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.”

How the European Parliament promotes anti-Cuban propaganda by applying double standards

A revealing case of “double standards” by the European Parliament has come to light regarding its stance toward socialist Cuba.

On 13 January 2026, the parliamentary group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) scheduled an exhibition dedicated to the internationalist contribution of Cuban doctors, focusing on the Henry Reeve medical brigades and their role in supporting peoples affected by pandemics and natural disasters. The exhibition was rejected by the Parliament’s authorities.

The Limits of Third Worldism: A Leninist Critique of False Anti-Imperialism

By Nikos Mottas 

In conditions of intensified imperialist competition—characterized by wars, realignments, and shifts in the global balance of power—the need for theoretical clarity becomes more decisive than ever. 

However, it is precisely under such conditions that ideological confusion often appears in the form of radicalism. One of the most characteristic expressions of this confusion today is what is commonly referred to as “Third Worldism”, a current that claims to defend anti-imperialism while deviating from the fundamental principles of Marxism–Leninism.

Holocaust Remembrance Day and the erasure of Jewish communist partisans: The case of Leon Tager

Leon Tager (with the white shirt, center) with his comrades, 1941.

Leon Tager, a Bulgarian communist of Jewish origin, was held in a forced labor camp in his homeland until June 24, 1941. Two days after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Tager did not wait for instructions from his party, which he had joined in 1933. He broke into the camp’s storage facilities, stole a backpack filled with explosives, and escaped.

Six days later, a massive explosion was heard, followed by flames engulfing the fuel depots of the Bulgarian port city of Ruse. 

Polish authorities fail to ban Communist Party as KPP returns to legal register

The attempt of the Polish bourgeois authorities to outlaw the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) has, once again, failed. Despite a high-profile ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal declaring the party unconstitutional, the KPP has been reinstated in the official register of political parties and continues to operate legally. The removal of the party from the register in December—following a motion by far-right President Karol Nawrocki—has now been effectively reversed.

Religion as Weapon: Trump Escalates the Theocratic Offensive

By Nathan Richardson

The Republican embrace of Christian nationalism under Donald Trump was never about sincere faith or “traditional values.” It was (and remains) a calculated power play: religion deployed as a bourgeois ideological instrument to consolidate executive authority, divide the working class, and mask naked class war. And Trump has only sharpened this weapon. 

KKE: 65 years since the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the heroic victory of the Cuban Revolution at the Bay of Pigs, the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses out: 

"In April 1961, the armed people of Cuba, under the leadership of Fidel Castro, crushed the attempted landing of US mercenary forces, inflicting a humiliating defeat on  North American imperialism.

The revolutionaries, led by the communists, delivered a decisive response to imperialist plans, halting the United States’ counter-revolutionary schemes, shattering the myth of the omnipotence of the imperialist superpower, and inspiring hope among the peoples of the world.

Tibor Zenker, chairman of the Party of Labour of Austria, dies at 50

The Party of Labour of Austria (Partei der Arbeit Österreichs, PdA) announced the sudden and unexpected death of its chairman, Tibor Zenker, at the age of 50, marking a significant loss for the communist movement in Austria and across Europe.

According to the party’s official publication, Zenker passed away on 16 April 2026. His death has caused deep shock among his comrades, as he had been at the forefront of efforts to rebuild and consolidate a revolutionary communist party in Austria under demanding political conditions.

Russia: Vast majority in Khakassia express support for Stalin monument installation

Residents of the Russian republic of Khakassia have expressed support for the construction of a monument to Joseph Stalin in Victory Park, located in the regional capital, Abakan. The announcement was made by Governor Valentin Konovalov following the completion of a “public vote” organized by the Public Chamber.

According to official figures, 78.52 percent of participants backed the initiative. Data released by the Public Chamber indicates that around 13,500 people took part in the discussions, with about 10,600 voting in favor, as reported by the Telegram-based outlet 7×7.

