Turkish and Greek young communists against NATO — Joint Statement by TKG and KNE

Joint Statement by the Communist Youth of Turkey (TKG) and the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) concerning NATO's military drills in the region:

NATO is conducting a massive military exercise involving 12,000 troops until June 9th in the Balkans, centered around Alexandroupolis/Dedeağaç. Led by the USA, which relentlessly seeks to tighten its grip on the region, this operation is not about defense—it is a blatant act of aggression, just like all other NATO maneuvers. As always, the ones caught in the crosshairs are the working people.

Communists in Greece block trucks with ammunition heading to Ukraine

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Once again, forces of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its Youth wing, KNE, blocked trucks carrying ammunition to the slaughterhouse of Ukraine.

This time, members and supporters of the KKE and KNE blocked a convoy of trucks transporting 155mm calibers produced at the Hellenic Defense Systems SA and utilized on the front lines of the Ukrainian war. 

The incident took place in Lavrio, a town 40km south-east of Athens. 

Communists achieve landslide victory for fourth year in a row in Greek university student elections

The university students in Greece sent a powerful message.

 

For a fourth consecutive year, "Panspoudastiki KS" (All Student Cooperation Movement), backed by KNE - the young wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) - emerges first in the nationwide student elections held on Thursday 14 May, throughout the country's universities and technological institutes. 

 

KKE: Protests for the anti-communist, anti-democratic persecutions in Ukraine and Russia

Press release of the IRS of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE):

On 11 March 2025, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) held a picket outside the Embassy of Ukraine in Athens, while a delegation of the KKE and KNE affixed a letter of protest to its door.

With this protest, the KKE and KNE condemned the prolonged political persecution, arrest and torture of Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich, members of the Ukrainian Communist Youth League (Komsomol).

Greek communists stage militant protest against anti-communist event dedicated to "Holodomor"

"In Socialism the peoples of Russia & Ukraine were living in peace"

With a dynamic, yet peaceful, protest held on Saturday 23 November in Mandra, a town west of Athens, members of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its youth wing, KNE, condemned the unhistorical and anti-communist event in commemoration of the so-called "Holodomor". 

The event titled "Memorial event for the innocent victims of the Stalinist regime-instigated Genocide, HOLODOMOR 1932-1933" was organized by the Municipality of Mandra in collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine in Greece and the Hellenic-Ukrainian Chamber.

Our Future is Socialism: Massive attendance at the 50th Festival of the Communist Youth of Greece in Athens

The events of the 50th Festival of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) and its magazine, Odigitis, which took place in all major cities of Greece and concluded in the 4-day political and cultural events in Athens, were successfully completed on Saturday 21/9.

For four consecutive days, tens of thousands of people and youth attended political debates, concerts, exhibitions, theatrical plays and other activities. 

Proletarian internationalism at its best: 45 Communist Youths to participate at the 50th KNE Festival

At least 45 Communist Youths and Anti-imperialist Organizations are going to participate at the 50th KNE-Odigitis Festival organized by the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) on 18-21 September in Athens.

Like every year, KNE-Odigitis Festival will host the “International City” (Diethnoupolis) at Tritsis Park, where delegations from numerous Youth organizations from across the world will have the opportunity to exchange opinions and experience from the struggle, as well as the promote and coordinate their joint fight. 

 

Communist Youth of Greece: The 50th KNE-Odigitis Festival to be held on 18-21 September in Athens

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Greece's most popular and successful youth festival; the KNE-Odigitis Festival organized annually by the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), the youth wing of the KKE.

Under the slogan "We write history, we change the world - Our future is Socialism", the festival celebrates its 50 years, the central events of which are scheduled to take place between 18 and 21 of September in Athens. 

Communist Youth of Greece expresses solidarity with the protesting students of Bangladesh

In a statement concerning the student protests in Bangladesh and the state repression that has claimed the lives of hundreds of young people, the International Relations Committee of the Central Council of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) states:

"The Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) expresses its solidarity with the Bangladesh Students' Union and all Bangladeshi students and youth who have been on the streets for weeks against the Hasina government's decision to restore the unfair system of recruitment in the public sector, demanding merit-based recruitment procedures.

 

Greek Communist Youth's anti-imperialist camp to take place on July 4-7 in Chalkidiki

Under the slogan “No to the wars of the imperialists - Hope lies in the struggles of the peoples”, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) organizes the 33rd Anti-imperialist Camp on 4-7 July 2024 in Chalkidiki.

