Communists

The ‘secret’ behind the success of the CPC, the world’s largest governing party - opinion

Founded in 1921 with just over 50 members, the CPC emerged at a time when China was torn by war and foreign aggression.

CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping and party officials stand at a ceremony marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on July 1, 2026.
Protestors hold signs and wave flags during an anti-NATO demonstration in Istanbul, ahead of a NATO summit, on July 5, 2026.

'Murderer NATO': Over 100 anti-NATO protesters detained in Turkey ahead of Ankara summit

Kim Philby, 1955

'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review

Military cadets march during a graduation ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, June 30, 2026.

Taiwan military resumes anti-communist patriotic classes for graduates amid rising China threat


Did Sean Hannity use an antisemitic trope in 'Bolshevik Bernie' tweet?

In far-right politics, the antisemitic canards of "Jewish Bolshevism" and "Jewish Communism" are catchwords falsely asserting that communism is a Jewish conspiracy.

Sean Hannity from Fox News looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the JW Marriott hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 28, 2019.

Castro era in Cuba to end as Raul confirms he's retiring

Older Cubans said they would miss having a Castro at the helm, although most acknowledged it was time to pass on the baton.

Cuban First Secretary of Communist Party Raul Castro Ruz gives a speech, on January 01, 2019, during the celebration of 60th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution at Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba. At back, the Fidel Castro's tomb.

Jewlia Eisenberg, musical intellectual and Jewish radical, dies at 50

Her music often explored Jewish themes and aesthetics within a self-invented genre she dubbed nerdy-sexy-commie-girly music.

One friend remembered Jewlia Eisenberg as "a ferocious and warm presence all along, and an antifascist long before the word antifa was mentioned on TV."

Why did Stalin vote for a Jewish state?

The Soviet UN vote helped Israel for a moment in time. That was all.


The cross and the dragon – how Pope Francis is lining up with Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s five-year policy of “Sinification” requires that religious believers be more loyal to the Communist Party than to their religion.

The Chinese flag flies in front of a Catholic church in the village of Huangtugang, China.

The rise of totalitarianism in America

The difference between democracy and dictatorship dawned on me in eleventh grade.

 VANDALIZED STATUE of Christopher Columbus is seen in Miami in June.

The 30th anniversary of the outbreak of the Gulf War: A Cuban perspective

At the end of July, we were on a family vacation in Havana. We had flown from Mexico with a boisterous group of young Danish Communists on their way to cut sugar cane in the Marxist paradise.

A HEADSTONE with a Star of David stands at the Jewish cemetery in Guanabacoa near Havana, Cuba, in 2007.

Trump administration weighs travel ban on Chinese Communist Party members

Such a ban, if implemented, could hit the ruling Communist Party from the highest levels down to its rank-and-file and would be certain to draw retaliation against Americans who travel to China.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2020.

Ceremony in Jerusalem commemorates communism amid anniversary of WWII end

The event was held according to Heath Ministry protocol, in contrast to previous years in which members of the Communist Party, the Joint List and numerous army veterans attended the event.

AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List – he holds a key to the castle, one that only Benny Gantz could use

South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg dies at age 87

Despite recieving help from the Israeli government in the negotiated release of his 22-year imprisonment, Goldberg remained a vocal critic of Israel and avid supporter of the BDS movement.

Denis Goldberg, South African anti-apartheid activist, speaking at the launch of the Edinburgh World Justice Festival, 12 October 2013 in the Grassmarket Community Centre.