KKE: On the occasion of the “International Summit Against Anti-Fascism”

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

On the occasion of the “International Summit Against Anti-Fascism”

The US government is reportedly planning to organize an “International Summit” this summer, with the participation of various countries, focusing on “strategies to counter the anti-fascist movement”.

According to reports, White House and State Department officials describe such actions and groups as a “serious threat to national security”. 

Turkey and the Iran War

By Cansu Oba

Turkey is at a crossroads.

On one side of this crossroads lies a reality in which the interests of the working majority are sacrificed for the profits of a small group of monopolies; where extreme wealth and extreme poverty coexist; where absolute exploitation and inequality prevail; where the expansionist ambitions of capital disregard the borders and internal affairs of other countries; where there is full alignment with imperialism; and perhaps where the neo-Ottoman ambitions of Turkish capital could drive the country toward an existential abyss.

The homeland must be defended: Cuban unions call for mass mobilization on May Day 2026

In the context of escalating U.S blockade and ongoing economic challenges, the Cuban trade union movement call on workers across the country to mobilize for International Workers’ Day 2026. 

 

The following statement outlines the political significance of May Day and emphasizes unity, resistance, and national defense: 

Dear Cuban workers,

Lenin and Stalin in Contemporary Russia: What the Data Actually Shows

More than thirty years after the counterrevolutionary upheaveals and the subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union, public attitudes in today's Russia toward its most emblematic leaders remain remarkably stable —and, in some respects, increasingly favorable. 

 

The available polling data, primarily from the Levada Center, does not support the idea that decades of fierce anti-Soviet and anti-communist discourse have fundamentally reshaped mass perceptions.

 

Tudeh Party of Iran: Statement on the “provisional ceasefire” between Iran and the U.S

Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran

The Announcement of a “Provisional Ceasefire”, A Step Forward Toward Achieving Lasting Peace

In the final moments before the deadline set by the fascist President of the United States, threatening that Iran's “civilization will die tonight,” expired, it was announced that Iran and the United States had agreed on a conditional two-week ceasefire. According to this agreement, the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be kept as free as possible. According to published reports, this agreement was reached through the mediation of the Pakistani government.

KKE: U.S and Israel exploit fragile ceasefire as deadly strikes hit Lebanon

The Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) issued a statement regarding Israel’s deadly attacks on Lebanon and the statements made by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

“Israel’s deadly attacks on Lebanon—among the most lethal in recent weeks—demonstrate that the United States and Israel are exploiting the fragile ceasefire, which also included Lebanon, in order to recalibrate their attack tactics, at a time when none of the originally declared objectives of their imperialist intervention in Iran have been achieved.

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam elected as State President for 2026–2031 term

The 16th National Assembly (NA) elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, a deputy to the 16th legislature, as State President for the 2026–2031 term at its first session on April 7.

Presenting a draft resolution on the election of the State President, NA General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office Le Quang Manh stated that, based on the Constitution, relevant legal provisions and the official vote-counting record, the legislature resolved to elect Party General Secretary To Lam as State President.

Israeli communist lawmaker: "Netanyahu is a liar and an international pyromaniac"

Hadash lawmaker Cassif on Iran-US ceasefire 

 

About fifteen hours after the US-Iran cease-fire was announced, the far-right Israeli government has still not issued a statement in Hebrew on the deal or addressed Israeli citizens on the matter. In its first official response in English to the cease-fire agreement, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement early Wednesday, April 8, that Israel supports the move but insisted that the deal “does not include Lebanon.”

 

KKE political event in Piraeus: Greeting messages by the Communist Parties of Turkey, Israel and Iran

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) issued a call to all workers and employees, farmers, pensioners, young men and women, and women across the country to align their struggle with the KKE, during the event of its Central Committee held in Piraeus on the afternoon of Monday, April 6, under the slogan: “No sacrifices for their profits and their wars.” The event featured a speech by the General Secretary of the KKE Central Committee, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, while numerous workers, trade unionists, professionals, and scientists also took the floor.

