The South African Communist Party (SACP) says its membership is approaching 400,000 as it prepares to contest South Africa’s 2026 local government elections independently of the African National Congress (ANC).
The Workers’ Party of Belgium (Parti du Travail de Belgique, PTB/PVDA) has intensified its criticism of the federal and regional governments’ economic policies, focusing on pension indexation, threatened job cuts at pharmaceutical multinational GSK, and education reforms that the party says will worsen conditions for students and teachers.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], the Communist Party of India (CPI), and their student and youth organisations were active on Friday, 16 October 2026, in a march in New Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. CPI(M) also issued a statement on reservation rights for people from historically disadvantaged castes who convert to other religions.
The Egyptian Communist Party (ECP) called for concrete measures to expand political freedoms and protect constitutional rights in a statement published on 15 October 2026.
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) condemned planned job cuts at Stelco’s Hamilton Works and Lake Erie facilities in a statement published on 13 October 2026, calling for public ownership of the steel industry and stronger protections for workers.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) focused its activities in the last several days on challenging the September parliamentary election results, criticising government economic policies and promoting measures to protect household incomes.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) Astor GarcĂa wrote an article for the International Communist Press, on the 90th anniversary of the International Brigades. Thousands of volunteers from different countries came together in the International Brigades and fought the fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War.
Popular Vanguard Party (PVP) has vehemently condemned the government’s incorporation of the country into the joint declaration of the US-promoted “Shield of the Americas,” denouncing the decision as an act of servility to Washington, an attack on national sovereignty and a betrayal of the Costa Rican people.
The following article appeared in the 110th issue of O Poder Popular, the journal of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB). Undersigned by the PCB Central Committee, the article bears the following title: 'The political crisis exposes the rottenness of the bourgeois state: Only popular struggle can change Brazilian reality!'
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) has condemned the government’s decision to select Germany’s Lufthansa Group for the partial privatisation of TAP Air Portugal, describing the deal as a threat to the country’s economic sovereignty and calling for a campaign to prevent the sale from proceeding.
The Communist Party of Mexico (PCM) has declared its full solidarity with the struggle of healthcare workers, denouncing their deteriorating working conditions, inadequate wages and the broader assault on labour and pension rights.
The European Communist Action issued a statement regarding the 90th anniversary of the International Brigades that fought at the Spanish Civil War.
