While a de facto state of emergency continues in the capital city of Turkey due to the upcoming NATO summit, the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) marched to Kızılay Square, centre of Ankara, with the slogan “Down with imperialism, down with NATO!”
The Communist Party of Ireland issued a statement concerning the privatisation process of Aughinish Alumina and emphasised the danger of leaving strategic industry in foreign corporate hands.
The following article with a subtitle "The German government is doing everything it can for war preparations – corporations are filling their coffers", was published in Unsere Zeit, journal of the German Communist Party. It was written by Björn Blach.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Euro-Parliamentary Group highlighted the brutal repression of anti-NATO protests in Ankara, Turkey, before and during the NATO Summit held in that city. A question was submitted to the European Commission by Costas Papadakis .
Close to 150 members of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), who were detained in different cities across the country for protesting NATO, were released. The Party issued a brief on the subject.
AKEL Press Spokesperson, Giorgos Koukoumas, responded to DISY and the government, stating that any NATO involvement conflicts with the Guterres Framework and the goal of freeing Cyprus from guarantors and guardians.
‘80 Years Since the Founding of the Democratic Army of Greece: With the KKE at the forefront and the people as the protagonists, history is being written!’