Thursday, October 9, 2025

Communist Party of Greece: The Central Committee has published its Theses for the 22nd Party Congress

The newspaper Rizospastis, the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), has published the Theses of the Central Committee for the 22nd Congress.

These include the Party’s assessments of developments in the world and the country, as well as a review of the Party’s activities and political tasks for the period leading up to the 23rd Congress.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Marwan Barghouti must be freed and lead a sovereign and independent Palestinian state

By Nikos Mottas

More than twenty years have passed since Marwan Barghouti, one of Palestine’s most respected national leaders, was seized by Israeli forces and sentenced to life imprisonment. 

His “crime” was not terrorism, as Israel’s courts declared — it was daring to represent what every system of oppression fears most: a unifying, legitimate, and popular voice for liberation and peace.

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

DDR: What was the German Democratic Republic?

October 7 was for four decades the “Republic Day,” the national holiday of the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). The date refers to the official founding moment of the GDR, based on the adoption of its constitution on October 7, 1949. 
 
On the occasion of this day, we present an article by Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labour of Austria (PdA), who examines the essence of the GDR: 
 

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Brief History of the Communist Movement in Palestine and Israel

By Nikos Mottas 

The communist movement in Palestine and Israel is as old as the twentieth century upheavals that reshaped the Middle East. It is not the story of dominant political forces or large armies, but of a small and persistent current that, for over a century, has tried to carve out a political path distinct from partition, conquest, and exclusion. Palestinian and Israeli communists—Arabs and Jews—built joint organizations, resisted colonialism, opposed military occupation, and spoke for coexistence at moments when the surrounding climate favored division and hostility.

European Communist Action: The war machine of Euro-Atlanticism, NATO and the EU against the peoples

The European Communist Action Parties met via teleconference hosted by Communist Party of Turkey on 28 September 2025 under the title: “The war machine of Euro-Atlanticism, NATO and the EU against the peoples - The communists’ proposal for a way out in conditions of intensifying imperialist competition”.

This meeting took place only days after the 80th United Nations General Assembly, which  showcased the inter-imperialist rivalries, conflicts and regional wars around the world .

Friday, October 3, 2025

KKE demands the immediate release of Greek flotilla activists detained by Israeli forces

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has intensified its actions following the Israeli military’s raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla", a humanitarian mission carrying aid to the besieged people of Gaza. 

Among those detained are 27 Greek activists, including one Greek Parliament member, prompting urgent calls from the party for their immediate release and safe return to Greece.

The Communist Party of Israel and Hadash urgently demand an immediate end to the genocidal war against the Palestinian people

In a statement, the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) urgently demand an immediate end to the genocidal war against the Palestinian people: 

This includes halting the destruction of the Gaza Strip—its cities, towns, and refugee camps—as well as stopping annexation, settlement expansion, and forced deportations in the occupied West Bank. Every passing minute of this ongoing conflict results in further massacres and displacement that must cease without delay.

Thursday, October 2, 2025

KKE and Vietnam reaffirm commitment to peoples struggles and internationalist solidarity

In a meeting marked by internationalist solidarity and a combative spirit, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, welcomed on Wednesday at the KKE headquarters in Perissos, Athens, a delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam, headed by Vice-Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai. 

According to 902 portal, the meeting was also attended by the Vietnamese ambassador to Athens, Pham Thi Thu Huong, as well as the KKE cadres Giorgos Marinos, MP and Politburo member, MEP Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos and Nikos Seretakis, member of the International Relations Section of the Central Committee. 
 

Where is China and Russia when Palestine needs them?

By Nikos Mottas

Across the left, there are currents — from communist parties to broader progressive forces — that elevate China and Russia as the “anti-imperialist” counterweight to U.S. hegemony. Within the ideological framework of so-called multipolarity, these states are portrayed as the alternative power bloc that will restrain imperialism and give oppressed nations breathing space. 

