Hands off Spanish communist youth! KNE and TKP denounce police repression in Madrid

The violent intervention of Spanish police against students and university workers at Madrid's Complutense University on October 14 has sparked international solidarity from communist organizations in Greece and Turkey.

During mobilizations in defence of public education, police attacked student pickets, arresting five people, including a member of the Communist Youth Collectives (CJC), the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE). Several protesters, including CJC militants, were injured, with some requiring hospital treatment.

 

When protests serve the West, they are "revolutions". When they challenge it, they are "violent riots"

By Nikos Mottas

The Western ruling classes have developed a remarkable ability to distinguish between a “revolution” and a “violent riot". The criteria have little to do with the demands of the demonstrators or the methods of their struggle. 

What matters is whose power is threatened, whose interests are served and whether the existing capitalist order is being challenged or strengthened. After all, democracy has never been independent of class interests.

Dutch communist veteran Rinze Visser, former leader of the NCPN, dies at 87

Rinze Visser, veteran Dutch communist, former chairman of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN), now renamed the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN), and the country's longest-serving municipal councillor, passed away on October 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on December 18, 1938, Visser grew up in a communist family and worked as a street paver before joining the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) in 1958.

 

Communist Party of Albania backs student protests against Rama, denounces police repression

The Communist Party of Albania (PKSH) has expressed its full support for the ongoing student protests against the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama, condemning police repression and calling on workers and the broader population to stand alongside the protesting youth. 

 

In a statement published by party chairman Qemal Cicollari, the PKSH described the students' demands as entirely just and legitimate, denouncing high education fees, deteriorating living conditions and the hardships faced by young people under capitalism.

 

Greek communists join mass demonstrations in France, express solidarity with workers and youth

Members and supporters of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its youth organization, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), participated in the massive demonstrations in France on Saturday, October 17, expressing their solidarity with the struggles of French students, young people and workers against education cuts, social inequalities and the policies of the European Union.

 

Fascists target Jewish-Arab leftists' offices in Tel Aviv

Far-right extremists associated with Israel's racist Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, violently confronted left-wing activists in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, October 15, reportedly attempting to storm the election headquarters of the Joint List, the electoral alliance bringing together Arab and Jewish left-wing forces. According to the Israeli communist newspaper Zo Haderekh, around ten far-right thugs, including Mordechai David and Victor Shariki, forced their way into the Left Bank Club, a venue that also houses local branches of the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash).

 

Latvian website distorts KKE's position on Ukraine war

Comment by the International Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), published in Rizospastis, on the distortion of the Party's positions regarding the war in Ukraine by the Latvian site "The Insider": 

This is not the first time that attempts have been made to distort the KKE's crystal-clear position on the imperialist war in Ukraine and exploit it for the purposes of one or the other side in the imperialist conflict.

KKE blasts Greek government for whitewashing neo-Nazis while promoting anti-communism

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has sharply condemned recent anti-communist statements by Konstantinos Kyranakis, Secretary of New Democracy (ND), Greece's ruling party, accusing the Greek government of playing a leading role in the political rehabilitation of convicted neo-Nazi political figure Ilias Kasidiaris.

Kasidiaris, a former leading figure of the criminal neo-Nazi organization Golden Dawn, remains a prominent reference point for sections of Greece's far right.

 

The rise of the far right in Europe: Capitalism's useful ally and the tasks of communists

By Nikos Mottas

The growing influence of nationalist and far-right forces across Europe is neither accidental nor a development occurring outside the capitalist system. It is closely connected with the needs of capitalist power itself, at a time when imperialist rivalries are intensifying, preparations for war are accelerating and the established bourgeois parties are finding it increasingly difficult to secure popular consent for their policies.

PCTE calls for independent working-class opposition ahead of general strike and elections in Spain

Statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE), meeting at its Fifth Extraordinary Plenary Session, has analysed the political situation arising from the mobilisations for the right to housing, the calling of an early general election for 29 November, and the announcement of a general strike for 11 November. 

Portuguese Communists condemn TAP privatization: “Lufthansa wins, Portugal loses”

The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) has strongly condemned the government's decision to hand over a 49.9% stake in national airline TAP Air Portugal to German aviation giant Lufthansa, describing the move as a serious blow to Portugal's economy, national sovereignty and workers' rights.

In a statement issued on October 14, the PCP denounced the proposed €1.201 billion sale as an attack on national interests that can and must still be stopped. The Party criticized the secrecy surrounding the agreement, arguing that the public has been denied access to essential information about the company's valuation and the terms negotiated with Lufthansa.

 

European Communist Action: Statement on the 90th founding anniversary of the International Brigades

The European Communist Action commemorates the 90th anniversary of the founding of the International Brigades and the heroic sacrifice of thousands of working men and women who left behind their own countries, their jobs, their families and their homes to fight fascism in Spain, whilst many of the Communist Parties to which they belonged were operating in clandestinity. 

Their courage remains a point of reference for the struggle of the working class to this day, and their experience also offers valuable political lessons that we must not forget.

Communist Party of Sweden: What conclusions can we draw from the political deadlock in Sweden

The political deadlock following Sweden's September parliamentary elections exposes the fundamental similarities between the country's established political parties, according to an editorial published on October 9 in Riktpunkt, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Sweden (SKP).

