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."
Following a long, organized, and politically substantive pre-Congress internal Party process—culminating in the Regional Committee Conferences and the election of delegates—all preparations have been completed and the Congress is ready to begin.
The major opening event of the 22nd Congress will take place on Wednesday, 28 January, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.), at the Galatsi Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, featuring a speech by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas. The opening event will also include the theatrical performance “The Manifesto” by Bertolt Brecht, a poetic stage adaptation of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
On Thursday, 29 January, the Congress proceedings will continue at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the KKE in Perissos, with the presentation of the Central Committee’s report to the Congress by Dimitris Koutsoumbas.
The work of the 22nd Congress will include interventions by the delegates, discussion, and the adoption of the Congress Resolution. The Congress will conclude on Saturday, 31 January, with the election of the new Central Committee and the Central Committee for Financial Audit of the Communist Party of Greece.
Messages of solidarity from Communist and Workers’ Parties to the 22nd Congress of the KKE:
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 902.gr
The list of parties that have sent greetings so far (as of Tuesday 27/1 evening) is as follows:
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (PADS), Argentinian Communist Party, Communist Party of Australia, Revolutionary Communist Party of Brazil, Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Cuba, Force of the Revolution (Dominican Republic), Communist Workers' Party – For Democracy and Socialism (Finland), Revolutionary Party-Communists (France), Communist Party (Germany), German Communist Party, Tudeh Party of Iran, Communist Party of Ireland, Workers' Party of Ireland, Communist Party of Israel, Communist Front (Italy), Shiso-Undo (Japan), Japanese Communist Party, Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan, Lebanese Communist Party, Communist Party of Luxembourg, Communist Party of Mexico, New Communist Party of the Netherlands, Communist Party of Pakistan, Palestinian Communist Party, Palestinian People's Party, Paraguayan Communist Party, Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP 1930), Russian Communist Party (Internationalists), Organisation of Communists (Russia), Communists in Catalonia, Communist Workers Party of Spain, Communist Party of Sri Lanka, JVP Sri Lanka, Communist Party of Swaziland, Communist Party of Sweden, Syrian Communist Party, Communist Party of Turkey, ML Today (USA), Communist Workers' Platform USA, Communist Party of Venezuela, Communist Party of Vietnam.