On January 27th, we were writing about the unbearable hypocrisy of Greece's SYRIZA government over the US-backed coup in Venezuela. More specifically, we were pointing out that on one hand the governmental party, SYRIZA, expresses its "full support and solidarity to the country's legal president" while, on the other hand, Tsipras' government aligns itself with the official EU policy which is blackmailing Maduro, calling for "urgent elections" in Venezuela.
Showing posts with label SYRIZA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SYRIZA. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Greece's Communist Youth (KNE) condemns imperialist coup against Venezuela
In a statement, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) - the youth wing of the KKE- expresses its full solidarity with the people and youth of Venezuela, condemns the imperialist interference in the country and calls for protests on Tuesday 5 February in Athens and Thessaloniki.
Under the slogan "Solidarity with the people of Venezuela! No submission to imperialism, the people are the only superpower", KNE calls young men and women to condemn the blatant intervention of the USA, the EU and their allied governments in Venezuela.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
SYRIZA government's unbearable hypocrisy on Venezuela US-backed coup
Does the government of SYRIZA in Greece support the legitimate administration of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, or not? The answer in this question exposes the unbearable hypocrisy of Tsipras' government which "steps in two boats" at the same time.
On one hand, the Greek government is aligned with the official EU policy which is blackmailing Maduro, calling for "urgent elections" in Venezuela. On the other hand, the governmental party, SYRIZA, has expressed its "full support and solidarity to the country's legal president".
Europe's GUE/NGL "socialists" praise NATO expansion in the Balkans
Greece's Parliament ratified on Friday evening the Prespes Agreement between the governments of Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, with 153 votes for and 146 against.
The agreement paves the way for the integration of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (now called "North Macedonia") in the imperialist alliances of NATO and the EU.
The agreement paves the way for the integration of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (now called "North Macedonia") in the imperialist alliances of NATO and the EU.
Friday, January 25, 2019
KKE leader Koutsoumbas destroys Tsipras during Parliamentary debate: "You should be ashamed, you are the stooges of the U.S"
During a fierce debate in the Greek Parliament regarding the Prespes Agreement (name deal) on Thursday late night, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas responded to the hideous provocations by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
In an effort to defend his pro-imperialist foreign policy and more specifically the unacceptable Prespes deal which bears the signature of NATO, Tsipras unleashed outrageous slanders against the KKE. He even resorted to provocative references to heroic Slav-Macedonian fighters of the Communist-backed 1946-1949 Democratic Army of Greece in order to present the name agreement as an... anti-imperialist achievement!
Sunday, January 20, 2019
KKE General Secretary comments on the U.S. State Department report for Greece
Commenting on the Prespes Agreement, which has been submitted to the Parliament for ratification, and the disclosure of the U.S. State Department "Integrated Country Strategy" (ICS) for Greece, the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas said:
"The recent publication of the "Integrated Report" of the U.S. State Department for Greece, apart from the fact that it brings into mind old dark times, totally confirms the role undertaken by the government of SYRIZA in the promotion of the US-NATO plans.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
KKE votes against Tsipras' government and the Prespes Agreement
In its bulletin on the political developments, the Press Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) states the following:
“The bargaining of the previous days between Tsipras (SYRIZA) – Kammenos (ANEL) ended in a search for a vote of confidence in the Parliament. This is a development that suits both sides, as it provides the possibility, on the one hand for Mr. Tsipras to save his government, with votes from ANEL parliament members, and on the other hand, allows Mr. Kammenos to maintain his Parliamentary Group, appearing to stand up against a policy that he has supported throughout all of the previous period.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
KKE, PAME, Trade Unions denounce violent police attack on demonstrators in Athens
"Today's vicious attack by police forces against educators, which also resulted in the serious injury of KKE's MP Giannis Delis who is hospitalized, proves that the SYRIZA-ANEL government is ruthless. Seems that through this way Mr. Tsipras - like his predecessors- intends to "tie up his loose ends", that is to complete the dirty job he has undertaken".
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Koutsoumbas calls for people's struggle and counter-attack with a strong KKE
“The
justified indignation and dissatisfaction must be transformed into
creativity and must be expressed through struggles, counter-attack and
social alliance against the dipole, the monopolies and capitalist,
with a powerful KKE everywhere” said the General Secretary of the
CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas during
an interview on 24/7 radio.
When
asked whether the government will be politically legitimate after a
possible departure of ANEL from the governmental alliance,
Koutsoumbas said that “a government can exist event without the
required formal majority. It is certainly a political issue and the
government itself has to deal with it”.
Friday, December 14, 2018
KKE: Greece-US Strategic Dialogue confirms deeper involvement in imperialist plans
The so-called "Strategic Dialogue" between Greece and the United States began in Washington DC on Thursday, focusing on regional defense, security and energy issues (read the Joint Statement).
