KKE on Mitsotakis–Erdoğan meeting: Dangerous complacency amid imperialist settlements

In a statement (here in Greek) regarding the meeting and the joint remarks by Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, within the framework of the Greece–Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses the following:

 

Dangerous Complacency at a Time When “Settlements” Are Being Advanced at the Expense of the Peoples

 

Cuba Sends Doctors. The USA Sends Bombs

By Nikos Mottas 

There are moments when history reduces itself to a single, unavoidable contrast. Today is one of them. As renewed threats and economic aggression once again emanate from Washington under Donald Trump, an old truth regains its sharpness: 

Cuba sends doctors. The United States sends bombs.

This is not a slogan invented for effect. It is a reflection of two opposing social systems, two different priorities, two irreconcilable visions of what a society should produce—and for whom.

More than 100 Communist and Workers' Parties say: Stop the escalation of aggression against Cuba!

In a joint statement published in SolidNet, more than 100 Communist and Workers' Parties and Organizations demand an immediate end to the imperialist aggression of the U.S government against Cuba. More specifically, the statement, which is open for further signatures, points out:

«Stop the escalation of aggression against Cuba!» 

"We firmly condemn US imperialism’s new escalation of aggression against the sovereignty and independence of Cuba and against the rights of the Cuban people. 

Cuba Is Not Alone! PAME internationalist delegation to visit the Island of the Revolution

Cuba Is Not Alone! PAME internationalist delegation to the Island of the Revolution

An internationalist delegation of the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) will visit the Island of the Revolution, Cuba, from February 20 to 23, as part of the development and strengthening of internationalist bonds of solidarity among the workers of our countries. This visit is part of PAME’s internationalist initiatives and follows the recent visit to heroic Palestine.

 

KKE calls on Mitsotakis government to reject Trump’s “Peace Council” invitation

In a statement (here in Greek) regarding the invitation extended by Trump to the Greek government to participate in the so-called “Board of Peace” the Press Office of the Central Committee of the KKE stresses the following:

“The Greek government must, without hesitation, reject Trump’s invitation to the upcoming meeting of the so-called “Board of Peace”, whose aim is to implement the plan to turn Gaza into a US–Israeli protectorate and an “El Dorado”  for investments, in which there will be no place for the homeland of the long-suffering Palestinian people.

Report of the CC of the KKE to the 22nd Congress: On the International Communist Movement

The International Communist Movement is facing a chronic and profound ideological, political, and organizational crisis. A significant number of Communist Parties that resisted ideological mutation and remained steadfast during the counter-revolution and faithful to Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism, have been unable to draw conclusions regarding the programmatic causes of the counter-revolutionary overthrows, to study both their history and the history of the communist movement, or to formulate their strategy accordingly — a strategy that reflects the contemporary needs of the class struggle, the struggle for socialist revolution, the overthrow of capitalism, and the construction of socialism–communism.  

There Is One Marxism: Against “Western”, “Eastern” and “Third-World” Marxism

On False “Anti-Imperialism,” Campism, and the Abandonment of Class Analysis 

By Nikos Mottas

The recurrent attempt to divide Marxism into “Western,” “Eastern,” “Third-World,” or other geographically marked variants reflects a deeper theoretical retreat from Marxism as a scientific worldview and a revolutionary method. Such distinctions implicitly transform Marxism from a universal theory of capitalist society and class struggle into a set of culturally conditioned perspectives, shaped primarily by geography rather than by objective social relations. From a Marxist-Leninist standpoint, this approach is fundamentally mistaken. Marxism is one, not because it ignores historical and national specificity, but because it rests on objective laws of social development that operate globally wherever capitalism exists.

Communist Parties from across the world condemn U.S aggression and threats against Cuba

Communist and Worker's Parties from all over the world strongly condemn and denounce the shameful threats of the Trump administration towards Cuba as well as the tightening of the U.S. inhumane and genocidal blockade against the Island of the Revolution. Cuba Is Not Alone! Cuba No Está Sola!

Read below statements by various Communist and Workers' Parties:

Karl Marx statue unveiled in Chennai, India

On 6 February 2026, a life-size statue of Karl Marx was unveiled in Chennai, at the Connemara Public Library–State Museum complex, by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin. The inauguration, organised by the state government, was accompanied by an exhibition on Marx’s life and ideas, underlining the explicitly ideological character of the event. 

