With reports from the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece Image of the rally via the TKP on X İstanbul rises against NATO: “We will not allow this country to quietly host a NATO Summit” Hundreds gathered in İstanbul at the call of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) to protest the NATO Summit. Addressing the event, TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan said, "We will not allow this country to quietly host a NATO Summit." As opposition continues to grow ag

KKE headquarters The Europarliamentary Group of the KKE has highlighted the unacceptable ban in Germany and the Baltic states on Soviet and anti-fascist symbols, with which people around the world commemorate May 9, the day of the Great Anti-Fascist Victory, through a question submitted to the European Commission by the KKE MEP, Kostas Papadakis. Authorities in Germany, as well as in the Baltic states, banned the “display” and posting of Soviet and anti-fascist symbols during

“It’s time to turn the heat on the fossil fuel giants that caused this heatwave but are doing nothing to cover the costs.” Berlin police use water cannons to cool the streets and help residents cope with the intense heatwave, after the German capital recorded a historic temperature of 40°C on June 28 -- image via news video screenshot By Jon Queally, Common Dreams The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday said the deadly heat wave now boiling across Europe—which Fre

Workers Party of Ireland Solidarity with the People and the Communist Party of Venezuela Following the back-to-back earthquakes and the resultant destruction and loss of life in Venezuela, the Workers Party of Ireland expresses its deepest sympathy and solidarity to those who have lost family and friends and sustained damage to their homes and communities. The Workers Party of Ireland also sends its internationalist solidarity to our comrades in the Communist Party of Venezue

Image via video screenshot on X The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the strength of the Greek organized labour movement was on full display at the strike rally held outside the Greek Ministry of Labour on June 24. Striking workers from the construction, hospitality and tourism sectors, as well as from the food and beverage industries, gathered to demonstrate. Workers from three of the largest sectors of the Greek economy took strike action, uniting their voices a

All images via the KCNA (See more: KCNA | Photo | Commissioning Ceremony of New-type Multi-mission Destroyer Choe Hyon Held with Splendor) The commissioning ceremony of the Democratic Republic of Korea's (DPRK) first-in-class guided-missile destroyer, Choe Hyon (hull number 51) took place at the Nampho shipyard on June 23, 2026. Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK attended the event. The Choe Hyo

Image via X Ho Chi Minh - a figure of the international revolutionary movement On June 24, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, attended the opening of the “Vietnam Days in Greece” events, organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in Athens, and delivered a greeting. In his address at the opening of the exhibition, Dimitris Koutsoumbas noted: “I welcome the holding of the Vietnam Days in Greece. This initiative offers the Greek public an oppo

Enlarged Second Plenary Meeting of the 9th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held from June 20 to 22, 2026, Images via KCNA The Second Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) took place from June 20 to 22, 2026 in Pyongyang. Its primary objective was to conduct an interim review of the implementation of Party and state policies for the year. The meeting emphasized ensuring coordinated progress on st

Via the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), translated from the Spanish With profound sorrow, the leadership of the Party, the State, and the Government inform our people that on the morning of Sunday, June 21st, the historic Commander of the Cuban Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and of Labor, passed away. He left behind a brilliant and extraordinary record of service to the nation. Comrade Ramiro was born in Artemisa on April 28th, 1932. From very

The workers’ struggle has defeated the Labour Package in the workplaces, in the streets and in Parliament! with statements from the Protuguese Communist Party and the Brazilian Communist Party Image via the PCB A great victory of the workers in Portugal! The workers’ struggle has defeated the Labour Package in the workplaces, in the streets and in Parliament!: Portuguese Communist Party The workers in Portugal have achieved, through their struggle, a great victory in defendin

Images via Estudios Revolución By Demetrio Villaurrutia & Héctor Martínez, translated from the Spanish With the participation, through videoconference, of the leader at the head of the Cuban Revolution, Army General, Raúl Castro Ruz, and led by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Third Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power in its X Legislatur

Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at the rally -- all images via the Communist Party of Cuba on X The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on June 15 a large crowd of workers and young people attended the KKE event marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. The rally also called for an immediate end to the US blockade against Cuba, the removal of Cuba from the US government’s despicable list of “state sponsors of terroris

Image via the PCC The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) has announced the convening of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the Central Committee on Wednesday, June 17 to evaluate proposals for economic and social reforms that have been made by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in recent statements to the press. This session is notably prompted by the pressures of the sustained

“The temperatures here went very high so everything outside melted,” said one scientist. Public domain image of Antarctica By Brad Reed, Common Dreams Climate scientists are sounding the alarm after an unprecedented heatwave hit Antarctica this month and delivered temperatures 20°C higher than normal. According to a Friday report in The Guardian, temperatures at Antarctica’s Trinity Peninsula this month hit peaks of over 15°C, even though it is the start of winter when ice ty

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Havana, June 11, 2026 -- On Thursday morning, a virtual meeting was held at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in which 46 representatives of 29 leftist and progressive political parties and movements in Europe participated. The meeting was chaired by member of the Central Committee and head of its Department of International Relations, Emilio Lozada García, who, following

Via the Communist Part of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee member and head of the party's International Relations Department, Emilio Lozada Garcia held a virtual meeting on Thursday (June 11) with Liu Haixing, a member of the Central Committee and head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The Cuban leader expressed his gratitude for the CPC's firm support against the U.S. government's intensifi

Image via X The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) wants to condemn the murder of Lahbib M. Abdelaziz —a member of the Polisario Front National Secretariat— and two other members of the organization in an operation carried out by the Moroccan Army. Furthermore, it wants to express its solidarity with the Sahrawi people and the legitimate struggle of the Polisario Front. Last Sunday, June 7, the Moroccan army carried out a drone operation against a 4WD vehicle in E

“Italy is indebted to Cuba,” the letter states. “Every day of silence has a cost in human lives.” Cuban medical brigade preparing to leave for Italy to help during the Covid-19 pandemic -- image via X By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams As of Wednesday, more than 8,000 Italian medical and scientific professionals have signed an open letter acknowledging their indebtedness to Cuban doctors and condemning the tightening of the 65-year US embargo on Cuba by President Donald Trump as

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the World Peace Council (WPC) and the Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE) held a conference of Middle Eastern peace movements in Crete, an island that the Greek bourgeoisie and the US–NATO–EU have turned into a base for the bloodshed of the peoples. The conference brought together representatives of organizations from Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Iran,

“The fuel restrictions imposed since early 2026 and recent tightening of extraterritorial sanctions, taken together, are directly harming Cubans, especially the most vulnerable,” said Volker Türk. Image via the UN on X By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday implored the Trump administration to immediately lift its oil embargo and economic sanctions on Cuba as the island faces a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian emergency, with