Czech and Slovak RCI congress: we will not be silenced by ruling class’ ‘communism ban’! On 12-13 July, around 30 comrades gathered in Brno for the Fourth Congress of Komunistická Avantgarda, the Czech and Slovak organisation of the RCI. Delegates from across the Czech Republic and Slovakia were joined by foreign visitors from Austria, Poland and Great Britain. Literally as our meeting was taking place, the Czech Senate passed a bill with an amendment criminalising support for communism. We responded defiantly with a huge banner proclaiming: “Neither Fico nor Fiala, the party of workers to the forefront!”
Czech government votes to ban communism: they fear the future, not the past On Friday, 30 May, the Czech Chamber of Deputies approved an amendment to Section 403 of Czechia’s criminal code that could make the “promotion of communism” punishable by up to five years in prison. This scandalous attack on democratic rights cannot go unanswered. The labour movement must organise to defend free speech!
Czech Republic: ground shakes with mass demonstration in Prague On Saturday (3 September), between 70,000 and 100,000 people gathered in Wenceslas Square in Prague, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s right-wing coalition government; among other demands opposing the cost of living crisis and Czech involvement in NATO’s proxy war with Russia.