With a tradition of many years, the camp will take place in the popular seaside village of Posidi, in the northern peninsula of Chalkidiki, and will include numerous political, cultural and sports events. Posidi is located approximately 105 km away from Greece's second largest city and major port, Thessaloniki. 

 

KKE-backed Panspoudastiki KS triumphs for third year in a row in Greece's university student elections!

For a third consecutive year, "Panspoudastiki KS" (All Student Cooperation Movement), backed by KNE - the young wing of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) - emerges first in the nationwide student elections held on Wednesday 22 May 2024 throughout the country's universities and technological institutes. 

The imminent victory of Panspoudastiki KS comes just 18 days before the European Parliament Elections that are due to take place on June 9. 

"No Pasaran!": KKE-KNE members in Alexandroupolis blocked train carrying US-NATO tanks

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They did it again! Members of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its Communist Youth, KNE, in the northern city of Alexandroupolis, set up a blockade on a train carrying US-NATO military equipment and combat vehicles (tanks).

As 902 portal reported, the KKE and KNE members blocked the railroad by staying firmly in front of the train with the banner and flags thus forcing the train to stop. Additionally, the protesters spray-painted the armored vehicles, writing on them the phrase "Killers Go Home".  

The Communist Youth of Greece condemns the arrest of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi

In a statement (here in Greek) about the arrest of young Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi by the Israeli Armed Forces in occupied West Bank, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), stresses out:

"The Communist Youth of Greece condemns the arrest of Ahed Tamimi by the Israeli army and demands her immediate release. The 22-year-old Palestinian fighter became a symbol of the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation, when the image of the then-teenage Ahed slapping the armored Israeli soldiers traveled all over the world, and for this reason she was imprisoned for 8 months by the Israeli state.

Communist Youth Festival in Athens concluded with an awe-inspiring political event

With an awe-inspiring political event held on Saturday 23 September in Athens, the 49th KNE-Odigitis Festival, organized by the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), concluded this year's journey. 

In a fully-packed Tritsis Park, thousands communists, workers, people of every age, men and women, attended the event, where the keynote speaker was Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). 

The timely task of struggling against NATO is linked to a revolutionary understanding of the world

"The timely task of struggling against NATO is linked to a revolutionary understanding of the world, to confidence in the power of class struggle"

 

On 14/7/23, Eliseos Vagenas, member of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Head of the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE, delivered a speech during the 32nd Anti-imperialist Camp of KNE, held in Nestorio, under the theme “NATO Summit: more fuel to the fire of war and competition”.

 

Greece wildfires — KKE: The country is once again left unprotected against fire fronts

Criminal state - government responsibilities for the lack of prevention and inadequate firefighting means

Volunteer groups of the KKE and KNE are fighting the dozens of disastrous wildfires that have broken out around the country together with firefighters and local residents. KKE MPs are also present in the fire-stricken areas.

Thousands of young communists participated in the 32nd Anti-imperialist Camp of KNE

The 32^nd Anti-imperialist Camp of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) took place in Nestorio, Kastoria, on 13–16 July 2023, with the participation of thousands of young people from all over the country.  

 

The area where the camp was held was the centre of the three-year epic of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE, 1946–1949), led by the KKE. 

Solidarity with Kononovich Brothers! Protest of the KKE and KNE at the Ukrainian Embassy in Athens

On 6 July 2023, a delegation of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), headed by MEP Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, and members of KNE protested at the Ukrainian embassy in Athens and posted on its door a statement of protest regarding the constant death threats against the two young communists, Aleksander and Mikhail Kononovich.

The KKE’s statement of protest reads as follows:

Communist Youth of Greece condemns the murder of 17-year-old Nahel by police in France

In a statement the International Relations Committee of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), the youth wing of the KKE, refers to the murder of 17-year-old Nahel M. in Nanterre, France and the subsequent mass demonstrations throughout the country. The statement reads:

“The Communist Youth of  Greece condemns the murder of Nahel, a 17-year old boy of Algerian origin, on Tuesday 27 June 2023 in Nanterre, Paris, who was shot at point-blank range by a police officer because he... “refused to comply” during a traffic control. 

The 49th KNE Festival to be held on 21-22-23 September in Athens: "...so that the light vanquish the darkness”

Under the slogan “With the KKE, for Socialism, so that the light vanquish the darkness”, inspired by communist poet Nazim Hikmet, the central events of the 49th festival of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), commonly known as KNE-Odigitis Festival, will take place on 21-23 September 2023 in Athens.

The festival, which is traveling in many Greek cities throughout July and August, includes numerous political and cultural events.