Information Bulletin #29 (2020)

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Contents

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Opening Speech by TKP Opening Speech by KKE Contributions

Algeria, PADS Australia, CP of Australia Austria, Party of Labour of Austria Azerbaijan, CP of Azerbaijan Bahrain, DPT of Bahrain Bangladesh, CP of Bangladesh Belgium, CP of Belgium Belgium, WP of Belgium Brazil, Brazilian CP Britain, CP of Britain Canada, CP of Canada Croatia, SWP of Croatia Cuba, CP of Cuba Cyprus, AKEL Czech Republic, CP of Bohemia & Moravia Denmark, CP in Denmark El Salvador, CP of El Salvador Finland, CP of Finland Georgia, UCP of Georgia Germany, German CP Hungary, Hungarian Workers Party India, CP of India India, CP of India [Marxist] Iran, Tudeh Party of Iran Iraq, Iraqi CP Iraq, CP of Kurdistan-Iraq Ireland, WP of Ireland Italy, CP (Italy) Italy, Italian CP DPR Korea, WP of Korea Laos, Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Lebanon, Lebanese CP Luxembourg, CP of Luxembourg Mexico, CP of Mexico Nepal, CP Nepal

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Netherlands, NCP of the Netherlands North Macedonia, CP of Macedonia Norway, CP of Norway Palestine, Palestinian CP Palestine, Palestinian People’s Party Paraguay, Paraguayan CP Poland, CP of Poland Portugal, Portuguese CP Russia, CP of the Russian Federation Russia, Russian CWP Russia, CP of Soviet Union Serbia, NCP of Yugoslavia Serbia, Communists of Serbia South Africa, South African CP Spain, CP of the Peoples of Spain Spain, CP of the Workers of Spain Sri Lanka, CP of Sri Lanka Swaziland, CP of Swaziland Sweden, CP of Sweden Syria, Syrian CP [Unified] Ukraine, CP of Ukraine Uruguay, CP of Uruguay USA, CP USA Venezuela, CP of Venezuela Vietnam, CP of Vietnam

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Appeal of the 21st IMCWP

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Solidarity Statements

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Participants List

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Red Links

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Opening Speech Communist Party of Turkey Kemal Okuyan

Communist representatives of fraternal parties, comrades, I welcome you.

We were planning to host you next year, for the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of Turkey.

However due to reasons you are all aware of, we undertook the obligation to organize our 21st Meeting, in co-responsibility with the Communist Party of Greece. In either case, it is a source of great honor for us to meet with you, to welcome you in Ä°zmir. We believe this meeting will serve our common struggle.

Another point I need to raise at the start is related to the big gathering we had planned for Saturday evening. Due to the military operation launched

by Turkey against Syria, we had to cancel a political and cultural activity that would have brought together over five thousand participants and to which we would have invited all of you as well. Our party’s statements related to these latest developments have been sent to you, in addition to this, we prepared a briefing on the issue to share our detailed assessments and analysis. You are all invited to this meeting.

As I begin my speech, I would like to thank all the comrades of the Communist Party of Greece who contributed to the preparation of this meeting, to everyone from General Secretary Dimitris to young KKE militants who came for technical support, and of course to my TKP comrades. Thank you; I am confident that we will transform this region into a paradise where people live in friendship and in an egalitarian social order. Â Dear comrades, 21st International Communist and Workers Parties meeting is convening at the hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the Communist International, an organization whose historical significance for the communist movement is indisputable.

Communist International was founded in an era when Bolsheviks thought that the process that commenced with the 1917 October Revolution would have continued in other countries and that the working class would have come to power in at least part of Europe. In that respect, the Communist International is not an organization of solidarity or recommendations. The Communist International was founded to establish the common will, a revolutionary center, which the proletariat needed to strike the lethal blow to capitalism. In this respect, there is no mistake in calling the Third International as a World Party.

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us. However, while starting out in March 1919, let us not forget that the Communist International was founded with extremely scarce resources, that the delegations coming from different countries to the founding congress did not have much representation power, and that most of the member parties did not have much weight in their own countries. If we leave aside the Bolsheviks who took power in Russia just a year and a half ago, the Communist International was founded by highly ineffective parties or groups.

However, they acted with a great assertion, excitement, determination and optimism. The deep crisis into which capitalism was falling and the mobilization of millions of proletarians in the face of that crisis was sufficient for the communists. They focused on their historic mission and responsibility as opposed to their weaknesses and they were convinced that the bourgeoisie could and will be defeated.

This way, not only did the communist parties which were founded with the help of Bolsheviks became a major force in a short time and struggled to carry the working class to power, in certain cases, they also achieved it, even if for a short time. Today, no one should accuse the revolutionary attempts in Hungary, Slovakia, Germany and other countries with adventurism. Those who fought for revolutionary power remained loyal to the founding philosophy of the Communist International and they failed for various reasons.

Dear comrades, There is a reason for me to talk about all this. It is critically important to determine the balance of forces between classes and to stay away from an administrative political line. Revolutions do not happen only by the decisions we make. Our task is not to make revolution but to lead the revolution because a revolution is not something that can be made. However, it is also true that there is a dialectical relationship between the crises of capitalism and the increase of revolutionary opportunities and even the rise of the revolution. In this sense, it is very misleading to evaluate the balance of powers statically, especially in times of crisis.

In 1919, the communist parties were extremely weak, in both the quantitative and qualitative senses. When we look at the world today, we are understandably complaining about the weakness of the communist movement but in 1919 when the Communist International was established, it didn’t have any greater power either.

So what was the difference? The mobility and or-

ganization of the toiling masses first come to mind. 5 Even if the working class was under the umbrella of social democratic parties, it was widely engaged in the political struggle, in some countries the unions had serious potentials.

Another phenomenon that can be mentioned as a difference is the reaction to the destruction and poverty generated by the imperialist war and the fact that the war had not put an end to the deep economic crisis and even added new dimensions to it.

However, no one can claim that international capital today is stronger or more durable than 100 years ago. Imperialism is failing in every sense, it has nothing left to say to humanity economically, ideologically and politically. Nowhere.

Comrades, I am not trying to say that we are living in the same conditions as 100 years ago. This is not true. What we need to do is to analyze today’s concrete conditions and based on this, to struggle with the right tools and methods.

However, it is impossible to determine today’s tasks in a healthy way without pointing to a very, very important difference between 100 years ago and today.

Comrades, 100 years ago, starting from the working class 100 years ago, for large masses of people, hundreds of millions of people, socialism or an egalitarian order was a tangible, current demand. From the second half of the nineteenth century onwards, every working class struggle was permeated with the desire to overthrow capitalism, although primitive. I am not talking about political strategies and programs here. The desire to change order was a social reality. This desire did not emerge with the October Revolution of 1917. The October Revolution brought a new sense of energy and reality to this desire and spread it to a wider geography.

I need to repeat that capitalism today is not more durable and stable than 100 years ago. Maybe hundreds of millions are not in a struggle, but billions of people have given up on the current social order. This also has a role in the rise of racism and right-wing populist movements around the world. Although it is not the only reason why millions of people go after people they don’t know, and at least support the new leader-centered formations in the elections, it is related to the people’s search for a way out.

Yes, comrades, we have to admit that one of the most important differences from 100 years ago is that the idea that capitalism can be destroyed and that an egalitarian order can be established is largely

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out of the minds of humanity.

This cannot be explained by objective conditions alone. Keeping this idea alive and making it concrete in the minds and hearts of large masses of people, starting from the working class is the main task of the communists. This idea cannot be pushed back by referring to the balance of powers. On the contrary, it is the spread of this idea that will change the balance of forces.

Comrades, when we look at the last 100 years, we have to admit that we communists are also guilty of humanity’s failure to state in a loud fashion that a more egalitarian order is possible and that capitalism must be destroyed.

And now I am moving on to Turkey and our region, I would like to show you, when facing the current developments, how one can lose direction and move without a compass that would point the right way, if one forgets the actuality of socialism.

Our meeting coincided with Turkey’s new military offensive launched in Syrian territory. This is not the first time. The presence of the Turkish army in the territory of other countries started with Korea. It was part of an unjust war waged to protect the interests of US imperialism. In the following years, soldiers of Turkey participated in many operations of the international monopoly terrorist organization NATO. In Cyprus, the sovereignty, independence and integrity of the island has been violated for 45 years. There are countless cross-border operations in Iraq, as well as numerous bases, outposts and observation points belonging to the Turkish army, just as in Syria.

Dear comrades, How do we evaluate this picture?

One point of view is to see Turkey as an obstacle to democracy and freedom.

Can any communist who struggles in Turkey object to this?

One can’t object to this but comrades this expression, this formulation is wrong. It is wrong because the rule of capital is the enemy of democracy and freedoms everywhere in the world. This formulation means to empty the class content of the problems in Turkey and to link it to people or the army and that will lead one to mistakes.

A revolutionary political position is impossible without understanding that there is a strong capitalist class acting with ever increasing self-confidence and that in general Turkey’s domestic and international policies are shaped in line with the interests of this class.

When one doesn’t understand this, the following

happens: One ends up siding with, becoming allies with powerful imperialist countries or Turkey’s capitalist class for freedoms and democracy in Turkey or a larger region. What I am saying is not an exaggeration. This has happened in Turkey and many revolutionaries have unfortunately turned into actual collaborators with imperialism throughout this process.

Comrades, I have to remind you that Erdoğan, who in the news all over the world today and who is ascribed various adjectives, was supported by the socalled democratic and pro-freedom circles from the first periods of his rise to power till 2010. It wasn’t only from European Union to the United States but from many different tendencies in the left to the Kurdish nationalist movement in Turkey that this support was provided by. On the other hand, those of us, TKP, who struggled against AKP’s rule right from the beginning, were even labelled as fascists because we confronted Erdoğan.

Later, when the rivalries and contradictions within the imperialist system deepened, and when Erdoğan, facing big problems in domestic politics, opened up space for himself by using these rivalries and contradictions and started having real issues with US, some fake some real, criticisms and accusations against Erdogan started. However, for many leftists, this did not result in taking the correct position because many looked to imperialists and the Turkish bourgeoisie against Erdoğan. Shameful.

I will not take your time by providing you with proof for all of these. I want to come to the other side of the coin.

Comrades, I mentioned that a quest for democracy and freedom that does not have class content, that does not place the socialist revolution objective in its core will mean an overt or covert collaboration with EU and NATO and that this approach will result in total surrender to the capitalist class.

What about the quest for independence? Comrades, when the concepts of independence and sovereignty are detached from their class basis, they become as dangerous as the concepts of freedom and democracy. We see that there is a split in many countries and in the progressive public in general.

On the one hand, there is a tendency to cooperate with the bourgeoisie around the concepts of “freedom and democracy”. On the other hand, there is a tendency to reconcile with one or another division of capital through the concept of “independence”.

The situation in Turkey is exactly reflecting this split.

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perialism in this alliance; there are the most powerful representatives of the Turkish bourgeoisie; there is the US government; there are social democrats, socalled leftists, liberals, some Islamists, and a fraction of fascism. Such an alliance could surely hold down Erdoğan, but it will never bring democracy and freedom.

Furthermore, they argue that the most important thing is to gain the ability to act independently of the US, by making an incomplete interpretation of imperialism and even by narrowing imperialism to the US. And they say that all kinds of oppression, bullying, reactionism, and war can be allowedfaced for this cause.

In almost every country in this geography, there is pressure on the communists to accept one of the two paradigms. Either you will cooperate with the imperialists-capitalists for the sake of democracy and freedom, or you will remain silent to all kinds of oppression and cruelty with other imperialists or capitalist groups for the sake of independence.

Can freedom, independence, sovereignty be worthless for communists? No, never. However, the random use of these concepts causes us great harm, as you can see. There’s only one way out of this weird situation. It is to placeput the demand for an alternative social ordersocial order in the agenda of the working people, with the excitement coming from the foundation of Comintern 100 years ago. Isn’t it a pity that the poor in my country is going after Erdoğan and bourgeoisie’s greed for profit because of their rage against the US? Isn’t it a pity that the working people, no matter they are Turks, Kurds or Arabs, expect freedom and democracy from the European imperialists or from one or the other fractions within the USA? These are the results of our weaknesses, the gaps that we have left. Let’s not take the disadvantageous circumstances or balances of powers as excuses. As I said at the beginning, when the Comintern first set off 100 years ago, there were fewer people than we have now in this room.

I believe that, in a short time and together, we will regain our claims and enthusiasm we had 100 years ago.

Comrades, The Communist Party of Turkey is organizing its struggle with this perspective. It is not true that the goal of socialism, defending the contemporariness and timeliness of socialism, will inevitably lead to isolation. There is no rule that a revolutionary atti-

tude will result in sloganism or sectarianism. On the 7 contrary, today in the world, the goal of communism requires a high level of creativity and intellect. When this is coupled with courage and determination, defending the socialist revolution as an actual goal echoes in the working class. The opposite could not be possible in this era of crisis, when it is proved every day that capitalism has nothing left to give to humanity.

The Communist Party of Turkey said no to any alliance with the bourgeoisie or bourgeoisie’s political representatives. Despite the heavy pressure, the party persistently defended the thesis saying “this social order must change”. Within the working class, we have developed our organization patiently; we have succeeded in doing what trade unions fail to do in many instances with a unique model called “We Breathe Down the Bosses’ Neck”. We succeeded in making those laid off to return to their jobs and we gained wage increases. While doing so, we said that the focus should be on the establishment of an egalitarian order, not on this or that bourgeois solution.

We said no to bourgeois alliances but we made the communists win the mayoral election in a city for the first time in the history of Turkey by making a revolutionary alliance. Our votes, for the first time, rose above 1 percent in some settlements in Turkey’s largest cities.

The number of party members increased by more than 30 percent in one year. We are at the beginning of our task in a very big and challenging country.

More important than quantities are qualitative characteristics. Doing our utmost, we are trying to make the Communist Party of Turkey the urban, modern, intellectual and revolutionary vanguard of the working class. We have a long way to go, but knowing that life can leave us with historical responsibilities at any moment, we persistently follow the path of revolution, the path of Lenin who marked an era 100 years ago. The important thing is what our comrades say, not what anti-communists overtly or covertly say.

TKP will make mistakes, will sometimes take steps back; these are in the nature of the struggle. But, dear comrades, what TKP will not do is to betray the revolutionary ideals, the goal of communism, the working people and their friends.

Glory to the common struggle of the communist parties...

Long live Marxism Leninism!

And until victory, always!

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Opening Speech Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoumpas

9 Dear Comrades, Dear Representatives of the Communist and Workers’ Parties, We would like to warmly welcome you to this year’s meeting, which, based on the decision of the Working Group, is co-organized by the CP of Turkey and the CP of Greece, here on the Asia Minor coast, on the Aegean coast, which should be a sea of peace and cooperation and not of aggression and provocation, of disputing of sovereign rights in the framework of the antagonisms of the bourgeois classes in the region.

The working class, our people, even more so the neighbouring peoples, the Greek and the Turkish people have the same interests. We all share the concerns and the will for peace, friendship, progress and socialism.

The KKE opposes the agreement of continuation and expansion of the US-NATO bases in Greece. We struggle against the country’s involvement in imperialist plans against other peoples. We struggle for the disentanglement of the country from the imperialist unions of NATO and the EU. The KKE denounces the latest invasion of Turkish troops in Syria and expresses its solidarity with the Syrian people, who experience the harsh consequences of the long imperialist war.

It should be emphasized that this year’s meeting in particular is taking place at a critical juncture, with the sharpening of imperialist antagonisms and contradictions, the continuation of local and regional imperialist wars and conflicts, the intensification of the exploitation of the working class and the popular strata, the capitalist economic crises, the intensifying concern about a new danger of an international and perhaps a deeper and synchronized crisis in the coming years, the sharpening of the environmental issues and climate change, of refugees and immigration, the restriction of people’s rights and freedoms, the rise of anti-communism, racism, nationalism, etc.

But this is also a highly symbolic year for our internationalist struggle and solidarity, because this year marks the 100 years since the foundation of the Communist International.

The CC of the KKE commemorates the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist International (CI) (2 - 6 March 1919).

Our Party has developed serious activity in the international movement. Besides, this expresses an urgent necessity today, after the counter-revolutionary overthrows of 1991 and also because of the economic crisis of capitalism, which imposes even greater coordination and organization of joint ac-

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tion, in order for the ICM to take quicker steps in the direction of formulating a single strategy against imperialist aggression and imperialist war, for peoples’ peace, for socialism.

The labour movement since its birth, with the very emergence and spread of Marxist worldview and the foundation of the first political parties of the working class, embraced internationalism. has a common interest in overthrowing the bourgeoisie.

The Leninist analysis of imperialism, the position on uneven development and the weakest “link” in a country or group of countries and the tasks that derive from this position for each CP, the historical experience of the whole past century, unambiguously lead to the conclusion that the national field of struggle remains the dominant one, but this should not ultimately be interpreted as a resignation from the need to coordinate and elaborate a joint strategy and activity of the communists in every corner of the world. A need that is becoming even more important today, since capitalist internationalization has taken on higher forms, not only in the field of economics but also in politics, together with the establishment of international and regional transnational unions, such as NATO, the EU, the IMF etc.

Since its foundation, our Party has been committed to the principles of Proletarian Internationalism.

For 100 years it has consistently struggled and did not back down from its principles. As a section of the Communist International (CI), it received a lot of support to be established as a Party of a New Type. At the same time, it suffered the negative consequences of the issues of theoretical immaturity or even opportunism that emerged in the ICM, but never rejected the need for a joint strategy of the communist movement against imperialism, for socialism.

It did not “theorize” any negative experience in a wrong direction. Even if international choices and decisions affected us negatively, too, we have never fallen into the mistake of justifying our own mistakes or failures, by blaming someone else apart from ourselves.

In particular, some issues related to aspects of the strategy of the ICM in the past decades provide valuable lessons for today and must be discussed within the communist movement, because wrong views and ideological constructs, which have often failed in practice and led to the defeat and retreat of the revolutionary movement, reaching inevitably their extreme counter-revolutionary expression, are repeatedly expressed by various sides.

I would like to approach this issue a little more specifically, in a codified way but non-hierarchical way.

A FIRST issue that also exists as a fundamental conclusion in the elaborations of the KKE and which deserves further analysis is the inability of the ICM to form a single revolutionary strategy, especially during and immediately after the end of World War II and the decades that followed. Even though they were proclaiming the necessity of socialism, some communist parties, especially those of the strong capitalist countries, while forming their political line, set goals that, regardless of intentions, did not serve a strategy of concentrating and organizing forces aiming to prepare for the conflict and total rupture with the bourgeoisie. Thus, the political line of that time did not function as a component of the strategy for socialism. It is a fact that there was an inability to elaborate a revolutionary strategy during and immediately after World War II, since the CI as a whole and most of the Communist Parties in the capitalist West were unable to form a strategy of turning the imperialist war or the liberation war against the foreign occupation and fascism into the struggle for the seizure of workers’ power, in conditions of intense sharpening of the social-class contradictions within the country in which they acted. At the same time, the ruling class timely showed the ability to form alliances to defend its power, but also to realign its international and domestic alliances.

A SECOND ISSUE is the fact that several parties used to set, and still set today, the formation of some “democratic governments”, in the form of a parliamentary reform or of an intermediate stage in the revolutionary process, as a political objective in their strategy. We insist that it is worth mentioning and reflecting on how our own Party and almost all the CPs raised, for example, the issue of their country’s dependence in their programmes and how we linked this to the position of creating alliances and proposals of a “democratic governance”. Practical historical experience and theoretical elaborations and studies further prove to us that any kind of multi-faceted dependencies (economic - political, cultural, etc.) exist anyway within the international imperialist system, between the various capitalist countries, they are formed precisely because of the uneven development and of course they are dependencies that cannot be resolved in the framework of capitalism but only with the socialist revolution, with the transition to socialism. There is also, of course, the particular issue of dependence concerning the military-political occupation of one country by another, which can be resolved within capitalism, that is, to IB 2020

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succeed in expelling, for example, the occupier from your country, but the system will remain a bourgeois democracy, capitalism. But this problem can also be resolved differently, taking a step forward, by establishing workers’ power, i.e. by overthrowing capitalism and constructing people’s power and economy, a task that is for the revolutionary communist movement to set.

A THIRD IMPORTANT ISSUE, in our view, is that historical experience has shown how utopian was and still is the perception of the transition to socialism through the so-called gradual “expansion of bourgeois democracy”. . Thus, the preconditions for the class-oriented emancipation of the workers’-peoples’ movements were not formed. This is a process that matures and broadens the revolutionary initiative and the ties with the popular masses until the emergence of new conditions, when the prolonged economic and political crises would objectively fuel mass popular revolutionary action. In Western Europe, mainly under the influence of Eurocommunism in the 1960s - 1970s and 1980s, the tactics of forming coalition governments with social democracy, that is, with bourgeois parties, and the participation of CPs in governments which essentially managed capitalist development, in the logic of stages, with the first stage being resolving the bourgeois-democratic and anti-monopoly demands and the issue of dependency, led almost all Western European countries only to a further strengthening of the capital’s power, in support of new mechanisms of repression and manipulation.

