Rizospastis 1st July 2026

https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=13338924 SECTORAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE KKE AND KNE IN PIRAEUS AND BRANCHES OF THE PEAEA AND DSE Honor to the unyielding fighters of the class struggle and a militant message against the plans to distort historical memory Major event at the premises of the former Aegina Prison With a great event on Sunday morning at the historic Aegina Prison building, the Piraeus Regional Organizations of the KKE and KNE, along with the Piraeus branches of the Panhellenic Union of National Resistance Fighters and Democratic Army of Greece  paid tribute to the communists and other activists who were imprisoned, tortured, and executed in yet another labor camp of the bourgeois state, yet remained unyielding, drawing strength from their faith in the justice of the people and in socialism-communism   At the same time, the mass rally—which drew a large crowd of people of all ages, including many Aegina  residents—sent a strong message of opposition to plans to distort historical memory. Specifically, it was a response to the unacceptable decision by the government and the Attica Regional Authority to grant part of the historic building of the former Aegina Prison to an NGO for the creation of a “Pistachio Museum.” “The Aegina … Continue reading

28th June 2026 – Aegina

Piraeus Regional Organizations of the KKE and KNE | Branches of the PEAEA and DSE Major event at the former Aegina Prison building With a major event on Sunday morning at the historic Aegina Prison building, the Piraeus Regional Organizations of the Greek Communist Party and Greek Communist Youth and the Piraeus Branches of the Panhellenic Union of Fighters in the Greek Resistance and Democratic Army of Greece  paid tribute to the communists and other activists who were imprisoned, tortured, and executed in yet another labor camp of the bourgeois state, yet remained unbroken, drawing strength from their faith in the justice of the people and in socialism-communism. The mass rally, which drew a large crowd of people of all ages—including many Aegina residents— simultaneously sent a defiant message of opposition to plans to distort historical memory.  Specifically, it protested the unacceptable decision by the government and the Attica Regional Authority to grant part of the historic building of the former Aegina Prison to an NGO for the creation of a “Pistachio Museum.” The speaker at the event was Nikos Abatielos, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the KKE and the Party’s Member of Parliament … Continue reading