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On the Nuclear Issue: DPRK Foreign Minister's Press Statement
Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea made public the following press statement on November 12: At a recent G7 foreign ministers' meeting held in France, the U.S. and Western countries took issue with the DPRK's exercise of its sovereign right and made such stereotyped assertion as "complete denuclearization" once again. As the foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, I strongly condemn and reject the G7's vicious cri

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7 hours ago2 min read


The Woman Who Cooked at the Boarding House During the Dictatorship
By Urariano Mota Excerpt from the novel “Never-Ending Youth,” translated into English by Peter Lownds: It will never be too late or too excessive to pay tribute to the amazing generosity of anonymous women. On more than one occasion, their goodheartedness sheltered us when fear of the State threatened to overwhelm us. I think about Severina, the pension’s cook, an unlettered Black woman who understood when we were balls to the wall with no one else to turn to. She was better,

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10 hours ago3 min read


The Climate Crisis: The Plunderers of the Planet Gather Around the Table
Image via X Statement by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Central Committee on the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) The COP31 United Nations Climate Change Conference is under way in Antalya. The climate crisis is a product of the system itself. Imperialism generates inequality within countries and across the world, then turns that inequality to profits. Today, the entire planet is paying the price for unplanned, unbalanced economic activity driven solely by priv

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10 hours ago3 min read


Ciro, a friend at Bar Peneira
By Urariano Mota I’m not saying that Ciro has always been my friend, because no friendship is formed from the very first encounter. Friendship is built—and in such a way that, at first, we don’t even realize we’re friends. So I’ll say that from the very first time Ciro served me at my table at Bar Peneira, I was drawn to his attentiveness, kindness, and efficiency. At the bar, it doesn’t even seem like he’s walking—he practically runs, his steps so quick and nimble. That’s wh

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World Peace Council EC meeting held in Canada
Image via the WPC The Executive Committee (EC) of the World Peace Council (WPC) successfully took place in Montreal, Quebec of Canada on 31st October and 1st November 2026. This meeting, the first EC in Canada and North America, was co-hosted by the Canadian Peace Congress, le Mouvement Québécois pour la paix (MQP), and the U.S. Peace Council. The EC meeting was preceded by the regional/continental meeting of the Americas. The 33 participants from 21 organisations discussed

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2 days ago8 min read


South African November 2026 local government elections: Heartfelt thanks from the SACP
SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila casts his vote during the 2026 Local Government Elections -- photo via the SACP on Facebook Via the South African Communist Party Wednesday, 11 November 2026: The South African Communist Party (SACP) Political Bureau extends deepest and most heartfelt gratitude to every South African who warmly welcomed the SACP’s exercise of the hard-won democratic right to stand for elections. We sincerely thank every voter who placed their trust in the

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Revolution and Ideology
By D. Raja, General Secretary, Communist Party of India The November Revolution of 1917 was one of the greatest turning points in human history. It did not merely overthrow an exploiting social order and transfer political power into the hands of workers and peasants; it fundamentally transformed humanity's understanding of what society could become. For the first time, the working class, in alliance with the peasantry and under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party, demonstr

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This Brutality Must End!: On the Workers' Massacre at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel Plant
Image via the TKP On 9 November, an explosion at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel plant in Aliağa, İzmir, killed 17 workers and injured many others. The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) condemned the disaster as a workers’ massacre, holding the company’s owners and the capitalist system responsible for the loss of workers’ lives. Immediately after the explosion, TKP members went to the site and met with the workers’ families. The Party has also been closely monitoring the condition of

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3 days ago3 min read


Solidarity with the Workers of HABAŞ
Smoke rising after the explosion at the Habash Iron and Steel Plant -- photo via X Workers Party of Ireland Message of Solidarity to the Communist Party of Turkey and the Workers of HABAŞ Dear comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland sends its unwavering solidarity to our comrades in the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and deepest condolences to the families, friends and fellow workers of all those affected by the catastrophic loss of life at the HABAŞ Iron and Steel plant in A

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109 Years Since the Great October Socialist Revolution
Via the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia 109 YEARS SINCE THE GREAT OCTOBER SOCIALIST REVOLUTION 109 years have passed since the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution, one of the most significant and far-reaching events in the history of humankind. On November 7, 1917, according to the Gregorian calendar, the workers, peasants and revolutionary soldiers of Russia, led by the Bolshevik Party and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, overthrew the rule of the bourgeoisie and usher

