Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committe of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), on the youth protests: In Spain, people are taking to the streets becuase they are being evicted from their homes. In France, because they’re being denied an education. In Greece, students are setting up tents in Syntagma Square because they have nowhere to live while they study—they can’t afford the cost of studying! Three countries, three different governments, the same s

Koutsoumbas: The cause of the tension or a potential crisis—a heated incident for which the peoples are already being prepared—is the intensifying rivalry between the Greek and Turkish bourgeoisies to enhance their position in the region. The KKE is steadfastly committed to fostering friendship and internationalist solidarity between the two peoples. Together with the Communist Party of Turkey, it defends the position of “not changing the borders or the treaties that define t

Image via KKE video screenshot. Various Sources Students in Athens held a mass protest outside the Greek Parliament on October 13 to denounce soaring housing costs, inadequate dormitories, and rising living expenses. The students were highlighting the state’s failure to provide adequate support for students facing severe housing shortages and high rents. Many students set up tents in Syntagma Square, directly across from Parliament, as a symbolic act to show that they cannot

Images via the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Various Sources Workers at the Motor Oil refinery in Greece have gone on strike after a fatal explosion during maintenance killed two workers, prompting unions to denounce unsafe conditions and demand stronger protections. The Energy Workers' Union of Attica, Boeotia, Evia and Corinthia called the strike for Wednesday, October 14 following the deadly explosion during scheduled shutdown maintenance at the Motor refinery. The blast

All images via the KKE “Greece 2030 – a land of high prices, insecurity and war, or of social prosperity, peace and cooperation among peoples?” emphasized the Attica Party Organisation of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), which on Saturday October 10 held protest events outside 100 supermarkets in the wider area of the Greek capital (Attica), highlighting the KKE’s proposals for providing substantial relief to the people, such as: The abolition of VAT on food and basic con

“Hands off the Indian Communists, the people and the youth! All those arrested must be released immediately!” Statements from the Communist and Left Parties in Greece, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Britain and India. International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Hands off the Indian Communists “Hands off the Indian Communists, the people and the youth! All those arrested must be released immediately!”, emphasizes the In

All images via the KKE “Rubio the butcher is unwelcome!” declared thousands of people on the afternoon of October 6 in the centre of Athens, outside the Greek Parliament, chanting loudly “The bases of death out of Greece!” and “No involvement in wars for their profits”, while the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, was visiting Greece for the new round of the Greece-US Strategic Dialogue. Giorgos Stefanakis, President of the Labour Centre of Athens— the country's largest labo

At the 52nd KNE (Communist Youth) - “Odigitis” festival in Athens -- image via the KKE In his speech at the 52nd KNE (Communist Youth) - “Odigitis” festival, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), pointed out, amongst other things: We are well aware that there are those who foster the view: “what the KKE says sounds good, but it can’t be put into practice anywhere.” It would certainly be helpful if they could s

Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaking at the festival. We are struggling for a socialist Greece and Europe Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), highlighted several key points in his speech at the 52nd Odigitis festival, including: Today, the question is no longer whether the world can change —it changes day by day anyway— but who will determine its future direction. Today, when military preparations are no longer jus

Image via the KKE Within every country there are two homelands, both in times of peace and in times of war In his speech at the 52nd festival of KNE - “Odigitis”, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KKE, noted, amongst other things: History did not end with the counter-revolutionary overthrows of the early 1990s, even though the temporary victors of the time proclaimed that it did. Just as the Earth did not stop turning because the Holy In

The 52nd Festival of the Greek Communist Youth KNE-Odigitis was concluded successfully All images via the KKE The events of the 52nd festival of KNE-“Odigitis”, which had previously taken place in many cities across the country, culminated in Athens with a huge political rally. Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) was the main speaker and Thodoris Kotsandis, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Greek Comm

In a strikingly anti-democratic move, on Wednesday, the Israeli Central Elections Committee (CEC) voted to bar the Joint List, an alliance comprising the Arab Balad and Ta’al parties, the communist-led Arab-Jewish Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), and a fourth conservative Islamic party. "The disqualifications are a malicious attempt by Netanyahu and Ben Gvir to steal the election and silence the voices of millions,” the Joint List alliance, headed by Hadash,

All images via the KKE The only path to a brighter future is the uncompromising struggle for social liberation On September 19, the three-day programme of the 52nd KNE (Communist Youth of Greece) – “Odigitis” Festival in Thessaloniki culminated with a great political rally, where the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, gave a welcome address and the Secretary of the Central Council of KNE, Thodoris Kotsandis

Joint Statement by the Communist Party of Greece and the Communist Party of Turkey on developments in Greek-Turkish relations. Joint Statement by the Communist Party of Greece and the Communist Party of Turkey on developments in Greek-Turkish relations The dangerous developments unfolding in our region – which lies close to and is affected by the front lines of imperialist wars and plans in Ukraine and the Persian Gulf – are triggering a worrying chain reaction in the Easter

Via the Communist Party of Greece Military operations and the expansion of the battlefields are more visible than ever, from Ukraine and the Black Sea to Iran, the Persian Gulf, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria. This stands as irrefutable evidence of the escalation of imperialist war. No two days on the battlefield are the same. The war is spreading, sometimes slowly and sometimes more rapidly. Here are just a few examples of recent developments... In the conflict between NATO and R

Kasidiaris outside the prison after release -- image via news video screenshot Statement of the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) On the release of the Nazi criminal Kasidiaris The release of Kasidiaris, which follows the release of almost the entire leadership of the criminal organisation of Golden Dawn, is a provocation against its victims, their families, as well as the working people who demanded and fought for its conviction. Ho

Image via the KKE Via the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Following the election victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, and the lamentations of the country’s Social Democracy over the “rise of the far right”, it is worth recalling who Sahra Wagenknecht is, and what the “Alliance” of the same name is. This Alliance is offering its seats to the AfD in order to form a government. Wagenknecht was an MP for Die Linke from 2004. Her

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) on the election results in Germany: Only a revitalized workers’ and people’s movement can provide an answer to the far right and false polarities In a statement on the election results in Germany, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the KKE notes the following: The attack on workers’ and people’s rights by the bourgeois political forces such as liberalism, social democracy, the pseudo-left, and others, the social contradictions int

Images via the KKE On Saturday September 5, 2026, in Thessaloniki, Greece, workers, farmers, the self-employed, young men and women, and retirees from across the country gathered in Thessaloniki to form a mighty river of struggle. The streets echoed with slogans, demonstrating that the people—organized and determined—are fighting to assert their rights in the face of the anti-people policies of capitalist profits and war! The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the

Image via the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Mass Nationwide Rally in Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday September 5. The people are preparing their own declaration: No sacrifices for their profits and wars! At the same time as the government and the other bourgeois parties attempt, from the podium of the Thessaloniki International Fair, to trap the people in the false dilemmas of economic “stability”, workers’ unions and federations, organizations of the self-employed, farmer