Bulletin N°62 2026 The central issue in Palestine is that of colonialism; we are faced with a war of national liberation on the Palestinian side and a colonial war on the Zionist side.
Zionism, from its inception, is a colonial project, a colonial project of substitution, meaning that it aims to drive out or eradicate the indigenous population, the Palestinians, from their country and especially from their land.
Sixty communist and workers' parties have just signed a joint declaration of support for the Communist Party of Venezuela. Our Revolutionary Communist Party, which has maintained fraternal relations with the PCV for a long time, is obviously a signatory of this declaration.
Hands off the Communist Party of Venezuela!
No to the plans to attack and ban the Communist Party of Venezuela!
For several months, communists worldwide have been closely monitoring a defamatory and anti-communist campaign waged by the leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) against the Communist Party of Venezuela. All indications suggest that this campaign will intensify in the coming months. While the Communist Party of Venezuela actively participates in the struggles for improved wages, incomes, and workers' rights in general, the Venezuelan government is embarking on the dangerous path of criminalizing struggles and persecuting communists. Unable to subdue the Communist Party of Venezuela and turn it into a tool for an unpopular policy that has condemned the Venezuelan people to a constant decline in their living conditions, the government seeks to discredit the Communist Party by portraying it as a collection of mercenaries, PSUV members, and government officials, in order to justify the attacks and legal interventions it faces. The Communist and Workers' Parties unequivocally condemn and reject any attempt to prosecute and criminalize the Communist Party of Venezuela, as well as any legal maneuver aimed at refusing to recognize its leadership elected at the recent 16th Congress . We are fully aware of the Communist Party of Venezuela's long history of activism and its unwavering ties to the working class and the people, and we know that it will not yield to blackmail or persecution. We express our solidarity with the Venezuelan people, victims of imperialist sanctions and attacks, and of the anti-popular policies being implemented. We especially express our solidarity with the Communist Party and the Communist Youth of Venezuela, with the Venezuelan workers' and people's movement as a whole, and with its legitimate right to fight to defend its demands and interests. No to interference and the banning of the Communist Party of Venezuela! No to the criminalization of workers' struggles and the Communist Party of Venezuela!
Faced with the escalating aggression against Cuba, 102 communist and workers' parties from around the world firmly and resolutely affirmed their condemnation of this aggression and their support for socialist Cuba and its people. Our Revolutionary Communist Party, in a declaration entitled "More than ever with Cuba," expressed its full support, stating: " [that it] is and always will be with the Cuban Revolution against imperialism! " It is therefore quite natural that we stand alongside all those who declare: " Stop the escalation of aggression against Cuba! " and who are fighting against this escalation and for the independence and sovereignty of Cuba in the face of the machinations of US imperialism. This is the entire meaning of our signature on the joint declaration.
Joint declaration of 102 communist and workers' parties
"Stop the escalation of aggression against Cuba!"
We strongly condemn the latest escalation of US aggression against the sovereignty and independence of Cuba and against the rights of the Cuban people. The US presidential decree designating Cuba as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to its security merely creates, on the basis of a web of lies, a cynical pretext for US imperialism to try to cut off Cuba’s fuel supplies and intensify the economic, financial, and commercial embargo it has imposed for over sixty years, with the aim of severely damaging the lives of the Cuban people. This escalation of US aggression against Cuba, accompanied by the threat of imposing arbitrary coercive measures of an extraterritorial nature, constitutes a further unacceptable and flagrant violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, an affront to the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, and a threat to world peace and security. The new level of aggression and blackmail crossed by the United States against Cuba is fully in line with the broader plan of American imperialism to impose its domination over Latin America and the Caribbean, in the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine. This plan also includes the recent military aggression against Venezuela, with the kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro, and the threats made against Colombia, Mexico, and other countries in the region. The imperialist offensive constitutes a threat not only to the sovereignty and rights of the Cuban people, but also to the other peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, and to all the peoples of the world. This offensive represents the greatest threat to world peace and demands firm and persistent resistance and struggle from workers and peoples for sovereignty, rights, peace, and internationalist solidarity. Hailing Cuba's example of courage, determination, peace, cooperation, and solidarity to the world, we demand the immediate end to all hostile threats and measures by the United States against Cuba, including the lifting of the cruel, criminal, and illegal blockade, in accordance with the numerous resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly. We express our solidarity with socialist Cuba and call for the broadest international solidarity to defend its independence and sovereignty, as well as the rights of the Cuban people, including the right to determine their own future in peace and free from all foreign interference and pressure.
Cuba is not alone! Cuba will prevail!
