Britain's Communist Party centenary weekend: 100 years for socialism
The weekend of July 31 and August 1, 2020 marks 100 years since the historic gathering of delegates at the Canon Street Hotel in London to form a united Communist Party.
On this occasion, the Communist Party of Britain organises a series of events which have been adjusted to meet the situation of social distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the Communist Party, the programme of public meetings entitled "Pandemonium" is designed to "provoke and inspire the imagination" and the 13 Red Wedge live-and-direct meetings, which will be held on August 1, are a great opportunity to measure the Party's achievement so far. You can read more and join the "Pandemonium" here: http://www.communistparty.org.uk/pandemonium.
Tags Britain, Communist Party of Britain, Robert Griffiths
Nina Andreyeva, the woman who stood against Gorbachev's Perestroika, dies at 81
© Ivan Kurtov,Sergey Smolsky/TASS
Nina Alexandrovna Andreyeva, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of the Bolsheviks, passed away on July 24th in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). She was 81 years old.
Born on October 1938 to a working class family in Leningrad, Nina Andreeva lost her father during the Second World War.
She graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Technology and joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1966.
Tags All-Union Communist Party of the Bolsheviks (1991), CPSU, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nina Alexandrovna Andreeva, Perestroika, Soviet Union
International Communist Bulletin #6 2020
Week #6, July 2020
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Greek and Turkish Communists: No to a military confrontation for the interests of the bourgeois classes and imperialist alliances!
In a joint statement, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) express their deep concern over the latest dangerous developments in the relations between the two countries and declare once again that the people of Greece and Turkey have the right to live in peace and shape their future, against capitalist exploitation and tensions created by the interests of the bourgeois classes and the imperialist alliances.
You can read below the statement in English, Greek and Turkish language.
Tags Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), EU, Greece, Imperialism, KKE, NATO, statements, Turkey
Turkey needs a strong communist party: The 13th Congress of TKP to be held on August 9th
In a statement addressed to the fraternal Communist and Workers' Parties, the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) informs that the 13th Party Congress will be held on August 9th, 2020.
More specifically, the TKP points out:
"The 13th Congress of TKP will take place under conditions of the pandemic, and more importantly, at a time when the "parasitism and decay" of imperialism/capitalism, referring to the great analysis of Lenin, have become apparent in front of wide masses, in almost every country.
Tags 100 years of TKP, Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), TKP, Turkey
Turkey-Greece tensions: The USA-EU stance adds fuel to Turkish government's aggression
Tensions in Eastern Mediterranean are, once again, at high level after the NAVTEX issued by Turkey on Tuesday, with which Ankara blocks the maritime zone south-east of the Greek island of Kastellorizo in order to carry out seismic surveys.
From its side, the Greek government filed a protest demarche to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and raised the issue with the EU, NATO and the United Nations.
"Today's announcement of Turkish surveys in a section of the Greek continental shelf through a new illegal NAVTEX constitutes an escalation of tension in our region", the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Tags Erdogan, EU, Greece, Greek-Turkish relations, Imperialism, KKE, NATO, TKP, Turkey, Turkish NAVTEX, USA
"Capitalism has led Russia into a 30-year depression", says Moscow City Duma deputy
Moscow City deputy for CPRF Nikolai Zubrilin.
The Lenin State Farm (Lenin Sovkhoz), a 2,000-hectare sprawl of fields growing fruits and vegetables on the outskirts of Moscow faces the danger of closing.
In what seems to be a coordinated attack from multiple directions, Pavel Grudinin, the Farm's director and the Communist Party's presidential candidate in the 2018 elections, faces potential bankruptcy as the Moscow Region Arbitration Court has ordered him to pay a fine of over one million rubles ($15 million) for supposed "illegal transfer of lands".
From its side, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has strongly denounced the "organized attack" against the Lenin State Farm, calling the accusations against Grudinin as arbitrary and lawless.
Tags Capitalism, Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), Lenin State Farm (Lenin Sovkhoz), Moscow City Duma, Nikolai Zubrilin, Pavel Grudinin, Perestroika, Russia
Danish communist Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson dies at 76
In a statement the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Denmark (KPiD) announced the death of its former General Secretary Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson, who died on July 19th at the age of 76.
Betty was from the foundation of The Communist Party in Denmark in 1993 our general secretary. In 2015 the had to step down from this function due to her health condition, but she was still to her death member of our central committee and editor of our monthly paper.
Tags Betty Frydensbjerg Carlsson, Communist Party in Denmark (CPiD), Denmark
29th Anti-imperialist camp of KNE: Thousands of young communists sent message of struggle
Source: 902.gr
Thousands of young men and women sent a powerful message of class struggle during the 29th Anti-imperialist Camp of the Communist Youth of Greece (KKE) which was held in Stomio, Thessaly, on July 17-19th.
The 2-day camp concluded on Saturday evening with a major political event where Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), delivered a speech.
Tags Anti-imperialist camp, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, Greece, KKE, KNE, Youth
Nelson Mandela — The international working class movement honors his legacy
Today, July 18, 2020 marks the 102nd anniversary since the birth of Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African leader and anti-apartheid revolutionary. Honoring his legacy, the World Federation of Trade Unions and the Trade Union International-Public Service & Allied (TUI-PS&A) issued the following statement:
Today, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)-Trade Union International-Public Service & Allied (TUI-PS&A) joins humanity in remembering the contributions and sacrifices of a man who dedicated his whole life to the course of building a more humane world, Comrade Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Nelson Mandela embodied more than just the spirit of narrow volunteerism and philanthropy: he was a revolutionary.