The erection of Marx’s statue in a major Indian metropolis is more than a ceremonial gesture. 

 

Hands Off the Communists of Pakistan!

In a statement, the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) has denounced the attempt by police to disrupt “Conference of Democratic Forces” at Karachi Press Club:

A “Conference of Democratic Forces,” organized by the Popular Left Alliance (PLA) was held at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday amid heavy police presence, harassment and targeted arrests aimed at disrupting the event. The conference was convened to defend democratic political culture and oppose growing undemocratic interference in politics by the ruling military establishment, as well as anti-people policies and projects. 

KKE: The new crime with 15 dead migrants bears the stamp of the EU and the bourgeois governments of Greece and Turkey

15 dead migrants: A crime bearing the stamp of the EU and the bourgeois governments of Greece and Turkey

Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the CC of the KKE,  speaking on 4 February 2026 in the plenary session of the Greek Parliament during the debate on the bill of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum for the “promotion of legal migration”, demanded that responsibility be assigned, those guilty be punished and a full investigation be carried out into the real circumstances of the tragedy in Chios. 

The Epstein scandal is an offspring of capitalism

By Nikos Mottas 

The much-publicized Epstein scandal is persistently described as a “dark anomaly,” a moral rupture inside an otherwise functioning system. This description is false. What it conceals is more important than what it reveals. The affair did not expose a deviation from capitalism but one of its normal, if usually less visible, operations. By treating Epstein as an exception, bourgeois discourse shields the system that made him possible.

Excerpt from the Report of the CC of the KKE to the 22nd Congress: On the current imperialist competition and imperialist war

The excerpt is from the Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) to the 22^nd Congress, which was unanimously approved by its delegates: 

Thirty-five years after the counter-revolution, the overthrow of socialism, and the capitalist restoration in the Soviet Union and other socialist states, the KKE continues to struggle steadfastly under adverse conditions marked by an international unfavourable correlation of forces. 

Tudeh Party firmly rejects "any foreign intervention in the sovereign affairs of the Iranian people"

The following text is an excerpt from a letter sent by the Tudeh Party to the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) on the occasion of the latter’s 22nd Congress. 

In the letter, the Tudeh Party refers to the current situation in Iran and expresses its categorical opposition to any foreign intervention in the internal affairs of the Iranian people, who alone are responsible and sovereign in deciding the future of their homeland:

KKE in EU Parliament: In the face of new threats from the US, we demand: hands off Cuba!

In a statement regarding the new provocative threats of the U.S administration against Cuba, the MEPs of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stress out:

"Having become emboldened after its imperialist intervention in Venezuela, the Trump administration is now intensifying its aggression against Cuba, with the ridiculous argument that it is "facing aggressive actions." In this context, the US is considering imposing tariffs and sanctions on countries that supply Cuba with oil and other vital commodities, as well as a "naval blockade" of the Island of Revolution.

Communist Party of Turkey holds major political gathering in Ankara: “Like ships facing the waves”

A large political gathering organized by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) took place in Ankara under the slogan “Like ships facing the waves.” Participants from many regions of the country attended the meeting, which was presented as a major political event by the party.

As soL news portal reports, the gathering brought together party members, supporters, and workers, including employees involved in ongoing labor struggles. Workers from the textile sector who have faced dismissals, union repression, and workplace disputes were present and were acknowledged during the program.

 

Por qué debemos defender a Cuba a toda costa

Por Nikos Mottas 

La reciente escalada de amenazas brutales y medidas coercitivas contra Cuba por parte de la administración Trump marca una nueva fase de una política que no es ni accidental ni episódica.

El endurecimiento de las sanciones, el ataque a los suministros de combustible, la intensificación de las restricciones financieras y la retórica abierta de intimidación constituyen en conjunto una agudización deliberada de la guerra económica contra el pueblo cubano.

Why we should defend Cuba at all costs

By Nikos Mottas

The recent escalation of vicious threats and coercive measures against Cuba by the Trump administration marks a new phase in a policy that is neither accidental nor episodic.

 The tightening of sanctions, the targeting of fuel supplies, the intensification of financial restrictions, and the open rhetoric of intimidation together constitute a deliberate sharpening of economic warfare against the Cuban people. 

KKE: Dimitris Koutsoumbas was re-elected General Secretary of the Party

As announced by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the proceedings of its 22nd Congress were completed today with the election of the new Central Committee and the new Central Committee for Financial Control.

