttgart. 

 

The event, organized by the Communist Youth (KNE) organization, was held at Clara Zetkin Haus and was attended by numerous workers, members, supporters and friends of the Party.  

 

European Communist Action: 80 years since the Anti-Fascist Victory of the Peoples

Joint Statement of the Parties participating in the European Communist Action on the 80th anniversary of the Great Anti-Fascist Victory of the Peoples:

"May 9, 1945 marks 80 years since the Great Anti-Fascist Victory when Nazi Germany surrendered and the peoples of the world, with the decisive role of the Red Army and the Soviet Union under the leadership of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) as the organizer and inspirer of this struggle, brought fascism to its knees across Europe. 

80th anniversary of the Anti-Fascist Victory: When the Communists saved humanity from the Nazi monster

By Nikos Mottas

“Anyone who loves freedom, owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid”. This phrase of Ernest Hemingway encompasses the whole symbolism of the 9th May 1945; the day of the Great Antifascist Victory of the Peoples.

80 years have passed since the day when the red flag with the sickle and hammer raised over Reichstag, in Berlin, thus marking the triumph of the Red Army and the Soviet Union over the monster of Nazism-Fascism.