 

From Sputnik 1 and Yuri Gagarin to Artemis II: The Socialist Origins of Spaceflight

By Nikos Mottas

The ongoing Artemis II mission—set to carry humans once again into lunar orbit—marks a significant moment for contemporary space exploration. It reflects accumulated technological progress, decades of experience, and renewed ambition. 

But if we are serious about understanding how humanity reached this point, we cannot begin the story here. The road to Artemis did not start in the 21st century nor in the laboratories of private corporations. It began in a very different political and social context: with the first socialist state in history, the Soviet Union.

Bogus Anti-imperialism and the Fight for Peace

By Greg Godels 

Where V.I. Lenin in 1916 wove together a theory of imperialism that placed capitalist exploitation and accumulation at its core, explaining competition between greater and lesser powers and their coalitions and alliances as leading to war, a prominent Marxist, Karl Kautsky, asserted that war or the threat of war would persuade states to coexist, to put aside rivalries and create– in Kautsky’s words– “…a federation of the strongest, who renounce their arms race.”

Greek soldiers at the forefront of the struggle against the imperialist war and for Greece’s withdrawal from it

Many young conscripts made a distinct, symbolic, and meaningful presence felt at the recent workers’ rally in Athens against the imperialist war and for Greece’s withdrawal from it. By taking part in the mass rally organized by the trade unions, they stood side by side with their colleagues, fellow students, and parents. Together they chanted the slogan: “Conscripts are the children of the people and have no business outside the borders”.

Why socialist Cuba is more democratic than the U.S

By Nikos Mottas 

The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction. 

A country that presents itself as the "global model of democracy" continues to treat a small socialist island as a persistent threat. This is not a coincidence. It points to something deeper: what is being contested is not “democracy” in the abstract, but two fundamentally different ways of organizing power in society.

KKE MEPs denounce Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinians, submit question to European Commission

The European Parliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) denounces the new crime against the heroic Palestinian people—the imposition of the death penalty by the State of Israel — through a question submitted to the European Commission by the Party’s MEPs, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos.

In their question, they state:

Putin’s United Russia, Communist Party (CPRF) in talks to form “National Unity Party”

According to Russian media reports, discussions are underway between the ruling United Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) on the possible formation of a unified political structure, provisionally described as a “National Unity Party.”

The talks are being framed as part of a broader effort to consolidate political cohesion and ensure institutional stability under current conditions, with contacts between senior figures of both parties said to have intensified in recent weeks.

Communist Party of Israel strongly condemns Knesset law mandating death penalty for Palestinians

Fascist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

The decision of the Knesset to approve legislation imposing the death penalty on Palestinians marks a very dangerous escalation in the institutionalized repression of an entire people—an escalation that has been met with a forceful and uncompromising response from the Communist Party of Israel.

Adopted on the night of March 30, the law stipulates that capital punishment will be imposed on anyone who carries out a deadly attack “with the intent to deny the existence of the State of Israel.” In reality, however, the law is crafted in such a way that it overwhelmingly targets Palestinians. 

Italian communists welcome Meloni’s referendum defeat, call for broader political struggle

In a result described as a “clear political slap” to the far-right government of Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s recent referendum on justice reforms has produced a decisive rejection of the proposed constitutional changes. 

 

According to the Communist Front (Italy), the outcome reflects not only opposition to a specific reform, but a wider and deepening discontent with the current political direction of the country.

 

KKE marks 80 years of the Democratic Army with mass political event in northern Greece

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) held today, Sunday 29 March, a mass political event in Litochoro, northern Greece, to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE), bringing together party members, supporters and youth in a gathering that combined commemoration with a clear political message. The event, marked by strong participation and a militant atmosphere, reaffirmed the continuity of the struggle of the working class and its movement.