“The Central Committee, at its first meeting, unanimously elected Dimitris Koutsoumbas as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE,” the announcement states.

 

Communist Party of Cuba blasts Trump government's threats: We are the country of Patria o Muerte!

In a statement, Roberto Morales Ojeda,  member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, stresses the following (read here in Spanish): 

"From the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), we firmly denounce the new Executive Order issued by President Trump, which seeks to impose a total blockade on fuel supplies to Cuba in order to create greater hardships for our people and to obstruct the construction of our socialist model.

Koutsoumbas: The KKE will become strong, ready to answer the call of history, for socialism!

Photo: Eurokinissi

“A strong KKE, steadfast in every trial, ready to answer the call of History, for Socialism!”. With this slogan dominating the indoor Galatsi Olympic Stadium, amid an atmosphere of emotion and militant uplift, and in the presence of a large crowd of members and friends of the KKE and the KNE, the opening “kick-off” of the KKE’s 22nd Congress was given on Wednesday afternoon. 

The keynote address was delivered by the General Secretary of the CC of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, who took the podium to prolonged applause.

 

Anti-Communism in Iran: From the Pahlavi Dynasty to the Islamic Republic

 By Nikos Mottas

In modern Iranian history, anti-communism has never been an accident or a mere ideological reflex. It has been a permanent weapon of bourgeois state power. Across regimes that appeared to stand at opposite ideological poles — the pro-Western, secular monarchy of the Pahlavi dynasty and the theocratic order established after 1979 — the repression of communists and revolutionary leftists formed a stable axis of continuity. The language of power changed; its class function did not.

KKE's 22nd Congress kicks off on Thursday: Messages of greetings from Communist Parties

“A powerful KKE, steadfast in every trial, ready to answer history’s call, for socialism!””. With this slogan, the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) opens this week and will be held on 29, 30, and 31 January 2026.

As 902 portal stresses out, "the members and friends of the KKE and the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) welcome the 22nd Congress with a deep sense of responsibility and pride, with militant yet realistic optimism rooted in the justice of our struggle and in the necessity of advancing our Programme—for a society free from exploitation, capitalist barbarism, and imperialist wars."

Communist and Workers' Parties against imperialist intervention in Iran, express solidarity with the Iranian people's struggle!

Joint Statement of the Communist and Workers' Parties against Imperialist Intervention and for Solidarity with the Iranian People's Struggle!

We, the undersigned Communist and Workers' Parties which have supported the struggle of Iranian people for peace, sovereignty, human and democratic rights, social justice, and against threats of imperialist attack are watching with grave concern the current developments in the country. 

Communist Workers' Platform USA: Statement on the struggle against ICE terror in Minneapolis

Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Workers' Platform USA (CWPUSA) on the Center of Struggle in Minneapolis:

The Trump administration launched Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis starting late December. In January, ICE agents have since arrested 3,000 people in the state of Minnesota. In recent weeks, ICE has shot 3 people, executing 2 legal observers: Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

Michael Parenti, Marxist political scientist and author, dies aged 92

Michael Parenti, the American Marxist political scientist, author, and lecturer, has died at the age of 92. Parenti was widely known for his sharp critiques of imperialism, capitalism, and corporate power, and for his insistence that politics be examined through the lens of class interests and material conditions. 

Over several decades, he wrote influential books such as Democracy for the Few, Inventing Reality, and Blackshirts and Reds, combining academic research with a polemical style aimed at reaching audiences beyond the university. His work challenged dominant narratives on U.S. foreign policy, the role of the media, and the nature of liberal democracy.

Communist Party of Britain appoints Alex Gordon as new General Secretary

The Communist Party of Britain has announced the appointment of Alex Gordon as its new General Secretary, following a decision taken by the Party’s Executive Committee on 17 January 2026.

Gordon brings decades of experience from the trade union movement, as well as from peace, anti-fascist, anti-racist and international solidarity campaigning. He is a long-standing member of the Party’s Executive and Political Committees and has played a prominent role in struggles across Britain in defence of workers’ rights, democratic freedoms and peace.

Paul Robeson: 50 years since the death of the legendary communist voice

On 23 January 1976, the world lost Paul Robeson — an artist of towering ability and a man of rare moral courage. Fifty years on, Robeson’s life stands as a reminder that art can be a weapon against injustice, and that integrity, once chosen, can be carried through even the harshest storms of repression.

