Anti-communism
McCarthyism is leading us to war

As the US is scrambling to maintain its hegemony, anti-war voices critical of US militarization policy in the war in Ukraine or around China are red-baited and silenced

Finnish Left slams government’s decommunization attempts in the name of anti-discrimination

The government has been widely criticized for defending two ministers in the right-wing coalition with a history of making racist comments and for trying to use a recently announced anti-discrimination drive to ban communist symbols

Soviet Monument vandalized - Bulgaria Anti-fascist groups protest vandalization of Red Army monument in Bulgaria

Attacks on Soviet monuments in Eastern Europe have become a regular affair as right-wing governments have initiated de-communization drives. These campaigns have intensified after the Ukraine war broke out

International Union of Left Publishers stands in solidarity with Cuban poet Nancy Morejón, condemns attack by French literary festival

The Paris Poetry Market (Marché de la Poésie) withdrew the status of honorary president from Cuban poet, essayist, and intellectual Nancy Morejón. The International Union of Left Publishers said the decision went against all principles of freedom of expression and of ideas

Renowned poet Nancy Morejón uninvited from festival in latest anti-Cuba attack

A prestigious poetry festival in Paris canceled the designation of honorary president to renowned Cuban poet Nancy Morejón

2-04 Interview - Czech Communists “Czech government merely relies on EU and does not pursue independent policies”

Interview with Kateřina Konečná, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Czech Republic and leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)

2-04 Interview - Vajnai Attila - Hungary  “Hungarian society is in a social crisis”

Vajnai Attila, president of the Hungarian Workers’ Party 2006 – European Left, talks about the social crisis in Hungary and the policies of the right-wing Viktor Orbán government

The deafening silence of intellectuals in the face of growing global conflicts

Perhaps the most incomprehensible silence is that of the intellectuals. Silence is nothing short of complicity with the masters of war.

International Union of Left Publishers (IULP) condemns Indonesia’s criminalization of Marxism

A group of left publishers from across the world published this statement to condemn the new Indonesian criminal code which specifically outlaws Marxism

Free Kononovichs - WFDY Anti-imperialist youth intensify campaign to free Kononovich brothers

Following the onset of the war, the Ukrainian government had arrested and imprisoned two communist youth leaders, Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich, accusing them of having pro-Russian and pro-Belarusian political views

Decommunization - Europe Leftists denounce rampant decommunization attempts in Eastern Europe

The rise of the far-right and the ongoing Russia-NATO war in Ukraine have led to a spike in Russophobia and attacks on communists and their symbols in Eastern Europe

Fear and misinformation dominate discourses of Brazilian right

In the lead-up to the general elections in Brazil, the far-right has intensified its campaign of hysteria and fear-mongering instead of providing concrete solutions to the crises affecting the people