Entitled “What Conclusions Can We Draw from the Political Situation?”, the editorial argues that the ongoing negotiations over the formation of a new government conceal a deeper political reality: regardless of which parties assume office, the fundamental interests of Swedish capital will continue to determine government policy.

 

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact revisited: Grover Furr challenges anti-communist narratives in new book

A new book by historian and author Grover Furr, The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Explained: The Soviet Struggle for an Anti-Nazi Alliance, published by Erythros Press, examines the diplomatic developments leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War, challenging dominant bourgeois interpretations of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact of August 1939. Drawing on historical evidence, Grover Furr argues that the Soviet Union consistently sought to establish a collective security agreement against Nazi Germany, while the governments of Britain, France and Poland obstructed efforts to create a united front against Hitler's expansionism.

 

KKE: Greek government and pro-US parties thoroughly exposed after Guilfoyle's dismissal

Commenting on the dismissal of US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle by the Trump administration, amid mounting allegations of corruption and misconduct, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stated:

“The dismissal of US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle by the Trump administration, for reasons of its own, thoroughly exposes, first and foremost, the New Democracy government, which had been singing her praises even before she took office, and all the more so afterwards, while concealing her role and interventions.

 

The Astonishing Costs for US Working People of the Endless War on Cuba

By Chris Townsend 

Few in the United States would know the true history of relations between our country and the Caribbean nation of Cuba. The United States seized Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898. A brief, opportunist war triggered by the U.S. on flimsy pretexts to grab several valuable pieces of the decaying Spanish Empire. In addition to Cuba and the Philippines, the islands Puerto Rico and Guam were quickly subjugated by the U.S. military in the conflict.  

Koutsoumbas: Greek and Turkish Communists stand together against imperialism, nationalism and war

The joint struggle of Greek and Turkish communists against imperialist rivalries, nationalism and war was highlighted by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), during an event organized by the Party's Central Committee in Athens on Monday, October 12.

The event, entitled “Greece and Turkey in the Vortex of Imperialist Rivalries: The Way Out for the Peoples,” addressed escalating tensions between the two neighboring countries and the dangerous involvement of their ruling classes in wider imperialist confrontations.

 

Mass mobilization by the KKE and KNE against the resurgence of neo-Nazi violence in Greece

On 9 October a dynamic and mass mobilization took place in Elefsina following a call by the North-West Attica organisations of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its youth wing, KNE, giving a militant response to the attack by fascists in the town against an athlete for his anti-fascist action. The workers and youth of the area sent a clear message that there is no place for fascists or their poison in the working-class neighbourhoods of Elefsina or anywhere else.

International condemnation over Modi government's repression: Hands Off Indian Communists!

Communist parties from Greece, Britain, Turkey and Bangladesh have expressed solidarity with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the mass protests against the government of Narendra Modi, following the police crackdown in New Delhi and other parts of India on October 10.

Hundreds of protesters, including CPI(M) General Secretary M. A. Baby, senior communist officials, students and youth activists, were detained as demonstrations challenged the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. 

 

Indian Communists denounce Modi government's brutal crackdown in Delhi, call for protests

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has fiercely condemned the mass detentions and police repression unleashed against protesters in New Delhi and other parts of India, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP government of trampling on fundamental democratic rights. 

 

The crackdown came as thousands of young people, students and opposition activists attempted to demonstrate against the Election Commission's controversial revision of electoral rolls, demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. 

 

Brazilian Communist Parties call for Lula vote against Bolsonaro, insist on class independence

Following the first round of Brazil's presidential election on October 4, the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) and the Revolutionary Brazilian Communist Party (PCBR) have called for a vote for social-democrat Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Flávio Bolsonaro in the October 25 runoff. 

 

Both parties stress, however, that their electoral position does not imply political support for Lula's social-democratic Workers' Party (PT) or its governing programme.

 

The KKE spoiled the atmosphere of “national unity” surrounding Rubio’s visit in Greece

Comment by the International Relations Section of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE):

Two “schools of thought” dominate the analyses of the bourgeois parties in the wake of Rubio’s visit. One is that of the cheerleaders, led by the government: they are hailing Greece’s “upgrading” in US-NATO energy (and other) plans and continue to regard it as a major advantage that Rubio came to Greece but did not go to Turkey. 

Communist Party of Pakistan demands: Keep our country out of the Yemen war!

The Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) has issued a strong warning against the country's involvement in the escalating war in Yemen, demanding that the government reject any military commitments that could drag Pakistan into another devastating regional conflict.

In a statement issued by its Central Secretariat, the CPP expresses serious concern over Pakistan's military obligations to Saudi Arabia, warning that existing defence arrangements and the presence of Pakistani military personnel in the kingdom increase the danger of direct or indirect involvement in the war.

 

Tudeh Party warns of renewed imperialist aggression and economic collapse in Iran

The Tudeh Party of Iran has warned that the country faces an increasingly dangerous combination of renewed US imperialist aggression, economic collapse and mounting social discontent, calling for urgent political action to prevent another devastating war. In an editorial published on October 5 in Nameh Mardom, the Party's central organ, the Iranian communists point to Washington's growing military presence in West Asia and the contradictory statements of President Donald Trump as indications of an extremely fragile situation.