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Greek construction workers hold 24-strike
Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that a 24-hour strike was held on December 10, 2025 by workers in the construction sector, demanding collective labour agreements with wage increases, health and safety measures, and other advances. Valsamos Syrigos, general secretary of the Builders’ Federation, noted among other things in his speech at the strike rally in Athens: “We will continue and escalate our struggle! The next stop is the rally in Syntagma

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Dec 11, 20251 min read


Hundreds protest Machado Peace Prize award in Oslo
Image of the protest via X Various Sources The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader known for her far right positions and explicit support for US military intervention in Venezuela. This decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee triggered considerable backlash both domestically in Norway and internationally due to Machado’s association with calls for conflict escalation, support for Israel and its genocide in Gaza and

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Dec 10, 20251 min read


Honduran left denounces “electoral coup”
According to LIBRE, foreign interference and an electoral manipulation plot affected the decision of the Honduran people and popular sovereignty. Rixi Moncada denouncing the results at a press conference -- image via Partido LIBRE on X By Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch The presidential candidate for the ruling Liberty and Refoundation party (LIBRE), Rixi Moncada, announced that an “electoral coup” was committed in the presidential elections on November 30. “Here in Hondura

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Dec 9, 20253 min read


Mass demonstrations in solidarity with Greek farmers held in Athens and Thessaloniki
Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on December 7, 2025, mass demonstrations in solidarity with Greek farmers took place in Athens and Thessaloniki, organized by workers’ unions. Student unions and other mass organizations also participated. In Athens, the rally took place outside the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, where those gathered emphasized that workers and toiling farmers are united against the anti-people policies of the govern

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Dec 9, 20251 min read


Escalating the struggle is now the only way forward: Greek Communist leader
Dimitris Koutsoumbas at the protests -- image via the KKE D. Koutsoumbas: Escalating the struggle is now the only way forward On 6 and 7 December, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), visited the region of Thessaly where thousands of farmers have blocked the main highways at three points with their tractors. The GS of the CC of the KKE visited the farmers’ roadblocks in Larissa and Karditsa, where he was wel

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Dec 8, 20254 min read


As economy reels from Trump trade war Canadian Communists strategize resistance
By C. J. Atkins, People's World MONTREAL—“This is a city whose history has, to no small degree, been written by Communists,” declared Communist Party of Canada leader Liz Rowley as the 41st Central Convention of the party opened in Montreal, Quebec, on Dec. 5. It’s the hometown of the famed Dr. Norman Bethune, who first proposed a public healthcare system for Canada and died in China offering his medical expertise to the revolution there. “It’s where the Communist Party of Qu

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Dec 8, 20258 min read


Antonio Maceo's legacy honoured in Cuba
At the historic cemetery before the pantheon honoring those who fell in Internationalist Missions, floral offerings were laid that were sent by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution; by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the PCC's Central Committee and President of the Republic; by the Association of Combatants, family members, and on behalf of the Cuban people. Photos via Dunia Álvarez Palacios Via the Communist Party of Cuba, tran

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Dec 7, 20252 min read


Communist Parties of Cuba and China Hold Seventh Theoretical Seminar
Image via the PCC Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish The Communist Parties of Cuba (PCC) and China (CPC) met in Beijing on Thursday for the VII theoretical seminar between the two parties, focusing on the practices and experiences related to advancing socialist modernization through scientific development planning. Gladys Martínez, a member of the Political Bureau and the first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the PCC in Artemisa, emphasized

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Dec 5, 20252 min read


Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam visits Cuba
On Tuesday, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, met with Ho Phuoc Dung, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at the Palace of the Revolution. Images via Estudios Revolución By Yaima Puig Meneses, translated from the Spanish The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist

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Dec 4, 20252 min read


“No room for fear”: broad antifascist front confronts far-right violence in Croatia
Tens of thousands marched in four Croatian cities to oppose escalating far-right violence, intimidation, and revisionism. Image via X By Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch Tens of thousands of people in four Croatian cities took to the streets on Sunday, November 30, responding to a call from the initiative United Against Fascism (Ujedinjeni protiv fašizma), a broad coalition of civil society organizations and grassroots groups. Marchers in Zagreb, Rijeka, Zadar, and Pula denounc

