No to the “Service-citoyen”: A Scam in Favour of Rearmament, the EU and NATO! : Communist Party (Switzerland) The popular initiative “for a Service-citoyen” (national civic service) claims to address the crisis of Switzerland’s militia system by generalising compulsory service. This proposal is presented with appealing arguments — gender equality, national cohesion, and the promotion of civic engagement — but in reality, it hides numerous pitfalls. The initiative aims to intr

The Workers Party of Ireland, together with our comrades across the world, celebrates the 108th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution led by Lenin and the Bolshevik Party, on 25 October (7 November) 1917. The October Revolution remains a seismic moment in the history of the world. For the first time in human history, workers proved their ability to overthrow the capitalist order and establish a workers’ state. By establishing the world’s first socialist state

By Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba ( translated from the Spanish ) Today we commemorate an event that forever changed the course of history: the Great October Socialist Revolution. On November 7, 1917 (October 25 in the Julian calendar), the Russian working class and people, guided by the light of Marxism and Lenin's leadership, demonstrated that a new world was not

Soviet stamp for the 47th anniversary of October Revolution -- Daily LIFT #1789

On the 108th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution ( translated from the Spanish ) 108 years ago, on November 7, 1917, the Great October Socialist Revolution triumphed, which opened for humanity the historic transition from the outdated capitalist mode of production to socialism. We pay homage to Lenin and the cadres of the Bolshevik Communist Party. Following the example of the Paris Commune of 1871, the proletariat led by the Bolshevik Party conquered power,

Image via the PCC By Alina Perera Robbio, translated from the Spanish LIMONAR, Matanzas - On Thursday morning, the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, laid two bouquets of red roses at the base of the lists of internationalist fighters who fell in Angola. The ribbon, which unites the names in the Museo del Esclavo Rebelde — formerly the site of the Triumvirato Sugar Mill — reads "Beloved sons of the Homeland." In the enclosure, beside those who cho

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that thousands of school and university students flooded the center of Athens and demonstrated in more than 40 cities across the country on November 6, escalating the struggle against policies that underfund education in order to pour billions of euros into military equipment and NATO. They demanded an end to the country's participation in wars and its shameful support for the murderous state of Israel, which con

Revolution is Your Right! -- Communist Party of Turkey Today, 700 million people live in extreme poverty, while 3.5 billion more struggle to survive below the poverty line. In contrast, just 3 thousand capitalists now control a total wealth of 16 trillion dollars. Our people, too, suffer deeply from this greatest assault of impoverishment in human history. While millions of workers live below the hunger and poverty thresholds, the ten richest capitalists have increased their

Images via X Various Sources General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, along with his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly and a high-level Vietnamese delegation, visited Karl Marx’s grave at Highgate Cemetery in London on October 28, 2025, as part of their official three-day visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Upon arrival, the delegation observed a minute of silence and laid a wreath in tribute to the great philosopher, theorist,

The Politburo of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on the international situation, including the United States’ imperialist military and other forms of aggression against Venezuela, the war crimes in Sudan, the Israeli regime’s genocide on the Palestinian people, the United States’ illegal blockade against Cuba, the Western Saharan people’s struggle against Moroccan colonialism, and the struggle for democracy in Swaziland. This was part of a broader statement looking a

To Lam speaks at the conclusion of the 14th plenum -- image via news video screenshot Various Sources The 13th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee concluded its 14th plenum on November 6 with major resolutions to finalize preparations for the 14th National Party Congress, direct national development strategies, and streamline the political system and administrative apparatus. In his concluding statements at the plenum, To Lam, the General Secretary of the CPV C

Yuri Gagarin visiting Warsaw, Polish People's Republic, 1961 -- Daily LIFT #1788

On the long tail of US intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. Trump on October 28, 2025 -- public domain image By Chuck Idelson, Common Dreams If the Trump administration’s assaults on Venezuela and threats to Colombia and Mexico have a familiar stench, they should. For more than two centuries the United States government has acted as if it owned the Western Hemisphere, with the right of conquest, intervention, and interference part of the natural order. As of t

Via the Communist Party of Cuba Editorial Team, translated from the Spanish The Dominican Communist Party of Labor (PCT) and the Broad Front (FA) have described the recent postponement of the Tenth Summit of the Americas, which was to be held in the Dominican Republic, as a clear political defeat for both the government of Luis Abinader and the United States. This decision was driven by internal contradictions, diplomatic pressures, and widespread regional rejection of the ex

Images via the PCC By Dayán González Ramírez. translated from the Spanish A week has passed since Hurricane Melissa struck the eastern region of Cuba. For thousands of Cubans, these have been seven lengthy days since nature demonstrated much of its power. During this time, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba's Central Committee and president of the Republic, along with Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and secre

Communist Party of Switzerland march on March 15, 2025 25th Congress of the Communist Party to Open with a Greeting from Artist Moni Ovadia. Focus on Bilateral Agreements III and Neutrality The 25th Congress of the Communist Party (Switzerland) will take place next weekend (8–9 November 2025) in Arbedo-Castione. The Congress will be divided into two sessions: an initial public session (attended also by some international guests) and a second session reserved for delegates onl

By Darius David Sumo Many have arguably accustomed some sort of ostensible thoughts of the STATE. For some, whenever the STATE is mentioned, they think of Western countries, cities, regions, etcetera. Some have even gone as far as complicating the government with the state, veiling their perceptions in shadow to the fact that the state is wielded by the government, which is part of the superstructure of a bourgeois society. From an ideological perspective, when we endeavor to

American Socialist leader, presidential candidate and legend Eugene V. Debs was born November 5, 1855. Debs campaigned against US participation in WWI and was sentenced ten years in jail for a speech he gave. He had his sentence commuted by president Warren G. Harding in December, 1921 but died in 1926 of cardiovascular issues that were a result of his time in prison. Debs was the Socialist candidate for president of the United States five times, one of those runs being in 19

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the Greek state and bourgeois justice system are attempting to send a clear message: that the struggle against genocide in Gaza constitutes a “criminal offence”, marking a new stage in the ongoing effort to criminalize solidarity with the heroic Palestinian people. Markos Bekris, president of the Piraeus Labour Centre, cadre of the KKE and president of the Container Handling Workers’ Union at the COSCO docks

COMMUNIST PARTY OF SWAZILAND (CPS) STATEMENT ON THE WAR AND MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS IN SUDAN 03 November 2025 The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) expresses its unwavering revolutionary solidarity with the people of Sudan who continue to face horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The CPS condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the ongoing massacres of unarmed civilians, the destruction of communities, and the deliberat