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Paul Robeson mural in D.C. vandalized
The attack came just days after the esteemed Black freedom fighter's 125th birthday.
Building the party and the movement through popular education projects
The party can develop its role by building mass organizations of culture and struggle that provide important ideological tools to working-class and democratic movements.
International Notes: SACP salutes ANC victory
South Africa: Communists support ANC in election but say “no blank check” South Africa held general elections on May 6-8. Although there had been some discussion previously of the South African Communist Party (SACP) running its own separate candidates, in the end the communists pushed for support for the African National Congress’ incumbent president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and for ANC candidates at other levels. Preliminary results indicate that the ANC has...
International Notes: June 20th
Canada: Communists call on government to break with Trump The Communist Party of Canada has reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of trade sanctions on Canada’s steel and aluminum exports by calling for the Canadian government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Liberal Party) to break the pattern of economic subservience to the United States. Communist Party leader Liz Rowley reacted to Trump’s moves by saying “It’s time to...
International Notes
Belgium: Workers‘ Party demands government action on climate The Workers‘ Party of Belgium, one of that country’s two communist parties, has pointed out that Belgium is not on track to achieve the climate goals it committed to under the Paris Climate Accord of 2015. An article on the Party website reminds readers that global warming has the result that “disruptions of nature lead to human dramas, fuel conflicts and...
International Notes: November 25
Japan: Communist Party criticizes Abe for sticking with the Trans Pacific Partnership The Japanese Communist Party is criticizing conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government for pushing ahead to get the Diet (national legislature) to approve the Trans Pacific Partnership. This is in spite of the fact that many think this 12 nation treaty is doomed to defeat by the election of Donald Trump. Furthermore, in an article in their newsletter...
International Notes: August 25, 2017
Brazilian Communist state governor bucks move to right Flavio Dino was elected governor of Brazil’s Maranão State in 2014. He is the only governor who belongs to the Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil). While the interim national government headed by right-winger Michel Temer pushes a radical neo-liberal program of drastic austerity, slashing the social safety net, Dino is moving in the opposite direction with a program he...
International Notes: July 27, 2016
South African Communist Party condemns firing of journalists The South African Communist Party (SACP) is denouncing the firing of a number of employees of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) last week. The SACP is also calling for the dismissal of the SABC’s Chief Operations Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. The eight top staff dismissed include Contributing Editor Vuyo Mvoko, Economics Editor Thandeka Qhibule, senior radio producer Suna Venter, senior editor Foeta...
International Notes: June 29, 2016
Colombia: Colombian Communist Party Praises Havana Peace Accords. The Colombian Communist Party is praising the cease fire accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) and the government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, signed in Havana, Cuba last week. In an article on the party’s website, Carlos A. Lozano Guillen, editor of the party’s newspaper “Voz” (“the Voice”), called for left wing unity going forward, in spite of...
Dissecting a coup, fighting the right, and mourning a lost comrade occupy CPs
Neoliberal fascism in India, Lula's conviction in Brazil, the failed coup in Turkey and more in this week's International Notes.