Paulo Raimundo, Secretary-General of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), used the presentation of the book Disaster on the Railway: 35 Years of Liberalization to launch a broader political criticism of railway liberalization and privatization in Portugal. At the event organised for the launch, he stated that the railway is a strategic public sector, essential not only for passenger and freight transport but also for national production, territorial cohesion, environmental protection, sovereignty and national development.
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52nd KNEāāOdigitisā Festival enters final phase
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The 52nd KNEāāOdigitiā Festival, organised by KNE (Communist Youth of Greece), is entering its final phase as September approaches, with events being held across Greece ahead of the main four-day festival in Athens. The festival is organized under the slogan āGeneral, man has a flawā¦ He knows how to think!ā (Bertolt Brecht) ā āWith KKE ahead for Socialism!ā
PCTE on housing crisis
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The following article, written by Astor GarcĆa, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) and entitled "The Little Apartment", was published in PCTE's organ Nuevo Rumbo on 26 August.
What is the regime in Turkey?
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The following article was pubilshed on 29 August in soL, the news portal of the Communist Party of Turkey. It is written by Erhan NalƧacı.
Communist Party of Ireland on cost of living crisis
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The statement was published on Socialist Voice, the Communist Party of Irelandās publication, on August 26. It is entitled, āDo not ignore the root causes of the cost of living crisis!ā
Communist Party of Turkey on latest situation regarding "resolution process"
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The Communist Party of Turkey issued a statement regarding the recent developments on the so-called "resolution process." The government -who is using the process to strengthen its Neo-Ottomanist policies- and its allies, now including the Kurdish national movement, are labelling any kind of opposition to this process as "foreign-backed."