A FOURTH ISSUE The revival of revisionism and opportunism in the ranks of the communist movement came with a retreat to the reformist positions of social democracy and, in many cases in the capitalist West, led to a management program of cooperation with the forces of bourgeois democracy, while many Communist and Workers’ Parties were substantially transformed or are still transforming into social democratic ones. It is obvious that the experience of the October Revolution was completely ignored on this particular issue. At that time, the policy of alliance between social democracy and the bourgeoisie was viewed by the Bolsheviks as a betrayal of the working class. Most social democratic parties back then came to a complete rupture with the slogan of turning the imperialist war into struggle for workers’ power in every country. Lenin opened a front against social democracy at an international level. This front was first of all expressed in Russia, resulting in the non-entrapment of the revolutionary forces in the goals and manoeuvres of the domestic bourgeoisie,

in the petty-bourgeois and opportunist pressures. 11 Later on, the idea that the CPs would not be able to liberate the labour forces that followed social democracy and that they would be isolated if they did not pursue a policy of alliance with the social democratic parties prevailed, the distinction of “rightwing” and “left-wing” social democracy became a “doctrine” in order for the communist movement to take the “left-wing” on its side. This is something that was never been borne out since the biggest section of the popular base of the other parties, for decades now, as practice has shown, can be won over through the sharpening of the class struggle, with a strong ideological front against all variations of bourgeois policy and at the moments of the escalation of social-political conflicts.

Dear Comrades, After the dissolution of the Communist International and due to the strategic problems accumulated in the Communist Parties, it was not possible to achieve the formation of a new international organization of the Cps. The ICM had to overcome strong negative factors, such as the numerous petty-bourgeois elements and the consolidated traditions of bourgeois parliamentarianism. Both of these factors became an alibi for many CPs to put forward the “national particularities” over the scientific laws of the socialist revolution.

The years that have passed since the 1989-1991 counter-revolution are already long enough. They offer new experience, both positive and negative. In a series of countries, the CPs have been regrouped or created from scratch. The international meetings of CPs have been systematized, regional and thematic meetings are regularly held and other initiatives are developed, that have more or less succeeded in obtaining a certain unity of action on some issues. These are steps that need to be consolidated and multiplied. However, all these dramatically fall behind the role that the communist movement must play in international developments.

At the same time, a number of problems continued or even worsened. The regroupment efforts brought older problems to the surface, alongside the difficulties arising by the counter-revolution and the temporary defeat of socialism. In parallel, state repression, the criminalization of communist ideology and action, of class struggle are intensifying. The signs that have emerged in recent years, especially in the EU, constitute more general warnings.

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in the European Parliament including liberals, social democrats, “neo-leftists”, ecologists, greens, the farright, nationalists and centre-left voted in favour of the recent EU decision. They reverse the historical truth, proceed to witch-hunting, equating fascism with communism, Hitlerism with Stalinism. Similar things happen on other continents as well.

Our Party believes that the international meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties are useful and must certainly continue, in the framework of the exchange of views and experiences within the Communist and anti-imperialist movement, of the effort for coordination. But, for a meaningful reconstruction or a far more successful counter-attack by the ICM, something more is needed. We need a joint effort of the CPs whose ideological and political views are based on Marxism-Leninism, which recognize the historical attempt of socialist construction in the 20th century and its contribution, regardless of the fact that it ended, as well as the necessity of the struggle for socialism.

The KKE is now more mature than ever to contribute in this direction.

Dear Comrades, The KKE is aware that the process of revolutionary reconstruction will be slow, torturous and vulnerable, it will be based on the Communist Parties’ ability to be ideologically and organizationally strengthened in their own countries in a multi-faceted way.

It combines revolutionary action with revolutionary theory, overcoming mistaken positions that dominated the International Communist Movement during the past decades and are reproduced in various forms today.

Every Communist Party will be strengthened by laying strong foundations in the working class, in strategic sectors of the economy, reinforcing its involvement in the workers’ – people’s movement.

The 100 years since the foundation of the CI should be a new starting point for the revolutionary reconstruction of the international labour and communist movement, against the counter-revolutionary action of today’s dominant capitalist forces and backwardness.

The slogan of the “Communist Manifesto”, “Proletarians of all countries, unite!” remains timely.

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Mohammed Abid

La création de la 3ème Internationale (Internationale Communiste) en mars 1919 à Moscou sous l’impulsion de la grande révolution d’Octobre 1917 était le produit historiquement nécessaire de la coordination de la lutte de classe à l’échelle internationale contre le capitalisme et ses guerres impérialistes.

Cet acte ne fut pas le résultat d’une simple volonté subjective des révolutionnaires guidés par Lénine et le parti bolchévique russe, comme le prétendent les idéologues bourgeois et les socio-démocrates opportunistes traîtres au combat émancipateur de la classe ouvrière.

La naissance de l’IC était le fruit du combat ferme et inlassable mené par Lénine et son parti contre les socialistes chauvins qui avaient refusé de transformer la guerre impérialiste de 1914-1918 en guerre civile pour renverser le régime bourgeois source de barbarie, de sauvagerie sans bornes, pour instaurer la dictature du prolétariat, proclamer la paix entre les prolétaires de tous les pays, proposer l’alliance avec les peuples opprimés par le colonialisme, ouvrir la voie à la société société socialiste. Ces socialistes chauvins se sont transformés en valets de la bourgeoisie, au nom du mot d’ordre fallacieux de la guerre défensive, de la défense de leur nation, nation impérialiste en fait. Ils ont trahi la cause de la libération du prolétariat des chaînes de l’esclavage salarié. Ils ont voté les budgets de guerre et sont entrés dans les gouvernements bourgeois. Reniant l’enseignement du marxisme et les engagements de la 2ème Internationale contre les préparatifs de guerre, ils ont soutenu la bourgeoisie de leur pays qui a poussé à l’entre-égorgement mondial des prolétaires pour le repartage du monde entre les puissances impérialistes rivales et la réalisation du maximum de profits. Cette trahison n’a pu être possible que parce que la corruption a touché une fraction de la classe ouvrière et l’encadrement politique petit-bourgeois des partis socialistes. L’aristocratie ouvrière qui s’était formée dans tous les pays capitalistes évolués a bénéficié à la fois de l’amélioration des conditions matérielles de vie arrachées par les luttes économiques et de la redistribution par la bourgeoisie des miettes des profits tirés de l’oppression des colonies et de l’exportation des capitaux.

L’opportunisme, la trahison et la contre-révolution commencent toujours par le basculement de ces catégories sociales dans le camp de la réaction. C’est là que se trouvent les racines de la complicité avec la bourgeoisie. Ces racines ne peuvent être extirpées que par une lutte politique et idéologique acharnée du parti marxiste-léniniste, sous le drapeau du combat pour le communisme, contre la collaboration de IB 2020

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classe, que par l’enracinement de ce parti dans les profondeurs de la classe ouvrière et de toutes les couches sociales populaires écrasées par la domination bourgeoise.

La naissance de l’IC est le prolongement de toutes les luttes menées par les prolétaires conscients regroupés autour de Marx et Engels depuis la création en 1864 de l’Association Internationale des Travailleurs. La formation d’un prolétariat engendré dans les pays évolués de l’époque par le capitalisme, les premières grandes luttes sociales et politiques contre l’exploitation en Angleterre, en France, en Allemagne, en Amérique ont formé le terreau sur lequel se sont développées les relations de concertation, de solidarité et de coordination entre les représentants de la classe ouvrière de ces pays. Les luttes idéologiques menées par Marx et Engels, contre l’opportunisme sous ses différentes formes, contre le réformisme, le proudhonnisme, l’anarchisme, le bakouninisme, le lassalisme, ont abouti au triomphe du matérialisme historique élaboré par ces deux intellectuels révolutionnaires géniaux au sein des détachements les plus avancés du prolétariat, à la diffusion des idées du socialisme scientifique. Elles ont orienté le mouvement ouvrier vers le développement de l’action politique pour faire jouer au prolétariat révolutionnaire sa mission historique de fossoyeur du capitalisme.

L’existence de la 1ère Internationale a pris fin en 1872 avec la création des premiers grands partis marxistes de masse en Allemagne et dans d’autres pays d’Europe.

Dans son article de 1919 sur « la IIIème Internationale et sa place dans l’histoire » Lénine a brillamment résumé le contenu des étapes parcourues de 1864 à 1919: « La I ère Internationale a jeté les fondements de la lutte prolétarienne, internationale, pour le socialisme.

La IIème Internationale a été une phase de préparation du terrain pour propager largement parmi les masses le mouvement dans plusieurs pays.

La IIIème Internationale a recueilli les fruits du labeur de la IIème Internationale; elle en a amputé la vermine bourgeoise et petite-bourgeoise, opportuniste et social-chauvine et a commencé à réaliser la dictature du prolétariat. » Lénine précise la portée historique universelle de la nouvelle Internationale: commencer à mettre en pratique le mot d’ordre de dictature du prolétariat. Cette dictature c’est le pouvoir d’Etat exercé par la majorité de la population à travers les soviets dans une république débarrassée de la propreté privée des moyens de production et de l’exploitation. Elle réprime la « liberté » des exploiteurs, leur « liberté » de s’enrichir sur la faim des autres, la « liberté » de s’allier à la bourgeoisie étrangère contre les ouvriers et les paysans de leur propre pays.

Dans les conditions de l’impérialisme, stade de la formation des grands monopoles capitalistes, de l’exportation des capitaux, des guerres inévitables pour le repartage du monde, l’action de l’Internationale communiste a puis-

samment contribué à la formation de partis communistes 15 dans de nombreux pays, à la bolchévisation de ces partis, à leur transformation en partis d’avant-garde des prolétaires conscients à base de masse. Elle a mené une lutte sans merci contre l’opportunisme social-démocrate. Elle a oeuvré à l’alliance avec les peuples colonisés, faisant de la défense du mot d’ordre du droit des peuples à disposer d’eux-mêmes un devoir pour les partis communistes des pays colonisateurs.

L’action de l’IC a parfois subi l’influence des partis socialistes pratiquant la collaboration de classe. L’appel à constituer des fronts ouvriers uniques contre le fascisme et la réaction a souvent été déformé dans son application. Il a été interprété comme une invitation à participer à des gouvernements socio-démocrates gérant les affaires de la bourgeoisie, à faire de graves concessions sur des questions de principe.

Dans notre pays, les instructions de l’IC pour soutenir la formation d’une organisation communiste inscrivant dans son programme la lutte pour la libération nationale et l’indépendance en relation avec les luttes sociales, la propagande pour le socialisme et la solidarité internationale ont joué un rôle très positif au début des années 20 du siècle passé.

Les cadres du PCF acquis au devoir d’appliquer la 8 ème condition de l’adhésion à l’IC ont activement contribué à organiser les premiers noyaux communistes algériens en France puis en Algérie pour mener le travail de propagande en faveur de la libération nationale et du socialisme, pour soutenir la lutte de la paysannerie pour la terre, celle de la classe ouvrière pour le pain et la liberté, pour rassembler dans un même front les travailleurs exploités d’origine algérienne et européenne contre la minorité des gros possédants coloniaux.

Mais l’influence des courants opportunistes au sein du PC français s’est manifestée sous l’argument qu’il ne fallait pas gêner la lutte antifasciste et la formation du Front populaire en France. Cette influence a conduit au début des années 1930 les communistes algériens à retirer le mot d’ordre de lutte pour l’émancipation nationale. Les communistes algériens avaient commencé à s’implanter profondément au sein des travailleurs et de la paysannerie. La confirmation de l’abandon de ce mot d’ordre au congrès de 1936, la pratique de l’alliance avec les courants politiques bourgeois réformistes algériens aux dépens de l’alliance avec la petite-bourgeoisie résolument anticolonialiste, les menèrent à s’isoler des masses populaires qui s’éveillaient à la lutte politique contre la domination coloniale. Les fruits de l’action menée au sein des masses durant 15 ans furent récoltées par les éléments nationalistes. La dissolution de l’IC en 1943, l’absence d’un centre international pouvant jouer un rôle révolutionnaire d’orientation et de coordination, les dures conditions d’isole-

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ment créées par la 2ème guerre mondiale ont eu des conséquences négatives sur les orientations stratégiques du mouvement communiste algérien. Elles ont eu pour effet de placer en 1943-1945, période décisive pour la montée du mouvement de libération de masse, à la veille de la victoire sur le fascisme, les communistes algériens sous les ordres de dirigeants français influencés par les courants opportunistes du PCF. Appliquant avec zèle la tactique de l’union avec les gaullistes, ces courants voyaient dans tout nationaliste un partisan du nazisme.

Le Parti communiste algérien se coupa des masses et ne put prendre l’initiative du déclenchement de l’insurrection armée contre le colonialisme en novembre 1954.

Il importe d’approfondir collectivement notre étude des combats glorieux animés par l’IC ainsi que des erreurs commises pour mettre en lumière leurs sources afin d’éclairer nos combats actuels et à venir.

L’aiguisement des contradictions de l’impérialisme, stade suprême du capitalisme, l’offensive générale menée de façon coordonnée à l’échelle mondiale contre les conquêtes sociales de la classe ouvrière, les campagnes effrénées de criminalisation du communisme, les ingérences dans les affaires des peuples qui résistent au diktat impérialiste, l’accumulation des facteurs d’une nouvelle guerre mondiale apocalyptique, tout cela nous indique que la renaissance d’une IC sera la clé de la contre-offensive du prolétariat mondial, allié à toutes la couches sociales écrasées par le système capitaliste, pour arrêter la course de humanité vers l’abîme du feu nucléaire, renverser le pouvoir de la bourgeoisie, mettre en échec sa résistance, jeter les bases d’une société socialiste. Le che-

min sera long pour reconstituer des partis communistes capables de mettre en mouvement les masses dans cette nouvelle entreprise révolutionnaire mondiale. La construction d’une IC continuatrice de l’oeuvre des grands internationalistes que furent Marx, Engels et Lénine, n’est pas une tâche facile sous le feu permanent de la propagande réactionnaire et dans le contexte de la démoralisation encore persistance de larges fractions de la classe ouvrière après la défaite de 1990. Mais la commémoration du 100ème anniversaire de l’IC nous invite à mener en même temps : -la lutte idéologique visant à rétablir la vérité sur les réalisations du socialisme, à montrer qu’il n’y a plus d’avenir sous le capitalisme, que le socialisme crée les conditions d’une vie heureuse, dans la paix et la fraternité entre les peuples; -à participer à tous les combats pour l’amélioration des conditions de vie des travailleurs, pour les libertés d’expression et d’organisation nécessaires à l’action de la classe ouvrière, à sa préparation à la révolution socialiste; - à la lutte pour la paix tout en montrant que le capitalisme produit inévitablement les guerres; -à s’opposer aux ingérences et aux interventions armées de l’impérialisme dans le monde; -à renforcer la coordination, la solidarité et l’entraide au sein du mouvement communiste international en vue du renversement de la domination de la bourgeoisie.

Vive l’internationalisme prolétarien!

Vive l’Internationale Communiste!

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Communist Party of Australia Andrew Irving

17 Comrades, On behalf of the Communist Party of Australia, I would like to thank the Communist Party of Turkey and Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and send our warmest greetings for the hosting of this 21th gathering of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties.

I would like to introduce myself Andrew Irving thenew General Secretary of our party.

We want to assurethis meeting of Communist and Workers Party’s of the Communist party of Australia’s determination and commitment to revolutionary change and that there can be nothing less than a socialist future.

I could dwell on the previous Secretary and his betrayal of our party and the workers of Australia but I prefer to focus on our successes and the positive and youthful developments within the party.

Our Party’s leadership is a strong collective and its members have a well established leadership role in working class movement,in the international worker and peoples solidarity movements and as anti-imperialist peace movement activists. Over a long period our Party has had a commitment to these struggles, the Communist International and the WFDY, WFTU, WPC. Our party has a challenge one that we have not faced for a number of years.A significant influx of new enthusiastic members, including many young people. We have an exciting and daunting task to turn this wave of members into a tide of comrades that are strong, united, active, disciplined with a commitment to Marxism Leninism and the workers of the world.

On this occasion our party Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Communist International The third international was established in 1919in Moscow.This“communist international”was based on the revolutionary principles that most of the leaders of the Second International had abandoned. It set rules including breaking with the politics of the reformist social democratic parties, defending the Soviet Union and most importantly firmlybased on the principle of proletarian working-class internationalism.

In its 24 years of existencethe International promoted Lenin’s principles that communist parties be of a new kind which were active, firmly committed to the dictatorship of the proletariat and anti-imperialist andhad been part of the Marxist program from the beginning.

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tional that met in July 1920, the21 conditions for admission to the Communist International,submitted

by Lenin, were accepted. These conditions were directed first against the Centrists; but not only against them. The Congress also corrected the “Left” mistakes of the Communists who did not want to work in the reformist trade unions and who preached the boycott of parliamentary elections, etc.

Lenin helped in an effective manner to overcome this tendency. Before the Second Congress, Lenin had completed his work: “Left Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder.” This gifted work was a most important textbook of Bolshevik strategy and tactics for the Communists of the whole world.

On October 30, 1920, at a meeting held in the union movement headquarters,Trades Hall, in Sydney the Communist Party of Australia was established.

Early on in our Party’s life we had to waged a struggle againstleft-sectarianism in the form of anarcho-syndicalism within the party.

Eventually, the struggle for unity was successful and the syndicalists were defeated. However, that was not the end of anarcho-syndicalism in the CPA. Like all deviations from Marxism-Leninism, whether of the “left” or right variety, it is a manifestation and reflection of the class struggle, and hence is a fate that recurs. Even till today.

Later in the 1920s, leftism again manifested itself, overstating the pace of revolutionary change and raising unreal expectations on the part of some comrades. An error also seen in the International. A related rightist error held out the prospect that capitalism was imminently going to “collapse”.

A right-opportunist group led by G Barrachi called for the party’s liquidation. When this attempt threat occurred future Secretaries of our party JB Miles and Lance Sharkey appealed to the Communist International for help in this inner party struggle to defeat these liquidationists.Finally this attack was defeated at our congress in 1929.

Following this challenge the Party embarked on a vigorous program of industrial organising and within 12 months the Party’s membership grew fourfold.

In the first decade of its existence our Party conducted a numberof international campaigns. The more important of these were solidarity campaigns with the great Chinese national revolution, the “Hands Off China” campaign, which exposed the armed violence of the British Imperialists against the Chinese people in their efforts to crush the revolution. Alsothere was assistance given to striking British seamen, many thousands of whom had left their ships in Australian ports and workers in the British General Strike

and British miners, who continued to strike.

Another big campaign, in which the Party was able to secure stoppages of work at a number of enterprises, was against the electrocution of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States.

A considerable campaign was devoted to the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat for the organisation of workers in Pacific countries into an international federation and especially in defence of the great Indian National movement.

The ruling class, on the other hand, took a different view of the Party’s prospects and in 1926 they tried to ban our Party. This attempted banning was not finally defeated until 1932.

A scant eight years later the ruling class tried again, this time via the anti-Communist, pro-Nazi, pro-appeasement they banned the Party on June 15, 1940 under laws intended to prevent the spread of Fascism.

This was only lifted when the Soviet Union and its Red Army were being viewed as the saviour of the freedom-loving nations of the world.At the end the ban the Communist Party had more members than we had at the start of the ban.

General Secretary of the Communist International Georgi Dimitrov in reporting to the Seventh Congress of the COMINTERN in 1935, emphasised the need to develop a united front with all forces willing to make a stand against fascism, both at the working-class mass level and at the level of relations among political parties. To switch from the “Third Period” of sectarian ultra-leftism to the “Popular Front” which called for unity against fascism. This change was no easy task but was adopted by all the COMINTERN parties.

As a part of our commitment and dedication to internationalism, the Soviet Union and other members COMINTERN our party organised support for workers, and communist struggles in many places, most notably by encouraging comrades to fight in support of the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939.

On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary we call on you comrades to change the existence of this “Meeting”. We ask you to re-constituteitand decide to make a new “Communist International”.

An International that continues its commitment to Marxism Leninism and the principles of proletarian working-class internationalism. As we are Party’s of a new kind that are committed to being with the people that are, active, firmly committed to the dictatorship of the proletariat, to the anti-imperialism cause and the Marxist program.We need to be the IB 2020

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Vanguardin promoting the leadership role of the workers and the only solution is a socialism future.

Comrades the Communist International must unify our commitment to proletarian working-class internationalism.

The struggle of the CPA alongside workers continue in Australia.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there are 709,000 unemployed in Australia as of July. The number of underemployed was 1.143 million. (ABS 6202.0 July 2019) That makes a total of 1.85 million people in Australia who are unemployed or underemployed, seeking work or more hours of work, and who cannot find it.

Compare that to the estimate in May this year of less than 250,000 job vacancies.

This means there is not enough jobs. Instead of our government punishing the unemployed and stigmatising them as dole bludgers.The governmentignore what they are doing to people, how they are destroying the lives of so many citizens who have a lot to contribute to society.

One area our workers and unions are campaigning for is to bring in tough legislation to enforceregime to prevent wage theft, including in the gig economy and amongst visa workers. There are over 1 million temporary overseas workers in Australia which hasfew industrial rights protection and are underdirect threat of expulsion if they stand up for their rights.

Our government continueswith the lie thatworker wages and conditions areunaffordable, unsustainableand will destroy their sacred budget surplus they have promised.

Yet if we look at the best way to balance the books we need to look no further than the bloated military budget. What justifies spending $1 trillion over 20 years? That’s $1 trillion spend on killing machines, not to defend Australia, but to fight US’ wars and turn Australia into a target.

There are many areas of state capitalist welfare that should be cut including billions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies. This capital could be usedin developing the renewable energy sector in Australia to creating jobs, improving the environment and contributing towards arresting climate change.

The last time I attended and spoke at this forum in 2006 the significant worker movement issue in Europe was the Lisbon agreement. In talking to the comrades here Ifound that many of the attracts against the workers included in this EU agreement had already been aggressivelyimplemented in Australia years earlier.

Wage theft and our Governments appalling track re-

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The Australian Federal Coalitiongovernment’s indifference and active attacks on workers’ means there have been minimal moves on wage theft or ability for worker to recover their stolen wages.

Repeated wage theft cases investigated and exposed have been dragging on for years while workers wait for their stolen pay.