Robeson was many things at once, and all of them exceptional. He was born in 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of a formerly enslaved father whose life shaped his son’s unbreakable sense of dignity. 

 

Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) bids farewell to anti-imperialist journalist Walter Martinez

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) joins in the profound mourning over the passing of journalist, war correspondent, and international analyst Walter Martínez.

"With his departure, we lose a man of firm principles and proven integrity, who devoted his life to the ethical practice of journalism. Walter Martínez knew how to bring peoples closer to events as they unfolded, offering a rigorous, committed, and deeply human perspective on international reality.

Greenland: A "Northern Front" of Inter-Imperialist Rivalry

By Nikos Mottas 

The developments surrounding Greenland should not be treated as a diplomatic anomaly or as the product of individual political choices. 

They are a concentrated expression of the contemporary phase of imperialism, in which the sharpening competition among capitalist powers drags strategic regions and smaller peoples into conflicts not of their own making. 

In the final stretch for the 22nd Congress of the KKE

As announced, the 22^nd Congress of the KKE will be held from 29 to 31 January, 2026, under the theme: “A powerful KKE, steadfast in every trial, ready to answer history’s call, for socialism!”.

From mid-December until today, conferences were held by the Regional Organizations of the KKE, and specifically by the Party Organizations of Central Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia - Thrace, Western Macedonia, Thessaly, Western Greece, Peloponnese, Epirus - Corfu - Lefkada, Central Greece  - Euboea, Crete, the North and South Aegean, the Organizations abroad, as well as the Party Organization of Attica, the largest Organization of the Party.

PCV demands answers from the government over the presence of the CIA chief in Venezuela

The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) demanded that the government leadership provide clear and transparent explanations regarding the presence in the country of the Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, whom it described as “a nefarious figure for the peoples of the world,” and whose visit — the Party denounced — has not been officially communicated to the Venezuelan people.

 

KKE warns in the European Parliament: Unacceptable U.S. threats over Greenland; EU and NATO complicit

An intervention in the debate on U.S. threats and the escalating rivalry with the EU centered on Greenland was made by the European Parliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the plenary session in Strasbourg. The Party’s MEP, Kostas Papadakis, stated the following in his speech:

“We condemn the unacceptable threats of military intervention by the United States, NATO ally Denmark, and the EU against Greenland, following their military intervention against the people of Venezuela, as well as the threats against the Cuban people and the planned U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

 

Statement of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) on the tragic train accident in Adamuz

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) expresses its deep consternation and sorrow over the derailment that occurred in Córdoba, which has so far claimed 39 lives and left dozens injured. 

 

We convey our condolences to the families of the deceased and our support and solidarity to the injured, as well as to the emergency personnel, the workers of the affected companies, and the residents of the area who, from the very first moment, have collaborated in the rescue efforts. 

 

KKE-KNE: Mass political event in solidarity with the people of Venezuela held in Athens

Following the mobilizations that unfolded from the very first moment of the imperialist intervention in Venezuela, members and friends of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) from universities in Athens gathered on Thursday, 15 January, at the Athens University of Economics and Business for an event in solidarity with the people of Venezuela and, more broadly, with the struggles of the peoples worlwide.

 

Communist Party of India celebrates its centenary with a massive rally in Telangana

On Sunday, the National General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), D Raja, said the Communist Party of India’s 100-year journey was a “glorious path of struggles and sacrifices” rooted in the freedom movement and the cause of the people.

Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the CPI’s centenary celebrations held in Khammam town, Telangana, Raja recalled that the CPI was formed on December 26, 1925, at a time when India was under colonial rule. 

Tudeh Party leading member: Iran’s uprising is a class struggle that imperialism seeks to hijack

Tudeh Party's leading cadre, Mohammad Omidvar, gave an interview to the Morning Star, analysing the class roots of the current uprising in Iran and warning against imperialist interference in Iran. Read the full interview below:

Question: How do you assess the deeper socioeconomic forces that have driven people into the streets, and why do you disagree with the Iranian Government’s position that this is a foreign plot? 

KKE MEPs denounce anti-Cuba event in the European Parliament: Letter to Roberta Metsola

A protest letter to the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, was sent by the European Parliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) regarding the holding of an event organized by the far-right ECR (European Conservatives and Reformists) entitled “Cuban Mercenaries in the Russian Attack on Ukraine.” 

