KKE: Hands Off the Communist Party of Mexico and the Front of Communist Youth!

On October 2, Mexican police violently attacked members of the Communist Party of Mexico (PCM) and the Front of Communist Youth (FJC) as they were heading to a demonstration commemorating the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. Eight communists were arrested and several were injured in the police assault.

In a statement, the International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) notes:

 

Netherlands: NCPN renames itself Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN)

The New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN) has officially changed its name to the Communist Party of the Netherlands (Communistische Partij van Nederland – CPN). 

The decision was unanimously adopted at an extraordinary party congress held on September 26, according to a political resolution published by the party newspaper Manifest on October 3. The party states that it will continue its struggle for the interests of the working class and for socialism under the historic CPN name. 

Brazil’s Communists ahead of the elections: Alliance with Lula or political independence?

With Brazil heading to the polls in October, three communist parties are approaching the elections from sharply different positions. The Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) remains fully committed to the re-election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the PT-led coalition, while the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) is presenting its own presidential ticket headed by Edmilson Costa, and the Revolutionary Communist Party (PCBR) is calling for an independent revolutionary left position outside both the Bolsonarist camp and the Lula-led broad front.

 

Israel: Netanyahu’s bid to bar communist-backed Hadash from October elections fails!

The attempt by Israel’s right-wing and far-right parties to exclude Arab political representation from the October 27 Knesset elections has been overturned by the Supreme Court. 

 

The court unanimously reversed the Central Elections Committee’s disqualification of the Joint List — comprising Hadash, Ta’al and Balad — and Ra’am, clearing both lists to participate in the election. It also overturned the disqualification of Hadash MK Ofer Cassif. 

 

“Butcher” Marco Rubio heads to Greece — Workers prepare mass protest in Athens on October 6

The All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) is calling for a mass mobilization in Athens against the forthcoming visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging workers, trade unions and popular organizations to gather at Syntagma Square on Tuesday, October 6, at 7:30 pm. The Greek Committee for International Détente and Peace (EEDYE) has issued a similar call, declaring Rubio “unwelcome” in Greece.

The mobilization stands in sharp contrast to the policy of the New Democracy government, which has deepened Greece’s strategic alignment with Washington and facilitating US-NATO military operations. 

Mexico's Communist Youth marks 12 years since the state crime against the Ayotzinapa students

On 26 September 2026, Mexico marked the 12th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College of Ayotzinapa, following the attacks of 26–27 September 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero. 

Twelve years and three successive federal administrations later, the fate of the students has still not been fully established; remains belonging to only three of the 43 have been identified. Thousands again marched in Mexico City on the anniversary, led by the students’ parents and accompanied by students from other rural teachers’ colleges, demanding truth and justice. 

European Communist Action: Communist Parties discuss NATO, EU and growing war danger

Communist and workers’ parties participating in the European Communist Action (ECA) met by teleconference in September for a discussion entitled “The EU, NATO, and other imperialist alliances: ‘Security providers’ or frameworks for deeper military involvement at the expense of the people?” The meeting was hosted by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), with the opening speech delivered by its General Secretary, Kemal Okuyan.

 

Marina Pilajeva, long-time cadre of the Hungarian Workers’ Party, passes away

Marina Pilajeva, long-time member of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Munkáspárt) and for years responsible for its international relations, has passed away.

Pilajeva represented the party in numerous international meetings of communist and workers’ parties and maintained close relations with the international communist movement. 

 

Who forgets the Munich Agreement? 88 years since capitalist “democracies” struck a deal with Hitler

On 29 September 1938, Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier gathered in Munich to decide the fate of Czechoslovakia. The country whose territory they were bargaining over was excluded from the negotiations. 

Britain and France accepted the surrender of the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany and Prague was forced to accept the diktat. 

Along with the territory went crucial fortifications and strategic positions, leaving Czechoslovakia gravely weakened before the Nazi war machine. 

Spanish communists join nationwide anti-eviction protests: “Maricarmen is not an isolated case”

The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) and the Collectives of Young Communists (CJC) have joined the nationwide housing protests sparked by the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen, forcibly removed on September 23 from the Madrid home where she had lived for more than 70 years. Her eviction triggered protests across Spain and further mobilizations over the increasingly acute housing question.

 

German Communist Party backs youth protests against conscription and militarization

The German Communist Party (DKP) and Socialist German Workers’ Youth (SDAJ) have thrown their support behind the latest nationwide school strikes against conscription and militarization in Germany. Ahead of the September 25 mobilizations, the DKP declared: “We stand alongside the young people who resist conscription, militarization and Bundeswehr recruitment in schools”. It called for investment in education and social security instead of military expansion. 

 

Palestinian communists seek broad electoral alliance to challenge Fatah-Hamas polarization

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The Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) is stepping up preparations for the November 28 legislative elections, working to forge a broad left-wing, democratic and social alliance that could emerge as a third political pole beyond the longstanding Fatah-Hamas polarization.

PPP General Secretary Bassam al-Salhi said the party does not regard the elections simply as a contest for parliamentary seats, but as an opportunity to rebuild Palestinian political institutions and restore popular participation. 