Tags Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, WFTU
Milos Jakes, 1922 - 2020
Miloš Jakeš, the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, died on July 10th at the age of 97. He was Czechoslovakia's leader during the counterrevolutionary events of 1987-1989 which are known as the "Velvet Revolution".
Born in 12 August 1922 at České Chalupy, the son of a poor family, he began working at the age of 15. He joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1945, just after the end of World War II. In 1955 he began his studies at the CPSU Higher College in Moscow and graduated in 1958.
Tags Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, Miloš Jakeš, Milous Jakes, Prague Spring, Velvet Revolution
Greek Communist Youth (KNE) anti-imperialist camp to kick off on July 17th in Stomio
Archive photo from previous KNE camp.
Under the slogan "We remain strong – We move forward to counterattack. With the KKE for socialism!", the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) organizes the 29th Anti-imperialist Camp on 17-19 of July 2020.
The camp, which has a tradition of many years, will take place in the seaside village of Stomio, close to the city of Larisa and will include numerous political, cultural and sports events.
Hundreds of young people from all over Greece are going to unite their voices against the new capitalist crisis, the anti-people policies and the country's involvement in the dangerous imperialist plans.
Tags Anti-imperialist camp, Greece, KKE, KNE
Hagia Sophia: The EU-NATO policy stimulates Turkey's provocation and aggression
The European Parliament group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemned on Monday the decision of Tayyip Erdogan's government to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
As 902 portal reports, in an urgent question submitted to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, KKE MEP Kostas Papadakis points out:
Tags Erdogan, EU, EU Parliament, Greece, Hagia Sophia, Josep Borrell, KKE, Kostas Papadakis, NATO, Turkey
The U.S is using Cyprus as a vehicle to promote its strategic interests — AKEL reacts
The United States, the imperialist power which played a dark role in the 1974 Turkish invasion and division of the island, is back in Cyprus.
The goal is always the same: the protection and promotion of the U.S. imperialist interests in the broader region of Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, in competition with other forces, such as Russia, China and Iran.
Tags AKEL, Andros Kyprianou, Cyprus, Cyprus-USA relations, Nikos Anastasiades, USA
Hagia Sophia: Turkish and Greek communists condemn its conversion into a mosque
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's decision to sign a decree which converts Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, a World Heritage Monument, into a mosque has provoked negative reactions.
In a statement issued today, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) condemns the decision, stating that the conflict is not between Christianity and Islam, but between reactionalism and secularism. TKP also calls the world's communists to denounce Erdogan's decision and the bourgeois reactionary mindset behind it, which obscures the future of Turkey's working class.
Tags Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), Erdogan, Hagia Sophia, KKE, Religion, Turkey
Greece: Huge rallies against ND government's bill which aims to restrict and prohibit protests
"The prohibition of demonstrations will not be implemented" was the message sent to the government by thousands of protesters throughout Greece who participated in massive rallies against the new law which aims to restrict demonstrations and public gatherings.
In Athens' Syntagma Square, outside the Greek Parliament, Trade Unions, Students Unions and various organizations of the workers' movement gave a militant response to the government's authoritarian bill.
Tags Greece, Greek Parliament, Greek Police, KKE, New Democracy, PAME, Prohibition of demonstrations, Restriction of demonstrations, SYRIZA
Communist Party of Mexico: Obrador's "nueva normalidad" protects the monopolies' interests
Statement by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Mexico (PCM) on the political developments in the country and AMLO government's policies:
The "new normal" has meant more risks and greater exploitation for the working class
One month after the start of the "new normal" was announced, amid a high degree of virus spread; without having contained the pandemic or reduced its spread, it is necessary to take stock of what it has meant for the working class.
Tags Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Communist Party of Mexico, Coronavirus (Covid-19), Latin America, Mexico
Five years since the 2015 Greek referendum — The stance of the KKE was totally vindicated
By Nikos Mottas.
The 5th of July marked the fifth anniversary since the bailout referendum in Greece. The 2015 Greek referendum, a milestone event in the four year governmental term of SYRIZA coalition government, is one of the biggest political frauds in post-1974 Greek history.
In the referendum, the Greek people were asked to choose whether or not they agree with the bailout conditions proposed by the so-called "Troika", the EU Commission, the IMF and the European Central Bank (1). The outcome was a triumph of the "No" vote with 61.31%, contrary to 38.69% of "Yes".
Tags 2015 Greek Referendum, 4 years of SYRIZA, EU, Greece, IMF, KKE, New Democracy, Nikos Mottas, Pasok, SYRIZA, Tsipras
Spain: PCTE communists ready for Galicia and Basque Country regional elections
On the occasion of the upcoming regional elections in the northern Spanish provinces of Galicia and the Basque Country (Euskadi), the International Department of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) issued the following statement:
Next Sunday, July 12 there are elections in Spain held in the territories of Galicia and Euskadi, previously canceled because of the situation generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In spite of this recent health crisis, the governments of both territories have decided to restart the election, even though they are quite aware of the difficulties in a background like the current one. It is an electoral appointment that will group large masses in front of the doors of the polling stations, where the health of the whole population should be assured without any exception.
Tags Basque Country, Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE), Galicia, PCTE, Spain
Internatonal Communist Bulletin #5 2020
KKE and PAME call for mass popular uprising against government's bill on demonstrations
In a statement regarding Greece's right-wing government's shameful bill which aims to ban demonstrations and popular protests, the Political Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) points out:
"The KKE calls for a mass popular uprising for the withdrawal of the ND government bill, which is trying to paralyze the right to labor-people's demonstrations, for which rivers of blood were shed.
Tags Greece, Greek Police, KKE, New Democracy, PAME, Prohibition of demonstrations
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