A gig is not a job In Australia International gig Companies such as Uber, Airtasker, Deliveroo, and Airbnb have become household names with millions of Australians using them for the purchase of goods and services. Many do not know how these companies operate, what happens behind the scenes and how they treat their workers.

Gig for workers means short-term on-demand type contracts.

One of the biggest gig companies Airtasker employs people to do odd jobs.

An odd job is put up online and worker bid to do it, so they might say “I am willing to do your job for $15 an hour.” Another might say they will do it for $10, then another for $9. So they keep bidding until an amount is agreed in a race to the bottom.Multiple workers can bid for the same job.

Around the time Airbnb become popular, Uber was starting out and a lot of people referred to it as the “sharing economy” which has connotations of being fair, inclusive, warm and fuzzy.

How can it be called the sharing economy? This model of “disruption economics”is just a new form of extreme worker exploitation.

In Australia, and probably internationally the example of Airtasker has started a discussion in the labour movement about a new phenomenon of online businesses trying to engage workers directly, completely outside of the industrial relations systems of the countries they operate in.

Airtasker has been advertising on their site for worker at average wage rates cleaner below the minimum wage rates which showing they are actively involved in manipulating the market.

The model they are developing is leadingto even more extreme exploitative conditions of workers and in some cases actually dangerous exploitation.

They have advertising jobs for electrical works that have no requirements for trades licencing or any of the other OH&S requirements that you would expect in that industry.

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alition government calls for the “rule of law”in their constant and steady flow of union-bashing legislation and endless attacks on workers and their unions for breaching bad federal capitalist laws. Theyhave paid for national government investigationcommission after commission in an attempt to demonise unions in the eyes of workers and the public.

It is nothing short of a political witch-hunt. The hearings are dominated by weak claims linking the trade union movement to all manner of criminal activity and bullying which the corporate media blasts out on a daily basis never missing the opportunity for a little embellishment.

The main target of union vilification is the building and construction union, the CFMEU which to date have been fined under existing laws over$16,000,000 AUD. This sets the scene for two bills that are currently before Parliament. They are the Ensuring Integrity and Proper Uses of Worker Benefits bills.

The main focus of this anti-union legislation that dates back the early 2000s are such things as: attacking trade union rights, Worker have a limited rightto strike slashing past wage and working condition,fought for and achieved by workers decentralising the collective fixation of wages and working conditions eroding trade union density and representation bankrupting trade unions.

The latest bills represent more recent trends of increasing interference in the running of trade unions, and the application of mandatory penal provisions including jail sentences. They also overrule the democratic rights of union members and the ability of officials to do their job.

The Ensuring Integrity Bill contains extensive provisions for the disqualification of union officials from holding office and the deregistration of a union or branches of a union. It also introduces a “public interest test” for the amalgamation of trade unions.

The Proper Uses of Worker Benefits Bill is also a complete misnomer. A number of unions, such as in the construction industry, where redundancy is a common feature, work is highly casualised and companies often close down. In this industry the union has set up worker benefits funds to protect workers’ entitlements. Participating employers contribute a weekly amount for each employee. These fund’s board have equal numbers of union and employer representatives and an independent chair. These funds provide a number of benefits for workers as well as contributing to redundancy payments to tide workers over until the next job.

The government wants to make these boards “independent” and put them on the same footing as corporate board’s.This is another unjustifiable raid on the Australian Workers Union movement. The government’s aim is to hand the control of these worker funds over to the banks, insurance companies and private vocational education companies that have rorted tax payers for millions of dollars!

Australian conservative Morrison federal government continues to defend increasing worker wage theft of the capitalists.

In Australia superannuation system is compulsory to raise additional worker retirement funds and is contributed to by workers and employers.Internationally it is now one of the largest funds of its type in the world.

“This government has reintroduced legislation that would effectively clean the slate for a large number of employers who have undertaken wage theft by not paying the required amounts into workers super accounts, estimated by Industry Super Australia to be an amount of $5.9 billion a year.”

The war on the Australian Indigenous peoples and poor continues An Intervention has been applied to more than 70 Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. It included compulsory health checks for all Aboriginal children, some by the Australian military, and increased policing also with assistance from the army.

Those who received government payments, received 50 percent of their income as cash and the remainder quarantined in the form of a card which can only be used in certain retail outlets barring the purchase of alcohol, cigarettes or gambling. This represents Income Management of welfare payments.

Our Government is now moving a bill in parliament to establish a trial for 5,000 unemployed workers and Youth Allowance recipients. If any of these job seeker who tests positive for drugs or alcohol they will have 80 percent of their allowance quarantined.

These schemes targeted people deemed to be “at risk” living in “vulnerable regions” – initially, anywhere in the NT but they are moving to apply this control across Australia, mostly in poorer socio-economic areas. The amount quarantined will also be raised to 80 percent.

The cards initially targeted at Indigenous Australians in some of the poorest communities. Cardholders are stigmatised every time they use the card. Many feel it is paternalistic, harking back to the colonial days. Successive governments have extended its application, bit by bit contrary to the wishes of many of those affected. The card is a cheap cop-out for a IB 2020

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government that is not prepared to allocate money for infrastructure and services in Indigenous communities and poorer socioeconomic areas where unemployment is high.

Toward the abyss of war Australia’s Prime Minister Morrison’s recently had intimate talks with US President Trump which will have very serious implications for Australian and the rest of the world.

Australia is riding on the back of the US’s move into an abyss of warfare, climate change and disastrous trade relations.

In an unstable and threatening speech, Trump said Iran should be subjected to a nuclear attack because of its opposition to US interests. Morrison later praised Trump for his “measured and calibrated approach”!

Trump described the People’s Republic of China as “a threat to the world”. He said China had stolen intellectual property, property rights and more than US$5,400 billion in annual trade from the US. Morrison agreed with Trump.

War plans The two discussed joint operations in the waters south of Iran. Australia is one of the only nations who has agreed to send troops, a surveillance plane and a Navy frigate for six months to a US-led effort in the name of protecting shipping lanes from Iran.

Saudi Arabia and UAEare currently conducting a criminal and inhuman war against the people of Yemen and Australia has been shown to be selling a significant quantity of arms to both countries and an ex-Australian army officer now leads the UAE army.

Trump’s speech about a possible Iranian nuclear attack on Iraq foreshadows the involvement of Australia in yet another US-led war. This followsAustralia historical trail, just to mention a few Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq and maybein the future China.

Most importantly Australia hosts one of the US most important communications installations the spy base at Pine Gap and as well as a growing number of US military bases and forcesstationed in the north of our country.

Australia has also committed to become more heavily involved in the US’s use of space for military purposes and aims to become the world’s top four biggest exporter of weapons and military hardware at a time of pressing and growing social needs in Australia.

It should also be noted that the Australian Government with its open attacks on Chinaputs in jeopardy the relations with our biggest trading partner. A countryto which goods worth $81 billion have just

recently been exported from one of our states WA. 21 This support for US war fighting plans will cost Australian taxpayers billions of dollars and escalates the danger of conflict in the region and the wider world.

Socialism or perish One of the largest protests in Australian and probably in the world as part of the student call for action to combat climate change, on the 20thSeptember involved over 300,000 students and workers ralliing around Australia. This “School Strike for Climate” which has grown at a remarkable pace as part of a worldwide mass movement, encompassing many different groups coming together to try and save the human species from extinction. Those that attended openly and loudly presented challenging ideas that were put forward by many young climate activists and NGO groups who argue for a “Green New Deal” and other policies that amounted to the greening of the economy despite capitalisms resistance.

The Green New Deal is essentially a shift to renewable energy, which entails a massive jobs program in the clean energy sector and mass investment in public transit and other public works.

The two significant aspects of the demonstrations in Australia was that it was organised in cooperation with and support of the union movement and that the students clearly called it a“strike” of students.

The demands for this environmental strikecampaign are: No new coal, oil and gas projects, including the Adani mine.

100 percent renewable energy generation and exports by 2030 and Most politically significantly, The need to fund a just transition and job creation for all fossil-fuel workers and communities.

Australia is also acting to support the call for a climate crisis via another significant new movement the Extinction Rebellion movement which is also directly confronting and blockading the complacency of the exploiters and those that wish to destroy our plant for their profits.

These are basic policies that can be supported by any socialist and will form part of the CPA program on the environment.

We ask, can there be a Green imperialism or only a Socialist solution to climate crisis The climate crisis is the inevitable conclusion of the capitalisms need to expand, dominate and for ever increasing profits. Australia’s role in the climate crisis sits at the top of two systems: colonialism and imperialism. Firstly, Australia engages in colonialism by mismanagement the stolen lands of our indigenous

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peoples– including land clearing, poor water management, irresponsible agricultural practices, and a massive dirty energy and mineral mining industries.

Secondly, Australia capitalists engages in imperialism by participating in overseas mining projects that exploit the worlds environment and local working class.

“Save Tuvalu, save the world” Tuvalu, according to the United Nations, is one of the most vulnerable nation to rising sea levels, which could render it uninhabitable in the coming century.

It is also grappling with an ongoing outbreak of dengue fever and does not have a supply of safe fresh water.

The leaders of 18 Pacific islands, including Australia, were in Tuvalu earlier this year to attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) with the question of climate change at the top of the agenda.

Recent PIFs had put climate change high on the agenda and had adopted a general statement largely about the need to address climate change. This year in light of the urgency of the matter, the Pacific Island nations were determined to adopt a stronger statement on climate change. In particular, that the smaller islands sought a commitment to limit global warming to under 1.5°C and a draft a plan for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. It also included a commitment from Australia to ban all new coal-fired power stations and coal mines.

Australia is the third largest fossil fuel exporter in the world, and as such a major contributor to global

warming.

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison refused to make any specific commitments relating to climate change targets. It was insisted that all references to the word “coal” be removed, before Australia wouldallow any agreement.

Pleas for action from the drowning islands were met with an offer of $500 million in “aid” to adapt to climate change. The Pacific leaders were talking about the lives and future of their peoples. Already some islands are under water. Australia clearly was only interested in protecting the profits of energy and mining corporations.

In raising these examples of struggle in Australia and in our region the question is how the Communist International can become involved, set priorities and whether it is willing to respond with campaignsand take a Vanguard position.

To finish I would like to thank all the comrades here for listening to our Party’s contribution and hope comrades you return home buoyed up by the solid commitment of delegates here for a strong and united socialist future.

Long Live the Communist Party of Turkey and Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Long Live the Communist International Long Live Proletarian Working-class Internationalism

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Party of Labour of Austria Tibor Zenker

23 Internationalism, Leninism, Socialism Dear comrades, On behalf of the Party of Labour Austria, I would like to thank the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece for hosting and organising this year’s International Meeting. Both parties are encouraging examples for the international communist movement.

When 100 years ago, in March 1919, the Communist International was created in Moscow, the then Communist Party of Austria was present with two delegates. To this day, the Austrian communists are proud that their representatives – together with the delegations from Sweden, Hungary and the Balkan Federation and with Lenin’s assistance – formulated and submitted the proposal that eventually led to the immediate establishment of the Comintern.

In Austria we also know very well how valuable the historical activity of the Comintern was: when in the mid-1920s the CP of Austria became incapable of action due to “pluralism” and factionism, the Comintern sent Georgi Dimitroff to Vienna to reorganise the party. Dimitroff and the new chairman Johann Koplenig succeeded in Bolshevising the party and in establishing it on the basis of Marxism-Leninism.

Thus just in time the Austrian communists became capable of fighting to become the main pillar and most important force in 1933-1945 in illegality and in resistance against Austrian and Hitler fascism as well as against German foreign rule.

Without the activities of the Comintern in the 1920s and 1930s, the successful construction of communist, Marxist-Leninist workers’ parties on all inhabited continents would not have been possible. The Comintern forged the unity of the socialist state power of the USSR and CPSU with the communist parties in the capitalist countries. It combined the struggle for proletarian revolution with the anti-colonial struggle of the oppressed peoples. It laid the internationalist basis for the successful anti-fascist resistance struggle in many European countries, for the victory of the Red Army and the peoples of the Soviet Union over Hitler Germany, for the construction of a socialist world system after the Second World War. 100 years later – in 2019 – the communist world movement is still suffering from the mistakes of the second half of the 20th century and the consequences of defeat and counter-revolution in the USSR and Eastern Europe in 1989-1991. Revisionism in its various forms, capitulation and betrayal, misorientation and sometimes social democratisation have done and continue to do considerable damage.

If the revolutionary struggle for socialism is to con-

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tinue successfully on a global scale or if it is to be taken up seriously again in some places, this will only be possible on the basis of ideological, theoretical and strategic, but also organisational and political clarity. Revisionist and pseudo-“radical” aberrations, ideological arbitrariness, collaboration with the class enemy and imperialist powers, ingratiation with social democracy and unprincipled alliances, “leftist” administration of capitalism, nationalism or cosmopolitanism, reformism and opportunism lead nowhere, as history has sufficiently shown. A communist movement that wants to work for peace, freedom and self-determination, for revolution and socialism must stand on the firm foundation of Marxism-Leninism. It commits itself in words and deeds to the revolutionary enlightenment and organisation of the workers, the exploited social classes and oppressed nations, to unconditional anti-imperialism and internationalism, to ideological, political and economic class struggle, to organisational discipline and working methods in the sense of democratic centralism. And finally: to the revolutionary assumption of power and to the organised rule of the working class in the oppression of the bourgeoisie and counter-revolutionary subjects, to the construction of socialism – with socialist characteristics – as well as to the classless society of communism.

Because that and nothing else is our task, our historical mission: a society, a world without oppression, exploitation and war. Those who do not take note of this and act accordingly have put themselves on the sidelines; they stand on the other side barricades and in the way of socialism.

It is high time to clear the way – through clarity of positions and principles, through sincerity, tenacity and devotion, through international, mutually supportive cooperation, reliability and commitment, through the use of our sharpest weapon, Marxism-Leninism. With the creation of the European Communist Initiative, we have taken a certain structural step in this direction – unfortunately at present limited to this continent. But the struggle must be continued globally in a united front – and the history of the Communist International, which is not accidentally defamed and distorted by our enemies through lying anti-communist campaigns, contains some lessons to be taken up again. With the knowledge of the past, we create a militant present and a socialist future. The truth will prevail and socialism will triumph on a world scale.

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25 Дорогие товарищи, друзья! Разрешите, первым долгом, поблагодарить организаторов 21 Международной Встречи коммунистических и рабочих партий, которая проходит в изумительном городе ИЗМИРЕ за приглашение нашей партии и за великолепную организацию этого форума. Тема сегодняшней Международной Встречи посвящена 100 летию образования Коминтерна – третьего Коммунистического Интернационала – созданная по инициативе и под руководством Великого ЛЕНИНА! Международные коммунистические и рабочие партии, с начала года отмечают этот юбилей. В газете Коммунистической Партии Советского Союза «Гласность» отмечано, что Коминтерн – это дитя победы Великой Октябрьской социалистической революции. Он был создан для координации и единства международного революционного рабочего движения, интернациональной солидарности с борющиуеся и угнетенными народами, для разносторонней помощи преследуемым борцом всего мира, стремящихся к установлению Советской власти во всех странах. Конечно, Коминтерн объеденил рабочих разных стран мира. Он добивался национального равноправия и выступал против угнетения любых меньшинств.Работа Коминтерна была направлена на улучшений условий труда, повышения дохода рабочих, а в последствии на создания единого фронта, способного противостоять фашизму! А сегодня появилась новая форма фашизма: глобализм, который хочет уничтожить все то, что связано с коммунистической идеологией. В этой обстановке, конечно, международные коммунистические и рабочие партии противостоят против происки глобализаторов, но этого видимо недостаточно, ибо у глобализаторов есть все ресурсы для того, чтобы раздавить нас по отдельности. Всем ясно, что капитал международное явление и для того, чтобы с ним бороться нужно международная сила левых. И отсюда необходимость создания нового Коминтерна, который способствовал координации и единству междунарадного революционного рабочего движения! В России в этом году, КПСС и РКРП-КПСС проводили международные Встречи по случаю 100 летия Коминтерна. И другие партии под называнием компартии, также провели мероприятия связанное с Коминтерном. Суть

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всех проведенных форумов одно и тоже, но почему то все эти партии не могут или же не хотят объединить свои силы и ресурсы против необуржуазии?! Такое же положение вообщем во всем мире так и на Кавказе в частности. Например,в Грузии Компартия почти работает нелегально, компартии Армении в связи с тем, что между Арменией и Азербайджаном идет военный конфликт и за этого компартии (там имеется несколько компартии) Армении не могут или же не хотят наладить отношения с компартиями Азербайджана. Наши попытки наладить отношение оказались тщетными. А когда то эти Кавказские республики жили в дружеских отнощениях . Опыт Коминтерна, наверное не урок руководителям компартии Армении. Ведь, когда Германия начала агрессивную войну против соседних стран Компартия Германии, во главе Э. Тельманом выступили против агрессивной политики нацистов! Мы против войны, хотим, что бы конфликт между Арменией и Азербайджаном решился мирным путем и 20% территории Азербайджана освободились от захватчиков и более миллиона беженцев вернулись в свои родные места. Вот почему нужна, как никогда необходимость создания нового, мощного Коминтерна! В месте с тем мы понимаем, что сегодня нет условия для немедленного учреждения нового коммунистического Интернационала, хотя есть страны которые взяли бы на себя организационные и материальные обеспечение функционирование общего центра.

Товарищи!

2020 году исполняется 150 лет со дня рождения великого ЛЕНИНА! Мы провели несколько мероприятии связанное с юбилеем и продолжаем эту работу. Наряду с юбилеем великого ЛЕНИНА, наша Компартия готовится к другим юбилеям: в феврале исполняется 100 лет образования Компартии Азербайджана и 150 лет со дня рождения, соратника и верного ученика Владимира Ильича, первого председателя Совнаркома Социалистического Азербайджана, известного партийного деятеля Наримана Нариманова. К сожалению буржуазное руководство нашей страны не собирается провести юбилей, одного из величайшего сына Азербайджана в ХХ веке, на государственном уровне. Мы официально обращались к руководству, пока ни каких результатов нет. К концу года мы собираемся, совместно с общественностью, еще раз обратиться к высшему руководству страны. Тем не менее мы готовимся к юбилеям! В заключении хочу выразить надежду, что наша сегодняшняя, 21-я Встреча коммунистических и рабочих партии продвинет идею по созданию нового Интернационала! Да здравствует вечно живая идея марксизмаленинзма!

Да здравствует международный интернационализм!

