Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:44:56 +0200Communist Party torn between Lenin's legacy and need for reformhttps://english.radio.cz/communist-party-torn-between-lenins-legacy-and-need-reform-8610475© 2026 Radio Prague International While former dissidents and prisoners of conscience marked the 59th anniversary of the 1948 communist putsch with calls for the communist party to be banned, Communist Party leader Vojtech Filip urged his party to prepare for a new revolution. He said the party must meet the challenges of the present day by re-embracing the Lenin ideology. A contradiction in terms? Commentator Jiri Pehe says that the strange speech reflects the plight of the communists - they are like a dinosaur fighting for survival in the present day. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 Communist Party torn between Lenin's legacy and need for reform https://english.radio.cz/communist-party-torn-between-lenins-legacy-and-need-reform-8610475 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9