The South African Communist Party (SACP) has recently released a statement, declaring that from 29 to 31 May 2026, South African organisations of the left will converge in Boksburg for a national Conference of the Left, convened under the theme “Building a Left Movement for Working Class and Popular Power.”
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism issued a statement, reaffirming its support for the workers' demand for the reinstatement of the right to retirement after 32 years of effective work, without age requirement.
Elections in Cyprus will be held on the 24th of May. A right-wing alliance is formed by centre-right DISY and DIKO with fascist ELAM. AKEL Parliamentary Spokesperson, Giorgos Loukaidis, issued a statement about this alliance, calling it a serious danger for democracy and the country.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) held a protest march with the message “Speak out against the rise in gas prices for gasoline, diesel, and LPG.”
On the 17th May, a discussion was organised on the 54th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh. The main speaker was the Acting General Secretary of the Party, Nur Ahmed Bakul.
The Communist Party of Ecuador announces their slogan for their 100th year: “The rebellion continues! For a socialist future!”
More than 18,000 students voted in the University of Chile Student Federation (FECh) elections, and 60% supported the slate headed by Laura Mlynarz, who will be the organization's president.
A protest rally was held in Dhaka, Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the initiative of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), demanding the government take urgent steps to prevent child deaths from measles and to bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of more than four hundred children from measles.
The work of the National Council of Hadash concluded after the completion of the election of candidates for the first six seats on the Front’s list for the Knesset, following successive rounds of voting that determined the composition of the list. Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) is the front organisation led by the Communist Party of Israel.
An article has been published in the Brazilian Communist Party's monthly journal, O Poder Popular, written by Lucas Silva, a member of the PCB Central Committee, concerning the most recent surge in interest in rare earth elements in Brazil.
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia issued a statement about the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft Congress, to be held in the Czech Republic. It will take place in Brno from May 22 to 25, 2026. The Sudeten German Landsmannschaft was established after World War II on the initiative of a group of former supporters of fascist Sudeten politician Konrad Henlein and former Nazi party officials and has questioned the results of the defeat of German Nazism and the post-war order. The Sudeten crisis of 1938 was provoked by the demands of Nazi Germany, that the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia, be annexed to them, which happened after the later Munich Agreement.
The Irish revolutionary socialist leader James Connoly was commemorated by the Communist Party of Ireland at the 110th anniversary of his death. He was executed for his leading role in the 1916 Easter Uprising against British rule in Ireland. The commemoration took place at the Arbour Hill military cemetery, where his body was placed, without rite or coffin, with 13 of his comrades in a common grave. He remains an important figure for the Irish labour and socialist movement.
