The flame of 26 July continues to light the way Statement by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Central Committee on the anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks. On 26 July 1953, the assault on the Moncada Barracks by 135 young Cuban revolutionaries became the symbol of the Cuban people's uprising against the Batista dictatorship, imperialist domination and exploitation. The city of Santiago de Cuba, home to the Moncada Barracks, had already witnessed the first fl

Trump and Carney at the NATO summit, July 8, 2026 -- public domain image As the NATO summit draws to a close in Ankara, Turkey, the Communist Party of Canada reiterates its condemnation of this offensive, warmongering alliance, which – now more than ever – is fulfilling its role as the global army of the United States. Today, NATO is pushing us further toward the abyss of a world war that could turn nuclear. Flashpoints are multiplying. From Ukraine, caught between the Wester

Statements from Communist and workers' parties in Jordan, Ireland, the USA, the Netherlands and Poland. Image via the TKP ​In solidarity with The Turkish Communist Party and in opposition to the NATO summit and policies of repression ​The Jordanian Communist Party condemns in the strongest possible terms the campaign of arrests and repression directed against members and supporters of The Turkish Communist Party following their participation in popular demonstrations and prot

Image via the TKP Stop the Repression Against TKP and Anti-NATO Protesters in Turkey We, the undersigned Communist and Workers' Parties, strongly condemn the repression carried out by the Turkish authorities against the demonstration organized by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) in Ankara in protest of the NATO Summit. The violent police intervention, the injuries inflicted on demonstrators, and the detention of 145 communists including one member of the Central Committ

Images via the TKP At the International Anti-NATO Summit organized by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on July 4 in İstanbul, communist and workers' parties from NATO member states and the European Communist Action, together with international peace and youth organizations, came together ahead of the NATO Summit in Ankara. Participants called for a common struggle against imperialist war policies, the arms race, and NATO military bases. In the meeting, organized under the

Image via the TKP Solidarity With the TKP and the Comrades Arrested and Injured in the Struggle Against NATO: Communist Party of the Workers of Spain A new NATO Summit will be held on July 7-8, in Ankara (Turkey). The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) has organized an anti-NATO Summit in the country, with hundreds of activities, public events, exhibitions, demonstrations, and even an international event, running from July 4 to 12. The imperialist NATO event is marked by the rei

Image via the TKP The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) defied a blanket ban on demonstrations imposed across central Ankara ahead of the NATO summit, leading anti-NATO protests in six cities on Saturday despite a heavy police presence and mass detentions. Hundreds of TKP members gathered in central Ankara at the time and place previously announced by the party, despite extraordinary security measures that had effectively placed parts of the capital under a de facto state of em

The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) has designated July 4-12 as the Anti-NATO Summit in response to the NATO Summit taking place in Ankara within the same week. As part of the week’s activities, the party will organize marches and public events in several cities across the country, while also hosting an international summit in İstanbul. The summit will bring together communist and workers’ parties from NATO member states, along with representatives of the World Peace Council

With reports from the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece Image of the rally via the TKP on X İstanbul rises against NATO: “We will not allow this country to quietly host a NATO Summit” Hundreds gathered in İstanbul at the call of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) to protest the NATO Summit. Addressing the event, TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan said, "We will not allow this country to quietly host a NATO Summit." As opposition continues to grow ag

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Havana, June 11, 2026 -- On Thursday morning, a virtual meeting was held at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in which 46 representatives of 29 leftist and progressive political parties and movements in Europe participated. The meeting was chaired by member of the Central Committee and head of its Department of International Relations, Emilio Lozada García, who, following

International Communist Press (ICP) is a digital portal initiated by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), designed to feature current news, key interviews, and articles from communist and workers’ parties, which has been inactive for a period of time. Now ICP has resumed its activity after a pause, at a historical moment when sharpening class struggles and escalating imperialist aggression call on communists to play their historical roles. As an online English-language news p

Via the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Istanbul, April 19 , 2026: The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) held in Istanbul on April 19 approved a declaration supporting the Cuban Revolution against the US imperialist encirclement. A delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), led by Emilio Lozada García and Elier Ramirez Caedo—head of the Department of In

Images via the TKP On March 15, 2026, 322 workers—representing a wide range of sectors including metal, petrochemicals, textiles, food, logistics, warehousing, aviation, shipbuilding, construction, IT, communications, tourism, healthcare, education, office, and service work—came together from many provinces across the country. Alongside representatives of retirees, these workers, employed in both the private and public sectors, convened at the call of the Communist Party of T

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

Smoke rises above Tehran after an air strike -- image via X We Condemn the Trump Administration’s Lawless Attack on Iran and Demand Its Immediate Halt February 28, 2026 Kazuo Shii Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party On the 28th, the Trump administration and Israel launched a large-scale attack against Iran. This is an unlawful preemptive strike that brutally tramples the UN Charter and international law, and we condemn it in the strongest term

Manifesto from the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) A 15-point statement by the TKP Central Committee on the most important current issues facing working people in Turkey — and the path forward: parting ways with the bourgeois class of Turkey Poverty, the cost of living, unemployment; workplace murders, mobbing and injustice; gambling, drugs, harassment, abuse, violence, femicides, corruption—in short, a society in full decay, and a country shaken by earthquakes and fires. The

Monument of the Flag of Cuba in Varadero -- Kurayba, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Statement of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) The US blockade imposed on Cuba has never been simply a series of sanctions. The blockade was the name of a comprehensive attack plan carried out by the US to subdue a people who refused to abandon socialism through deception and force. The United States did not merely ban U.S.-based companies from engaging in trade with Cuba, an independen

Image via the TKP We will neither forget nor forgive. We will hold them accountable! - Communist Party of Turkey Three years have passed… According to official figures, which are indeed unreliable, we lost exactly 53,537 citizens in the February 6 (2023) earthquakes; and over 107,000 people were injured. And this happened right before our very eyes. There were so many comprehensive scientific reports prepared; the destruction, losses, and crisis we experienced had all been pr

Images via the KKE On Saturday January 10, the Communist Party of Greece's (KKE) Party Organization in Germany held an event and discussion in Berlin on the topic: “Lessons from the class struggle in Germany, 1918–1923”. On Sunday January 11, the annual march in memory and honour of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, leading figures of the German revolutionary movement and founders of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), took place in Berlin. The march, first held in 1926,

Statements from Cuba, Turkey, India, France, the United States, Ireland, Britain and Scotland. In the wake of the illegal US imperialist attack on Venezuela and the apparent kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, condemnation and outrage have been expressed by Left parties and leaders around the world. Cuba: Turkey: Communist Party of Turkey: TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan on the attack on Venezuela : "The United States has begun bo