The Communist Party of Austria (KPĂ–) has elected Tobias Schweiger as its new federal chair, while the party continues its campaigns on housing, public services and local government, particularly in Vienna and Graz.
The Union of Communist Youth of Brazil (UJC), youth organization of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) and the Socialist Youth Union (UJS), youth organisation of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) have strongly condemned the judicial attempt to intimidate and silence the student movement.
The Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista PortuguĂŞs, PCP) took part in nationwide demonstrations on 17 October organised by the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN), demanding higher wages and pensions, improved public services and measures to address the rising cost of living.
The Communist Party of Canada (CPC) has welcomed the results of British Columbia’s municipal elections on 17 October, describing the outcome in Vancouver as a major victory for progressive forces united against the outgoing administration of Mayor Ken Sim.
Devrim (Revolution), written by TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan, has been translated into Spanish for the first time and published under the title RevoluciĂłn by Tinta Roja, the publishing house of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE).
Rinze Visser, a veteran Dutch communist and former chairman of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN), died on 16 October 2026 at the age of 87.
The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) has called for the cancellation of the large-scale US-Japan military exercise Keen Sword 27, scheduled to begin on 19 October.
The Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) supported a nationwide demonstration against high electricity prices held in Nicosia on 17 October 2026.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), reported a series of attacks on left-wing bookstalls during the Durga Puja festival in West Bengal, raising concerns about the safety of political and cultural activities in public spaces.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) held a political event in Alexandroupoli on 18 October, bringing together representatives of the KKE and the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) to promote friendship and joint struggle between Greek and Turkish workers against exploitation, imperialist rivalries and war.
The Revolutionary Communist Party of France (PCRF) published a statement on October 16, 2026, as civil service strikes and high school student protests continue across the country.
Hundreds of Cuban children took part in the Festival of Kites for Peace and Against the Blockade in Havana on October 16, raising their kites in an act of resistance against the intensifying economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.
