With 95.05% of the voting results processed, CPRF gains 19.20% of the votes, while the United Russia party secures 49.63% of the ballots on the party list to the State Duma (lower house of parliament).
Monday, September 20, 2021
Russia: Communist Party gets big boost in elections
Thousands of people attended KNE Festival in Thessaloniki
The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas visited the festival on Thursday 16 September, while the central political event took place on Friday with a speech delivered by the KKE Political Bureau member Kyrillos Papastavrou.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
"No to AUKUS, war and imperialism", says Britain's YCL
The YCL completely opposes the reckless and aggressive actions of Boris Johnson’s Tory Government, at the command of their US puppet masters in the White House and the Pentagon, to create a new hostile pact aimed at attacking China and exerting imperialist control over South East Asia.
Anti-imperialist protest against NATO Military Committee summit in Athens
The protesters gathered at Eleftherias Square and then marched towards the U.S. embassy, denouncing the strengthening of the so-called Greece-USA “defense agreement” which turns the country into a vast US-NATO military base. The demonstrators called for the decisive organization of the struggle against the dangerous policy of the Greek government, against the country's involvement in the US-NATO imperialist plans which pose grave threats for the people.
Friday, September 17, 2021
Russia Duma elections: Communist Party (CPRF) denounces law violations and censorship
President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party is expected to win despite the decline of popularity in the last few years.
In a statement the International Department of the CC of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) denounces attacks on the party, law violations by the government and censorship by mass media. The full statement is the following:
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:
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Communist employees turn London arms fair upside down
The men were working at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair at the ExCeL in east London when they set off the flares.
In footage posted by the Young Communist League (YCL), the protesters stood on a carpet outside a stall for security firm Lockheed Martin while dressed in high-viz jackets. They then lifted their arms in the air and set off their smoke grenades as men dressed in suits shuffled past.
Communist Party of Venezuela: Maduro government returns to the IMF, gives in to imperialism
"The second round of negotiations between the two opposing groups of the national bourgeoisie took place in Mexico from September 3 to 6. Both sides have announced two initial partial agreements as being a great advance for the interests of the country and the Venezuelan people. One agreement refers to "the defense of the sovereignty of Venezuela over the Essequibo Strip" while the other comes under the title of "an agreement for the social protection of the Venezuelan people”.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru's Shining Path, dies at 86
Also known by the name "comrade Gonzalo," Guzmán died due to a generalized infection at the Naval Hospital, where he was being treated for deterioration in his health.
A former philosophy professor, he had been serving a life sentence for terrorism and treason since 1992. In 1969 Abimael Guzmán and 11 others founded the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso in Spanish), a guerrilla group of Maoist influences which tried to lead a "people's war" to overthrow Peru's bourgeois democracy.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Big rally by TKP in Istanbul: Now is the time for socialism!
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Speaking at the rally, TKP Secretary General Kemal Okuyan said among others: "We are a family, a growing family that fights against lies and exploitation. TKP is acting with great self-confidence at its 101st year, it is spreading and growing. Come and be a part of this struggle, if you are still not in the ranks of the TKP. We are the future of Turkey".
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Stop violence against communists in India!
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the violence unleashed in Tripura by the ruling party, the BJP, against the CPI(M) and the Left Front.
In a pre-planned fashion, the offices of the CPI(M), including the state headquarters, were attacked by mobs of BJP men. Among the offices which were damaged or burnt down are the Udaipur sub-divisional office, Gomati district committee office, Sepahijala district committee office, Bishalgarh sub-divisional committee office, West Tripura district committee office and the Sadar sub-divisional committee office.
Greece: Thousands joined PAME rally, sent powerful message to Mitsotakis' government
Under the slogan “Only the people can save the people. The justified indignation must become a force of organization and struggle”, numerous protesters from Thessaloniki and the broader region of Central Macedonia sent a militant message to the ND government and the employers.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
"As long as the Soviet Union existed no one was hungry"
Julia Nova, a Greek model and TV presenter (photo), decided to share with her followers the happiness of pregnancy by uploading a photo on her Instagram profile account.
The photo of her wearing a t-shirt with the "USSR" initials on it provoked the angry reaction of anti-communists, right-wingers and various social media trolls who attacked her. Julia, who is of Ukrainian origin, became the target of rude and derisive comments by some users who apparently can't stand in the view of the sickle and hammer.
Portugal: Festa do Avante! 2021 successfully held in Seixal
In his speech on September 5th, the General Secretary of the Communist Party Jerónimo de Sousa stated:
Monday, September 6, 2021
Communists of the world bid farewell to Mikis Theodorakis
In a message published on Twitter the President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez pays tribute to the late composer:
"Mikis Theodorakis died and the world accompanies the mourning of Greece for one of the greatest musicians of all times. Cuba, which always had his militant solidarity, also mourns. Let the Canto General sound in his memory".
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Ukrainian communist leader Tamila Yabrova dies
Yabrova was an economist who fought passionately against the counter-revolutionary process in the Soviet Union which led to the restoration of capitalism. She participated actively in the "Marxist Platform of the CPSU" movement and in the effort for the re-organization of the communist movement in the territories of the USSR.
Friday, September 3, 2021
Mikis Theodorakis: I want to leave this world as a communist
In his personal letter on October 5, 2020, to Dimitris Koutsoumbas, he wrote: "Now at the end of my life, at the time of reckoning, the details fade from my mind and remain the big picture. So I see that my most critical, strong and mature years were spent under the banner of the KKE. That is why I want to leave this world as a communist."
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Statement of the KKE on the death of Mikis Theodorakis
The full statement of the KKE reads:
Monday, August 30, 2021
Turkish Communist Party calls for rally in Istanbul on 12th September: Şimdi sosyalizm zamanı!
The statement of TKP, which said, "This country has not a day left to lose," is as follows;
Friday, August 27, 2021
Afghanistan Crisis: Statements by Communist Parties
Read here the statement of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
All Greek governments supported the imperialist wars in Afghanistan, says KKE MEP
Papadakis, who is also a member of the Central Committee of the KKE, pointed out that those powers which today present Taliban as potential partners are the same ones which, some years ago, presented them as a threat and used them for reactionary changes against the Afghan people. The KKE MEP said that these powers financed and equipped Taliban in the war against the Soviet Union and the people's revolution in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Swaziland's dictatorship intensifies brutality against anti-monarchy protesters
On Sunday night, 15 August 2021, King Mswati’s soldiers tossed a young man, Mcebo Mamba, into a raging fire and severely assaulted him with sjamboks.
The assault followed a protest action in Zombodze Emuva in the Shiselweni region, Swaziland, also known as Eswatini. During the protest, burning tyres had been placed on the road. The soldiers picked on Mamba, without any evidence as to his involvement in the burning and forced him into the fire.
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Former KKE MP Antonis Skyllakos dies at 72
Born in Larissa in 1949, Skyllakos studied Law in Athens and participated actively in the anti-dictatorship movement. In 1974 he joined the Communist Youth (KNE) and in 1975 he became member of the KKE.
He was a member of the Party's Central Committee from 1982 to 2009.
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Britain's Young Communist League holds its 50th Congress
On this occasion, the following article written by YCL's General Secretary Johnnie Hunter was published in "Challenge" magazine:
"Greetings and solidarity to all of the delegates attending the YCL’s historic 50th Congress this weekend at Ruskin House and to all the comrades and branches who have participated in Congress debate and discussion this year from the length and breadth of Britain.