 

An event openly hostile toward Cuba, at a time when the dangers of imperialist intervention are intensifying.

 

KKE's Party Organization in Germany honoured Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

On Saturday 10 January, the KKE’s Party Organization in Germany held an event and discussion in Berlin on the topic: “Lessons from the class struggle in Germany, 1918–1923”.

On Sunday 11 January, the annual march in memory and honour of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, leading figures of the German revolutionary movement and founders of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), took place in Berlin. 

The KKE condemns the U.S provocative threats of a new imperialist military attack on Iran

In a statement (here in Greek) on developments in Iran, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) notes:

“The KKE condemns the provocative threats issued by the United States for a new imperialist military attack on Iran, jointly with the state of Israel, within the framework of the broader imperialist antagonisms, aiming to shape political developments in that country as well, in accordance with their own geopolitical interests. These threats come as a continuation of the imperialist intervention in Venezuela and the threats directed against Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, and Greenland.

Tudeh Party of Iran: Statements on the current crisis in Iran, the demonstrations and imperialist threats

The Tudeh Party of Iran follows closely and carefully the ongoing developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran and have proceeded to statements and urgents calls regarding the situation in the country. We republish the two latest statements/articles of the Party, published on 9 and 12 January respectively:

Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran

Communist Party of Poland condemns reactionary and ahistorical court decision ratifying its ban

The anti-communist decision to ban the Communist Party of Poland (KPP), which had been adopted by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal on 3 December, was ratified by the Warsaw Court at its session on 15 December.

The decision to remove the party from the official register of political parties has now been formally communicated to the Communist Party of Poland, which issued the following statement condemning this ahistorical and reactionary ruling:

Communist Workers’ Platform USA: In Response to ICE Murderers

When Renee Nicole Good was murdered in cold blood by ICE, the country responded in kind with strong mobilizations, uniting various organizations as conditions in the US continue to spiral. The CWPUSA was no different in this, mobilizing forces across locations. The Louisville Local Committee demonstrated at a protest in honor of Renee Nicole Good and against ICE's continued terror campaign on the working class.

 

The mythomaniac Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio, an American of Cuban descent and Secretary of State of the United States, has been characterized throughout his political career by a lack of ethics, corruption scandals, extreme mythomania, far-right positions, and his unhealthy obsession with overthrowing progressive and sovereign nations in Latin America, mainly Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, as well as the current governments of Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.

 

Under Imperialism, there is no “International Law”

By Nikos Mottas

The widespread claim that recent imperialist bluntness, epitomized by the Trump doctrine, has “destroyed international law” rests on a false premise: that such a law ever existed as a binding, neutral framework above imperialism. 

From a Marxist-Leninist standpoint, this belief is not an error of detail but a fundamental ideological illusion. Imperialism has never been restrained by international law. On the contrary, what is called “international law” has always been a secondary product of imperialist relations, tolerated only insofar as it served monopoly interests and discarded whenever it ceased to do so.

KKE: The EU-Mercosur Agreement serves monopolies, not farmers or food security

In a comment on the EU–Mercosur agreement, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) states the following:

“The approval of the ‘free trade’ agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries by the New Democracy government constitutes yet another hostile act against small and struggling farmers, livestock breeders, beekeepers, and fishers—at a time when they are waging a heroic struggle at the roadblocks for their very survival.

 

The Communist Party of Turkey on the bloodbath in Syria's Aleppo: "This is what you created, it's yours!"

Aleppo has once again become the scene of a brutal bloodbath. Clashes between forces of the jihadist Syrian government and Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have engulfed civilian neighborhoods, leaving destruction, displacement, and fear in their wake. 

In a statement (read here in Turkish), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), stresses out:

THIS IS THE PHOTO YOU CREATED — BE PROUD OF IT! 

Interview of the General Secretary of the KKE Dimitris Koutsoumbas to "Riktpunkt"

During his recent visit to Sweden, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, gave an in-depth interview to Riktpunkt, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Sweden (SKP).

In the interview, conducted by Riktpunkt's Josef Brant, Koutsoumbas addresses a wide range of issues of international and domestic importance: developments within the Greek workers’ movement, the political role of KKE, imperialist war and militarization, the European Union, NATO, social democracy, fascism, and debates within the international communist movement.