Against the persecution of the Communist Party of Poland

Our parties strongly condemn the recent unacceptable action by Polish President Nawrocki, who has filed a motion with the Constitutional Court claiming that “the aims and activities of the Communist Party of Poland are unconstitutional”.

This is an unfounded motion and largely echoes similar attempts by bourgeois forces in the country five years ago to ban the CP of Poland, which ultimately did not proceed.

The Constitutional Court, in a brief ruling, has set the trial date for 3 December.

This attempt to ban the CP of Poland is the culmination of previous efforts by the Polish bourgeoisie and governments, with the encouragement of the EU, whose official ideology is anti-communism. These efforts were met with an immediate international outcry and mobilization by Communist and Workers’ parties around the world, and were successfully prevented.

These efforts have now resurfaced, as the ideas, actions and interventions of communists stand in opposition to their aims of skyrocketing military armament and the slaughterhouses of war at the expense of the people, intensifying workplace exploitation, and enforcing brutal repression against workers and the youth.

In the face of anti-communist hysteria, the rewriting of history, and the provocative equation of communism, with fascism and its atrocities, alongside repugnant actions such as the recent so-called Anti-Communism Week under US President Trump, we declare that anti-communism will fail in Poland and everywhere else.

We intensify our efforts to promote communist ideas so that anti-communist propaganda does not take root, particularly among young people, who are their primary target. We are strengthening our interventions so that the people and the youth understand the real way out: socialism–communism.

Hands off the communists!

• We demand an immediate end to persecution and attempts to ban the activities of the Communist Party of Poland.
• We call for a Europe-wide and international mobilization on 1 December, with protests outside Polish embassies to oppose their anti-communist plans.

Solidnet Parties:

1. Communist Party of Australia
2. Party of Labour of Austria
3. Communist Party of Bangladesh
4. Brazilian Communist Party
5. Communist Party of Brazil
6. Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia
7. Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia
8. Communist Party of Denmark
9. German Communist Party
10. Communist Party of Greece
11. Tudeh Party of Iran
12. Iraqi Communist Party
13. Communist Party of Ireland
14. The Workers Party of Ireland
15. Communist Party of Israel
16. Lebanese Communist Party
17. Communist Party of Mexico
18. New Communist Party of the Netherlands
19. Palestinian Communist Party
20. Palestinian Peoples Party
21. Peruvian Communist Party
22. Romanian Socialist Party
23. Communist Party of the Russian Federation
24. Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
25. Sudanese Communist Party
26. Communist Party of Swaziland
27. Communist Party of Sweden
28. Swiss Communist Party
29. Syrian Communist Party
30. Communist Party of Turkey
31. Union of Communist of Ukraine
32. Communist Party of Venezuela

Other Parties:

1. Communist Workers’ Party – For Peace and Socialism (Finland)
2. Communist Revolutionary Party of France
3. Communist Front (Italy)

This statement is open for signatures from other parties as well.