Yet Palestine exposes this myth. As Gaza burns, Moscow and Beijing issue statements while preserving trade, diplomacy, and investment with Netanyahu Government. Their actions reveal not liberation, but complicity.

KKE condemns the assault of the Israeli Army on Global Sumud Flotilla

In a statement  concerning the attack by Israeli armed forces on “Global Sumud Flotilla,” the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) emphasizes the following:

“The KKE condemns the attack by the Israeli armed forces on the flotilla ‘Global Sumud Flotilla,’ among which is the ship ‘Oxygono’ (Oxygen) of the Greek mission, whose aim is to transport humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

The Forgotten Holocaust: 60 Years Since The Massacre of Indonesian Communists

By Nikos Mottas

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Indonesian massacres of 1965–66 — one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century, carried out under the banner of anti-communism. 

More than a million communists, workers, peasants, intellectuals, and their families were butchered, while countless others were jailed, tortured, or disappeared. 

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Imperialism, Multipolarity and Palestine

By Greg Godels

It is a continuing source of frustration that an important segment of the left holds the view that weakening the United States’ long-established grip on the top rungs of the hierarchical system of imperialism is– in itself– an attack on imperialism.

Many of our friends, including those who claim to aim at a socialist future, mistakenly see an erosion in the US position as the imperialist system’s hegemon as necessarily a step guaranteeing a just future, lasting peace, or a step towards socialism.

Monday, September 29, 2025

Assata Shakur, Socialism and the Fight for Liberation

Assata Shakur, revolutionary, former Black Liberation Army member, and freedom fighter, passed away on 25 September at the age of 78. She is remembered around the world as a revolutionary, a symbol of resistance against U.S. empire and a voice of uncompromising truth. 
 
Too often, her legacy is reduced to sensationalized FBI narratives or confined to her role in the Black Liberation Army. But Assata was also a sharp political thinker, deeply committed to socialism and the revolutionary transformation of society. Her words cut to the heart of the contradictions of capitalism and pointed toward the collective power of the working class.
 

KKE protests at Polish Embassy in Greece: “Hands Off the Communists in Poland”!

On September 29, 2025, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its youth wing KNE staged a protest outside the Polish Embassy in Athens, condemning the “unacceptable and dangerous” anti-communist prosecution against the Communist Party of Poland (KPP). 

According to 902 portal, the action was part of a broader international day of solidarity with the KPP, coinciding with delegations that attended the 51st KNE–Odigitis Festival.

Sunday, September 28, 2025

“The Spark Will Become a Fire”: KNE Festival in Athens Draws Mass Crowds, Sends Message of Struggle

Under a sky lit by flares and smoke, the 51st KNE-Odigitis Festival unfolded in Athens' Tritsis Park, drawing tens of thousands of young people and workers. 

The park transformed into a crimson citadel of defiance, echoing the Festival’s resounding slogan: “The spark will become a fire — with KKE strong, steadfast in every trial, ready at the call of History, for socialism.” For four days, Tritsis Park became a living “red city.” KNE’s organizations from every region marched in with banners, chants, and raised fists. 

Friday, September 26, 2025

Statement of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on Trump-Erdogan meeting

In a statement concerning yesterday's meeting between Rejep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S President Donald Trump in Washington DC, the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) stresses out: 

OUR COUNTRY’S INTERESTS WILL NOT BE BEGGED FOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE GATE! 

The Erdoğan–Trump meeting in Washington is not a “step toward solutions.” It is the snapshot of a country pushed into a corner, standing at the edge of an abyss.

Palestinian and Israeli Young Communists Unite at KNE Festival: Against War and Occupation

At the 51st KNE–Odigitis Festival, the annual gathering of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) in Athens, the event “With Palestine Toward Freedom” became a powerful declaration of internationalist solidarity. 