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4 days ago5 min read


109 years later, we are preparing for new Octobers!: TKP
Image via the TKP Statement by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Central Committee on the 109th anniversary of the Great October Revolution This year, we mark the anniversary of the October Revolution with the first signs that “the great humanity” will rise once again, even amid a darkness that seems as though it will never end. From east to west, peoples across the world have already begun to take action against the poverty and uncertainty, exploitation and political repr

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5 days ago2 min read


The 2026 Israeli Elections and the Tasks Ahead: Communist Party of Israel
A voting booth containing official paper ballot slips of the 2026 Israeli elections -- Artem.G, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Information Letter: The 2026 Israeli Elections and the Tasks Ahead: Communist Party of Israel Nov 7, 2026 To our comrades, partners and friends, Israel's elections on 27 October 2026 resulted in a clear defeat for Netanyahu. The Arab Palestinian masses in Israel came out to vote in historic numbers, defied incitement and attempts at exclusion, and

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5 days ago8 min read


Historic Midterm Election Repudiates Trump and MAGA's Reactionary Agenda
CNN on election night -- image via news video screenshot Via the CPUSA The Communist Party USA welcomes the historic repudiation of President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement's fascist agenda in the 2026 midterm elections. A broad left-center coalition, representing the people's movements in organized labor, Black and Hispanic communities, faith organizations, LGTBQ communities, and the women's movement secured control of both houses of Congress in defense of basic democrat

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5 days ago4 min read


Gaza, Three Years On: Preserving the Evidence, Breaking the Cycle of Impunity
An aerial view showing the level of destruction in Rafah, January 2025 -- Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, via Wikimedia Commons By Shawan Jabarin On 13 October 2023, Al-Haq was among the first to warn states to intervene to stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The continuum of decades of dehumanisation of Palestinians, a population subjected to refugeehood, denial of return, killings, torture, property appropriations, and pillage – fragmented and subjugated by

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6 days ago8 min read


The Three Weeks That Shook Brazil and the World
Aerial shot of a massive Lula election rally in Rio on October 2 -- Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Luiz Felipe Albuquerque The different generations who lived through the three weeks between the first and second rounds will never forget their significance. It may have been the greatest mass educational process that Brazilian society has ever experienced. There were hundreds of demonstrations across Brazil; millions of people took to the streets. Some org

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6 days ago5 min read


India in the Mediterranean
Indian Naval Ship Trishul at Souda Bay, Greece, on 31 Oct 2026 -- image via the Government of India Press Information Bureau By Vijay Prashad On 26 October 2026, Greece’s foreign minister George Gerapetritis stood at the United Nations headquarters and rejected the maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya. Gerapetritis spoke on behalf of Greece of course, but also Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, the European Union, and the United Arab Emirates. Five days later, the Indian frigate

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Nov 76 min read


The Financial and Political Crisis in Paraguay: Yet Another Sign of the Failure of the Liberal Economic Model
Image via news video screenshot By Thania Saucedo Paraguay is undergoing one of the most significant political and financial crises in its recent history. The Central Bank of Paraguay’s intervention in Ueno Bank—following the detection of serious irregularities in its operations and solvency issues—triggered a crisis that quickly expanded beyond the banking sector. Today, it has direct consequences for the government of Santiago Peña* and has triggered an impeachment process

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Nov 75 min read


SACP condemns exclusion of South Africa from AGOA, calls for a review
Via the South African Communist Party Friday, 6 November 2026 - The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the decision by the US administration to exclude South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from January 2027. This decision had long been expected amidst the vile spewing of racist tropes endorsed and spread by the US president, Donald Trump, alleging a genocide against white farmers in South Africa. Both the decision and the racist fabricati

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Nov 66 min read


Trump Midterm Crush, Carney’s Transatlantic Romance, Smith UCP Manoeuvres
Public domain image By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report In this post, The DNA Report resumes its recurring segment This Week In Annexation to consider recent developments on the American Annexation question in Canada. We have been privileged to endure four elections in 30 days that have an important bearing on this existential matter—the Quebec general election on October 5, the Alberta pre-annexation referendum on October 19, the October 24 surprise self-immolation of

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Nov 66 min read


Banks and Falls
Police outside an Ueno Bank branch in Paraguay -- image via news video screenshot By Urariano Mota “Folha” Never Fails. I mean, “Folha de São Paulo” never fails in its reactionary stance. In its editorial this Friday, October 6, titled “Isolated, the Central Bank Did What Was Necessary by Halting Interest Rate Cuts,” the newspaper states right in its first paragraph: “Given the uncertainty caused by the erratic signals sent by the government and the PT since Luiz Inácio Lula

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Nov 64 min read
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