On May 13, at the invitation of the Communist Party of Ireland, Communist   Party of Britain general secretary Rob Griffiths delivered the oration at the graveside of James Connolly, the great Irish revolutionary executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising, at Arbour Hill Cemetery, Dublin.

"We do not want a government for the plutocracy, we struggle on behalf of and vote for a different power." The KKE looks towards the forthcoming round of elections, when they are held, with a call to workers to break with the parties that cannot wean themselves off the EU.

Many have asked us to explain what is happening in Greece. There can be no better way of providing our web visitors with information than to turn to the Greek Communists who have stood by principle and refused to allow themselves or workers' and agricultural worker organisations to be ensnared in any plans to prettify and put a 'left' face on the manouevres of the EU and the Greek capitalists.

Read on for the statement on: an assessment of the elections; what happened to the workers' vote and an analysis of the 'attempt' to form a 'left government'.