Protests in Greece mark the 80th anniversary of the imperialist crime in Hiroshima - Nagasaki

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The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on August 6, 2025 -- the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- thousands in Greece protested against imperialist crimes in Gaza and elsewhere.

A rally organised by the Greek Committee for International Détente and Peace (EEDYE) was held at the Acropolis in Athens, followed by a protest march to the EU offices in the Greek capital. A delegation from the EEDYE presented the resolution of the anti-imperialist mobilization to the EU offices, which includes, among other points: “The EEDYE denounces the greatest crime of imperialism, the dropping of atomic bombs by the US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, 1945, and honours the memory of the hundreds of thousands of victims (...) Today, 80 years later, the nuclear threat is growing. The inter-imperialist competition between the Euro-Atlantic camp (US-NATO-EU) and the Eurasian bloc under formation (Russia - China) is escalating the risk of a nuclear holocaust”.

Similar rallies were held in Thessaloniki, Larissa and other cities across Greece.

The demonstrators demanded that Greece disengage from the US - NATO - EU wars, the closure of US-NATO bases and the cessation of all cooperation with the state of Israel. They also expressed their unconditional solidarity with the Palestinian people.