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Dec 4, 20254 min read


Hunan and Artemisa strengthen regional ties between China and Cuba
Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Cuba and China are strengthening their regional ties today with the visit of Gladys Martinez, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the first secretary of the Provincial Committee in Artemisa. She met with Shen Xiaoming, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Secretary in Hunan, and both emphasized the robust friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. Martínez and S

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Dec 3, 20252 min read


Polish Constitutional Tribunal outlaws Communist Party
Image via Notes from Poland By Michael Laxer In a profoundly anti-democratic move, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has ruled that the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) violates the country’s constitution rendering it in theory illegal despite the questionable legitimacy of the TK itself.. Last month, Polish president Karol Nawrocki, filed the application with the TK. This came five years after a previous attempt to do this failed. In a telling part of Nawrocki's applicati

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Dec 3, 20252 min read


Hands off the Communist Party of Poland!: KKE
Image via the KKE On 1 December, a delegation from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) , led by Aphrodite Ktena, an MP of the KKE, held a mass protest outside the Polish embassy in Athens against the planned effort to ban the Communist Party of Poland, which will be examined by the country’s Constitutional Court on 3 December 2025. The mass protest was part of similar demonstrations organized by dozens of communist parties around the world to express their solidarity with the

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Dec 3, 20251 min read


Cuban delegation attends the BRICS People's Summit
The Cuban delegation held bilateral exchanges with representatives of Venezuela, China, Russia and other countries attending the People's Summit. Rio de Janeiro, December 2, 2025 -- A delegation led by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and made up of representatives of the ICAP, FMC, CTC and the Network of Intellectuals in Defense of Humanity is participating in the BRICS People's Summit, which is being held from December 1 - 4 in Rio de Janeiro. The event, organized by the

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Dec 2, 20252 min read


Workers Party of Ireland protests the Polish state’s attack on the Communist Party of Poland
Image via the WPI Today, 1st December 2025, the Workers Party of Ireland, in conjunction with other member parties of the European Communist Action, held a Europe-wide mobilization with protests outside Polish embassies and consulates to oppose the Polish government’s anti-communist plans. The WP Ireland held a demonstration outside the Polish Consulate in Belfast and presented its criticisms and demands to the Consul. The Communist Party of Poland (KPP) is a legally register

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Dec 2, 20252 min read


Tô Lâm makes official state visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Thongloun Sisoulith and Tô Lâm on December 1 -- image via X Various Sources General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Tô Lâm made his first official visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic in his current role, highlighting the strong and longstanding ties between Vietnam and the fellow socialist country. Tô Lâm, arrived in Vientiane accompanied by his spouse and a senior Party and State delegation, for a two-day official visit that started Monday, Decemb

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Dec 2, 20252 min read


Greek Communists salute the mass uprising of toiling farmers and condemn government repression
Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) salutes the mass uprising of toiling farmers and condemns government repression On Sunday November 30, Greek farmers began blocking major highways with tractors and other agricultural machinery. The government responded with repression, using chemicals, riot police and arrests to suppress the farmers’ mobilization, but these efforts proved futile in the face of the toiling farmers’ mass participation, determination and org

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Dec 1, 20252 min read


Communist Party of Cuba and United Russia sign unprecedented cooperation agreement
Image via the PCC By Yuniel Labaceno Romero, translated from the Spanish MOSCOW, Russian Federation - On Thursday, November 27, The Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the United Russia Party signed a Special Agreement of Privileged Cooperation, the only one of its kind ever made by the Russian party with a foreign partner. The agreement was signed by Political Bureau member Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and V

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Nov 30, 20252 min read


From Rescuers to Criminals: How Ukraine Is Prosecuting Those Who Kept Cities Alive
Via Antifascist News Repressive measures against so-called “collaborators” continue in Ukraine — people who, in 2022, were simply performing their professional duties in territories that came under Russian control. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is relentlessly targeting the most vulnerable: postal workers, teachers, shop assistants, social workers. In recent weeks, however, pressure has noticeably increased on residents of the Kyiv-controlled part of Donbas. This look

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Nov 30, 20254 min read


Ceremony held in Havana to honour eight medical students murdered in 1871
154 years after the horrific crime that shook Cuba on November 27, 1871, the youth and people of the capital marched this Thursday to honour the eight medical students who were unjustly murdered for a crime they did not commit. President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez led the traditional procession. Images via Alejandro Azcuy By Angélica Paredes López, translated from the Spanish On the afternoon of Thursday, November 27, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Commun

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Nov 30, 20254 min read
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