Fifty-nine communist and workers’ parties met in Athens, Greece June 19-20 to exchange views on the Bush Doctrine of unending war. The parties also shared a diversity of experiences of their involvement in the massive peace and anti-globalization movements that have swept the globe.
This is the fifth meeting of the parties since 1998.
The Communist Party, USA was represented by John Bachtell, national board member and district organizer from Illinois.
Click here for CPUSA contribution to the meeting.
While in Greece Bachtell attended the June 22 counter European Union demonstration of over 50,000 trade unionists, farmers, youth and students, peace, anti-globalization and women’s organizations and immigrant workers, which was held in Thessaloniki, for the People’s Weekly World. Also in the PWW is coverage of the meeting.
Click here to read the demonstration article. Click here for PWW coverage of the meeting.
Click
here for an interview with the Iraqi Communist Party representative Raid Fahmi.
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