Serbia: A whole list of monopolies and geopolitical rivalries behind the “Student List”

Article published in Rizospastis, Organ of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), on its weekend edition (31/10 - 1/11). Read below the translation: 

By Kostas Papadakis

The bourgeois political parties in Greece greeted the election results in Serbia and the victory of the so-called “Student List” in last Sunday's elections with enthusiastic praise. They spoke of a “historic result that overturned the political landscape,” making sure to draw parallels between Greece and Serbia. 

“We do not work for war”: Dockworkers in 113 ports across five continents join international strike

From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, from Australia to the Americas, dockworkers and seafarers joined an unprecedented international day of coordinated industrial action on Friday, October 30, declaring that ports must serve the needs of the people rather than become logistical bases for imperialist wars. 

According to trade unions involved in the mobilization, workers in 113 ports across 22 countries and five continents participated in strikes, work stoppages, demonstrations and solidarity actions under the common slogan: “We do not work for war!”

Brazilian Communist Parties react to Lula's electoral victory and Bolsonaro's flight to the U.S.

Brazil's communist parties have responded to the re-election of social-democrat Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the subsequent flight of defeated far-right presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro to the United States, warning that the electoral defeat of Bolsonarism does not eliminate the threat of reactionary forces, coup attempts and imperialist interference. 

In separate statements, the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) and the Brazilian Revolutionary Communist Party (PCBR) stressed the necessity of mass mobilization and independent working-class struggle, while offering distinct assessments of the post-election political situation.

Russia: Lenin monuments restored in Siberia and Moscow region

Two Lenin monuments have recently been restored in Russia, one in Siberia and another in the Moscow region, reflecting the enduring historical legacy of the leader of the October Socialist Revolution more than three decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

In Kedrovy, a settlement in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, a restored monument to Vladimir Lenin was unveiled on October 26, 2026. Originally erected in 1967, the monument was restored following a local initiative launched in 2024, supported by donations from residents and assistance from municipal and regional authorities.

 

Israel: Netanyahu's far-right camp seeks to discredit Arab vote, communist-backed Joint List warns

The communist-backed Joint List has strongly condemned what it describes as an organized campaign by Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right Likud party to undermine the results of Israel's parliamentary elections by questioning the legitimacy of Arab voters and their political representation.

In a statement published on October 29 by Al-Ittihad, the alliance in which the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) play a central role, accused Netanyahu's coalition of refusing to accept the unprecedented electoral mobilization of Arab citizens.

 

KKE condemns Greek government’s disgraceful abstention on UN vote against Cuba blockade

In a statement concerning the Greek government's disgraceful stance at the UN General Assembly on Cuba, the International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) notes:

"The New Democracy (ND) government has once again found itself on the wrong side of history, as, for the first time in 33 years, Greece abstained from voting at the UN General Assembly on Cuba's resolution demanding an end to the imperialist blockade. 

 

Communist Party of the Workers of Spain demands accountability after deadly train collision in Toledo

The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) has expressed its grief over the deadly collision between two trains in Los Yébenes, Toledo, on Wednesday, October 28, which, according to the party's statement, has claimed 64 lives and left approximately 100 people injured.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the PCTE extended its condolences to the victims' families and expressed solidarity with the injured, railway workers, emergency personnel and local residents who participated in rescue operations.

 

Fox News' anti-communist paranoia reaches new heights over French student protests

In a remarkable display of anti-communist hysteria, Fox News, the American media outlet notorious for its enthusiastic support of Donald Trump, has apparently uncovered a sinister international conspiracy behind the mass student protests in France. Among the alleged culprits? The Communist Youth of Greece (KNE). 

 

Their shocking crime? Expressing solidarity with French students fighting for their rights!!

 

13 European Communist Youth organizations hail student protests, back dockworkers' strike

Thanassis Stavrakis / AP

Thirteen European Communist Youth organizations have issued a joint statement saluting the mobilizations of school students, university students and workers currently taking place in several European countries and expressing their solidarity with the worldwide dockworkers' mobilization on October 30.

The full text of the statement reads as follows:

 

KKE marks 86 years since fascist Italy's invasion of Greece, warns against new imperialist wars

On the 86th anniversary of Greece's entry into World War II, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) pays tribute to the heroic struggle of the Greek people against fascist occupation, highlighting the decisive contribution of the communists to the National Resistance and drawing urgent lessons for today's escalating imperialist rivalries and wars. October 28 is commemorated annually in Greece as Ohi Day (“No Day”), marking the rejection of fascist Italy's ultimatum in 1940 and the subsequent Italian invasion. The anniversary also recalls the years of Nazi-fascist occupation and the mass resistance movement that emerged under the leadership of the communists.

 

Israel: Communist-backed Joint List hails electoral gains, calls for genuine political change

The Hadash-led Joint List, which includes the Communist Party of Israel (Maki), has welcomed its strong showing in Israel’s parliamentary elections held on Tuesday, October 27, describing the preliminary results as a significant achievement for the political representation of the Arab-Palestinian population in Israel.

According to partial results released on Wednesday, October 28, the Joint List was projected to secure approximately 11 seats in the 120-member Knesset, marking an important electoral advance. 

 

KKE Europarliament Group calls member-states to support Cuba's resolution at the UN General Assembly

Call by the KKE’s European Parliamentary Group to EU member states to vote in favor of Cuba’s resolution at the UN General Assembly to lift the U.S. embargo. 

In light of yet another Cuban resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for the lifting of the criminal U.S. embargo, the Cuban people are currently facing great difficulties, under the threat of a U.S. military invasion and the CIA’s openly declared plans to undermine and overthrow the Cuban government. Since early 2026, they have been facing an energy blockade that amounts to an act of genocide. 

