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 Workers’ Party of Belgium (Parti du Travail de Belgique, PTB/PVDA) has intensified its criticism of the federal and regional governments’ economic policies, focusing on pension indexation, threatened job cuts at pharmaceutical multinational GSK, and education reforms that the party says will worsen conditions for students and teachers.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) focused its activities in the last several days on challenging the September parliamentary election results, criticising government economic policies and promoting measures to protect household incomes.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) Astor GarcĂa wrote an article for the International Communist Press, on the 90th anniversary of the International Brigades. Thousands of volunteers from different countries came together in the International Brigades and fought the fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War.
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) has condemned the government’s decision to select Germany’s Lufthansa Group for the partial privatisation of TAP Air Portugal, describing the deal as a threat to the country’s economic sovereignty and calling for a campaign to prevent the sale from proceeding.
The European Communist Action issued a statement regarding the 90th anniversary of the International Brigades that fought at the Spanish Civil War.
The Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, SKP) stated that the political negotiations following Sweden’s parliamentary election will not bring about fundamental change, saying that the main parliamentary parties share a commitment to capitalist interests, military rearmament and Sweden’s role in international competition. In an article published on 8 October under the title “What Conclusions Can We Draw from the Political Situation?”, SKP examines the post-election situation, economic pressures on working people, and the future of public education and healthcare. The article can be read below.