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An Urgent Call to Preserve Peace!: Cuban National Assembly of People's Power
An urgent call to preserve peace Call of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power ( translated from the Spanish ) The members of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba call on the citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean, and of the United States, to act in a timely and decisive manner in favor of preserving our region as a Zone of Peace, as approved and proclaimed b

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The Communist Party of Poland continues its struggle
On December 3, 2025 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. The KPP's response: The Communist Party of Poland continues its struggle Dear comrades, The Communist Party of Poland thanks all fraternal parties participating in the international campaign against the persecution of our Party. We very appreciate your support by the Joint Statement of the Com

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Trump’s Aggression Toward Venezuela Should Be Setting Off Alarm Bells
It’s looking a lot like the run-up to the Iraq war — only this time, the allegations are even more bogus and easily disproven. Trump on December 1, 2025 -- public domain image By Farrah Hassen President Trump promised “no new wars,” but his aggression against Venezuela is the exact opposite. The U.S. military has been blowing up alleged “drug boats” near Venezuela that have killed at least 83 people. The UN has condemned these unprovoked strikes as unlawful extrajudicial exec

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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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International solidarity statement of the SACP
The South African Communist Party on Venezuela, Palestine, Lebanon, South China provocations by the US imperialist regime, Russia, Cuba, Sudan, Western Sahara and Swaziland. The South African Communist Party (SACP) convened its Augmented Central Committee (ACC) at Birchwood Hotel Boksburg from 28 – 30 November 2025. The ACC assessed the implementation of the SACP annual programme of action and resolutions of the 15th National Congress and the 5th Special National Congress. Ac

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Solidarity with the Palestinian People!
Statements for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People from the New Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Communist Party of Swaziland and the World Federation of Trade Unions. Andrew Ratto, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Statements for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People NCP of the Netherlands, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People : On 29 November, the International Day of Solidarity with the Pales

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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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Sitting Targets: Negligence and Occupational Risk in Sri Lanka
A Brandix factory floor in Sri Lanka -- image via a Brandix corporate video screenshot By Shiran Illanperuma Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha’s home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of domesticity into one. Her husband, Govindasamy Sivakumar, would sometimes take walks to avoid the hustle and bustle of the house being turned upside down in a frenzy of cooking and cleaning. “She had the strength of t

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A Judas of the Caribbean
Via the Casa de las Américas, translated from the Spanish Sixty years ago, over forty thousand U.S. Marines invaded the Dominican Republic. The pretext at the time was to prevent the nation from turning into "a second Cuba." Now, six decades later, President Luis Abinader stands alongside the Secretary of War of the invading nation, not to demand accountability for the dreadful act that claimed the lives of thousands of his fellow citizens, but to offer their national territo

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The Angry Tide of the Latin American far right
José Antonio Kast campaigning in Chile in October -- Equipo Kast, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad The far right in Latin America is angry. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s Javier Milei always look furious, and they always speak loudly and aggressively. Testosterone leaks from their pores, a toxic sweat that has spread across the region. It would be easy to say that this is the impact of Donald Trump’s own brand of neo-fascism, but this is not true. Th

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Workers Party of Ireland Message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Workers Party of Ireland Message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People In 1977, the General Assembly of the United Nations called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. This year’s observance takes place in the context of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians. The Workers Party of Ireland, since the beginning, has taken to the streets to demonstrate against the genocidal ac

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Solidarity with the Communist Party of Poland: DKP
Solidarity with the Communist Party of Poland Dear comrades! Within a few months, another attempt has been made to ban your party through the Constitutional Court. On 14 November 2025, the Polish President submitted a request to ban the Communist Party of Poland. Your party is to be declared unconstitutional and thus banned. This follows numerous repressive measures that have been taken against your party and its members for several years due to their use of communist symbols

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The Scapegoating of Peasants for Pollution Crisis
Image via India Today on X, November 28, 2025 By Srujana Bodapati It is that time of year again when India’s national capital Delhi’s air quality turned acutely hazardous. Official Indian air quality indicators hit their maximum adverse readings of 500, while indices based on international norms shoot past 1,000 or even 2,000 —a level that effectively turned the city into a gas chamber. The thick smog, loaded with toxic gases, seeps into every corner of the city, including in

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Nov 287 min read


Provoking China Again: Macedonia’s Unlearned Lessons
Milososki, Mizrahi and Bytyqi at a meeting with the Taiwanese delegation / Photo: RSM Assembly / Facebook By Biljana Vankovska A familiar drama has resurfaced in Skopje. While I was still in Beijing attending the CASS academic conference on the Belt and Road Initiative, news broke that the Vice Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, accompanied by two MPs, formally received a Taiwanese parliamentary delegation. The visit came less than two weeks after the new Ambassador of

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Nov 285 min read


Labour desperate to appease British capitalist class: CPB
Rachel Reeves on her way to deliver the budget, November 26 -- UK Government, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In his initial response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget on November 26, Communist Party of Britain general secretary Robert Griffiths commented: "Desperate to appease Britain's super-wealthy capitalist class and the bond markets, Chancellor Reeves has missed an historic opportunity to invest in public services, productive industry, low-cost Green energy and to la

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Nov 272 min read


Starbucks Ignores Worker Demands at Its Peril
Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history and are standing firm until their demands are met. New York First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan with striking Starbucks workers -- image via video screenshot on X By Sonali Kolhatkar Thousands of baristas at nearly 100 Starbucks locations are on strike this holiday season, picketing outside the iconic cafes for a contract. While the corporate coffee chain has claimed little to no disruption to its bottom line

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Nov 266 min read


The Venezuelan People Shall Not Stand Alone: TKP
Statement by Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Central Committee addressing the escalating imperialist aggression against Venezuela A new phase of imperialist aggression against Latin America is unfolding through the U.S.-orchestrated threats directed at Venezuela—military escalation, attempts at economic strangulation, and preparations for direct intervention. For years, the imperialist actors have targeted the Venezuelan people’s independence and sovereignty, employing every

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Nov 261 min read


The Caribbean Faces Two Choices: Join the US Attempt to Intimidate Venezuela or Build its own Sovereignty
Kamla Persad-Bissessar with Marco Rubio, September 30, 2025 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad US President Donald Trump has authorised the USS Gerald R. Ford to enter the Caribbean. It now floats north of Puerto Rico, joining the USS Iwo Jima and other US navy assets to threaten Venezuela with an attack. Tensions are high in the Caribbean, with various theories floating about regarding the possibility of what seems to be an inevitable assault by the US and regarding

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Nov 266 min read


A Rebuke to Elliot Abrams’ Venezuela Delusions
When the infamous neocon warns about “criminal regimes,” I don’t think of Venezuela. I think of the mass graves, the scorched villages, the secret prisons, and the tens of thousands of Latin American lives shattered under the policies he championed. Abrams in 2019 -- public domain image By Michelle Ellner, Common Dreams Elliott Abrams has resurfaced with familiar instructions on how to “fix” Venezuela , a country he neither understands nor respects, yet feels entitled to rear

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Nov 266 min read


Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties against the persecution of the Communist Party of Poland
Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties against the persecution of the Communist Party of Poland Our parties strongly condemn the recent unacceptable action by Polish President Nawrocki, who has filed a motion with the Constitutional Court claiming that “the aims and activities of the Communist Party of Poland are unconstitutional”. This is an unfounded motion and largely echoes similar attempts by bourgeois forces in the country five years ago to ban the CP of Pola

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Nov 262 min read
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