 

50th anniversary of the Land Day: Online event by the Communist Party of Israel and Hadash

Palestinian communist Tawfiq Zayyad speaks at a rally, 1979

On the 50th anniversary of the Land Day, March 30, 1976, the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Hadash invite to an online panel bringing together Palestinian perspectives from different places – Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel, protagonists of the Land Day, alongside people in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and the Palestinian diaspora. 

 

The online panel, with translation to English, will be held next Sunday, March 29, 2026, 19:00 – Jerusalem time.

 

A World Anti-Imperialist Whitewashing of US imperialism

Commentary by the International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, published in the newspaper "RIZOSPASTIS"— Organ of the CC of the KKE: 

At a time when the US and Israel have set in motion the “reshaping” of the Middle East, resorting to violent (military) means and causing the deaths of thousands of civilians in Iran, Lebanon, and other countries in the region;

Communist Party of Swaziland: "Taiwan's president Lai Ching-te is unwelcome"

The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) notes the recent police raids orchestrated by a Taiwanese security team in Swaziland. This action is viewed as a display of colonial power by the Taiwan separatist administration.

A team of approximately 30 security personnel entered Swaziland earlier this month. This team is reportedly an advance group preparing for the visit of Lai Ching-te, the so-called president of Taiwan, who is set to celebrate 40 years of Mswati's dictatorship in Swaziland in end April 2026.

A U.S. Imperialist Remembers Philosopher Jürgen Habermas

By Charles Andrews

Jürgen Habermas, the celebrated philosopher and “defender of humane Enlightenment values,” as the Guardian newspaper called him, died this month.

Among the flood of eulogies, one Alex Karp published a reminiscence of Habermas, under whom Karp studied in his late twenties. Karp praises Habermas because he “unsparingly derided ‘idiots’ and ‘half-idiots’ on either the right or the left” for their “inconsistent thought and a lack of intellectual rigor.” Karp’s look back consists mostly of anecdotes like this one:

Ukraine: Zelensky’s regime intensifies persecution of the Kononovich Brothers

The case of the Kononovich brothers (Mikhail and Alexander) has entered a new and deeply alarming phase, revealing with even greater clarity the nature of their persecution by the reactionary Ukrainian regime. 

After years of detention, surveillance, and legal harassment, a recent development has not brought relief—but intensified danger. The sudden removal of their electronic monitoring devices, reportedly carried out without a corresponding judicial decision, has not meant freedom. 

 

What If Cuba Had Nuclear Weapons? The Limits of “Peaceful Coexistence”

By Nikos Mottas

Today, more than six decades after the Cuban Revolution, the United States continues to enforce one of the most prolonged and comprehensive systems of economic warfare in modern history. The blockade—tightened, codified, and expanded over decades—seeks not merely to pressure, but to suffocate. 

Sanctions on fuel, financial strangulation, extraterritorial enforcement, and constant efforts to disrupt Cuba’s access to energy and trade are not isolated measures; they form a coherent strategy aimed at exhausting a society that refuses to abandon its chosen path.  

Workers’ Representatives Council established in Turkey at the initiative of the Communist Party

On March 15, 2026, 322 workers— representing a wide range of sectors including metal, petrochemicals, textiles, food, logistics, warehousing, aviation, shipbuilding, construction, IT, communications, tourism, healthcare, education, office, and service work—came together from many provinces across the country. Alongside representatives of retirees, these workers, employed in both the private and public sectors, convened at the call of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and announced the establishment of the Workers’ Representatives Council.

 

Russian Communist Youth Congress in Moscow highlights need for a new Communist Party

The XVII Congress of the Revolutionary Communist Youth League (RKSM(b)) was held in Moscow in February 2026, bringing together delegates and guests from across Russia and a number of foreign countries, including Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Britain, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Mexico, the Netherlands, Palestine, Paraguay, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland.

 

The Congress adopted a series of decisions aimed at defining the organization’s strategic direction and strengthening its political and organizational work in the coming period.

