The South African Communist Party on US imperialism, Cuba, African solidarity, Venezuela, Swaziland, Bishop Trevor Mwamba, Russia, the Ukraine War, Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon and other issues. An excerpt on the international situation from the South African Communist Party's Central Committee statement following its 13th Plenary of the 15th Congress held 28 to 30 August 2026. For the full statement on the party's activities and South African domestic politics see: South Africa

Party of Labour of Austria (PdA) Contribution to the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties, Havana, August 7-9, 2026 Dear comrades, We would like to thank the Communist Party of Cuba for organising the International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties during this challenging and difficult time for the Cuban people.The Party of Labour of Austria stands in solidarity with the Cuban people in their struggle against the threats and attacks of monopoly

Ukrainian revisionism: Fascist leader Konovalets is exhumed, reburied and welcomed as a hero by Azov nationalists. President Zelenskyy paying tribute to fascist leader Konovalets -- image via Marta Havryshko on X By Susann Witt-Stahl, junge Welt, 18 August 2026. Translation and notes by Helmut-Harry Loewen. With exuberant pomp and nationalist pathos, the 3rd Corps of the Ukrainian Army celebrated the “homecoming” of Yevhen Konovalets. Late on Friday evening, the coffin contai

Image via Estudios Revolución and the Communist Party of Cuba The Communist and Workers' Parties participating in the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP), organized by the Communist Party of Cuba in Havana, declare their will and determination to undertake joint and convergent actions on the following main issues until the next meeting: Oppose imperialist wars, the arms race, including nuclear weapons and foreign military bases, and reject all

Communist Party of Swaziland’s message to the 24th International Meeting of Communist & Workers Parties, held in Cuba, 7-9 August 2026 Comrades, On behalf of the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) and the working class of our country, I hereby convey revolutionary greetings to the Communist Party of Cuba, the host of the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties. We also greet the revolutionary organisations convening on this momentous occasion and support t

Image via www.kononovich.org For the attention of the Ukrainian authorities; We are deeply concerned about the conditions of the political prisoners in your prisons. Specifically, the conditions at Vinnytsia Colony No. 86, which apparently effectively been converted into a detention camp for political prisoners and anti-fascists. The situation of political prisoners in Ukraine is obviously extremely critical. They are facing torture, violations of their rights and grave injus

Image via the CPRF Alexander Logvinov, head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation’s (CPRF) city branch in Belgorod, was killed while driving his car during a Ukrainian drone strike on July 21. Reports indicate the attack occurred at a commercial location in the city, with his vehicle catching fire. Local authorities confirmed that Logvinov died at the scene from injuries sustained in the explosion. In a statement, the CPRF said "On July 21, 2026, the Belgorod Regio

Eisenhower’s warning that US policy would be captured by a scientific-technological elite supplies a specific reason the US sustains the Ukraine war: Ukraine has become a unique, live-fire laboratory for AI warfare at scale. President Donald J. Trump with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the 2026 NATO Summit -- public domain image By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares, Common Dreams In his farewell address of January 1961, Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans against th

At the JEF Summit in Helsinki, 26.03.2026 -- Stenbocki maja, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska The history of warfare shows that conflicts end either with a clear victory by one side or through negotiations when both face the exhaustion of resources and the will to continue sacrificing lives. There is also a third way: a silent ending of hostilities, the establishment of a ‘cold peace,’ and the freezing of the conflict without an explicit acknowledgment of

Drones for Ukraine. Radical Aid Force on X. By Susann Witt-Stahl, junge Welt, 17 July 2026. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. Leftist organisations from Ukraine and Western countries have been supplying food, everyday essentials and medicines to people and animals in need in the war-torn regions for years. Anarchist-aligned groups such as the Solidarity Collectives (SC) network, Radical Aid Force (RAF) and Good Night Imperial Pride (GNIP) also support the Ukrainian military

