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Mass demonstrations in solidarity with Greek farmers held in Athens and Thessaloniki
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

The Left Chapter
Dec 9, 20251 min read


Escalating the struggle is now the only way forward: Greek Communist leader
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

The Left Chapter
Dec 8, 20254 min read


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

The Left Chapter
Dec 5, 20251 min read


Hands off the Communist Party of Poland!: KKE
Image via the KKE On 1 December, a delegation from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) , led by Aphrodite Ktena, an MP of the KKE, held a mass protest outside the Polish embassy in Athens against the planned effort to ban the Communist Party of Poland, which will be examined by the country’s Constitutional Court on 3 December 2025. The mass protest was part of similar demonstrations organized by dozens of communist parties around the world to express their solidarity with the

The Left Chapter
Dec 3, 20251 min read


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

The Left Chapter
Dec 1, 20252 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

The Left Chapter
Nov 26, 20252 min read


A Vast Sea of Red: Anti-imperialist marches in Greece
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

The Left Chapter
Nov 18, 20253 min read


Large school and university student rallies held across Greece
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

The Left Chapter
Nov 7, 20252 min read


Greek labour leader prosecuted for showing solidarity with the Palestinian people
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

The Left Chapter
Nov 5, 20252 min read


Greek Communists denounce EU attempt to gloss over the criminalization of communist ideology in Czechia
Czech Communists rally in Prague in 2022 -- image via the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Members of the European Parliament of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE): No matter what anti-communist measures they take, they will not stop the struggle of the peoples In just 78 words, the EU is attempting to gloss over the criminalization of communist ideology by the Czech government, which carries prison sentences of up to five years, as well as similar prosecutions in Pola

The Left Chapter
Nov 4, 20253 min read


Mass Anti-Fascist rally held in Athens
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

The Left Chapter
Nov 3, 20251 min read


International solidarity with the people of Sudan must be strengthened!: KKE
KKE HQ International Relations Section of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) International solidarity with the people of Sudan must be strengthened! The KKE expresses its unreserved solidarity with the working class, the people of Sudan, and the Sudanese Communist Party, and condemns the recent atrocities committed in the city of Al-Fasher, as the war in Sudan enters its third year, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and creating millions of re

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Nov 1, 20251 min read


Healthcare workers in Greece mobilizing for 48-hour strike
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

The Left Chapter
Oct 31, 20252 min read


Greek Communist Youth deliver school supplies for Palestinian children
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

The Left Chapter
Oct 24, 20251 min read


Greek Communists denounce protest ban
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

The Left Chapter
Oct 23, 20252 min read


General strike against anti-labour bill grips Greece
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

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Oct 15, 20253 min read


Mass rally in solidarity with Palestine held in Athens
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

The Left Chapter
Oct 14, 20252 min read


Mass anti-war demonstrations held in Berlin and Stuttgart
Image via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on Friday October 3, two mass demonstrations against war took place...

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Oct 7, 20252 min read


Greek dockworkers strike in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on October 3, 2025, the dockworkers at COSCO’s piers in the Port of Piraeus...

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Oct 3, 20251 min read


Communist parties of Israel and Greece condemn attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla
Flotilla members rounded up after Israeli forces attack one of the boats -- image via news video screenshot The Communists parties of...

The Left Chapter
Oct 2, 20253 min read
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