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‫‪ 27‬ايها الرفاق األعزاء‬ ‫يف البدء انقل لكم تحيات الرفاق اعضاء اللجنة املركزية للمنرب التقدمي وكل الرفاق‬ ‫ومنارصي الحركة التقدمية يف البحرين‪ ،‬كام نحيي نضاالتكم واألدوار التي تضطلع‬ ‫بها احزابكم متمنني لكم ايا ًما قادمة مكلل ًة مبزيد من اإلنتصارات نحو عامل خال من‬ ‫‪ .‬األستغالل يسوده السالم‬ ‫جزيل لرفاقنا يف الحزبني الشيوعيني الرتيك واليوناين عىل جهودهم الكبرية يف‬ ‫شك ًرا ً‬ ‫‪.‬تنظيم هذا اللقاء‪ ،‬وما بذلوه من جهود مقدرة يف تأمني رشوط نجاحه‬ ‫رفاقنااألعزاء‬ ‫كام تعلمون فإن منطقة الخليج شهدت وتشهد تطورات خطرية القت بظاللها عىل‬ ‫مجمل مفاصل الحياة السياسية واألقتصادية بل وميكننا القول ان اثرها امتد اىل‬ ‫تفاصيل الحياة اليومية للمواطن البسيط وباألخص الكادحني منهم يف هذه املنطقة‪،‬‬ ‫جراء الحرب املستمرة يف اليمن‪ ،‬ومخاطر املواجهة العسكرية بني الواليات املتحدة‬ ‫‪.‬وإيران‪ ،‬والتي ستكون بلداننا إحدى ساحاتها فيام لو اندلعت بسبب أي حامقة‬ ‫واملؤكد أيضً ا أن آثار هذه الحرب ستطال األقتصاد العاملي‪ ،‬وكامل األمن والسلم يف‬ ‫العامل بالنظر لألهمية اإلسرتاتيجية للمنطقة‪ .‬النريد هنا ان نكون متشامئني او اننا نفقد‬ ‫األمل ولكن اليس نحن اكرث من يعرف الطبيعة الوحشية للرأساملية ؟‬ ‫إننا نتمنى ان ينترص صوت العقل والحكمة وأن يزول شبح الحرب اال ان التاريخ‬ ‫دامئا مايلقي بظالله عىل عقولنا وطريقة تفكرينا‪ ،‬فالطبيعة الوحشية للنظام الرأساميل‬ ‫القائم عىل مبدأ اإلستغالل وأخضاع الشعوب ونهب مقدراتها وخرياتها دامئا مايصل اىل‬ ‫نقطة تصادم فيام بني اقطابه عىل تقاسم املصلحة‪ .‬وقد ثبت لنا اكرث من مرة ان العامل‬ ‫‪ .‬انزلق فعال اىل املواجهة العسكرية بني هذه األقطاب‬ ‫وإن بدا لنا بني فرتة واخرى أن شبح الحرب يرتاجع اال ان اسبابه الكامنة يف األزمة‬ ‫األقتصادية التي يعاين منها النظام الرأساميل يبقي سعري األزمة مشتعالً‪ .‬مثل ما يتم‬ ‫احيانا حني يتم األتفاق بينها عىل طريقة إدارة األسواق العاملية واقتسام املصالح؛‬ ‫فاإلتحاد األورويب عىل سبيل املثال‬ ‫يعاين من تصدع يف داخله ومل يتمكن من تخطي ازمته مع بريطانيا حتى اليوم ويف‬ ‫الوقت نفسه تتصادم مصالحه مع الواليات املتحدة األمريكية وكل هذا انعكس‬ ‫بشكل واضح يف التعاطي مع ازمة الرشق األوسط والعقوبات االقتصادية التي فرضتها‬ ‫‪.‬الواليات املتحدة ضد ايران‬ ‫هذا الوضع املتأزم ج ّر دول املنطقة إىل رشاء كميات كبرية من األسلحة تخطت‬ ‫عرشات املليارات من الدوالرات‪ ،‬وهي أرقام فلكية كان من املفرتض أن توظف يف‬ ‫تنمية االقتصادات الوطنية لهذه الشعوب‪ ،‬لدرجة أن بعض هذه الدول اضطرت‬ ‫لسد عجزها عرب اإلستدانة أو الرصف من احتياطها العام واخرى قامت بهذا وذاك بل‬ ‫وتطاولت عىل صناديق الضامن واإلدخار‪ ،‬ويرتافق ذلك مع املزيد من التضييق عىل‬ ‫حرية الرأي والتعبري وفرض القرارات قرسا او من خالل هيئات ومؤسسات برملانية‬ ‫‪.‬شكلية غري مستقلة‬ ‫بهذه الطريقة رهنت السلطات السياسية يف منطقة الرشق األوسط وتحديدا الخليج‬ ‫العريب خريات شعوب املنطقة ومقدراتها بيد الرشكات الرأساملية العابرة للحدود‬ ‫‪.‬ووظفتها من أجل ان يصمت العامل الرأساميل عن سطوتها عىل شعوب هذه البلدان‬ ‫‪،‬أيها الرفاق‬ ‫رغم أننا يف القرن الحادي والعرشين فإن شعوبنا ما زالت مفتقدة للحياة الدميقراطية‬ ‫الحقة‪ ،‬والمتلك الحق يف التداول السلمي للسلطة‪ ،‬وتدفع شعوبنا مث ًنا باهظًا من حريتها‬ ‫وكرامتها وانسانيتها من اجل ضامن تدفق رؤوس األموال إىل الرشكات الكربى يف الدول‬ ‫الرأساملية ‪ .‬من اجل حامية مصالح هذه الرشكات وبقاء سيطرتها عىل منابع النفط‬ ‫والغاز قامت دول مثل الواليات املتحدة األمريكية وبريطانيا ببناء قواعد حربية يف‬ ‫املنطقة ففي البحرين توجد قاعدة القيادة املركزية للقوات األمريكية يف املنطقة‪ ،‬بينام‬ ‫‪.‬يف دولة قطر توجد أكرب قاعدة جوية وهي قاعدة العديد تابعة ايضا للجيش االمرييك‬ ‫يف هذا السياق ولذات األسباب أوجدت االمربيالية ارسائيل املحتلة ألرض فلسطني‬ ‫يف املنطقة لتبقى الذراع الطوىل واألكرث ثقة لحامية مصالحها‪ ،‬إذ أن تالزم اإلحتالل‬ ‫األرسائييل لألرايض العربية الفلسطينية والهيمنة األمريكية عىل املنطقة تالزم‬

‫‪Democratic‬‬ ‫‪Progressive‬‬ ‫‪Tribune‬‬ ‫‪of Bahrain‬‬ ‫‪Adel Matrouk‬‬

‫‪ .‬جيوسيايس ميثل أهمية قصوى وامتداد مكاين‬ ‫كل ما أرشنا اليه هنا هي ضامنات إلطالق يد الدكتاتوريات الحاكمة يف مواجهة‬ ‫شعوبها واإلنفراد بالقرار دونه‪ ،‬هذا الواقع املزري دامئا ما يكون ارضً ا خصبة للفاسدين‬ ‫ورساق املال العام الذين يتدرجون يف سلم الوظائف اإلدارية ويتبوؤون املناصب العليا‬ ‫مثل الوزارات انطالقا من القاعدة التي تتبناها السلطة السياسية املطلقة (الوالء قبل‬ ‫الكفاءة)‪ ،‬وبسببهم يتضخم الفساد واملحسوبية‬ ‫وتوظف االنتامءات املذهبية والطائفية والقبلية والعرقية لضامن دميومة منظومة‬ ‫‪.‬الفساد‪ ،‬بدالً من تكريس مبدأ املواطنة املتكافئة يف الحقوق والواجبات‬ ‫يقف املنرب التقدمي مع غريه من التنظيامت واألحزاب السياسية التقدمية من خالل‬ ‫نشاطه امليداين ودور اعضائه يف مؤسسات املجتمع املدين‪ ،‬ومن خالل مشاركاته‬ ‫ونرشاته وادبياته املعلنة‪ ،‬مناهضً ا لخيارات الحرب يف املنطقة ومن اجل السلم العاملي‪،‬‬ ‫مطالبا اخالء منطقة الرشق األوسط‪ ،‬مبا يف ذلك بالدنا البحرين من الوجود العسكري‬ ‫‪.‬األمرييك‬ ‫كام أننا نناضل بكل السبل املمكنة واملتاحة من أجل الحرية والدميقراطية‪ .‬ويتواجد‬ ‫املنرب التقدمي يف كل ساحات النضال املطلبي واملعييش التي اخرتق من خاللها كل‬ ‫قالع املذهبية واإلثنية حيث تؤكد التجربة أن مصلحة الشعوب واألوطان تتخطى‬ ‫‪.‬هذه الفوارق حينام يصبح اله ّم املعييش املشرتك مطل ًبا جام ًعا لها‬ ‫املنرب التقدمي‬ ‫ازمري ‪2019‬‬

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Communist Party of Bangladesh Khan Ahsan Habib

It is indeed a historical moment that the 21st IMCWP is taking place at a time when the whole world is observing the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Communist International- the Comintern. 100 years ago the foundation of this revolutionary platform laid. It was a reflection of the revolutionary idea that the proletariat has no geographical border. The fight for socialism and communism is an international phenomenon. The barbaric assaults being perpetrated even today by global capitalism and imperialism teaches us that exploitation has no boundary.

At the same time fight against calls for unity of all workers and toiling people of the world against that barbaric assaults also has no boundary.

100 years ago, on 2nd March of 1919, when V.I Lenin inaugurated the first meeting of the ‘Third Communist International’, which is also known as ‘Comintern’ only fifty-one delegates were registered, representing 35 organizations from 22 countries. Delegates to the Communist International had attended the meeting at a time when imperialist countries were blockading the Soviet Union, the first socialist country of the world. Forced by the terror and suffering unleashed on the masses against the first imperialist world war, and inspired by the Russian Revolution, the working class in the industrially advanced centers of imperialism and as well as the oppressed peoples in the vast areas of the colonial East rose up to express their solidarity with the fighting Comrades and Workers-Peasants of the USSR. There followed new advancements for the revolutionary struggle of the workers in all countries as well as of national liberation movements in the colonial countries. All these helped the advance of mankind towards Socialism and Peace. The activities of Third Communist International were based on the positive and negative experiences of both First and Second Internationals. We know that the main cause of the collapse of First and Second International were failure of some workers parties to determine their position regarding imperialist war. Lenin wanted to invite to the Moscow meeting only those who were fully committed to revolution and proletarian internationalism and who would never repeat the mistakes that doomed the previous Internationals. It was Lenin’s view that no working-class party could base its analysis and goals only on conditions in its own country alone, but rather on an accurate analysis of the overall state of the global class struggle.

The class struggle in any single country is, separate from the rest of the world and has its own features, but it is no less true that regardless of such special national features struggles of the working class in the IB 2020

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different countries have many common aspects and also are interdependent. All this is relevant even today under present day ‘Globalization’.

Lenin had persistently linked the future of the Soviet Union with solidarity and help of the working class of the world, and principally of its vanguard assembled under Comintern. During Lenin’s time the oath of the Red Army of USSR pledged loyalty to the international working class. Indeed the Red Army was not regarded as just an independent ‘national’ force, but as one of the contingents of the world revolution. Lenin presented his proposal regarding the national and colonial questions to the Second Congress of the Comintern in 1920, he painted out that if the movement of the workers did not embrace the national liberation movements and the struggle of the oppressed nations for self-determination, the objective of a strong workers’ international would be impossible. This is why the slogan “Workers of the World Unite” was transformed into “Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World Unite” was adopted universally as the new slogan.

The 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties meet at a time when the whole world is facing unprecedented turmoil and danger. US imperialism and its allies have placed the entire world at the brink of a threat of nuclear war for protecting it’s global hegemony in the excuse of so called national and international security. The increase of apartheids, racism, misogyny, religious extremism devastation of environment and nature etc. are the latest negative manifestations of capitalism of 21st century. US imperialism is continuously attacking major achievements of the past century.

Consequently, human freedom is being trampled underfoot and nations are being harnessed to the global geopolitical strategy of imperialism to intensify its global economic exploitation and social-political domination. US imperialism has practically embarked on the mission of ‘re-colonization’. But this is not the end of history. Humanity is fighting back.

It is quite understandable that global capitalist economy is in decay. Claims by some that global capitalism is recovering from the recession of the recent past are being proven wrong. Crisis situations are persistently reemerging. Capitalist bankers and politicians — especially in the U.S. — who had been trying to deny, ignore or conceal the magnitude of the economic crisis can no longer do that. Another worldwide financial market crash appears to hover over Wall Street and the whole system of finance capital. The global slowdown is not really a temporary recession; it is in reality a permanent systemic

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Bangladesh as a densely populated country with huge quantity of cheap labor and some Hydrocarbon energy resources are under the systematic attack of global capitalism. Multi-National Companies and imperialism is nurturing neoliberal regime within our country and that unpopular regime is conducting farcical elections to perpetuate its power destroying the democratic institutions.

This scenario necessitates a persistent unity of toiling masses to combat capitalist globalization. The historical lessons learnt from the past experiences of the Third International are relevant in many aspects to our current global struggle for Peace and Socialism. The struggles against US led imperialist aggression and occupation, against the unfettered exploitation of multinational corporations and the machinations of World Bank, IMF, WTO etc., against the continuing destruction of bio diversity and stubborn refusal to take urgent steps for preventing environmental calamity- all these struggles are gearing up in all parts of the world. Indeed the global assault of capitalism-imperialism calls for a new global coalition of all anti-imperialist forces of the world. It calls for raising to a qualitatively new level the unity, cohesion, cooperation and coordination of the struggles of these forces all over the world. The Communist and Workers parties of the world have a crucial role to play in building up this coalition and spearheading the struggle for Peace, Democracy, Socialism and Justice.

We must intensify our activities in our own countries. At the same time we must not make the grave mistake of regarding our international activities as simply ‘residual work’. The Communist Party of Bangladesh stands firmly beside this international forum in this great collective struggle of the new century.

Revolutionary greetings to all.

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Communist Party of Belgium Julien Hannotte

33 Chères et chers camarades, Nous voulons tout d’abord, au nom du Parti Communiste de Belgique, saluer nos hôtes, le Parti Communiste de Turquie, pour son accueil fraternel, dans une situation politique tendue qui rend encore davantage nécessaire l’organisation d’une telle conférence mondiale des Partis Communistes et Ouvriers avec pour thème « la lutte pour la paix et le socialisme continue ».

Le caractère indissociable de la lutte pour la paix et le socialisme est un point que nous avons réaffirmé lors de notre 36e Congrès commencé le 30 juin 2018 et terminé le 16 avril 2019. Notre Congrès est le fruit d’un long cheminement de reconstruction du Parti Communiste de Belgique après des années de tentatives de liquidation et une ligne « eurocommuniste » et réformiste, avec l’appartenance au Parti de la Gauche Européenne que nous avons quitté.

Nous estimons que la question européenne est actuellement centrale. L’UE est présentée de manière mensongère comme vecteur de paix, de stabilité et de progrès. Les communistes doivent se rappeler le rôle criminel de l’UE en Yougoslavie il y a 20 ans.

Aujourd’hui, le caractère impérialiste de l’UE n’a pas changé et nous continuons à nous opposer à la création d’une Armée européenne qui a été précédée par l’activation de la Coopération structurée permanente (PESCO) en 2017 et la création d’un Fonds européen de la défense, doté de plusieurs milliards d’euros et créé la même année. Cette prétendue « Europe de la Défense » a pour but de mieux défendre ses multinationales et les intérêts néocoloniaux de pays de l’UE et ne servira qu’à exporter guerre et misère. Il est clair qu’un impérialisme estampillé UE n’est en rien préférable à un impérialisme estampillé US. Certains ont prétendu tenir un discours antiimpérialiste en rejetant l’achat d’avions de guerre étasunien au profit de matériel français ou suédois.

Nous affirmons que n’avons pas à choisir entre deux impérialismes et nous opposons à tout achat de matériel De ses origines à aujourd’hui, l’Union européenne a affiché une implacable cohérence dans sa défense du système capitaliste, au travers de ses institutions et de leurs choix économiques, politiques et culturels. Elle est en effet depuis sa création une alliance impérialiste interétatique qui exprime et sert les intérêts des groupes monopolistes contre la classe ouvrière, les petits agriculteurs et d’autres couches populaires. Dans certaines régions du pays, il y a près de 30% de chômage et 37% de gens vivant sous le seuil de pauvreté.

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été renforcées par l’adoption en 2012 du TSCG qui est avant tout est un instrument de contrôle des budgets nationaux par la Commission européenne qui peut exercer sur ceux-ci un droit de veto quant à leur approbation. C’est un levier politique pour couper dans les dépenses sociales et installer durablement des politiques d’austérité. Celles-ci sont le terreau du fascisme qui renaît partout avec le soutien du grand capital.

L’Union Européenne tente vainement de faire croire qu’elle combat le fascisme alors que celui-ci est l’émanation du système capitaliste. La dernière résolution du Parlement Européen adoptée le 19 septembre sur L’importance de la mémoire européenne pour le futur de l’Europe qui assimile fascisme et communisme, attaque principalement le communisme pour mieux disculper le fascisme. Ce vote est une véritable insulte à la résistance et à la contribution décisive de l’Union soviétique pendant la seconde guerre contre la barbarie nazie.

Cette résolution révisionniste démontre clairement que l’idéologie officielle de l’Union Européenne est l’anticommunisme parce le capitalisme en crise cherche à gommer la seule alternative au marché qu’est le socialisme/communisme. Ce vote a montré la nécessaire unité du mouvement communiste et le nécessaire Internationalisme prolétarien tel qu’il a pu s’exprimer lors de la manifestation de ce mercredi 16 octobre sur la place du Luxembourg à Bruxelles, devant le parlement européen.

Les procès et la répression que subissent nos camarades, entre autres de Pologne, ne sont pas sans rappeler le procès pour « complot contre l’État » qu’ont subi les fondateurs du Parti Communiste de Belgique dès 1923. Parmi les accusés, Joseph Jacquemotte, un des fondateurs du Parti.

Ce vote a également clairement montré que les sociaux-démocrates n’ont pas changé leur nature de classe, d’être du côté du capital et des monopoles. C’est ce qu’avait compris Joseph Jacquemotte : on ne peut transformer de l’intérieur un parti social-démocrate en un parti révolutionnaire. Par conséquent son groupe d’opposition de gauche au sein du P.O.B., « les amis de l’Exploité », à l’appel de l’Internationale Communiste, fusionna le 4 septembre 1921 avec le petit parti communiste de War van Overstraeten. De cette fusion naquit le Parti Communiste de Belgique. Cent ans après la fondation de l’Internationale Communiste, cette date résonne pour les communistes de Belgique. Si la ligne des fronts populaires a permis de conquérir des droits pour la classe ouvrière et a permis à l’Union soviétique de gagner du temps pour se préparer, au-

jourd’hui, le vote des sociaux-démocrates montrent qu’il ne peut plus y avoir que la ligne classe contre classe.

Cela passe par le renforcement d’un syndicat de classe et de masse. C’est sur cette base que nous travaillons à l’intérieur de la FGTB, organisation issue de la fusion au sortir de la Seconde guerre des syndicats socialistes et communistes, pour son affiliation à la fédération syndicale mondiale. Nous luttons également pour le retrait de la FGTB de la CES, outil de collaboration de classe avec l’Union Européenne et le capital.

La question européenne est donc bien centrale.

Cependant si cette construction impérialiste est irréformable, nous ne partageons pas davantage l’illusion que le retrait de l’UE et/ou de l’Euro vers un retour à l’État national bourgeois, à lui seul, pourrait être un pas, un tremplin ou une étape vers des changements et ruptures radicaux. Pour cela il faut relier la condamnation et l’exigence de retrait nécessaires de l’UE/Euro/OTAN à la lutte pour le socialisme.

C’est sur ces positions que nous avons mené campagne lors des dernières élections fédérale, régionale et européenne du mois de mai 2019, que ce soit sur des listes propres ou en présentant des candidats sur les listes du PTB. Sur notre programme, nos candidats ont recueilli plus de 10000 suffrages, uniquement dans le sud du pays. Nous reconstruisons le parti dans le nord du pays après la décision de notre 36e congrès de redevenir un parti national.

Le texte de notre Congrès doit servir à nous renforcer idéologiquement pour renforcer le parti et la conscience de classe. Nous nous attelons à la construction d’un front antifasciste, anticapitaliste, antiimpérialiste pour le socialisme et la paix.

Nous nous opposons ainsi à l’envoi de soldats belges à l’étranger comme nous exigeons le retrait des forces belges en soutien à l’impérialisme français au Mali ou en soutien à l’OTAN en Afghanistan. Nous exigeons la fermeture de la base nucléaire de KleineBrogel(où les USA stockent des bombes nucléaires) et le retrait de la Belgique de l’OTAN. Nous condamnons l’agression de la Turquie et de l’OTAN contre la Syrie et exprimons notre solidarité avec les peuples de Syrie et de Turquie. Une rencontre comme celle de cette fin de semaine à Izmir doit montrer au reste du monde l’unité du mouvement communiste international Vive l’Internationalisme prolétarien, Vive le marxisme-léninisme.

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Workers’ Party of Belgium Bert De Belder

A. The PTB-PVDA’s election results: a major breakthrough 26 May 26 2019 was an important breakthrough for our party, the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB-PDVA). We won big across the regional, federal and European elections, and firmly established ourselves as a serious political alternative firmly to the left of both the social-democratic and green parties across the country. The number of votes for the PTB-PVDA more than doubled since the 2014 elections to more than 580,000 votes, representing 8.6% of the votes nationwide. In Brussels, we scored 13.5%, and in the French-speaking part of the country, we obtained 14.5% for the European elections. In several important cities there, we got around or over 20% of the votes. Note that the communist left had not obtained such a high score in Belgium since 1946, when, just after the war, the Communist Party won 12.7% of the votes.

Taken together, we increased the number of our elected representatives to the regional, federal and European parliaments from a mere 8 to 38 (who, taken together, occupy 43 seats in the different parliaments). The PTB-PVDA counts a group of 12 members in the federal parliament (up from 2), and obtained its very first member in the European Parliament.

All traditional parties, all parties that were in government before – be they of the social-democratic, christian-democratic or neoliberal variety – suffered a major defeat at the polls, Belgium being no exception to this Europe-wide trend. But those parties prefer to deny the important signal the people gave on election day: a signal against the political elite, against the establishment, against austerity.

The composition of the various new governments formed since election day in Belgium may differ, negotiations may have dragged on for months, but in the end the parties in power all agree on continuing and even intensifying neoliberal austerity policies, and on remaining squarely within the EU-imposed framework of treaties and directives in favor of big capital.

In Flanders (the Dutch-speaking North of Belgium), our party faced the formidable challenge of moving against the tide of the extreme right, in its openly fascist form, with the Vlaams Belang party (Flemish Interest), and the rightist Flemish nationalist party N-VA (New Flemish Alliance), the largest party in Flanders (and in Belgium). In these difficult conditions – comparable to the upsurge of the extreme right elsewhere in Europa – we succeeded to double our score and win 5.6% of the votes, sending our IB 2020

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We thus spoiled the cultural and political hegemony of the conservative nationalist political forces and the electoral success of the fascist party, which obtained a hefty 18.5%. The latter has been allowed to dominate the agenda since election day, through a process of conscious normalization of the fascist party. The rightist Flemish nationalist party N-VA held coalition talks with them as if it were just any other party, and it now gets a normal and even polite treatment in the national media. Meanwhile, all traditional parties have moved to the right, in their discourse as well as in their proposals. With yet another danger on the horizon: that of further poking up narrow nationalism and regionalism, with the risk of splitting up Belgium, as a confederal state – at the expense of the unity of the working class and the people.

In Wallonia (the French-speaking South of the country), conditions were much more favorable for our party. There is no extreme rightist party to speak of – quite exceptional in Europe – and the social-democratic party there had been worn out by decades of governing and had been damaged by a series of corruption scnadals. So our party was able to capture a large part of the anti-establishment vote, of the protest vote (in a country where voting is compulsory). In view of forming a regional government, the Socialist Party, having remained the largest party, felt compelled to invite us at the negotiating table.

But after a few brief rounds of exploratory talks, it was all too clear that they didn’t want to break with their neoliberal austerity policies nor dared to turn their back to the EU treaties. What they wanted, was to drag us into the system as a junior partner, while silencing any leftist opposition to its government. A trap which, of course, we refused to fall into.

B. The PTB-PVDA’s key to success There are three pillars to our success in the election campaign, and we are sure that they will serve us well beyond election periods.

Crucial in the emergence of our party as a credible alternative has been the party renewal since 2008.

