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Anton de Kom: Surinamese, resistance fighter, communist
Anton de Kom was born on the 22nd of February 1898 in Suriname. He was born into a family of 6 children – 3 girls and 3 boys. His parents encouraged him to study and he spent his youth musing over many books. His first job was at the Balata Compagnie, where already he was exposed to much injustice and exploitation. Through Haiti he went to the Netherlands, where he arrived on the 1st of November 1920. Here he met his wife to be, who would bear them four children. In 1933 he returned to Suriname, but got arrested within a month and was banished to the Netherlands by the colonial authorities. Upon the Nazi occupation, he joined the Dutch resistance. On the 7th of August, he was captured by the Nazis and wheeled off to a concentration camp. There he met his end on the 24th of April 1945, succumbing to tuberculosis. The work by which Anton the Kom is best known nowadays is his book ‘We Slaves of Suriname’.
150 years since the Paris Commune
Declaration NCPN and CJB A hundred and fifty years ago, on the 18th of March 1871 in the tumultuous streets of Paris, a revolutionary government of and for workers came about for the first time. For the first time, the working class rose to power and took far-reaching...
Declaration about the upcoming elections
The elections will be held on the 15th,16th and 17th of March, during a difficult time for workers, the unemployed, the retired, and students of the working class. The pandemic and failing government policy have had a big impact on our lives. Furthermore, we find ourselves in a deep capitalist economic crisis that has resulted in many people losing their jobs or incomes. There are numerous other issues people are rightfully worried about as well, such as increasing poverty, the deconstruction of social welfare, climate change, the emancipation of women and minorities, increasing contradictions between imperialist powers and the threat of new imperialist wars and interventions.
Stop the repression in India!
The New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN) and the Communist Youth Movement of the Netherlands (CJB) condemn the increasing repression in India by the reactionary BJP-led government. In recent months, the government has brutally repressed the farmers’ protests, who are heroically fighting against new legislation that would ruin their livelihoods in favour of big capital.
Message to Czech Communist Youth Union (KSM) for 100th anniversary
The CJB has sent the following message to the Communist Youth Union (KSM) of Czechia, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Youth Union of Czechoslovakia, that was founded on the 20th of February 1921.
Message of solidarity and congratulation to PCV and JCV
The NCPN and CJB sent the following message to the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) and the Communist Youth of Venezuela (JCV) about to the Venezuelan parliamentary elections that took place on the 6th of December.