Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on December 10, 2025, farmers from the three powerful roadblocks in Thessaly carried out a symbolic blockade of the port of Volos, while fishermen from Magnesia, who are also struggling to make ends meet, lined up their boats to block traffic from the sea. The protesters who gathered at the port of Volos and joined forces by land and sea sent a strong message that “the people will not back down, we are on the

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

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

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

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

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that thousands of people, including many young people, honoured the 52 nd anniversary of the Polytechnic uprising throughout the country over three days, through various events and wreath laying ceremonies, with the historic campus on Patission Street at the centre of the commemorations. There was a large turnout at the Communist Youth (KNE) exhibition at the Polytechnic School, which connected visitors with the h

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

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

Image via KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on November 1, dozens of labour unions and mass organizations from the north-west Athens neighbourhoods of Nea Ionia, Neo Heraklio, Nea Filadelfia and Metamorfosi organized a dynamic and massive anti-fascist rally in Neo Heraklio. Student associations also participated. Shouting loudly “You are the world’s decay; block the fascists in every neighbourhood”, the protesters made it clear that fascists and their poiso

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that employees in Greece’s public health system are preparing for a 48-hour strike on November 6-7, demanding mass recruitment in the sector, increased state budget funding, the abolition of all patient fees, substantial wage increases and the protection of their rights. The explosive combination of staff shortages and declining wages, which fuels further commercialization, is now being compounded by new plans to

Image via the KKE On Wednesday, 22 October, a delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth of Greece KNE , led by its Secretary, Thodoris Kotsandis, delivered school supplies for the children of Palestine collected during the 51st Festival of KNE–“Odigitis” to the Palestinian Embassy. A large quantity of school supplies —including pencils, pens, notebooks, school bags, pencil cases and various types of paints— was collected at a special collection point during

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the parliamentary majority of the ruling right-wing New Democracy party voted for an amendment prohibiting protests at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, which is located near the parliament building in Athens and is often used as a venue for demonstrations. Recently, the square in front of the monument has become the focus of protests by relatives of the victims of Greece’s deadliest railway accident, whic

Images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on October 14 2025, the day that the Greek parliament debated the anti-labour bill allowing for 13-hour workdays, a 24-hour general strike took place in Greece. It was the second one in the last 15 days. The strike was called by 38 Labour Centres, which are local trade union associations, including those in the largest Greek cities (Athens, Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Patras, Larissa and Ioannina), as well as 18 s

Images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on Friday October 10, trade unions and other mass organizations held a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people outside the Israeli embassy, following a call by the All Workers’ Militant Front (PAME). Thousands of protesters called for an intensification of the struggle for an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with territorial continuity and East Jerusalem as its capital, free from

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on Friday October 3, two mass demonstrations against war took place...

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on October 3, 2025, the dockworkers at COSCO’s piers in the Port of Piraeus...

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that thousands of strikers across Greece sent a powerful message condemning the government’s...

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the 51st Festival of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) and its...

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on the evening of Sunday, September 21, a large gathering and concert...

Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on September 18, a large anti-fascist rally took place in Keratsini,...