Our 2008 Congress stressed firmness on basic Marxist principles, but also laid out the necessity of flexible tactics, including in communication and in organizing work, while striving to really become a party of the entire working people. We took this orientation on the basis of the analysis that in Europe and worldwide, as a whole, the working class and the people, the forces of the left, the forces for socialism still find themselves on the defensive – confronted

as they are with powerful forces of the right, of re- 37 action, of big monopoly capital, of imperialism. And that it will take time to build a counter-power from the bottom up, the force of the working class, the power of the people, to stand up against the powers that be. In the unfavorable objective conditions of the time and the place we’re living in, we’ll need time to gradually and systematically strengthen the subjective factors and substantially strengthen and broaden our party.

The first pillar we built our election campaign on, was the clever use and combination of politics and tactics. On the basis of broad opinion polls among our target groups, we put first of all the people’s social problems in the spotlight and on the agenda: pensions - both the retirement age and the amount of the minimum pension, unaffordable electricity bills, high prices for medicines and health care, the need for tax justice and for transport that is both socially and ecologically fair. We highlighted the growing gap between rich and poor and the sharp increase in child poverty. We denounced the increase in bills for common people, while multinationals continue to evade taxes in their billions. And we translated these issues in easily usable leaflets, one-liners, pictures and video clips for our campaigners in the field.

We also drew the debate onto issues that made the other parties uneasy. Whereas the far right tries to scapegoat migration and divide the working class, we are the ones talking about social topics that can unite the people against their exploiters and oppressors. With demands that may seem radical at first, but are considered the most “normal” common sense to common people. And unlike the social-democrats, our slogans don’t expire on election day, but we intensify the fight for their realization starting the day after the elections, and with the help of our comrades in parliament.

Take pensions – the average in Belgium is €1200 a month and just €900 for women, whereas a slot in a retirement home can easily cost you €1600 a month.

We have just developed and launched, barely three months after our election victory, a new mass campaign, for pensions at €1500 minimum net a month for everyone.

The second pillar was our presence on the ground, with a strong and intense grassroots campaign, involving thousands of volunteers. Our party has different levels of membership. The broader layers of members may not be conscious and schooled Marxists, but they get their political education first of all through actions and campaigns.

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have more than 18,000. This wide pool of members has allowed us to develop new local sections in many municipalities, but also to have a larger presence in the factories, in working-class districts, among trade-unionists,... Which, at its turn, allows us to reach out to broader circles of people to listen to, to discuss with, to convince, to involve.

The third pillar was communication, and particularly the use of social media. In the last weeks of the election campaign, we reached 500,000 people every day on social media. The video clips of our spokesperson Raoul Hedebouw’s speeches in Parliament were particularly successful. Short video clips were broadcast to explain our positions and proposals and sometimes compare them with those of other parties. On their smartphone, these videos became available to our campaigners while doing door-todoor canvassing of votes. And by moderating conversations on the party’s Facebook, we were able to attract hundreds of new party members.

C. Advancing the struggle We have made significant advances with the combination of staying true to our Marxist fundamentals, taking on a clearly anti-establishment profile and advancing concrete alternatives that cater to the working people’s social needs. It is this triple thrust, the mix of these three orientations, that has allowed us to win the masses in numbers we never achieved before, and to take on the fight both with the traditional parties and with the extreme right.

The populist and fascist right is becoming more and more menacing. In the United States with Trump, in Brazil with Bolsonaro, but also in Europe with Le Pen, Salvini and others. In Flanders, the victory of the fascist party Vlaams Belang is partly explained by a protest vote of the working class, turning against the self-serving politicians and the harsh austerity policies of the ruling elite. Thus, our first task is to help redirect the people’s justified anger to those who are really responsible for their dire social conditions.

There is no point in castigating the voters of Vlaams Belang, let alone in marginalizing them. We must of course fight racism with an unequivocal anti-racist stance, but to take away the breeding ground of fascism, we need to take on a clear anti-establishment discourse and put forward a strong social agenda.

We tell those who intend to vote for the extreme right that we share their distrust and disgust for politicians. As party of the working class, our elected representatives vow to continue living on an average worker’s salary, as they refuse to pocket the – often exorbitant – salary that goes with the office.

This is, as we know, a quality of elected civil servants that Karl Marx also applauded in his judgment of the Paris Commune.

While welcoming the “working class loudspeakers” we now have in parliament, we do not buy into the narrow vision of politics according to which everything depends on what happens inside parliament.

We do not want to make empty promises to the people. In an election campaign, we do not just tell people to vote for us, but also to become activists, to join us. And after an election victory, we do not tell people to wait for PTB MPs or ministers to act on their behalf, but to get organized in order to obtain a more favorable balance of power in the streets, in the workplaces, in the neighbourhoods.

For throughout history, even the most basic democratic demands were won by class struggle - and that applies even more to social rights and social justice.

We do see electoral and parliamentary work as important components of our party’s work, but we are conscious of the fact that they are stepping stones in a much broader and vaster strategy of change.

A strategy of change that inevitably has a European and even world-wide dimension. The development of Europe-wide or at least multi-national workers’ and people’s struggles and campaigns is of crucial importance, not just because our adversaries are organized at a European and world level, but also because a number of challenges can simply not be dealt with at the national level. Think of war and peace, think of the climate emergency, think of the rising fascism. We are facing these major challenges us just as (and partly because) the capitalist world economy appears to be on the brink of yet another recession, of which of course the workers and the people will be made to bear the brunt.

The PTB is open to engage other communist and workers parties and organizations in debate on the road forward, in exchange of concrete experiences, in actual cooperation. Because it is imperative to become, together, a stronger locomotive in the global fight for social progress, democratic rights, climate justice, peace and socialism.

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Brazilian Communist Party Eduardo Gonçalves Serra

Dear Comrades: On behalf of the Brazilian Communist Party, I greet all the Communist and Workers’ parties present at this XXI IMCWP, in particular the Communist Parties of Turkey and Greece, which, in addition to their example of struggle, ideological firmness and political coherence, have taken over the organization of this meeting. We also especially greet the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

The global conjuncture reveals uncertainties about the development of capitalism in the near future, with the possibility that low growth rates in the United States and Europe are kept or the onset of recession. In the political sphere, the opening of impeachment proceedings against President Trump may lead to a reduction in US strength internationally, what, among other effects, tends to ease the pressure on Venezuela and reinforces the Democratic presidential bid that, If victorious, will not alter the imperialistic nature of the American state, but may open more room for a stronger organization and more struggles of the working class in that country.

In Europe, the Communist Movement faces an ideological offensive of the far right, materialized with the recent approval, in the European Parliament, of a resolution that criminalizes communism. The recent electoral defeats of the right in Spain, Portugal and other countries did not mean the victory of the socialist and communist forces, but the erosion of neoliberal policies and the resumption of popular movements in defense of workers’ rights, what has led sectors of the ruling class to seek new arrangements of political power that may “soften” the effects of liberalism without giving it up, in essence, by offering economic growth, new compensatory policies, and localized concessions for the recovery of some rights.

This scenario is repeated in Latin America, especially in Argentina, where the imminent victory of Peronism, with Fernandez and Cristina, represents the defeat of Macri’s ultra-liberalism, which led the country to a deep economic and social crisis. This change reinforces the isolation of the Brazilian rightwing government of Bolsonaro and strengthens the support for the achievements of the Bolivarian process in Venezuela.

In Ecuador, the adoption of a “package” of liberal measures aimed at removing fuel subsidies and workers’ rights led to a strong mobilization of organized workers, leftist and progressive political forces, Ecuadorian communists, indigenous communities. and people in general against the government of IB 2020

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Lenin Moreno, elected under the same progressive program as his predecessor, President Rafael Correa.

The measures taken by Moreno were perceived as a great betrayal, and the highly repressive actions taken by the government against the protesters generated a huge revolt, which made the government back off and strengthened peoples’ power. The example of the victorious popular struggle in Puerto Rico which succeeded in overthrowing a governor and in reinforcing the call for independence and social justice follows the same course of mass struggle as the main axis to be strengthened in the perspective of the conquest of rights, democratic freedoms. and social justice.

In Colombia, the Duque Government’s attitude of not fully complying with the peace accords has led some of the former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to decide to take up arms again, while pointing to the need to strengthen the mass movement for peace as the main way forward for building a democratic state with social justice in that country. New challenges emerge at the electoral level in Uruguay and Bolivia, where the current progressive governments face ballot box tests and threats from the right.

For the Communist Movement, it is essential to strengthen the confrontation against right-wing and far-right governments in the region and to support the progressive processes of change without any illusion that these reformista processes alone will naturally lead to the conquest of socialism. It is necessary to consolidate the popular struggles in the democratic and social fields, in the resistance and in the fight against imperialism, reinforcing the organization of the working class for the anti-capitalist struggle and for the construction of Popular Power and Socialism.

In Brazil, the liberal offensive is radicalizing, with more rights being removed from the workers and more privatization of public assets and the dismantling of the economy operated by the Bolsonaro Government, which has a large majority in Congress on this issue. Bolsonaro and most of his team, however, have been accumulating more and more internal wear and tear each day, with majority disapproval rates reflecting the effects of ultra-liberal and pro-imperialist policies, racist, homophobic, misogynistic, anti -Science and anti-education attitudes, violent police repression against organized movements and the poorest populations, with growing isolation on the international level on account of the recent burnings in the Amazon, the use of banned pesticides in agriculture, the subservient posture to the United States

that leads to the delivery of wealth and public assets 41 to that country, such as the Alcantara rocket launching base, without any relevant political or economic compensation. On the contrary, this street-dog posture led to a humiliation: Brazil was not nominated to join the OECD – what wouldn’t help Brazilian workers –, as promised by Trump, to the detriment of other countries. Bolsonaro attempts to increase control of the state apparatus by his closest group and attacks his opponents with violence.

In opposition to Bolsonaro are the organized sectors of workers and youth, which has been promoting important popular demonstrations, although a significant part of the population has not yet awakened to the fight against neoliberal reforms and the handing over of public assets to national and international private capital. Liberal sectors have also opposed attacks on democratic freedoms and civil rights, and even some bourgeois minority sectors have restrictions on certain aspects of Bolsonaro’s international policy because these have been hurting their business, although they are all united in attacking the workers’ rights. It is also noteworthy that sectors of the Brazilian left despize the streets and prioritizing the electoral struggle of next year, as a way of accumulating forces for the presidential elections of 2022. That is a serious illusion, because without the working people organized in the streets, the land devastating policy that the government has been conducting can’t be defeated.

The PCB understands that the moment calls for mobilization and struggle in the streets, accumulating forces to confront the Bolsonaro government. We call for the strengthening of the union and popular fronts for the better organization and awareness of the working class. The PCB mainly supports the strengthening of the Trade Union, People’s and Youth Forum for Democratic Rights and Freedoms and continues to participate in the Fearless People Front. In Brazil and throughout the world, it is necessary, more than ever, the reasumption of a counter-hegemonic offensive of socialist and communist ideals.

We advocate the strengthening of the IMCWP in its plurality to better operate joint actions of the communists on regional and global levels. In particular, we understand that we must strengthen the newly created Forum of South American Communist Parties and to expand it to the whole Latin America.

Thank you very much Long live the International Communist Movement

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Communist Party of Britain Liz Payne

We thank the Communist Party of Turkey for hosting 43 this International Meeting and for the opportunity this provides for deepening our mutual understanding of capitalism and imperialism and for learning from each other’s struggles for socialist transformation.

In Britain our ruling class faces a very specific crisis.

And so also does the British working class The British ruling class is today divided on how to rule – and divided on how to align itself in face of rival imperialisms It faces its own systemic crisis at a time when the capitalist system itself is entering another, deeper crisis – with a mountain of fictitious capital paralysing growth.

What is the nature of Britain’s particular crisis ?

Over the past half century British imperialism has faced four key contradictions.

Seeking to maintain an imperialist world role through military and political alliance with US imperialism – without an adequate economic base Seeking to maintain the City of London as a world centre for finance capital but using overseas capital to do so - to the further prejudice of its own productive base Seeking to use its position as a member of the European Union primarily to act as the base for the finance capital of a rival imperialism Seeking to sustain an internal base of mass political support through the appearance of a social democratic welfare state – within a neo-liberal economic system that enforces the rights of big capital Over the past ten years these contradictions have become unmanageable and have resulted in a crisis of capitalist rule – both political and economic.

First, politically The world financial crisis of 2008 was focused on the City of London. The government’s rescue of its banks was at the cost of a reduction in working class living standards of an unparalleled severity.

The ruling Conservative party faced a revolt within its own working class political base, a base on which its viability as a governing party depends. This revolt took the form of right wing populism focused on issues of immigration and national culture which challenged Britain’s membership of the EU. The Labour Party, traditionally the alternative party of capitalist rule, also failed our ruling class. It did so in part because it was not a typical social-democratic party but a Labour Party directly based within Britain’s unitary trade union movement. In face of the economic crisis, its members rejected its previous neo-liberal direction and elected a new leader-

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ship that called for democratic, public sector control over the economy.

The new leadership also questioned membership of the EU. But it did so from the Left – challenging the compatibility of EU neoliberalism with any programme of industrial regeneration based on public ownership and planning.

Finance capital therefore faced a fracturing of the political system on which it had hitherto depended.

Economically this coincided with a crisis in British capitalism’s dual alignment both the EU and the US and the intensification of inter-imperialist rivalries between the two blocs.

Germany and France could no longer tolerate the EU financial system being controlled through London by mainly US banks. The US dollar could no longer sustain a trade deficit with the rest of the world of which the biggest part was with the EU. This is the origin of the combined political and economic crisis facing Britain’s ruling class It could neither rule in the old way. Nor could it extract a surplus in the old way. It was itself divided on its international alignments.

This crisis has presented an opportunity for the Left.

But it also holds great dangers.

The crisis has seen the Labour Party explicitly condemn neo-liberalism and call for public ownership of all key utilities.

No less important, it has seen the creation of a mass membership for the Labour Party, largely young and supporting these objectives which, while the neo-liberal right wing still dominates in the parliamentary party, is enough to ensure it does not control the party as a whole.

Yet our ruling class has also been quick to exploit the divisions in the Labour Party.

It has also been quick to exploit the conflict over the EU in a way that dominates, transforms and narrows political debate into one between nationalists and pro-EU ‘internationalism’. It has largely succeeded in polarising discussion in a way that excludes class issues and socialist options.

On the Right the Conservative Party appears to have recaptured its political base within the working class but on far more populist and chauvinist lines of ‘defending the nation’ against the EU. To a significant extent it has done so at the expense of Labour.

In the trade union and labour movement the ruling class intervention have been in favour of EU membership argued in terms of jobs, internationalism and citizenship.

These argument have largely succeeded in overlaying any socialist critique of the EU and this has

placed the Labour Party’s Left leadership under enormous pressure.

It is in these circumstances that the current deal on the EU is being negotiated – one that is likely to restore the populist credentials of the Conservative Party leadership but at the same time maintain alignment with the EU’s neo-liberal prohibitions on comprehensive public ownership and democratic intervention in the economy.

This is why Communists and the Left in Britain call for the support of their comrades in Europe in explaining the anti-people, neo-liberal and anti-working class essence of the EU. It is why we need the support of comrades elsewhere in the world to explain the enormity of free trade treaties that open up communities to unimpeded exploitation and circumvent all democratic protections.

This report on Britain has underlined the current dangers and it is in immediate terms pessimistic. But we make this analysis in the wider understanding that capitalism is again in incipient crisis, that further grave financial disturbances are likely and major attacks on working people will follow.

There is already, the basis for mobilisation around immediate class demands as well as long-term demands for socialist change.

A socialist challenge to the system of financialised imperialism, the on-going cycle of proxy wars the military preparations for conflict with existing socialist countries the attempt to destroy the possibilities of further socialist advance in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Our rulers understand this challenge. They seek to isolate Communists ideologically and politically. The EU parliament’s recent resolution on European Remembrance is designed specifically to drive a wedge between Communists and other working class formations. It is a recognition of imperialism’s political and ideological weakness in face of the ideas of Marxism - ideas that once related to practical action become a material force.

This is the challenge we have to take up. On the 100th anniversary of the Communist International we have to draw upon what unites us as Communists and make this the basis of a wider unity among working people against the capitalist system world-wide. Over these 100 years our movement has grown – and, in growing in different concrete circumstances, it has also become more diverse. We need to respect this diversity as the product of real life struggle. But unite as well around the basic prinIB 2020

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Long live our Communist unity for Peace and Socialism Long live the international unity of Communist and Workers parties

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Communist Party of Canada Liz Rowley

Dear Comrades: Our warmest appreciation and thanks to the TKP and KKE for hosting this meeting, and our delegation at this important meeting.

In celebrating the centenary of the Communist International, we also celebrate the contribution of the Communist Party of Canada to the CI following our Party’s decision to join the Communist International and to adopt the 21 points in 1921.

At 98 years of age, our proud history is closely aligned with the history and actions of the international Communist movement, and the struggles of working people all over the world for peace, national and social liberation, and socialism.

Our Party and the struggles of the working class and working people in Canada, have been immeasurably strengthened by our identification with the international Communist movement, and by our participation in the CI and in international gatherings and debates since the Third International concluded in 1943.

Our Party has also been weakened however, by an uncritical reliance on theories and practices developed in some of the largest parties which were not Marxist, and which enabled serious political and ideological errors such as perestroika and glasnost to be widely supported, even replicated, and which had a devastating impact on the Communist and workers’ parties and movements around the globe.

Unity of the Communist and Workers’ Parties is essential today, as we mobilize to defeat imperialism and its fascist protégé, to prevent catastrophic nuclear and conventional war, to head off climate catastrophe, and to move the working class and peoples struggle from the defensive to the offensive.

But it must be a unity of equals which is respectful of the differing objective and subjective conditions which exist in each country, and the differing tactics that may be adopted in consequence. As Lenin said, the road to socialism is not straight like the Nevsky Prospect, but full of zigs and zags. This is truer than ever today, as imperialism continues to expand its reach while increasingly relying on reaction, fascism and war to satisfy its insatiable appetite for profits and global domination. Our strategy is socialism, but the road to socialism will not be identical in every country because the conditions are not identical.

The unity we seek must take into account the specifics of the struggle in each country, and the necessity of a politically conscious working class to take up the struggle for socialism in their own country, and for a global transition from capitalism to socialism.

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sis is extreme. In Canada, a federal election will take place Monday, with both leading parties committed to NATO and NORAD, and vastly increased military spending, austerity, free trade, privatization, deregulation, corporate tax cuts, and increasing attacks on labour, civil, social and democratic rights.

Free trade agreements such as the new USMCA deal with the US, Mexico and Canada, and CETA – the Canada-Europe trade agreement, and the TPP involving Canada, the US, and 11 other countries, are stripping Canada of manufacturing and secondary industry and the good jobs that go with them, as well as the social gains won by working people since 1945. These capitalist agreements are not about trade, but are corporate constitutions which strip away national sovereignty and independence.

Falling real wages and living standards, combined with growing unemployment and under-employment, precarious work, a flourishing GIG economy, a housing crisis, and a household debt crisis that rates Canada number 1 on the OECD list of countries with astronomical levels of household debt – these are the conditions that could lead Canada into the next global capitalist recession.

And they are the conditions for growth of the farright fascist and populist movements that have grown up in Europe, the Americas, and elsewhere, and that are vying for recruits and support in Canada as well as spewing their hate speech and carrying through their acts of hatred against Muslims, Jews, immigrants, refugees, women and LGBTQ peoples, racialized and Indigenous Peoples.

Weaknesses in the organized labour movement have obstructed mobilization of the trade union and peoples’ movements at a crucial moment when mass action to repel and defeat the right – in the elections and in the streets – is vital. Right-wing social democratic leadership of the trade union movement, combined with a deep split in the Canadian Labour Congress involving the loss of the biggest private sector union in the country, is the main cause.

The unprecedented attack by the President and top officers of the CLC on Vice President Donald Lafleur is evidence of this. Lafleur’s crime was to accept an invitation to attend a WFTU conference on Syria, and to tell media that he supported removal of sanctions. Before he was even off the plane, he was viciously attacked by CLC President Hassan Yussuf on national media, and then placed on “administrative leave” – effectively removed from office though he was elected twice by a CLC convention.

Yet workers are struggling, with the public sector workers in the forefront against right-wing govern-

ments across the country. Women are struggling and 47 fighting back for pay and employment equity, childcare, reproductive rights, and equality rights. Youth are fighting for access to post-secondary education, jobs, higher wages, and an end to precarious work.

Indigenous Peoples and climate activists are fighting the big oil and energy companies, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis, and on Indigenous rights including adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The climate strike demonstrations in October brought more than 1 million people into the streets in Canada – a larger protest than at any time in the last 20 years. This is significant, and hopeful. Mass protests will continue, and must be expanded to include the fight for peace and global nuclear disarmament.

Two recent polls showed that working people are urgently pressing for change. The first poll showed that more than 50% of those polled are close to financial disaster at the end of every month, with no room for emergencies, and despite enormous personal debt loads.

The other poll revealed that 58% were favourably inclined towards socialism.

What this shows is that big changes are underway in the conditions and the thinking of working people in Canada today.

Which way they will go depends on the strength and influence of the Communist Party and the left in the labour and people’s movements. Building up the Communist Party and left forces is the decisive question. We are growing, and will continue to grow as working people move into action in their own interests.

Building up the forces for peace and disarmament is also vital, as there will be no future in the event of global nuclear or conventional war, or climate catastrophe.

Building up the unity and strength, and common action of the Communist and Workers’ Parties, is urgent today, and must become a much more powerful material force in the struggle for fundamental change, for socialism, for peace and climate justice.

We will do our part to support every effort towards unity, united action, and global class and peoples struggle.