The Greek government is represented by the alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos, while the U.S. delegation includes Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
The developments in the Greek Trade Union movement and the negative role of GSEE
The consequences of this attack have resulted in wage cuts,
abolition of rights, attacks against the collective organization of
workers so that they will be easily exploitable by the bosses.
Against this attack the workers had an
important weapon of resistance PAME, the class unions of Greece.
Those trade unions, that since the first day were at the forefront of
the struggle, of information, organization and mobilization of the
working class against the anti-workers hurricane that was being
prepared.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Massive demonstration by the KKE against US-NATO military bases in Greece (Photos)
With the major slogan being "No to the plans of the government and imperialists, NATO and its bases out of Greece", thousands of workers, people of every age, participated in a militant rally organized on Tuesday evening by the Communist Party of Greece and its youth wing KNE in Athens.
Members and friends of the KKE and KNE protested against the imperialist plans and raised their voice against the existence of US-NATO bases in Greece. The demonstrators demanded the closure of all foreign military bases and the return of all Greek soldiers who participate in NATO missions abroad.
Monday, October 15, 2018
KKE: The policy of Tsipras places him in the same reactionary bloc of ND and PASOK
In a statement regarding the speech of Alexis Tsipras at the Central Committee of his party, SYRIZA, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) writes:
"The virtual reality that Mr Tsipras describes is collapsing in front of the people's daily routine, in poverty which persists, in the overdue payments which increase the threats of confiscations and auctions, in the labour jungle, in all these that were formed by the austerity memorandum laws of SYRIZA, New Democracy (ND) and PASOK alongside the permanent EU supervision. [This is a] proof that the development is not only unfair but, on the contrary, it is deeply class-based, anti-people and uncertain.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
The Capitalist Crisis: The pretext for the anti-people agenda in Greece
The text below is the speech delivered by Kostas Papadakis, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and also member of the European Parliament (MEP), during his visit in Sydney, Australia on Saturday 29th of September.
K. Papadakis travelled to Australia in order to represent the KKE in political events, held in Melbourne and Sydney, honoring the 100 years since the founding of the KKE and the 50th anniversary of KNE:
Dear comrades, trade-unionists, friends of the CPA, cadres of the Australian trade-unions.
Friday, October 12, 2018
NATO bases out of Greece: Statement by the KKE calls for nationwide anti-imperialist mobilization
In a statement issued earlier today, the Political Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) calls the working people and the youth "to rise against the policy of the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government which transforms Greece into an endless US-NATO camp".
"On 22 and 23rd of October we demonstrate in every city where military bases exist or new ones are going to be installed. In all over Greece, the Organisations of the KKE and KNE, through multiform activities, will express the opposition in these plans", writes the statement.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Greece: PAME denounces pro-government trade unionism, calls for nationwide strike on November 8th
In a statement the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) denounces the pro-governmental, anti-workers stance of the majority of the Executive Committee of the General Confereration of Greek Workers (GSEE) which, during a meeting on October 8th, rejected the proposal for a General Strike on November 8th.
According to PAME, the forces of the employer and government-led trade unionism argued that the workers... "must wait for the developments", while they unleashed slanders against PAME. More specifically, among other things, the statement of PAME writes:
Monday, September 17, 2018
Parliamentary politics and the communist party: the electoral arena, experience and lessons from Greece and the KKE
We would like to thank the South African Communist Party for giving us the opportunity to attempt to share some basic elements from the experience of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with our comrades. In our opinion, the exchange of views on the issues of class struggle and the communist movement enhances our knowledge and experience.
Introduction
The KKE was founded as a party of the working class one century ago, in November 1918, as a result of the merging of the labour movement with scientific communism, under the decisive impact of the Socialist October Revolution.
Sunday, September 9, 2018
Massive demonstration by PAME during the opening of Thessaloniki's International Fair
Thousands of workers, farmers, unemployed and self-employed men and women participated in a large demonstration organized by the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) in the center of Thessaloniki on Saturday evening.
The protest was organized on the occasion of the opening, by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, of the 83rd International Trade Fair where the "honored country" is the United States of America.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Alexis Tsipras: From “anti-imperialism” to US-NATO's most loyal ally
By Nikos Mottas.
Those
who follow the political developments in Greece during the last
decade have certainly understood the rapid transformation of SYRIZA-
the ruling party in today's coalition government- from a small party
of the opportunist left into the country's major social democratic
power. In this site we have written extensively, in numerous
occasions, about the role of SYRIZA a major pillar (alongside the
center-right New Democracy party) of the bourgeois political
establishment.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Greek maritime workers defy shipowners-government, continue their 48-hour strike
Defying the threats and warnings from the shipowning companies and the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government, Greece's maritime workers continue for a 2nd day their strike over labor rights and collective agreements.
The 48-hour national strike was organized by Greece’s seamen federation (PNO), which said in a statement that negotiations with the sector’s employers over a new collective agreement that would include wage increases did not bear fruit. In its statement, PNO said that “for eight consecutive years, the seamen have not received not even a one-euro increase” and asked for passengers’ understanding and support.
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