 

Israeli communist MP Aida Touma-Sliman: Why we oppose the imperialist war against Iran

In an interview published this week in Zo Haderech amid the ongoing wars in Iran and Lebanon, Hadash MP Aida Touma-Sliman expressed firm opposition to the war, stressing that opposition to war must be the starting point.

“Two days ago someone asked me why I oppose the war,” she said. “I replied that answers should be demanded from those who start wars, not from those who oppose them. The default must be opposition to war, because wars will never bring security or peace.”

European Communist Action: The anti-imperialist struggle of the peoples must be strengthened

Statement of the European Communist Action on the imperialist war in the Middle East

The anti-imperialist struggle of the peoples must be strengthened 

The European Communist Action condemns in the strongest possible terms the imperialist attack launched by the United States and Israel against the people of Iran, as well as the bombings and Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon.

Resolution of the (Expanded) Meeting of the CC of the Tudeh Party of Iran

The Secretarial of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran, The Plenum of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran (TPI) was convened earlier in March 2026, attended by members of the Central Committee, party cadres, and officers. The session commenced with a minute of silence to honour the memory of all victims of the brutal bombardments by U.S. imperialism and the criminal Netanyahu government, as well as those who lost their lives during the January popular protests and the martyrs of the Tudeh movement.

 

KKE's Koutsoumbas warns of “extremely dangerous escalation” as Greece is drawn deeper into Iran war

Amid the intensification of the US–Israel war against Iran and growing pressure on allied states to contribute to military operations—particularly in the strategically crucial Strait of Hormuz—the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, has issued a stark warning about the risks of a wider regional conflagration and Greece’s deepening involvement in it.

 

Cuba responds firmly to U.S destabilization attempts: Morón vandalism denounced by revolutionary forces

The recent events in Morón have once again exposed the real dynamics at play in Cuba: a people enduring material hardship under siege, and a handful of disruptive elements attempting to turn those hardships into political destabilization.

In the early hours of March 14, a group of individuals carried out acts of vandalism against the local headquarters of the Communist Party, setting fire to property and attempting to manufacture an image of generalized unrest. 

 

Political Bureau of the CC of the KKE: No sacrifices for the imperialists’ wars – Greece out of the war

Statement by the Political Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 

No sacrifices for the imperialists’ wars – Greece out of the war

1. The KKE calls on the working class, the people and the youth to remain vigilant and to take militant action. Let the alarm be sounded everywhere. Let opposition to the imperialist war and to our country’s dangerous involvement in it be expressed and strengthened. Our country must not become a target for reprisals. The people and their children must not be made to bear the consequences of war. 

A Marxist-Leninist Critique of Jürgen Habermas

By Nikos Mottas

The death of Jürgen Habermas closes the life of one of the most influential intellectual figures of postwar Europe. For more than half a century his name stood at the center of debates about democracy, rationality and the public sphere. 

Few philosophers shaped so decisively the language through which Western Europe interpreted its own political legitimacy after 1945. 

From Bay of Pigs to Speedboats: Trump Still Doesn’t Get It

There are moments when the class character of imperialist aggression reveals itself with brutal clarity. February 25, 2026, was one such moment. Cuban border guards intercepted a Florida-registered speedboat just one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones in Villa Clara province. The vessel carried ten armed Cuban exiles operating from U.S. soil. 

 

When the patrol approached to enforce sovereignty, the infiltrators opened fire. Cuban forces defended themselves, killing four − including at least one U.S. citizen − and wounding six. 

 

Why is it important for Communist and Workers Parties to meet in Havana this year?

                 By Nahide Özkan* 

 

In the twentieth century, the existence of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc led to an “extraordinary” deviation in the course of capitalism. The unrestrained aggression of the imperialist system, backed by colonial accumulation, was somewhat restrained by strong working-class governments, both in domestic social policies and in the arena of international relations, and bound by certain rules that gave it a “civilized” face.