Grover Furr: The Fraud of the "Testament of Lenin"

Speech by Professor Grover Furr to the Institute for the Critical Study of the Society (ICSS) of Oakland, California, on his book "The Fraud of the ‘Testament of Lenin" (Erythros Press and Media, 2022). You can watch the video of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/3qkB_EDabMc

I’d like to begin with this short preface. Persons who are, or were, in or around the “Old Left” are usually more or less familiar with the allegations of crimes levelled against Joseph Stalin by anticommunists and Trotskyists. My talk today is directed mainly to you.

 

May Day: Jews and Arabs march together in Tel Aviv and Nazareth, send message against war and Netanyahu

Thousands marched today (Saturday) in Nazareth, and yesterday in central Tel Aviv, against the war and against the right-wing government, as part of the May Day demonstrations organized by Hadash, Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Young Communist League of Israel (YCLI). 

In Nazareth, thousands of Jews and Arabs marched from Tawfiq Zayad Street to Mary’s Well Square in the city center, where a rally featuring political speeches was held. 

140 years since the Haymarket affair in Chicago: The struggle for the eight-hour day

This year marks 140 years since the Haymarket Affair, a pivotal episode in the struggle for the eight-hour working day and the development of the modern labor movement.

In the late 19th century, industrial workers in the United States typically worked 12 to 14 hours a day under demanding and often dangerous conditions. The demand for an eight-hour day gradually became a central objective of organized labor. 

KKE condemns Israeli assault on Gaza solidarity flotilla

In a statement issued today, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemns “the new piratical attack by the terrorist state of Israel against the international solidarity flotilla for Gaza, which placed the lives of hundreds of people in grave danger.”

The KKE notes that “the Greek government must provide specific answers, as the Israeli assault took place off Crete, in international waters and within Greece’s area of responsibility for search and rescue operations.” 

KKE MEPs denounce provocation by EU Commission

It demands the withdrawal of the persistent questions of historical truth raised by the sacrifice of the 200 communist heroes of Kaisariani 

The Commission is provocatively demanding the withdrawal of the Question submitted by the KKE’s MEPs. Based on the striking photographic evidence of the 200 communists who stood up face to face with the Nazi monster, the Question exposes the unhistorical nature of the EU’s ideology, which equates communism with the monster of fascism, as well as its undermining and deliberate stance towards the still-unfulfilled demand that German war reparations be paid for the Nazi atrocities in Greece.

European Communist Action: Statement on May Day 2026

Statement of the European Communist Action on May Day 2026

The European Communist Action calls on the working class across Europe and all the popular strata to participate in the working-class mobilizations on May Day —International Workers' Day— and flood the streets to show the organized strength of workers. We honour the heroes and the fallen of our movement, from those in Chicago to the present day. We continue defiantly along the same path!

When socialist Cuba embraced Chernobyl's children

Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the scale of the catastrophe remains difficult to grasp. Entire regions were contaminated, thousands of lives were disrupted, and the effects of radiation followed people for decades. For many families, the disaster did not end in 1986—it continued in illness, uncertainty and long-term health complications.

In the years that followed, the international response was uneven. Assistance existed, but often moved slowly, tied to political decisions or limited resources. Cuba chose a different course, as Granma recently reminded us. 

The Role of China in the Imperialist War in Iran

By Nikos Mottas

What is unfolding around Iran is not an isolated war, nor simply another episode of instability in the Middle East. It is part of the ongoing US–Israeli imperialist aggression in the region, which itself unfolds within a broader confrontation between rival imperialist centers. 

Within this confrontation, China is not a distant observer or a neutral force. It is a rising capitalist power, deeply involved in the struggle for energy, routes and influence. And increasingly, it is a major strategic rival of the United States.

KKE honors the 200 executed communist heroes of Kaisariani with mass political rally

At the historic site of the Kaisariani Shooting Range, where 200 communists were executed by Nazi occupation forces on May Day 1944, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, delivered a political speech during a mass political-cultural event organized by the Party Organization of Attica on Saturday evening.

The event, held under the theme “Reading the history of the world through small names,” was marked by the recent publication of photographic documents from the execution—images that, as Koutsoumbas stressed, have deeply moved and shaken society.

Rizospastis: On Zyuganov’s outrageous statement and its coverage by the Greek bourgeois media

Commentary from the daily newspaper Rizospastis, organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, 24 April 2026

Various bourgeois media outlets in our country did not conceal their satisfaction, tinged with a dose of irony, at the recent provocative statement by Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central Commitee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), who declared from the floor of the Russian parliament that a new 1917 —that is, a new revolution— must be avoided.

IMCWP Working Group: Statements against US-Israeli imperialist aggression and in solidarity with Cuba

The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP), which was successfully held on 19 April in Istanbul, issued statements for the US-Israeli imperialist war in Iran and Lebanon as well as in solidarity with Cuba. 

Read below the two statements:

Statement on Solidarity with the Peoples of Iran, Lebanon, Palestine

Does Zyuganov fear a new 1917? CPRF leader warns of crisis while backing Putin

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), Gennady Zyuganov, has openly warned from the podium of the State Duma that the country risks a repeat of 1917 if the economic situation continues to deteriorate.

“If urgent financial and economic measures are not taken, by autumn we will face a repeat of what happened in 1917, We don't have the right to ​repeat that” (!!!). Zyuganov stated, raising the specter of revolutionary upheaval. 

