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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

KKE: Mitsotakis’ statement on the US intervention in Venezuela is cynical, vile, and disgraceful

In a statement concerning the despicable comment of the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' concerning the U.S attack in Venezuela, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), stresses out the following:

"Mitsotakis’ statement on the imperialist intervention of the United States in Venezuela is a cynical, vile, and disgraceful intervention for the Greek people, one that surpasses even Trump’s own statements.

Greek communists mobilize against the US imperialist attack on Venezuela - KKE intervention in the European Parliament

Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Athens on Saturday afternoon, in an immediate and militant response to the new imperialist crime carried out by the United States against Venezuela. 

 

Within hours of the military intervention, a mass march organized by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its youth wing, KNE, converged outside the U.S. Embassy, sending a clear message of internationalist solidarity with the Venezuelan people.

 

Greek soldier punished for speaking out against NATO and expressing solidarity with struggling farmers!

Archive Photo

In Greece, the Ministry of National Defense have escalated their attempts to limit political expression within the Armed Forces. Soldier Manos Papageorgiou, serving at the 4th Recruit Training Centre on Samos, has been sentenced to 25 days’ imprisonment and removed from the Special Forces — not for misconduct, but for openly declaring solidarity with working people and farmers resisting economic hardship and militarisation.

 

KKE: We welcome 2026 with militant and realistic optimism for the just cause of our struggle

Article by the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE

As 2025 draws to a close, broad masses of popular forces in Greece have taken to the streets of struggle, waging battles of great significance. Poor farmers have set up roadblocks on central and regional roads across the country, fighting for survival against the monopolies, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, and  government policies that are suffocating them. 

Communist-backed public sector workers win historic victory in Greece

In a landmark development for the labour movement in Greece, the Democratic Militant Cooperation  (DAS) — the trade union faction affiliated with the All-Workers Militant Front  (PAME) and rooted in the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) — emerged as the leading force at the 39th Congress of ADEDY, the Confederation of Public Sector Workers. This result marks an unprecedented historic shift within Greece’s largest public sector union federation, sending a powerful message of working-class resistance and unity against pro-monopoly policies, austerity, and the dominance of pro‑government union currents.

 

Greek farmers rise up and the KKE stands by their side

Photo: Eurokinissi

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has taken a clear, decisive position in support of the escalating struggle of poor farmers across the country. 

 

With a series of on-site visits to the roadblocks in Larissa, Karditsa, Trikala, Tirnavos and other areas, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, conveyed the Party’s full solidarity and its commitment to stand at the side of those fighting for their survival.

 

KKE-KNE protest at Polish Embassy in Athens against renewed persecution of the Communist Party of Poland

A delegation of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), led by KKE MP Afroditi Ktena, carried out a militant protest today at the Embassy of Poland in Athens, condemning the continuation of the unacceptable anti-communist persecutions against the Communist Party of Poland. The attacks escalate once again on December 3 at the Constitutional Court, following a petition submitted by Poland’s President K. Nawrocki claiming “unconstitutionality of the aims and activity of the Communist Party of Poland.”

 

KKE blasts Greek government's gas deals with Euro-Atlantic puppet Zelensky

In a statement (here in Greek) concerning the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Greece and his meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday 16 November, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses out: 

"The American dealers of the outrageously expensive LNG had barely left Greece when the buyer arrived — none other than the head of the reactionary and corrupt regime of Ukraine who, together with the USA–NATO–EU, has dragged his own people into the bloodbath with Russia that has lasted almost four years.

Aleka Papariga, the KKE and the defense of Marxism-Leninism

By Nikos Mottas

Aleka Papariga, the former long-time leader (1991-2013) of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), celebrates her 80th birthday as a militant whose personal biography has become inseparable from the continuity of a KKE that has refused every form of retreat, compromise, and incorporation into the system of exploitation. Her political life reflects not only the history of the KKE but also its strategic persistence amid some of the most difficult decades for communists worldwide. 

KKE calls the Greek government to support Cuba's resolution against US blockade at the United Nations

The International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has called the Greek government to support the Cuban resolution against the US blockade at the UN General Assembly.

In a statement (here in Greek), the Party stresses out:

"The KKE has consistently expressed its solidarity with the Communist Party and the people of Cuba and demands the immediate lift of all measures of the barbaric imperialist blockade imposed by the US for 65 years.

 

Greek workers: We refuse to become slaves in the 21st century!

On 14 October 2025, the day that parliament debated on the anti-labour bill providing for 13-hour workdays, a new 24-hour general strike took place in Greece, for the second time in 15 days.

The strike was called by 38 Labour Centres, which are local trade union associations, including those in the largest Greek cities (Athens, Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Patras, etc), as well as 18 sectoral trade union federations. 

 

KKE leader Koutsoumbas meets Palestinian Foreign Minister, reiterates unwavering solidarity

Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), reaffirmed the party’s steadfast solidarity with the Palestinian people during a meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Varsen Aghapekian Sahin.

The meeting took place at the Embassy of Palestine in Athens and was attended by KKE representatives, including Politburo Member and MP Giorgos Marinos as well as Elias Nasir from the Party’s International Relations Section.

 

“On the island of death, the Communists never bowed”: The KKE pays tribute to Gyaros fighters

On Saturday, October 11, 2025, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) held a powerful and deeply symbolic memorial on the island of Gyaros, known as the “island of death,” where thousands of communists and leftists were imprisoned, tortured, and martyred for their political convictions. 

 

The visit served both as a tribute to those who endured unimaginable suffering and as a reaffirmation of the living continuity of their struggle.

 

KKE and Vietnam reaffirm commitment to peoples struggles and internationalist solidarity

In a meeting marked by internationalist solidarity and a combative spirit, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, welcomed on Wednesday at the KKE headquarters in Perissos, Athens, a delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam, headed by Vice-Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai. 

According to 902 portal, the meeting was also attended by the Vietnamese ambassador to Athens, Pham Thi Thu Huong, as well as the KKE cadres Giorgos Marinos, MP and Politburo member, MEP Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos and Nikos Seretakis, member of the International Relations Section of the Central Committee. 

 

“The Spark Will Become a Fire”: KNE Festival in Athens Draws Mass Crowds, Sends Message of Struggle

Under a sky lit by flares and smoke, the 51st KNE-Odigitis Festival unfolded in Athens' Tritsis Park, drawing tens of thousands of young people and workers. 

The park transformed into a crimson citadel of defiance, echoing the Festival’s resounding slogan: “The spark will become a fire — with KKE strong, steadfast in every trial, ready at the call of History, for socialism.” For four days, Tritsis Park became a living “red city.” KNE’s organizations from every region marched in with banners, chants, and raised fists. 

Palestinian and Israeli Young Communists Unite at KNE Festival: Against War and Occupation

At the 51st KNE–Odigitis Festival, the annual gathering of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) in Athens, the event “With Palestine Toward Freedom” became a powerful declaration of internationalist solidarity. 

It was not simply a cultural tribute but a militant denunciation of war, genocide, and imperialism, affirming that true solidarity means exposing and confronting the real guilty parties: the imperialist powers, their governments, and the system of exploitation that sustains them.

Songs of Resistance Across the Aegean: Communists Honor Mikis Theodorakis at 100

The Aegean reverberated this weekend with the defiant songs of struggle, as communists from Greece and Turkey joined forces in a powerful celebration of the centennial of Mikis Theodorakis. 

More than a concert, the evening in Izmir (Smyrna) became a living manifesto: a declaration that music and revolution remain inseparable, and that the peoples of the region share a common fight against imperialism, war, and exploitation.