Thursday, January 22, 2026

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

As announced, the 22nd 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.

Through these conferences, the Party completed a long, organized and substantive pre-congress party process was at all levels. This included discussion of the Central Committee’s Theses,  rich reflection on developments in Greece and internationally, examination of the Party’s intervention, and the election of new guiding organs for the Organizations, Regional Secretaries, and delegates to the Congress.

It should be noted that the KKE organizations distributed 90,000 copies of the Theses and held dozens of meetings and events with thousands of workers, farmers, self-employed, and young people in schools and universities, in working-class neighbourhoods and elsewhere. These gatherings facilitated broad and public discussion of the Theses of the Central Committee and the need to struggle alongside the KKE.

On Wednesday, 28 January,  the opening event of the 22nd Congress of the KKE will take place in a closed stadium in Athens. The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, will deliver a speech, followed by a theatrical performance of “The Manifesto” by B. Brecht.

The following day, Thursday, 29 January, the proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the KKE will continue at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Party, beginning with the presentation of the Central Committee's report to the delegates by Dimitris Koutsoumbas.

This will be followed by contributions from the delegates, discussion, and the vote on the Resolution of the 22nd Congress. The Congress will conclude on Saturday, 31 January, with the election of the members of the new Central Committee and the Central Audit Committee of the KKE.

Messages of greetings from around the world

After receiving relevant information from the International Relations Section of the Central Committee, dozens of Communist Parties worldwide,have sent messages of greetings to the 22nd Congress. These messages are being translated and will be published in the newspaper Rizospastis, the organ of the Central Committee of the KKE, and on the KKE’s news portal – https://www.902.gr/ .

The list of parties that have sent greetings so far is as follows:

  1. Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (PADS)
  2. Argentinian Communist Party
  3. Communist Party of Australia
  4. Party of Labour of Austria
  5. Revolutionary Communist Party of Brazil
  6. Communist Party of Brazil
  7. Communist Party of Britain
  8. Communist Party of Cuba
  9. AKEL, Cyprus
  10. Communist Party of Denmark
  11. Force of the Revolution, Dominican Republic
  12. Communist Party of Ecuador
  13. Communist Workers' Party - For Democracy and Socialism (Finland)
  14. Revolutionary Party-Communists France
  15. Communist Revolutionary Party of France
  16. Communist Party (Germany)
  17. German Communist Party
  18. Communist Party of India
  19. Communist Party of Ireland
  20. Workers' Party of Ireland
  21. Communist Party of Israel
  22. Communist Front (Italy)
  23. Shiso-Undo
  24. Japanese Communist Party
  25. Jordanian Communist Party
  26. Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan
  27. People's Revolutionary Party of Laos
  28. Lebanese Communist Party
  29. Communist Party of Luxembourg
  30. Communist Party of Mexico
  31. New Communist Party of the Netherlands
  32. Communist Party of Norway
  33. Communist Party of Pakistan
  34. Palestinian Communist Party
  35. Palestinian People's Party
  36. Paraguayan Communist Party
  37. Philippines Communist Party [PKP 1930]
  38. Communist Party of Poland
  39. Romanian Communist Party (21st century)
  40. Russian Communist Party (Internationalists)
  41. Organisation of Communists (Russia) 
  42. Communists of Serbia
  43. Communists in Catalonia
  44. Communist Workers Party of Spain 
  45. Communist Party of Sri Lanka
  46. JVP Sri Lanka
  47. Communist Party of Swaziland
  48. Communist Party of Sweden
  49. Swiss Communist Party
  50. Syrian Communist Party
  51. Communist Party of Turkey
  52. ML Today
  53. Communist Workers' Platform USA
  54. Communist Party of Venezuela
  55. Communist Party of Vietnam
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