TKP assesses situation after NATO Summit
On Saturday, June 13, the Communist Youth Movement (CJB) of Netherlands held its conference in Utrecht. Delegations from branches throughout the country were present to discuss finances and exchange experiences regarding ideological work within the branches.
The following article, entitled "The Situation of Sudanese in Egypt Revisited: Between the Imperatives of Sovereignty and the Obligations of Humanitarian Protection," was published in Al-Midan, issue 4472 as an editorial.
Issue no.13 of Voice of TKP, the international journal of the Communist Party of Turkey, has been released under the headline “TKP prepares for NATO Summit: NATO means dishonor and death.”
The Tudeh Party of Iran issued a statement, assessing the political situation following the news that Iran and the US have reached the framework of an agreement to end recent military hostilities. While welcoming the apparent de-escalation, the party argues that Iran remains in a condition of profound political uncertainty, characterized by what it describes as a state of “political limbo” in which neither lasting peace, meaningful reform, nor regime collapse appears imminent.
The five left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist (Liberation), All India Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party – have issued the following joint statement.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) organized a large solidarity rally in Peristeri, Athens, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro under the slogan “We strengthen solidarity with Cuba. For a world without wars and exploitation, socialism.” The event drew workers, youth, and political activists who demanded an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba, the removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of “state sponsors of terrorism,” and stronger international support for the Cuban people.
The Revolutionary Communist Party of France rejects capitalist profits in healthcare and supports the demands of the Elsan medical staff.
The city of Tamra hosted the opening ceremony of a new Communist Party of Israel and Hadash club on the evening of 14 June, attended by a large local audience, regional residents, and political and public figures, including candidates for the Knesset from the Hadash list.
The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) has strongly criticized the new governing agreement between the People's Party (PP) and Vox in the autonomous community of Castile and LeĂłn, describing it as a program designed to deepen the exploitation of the working class while presenting itself under the banners of "freedom" and "rural development." According to the party, the agreement serves the interests of the bourgeoisie and seeks to strengthen capitalist policies at the expense of workers' rights and public services.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has made a statement on the President Ramaphosa's address on migration, in which he acknowledged growing public concerns about border management, unemployment, pressure on public services, safety, informal trading, labour exploitation and the rule of law.
Communist parties and unions from all over the world are sharing their messages of solidarity with the teachers of Mexico on CNTE strike.
Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) General Secretary Kemal Okuyan has said that Turkey's current political crisis is the result of a long-term erosion of republican principles rather than a recent development. Speaking on journalist Hilmi HacaloÄźlu's Rivayet Muhtelif program on Medyascope, Okuyan said the country's departure from the founding values of the Republic began well before the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and accelerated with the transition to the multi-party system.