Communist forces strengthened at the Congress of the General Confederation of Greek Workers

PAME rally in Athens (Archive Photo)

The recent Congress of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), held on 16–19 April, confirmed the strengthening of class-oriented, Communist-led forces within the Greek trade union movement.

The forces of DAS rallied in PAME (All-Workers Militant Front), alongside other militant trade unionists, recorded a significant rise in votes, reaching around 27% of the delegates, the highest level in decades. This increase was the largest among all competing lists, reflecting a steady shift in the balance of forces within the labour movement. 

Speech by Miguel Díaz-Canel: "The socialist character of our Revolution is not a phrase from the past..."

Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, at 23rd and 12th Streets, Plaza de la Revolución municipality, on April 16, 2026, “Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz”:

Long live free Cuba!  (Shouts of: “Long live!”)

Down with the blockade!  (Shouts of: “Down with it!”)

Communist Party of Israel and Hadash condemn the desecration of Jesus statue by IDF soldier in Lebanon

A viral photograph showing an occupation Israeli soldier hitting a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon with a sledgehammer has sparked outrage. In a statement on Monday, April 19, the Israeli military confirmed the authenticity of the image that was widely shared online, garnering more than 5 million views on X. Commenting on social media, Hadash-Ta’al chair MK Ayman Odeh wrote pointedly: “We’ll wait to hear the police spokesperson claim that ‘the soldier felt threatened by Jesus’.” 

 

KKE: On the attempt to whitewash Spanish social democracy in order to mislead the people

The path to peace or the deception of the people?

Comment by the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE on the attempt to whitewash Spanish social democracy in order to mislead the people:

Once again, both internationally and in our country, social democratic forces —such as PASOK, SYRIZA, the New Left, as well as other opportunist forces in Greece— are rushing, with no small degree of exaggeration, to celebrate, publishing headlines such as “Do it like Sánchez” and claiming that Spain “is choosing the path of peace”.

The 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties to be held in Havana on 7-9 August

The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) was successfully concluded on Sunday, April 19, in Istanbul. The session focused on determining the venue, theme, and organizational matters for the 24th International Meeting.

The Working Group decided that the 24th IMCWP will take place in Havana from August 7 to 9, 2026, under the theme: “We defend and honor the legacy of the Cuban Revolution on the centenary of Fidel Castro; we deepen our solidarity with socialist Cuba; we strengthen our joint actions and unite our forces for peace and against imperialist aggression.”

How the European Parliament promotes anti-Cuban propaganda by applying double standards

A revealing case of “double standards” by the European Parliament has come to light regarding its stance toward socialist Cuba.

On 13 January 2026, the parliamentary group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) scheduled an exhibition dedicated to the internationalist contribution of Cuban doctors, focusing on the Henry Reeve medical brigades and their role in supporting peoples affected by pandemics and natural disasters. The exhibition was rejected by the Parliament’s authorities.

The Limits of Third Worldism: A Leninist Critique of False Anti-Imperialism

By Nikos Mottas 

In conditions of intensified imperialist competition—characterized by wars, realignments, and shifts in the global balance of power—the need for theoretical clarity becomes more decisive than ever. 

However, it is precisely under such conditions that ideological confusion often appears in the form of radicalism. One of the most characteristic expressions of this confusion today is what is commonly referred to as “Third Worldism”, a current that claims to defend anti-imperialism while deviating from the fundamental principles of Marxism–Leninism.

Holocaust Remembrance Day and the erasure of Jewish communist partisans: The case of Leon Tager

Leon Tager (with the white shirt, center) with his comrades, 1941.

Leon Tager, a Bulgarian communist of Jewish origin, was held in a forced labor camp in his homeland until June 24, 1941. Two days after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Tager did not wait for instructions from his party, which he had joined in 1933. He broke into the camp’s storage facilities, stole a backpack filled with explosives, and escaped.

Six days later, a massive explosion was heard, followed by flames engulfing the fuel depots of the Bulgarian port city of Ruse. 

Polish authorities fail to ban Communist Party as KPP returns to legal register

The attempt of the Polish bourgeois authorities to outlaw the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) has, once again, failed. Despite a high-profile ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal declaring the party unconstitutional, the KPP has been reinstated in the official register of political parties and continues to operate legally. The removal of the party from the register in December—following a motion by far-right President Karol Nawrocki—has now been effectively reversed.

Religion as Weapon: Trump Escalates the Theocratic Offensive

By Nathan Richardson

The Republican embrace of Christian nationalism under Donald Trump was never about sincere faith or “traditional values.” It was (and remains) a calculated power play: religion deployed as a bourgeois ideological instrument to consolidate executive authority, divide the working class, and mask naked class war. And Trump has only sharpened this weapon. 

KKE: 65 years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs, the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses out: 

"In April 1961, the armed people of Cuba, under the leadership of Fidel Castro, crushed the attempted landing of US mercenary forces, inflicting a humiliating defeat on  North American imperialism.

The revolutionaries, led by the communists, delivered a decisive response to imperialist plans, halting the United States’ counter-revolutionary schemes, shattering the myth of the omnipotence of the imperialist superpower, and inspiring hope among the peoples of the world.

Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labour of Austria, dies at 50

The Party of Labour of Austria (Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA) announced the sudden and unexpected death of its chairman, Tibor Zenker, at the age of 50, marking a significant loss for the communist movement in Austria and across Europe.

According to the party’s official publication, Zenker passed away on 16 April 2026. His death has caused deep shock among his comrades, as he had been at the forefront of efforts to rebuild and consolidate a revolutionary communist party in Austria under demanding political conditions.