* Special Correspondent Karachi
A total dictatorship has been imposed on the country. This time, through the guise of democratic institutions. To address this situation, a conference of democratic forces was convened at the Karachi Press Club at the invitation of the Popular Left Alliance. During the conference, police surrounded the Press Club and arrested most of the attendees at the entrance, including Comrade Hussain Fatmi, leader of the Communist Party of Pakistan, Comrade Ramzan Memon, leader of the National Party, and several human rights activists. They were later released after being detained for several hours. The attendees strongly condemned this action.
The conference brought together Comrade Imdad Qazi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan and Alliance Coordinator, Abdul Khaliq Junejo, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz 1 , Noor Ahmed Katiar of the Awami Tehreek 2 , Munir Naich of the Sindh United Party 3 , Khadim Talpur of the Awami Jamhoori Party 4 , ... as well as representatives of various trade unions and social and professional organizations.
On this occasion, Comrade Imdad Qazi stated that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 5 and Imran Khan 6 came to power with the support of authoritarian forces and therefore could not be considered democratic. He stated that martial law is still in effect in the country and that the PML-N 7 and the PPP 8 are complicit with the anti-democratic forces and their actions. He added that, under the PECA 9 law and an anti-democratic regime, freedom of expression is violated. He also revealed that the permanent siege of the Karachi Press Club and the arrest of political activists on the orders of the Sindh PPP government 10 prove that this party no longer believes in democracy, civil rights, human rights, or freedom of expression. Noor Ahmed Katiar, of Awami Tehreek 11 , asserted that after SIFC 12 and the 18th Amendment , democracy was effectively destroyed. He pointed out that Imaan Mazari and her husband were sentenced to 17 years in prison each under the PECA Act, while those who violated the Constitution, overthrew democracy, imposed national unity, and hijacked the judiciary and Parliament went unpunished. He accused the ruling power of orchestrating terrorism in Karachi to divide Sindh and cede Karachi to the federation. Abdul Khaliq Junejo stated that the 1973 Constitution does not guarantee national and democratic rights and has been used to seize Sindh's resources. He emphasized that Sindh joined Pakistan voluntarily under the 1940 resolution and is not conquered territory. He called for a broad democratic alliance against the dictatorship.
Fayaz Naich, of the United Party of Sindh 13 , asserted that a political dictatorship has dominated the country from the beginning, that the elections were rigged, and that resistance, as well as protest, are now necessary.
Khadim Talpur stated that Sindh has been ravaged by its leaders, that millions are suffering from hunger, and that millions of children are not attending school. He stressed the need for a genuine democratic system. Speakers from Gilgit-Baltistan , Kashmir, trade unions, and civil society highlighted the rampant inflation, unemployment, poverty, political repression, enforced disappearances, and political crisis gripping the country.
At the end of the conference, several resolutions were adopted, including:
A deep concern regarding the situation in Balochistan and a demand for political and democratic solutions in accordance with the will of the people.
The complete withdrawal of the army from political life and state affairs.
The recognition of Pakistan as a multinational state, granting equal status, rights and control of resources to all its national entities
The repeal of recent constitutional amendments, in particular the PECA law, the 26th and 27th amendments, the Mining and Minerals Act, green tourism projects and the SIFC.
The distribution of land to landless peasants and the cancellation of industrial agriculture projects.
An end to enforced disappearances and the immediate release of all political prisoners. The abolition of death squads, the CTD, and Annex Four of the Constitution. A 50% reduction in administrative spending and an increase in education and health budgets.
A 50% reduction in electricity, gas and fuel prices.
The restoration of student unions and workers' rights.
The immediate holding of local elections and the decentralization of powers.
Food subsidies and agricultural reforms.
The conference also expressed its solidarity with the victims of the recent tragedies and demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible. Participants condemned the increasing pressure exerted on press clubs and journalists and demanded an end to the harassment. They also strongly condemned the US imperialist aggression in Venezuela and the preparations for attacks against Iran, urging the government to take a clear stance against such actions.
9. The PECA order stipulates that the exemption granted to television stations holding a PEMRA license was abolished by the 2016 Electronic Crimes Act. Now, the dissemination of false information about a person on television, as well as mocking reports or remarks, can also be considered electronic crimes.
10 Sindh is a province of Pakistan, located in the southeast of the country. It is the third largest Pakistani province by area and the second most populous (after Punjab).
11 The Awami Tahreek or Qaumi Awami Tehreek, formerly Sindhi Awami Tahreek (Sindhi Popular Movement), is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist political party based in the Pakistani province of Sindh.
13 The United Party of Sindh (SUP) is a Sindhi nationalist regional political party which aims to grant the people of Sindh democratic rights in their homeland and which advocates for the strengthening of provincial rights.
14 Gilgit-Baltistan, or formerly the Northern Territories, is an administrative region in northern Pakistan