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Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia Vladimir Kapuralin

49 Dear comrades, let me first of all thank the organizers, TKP and KKE, for the effort they have put into organizing this important meeting and the invitation we have received. It is an honor and pleasure for me to salute you on behalf of the SWP of Croatia the coordinating body of CP and WP from Yugoslav area and in my own name.

Allow me a short digression. Today, 100 years since the founding of the Communist International, I would like to remind you that a century has passed since the advent of fascism.

In this framework I have tried to develop my speech.

The communists, communist parties and their symbols are under constant pressure, even persecution, in many European countries. This phenomenon is much more pronounced in the Eastern European countries, where the socialist system prevailed until the counter-revolutionary changes of the 1990s. At the same time, the ultra-right fascist movements are strengthening. This phenomenon is also more pronounced in the former socialist countries.

A constant, anti-communist campaign is also being carried out within the EU institutions. The latest in a series of these developments is the resolution of the EU Parliament, adopted on September 19th in Strasbourg, as part of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of WW2. Euphemistically named: The Importance of European Remembrance for the Future of Europe, Equalizing Fascism and Communism. This resolution, in addition to its use of a selective argument selection, absurd improvised constructions and replacement of theses, is also unscientific.

Fascism and the communist idea are the exact opposite. While fascism is inherently criminal, racist, it divides the human species into superhuman and subhuman, masters and servants, into a higher race and a lower, subordinate one, whereby the higher race is entitled to the extermination the lower one.

Socialism, respectively, communist ideology, abolishes unnatural barriers between peoples and offers a vision of a just society, and the fulfillment of human emancipatory aspirations. The fact that in one period there was a slowdown or a halt in realization is a consequence of human factor and external influence, not of the idea.

As a pretext for the equalization of fascism to communism the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was used, which stems from a pragmatic reason with the aim of buying time, it was signed in August 1939, just before the start of the war. The applicants of proposed

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resolution, among them Poland, do not know, or forget, or intentionally ignore these facts: –That, Poland had an identical treaty of friendship and non-aggression with Nazi Germany, signed in 1934.

–That, after the annexation of Czechoslovakia, Poland itself annexed the region of Tešin, and part of Slovakia was appropriated by Hungary, also a proponent of the resolution.

– That, in September 1938, an agreement was signed with Nazi Germany by England, France and Italy, hoping to destroy the Soviet Union on their behalf.

–That, England and France accepted and supported the annexation of Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia in 1938.

– That the Soviet Union in the 1930s persistently tried to reach an agreement with the English and French, but in vain.

– That the Soviet Union was willing to join a form of action with France and Czechoslovakia to prevent the annexation, but Poland was the one that did not allow the Red Army units to cross its territory.

These were all capitalist countries, so Nazism and capitalism should be declared analogous criminal systems, which would in fact be the correct conclusion.

Fascism is the offspring of capitalism, it was initiated by capitalism to protect it from the upcoming socialist revolution. And when that monstrous fruit grew stronger, it squeezed Europe with it’s iron fist.

And behold, from that grip, Europe was liberated by communism, in a way that, in the clash with fascism and Nazism, endured proportionally and absolutely the greatest casualties and material destruction, defeated and disabled proportionally and absolutely the most of the Nazi military machine or about 80% of it’s losses, thanks primarily to the Soviet Red army, and the Communist-led resistance movements in the occupied countries. I proudly point out the contribution of the Yugoslav partisans, who, under the leadership of the Communists, were self-organized and successfully led one of the largest, in fact, the only serious internal resistance to Hitler and his domestic and foreign helpers.

as anti-fascists.

The Socialist Workers’ Party was the only party in Croatia to condemn this act, so far the anti-fascist association has not done so. Moreover, it has lately been a screen for anti-communism. This means that we have no class allies at this moment. And I believe it is the same in many other places.

After the counter-revolutionary changes of the 1990s and the collapse of the socialist order in Eastern Europe, the imperialist powers did not stop, their ultimate goal is to eradicate communist ideas, thoughts, practices and the emancipatory aspirations from the public discourse, and the above examples are on this path.

Summarizing the past century, we must recall the warning made by revolutionary and communist Clara Zetkin: “As long as there is capitalism, there will be a basic prerequisite for the development of fascism.” This is the reason why we have to be aware, we have no class allies, we are surrounded by masses whose class consciousness is below that of a century ago, and we must to strengthen mutual cooperation and solidarity.

The revolution continues.

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Communist Party of Cuba Juan Carlos Marsán Aguilera

Estimado compañero Kemal Okuyan, Agradecemos al Partido Comunista de Turquia por acoger este XXI encuentro internacional de partidos comunistas y obreros, y a todas las compañeras y compañeros que nos han dado la bienvenida y su hospitalidad en esta hermosa ciudad. De igual forma, agradecemos al partido comunista de grecia como co-organizador de este evento.

Estimadas amigas y amigos, El pueblo de Cuba sufre hoy una nueva e inusitada arremetida imperialista por parte del gobierno de los eeuu, empeñado en su fracasada obsesion de destruir a la revolucion cubana.

Como parte de la politica agresiva contra cuba, se refuerzan como nunca antes las medidas de persecusion financiera, se pretende aislar economicamente a nuestro pais con la activacion de los titulos III y IV de la ley helms burton, se utilizan formas no convencionales para evitar arriben a puertos cubanos el petroleo que demanda nuestra economia, se limitan los viajes de los ciudadanos estadounidenses a nuestro pais, se ponen nuevos obstaculos para las relaciones de los cubanoamericanos con sus familiares en cuba, se incrementa el financiamiento a los proyectos subversivos dirigidos fundamentalmente a las nuevas generaciones, se desarrolla una brutal campaña contra la colaboracion medica que cuba presta en decenas de paises, fundamentalmente del tercer mundo, entre muchas otras medidas.

La actual administracion de los eeuu recrudece la politica de bloqueo economico, financiero y comercial que constituye un acto genocida y criminal porque impone privaciones y limitaciones a nuestro pueblo, representando una fragrante y masiva violacion de los derechos de todas las cubanas y cubanos, y el principal obstaculo para el desarrolloeconomico y social del pais.

Pese a todo ello, podemos asegurales que cuba resistira y vencera, porque contamos con el respaldo conciente de la inmensa mayoria de nuestro pueblo en torno a la revolucion, al partido y a sus dirigentes.

En cuba, no hay espacio para el desaliento. En su lugar, el gobierno revolucionario implementa un conjunto de medidas dirigidas a asegurar la vitalidad de nuestra economia y mantener la senda del desarrollo economico y social, potenciando el ahorro, las exportaciones y la sustitucion de importaciones, el desarrollo de sectores estrategicos como la produccion de medicamentos y productos biotecnologicos, el incremento salarial al sector presupuestado y el desarrollo de los servicios y las conquistas sociales alcanzadas por la revolucion, entre otras.

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de masas y gobierno, somos uno solo; unidos en el proposito, refrendado en la nueva constitucion, de construir una nacion independiente, soberana, socialista, democratica, prospera y sostenible. El secreto de nuestra resistencia es la unidad del partido junto al pueblo, como tactica y estrategia para la victoria.

Amigas y amigos, Para justificar la escalada agresiva, el gobierno de los eeuu y la extrema derecha anticubana mienten al señalar que cuba posee mas de 30 mil efectivos militares en venezuela, e intentan condicionar el futuro de las relaciones bilaterales a que dejemos de apoyar al gobierno legitimo del presidente nicolas maduro.

Quisiera reafirmar, que cuba no hara una sola consesion a sus principios, y que mantendremos nuestro apoyo solidario e internacionalista al pueblo, la revolucion y al gobierno bolivariano y chavista de venezuela.

Los ataques contra cuba, venezuela, nicaragua, bolivia, el encarcelamiento injusto e inmoral del ex presidente lula, la aplicación de la doctrina monroe y del macartismo, entre otras acciones, son parte de una multifacetica ofensiva contrarevolucionaria y no convencional del imperialismo, las oligarquias neoliberales y las elites del sistema financiero internacional contra los pueblos y gobiernos progresistas que representan una amenaza a los intentos de dominacion sobre los estrategicos recursos naturales de nuestra region.

Los ultimos años de predominio de la derecha en america latina, incluida la emergencia de gobiernos reaccionarios, como bolsonaro en brasil, han profundizado las desigualdades sociales, la precarizacion de la vida, el entreguismo a las grandes trasnacionales y una politica exterior sumisa y plegada a los intereses de los eeuu.

En este complejo escenario, la prioridad del partido comunista de cuba ha estado dirigida a fortalecer el foro de sao paulo como espacio de concertacion, consenso y unidad de accion de las fuerzas de izquierda en america latina y el caribe, en torno a un programa de lucha que nos permita enfrentar y revertir la ofensiva restauradora neoliberal, y abrir un nuevo horizonte de esperanza para nuestros pueblos.

Para ello, debemos avanzar en la articulacion de las fuerzas de izquierda, progresistas y revolucionarias con los movimientos sociales, populares, redes y plataformas de lucha y resistencia en nuestra region.

Con ese proposito, dentro de pocos dias cientos de amigos solidarios de todo el mundo se reuniran

en la habana para participar en el encuentro an- 53 timperialista, de solidaridad, por la democracia y contra el neoliberalismo, cuyo objetivo central sera promoveruna condena unanime al bloqueo contra cuba, precisamente horas antes de que la comunidad internacional aseste,en la asamblea general de las naciones unidas,una nueva y contundente derrota a los eeuu al apoyar la resolucion que demanda el fin de esta injusta y criminal politica.

El encuentro de la habana constituira un espacio para expresar la solidaridad con la causa historica de lucha de puerto rico por su independencia, del pueblo saharaui por el derecho a su autodeterminacion, de palestina frente a la permanente agresion sionista, por el fin de la guerra imperialista contra siria, una tribuna de condena a la politica militarista de los eeuu y de denuncia a la naturaleza depredadora del capitalismo, que destruye la vida en armonia con la naturaleza, y un llamado a preservar la paz mundial.

Camaradas, Con todas estas motivaciones, y con la confianza en la firmeza de los ideales que movilizaron a nuestros predecesores, con la fundacion, hace 100 años, de la primera internacional comunista, los encuentros de partidos comunistas y obreros deberan consolidarse como un espacio de concertacion de nuestras luchas, de construccion de la unidad, y de cooperacion entre nuestros partidos, que compartimos un mismo horizonte; la superacion del capitalismo por una sociedad de justicia e igualdad, solo posible en el socialismo.

Viva la solidaridad Hasta la victoria, siempre

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AKEL, Cyprus Neoklis Sylikiotis

55 Comrades, On behalf of the Central Committee of AKEL, we greet the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties. We convey the comradely greetings from the leadership, militants and members of AKEL to all theCommunist and Workers’ Parties who are present here, to all Communists aroundthe world, to all fightersfor peace and socialism. We express our gratitude to the Communist Party of Turkey for hosting us and, but also the Communist Party of Greece, which is a co-organizer of this year’s Meeting.

On the occasion of our presence here, we feel the need to express AKEL’s unreserved appreciation towards the Communist Party of Turkey for its consistent solidarity with the struggle of the people of Cyprus against the 45-year occupation of our homeland by the Turkish army which is keeping our island and people, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, divided. We extend a warm greeting to all communists of Turkey and through you to the whole of the working class and people of your country. Nothing divides the people of Cyprus and the people of Turkey. The enemy of our peoples - of the two communities in Cyprus too - is imperialism, NATO and nationalism.

At the same time, we express our appreciation for the struggle that the CP of Turkey is waging all these years to point outto the people of Turkey the real nature of the Turkish government’s involvement in the crisis in Syria and, in general, in the foreign imperialist intervention in the neighboring country. All the Communist Parties around the world know from their own experience how much vigor and patience it takes to go against the current of nationalism that smearsas “traitors”all those revealing the class interests that lie behind government policies and corresponding geopolitical policies.

We believe that at this current juncture the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Partiesshould be a podium where the solidarity of the international communist movement with the people of Syria and our demand for an end to the war, the Turkish invasion and all foreign interventions must be heard loud and clear in every corner of the earth, with one voice.

Comrades, The 21st International Meeting of CWP’s is being held at a time when the planet is really seething withcontradictions, conflicts and rivalries. Not only is capitalismnot overcoming the crisis, but - as it always does every time - is preparing for the next one. It is no coincidence that this year the leading echelons

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of international economic institutions are revising their forecasts for growth for a downward spiral to be registered. Everything points to the global economy taking the path of a corresponding slowdown.

This means that a new attack on the peoples of the world is imminent with the imposition of anti-social and anti-labour measures, attacks on social gains, more privatizations, along with agreater destruction of nature and the planet.

All the major problems of our era have their roots, whether directly or indirectly, in the system itself and in its functioning, as well as in the pursuit of the maximization of profit. Climate change, the ongoing wars, the nuclear nightmare and the monster of fascism are all products of a system whichalltogether, or each consequence on its own, can lead to the destruction of human civilization.

Comrades, There is an explanation for the current escalation of competition between the imperialist centres of the world for the control of energy sources, the routes for transporting energy and for the geo-strategic control of regions and markets. The relative fall that began to be recordeda few years ago in the G7 countries’ share of world GDP, in conjunction with the gradual transfer of capital, trade and industrial production from the West to Asia over recent years, signals a path of reconfigurations in the world capitalist system.

Therefore, the strategy of the US is to defend their dominance over other emerging centres of the world and primarily China. This has led to a new phase of the US’ economic-political and military aggression. This is precisely what the Trump administration expresses, whose election must not be perceived as some electoral accident, but as a strategic choice made by the American system which at this stage is demanding the implementation of specific policies: a return to economic protectionism and the use of tradeas a weapon against competing rival centres and at the same time, the “disengagement” of the US from the obligations and restrictions that the international security system and international conditions has imposed.

This is the reason why the US has withdrawn from the US-USSR Nuclear Arms Control Treaty, from the Nuclear Agreement on Iran, the UN Migration Pact, the Climate Change Agreement, the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Human Rights Council and possibly from the Open Skies Treaty too as they are proceeding totake inflammatory actions in the Middle East in defence of Israel;to take new aggressive actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Latin America

as a whole, but also deeper economic and military involvement in Southeast Asia. Despite secondary differences on tactical issues, the block of US, NATO and EU is continuingits strategy for the geopolitical encirclement of Russia and China, which are now reacting accordingly.

The most dangerous and explosive expression of these developments is the militarization of the planet which is now assuminguncontrollable dimensions. Last year, global military spending increased by more than 2% to $ 1.82 trillion. At the same time, the nuclear doctrine of the US points to the danger of nuclear destruction returning. The whole planet must know that the United States so far are refusing to commit themselves to a “no first use” policy, namely that they will never use nuclear weapons first. At the same time, they are modernizing their nuclear arsenal, making it absolutely clear that they will use nuclear weapons even against non-nuclear threats and against their infrastructures.

The EU continues its relentless ongoing path of militarization and coupling with NATO, focusing on forging military structures and investing in the weapons war industry, while its most powerful member states are leading the way in the selling arms and weaponsto dictatorships, authoritarian regimes and warring states.

Perhaps the most dangerous of the new trends in this field is the escalating competition for the introduction of new technologies, robotization, autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence in the military industry. This will irreversibly change the nature of wars and conflicts, relations between states and the future of humanity.

Comrades, All of these elements and trends are identified and concentrated in an explosive mixture here in our troubled neighborhood as well. The huge battles over energy between the mighty of the worldaccompany the efforts of the ruling classes of Israel, Saudi Arabian and Turkish to renegotiate their geopolitical and economic position and assert theleading dominant position in the wider region byintensifying their military-political aggressionagainst neighboring peoples, developingautonomy tendencies and expanding the choices of their geopolitical orientations. These intercross with pending international problems in the region, such as the Palestinian, Cyprus and Kurdish problem, with the struggles of the peoples for freedom, peace and sovereignty, with the rights of the states of the region to make use of, in accordance with International Law and the UN Law of the Sea,of the natural wealth that has been IB 2020

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discovered in the eastern Mediterranean sea.

It is within this context that the struggle of the Cypriot people is being waged for the solution of the 45 year old Cyprus Problem; a problem of invasion, occupation and colonization of 37% of our island’s territory by Turkey, as well as the division of Cyprus and its people. The passage of time has created serious and perhaps irreversible negative fait accompli on the ground, but also with regards the demographic composition of the island’s population, due to Turkey implementing itslongstanding systematic policy of cultural-religious, economic and political assimilation of the occupied territories of Cyprus and of the Turkish Cypriot community itself. Turkey and the illegal regime in the territories under Turkish occupation are even proceeding to actions, such as setting in motion the colonization of the enclosed city of Famagusta - which has been kept fenced off since 1974 - in violation of the Resolutions of the UN Security Council that explicitly prohibit it.

However, the situation in Cyprus has deteriorated dramatically lately, given that the Erdogan government exploiting the absence of a negotiations procedure on the Cyprus problem after the collapse of the Crans Montana conference on Cyprus, has intensified its aggressive actions against Cyprus, engaging inwar rhetoric, with violations - and now with illegal drillings- within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus and in doing so flagrantlyviolating International Law and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which Turkeyas a matter of fact has still not signed. The reactions of the international community, including the EU, of which Cyprus is a member state, have so far been restricted to the issuing of verbal statements.

AKEL is waging the struggle against the dangerous direction that developmentshave taken by combating growing nationalism in these perilousconditions.

We insist that the only way forward is the solution of the Cyprus problem with the termination of the occupation and the reunification of the island.

This is only the way to vindicate our country and reverse the imperialist crime committed in the summer of 1974 against Cyprus.

This is the only way that can guarantee the exploitation of Cyprus’ natural wealth to the benefit of all people as a whole, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, given thatat the talks convergences were recorded between the two communities that solve these issues in a mutually beneficial way.

This is the only way that can enable the normalization of our country’s relations with Turkey and the

delimitation of the EEZ between our countries, on 57 the basis, of course, of international maritime law.

This is precisely the reason why we are constantly adamant on the need for the negotiations on the Cyprus problem to resume, on the basis of the Framework submitted by the UN Secretary General, which, among other things, provides for the abolition of the guarantees and intervention rights of Turkey, Britain and Greece over Cyprus1 and the rapid withdrawal of the Turkish occupation army from the island.

This Framework also provides for a solution to the internal/constitutional aspects of the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality between the two communities, as prescribed in the relevant UN resolutions.

This solution is the honorable compromise which has been agreed upon by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities since 1977 and has been adopted by the international community. With the transformation of the Republic of Cyprus from a unitary to a federal state, the unity and sovereignty of our homeland is safeguarded, the danger of the island being definitively partitioned is repelled, and the two communities of the island again become masters in their common home.

Any thoughtswhatsoever by anyone for a change from this basis of the solution of the Cyprus problem and the abandonment of the parameters of the United Nations cannot be accepted. AKEL, which has at the forefront of its struggle the position “Cyprus: one homeland - one people” will never agree to a two-state solution or confederation.

1 The termination of British colonialism on the island and the declaration of Cyprus independence (1960) was the result of an inter-NATO compromise between Greece, Turkey and Britain. Thus, together with the proclamation of the new state, three International Treaties came into force: The Treaty of Establishment provided, inter alia, for the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus as an independent and sovereign state, the maintenance by Britain of two “sovereign” bases and the provision, installationsand facilities on the territory of Cyprus. The Treaty of Guarantee between the Republic of Cyprus and Britain, Greece and Turkey, on the other hand, provided that the three guarantor powers had the right to intervene collectively or unilaterally with the purpose of restoring the constitutional order on the island in the event of its overthrow. The Treaty of Alliance, under which Greece and Turkey undertook to repel any attack on the independence and territorial integrity of the state, and to this end military contingents were deployed on the island.

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As regards the current phase, AKEL insists that the leaders of the two communities, President Nikos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, must agree swiftly on the Terms of Reference, which will be confirmed at an informal conference in the presence of the guarantor powersin order to proceed to the beginning of substantive negotiations from the point where they had remained at Crans Montana.

The course of the Cyprus problem is not unrelated to what is happening as regards the Republic of Cyprus’ energy planning. As AKEL we are the only force on the island that has resolutely opposed the Anastasiades government’s strategy, which for a long period let time pass by on the Cyprus problemcharacterized by stagnation and inertia - or even worse, it engaged in discussions for solutions outside the agreed framework. It evidently had the illusion that the US and Israel or the involvement of energy company giants in the Cyprus EEZ would provide protection against Turkey, subsequently proceedingto the Republic of Cyprus’ energy program.

Pursuing this outlook, the government has totally reoriented the foreign policy of Cyprus. It has proclaimed Cyprus an “advanced outpost of the West” and “Israel’s shield”, forgingstrategic military co-operations with Israel, the US and other NATO forces, consenting to the use of the British bases on the territory of Cyprus for the launching of air strikes/raids in Syria and Iraq. It has proceeded to make overtures even to Saudi Arabia, while the idea of Cyprus ​​ joining NATO or its branch, the so-called “Partnership for Peace”, is proposed regularly. It is characteristic that as to the issue of the transfer of the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, as well as the US recognition of Israeli illegal sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the Cypriot government has silently taken the side of the US and Israel, while numerous cases have been notedwhere inside the UN it is distancing itself from the traditional position of solidarity supported

by Cyprus towards Palestine.

The latest example was the Menendez-Rubio bill approved by the US Senate dealing with the relations of Cyprus, Greece, Israel with the US, formalizing the alignment of these countries’ governments with the broader US plans for the Eastern Mediterranean. In reality, with this bill the United States demands from Cyprus and other countries - in the case of Cyprus the lifting of the US arms embargo imposed decades ago on Cyprus is given as a “reward” - to completely dismantle their relations with Russia.