It was not simply a cultural tribute but a militant denunciation of war, genocide, and imperialism, affirming that true solidarity means exposing and confronting the real guilty parties: the imperialist powers, their governments, and the system of exploitation that sustains them.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

The Global Resurgence of Reactionary Conservatism and the Task of Communists

By Nikos Mottas 

The contemporary world is defined by the profound contradictions of global capitalism: economic instability, environmental collapse, militarism, and the resurgence of authoritarian and reactionary forces. Across continents, ultra-right currents advance with unprecedented audacity, from Donald Trump and the MAGA movement in the United States, to Viktor Orbán’s “illiberal democracy” in Hungary, Giorgia Meloni’s government in Italy, Javier Milei’s surge in Argentina, the fascist AfD in Germany, and Poland’s newly elected right-wing president. 

“Great Joe”: How Joseph Stalin Became the Honorary Chief of Native American Tribes

In an extraordinary and inspiring chapter of World War II history, the leaders of Indigenous nations across the Americas honored Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1942 by naming him an honorary chief. This bold gesture reflected their fierce admiration for Stalin’s iron leadership and his unstoppable resistance against the Nazi invaders.

In February 1942, the American Indian Confederation (AIC), uniting 27 powerful tribes from the United States, Canada, and Central America, bestowed upon Stalin the title of “Honorary Chief of All Indian Tribes.” The honor came with a traditional Native American war bonnet, the ultimate symbol of courage, authority, and warrior spirit.
 

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Fidel Castro's Greatest Speech at the United Nations General Assembly in 1979: "I speak on behalf of the..."

Read below the extraordinary address by Comandante Fidel Castro, President of Cuba and President of the Non-Aligned Movement, at the 34th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, on 12 October 1979:

"Very esteemed Mr. President; Distinguished Representatives of the world community:

I have not come to speak about Cuba. I do not come into the heart of this Assembly to air a denunciation about the aggressions our small but dignified country has suffered for 20 years. Nor do I come with unnecessary adjectives to wound our powerful neighbors here in their own house.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Speech of KKE at the rally for 43rd anniversary of the beginning of the Lebanese National Resistance Front

Speech of KKE at the rally for 43rd anniversary of the beginning of the Lebanese National Resistance Front, held in Beirut on 14-17 September:

"Comrades of the Lebanese Communist Party

We greet the 43rd anniversary of the beginning of the Lebanese National Resistance Front, we convey to you the revolutionary greetings of the cadres, members and friends of the KKE, who are following the developments in your country and the region with great attention and stand in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Lebanon, and all the peoples suffering from imperialism.

Israeli Society Must Rise: Ofer Cassif Calls to Resist Fascism and Genocide

In an interview published by Zo HaDerech, Knesset Member Ofer Cassif (Hadash–Communist Party of Israel) issued one of his sharpest denunciations yet of Israel’s political direction. With uncompromising clarity, Cassif accused the government of orchestrating genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, and erecting what he calls a fascist regime within Israel itself. 

Far from being isolated crimes or tragic mistakes, he argued, these are the pillars of a calculated plan that has been years in the making—one that aims to secure permanent domination over Palestinians while dismantling democracy for Jews and Arabs alike.

Monday, September 22, 2025

Songs of Resistance Across the Aegean: Communists Honor Mikis Theodorakis at 100

The Aegean reverberated this weekend with the defiant songs of struggle, as communists from Greece and Turkey joined forces in a powerful celebration of the centennial of Mikis Theodorakis

More than a concert, the evening in Izmir (Smyrna) became a living manifesto: a declaration that music and revolution remain inseparable, and that the peoples of the region share a common fight against imperialism, war, and exploitation.

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Socialism in One Country and the Founding of the TKP

By Mehmet Kuzulugil

Between the 1923 Turkish Revolution and the Great October Revolution, there is a striking temporal, geographical, and historical overlap.

Anatolia-centered national struggle against the occupation lasted roughly from 1919 to 1922. In a sense, 1923 marks the date when the century-long modernization process and the prolonged bourgeois revolution were consolidated with the Republic.