KKE headquarters The Europarliamentary Group of the KKE has highlighted the unacceptable ban in Germany and the Baltic states on Soviet and anti-fascist symbols, with which people around the world commemorate May 9, the day of the Great Anti-Fascist Victory, through a question submitted to the European Commission by the KKE MEP, Kostas Papadakis. Authorities in Germany, as well as in the Baltic states, banned the “display” and posting of Soviet and anti-fascist symbols during

In Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, both parties agree with the assumption that Washington has the right to shape the political future of other nations. Daniel Ortega, Nicolas Maduro, and Miguel Diaz-Canel By Roger D. Harris & John Perry, Common Dreams Donald Trump’s second term has precipitated a tsunami of criticism from Democrats over his foreign policy. Yet when it comes to Washington’s efforts to dominate Latin America and the Caribbean, the substantive dispute—if there i

Members of the fascist Carpathia-Sich unit, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Kyiv, May 20, 2026. (See note below.) By Sevim Dağdelen, X, May 21, 2026. Translated by Helmut-Harry Loewen. While Chancellor Merz is transferring billions in German taxpayer money to a Ukraine mired in corruption and holding out the prospect of EU military aid to Kyiv, the Zelenskyy regime is repatriating the remains of Nazi collaborator Andriy Melnyk and his wife. The exhumation took place on May 19 in Luxe

Police deployment at the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin-Treptow on May 8, 2025 -- image via X By Ralf Hohmann, Unsere Zeit. Sozialistische Wochenzeitung – Zeitung der DKP, 8 May 2026 edition. Translation by Helmut-Harry Loewen. Soviet photojournalist Yevgeny Khaldei (1917-1997) is known as a chronicler of the Second World War. His photos depict the horrors of war, the suffering and devastation in the concentration camps, and the city of Murmansk, reduced to rubble and ashes by

Image via the PCB Build the anti-imperialist movement and advance the working class struggle! The Central Committee of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) assesses that the imperialist system, the more it intensifies its decline, the more it abuses violence and aggressiveness. What we are witnessing are not isolated incidents, but part of a global offensive by a decaying system that, through increased aggression and attacks, attempts to maintain its hegemony over the peoples.

Conservative parliamentarian Roderich Kiesewetter speaks at a demonstration for Ukraine in Berlin, March 2025 By Susann Witt-Stahl, junge Welt, 29 April 2026. Translation and notes by Helmut-Harry Loewen. The visit by CDU foreign policy expert Roderich Kiesewetter [1] to the representative office of the “Chechen Republic of Ichkeria” [2] in Kyiv on April 14 was staged like a state reception. The meeting room was decorated with flags of the EU, Ukraine, and “Ichkeria.” The “pr

Recent comments by Ibrahim Traoré on democracy have spread widely in Western media following an interview, but interpretations that he rejects democracy appear to misrepresent his position. Image of Ibrahim Traoré via X By Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch The recent interview by Ibrahim Traoré, president of Burkina Faso, has caused widespread debate after going viral across global media platforms. Headlines, particularly from mainstream outlets, quickly framed his remarks

Street barricades in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Uprising -- public domain image Easter Oration: Workers Party of Ireland, 5 th April 2026 Comrades and friends, The ideals of Easter 1916 Every year our Party, the Workers Party, commemorates the Easter Rising of 1916. This is far more than simply tradition. Today, we gather not only to remember the past. It is also about looking forward. The Easter Rising of 1916 occupies a unique place in our history: a moment whose politi

Photo (screenshot): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting the Azov Brigade with the Wolfsangel flag as background, 2025 (photo: The Presidential Office of Ukraine) By Susann Witt-Stahl, Unsere Zeit. Sozialistische Wochenzeitung der DKP, February 27, 2026. Translation and notes by Helmut-Harry Loewen. The “left-wing Ukraine solidarity” movement is pushing hard for more military support for Kyiv’s troops. At a demonstration marking the fourth anniversary of the Russia

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