 

Delcy Rodríguez at the UN: The speech of capitulation

Editorial published in Tribuna Popular, Organ of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV):

Delcy Rodríguez’s speech before the 81st United Nations General Assembly deserves to be examined closely, not only for what she said, but for everything she left unsaid. 

Rodríguez avoided any direct reference to the US military intervention of January 3, which culminated in the abduction of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, presenting those events instead as “a painful ordeal” for Venezuela.

Koutsoumbas at 52nd KNE-Odigitis Festival: “Socialism or Barbarism is a question of today”

The 52nd KNE-Odigitis Festival concluded in Athens with a mass political gathering at Tritsis Park and a speech by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), who called on workers and youth to strengthen their struggle against capitalist exploitation, imperialist war and Greece’s involvement in US-NATO plans. 

 

According to 902.gr portal, tens of thousands attended the closing gathering, while hundreds of thousands had taken part in Festival events across Greece. 

 

“Rubio is unwelcome in Greece”: KKE, trade unions and peace committees call for mobilizations

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) and the Greek Committee for International Détente and Peace (EEDYE) are calling for militant mobilizations against the forthcoming visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, declaring him “unwelcome” in Greece and denouncing the further involvement of the country in US-NATO war plans. KKE organizations in Attica are organizing meetings, rallies and pickets in neighborhoods and workplaces, calling on workers and youth to oppose Rubio’s visit as well as the “dangerous plans and bloodstained agreements” between Greece and the United States and between Greece and Israel. 

 

No, Trump: America Will Be a Communist Country!

By Nikos Mottas

“America will never be a communist country,” declares the 30-second advertisement now appearing on American television. Images of Donald Trump flash across the screen alongside boasts about tax cuts and economic performance, before the message arrives at its most revealing line: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” 

The White House calls it an “educational” public-service announcement; the administration says such spots simply encourage Americans to “love their country.”

Communist Party USA responds to Trump's tirade at the UN General Assembly

In a 38-minute tirade before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump boasted about abducting foreign leaders, bombing boats in the Caribbean and launching an unjust war against Iran, while branding Cuba a “failed state.” He also singled out the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), the Democratic Socialists of America and “Antifa” as part of an alleged “coordinated subversive network” controlled by Cuba.

 

Poland's reactionary drift continues: Historic Soviet Red Army monument dismantled in Rzeszów

In a craven act of historical revisionism, Polish bourgeois authorities have dismantled the historic World War Two Red Army Monument (Monument of Gratitude to the Soviet Army) in the southeastern city of Rzeszów.

The so-called Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), acting as the ideological cleanup crew for the capitalist state, deployed heavy machinery and pneumatic drills to forcefully rip down the 6.6-ton bronze statue of a woman and child from its 8.5-meter obelisk. 

 

KKE expresses solidarity with the communists of Israel, condemns electoral ban

On September 23, Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted to disqualify all Arab electoral lists and several candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections, including Ofer Cassif, a Jewish member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and a sitting member of the Knesset. 

 

The decision also affects the communist-led Hadash and its electoral allies. The disqualifications are not final, as they remain subject to judicial review by Israel’s Supreme Court.

“Socialism or Death!”: KNE-Odigitis Festival honors Fidel Castro, reaffirms solidarity with socialist Cuba

The revolutionary legacy of Fidel Castro and the struggle to defend socialist Cuba against US imperialist aggression were at the centre of a major political discussion held during the 52nd KNE-Odigitis Festival, organized by the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) in Athens.

The event, marking the centenary of Fidel Castro’s birth, brought together a large audience to discuss the historical significance of the Cuban Revolution, proletarian internationalism and the challenges facing Cuba amid Washington’s escalating economic pressure and imperialist threats.

 

Israeli communists denounce attempts to ban Hadash and Arab parties from October elections

The Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and the communist-led Hadash have strongly condemned the decision of Israel’s Central Elections Committee to bar the Joint List and several of its candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections, describing it as an attack on basic democratic rights and political representation.

On September 23, the committee voted to disqualify the Joint List, comprising Hadash, Balad and Ta’al, from the October 27 Knesset elections. 

 

Revolutionary Communist Youth Union (Bolsheviks) denounces State Duma elections as a bourgeois farce

The Revolutionary Communist Youth Union (Bolsheviks), RKSM(b), has denounced Russia’s September 18–20 State Duma elections as a political farce serving the interests of the ruling capitalist class, rejecting both support for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and called for so-called “protest voting.”

In a statement issued ahead of the elections, the Central Committee of RKSM(b) condemned the ongoing war, which it characterized as imperialist, and its devastating consequences for the working people. 

 

Cuba rejects Trump's imperialist lies and threats: “We will not surrender our sovereignty”

Cuba has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump’s latest threats against the socialist island during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 22. 

 

The Cuban delegation, led by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, walked out of the hall in protest against Trump’s hostile remarks and renewed threats of political and economic aggression.

 

TKP to Erdogan: “You will not drag our country into Saudi Arabia’s inhumane and illegal war in Yemen”

Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on the recent developments in the Saudi-Yemeni conflict and the AKP Government’s intention to involve Turkey: 

“Saudi Arabia should look in the mirror. Who brought Yemen to this state? Look at the state Yemen is in today. Have tens of thousands of people not died in Yemen? Saudi Arabia, you must first answer for all this”.