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The global fight against capitalism and imperialism: SACP on the international situation
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

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I Thought I Knew What Genocide Was
A mural painted on the rubble of a destroyed building in Al Thawra Street in Rimal, Gaza. The mural was created by Mostafa Mehna with 25 children from Gaza. The Arabic text reads "There is hope" -- photo, February 2025 via Hla.bashbash, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska As a professor who has spent more than forty years studying questions of war and peace, international law and relations —and above all, the human consequences of armed conflict— I once bel

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Oct 317 min read


UN envoy says workers and consumers can help end the genocide in Gaza
UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese is in the country at the invitation of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Francesca Albanese at the Groot Kerk event organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. All photos by Mzi Velapi By Mzi Velapi, Elitsha, South Africa The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, has urged South Africans to use their consumer power to intensify their actions in support of the broader campaign for boycotting

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Oct 303 min read


Israel Tried to Destroy Gazans’ Peoplehood; It Failed
For ordinary people, survival, continuity, and self-assertion are the ultimate signs of victory against Israel, a country that does not hesitate to use genocide for temporary political gains. By Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza , particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a blend of emotions that centers on two core principles: grief and defiance. Grief has characterized life

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Oct 254 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

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Oct 241 min read


O genocídio não terminará a menos que os líderes políticos palestinos sejam libertados
By Vijay Prashad Aos poucos, o panorama completo da devastação de Gaza por Israel está se revelando. O Escritório Central de Estatísticas Palestino (PCBS) divulgou um relatório no período do cessar-fogo que começa a apresentar os números: o bombardeio de Gaza por Israel resultou na destruição total de 190.115 edifícios e na destruição quase total de outras 330.500 unidades habitacionais. Os constantes ataques de artilharia e aéreos durante os 734 dias do genocídio resultaram

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Oct 217 min read


Portuguese Communist Party on the international situation
The PCP on US imperialism, NATO warmongering, Palestine and the Middle East, Venezuela, the Nobel Peace Prize, and the blockade of Cuba. A PCP flag at the 2025 Avante! Festival -- image via the PCP From the Communiqué of the Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party of October 14, 2025 (For the full communique looking at the results of the local elections, addressing various aspects of the Portuguese national situation and the elections for President of the Republic

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Oct 215 min read


British Communists ask: Who does Starmer support?"
Trump and Starmer, September 25, 2025 -- Number 10 https://www.flickr.com/number10gov/, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons "Labour should quit its competition against Reform UK and the Tories to see who can sink the lowest in their grovelling to President Trump, their connivance in Israeli genocide and their attacks on human rights and democratic liberties", Robert Griffiths told the Communist Party's executive committee last weekend. "We have a Prime Minister who shows more conce

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Oct 212 min read


Third International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Leftist Parties and Movements calls for united front against fascism
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, presided over the closing ceremony of the III International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Leftist Parties and Movements. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, also took part in the event. The Final Declaration expresses solidarity with the causes of Palestine, V

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Oct 182 min read


The Genocide Will Not End Unless the Palestinian Political Leaders are Free
By Vijay Prashad Slowly, a full picture of the devastation of Gaza by Israel is becoming clear. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released a report around the time of the ceasefire that began to lay out the numbers: Israel’s bombardment of Gaza resulted in the total destruction of 190,115 buildings and the almost total destruction of another 330,500 housing units. The constant artillery and aerial fire over the 734 days of the genocide resulted in the wrec

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Oct 167 min read


SACP denounces Maria Corina Machado Peace Prize, US aggression towards Venezuela
South African Communist Party condemns United States aggression against Venezuela, denounces Nobel Peace Prize on a sworn apartheid Israel supporter, an imperialist coup agent in Venezuela against a democratically elected government Saturday, 11 October 2025 : - The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the military aggression perpetrated by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The US military attack on Venezuela is a clear violation of int

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Oct 133 min read


Israeli withdrawal, captive for prisoners swap, and entry of aid: What’s in the Gaza ceasefire deal?
The entry of a minimum quantity of aid to besieged Gaza, the release of all Israeli captives in return for Palestinian prisoners, the...

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Oct 125 min read


Israel Reaches Its Mass-Murder Quota
Around 1,275 Israelis died as a result of the attack on October 7. Israel’s mass murder quota was therefore around 63,750 (= 50 x 1,275)....

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Oct 115 min read


Over 100,000 in Havana march in solidarity with Palestine
The capital's residents, led by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the...

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Oct 106 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 72 min read


Reflections on the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly: SACP
The South African Communist Party on multilateralism, Palestine, the war in Ukraine, the state of global imperialism, and Netanyahu's...

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Oct 35 min read


Communist Party of Israel and Hadash demand an immediate end to genocide in Gaza and reject Trump's plan
Haunting drone image of the level of utter devastation in Gaza -- image via Al Jazeera news video screenshot The Communist Party of...

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Oct 22 min read


Barghouti and Corbyn slam Trump’s 20-point peace plan
The Palestinian politician, Dr Mustafa Barghouti, and Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the British Labour Party, were speaking in Cape...

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Oct 14 min read


Palestine: Recognition of What? And Why
Image from an artistic and cultural rally for peace against the genocide in Palestine, Mexico City, May 2025 -- ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA...

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Sep 295 min read


Cuba reaffirms its support for the Palestinian people and denounces the U.S. blockade at the 80th session of the General Assembly
At the UN General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla denounced the actions of the Israeli regime in Gaza, accusing...

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Sep 2710 min read
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