AKEL has made and is making intense efforts to highlight that this policy is dangerous; that it violates

principles and is based on illusions too. The insecurity that Greek Cypriots justifiably feelstemming from Turkish aggression will not be resolved by more militarization of the island, by having blind faith in the US, Israel and other NATO forces, let alone with Cyprus’accession to NATO. Similarly, the security of the Turkish Cypriots cannot be sought in thearmy and guarantee rights of Turkey.

Peace is our security, both for Cyprus and the Cypriots. Peace first and foremost means the liberation and reunification of Cyprus and its people, the demilitarization of the island, getting rid of the foreign armies and “guardians”. It also means pursuing aforeign policy that must be based on principles, International Law, peace and solidarity with the struggling peoples. It means that Cyprus should be a bridge of peace for the peoples of the region and not an arena for the waging of foreign military exercises and a launching pad waging attacks.

For AKEL, the struggle for the liberation and reunification of our homeland constitutes its immediate strategic task as the Party of the Working Class and Working People of the whole of Cyprus.

In our view, the reunification of the Cypriot people, both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, of the territory, state, society and the economy of Cyprus is an essential precondition for setting the goal of socialist transformation in our country.

It is precisely this strategy thatis embodied in our perception of the struggle for peace and the struggle for socialism, which are linked, but not necessarily identical, in the sense that the anti-imperialist and anti-war struggle embraces broader strata of our peoples. The anti-imperialist and anti-war struggle embraces not only communists and the left, but every working person, every young person, who wants and believes in peace, in the friendship of the peoples and the respect of International Law. That is to say, this struggleeven embraces all those who do not share - or we haven’tyet managed to persuade - that viable and lasting peace lies in socialism, the overthrow and overcoming of the capitalist system whichgives birth to and reproduces the causes of wars and rivalries because no version whatsoever of capitalism, no attempts to “reform” and “humanize” capitalism have succeeded in ridding it of wars and conflicts, as it hasn’talso freed it from poverty, unemployment, hunger, inequality and exploitation.

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hered to by Communists so long as the broad masses of the working peopledon’t see this perspective before them. And for that to happen, of course, it is above all necessary for the Communist movement itself –of each country,but also internationally - to solve its own weaknesses and shortcomings; to be in the frontline of the daily struggles for working people’s rights, for the protection of the environment, for democracy and peace. It must inspire and chart a path that linkstoday’s struggles with the vision for the future.

Comrades, This year’s International Meeting coincides with the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Communist International. The Communist International represents a symbolic milestone in the history of the world communist movement. It is a child of the Great October Socialist Revolution and a product of the need for the strategic coordination and unity of the international workers movement. For sure, we cannot but acknowledge that there have also been problematic phenomena in the operation and functioning of the Communist International, which we need to analyze. However, its contribution to the strengthening of the newly founded Communist Parties around the world, to the development of internationalist solidarity with theshining example of the formation of the International Brigades on the side of the Spanish Republican Army, in the dissemination of Marxist theory with Marxist schools and publications, in the mutual exchange of information about the actions and struggles of the Parties, is undisputed. There may not be a Communist International today, but its legacy is unique and valuable.

The need for coordination and joint action between the Communist and Workers’ parties remains imperative today too. Perhapsit has never been soimperative asit is today. We acknowledge, of course, that a single strategy that should be adopted by all the Communist and Workers’ Parties is not feasible today; that there are minor and major differences between us as regards theory, but also on strategy and tactical matters.

At the same time however, we are obliged to see - and History will not forgive us if we don’t - what unites us, all that we can and must find common ground and joint action on. We are united in our belief in Marxism-Leninism, the class interpretation of the world and of History, the principles of proletarian internationalism and anti-imperialist struggle for peace, the struggle for socialism.

Therefore, with mutual respect, in a spirit of unity and comradeship, with the conduct of a dialogue based

on arguments and an exchange of experience, we 59 can build theunity in action of the Communist and Workers’ Partiesaroundspecificfundamental issues.

We can build joint action to expressinternationalist solidarity towards the struggling and tested peoples of the world, towards heroic Palestine, the peoples of Syria and Yemen, solidarity towards unyieldingand defiantCuba and Venezuela, towardsthe whole of Latin America.

We can forge joint action in our struggle on the European continent, against the EU of the monopolies and NATO, for another Europe of the Peoples and of Socialism. For solidarity with refugees and immigrants, against xenophobia and racism. In the struggle against wars and militarization, for nuclear disarmament and peace. We can do so by coordinating anti-capitalist action to save the environment.In the ideological confrontation with anti-communism and historical revisionism, with the vulgar resolution approved by the majority of the European Parliament being the most recent example.

The annual International Meetings are a unique and valuable arena for dialogue, understanding and joint action for the Communist and Workers’ parties. We believe that the unity of the International Meetings must be safeguarded as a cherished gain. At the same time, these Meetings should discuss and find ways to enhance and upgrade their work and practical results.

One idea that could be discussed in this direction would be to combine the holding of International Meetings with the waging of thematic discussions, where positions will be submitted and morespecialized issuescan be discussed. Given that no Party is flawless and doesn’t have the monopoly of truth, the exchange of views and experiences on more specific issues is imperative.

As AKEL, we are seeking to enrich our positions and analyses by drawing on the experiences and outlooks of other fraternal Parties. In particular, we are called upon to elaborate positions on contemporary issues.

We want to hear, for example, how each Party views the so-called 4th Industrial Revolution and its consequences for the capitalist economy andrelations of production, but not just on these issues. Also, inter alia, on issues related to multiculturalism and national sovereignty, gender identity issues and new forms of family, the so-called right to euthanasia, policies on drugs.

How do weas an international movement promote Marxist scientific thought on the evolution of the world and humanity?

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How do we as an international movement make use of the Internet and social media in our work and how do we counter the generalized filingof people and the systematic manipulation of people’s consciousnesswhich is being applied by the giant internet companies?

We want different opinions and arguments to be heard because that’s how we believe we will learn from each other and gain from the exchange of views and take thisone step forward.

Comrades, The slogan of this year’s International Meeting simply and humbly embodies the essence of the message that must be heard. No matter the difficulties and disappointments, no matter how powerful the opponent may appear to be today, our struggle for peace and socialism can’t be suspended, it doesn’tlose its way andisn’t abandoned.

The struggle goes on!

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Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Jaroslav Roman

Dear participants of the XXI st Meeting of the Com- 61 munist and Workers parties, dear comrades.

Beginning my speech, I would like to convey to You to the all members and symphatizers of Your political parties, fraternal, cordial greetings of the Communists of Bohemia and Moravia. At the same time I want to express my sincere gratitude to the co-organizers of this event, both, to the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece, for an extraordinary successful and generous organization of the meeting, in a marvelous enviroment of the historical city of Izmir.

This year´s meeting is characterized by the reminder of the 100 th anniversary since the establishment of the 3rd Commintern, to the fight for peace and against the imperialist aggressions.

Dear comrades, the issue of avoiding a war conflict and restoration of the peaceful coexistence in the world, for the benefits of our families, children, is the basic precondition for the survival of human civilization, I will try to clarify positions of the CPB&M, in the space limit granted to me.

In the period after IX th Congress of the CPB&M the conclusions about continuation of the deepening of the globalization processes and connected conflicts of the major imperialist power centers has been confirmed, including the increasing aggression of the NATO alliance and its expansionism, the pressure on the increasing of the military budgets, further militarization of the international relations, revocation of international disarmament treaties and a general increase of tension and endangering of the peace in the world, like a basic precondition for the survival of the human society. Russian Federation and China are labelled outright as the biggest enemies of the United States, endangering the world dominance of the USA and that is why they have to be punished until their extintion, whatever the price. That is what is happening and we can observe it on a daily order.

CPB&M doesn´t consider NATO alliance as a guarantee of the national security of the Czech Republic.

Opposite, humilitated and subdued position of the Czech Republic to the interests of this military alliance, has brought the Czech Republic on the verge of loosing the defense capacity of the country, in conditions, when the army of the country is being bulit like an expedition corp, designated to fulfill the foreign mission tasks and being put under the foreign command, endangering to pull the country into a war conflict.

The strategic aim of the party for the forthcoming period stays the rejection of the expansionist policies of NATO and USA, like its leading force and

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leaving the NATO, as minimum its military structures.

The myth about the superiority of the USA and the West in general, in international relations has been finished. On the shambles of the unipolar world, there is a new political order emerging, the multipolar one, politically, economicaly and militarily.

Reasonably considering politicians of the West, lately president of France E. Macron in his speech towards the ambassadors of France admitted, that there will be no prosperity of Europe, no security of Europe, without changing the approach to Russia, and creating the major euro-asian alliance, from Lisabon to Vladivostok.

Policies of sanctions, trade wars, military aggressions and neocolianism, stands behind the problems that are facing the international community and without restoring the governance of international law again, based on the principles of the Chapter of the UN, peace in the world is in danger and cannot be guaranteed.

Visible expressions of such policies, given by a desperate effort to uphold its imperial governance over the world there are sanctions against Russia, trade war with China, sanctions against Iran, military aggression in Syria, Jemen, occupation of Afganistan and many others and that everything with the massive support of mass-media being controled by global governors.

No doubt it is connected with the efforts to distort the history, the results of the 2nd World War in the first place, when the victims are becoming agressors and vice-versa, putting under doubt the role of the Red Army in the liberation of Czechoslovakia and hiding the historical facts, that had laid foundations of the post-war settlement a emergence of the socialist camp.

Increasing apetite of the Sudeten Landsmanchaft, under the pretext of historical reconciliation is targeted to change its role from the one of collaborant with nazism to the one of having been the victim.

This effort is aimed to justify their claims to have their properties, confiscated after the decision of the conference of victorious powers in Potsdam, returned.

Political support of some Czech political parties, including that of Social-Democracy for this efforts is alarming.

That is why, the CPB&M has to be explaining in its policy, especially to a younger generation that has become a target of mass misinformation campaign, beginning in schools, cultural productions and media massage as well, that distortion of the history has to create propositions for historical revenge, return of properties, including those of the Czech aristoc-

racy. This is an open attack on the sovereignity, territorial and propertial integrity of the Czech Republic.

The CPB&M is very critical towards the policies of the Czech governments and especially to one-sided orientation and sub-dued position towards the interests of the United States and other western powers. The today´s, Foreign minister of the Czech Republic, having been imposed from abroad, is just an obedient servant of his foreign mentors.

CPB&M is mobilising its political influence at the all levels of the democratic system, since the Parliament down to the communal level and is giving an active fight against all steps that are in contradiction with the interests of the majority of the population and explaining their dangerous impacts on the interests of the whole country.

CPB&M is going to support multidimensional development of the relations in all directions, based on the mutual advantage, respect for sovereignity and non interference in the internal affairs.

We are rejecting all types of sanctions and using force or threat of force in international relations without the consent of the Security Council of the UN. The security of the Czech Republic and Europe will be secured in a best way outside of the military blocks. CPB&M is therefore supporting creation of the system of collective security on the platform of Organization of the Security and Cooperation in Europe /OSCE/, that is corresponding best to the interests of the all involved sides and should be guaranteed by superpowers.

We suggest to organize a new Conference on security and cooperation in Europe that should consider and discuss the changes that has emerged since 1975 and there is a need to face them. The guarantor wouldn´t be this time USA and USSR, but at least Russia, USA and China, like guarantor powers and permanent members of the Security Council of the UN. We demand a stop to militirization, arms race and starting disarmament negotiations as soon as possible. It would contribute to the increase of mutual confidence and security, spared financial resources should be used for the financing of the massive social projects, ecology and improvement of living conditions in the poorest countries of the world.

CPB&M cannot support the project of European Union /EU/, without its deep reform and democratization. EU has to become a space for an equal cooperation of the sovereign states. We reject EU that serves the interests of supra-nationals monopolies through beurocratic, non-elected stuff of the bruselles civil servants. We are asking for strengIB 2020

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hthening role of the European Parliament and sovereign states on the decision-making processes in the EU.We consider scandalous recent resolution of the EP on the so calledEuropean memory, where nazism and communism are being considered equal and this way de facto approving the persecution of the communist parties in some countries, with Ucrania and Poland as the most visible examples and is corresponding to a general effort for the distortion of the history, what I have already mentioned.

Emancipation of Europe instead of being an obedient servant of the interests of the USA, respect for international law and rights of the sovereign countries for their own choice of social development.

That is a direction that might contribute to the unity of European nations, their prosperity and peaceful future.

Deepening of the regional cooperation on the platform of Visegrad-4 and its widening for other countries that have the common historical and cultural roots and experience. We consider that it is an important element in the protection of the sovereign interests of the Czech Republic and all these countries in the EU and despite their different ideological approaches.

I have a pleasure to inform You, that already this year we have an intention to organize on this platform a meeting of the communist and working parties with target to create a shadow regional project with a potential for further development.

The CPB&M is rejecting all types of illegal migration, efforts to impose quotas for their redistribution among member states of the EU. EU has to fullfil its

committments assumed by Schengen Agreements, 63 reinforce the protection of the borders of EU and thus prevent inflow of illegal migration to Europe.

Oppositely, we are supporting all the steps leading towards removal of the origins and the reasons of migration and not only their consequencies.

CPB&M is suppporting the inclusion of the Czech Republic into an international effort for enviromental protection all the steps leading towards improvement of the enviromental conditions in conditions of sustainable development. It is very well aware that in the capitalist rush for profits, consumer way of life-style are bringing inevitably the draining of natural resources, pollution of the enviroment, climatical changes, this target cannot be fullfiled. PR activities, like that of :Greta: are only hiding the real state of matters and serve only for foolishing of the worldĹ› public.

Dear comrades, I find the legacy of the 3rd Comintern in the message, that only under the conditions of unity of the communist and working movement, it is possible to face and overcome pandominium of capitalism and upholding the noble ideas to build a socially justful society, socialism and saving the world civilization.

Capitalism took lessons from its historical defeats, the left has as well to get a rid of schematic and dogmatic approaches and build its unity in new historical conditions, based on the unity in action, respecting at the same time varieties and national specifics in new historical conditions.

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Communist Party in Denmark Rikke G. G. Carlsson

The founding of the Communist International in 1919 had a tremendous significance for the development of the communist movement. In Denmark and in many other countries the communist party was founded in the wake of the formation of the International.

The first years after the Russian revolution and the formation of the Komintern were marked by a tightening class struggle. At the same time the socialist revolution in Russia meant that now you could see in your own eyes that a new social structure could be realized on the background of the needs and experiences of the working class. Such models we do not have any more. We are facing a situation where people believe more in the collapse of the planet than that capitalism with its devastating imperialism fails as a system.

From around 1922 the Komintern concentrated on the unity front strategy - that is to mobilize the workers for a common struggle in spite of disagreements. At the same time it was important for the newly formed communist parties to learn to act according to the method of unity work without giving up on their own goals and points of view.

But unfortunately this strategy was completely undermined by the social democracies in many countries. The capitalist crisis was as big as today – it started with the stock-exchange crash in USA in 1928.

Komintern was marked by internal conflicts after Lenin’s death. And this did not benefit the struggle of socialism. Concepts like social fascism were used against the social democrats which were an ideological error, as it ruined the possibility of forming an alliance between workers/colleagues in the unity front strategy against the common enemy.

That was strongly corrected in connection with the 7th world congress of Komintern in Moscow in 1935.

Here the parole was stated: The fascism is the enemy! Now it was high time to gather around the united popular front policy. A policy and alliance gathered broadly between workers, self employed, petty fishermen and petty farmers towards a common goal – to crush fascism. We won and we lost.

But we were after the 2nd World War able to preserve parts of the history because of the backing of the socialist countries and the formation of among others. The united popular front came back in the sixties in the fight against nuclear weapons and during the protest movements against the war of USA in Vietnam. The consciousness of the peoples of imperialism continued far into the 1980’ies with the peace movements. That is nearly lost today.

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started against a background of the Coal and Steel Union to build the EEC. Again we used the policy of a united popular front. And our party progressed again. Now the EU has become an overstate superstructure. It is corrupt, finance governed, undemocratic and rearming. It crushes the trade unions and workers’ rights and ignores national, democratic referendums.

We see new structures in all directions militarily. The conflict between the capital of the EU and that of the USA causes the formation of The European Interventions Initiative (E12). It is an alliance between EU and NATO countries which views it as its task to interfere militarily anywhere in the world for the imperialist interests of the EU. Officially the alliance is an interstate cooperation, but in reality it is a form of expansion of the military dimension of the EU. EU has in advance constructed PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) adhered by 25 EU countries and moving in the same direction. The structure is aimed to make it possible to avoid popular decisions like BREXIT and the Danish military reservations.

For the peoples in the European countries a sharpened competition between an imperialist USA and EU can never lead to a common solidarity of interests. It is the globe and the world peace which i threatened again. It is vital and about time that we use this forum to resume the popular front strategy.

The imperialist war pollution of the globe must be stopped. We must use the forums we have, such as the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the World Peace Council, our parties and festivals, trade unions, environmental organizations and resistance movements. Let us use each other and show the world that imperialism is the problem and socialism the solution.

The history of the Communist International is a very educational history showing that the communists must continuously analyse the concrete conditions of the class struggle in each individual country and in the definite historical period. Both the unity of action of the workers and the popular front strategy were and are relevant – but under quite different conditions. To decide beforehand on a definite model for how the class struggle must be conducted is dogmatic and wrong. The strategy is determined.

The tactics must all the time follow conditions.

Communist Party of Denmark Henrik Stamer Hedin A hundred years ago, the third, Communist International was born. All over the world, Communist parties mushroomed in the wake of the Great October,

and they felt a natural need for international coop- 65 eration. The very same year, on November 9, my own party, the Communist Party of Denmark, was founded, and within a year it was a member of the Communist International. Some Communist parties are older, but most, I think, are younger. Next month, we shall be celebrating our centenary in Copenhagen.

Two heroic epochs are towering over everything else in the long history of our party. The first is our share in the Danish resistance against Nazi-German occupation during the Second World War. Denmark was occupied a year before the German attack on the Soviet Union; thus, we had a year to prepare for illegality, which came with the attack – actually in the very same night, as a nacht-und-nebel operation, vigorously supported by the Danish police. Several hundred Danish Communists were arrested that night, but as the Party was prepared, many leading cadres escaped arrest, and the clandestine apparatus was in place. The Party was able to resume its activities right away, and the very same autumn of ’41, the first illegal newspapers appeared, soon followed by the first sabotage actions. The contribution of the Communists was crucial to the victory of the resistance in Denmark. We had to pay a very high price, though: Hundreds of our comrades were killed, either in action or in German captivity, hundreds more languished for years in prisons and concentration camps; but the Party emerged from illegality in 1945 stronger than ever.

The second heroic epoch in our Party’s history was our leading role in the resistance against the socalled European Communities – what is now the European Union. I use the term “heroic”, although it was not heroic in the sense of the anti-Nazi resistance; no lives were at stake. But it was heroic in the sense that once again we challenged an overwhelmingly powerful adversary, powerful not in armaments this time (though of course it was), but powerful in terms of propaganda capabilities. We were up against the combined might of state and media, all advocating that we join the Communities. And worse. I will tell you a striking example.

In the referendum of ’72 about Denmark’s adhesion to the Communities, all the big newspapers were campaigning for a “yes”, as were radio and television; only the small Communist newspaper said “no”.

One of the big newspapers, however, changed its stand at the last moment. This newspaper, actually the widest read in the country, catered primarily to Copenhagen workers, and it dawned on the editors that their readers were inclined towards a “no”. So,

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the newspaper began campaigning for a “no”. On the morning of referendum day, the newspaper appeared with only three letters on its front page: N – E – J, Danish for “no”. But inside the paper, every single right hand page was a full page advertisement advocating a “yes”, all ordered by big, primarily German, monopolies – Krupp, Thyssen, I.G.Farben and all the rest of those which a mere generation ago had supported Hitler. There was no need for profound analysis here: It was obvious to everybody with an open eye, just who wanted Denmark to join the Communities.

We lost the referendum, but narrowly. And later on, we won several of the referenda on extension of the Communities towards the European Union, most importantly the crucial Maastricht treaty. So, though Denmark is an EU member state, we have kept our independence in relation to important parts of the EU system – most visibly the Monetary Union, i.e. the Euro.

One cannot fail to notice that these two highs in the century-long life of our Party both had to do with safeguarding national independence – not with class struggle in the more restricted sense of an immediate clash of class forces on a national level, nor was socialism as such on the agenda. Or so it would seem. Why is this so?

The key to understanding this seeming contradiction lies in the fact of imperialism – rather in what we learned from our theory and analysis of the system of imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism and as the framework of global class struggle in the modern age. The fight for socialism, for peace and socialism today is not possible without confronting the forces of imperialism – the strong imperialist powers, the international relations marked by domination of the periphery by the centre, or metropolis, the predominance of big transnational monopolies.

All these are obstacles to peace; they are obstacles to the fight for socialism. So imperialism has to be defeated, before peace and socialism can prevail.

We, as Communists, know this because Lenin and other great Communist thinkers understood and described it a hundred years ago. We know that the fight against imperialism is of paramount importance. Many others know this too. But in general, it is not understood by the Left of imperialist metropolis countries. Instead of talking of imperialism they talk about “the West”. They tend to focus on the fight for democracy and human rights and thus very often fall victim to imperialist propaganda, which exploits – and abuses – these very concepts. Thus, it is difficult in my own country, e.g., to mobilize for

solidarity with the Syrian struggle for independence, for as everybody knows – so we are told – there is no democracy in Syria, and the forces allegedly fighting for democracy there are the terrorist gangs created and employed by imperialism. Likewise, public support for Ukrainian patriots fighting the EU-installed regime is almost unachievable because of alleged Russian aggression and annexation of the Crimea in “violation” of International Law. Yet, these struggles, this solidarity and this public support are crucial; for the road towards peace and socialism runs through defeat of imperialism also in its less palpable disguises. It is a hard and complicated task for Communists in imperialist metropolis countries to win over even part of the public for this struggle.

