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Contribution de Tony Pecinovsky (Parti communiste des Etats-Unis)
Remarks to the WCPP International Peace Conference Introduction I would like to thank the French Communist Party for its gracious invitation to this amazing, possibly historic, peace conference. I am especially indebted to Lydia Samarbakhsh, international affairs coordinator for the PCF. I will focus my remarks on two interconnected and emerging trends – trends that were also evident one hundred years ago, trends that quite possibly ...
Le : 16/06/2016 -
Declaration by the French Communist Party National Council – 20th of June 2016
The huge demonstration on the 14th of June showed that mobilisation against the draft labour law in France is greater than ever. Employees refuse to see the rights they have gained over the years through struggle, and thanks to victories of the left, pulverised in one fell swoop. Pubic opinion broadly supports the movement for withdrawal of the law. Rallies, demonstrations, strikes and other forms of action used by workers and citizens, ...
Le : 22/06/2016 -
“L’Humanité”, always a challenge!
The question of the existence and independence of l'Humanité is on the table; the only national daily paper that is not in the hands of a financial holding, the newspaper founded by Jean Jaurès is an essential part of democratic debate. Without this voice, what reality for pluralism and independent journalism – free from the powers of finance? Members of the French Communist Party and progressives in or country can – must give ...
Le : 26/04/2016 -
Turkey: "France must stop its support to the Erdogan's blood thirsty regime" (PCF)
The military pustch attempt in Turkey, during the night of the 15th to the 16th of July, organised by a few insurgent divisions of the turkish army against President Erdogan end with 300 dead in Istanbul and Ankara, more than a thousand wounded persons and led in less than 24 hours to 6000 arrests. To the appel of the Power, putschists were lynched and the possibility of restoring the death penalty re-appears. The policy of extrem ...
Le : 17/07/2016 -
Time to begin planning for Irish Unity (Declan Kearney, Paris September 24th)
In ways which paralleled the impact of the Easter Rising, the deaths of the hunger strikers were a watershed in the most recent phase of political struggle to achieve Irish national democracy and reunification. The hunger strike of 1981 inspired new generations of political activists to join the IRA, and also Sinn Féin, which was emerging as a majorl party in modern Ireland. Today Sinn Féin’s long-term strategic project is to build an ...
Le : 26/09/2016 -
National Council Resolution – 15 April 2016
The National Council has been updating preparations for our Congress. We are now entering a new phase of preparations, well underway since the publication of the common core adopted by the National Council. Today, a document sent out to all Communists presents the text and the four alternative texts validated by the transparency committee in accordance with our by-laws. Between the 2nd and 5th of May, French Communists will vote on adoption ...
Le : 21/04/2016 -
MIGRANTS : LIBERTY EQUALITY FRATERNITY
April-may 2016 SOME REFLEXIONS AND PROPOSALS EXTRACTED FROM A PAMPHLET DIFFUSED BY THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY OUR COMMON INTEREST by Lydia Samarbakhsh, International Affairs, French Communist Party The “Road to the Balkans” is a hellish road indeed. European leaders, who have turned a deaf ear to warnings from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, have talked about the need to “protect ...
Le : 15/05/2016 -
Protect the population, the Republic and fundamental freedoms. Promote the victory of peace, solidarity and progress
> See the PDF Attacks on November 13th: Protect the population, the Republic and fundamental freedoms. Promote the victory of peace, solidarity and progress. The attacks that hit France on the night of Friday November 13th were the most serious terrorist acts ever perpetrated on our soil, leaving 129 dead and 352 injured. We are all deeply wounded and infinitely sad. We hold dear the memory of those who lost their lives and offer our ...
Le : 17/11/2015 -
Appeal to the President of the Republic of France : "France must stand with the Greek people"
PRESS RELEASE This is the Appeal to the President of the Republic "France must stand with the Greek people" signed by many members of associations, political parties and social movements, published this morning in the pages of the newspaper Libération. > sign the Appeal Appeal to the President of the Republic "France must stand with the Greek people" Mr. President, The Greek crisis is growing worse at an alarming ...
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PCF : communiqué de presse sur la Syrie
L'élection présidentielle en Syrie ne vise, pour le pouvoir de Bachar Al Assad, qu'à tenter de se donner une légitimité perdue dans la guerre qu'il mène depuis 3 ans contre son peuple. Quand deux millions de Syriens se sont levés en mars 2011 pour demander des réformes démocratiques et sociales, la seule réponse du pouvoir a été la répression. Après avoir militarisé et internationalisé ce qui était un mouvement populaire, le ...
Le : 06/06/2014