Two mass graves containing the remains of executed communists from the 1946-49 Civil War have been discovered in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city.
The graves were uncovered during redevelopment work close to the national resistance memorial, thus increasing the total of such sites in the area to six. The location of the graves indicates that it was likely used for the execution of political prisoners due to its proximity to the notorious Yedi Kule prison.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Mass graves of executed communists from the Civil War discovered in northern Greece
Friday, March 14, 2025
No to the rearmament of Europe: Statement on the imperialist war in Ukraine and the EU’s arms race
1. Three years after the escalation of the war in Ukraine between the Russian Federation and the US-EU-NATO Euro-Atlantic alliance, the conditions under which peace talks or cease-fire negotiations are presented once again demonstrate that this war has nothing to do with the “defense of European values” and democratic freedoms, nor with the alleged “anti-fascist” values that are instrumentally invoked by both factions.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
New York City's working class is hit by extreme poverty
A new report by a research group at Columbia University and Robin Hood, an anti-poverty group, reveals a brutal reality: One in four New Yorkers lives in extreme poverty. This means that the city's poverty rate is nearly double the national average.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Communist Party of Turkey leader Kemal Okuyan on the solution process regarding the Kurdish Issue
Nowadays, everyone asks everyone else: "Do you support or oppose the new Solution Process?". So, let's start from here: How does TKP view this new process?
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
KKE: Protests for the anti-communist, anti-democratic persecutions in Ukraine and Russia
On 11 March 2025, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) held a picket outside the Embassy of Ukraine in Athens, while a delegation of the KKE and KNE affixed a letter of protest to its door.
With this protest, the KKE and KNE condemned the prolonged political persecution, arrest and torture of Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich, members of the Ukrainian Communist Youth League (Komsomol).
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Communist Party of Greece condemns the massacre of minorities by Syria's jihadist regime
"The KKE condemns the heinous crimes in Syria by the jihadist regime, which was imposed with the intervention of the states of Turkey and Israel and with the support of the US and the EU.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
International Working Women’s Day 2025: Statement by the European Communist Action

Working-class women live in a world of exploitation and inequality, expropriated labour, low wages and precarious and socially devalued work. They face, poverty, discrimination, harassment, problems in accessing healthcare, and are forced to confront the harsh consequences of repeated attacks on social security protections and the absence of free proper childcare facilities.
Friday, March 7, 2025
D. Koutsoumbas: The KKE's position on the nature of the war in Ukraine is confirmed once again
“One of the things you told the people to justify our country’s involvement in the war in Ukraine in the role of a NATO stooge was that we are supposedly on the 'right side of history'. Among other things, this involvement has hit the pockets of our people, especially due to high energy bills.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Joint struggle of the communists in Greece and Turkey against the US bases and NATO
— Greek newspapers Dimokratia and Ta Nea claimed that US President Donald Trump has decided to close the alleged US base in Alexandroupoli, Greece. However, US officials issued a statement on the allegations, saying that “the US does not have a base in Alexandroupoli, it is a Greek facility to which the US has access under the Mutual Defense Cooperation Treaty.” What is your assessment of these discussions?
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
KKE: Statement of the Political Bureau of the CC on the mass strike rallies of 28 February 2025
STATEMENT OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE CC OF THE KKE
On the mass strike rallies of 28 february 2025
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Joseph Stalin on Winston Churchill’s Speech at Fulton
Question: How do you appraise Mr. Churchill’s latest speech in the United States of America?
Answer: I appraise it as a dangerous act, calculated to sow the seeds of dissension among the Allied States and impede their collaboration.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Documentary on communist leader Nikos Zachariadis to be presented in Greece
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A production of Russian writer, poet and historian Dmitry Mizgulin and directed by Andrei Nikishin, the documentary (roughly translated from Greek as "Unbending Nikos") includes rare archival material and testimonies from Zachariadis' lifelong friend and comrade Alexis Parnis.
Friday, February 28, 2025
Communist Party of Turkey: Statement on the public letter of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan
To Our People,
"Their profits vs our lives"! Huge strike rallies in Greece on the 2nd anniversary of Tempi train crash
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Rizospastis: The bargaining for Ukraine's mineral wealth exposes the imperialist pretexts
The article goes on to say that “The US-NATO-EU propaganda in defence of ‘democracy’ and ‘Western values’ is collapsing like a house of cards. The role of the ND government is exposed, as well as that of the social-democratic parties (PASOK, SYRIZA) and others who support the country’s involvement in the war. The positions of the KKE are confirmed”.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Russia's Maria Zakharova lectures French Minister of Foreign Affairs: Why France should thank the USSR
Communist Knesset member Cassif: "They are trying to silence us, there’s a fascist atmosphere in Israel"
In November, Cassif was suspended from the Knesset for six months over comments he made about the Israeli army war in Gaza. Under the terms of his suspension, Cassif is not allowed to enter the Knesset plenum or committee meetings except to vote.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Greeks to flood the streets on 28 February: National strike and demand for Justice for the Tempi train crash
This is the widespread call to struggle that the trade unions across the country are sounding for 28 February, the day when the private and public sectors will come to a standstill, two years after the crime in Tempe.
On that day, workers in factories, construction sites, shops, restaurants, services, etc. will participate in the strike en masse, together with the self-employed, small craftsmen and tradesmen.
Government of the Capitalists, by Elon Musk, for some Capitalists
Abraham Lincoln gave fame to the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Donald Trump had not been president again for two weeks when the U.S. took big steps to a government of the capitalist class, by Elon Musk, for some capitalists. This regime has already increased the suffering of the people, but it also moves us closer to revolutionary overthrow of capitalism.
Monday, February 24, 2025
KKE on the result of the German Elections: Popular discontent must acquire a radical, anticapitalist content
"The outcome of the German elections was influenced by two crucial and mutually reinforcing factors: on the one hand, the intensification of international antagonisms that permeate the ruling class of Germany, fueling bourgeois forces that appear as ''Eurosceptics''; on the other hand, the disapproval of the government of the Social Democrats and Greens, who have burdened the German people with the burdens of recession and war involvement.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
KKE: The peoples are witnessing a re-division of the world which can never be done peacefully
Friday, February 21, 2025
Greek communist trade unionists blocked the transport of 350 tonnes of explosives destined to Ukraine
The explosives were in fact destined for the Hellenic Defence Systems factory for the production of 155 mm artillery shells to be sent to the imperialist war in Ukraine as part of our country’s involvement, under the responsibility of the government, in support of the Zelenskiy regime.
Free German Youth (FDJ) on German Election 2025: Class struggle instead of election campaigns
“Only the dumbest calves choose their own butchers" — Bertolt Brecht
Thursday, February 20, 2025
British Communist Party: Stop the war in Ukraine — Britain out of NATO!
“But it’s a bit rich for British and EU politicians to complain about their own exclusion from the Riyadh summit, when they have spent two years fueling the conflict instead of trying to initiate a peace process”, the Communist Party of Britain’s International Secretary told the CP Political Committee.