Brazil: Lula defeats far-right Bolsonaro, fuels social democratic illusions

Article published in Rizospastis, Organ of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), on Tuesday 27 October 2026. Read below the translation:

 

In the second round of Brazil’s presidential election, held amid extreme political polarization, the winner was 80-year-old incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a social democrat who secured 51.8% of the vote (64.2 million votes), defeating 45-year-old far-right neoliberal Flávio Bolsonaro, eldest son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who received 48.21% (59.8 million votes). The result ushers in yet another round of social democratic illusions about the possibility of a more humane capitalism.

 

Serbia's Election: Student-led opposition triumphs, but communist alternative remains absent

Serbia's parliamentary elections on Sunday, October 25, delivered a decisive defeat to President Aleksandar Vučić's ruling camp, with the student-led opposition winning an outright majority after nearly two years of mass protests. 

 

Yet behind this major political shift lies a fundamental question: where is the independent political voice of the working class?

 

Jordanian and Israeli communists condemn deadly church attack, mourn Communist Party cadre

The Jordanian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Israel have strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan, which claimed eight lives, including that of Marwan al-Khaitan, a member of the Jordanian Communist Party's Central Committee. The massacre took place on Friday, October 23, during a funeral service at St. George's Church in Hammoud, near Karak, leaving dozens wounded.

The French people are taking to the streets — But where is a Communist Party to lead them?

By Nikos Mottas 

France is once again a country of protests, strikes and growing popular anger. Young people are mobilizing against deteriorating schools and an increasingly uncertain future, while workers confront austerity, rising living costs and attacks on public services. 

The French state finds enormous resources for military expenditure, yet workers and their families are told that sacrifices are unavoidable. 

Cuban Ambassador to Greece: “If we are attacked, we will defend our country with determination”

Ambassador Hernández during a KKE rally for Cuba (Archive)

The following is an English translation of an interview with Aramís Fuente Hernández, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Greece, originally published in Rizospastis, Organ of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), on October 24, 2026. 

For 34 years, the overwhelming majority of UN member states have supported lifting the brutal blockade, which has become even more suffocating this year with the imposition of an energy embargo. At the same time, pressure from the United States and its Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who comes from Miami's anti-Cuban political establishment, has intensified as Washington seeks to persuade various countries to change their votes.

 

Latin American communist parties condemn US arrest warrant against Raúl Castro

Communist parties in Mexico, Peru and Brazil have strongly condemned the latest US judicial offensive against Raúl Castro, denouncing the arrest warrant issued by Florida authorities on October 19 as another act of imperialist aggression against socialist Cuba. In separate statements, the three parties expressed solidarity with the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution and rejected Washington's continuing attempts to intimidate and undermine the Cuban people.

 

Czech Republic: Leading KSČM members condemn Konečná's alignment with the far right

Kateřina Konečná's decision to join the far-right, xenophobic and anti-communist Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament has triggered fierce criticism within the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM). 

 

Leading party cadres, including Vice-Chairman Milan Krajča and Petra Prokšanová, have publicly condemned the move, describing it as a fundamental political error and distancing themselves from the former party chairwoman's decision.

 

70 years since the 1956 counterrevolution in Hungary

Seventy years ago, on October 23, 1956, counterrevolutionary forces launched an offensive against the People's Republic of Hungary, seeking to overthrow workers' power and restore capitalism. Seven decades later, bourgeois historiography continues to glorify these events as a heroic struggle for "freedom and democracy," concealing their class character, the involvement of reactionary forces and the role of Western imperialism.

 

Czech Communist Youth strongly denounces Konečná for joining far-right group "Patriots for Europe"

A political storm is unfolding within the Czech communist movement after Kateřina Konečná, former chairwoman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM), joined the right-wing Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament. 

 

Her decision to sit alongside nationalist, far-right and openly anti-communist forces has provoked a fierce denunciation from the Communist Youth Union (Komunistický svaz mládeže - KSM), which is demanding that the KSČM leadership condemn the move and take disciplinary action.

 

Turkish communists protest Mecca Agreement: “You cannot kill our youth for Saudi oil!”

Hundreds of people gathered in Ankara on Wednesday, October 21, in a demonstration organized by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) against the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, warning that the military pact could drag Turkey into Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

The agreement, signed on August 7 by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is awaiting parliamentary ratification. Its provisions stipulate that an armed attack against one signatory would be considered an attack against all three countries.

 

Communist Party of Poland warns: Grzegorz Braun's far-right, anti-worker agenda is no alternative

The Communist Party of Poland (KPP) has strongly criticized far-right politician Grzegorz Braun and his Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP), warning that their supposedly anti-establishment rhetoric conceals a deeply reactionary, anti-communist and aggressively pro-capitalist political program. In an article published on October 20 under the title “Braun Is Not the Solution,” the Polish communists argue that growing dissatisfaction with the liberal establishment, militarism and the threat of war has driven sections of society toward political forces presenting themselves as opponents of the existing system. Braun's fascist party, however, offers no genuine alternative to capitalist exploitation.

 

The “Red Scare” is fading: 43% of Americans view Socialism positively

A record 43% of Americans now hold a positive view of socialism, according to a Gallup poll published on September 23, 2026. The figure is the highest recorded since the organization began tracking attitudes toward socialism in 2010, reflecting a significant shift in a country where anti-communism has been deeply entrenched for generations.

The findings are particularly striking among young Americans aged 18–34, 57% of whom view socialism positively, compared with 43% who hold a positive opinion of capitalism.