Resolution submitted by the KKE to the 24th IMCWP

Resolution submitted by the KKE to the 24th IMCWP

Communist and workers’ parties against imperialist wars: The workers’-people’s struggle will grow stronger with an independent line, away from all bourgeois and imperialist plans. 

With this Resolution, on the occasion of the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties in Havana from 7 to 9 August 2026,  we express our solidarity with Cuba and its people, we honour the memory and historic contribution of Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz, leader of the Communist Party of Cuba and of the Cuban Revolution, on the centenary of his birth commemorated this year. 

Final declaration of the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties

FINAL DECLARATION OF THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF COMMUNIST AND WORKERS' PARTIES

Havana, Cuba, August 7-8, 2026

“Defending and honoring the legacy of the Cuban Revolution on the centenary of Fidel’s birth and consolidating solidarity with socialist Cuba; strengthening joint actions and joining forces for peace and against imperialist aggression.”

Miguel Díaz-Canel at the 24th IMCWP: “Socialism remains the only realistic and humane alternative to capitalist barbarism”

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel delivered a forceful closing address to the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) in Havana, denouncing the deepening crisis of capitalism, the resurgence of fascism, the U.S. economic war against Cuba and the urgent tasks facing the international communist movement.

Speaking in the context of the centenary of Fidel Castro’s birth, Díaz-Canel described Cuba as an “island of dignity and historical resistance” against imperialism and fascism, warning that humanity is passing through one of its most uncertain and dangerous periods in decades.

 

KKE: Contribution at the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties in Havana

The 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) began in Havana on Friday and will conclude on Sunday (7–9 August). This year’s Meeting, hosted by the Communist Party of Cuba, is being held under the theme: “We defend and honor the legacy of the Cuban Revolution on the centenary of Fidel’s birth, deepen solidarity with socialist Cuba, strengthen our joint actions and unite our forces for peace and against imperialist aggression".

The 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties to be held in Havana on 7-9 August

The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) was successfully concluded on Sunday, April 19, in Istanbul. The session focused on determining the venue, theme, and organizational matters for the 24th International Meeting.

The Working Group decided that the 24th IMCWP will take place in Havana from August 7 to 9, 2026, under the theme: “We defend and honor the legacy of the Cuban Revolution on the centenary of Fidel Castro; we deepen our solidarity with socialist Cuba; we strengthen our joint actions and unite our forces for peace and against imperialist aggression.”

Meeting of Communist Parties scheduled to be held in Beirut has been postponed until further notice

The 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP), that was scheduled to take place in Beirut on 24-27 October 2024, has been postponed until further notice due to the ongoing war in the Middle East. 

The theme of this year's 24th IMCWP is: "To strengthen the international struggle against capitalism, imperialist aggression  and its offspring fascism, in support of the Palestinian people and its resistance. For national and social liberation, for progress and socialism."

The 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties to be held in Beirut in October

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Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, will host the 24th International Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP), which will take place on 25-27 October 2024. 

 

The decision was taken on Saturday 29 June at the meeting of the Working Group (WG) of IMCWP held in Beirut and attended by 14 Communist and Workers' Parties, including the KKE.

The main theme of the 24th IMCWP, hosted by the Lebanese Communist Party, will be the following:

Plan of Action of the 23rd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties, Izmir, Turkey

The Communist and Workers' Parties participating at the 23rd IMCWP in İzmir, declare their will and determination, until the next meeting, to engage in joint and convergent actions on the following main issues:

1. Opposing imperialist wars, the arms race, including nuclear weapons, foreign military bases and rejecting all the practices of NATO; in this context, increasing class-based propaganda and mobilization against NATO’s expansion and aggression all over the world, standing against the involvement of NATO and its allies in the war in Ukraine and in Israel’s brutal aggression against the Palestinian people; strengthening the struggle for disengagement from NATO and its dissolution, organizing anti-imperialist, anti-war events on September 21, “World Peace Day”supporting the efforts of the World Peace Council.

The 23rd International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties kicks off in Izmir, Turkey

The 23rd International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties (IMCWP) begins today in Izmir, Turkey, hosted by the country's Communist Party (TKP). 

The Meeting is held between 20-22 October, under the following subject: "The political and ideological battles to confront capitalists and imperialism. The tasks of communists to inform and mobilize the working class, youth, women, and intellectuals in the struggle against exploitation, oppression, imperialist lies and historical revisionism; for the social and democratic rights of workers and peoples; against militarism and war, for peace and socialism."

The 23rd International Meeting of Communist Parties (IMCWP) to be held in Izmir, Turkey on 20-22 October

Turkey's coastal city of Izmir will be the hosting place of the 23rd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) on October 20-22, 2023.

The decision was taken during the IMCWP Working Group meeting that was held in Istanbul on Saturday 10 June.

The responsibility for organizing and hosting of October's meeting belongs to the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). It is reminded that Izmir had hosted the 21st IMCWP in October 2019.  

Resolution by Communist and Workers' Parties: Down with the blockade! Long live Socialist Cuba!

Resolution to Condemn the Blockade and to Stand in Solidarity with Cuba

The undersigned delegations attending the 22^nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties, held in Havana in October 2022 express: 

Our strongest condemnation of the unjust, illegal and inhumane blockade maintained by the government of the United States against Cuba and demand, once again, its immediate and unconditional end. 

We urge the international community to demand that the U.S. government comply with the numerous UN General Assembly Resolutions condemning the blockade and calling for its lifting. 

Final Declaration of the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties

Final Declaration

22^nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties

“Solidarity with Cuba and all the struggling peoples. United we are stronger in the anti-imperialist struggle, together with social and popular movements, in the face of capitalism and its policies, the threat of fascism and war; in defense of peace, the environment, workers' rights, solidarity and socialism”

1. The 145 representatives of 78 Communist and Workers’ Parties of 60 countries, present at this 22^nd IMCWP, held in Havana, Cuba, on October 27-29, 2022, warn about the dangerous situation in which humanity finds itself.