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US threats can’t stop our growing relations with Central America: China reacts to visa restrictions
The US has imposed visa restrictions on Central American nationals for their links with China in its latest move to pressure countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to break ties with the Asian powerhouse. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun -- image via the Chinese MFA By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday, October 21, that his country has formally lodged serious protests a

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Oct 24, 20253 min read


Greek Communist Youth deliver school supplies for Palestinian children
Image via the KKE On Wednesday, 22 October, a delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth of Greece KNE , led by its Secretary, Thodoris Kotsandis, delivered school supplies for the children of Palestine collected during the 51st Festival of KNE–“Odigitis” to the Palestinian Embassy. A large quantity of school supplies —including pencils, pens, notebooks, school bags, pencil cases and various types of paints— was collected at a special collection point during

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Oct 24, 20251 min read


Anna Seghers, a communist, antifascist, Jewish writer in search of home
Anna Seghers By Jürgen Reusch. Junge Welt, 22 October 2025. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen She was a poet and writer with heart and soul, a communist, an antifascist, a Jew. Throughout her life, she was also a migrant, a refugee. Anna Seghers was born in Mainz in 1900 and died in East Berlin in 1983. Club Voltaire in Frankfurt am Main marked her 125th birthday as an occasion to hold a moving event at the Haus am Dom, which – beautifully moderated by Claus-Jürgen Göpfert –

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Oct 23, 20253 min read


Greek Communists denounce protest ban
Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the parliamentary majority of the ruling right-wing New Democracy party voted for an amendment prohibiting protests at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, which is located near the parliament building in Athens and is often used as a venue for demonstrations. Recently, the square in front of the monument has become the focus of protests by relatives of the victims of Greece’s deadliest railway accident, whic

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Oct 23, 20252 min read


Communist Party of China delegation visits Cuba
Li Zongyuan's presence demonstrates the strong relations between the two parties. They confirmed their commitment to advancing the implementation of the consensus reached between Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and Xi Jinping. Image via the PCC By Dayán González Ramírez, translated from the Spanish On October 20, at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and the Secretary of Organizati

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Oct 22, 20253 min read


Party of Labour of Austria honours Comrade Gerhard Bruny
On the passing of comrade Gerhard Bruny (1954–2025) Image via the PdA On the passing of comrade Gerhard Bruny (1954–2025) Last Wednesday, our long-time comrade and PdA co-founder Gerhard Bruny passed away after a short serious illness – an obituary. Comrade Gerhard Bruny was born on 19 December 1954 in Vienna. After completing his compulsory schooling, he studied printing technology at the Graphic Arts Teaching and Research Institute. This, however, was to become the professi

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Oct 22, 20253 min read


30th anniversary of the founding of the José Martí Cultural Society celebrated in Havana
On Cuban Culture Day, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, led the celebrations for the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the José Martí Cultural Society. Comrade Eduardo Moisés Torres Cuevas was posthumously honored with the Félix Varela Order of the First Degree by Presidential Decree. Images via Estudios Revolución By René Tamayo León, translated from the Spanish During the

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Oct 22, 20253 min read


The new Joint Task Force of the II MEF: Anti-narcotics or strategic pressure on Venezuela?
Image via the PCC By Arnaldo Laborde Williams, translated from the Spanish The creation of a new Joint Task Force (JTF) under the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) by the U.S. Southern Command has set off alarms in diplomatic and military circles in Latin America. While officially its mission is to bolster counternarcotics efforts in the Western Hemisphere, its deployment in the Caribbean and its operational structure suggest a much broader capability: a strategic pressu

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Oct 21, 20252 min read


PCC events strengthen the unity and cooperation of the international left
The Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) held the Third International Meeting of Theoretical Publications and the First International Granma Rebelde Festival, in which more than 35 leftist parties participated. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks at the Third International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Leftist Parties and Movements -- image via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish During the past week, the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) hosted two import

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Oct 21, 20252 min read


British Communists ask: Who does Starmer support?"
Trump and Starmer, September 25, 2025 -- Number 10 https://www.flickr.com/number10gov/, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons "Labour should quit its competition against Reform UK and the Tories to see who can sink the lowest in their grovelling to President Trump, their connivance in Israeli genocide and their attacks on human rights and democratic liberties", Robert Griffiths told the Communist Party's executive committee last weekend. "We have a Prime Minister who shows more conce

