The Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan issued a statement for the freedom of Aziz Khakimov and all political prisoners in the countries of the Organization of Turkic States.
The Communist Youth Collectives, the youth organisation of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE), held their 12th summer camp.
The camp began with a welcome address from the New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN) party board.
29th Youth Volunteer Festival was held in the Palestinian eco-village of Farha. For one week, young people from across the West Bank, Israel and other countries took part in agricultural work, construction and renovation, as well as political, educational and social activities. Zo Khadarek spoke with Ella Kedar Greenberg, secretary of the Tel Aviv branch of Banki (Young Communist League of Israel), about the festival, the communist and ecological character of the village, and the partnership that has developed between activists in Tel Aviv and the residents of Farha.
The Sudanese Communist Party marked its 80th anniversary on 16 August. The following article was published in No. 4502 of Al-Midan, the organ of the Party.
The volunteer groups of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) and the new fire truck of the Attica Party Organization of KKE joined the battle against the fire that broke out in Salamis.
On August 5, the Comprehensive Collective Reparation Plan (PIRC) of the Colombian Communist Party was approved. For the first time, under Law 1448 of 2011, a political party was recognized as a subject of collective reparation at the national level, as it was one of the political entities that suffered the highest number of deaths, along with the Patriotic Union, during the political persecution and violence that plagued the country.
South African Communist Party (SACP) celebrated its 105th anniversary and launched the Historic Manifesto of the SACP, delivered by General Secretary Comrade Solly Mapaila at TUT, Soshanguve Campus.
The following article appeared in the 195th issue of Intervention communiste, the journal of the Revolutionary Communist Party of France (PCRF). Underlining capitalism's role behind extreme heatwaves and fires, the article warns about French imperialism's shift toward a war economy.
The Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL) of Cyprus marked its centenary on 15 August. The Party issued the following statement. And AKEL's General Secretary, Stefanos Stefanou, wrote the following article for the centenary.
The following article, entitled "Accepting Segalovitz’s conditions is a dangerous step backwards", was written by Ofer Cassif, member of the Israeli Parliament for Hadash and a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Israel. It was published in Zo Khadarek, organ of the Party. It assesses the the conditions set by MK Yoav Segalovitz of Ra'am, for Hadash's political partnership and cooperation with Ra’am for the upcoming elections.
The following article, entitled “They squandered independence, and the danger is the loss of Lebanon”, was published in Al-Nidaa, organ of the Lebanese Communist Party.
