Hope and a way out of this burning world can and must be provided by the peoples through their struggle: Press Release of the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE on the teleconference of Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf On 12 March 2026, on the initiative of the KKE, a teleconference was held with Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf

Introductory speech given by Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) to the Teleconference of Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, and Persian Gulf. Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks at a rally in solidarity with Cuba in Athens, March 11 -- image via the KKE On 12 March 2026, on the initiative of the KKE, a teleconference was held with Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Eastern M

This is not the time for over-analyzing every misstep, real or imagined, by the Bolivarian government. It is a time to relentlessly denounce the kidnapping of a president and a legislator. Venezuelans march demanding the release of Maduro and Flores on March 4 -- image via X By Leonardo Flores, Common Dreams Two days before his kidnapping, President Nicolás Maduro gave an interview to Spanish writer Ignacio Ramonet and explained that the war on Venezuela is a cognitive one

Smoke rises above Tehran, March 4 -- Avash Media, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) No to the wars of capital! The NCPN (New Communist Party of the Netherlands) and CJB (Communist Youth Movement) strongly condemn the Dutch government's decision to deploy the Dutch frigate Zr. MS. Eversen in a supposedly ‘defensive’ manner in the Mediterranean Sea in light of the imperialist attack on Iran and Lebanon by the United States and Israel. The Dutch population is thus being

The Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party, meeting on March 1 and 2, 2026, analysed the evolution of the international situation as part of a larger analysis that also looked at national issues in Portugal. International situation: 1. The escalation of confrontation and aggression promoted by imperialism, inseparable from the structural crisis of capitalism and the difficulties faced by the major capitalist powers, represents the most serious threat to the peopl

Images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece reports that on March 5, seafarers of all types of vessels went on a 24-hour strike across Greece following a decision by their unions. The central demand of the strike was that all necessary measures be taken immediately to ensure the safe repatriation of seafarers who are trapped in the war zone. With anger boiling over, as hundreds of families anxiously await news of their loved ones who are caught up in the war, the strike

The Finnish Communist Party strongly condemns the military attack by the United States and Israel against Iran. This is a criminal act and violation of international law that threatens to push the entire Middle East into an expanding spiral of war. Israel and the United States have once again put forward unfounded accusations about the supposed danger posed by Iran. These accusations are as baseless as all the others these countries have used to justify their imperialist am

Images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Organization of Chania held a large rally just a few kilometres from the US–NATO hornet’s nest at the Souda naval air base. The KKE reports that the rally sent a strong message to the government and to the other parties that are dragging the country into war for the interests of the bourgeoisie and the imperialists. It made clear that the people of Crete, and of the entire country, will not stand by and watch development

Communist Party of Canada Statement Trump and Carney in 2025 at the White House -- public domain image No to the new imperialist war against Iran! End Canada’s complicity! The Communist Party of Canada condemns the illegal and reckless bombing of Iran launched this weekend by the United States and Israel. This murderous aggression flagrantly violates international law and the United Nations Charter, risking catastrophic escalation. This attack rests on false pretexts. The cla

Protest in Ioannina -- All images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece reports that in cities across Greece, the forces of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) and the KKE, together with class-oriented trade unions, continue their activities against the imperialist war in the Middle East and Greece’s involvement in it. Through pickets and other forms of protest, demonstrators condemned the attack on Iran, expressed their solidarity with the Iranian people, and demanded th

Image via the KKE On Friday, February 6, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that mass, militant rallies took place in Piraeus and Elefsina, Greece as part of a strike opposing policies prioritizing capitalist profits and imperialist wars over people's lives and rights. The strike coincided with the International Day of Action by dockworkers, held under the slogan “Dockworkers do not work for war." Strikes, demonstrations, and other actions were carried out by dockwo

Swiss tank crew participates in exercises in Germany with US and other forces, February, 2025 -- public domain image The Communist Party (Switzerland) strongly opposes the decision to increase the security and military budget to 31 billion francs by raising value added tax (VAT) by 0.8 percentage points. VAT is an unfair and antisocial tax, which everyone—from workers to billionaires—pays equally and which should simply be abolished: increasing it to finance the arms race—jus

Syrian troops engaged in machine gun training in June, 2025 -- public domain image via the US military Yet another chapter in the imperialist bloodbath that has plagued the Syrian people over the past 15 years is now unfolding. After the jihadist terror regime, backed by Turkey, the Gulf States, the EU, and the US, and in tacit cooperation with Israel, massacred hundreds of Druze and thousands of Alawites in the country’s southern and western regions in 2025, they are now car

Mark Carney with Trump in October 2025 -- public domain image Via the Communist Party of Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum at Davos has been noted for its blunt talk about a “rupture” with the “old order” of U.S. hegemony. This has been seen as a breath of fresh air for some in Canada who are rightly concerned with escalating threats to our sovereignty and the U.S.’s descent into war and reaction. However, Carney’s newly articulated vision

A U.S. Air Force F-16 in Greenland, 2021 -- public domain image For an Arctic zone of peace! Greenland crisis tramples Indigenous sovereignty and risks militarization, resource plunder and environmental disaster Donald Trump’s renewed and sharpening rhetoric about annexing Greenland to the United States is quickly escalating into a dangerous confrontation among countries within the US-NATO imperialist camp. Both Trump’s threats and the response from many NATO states – to depl

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof with the Trump at the NATO Summit in June, 2025 -- public domain image The unacceptable, hypocritical stance of the Dutch government and House of Representatives towards the imperialist intervention of the US in Venezuela International Commission of the Central Committee of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands On 8 January, the bankrupt outgoing Schoof cabinet held a debate with the House of Representatives on the imperialist interventio

Solidarity with the Venezuelan people and its government against U.S. imperialism! Freedom for President Nicolás Maduro! The undersigned Communist and Workers’ Parties strongly condemn the criminal military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its legitimate President Nicolás Maduro Moros and his wife Cilia Flores, and demand their immediate release. The terrorist operation launched by the imperialist regime of the United States is not

Canadian PM Mark Carney and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand meet with Trump at the White House in October, 2025 (Anand is in the row on the left) -- public domain image The Communist Party of Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms the criminal military attack launched by the United States against the sovereign nation of Venezuela. While many details remain unclear, what is unequivocally clear is that the bombing of Caracas and the kidnapping of the country’s

Image via X By Gennady Zyuganov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation The world has seen yet another monstrous act of imperialist aggression. In the small hours of January 3, 2026 the US Air Force delivered massive strikes on Caracas and other cities in Venezuela. The targets included the President’s residence, the National Assembly building, the Hugo Chavez Mausoleum, military facilities and transportation hubs. The barbarous act claimed lives,

Marchers during the General Strike on December 11 in Portugal -- image via the Portuguese Communist Party As we welcome the year 2026, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) addresses its militant and class-oriented greetings to workers, trade unionists, and progressive peoples across the globe. The new year finds the international working class confronted with old and new challenges, but also armed with experience, organization, and the unbreakable strength of solidari