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Oct 21, 20252 min read


Trump Baselessly Calls Colombia’s Petro ‘Drug Dealer’ as US Bombs Another Boat
The leftist Colombian president retorted that “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters.” Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the UN, September 23, 2025 -- Fotografía oficial de la Presidencia de Colombia from Colombia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams The United States carried out another deadly attack on a boat it claimed was being used by a left-wing Colombian revolutionary grou

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Oct 20, 20254 min read


PCC holds exchanges with parties from Belarus, Türkiye and Germany
Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Secretary of Organization, held discussions and signed agreements with representatives of the Belaya Rus party and the Communist parties of Türkiye and Germany. Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish To further the effective implementation of the exchange and cooperation agreement between the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC)

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Oct 20, 20253 min read


Food protests in Joburg and Cape Town
Hungry communities called for an end to food wastage and high food prices on World Food Day. About 100 protesters marched to the 7th Social Justice Summit held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday. Photo by Mzi Velapi By Mzi Velapi & Simon Ramapuputla, Elitsha, South Africa Union Against Hunger marked World Food Day (October 16) by marching to Shoprite in Centurion, Gauteng, and to the Cape Town International Convention Centre, demanding affordable food

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Oct 19, 20255 min read


Communist Party of Cuba and FRELIMO sign exchange and cooperation agreement
Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish To affirm the longstanding friendship and establish a plan for enhanced cooperation between the two countries, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Secretary of Organization, met on the morning of October 17 with Liudmila Mwaa Maguni, the secretary for International Relations of the Central Committee of the Mozambique Libera

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Oct 19, 20252 min read


Tens of thousands of Cubans march in support of Venezuela’s sovereignty amid US aggression
The demonstration rejected US interference in Venezuela’s internal affairs as US military operations in the Caribbean Sea increase. Images via Manuel Marrero Cruz on X By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch On October 17, tens of thousands of Cubans took to the streets of Havana to show their support for Venezuela in the face of a potential intervention by the United States following its recent military deployment in the Caribbean Sea. Under anti-imperialist and pro-sovereignty

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Oct 19, 20253 min read


First Granma Rebelde International Festival launched in Havana
With Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic in attendance, the First Granma Rebel International Festival was inaugurated on Friday afternoon at the Estación Cultural de Línea y 18 in the capital. This event is specially dedicated to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz. Photos via Estudios Revolución By Alina Perera Robbio, translated from the Spanish In a space, through a gesture, o

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Oct 18, 20254 min read


Third International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Leftist Parties and Movements calls for united front against fascism
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, presided over the closing ceremony of the III International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Leftist Parties and Movements. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, also took part in the event. The Final Declaration expresses solidarity with the causes of Palestine, V

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Oct 18, 20252 min read


Communist parties of Brazil and Cuba strengthen ties
Image via the PCC Via the PCC, translated from the Spanish The head of the Departamento de Atención al Sector Social of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Rolando Yero Travieso, held discussions with Ana Prestes, Secretary of International Relations of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and Ricardo Alemão Abreu, Director of Cooperation at the Mauricio Grabois Foundation. Yero Travieso emphasized that this visit confirms the strong state of relation

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Oct 18, 20251 min read


PCC and Workers' Party of Brazil Consolidate Interparty Relations
Image via the PCC Via the PCC, translated from the Spanish The head of the Departamento de Atención al Sector Social of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Rolando Yero Travieso, held discussions with Senator Humberto Sérgio Costa Lima, Secretary of International Relations of the Workers' Party of Brazil (PT). Yero Travieso extended congratulations to the senator on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba for his recent appointme

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Oct 17, 20251 min read


Venezuelan Ambassador Warns Trump Admin Is ‘Bloodthirsty’ Killer ‘Roaming Around the Caribbean’
The Venezuelan ambassador accused the Trump administration of “killing everyone who is on the sea working.” Video screenshot via X By Brad Reed, Common Dreams Venezuelan United Nations Ambassador Samuel Moncada on Thursday delivered a scathing denunciation of US President Donald Trump’s drone attacks on purported drug boats off the coast of his country. While holding up a copy of Thursday’s edition of the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian , which highlighted two Trinidadian citiz

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Oct 17, 20252 min read
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