So yes – the struggle for peace and socialism goes on, today more than ever. The founding of the Communist International was an important step in the history of working humanity; but it was only a first step.

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Communist Party of El Salvador Jose Ramon Benitez

Camaradas, reciban un revolucionario saludo del Partido Comunista de El Salvador.

En esta oportunidad que nos referimos a la vigencia del internacionalismo proletario en nuestros tiempos queremos expresar que: El comunismo surge como la ciencia emancipadora de la clase trabajadora y las demás clases aliadas, pero no solo como un hecho teórico que pretende explicar el funcionamiento del capital; surge como un hecho político organizador de la clase trabajadora orientado por el Partido de la Revolución, siendo uno de los principios fundamentales: el internacionalismo proletario.

Sobre este principiorecae la más alta expresión de solidaridad revolucionaria entre la clase trabajadora a nivel global, despojándose de expresiones nacionalistas burguesas. El internacionalismo proletario tiene a su base la coincidencia de los intereses de la clase trabajadora de cada uno de los países para luchar contra los imperialismos, el colonialismo y el neo colonialismo.

La internacional comunista significó la representación de los intereses de la clase trabajadora por medio de la organización comunista a nivel global, en lucha por el socialismo y contra el imperialismo y todas sus manifestaciones a nivel nacional e internacional.

Por experiencia propia, sabemos que enarbolar los principios Marxistas Leninistas en el periodo actual resulta difícil. Tras la disolución del bloque socialista en el siglo pasado afloraron las orientaciones oportunistas y revisionistas de muchas organizaciones en muchos países, El Salvador no fue la excepción.

En El Salvador,una década después la traición a la clase trabajadora, en donde las personas que integraban el histórico Partido Comunista deciden disolverlo por resolución del noveno congreso, (1995);antiguos miembros del Partido y jóvenes comunistas retoman la histórica labor de los y las comunistas, refundando y reorganizando el PCS un 27 de marzo de 2005.

La definición colectiva e histórica de refundar el Partido Comunista de El Salvador, pasó por el establecimiento de diferentes postulados, entre ellos: Que la decisión del noveno congreso de PCS (disolver el Partido) no correspondía en esencia a una interpretación histórica y dialéctica de la realidad salvadoreña; más bien, correspondía al pragmatismo político del momento, en aras de buscar una “unidad romántica” con otras organizaciones, no comunistas, que conformaban el Frente Farabundo Martí Para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN).

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los más elementales principios revolucionarios y comunistas, negando la existencia de un Partido que responda a los intereses de clase y pueblo trabajador.

El partido revolucionario de la clase y el pueblo trabajador no está sujeta a decretos, acuerdos o resoluciones; más bien, la existencia del Partido responde a una realidad histórica concreta, en el que el proletariado libera una lucha feroz contra el capital.

La refundación se constituye sobre la necesidad histórica de un partido que responda a los intereses de la clase trabajadora, en eso vamos avanzando, vamos bien y con todo.

La reorganización del PCS ha sido una lucha ardua que ha significado enfrentarse incluso a aquellas personas que una vez se auto denominaron comunistas y terminaron develando su oportunismo y revisionismo. No obstante, nuestro Partido tiene la claridad del rumbo revolucionario que debe tomar a la luz del Marxismo-Leninismo.

La organización y el fortalecimiento de nuestro partido, suma al movimiento comunista internacional y al Encuentro Internacional de Partidos Comunistas

y Obreros –EIPCO-, a quien saludamos. Nos senti- 69 mos muy contentos por estar este día participando como integrantes plenos el EIPCO. A la vez, queremos comunicar que nuestro partido, en el marco de enarbolar la bandera del internacionalismo proletario, está promoviendo junto a los partidos hermanos de la región la articulación comunista, en lo que denominamos: “Encuentro de Partidos Comunistas de Centroamérica, México y Panamá”, dondeconvergen El Partido Comunista de México, Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, El Partido Comunista de Honduras, Vanguardia Popular de Costa Rica, el Partido del Pueblo de Panamá y el PCS. El VI Encuentro se desarrolló en San Salvador, en el mes de marzo, en las faldas del histórico cerro de Guazapa, cuna guerrillera del proceso revolucionario que vivió el país.

El Partido Comunista de El Salvador proclama la vigencia del Marxismo-Leninismo y del internacionalismo proletario. ¡Qué viva la clase trabajadora! ¡Qué vivan los partidos comunistas y obreros! ¡Qué viva el internacionalismo proletario!

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Communist Party of Finland Juha-Pekka Väisänen

Working class under attack The whole working class is under attack. Capitalism is in a new state. Bourgeois governments in the EU have largely defined the direction of the politics also in the North of Europe, Finland. Current political situation calls us to unity and joint actions for stronger international class struggle.

Political elite is weakening the laws referring to working life, aiming to weaken the effects of the trade unionism. One should work longer working days with less money. Austerity politics is cutting wages and lowering the employer’s social security payments. We are living barbaric times of massive opening of the social and welfare services to the private companies.

Comrades - The ruling bourgeois class is strongly defining the meaning of work. Workers can´t construct basic security for the family by honest work. One decent job is seldomly enough to pay for basic living costs. The whole meaning of Work is changing and we – communists should have a strong say in the debate.

We need Marxist idea of the work as a tool to change the world. We must bring back the dignity of the meaning of work. Please welcome In the Spring 2020 (21-22.3.2020) in Finland. We are organizing an international seminar on “Shorter Working Time – Helsinki seminar”.

Tasks of the CPs for the development of the class struggle We in the Communist Party of Finland think in a Marxist way and, like Lenin, that class struggle today is a proletarian call for a new culture of mass participation, work and activity to build a different Finland, Europe and a better world. The change work must contain the communist thought of fairness, equality and sharing. The cooperation must include the feminist thought of uniting the battle and equal rights to all genders and people including different mass movements aiming to minority liberation like the LGBTIQ -movement.

Building the future must include the idea of constructing a proletarian environmental movement.

Environmentally aware thinking demands us policy of changing the planet to universal common good and system change.

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the large part of the earth will change so that it will become inhabitable for humans as well as for many animal and plant species.

There are many aspects to the environmental crisis, including; climate change and global warming, loss of biodiversity and species extinction, pollution of water, air and soil, waste problems, deforestation and over-consumption of natural resources. These all have an impact one another and taken together they comprise the environmental crisis.

Socialism is the key to solving the environmental crisis.

We must start to act here and now in order to slow down climate change. The need now, in environmental struggles, is to act against the drive for capital profits. Confidence in the ability of markets to deal with acute crises has been eroded and people want intervention. International environmental activists and ecologists demand a system change. This aim spotlights the need for a shift toward socialism and opens new avenues for cooperation between the environmental movement, progressive forces and us - communists. By policy reversal and radical constraints on big capital, the destruction of the environment can be significantly curbed.

Join the Unmask Green Imperialism - campaign We describe current phase of the imperialist stage of capitalism as “Green Imperialism”. The notion of green imperialism is worth highlighting because it is insidious example of the ability of capitalism to capture “good” things for purposes to serve itself.

Green imperialism means that the capitalist power hegemony uses the environmental crisis, it has self-sustained, as a justification and tool for its own imperialist policy. In order to maintain its position in a changing world, it uses environmental protection as an excuse to maintain neo-colonial structures. At the same time capitalist hegemony has capitalized so called “green” environmental movement and made it its own impotent tool whose principle is to generate profits for the current system. This “green” movement only accepts means of combating the environmental crisis that do not undermine the capitalist social system which is the root of crisis. Because current “green” environmental movement is dangerously poisoned by this imperialism, we need a truly anti-capitalist and socialism-based “proletarian environmental movement”. This movement must be created so that we will have a potent tool that is capable of resolving both the global environmental crisis and bondage of proletariat.

“Unmask Green Imperialism” appeal will work hand in hand campaigning with the young people

worried about our planet´s future. At the appeal’s 71 web page and with the help of our different political tools we will unmask environmental crimes locally and internationally. With this appeal we work to construct a proletarian environmental movement and a worldwide anti-imperialist network for radical environmental policy in service for all working class and humankind.

Please sign the appeal. Participants are invited to join the appeal pages in Instagram and FaceBook to document local environmental crimes and policies that oppress the people and nature and report it using hastag #unmaskgreenimperialism Unmask Green Imperialism has official web page www.skp.fi/UnMaskgreenImperialism We will publish articles that unmask green imperialism. Please send articles and documents to skp@skp.fiThe Communist Party of Finland is collecting the signatures and editing the campaign for the whole year 2020.

Dear Comrades, The Communist Party of Finland wishes to express gratitude, in this special time of year 2019, which is the year in which we honour the 100 years since the founding of the Communist International, to both the meeting hosts The Communist Parties of Turkey and The Communist Party of Greece as well as the preparatory working group of the meeting for organizing the 21 IMCWP meeting and important platform of changing ideas.

Long Live International Class Struggle and Solidarity!

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Unified Communist Party of Georgia Teimuraz Samnidze

73 Дорогие товарищи! Приветствую всех участников 21-ой международной встречи Коммунистических и Рабочих партии из многих стран мира - От имени Единой Коммунистической партии Грузии и прогрессивно настроенного населения страны, передаю братское приветствие, желаю руководителямвстречи плодотворной работы сегодняшнего собрания,и скорово возвратана планете его величеству - к социалистической системе. Мы благодарим Коммунистические партии Турции и Греции за такой теплый прием, за предоставленную нам такую возможность в этот трудный и критический период. Есть два основных направления сложного, хаотичного, политически трудно предсказуемого мира:a) Нападение от всего Западного империалистического мира, можнаи так сказать «крестовый поход» на Востоке, прежде всего в России и на Ближнем Востоке,которыйотражается в расширении агрессивного военно-политического блока «НАТО» и развитии империалистического глобализма в Aмериканском стилеи направлен для защиты интересовтак называемого»Золотого миллиарда»населения и угнетение народов остального мира - путем эксплуатации, разрушить их национальность, государственность,о чем свидетельствует тот факт, что они принесли на грань уничтожения такие страны, как:Бывшая Югославия, Ливия, Ирак, Сирия, Афганистан и многое другое.Тем не менеекак бы удивительно это не звучала, на Генеральной Ассамблее ООН 24-30 сентября прошлого месяца,в котором приняли участие более 100 мировых лидеров и сотни дипломатов, во время своего выступления президент США обратился к миру: «Если вы хотите свободы то гордитесь своей собственной страной; если вы хотите демократии, сохраняйте суверенитет; если вы хотите мира, любите свою нацию; Будущее не принадлежит глобалистам, будущее принадлежит патриотам, суверенным и независимым государствам, которые думают о своих гражданах; Они уважаютсвоих соседей и те различиям, которого создает каждая страна ». Если этот призыв основан на глубоком анализе, и он был объявлен с такой высокой трибуны, чтобы услышал мир об этом, то это хорошо,но большинство рассматривает обращение Трампа как часть пиар-кампании на президентских выборах 2020 года,которыйболееближе к реальности... и Б) Поворот современного

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мира влево, на пути к ориентации социализмa. Всемирное антиимпериалистическое, антинатовское, антиглобалисткое движение, которыйгарантирует выживание человечестваи именно поэтому в столь необходимое время состоялась встреча между международным Коммунистическими и Рабочих партий.И в 100-ю годовщину Коммунистического Интернационала у нас будет возможность высказать вслух и отразить в резолюциях, что мы осуждаем об антикоммунистическом резолюции принятого Европейским парламентом совместно, которое было подписано политическими фракциями: “Народная партия”, “социал-демократы”, “либералы”, “зеленые” и “консервативные реформаторы”. За такими неофашистскими партиями избиратели не должны голосовать в Европарламенте. Справедливость требует, чтобы эти партии и их представителей исключили из парламента, а также те члены Европейского парламента, которые поддерживают эту антикоммунистическую резолюцию, они также должны нести ответственность. Единая Коммунистическая партия Грузии солидарна и поддерживает недавнегоорганизованного 45-ого Греческого фестиваля молодых коммунистов в Афинах под названием «Одигитис» и представителей 36 коммунистических молодежных организаций, участвующих в фестивале. Они приняли резолюцию «Молодые коммунисты» против эскалации новой антикоммунистической волны в ЕС, осудив позорную антикоммунистическую резолюцию, принятую Европейским парламентом. То, как пойдет Социализм и какую модель выберет нынешние капиталистические страны, это будет зависеть от народов этих стран, от их политических вкусов, хотя существует блестящий Сталинский социализм в советском стиле, которого временно приостановили враги и предатели. Не говоря уже о китайской модели социализма. Я пользуюсь этой возможностью и хочу поздравить Китайскую Народную Республику с 70-летием со дня основания Китайской Народной Республики от имени Единой Коммунистической партии Грузии, патриотов и прогрессивно мыслящих людей нашей страны и хочу пожелать им больших успехов. Также предлагаю выдержку из отчетного докладаXIX-ого съезда партии, лидера в общей сложности до 90 миллионов членов всекитайской коммунистической

партии - Си Цзиньпина: “В свете выполнения этой важной эпохальной задачи, продолжая руководствоваться марксизмом-ленинизмом, идеями Мао Цзэдуна, теорией Дэн Сяопина, важными идеями тройного представительства и научной концепцией развития, неустанно раскрепощая сознание, реалистически подходя к делу, шагая в ногу со временем, стремясь к истине и по-деловому работая, неизменно придерживаясь диалектического и исторического материализма, в тесной увязке с новыми условиями эпохи и требованиями практики и обладая совершенно новым кругозором, партия углубила знание закономерностей отправления власти компартией, закономерностей строительства социализма и закономерностей развития человеческого общества. После проведения сложных теоретических изысканий были получены важные результаты теоретических инноваций и сформированы идеи о социализме с китайской спецификой новой эпохи.“ Дорогие товарищи! Из-за особой геополитической ситуации, Грузия оказалась в центре внимания Запада, прежде всего Соединенных Штатов. После распада Советского Союза в качестве плацдарма для агрессивных намерений, задуманных против великих восточных государств - России, Ирана, Китая и других. Из-за слабой внутренней и внешней политики властей нашей страны, вместо пресловутой свободы и независимости, Грузия была по сути колонизирована с самого Запада, чью судьбу определяет США, НАТО, Европейский союз, Совет Европы, ОБСЕ, Всемирный банк, Международный валютный фонд, Всемирная торговая организация. Несмотря на покорность правительства, за последние 30 лет Грузия постепенно превратилась в однопартийной, авторитарной и единоличной диктаторской страной, вместо типичной многопартийной демократической страны. В результате Грузия сегодня находится в глубоком экономическом, социально-политическом, национальном, религиозном, моральном, демографическом и экологическом кризисе. В равной степени виновным и ответственным за тяжелое положение грузинского населения является буржуазия, либеральное бюрократическое правительство и так называемаяпродажная оппозиция, которые сделали все возможное, чтобы вытеснить с политической арены истинную IB 2020

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оппозицию в лице лево-патриотических сил, заняли ихнюю место и не позволили правительству защитить трудолюбивых людей Грузии от антидемократических, антинародных действий. Анализ более глубоких причин худшей ситуации в Грузии сегодня дает следующую картину: Основные факторы, которые мешают существованию социализма, построенного и усиленного трудящимися под руководством коммунистов: - Объективная: враждебная деятельность контрреволюционных сил, поддерживаемая огромными обязательствами и огромными финансированием капиталистического мира, прежде всего - Соединенные Штаты. Субъективное: антигосударственная, предательская, подрывная деятельность лиц, занимающих руководящие посты в советских высших эшелонахвласти. В руинах социализма положение Грузии было особенно суровым.

- Грузия спешила покинуть СССР - Некоторые недостатки грузинского характера сыграли негативную роль.

- Внешне вдохновлен и спровоцирован так называемая «Национальное движение» которая принесла в Грузии ложную свободу и выходя из этого получили иностранный колониальный статус, в результате чего страна сейчас шатается. Вот такие общее - конкретные причины для равнений Грузии с землей. После отмены советской власти состав грузинских властей менялся четыре раза, но каждый из них только доставлял неприятности стране и нации. Нет сомнений, что «свободные» грузинские власти вошли в историю всех уровней как несостоявшиеся правители, благодаря которым страна и народ находятся на грани краха. Вот несколько примеров для сравнения: - Например, при советском правлении пенсионер мог купить с пенсии: 6000 кВт электроэнергии; или 400 кг хлеба; или 85 кг сыра; или 70 кг мяса; или 600 литров топлива; или более 2300 раз передвигаться на общественном транспорте и многое другое ... На сегодняшний день прожиточный минимум фактически в три раза ниже установленной и требует немедленного пересмотра. Так называемая пенсия, если ее можно назвать пенсией, эквивалентна 67 долларов в лари, что составляет 2,2 доллара в день. Число безработных растет день ото дня, и на самом

деле если не считать работающий не по найму 75 людей, то безработных в стране больше половина. Чего достигла Грузия за эти 30 лет, когда мы стали «свободной», «демократической» и «независимой» страной? Факты на лицо. антинародная, антисталинская, антисоветская политика, проводимая предыдущими властями.... В результате неприемлемой внутренней и внешней политики, которая продолжается до сегодняшнего дня и в результате: сегодняшняя Грузия является распавшимся, раздробленным, несостоявшимся государством, экономика которого находится в руинах. Большинство населения находятся в наиболее сложной социальной ситуации. Пострадавших от ипотечной кредитами выселяют на улицу, из-за кабальных условий банков, у людей нет способность оплатить долги. Объекты государственного стратегического значения находиться в руках различных клановых групп, фабрики - заводи в основном ликвидированы, разрушены основные сельскохозяйственные сектора, одно из самых прибыльных и ведущих секторов страны - «Грузинское морское пароходство «, чье имущество было более чем 60 грузовое судно, бесследно исчез. Число безработных в стране растет, количество людей, ищущих хлеб ушли за рубежом. Так называемая пенсия даже не достигает прожиточного минимума, цены на лекарства растут и их невозможно купить, а также растут цены на продукты питания, на энергоносителей и многое другое .... Учитывая эти факты и краткий анализ этих ужасных последствий, мы - Единая коммунистическая партия Грузии - имеем наше мнение по выводу страны из этого ужасного кризиса, которого мы кратко представим здесь: - Отказаться от вступления в НАТО.

- Добрососедские отношения со всеми соседними государствами.

- Восстановление дипломатических отношений с Российской Федерацией и подписание соглашения о стратегическом партнерстве.

- восстановление территориальной целостности страны.

- Осуществление новой экономической политики - по левой социалистической направлении. На наш взгляд, это основные и общие пункты, которые выведут страну из кризиса и, таким образом, улучшить благосостояние населения, поскольку причины этих последствий кризиса

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уже были установлены путем простого было два варианта: троцкизм или сталинизм. анализа и представлены в виде фактов. Троцкий при его жизни отвергал и боролся Соответственно, наш общий антикризисный против ленинизмом, поэтому он не мог стать план основан на безошибочных фактах и​​ преемником. Сталин принял ленинизм, защищал правильныханалитических взглядах. и твердо связывал его с марксизмом, поэтому С момента обретения Грузией независимости, сталинизм остаётся единственным преемником наши властиосознанно боролись с нашими марксизм - ленинизма.Сталинизм представляет коммунистами в нашей собственной стране. Они собой Сталинских моральных, идеологических, не позволяют нам нормально функционировать. политических, экономических, военных, Например: при участии и поддержки посольств дипломатических, научных, религиозных западных государств был принят т.н. закон убеждений, уставов и это в сочетание действий.

- «Хартии свободы», которая запрещает Он целиком происходит из марксизм-ленинизма использовать коммунистических и советских и является его неотъемлемой частью, однако символов, мы ограничены незаконными и существует независимо от него как инструмент аморальными способами. Наши активисты практического действия, так и творческого. также были арестованы, ложна их обвинили в Сталинизм - это, прежде всего, биография перевороте государства и арестовали десятки Сталина, его работа, это священная душа его наших активистов. Лично я не один раз был позднего периода, текущего и будущего, объектом политического преследования, рассвет славной эпохи ... как я был арестован так и подвергся В течение последних нескольких лет весь физическому насилию. Была целенаправленная капиталистический мир страдает от страха и антипропаганда против нашей идеологии и паники в связи с надвигающимся глобальным партии, поскольку мы всегда были в режиме финансовым кризисом. Ведущие ученыереальной оппозиции, и мы были против и всегда экономисты и специалисты объясняют, что будем против системы капиталистического, нынешний серьезный кризис уже перерос в мафиозного и кланового правления. Несмотря локальную финансово-экономическую фазу и на вышеупомянутые факты и беспрецедентного быстро превращается в глобальный системный преследование, мы абсолютно без какого-либо кризис. Все страны и их правительства ищут финансирования, только своими собственными выход, но безрезультатно. ресурсами и своими собственными силами, все Возникновение и развитие очередного кризиса еще сражаемся с капиталистической системой. мировой капиталистической системы носит Мы также активно участвуем в международных системный и вездесущий характер - научный мероприятиях, ярким примером чего является закономерность, и у человечества нет иного наша делегация здесь сегодня, В Г. Измире и мы выбора, кроме как идти к социализму. В последнее хотели бы воспользоваться этой возможностью, время даже в самих буржуазных средствах чтобы познакомить вас с проблемами и кризисами массовой информации часто встречается нашей страны с постсоветских времен, за что слово «социализм», китайская модель ... и даже мы еще раз благодарим организаторов этого больше, хотя они все еще пытаются изобразить мероприятия. С вашего позволения, я пользуюсь кризис как временную болезнь «американской этой возможности ихочу сообщить вам, что 21 модели капитализма», но даже самые трезвые декабря 2019 года, в рамках празднования и разумные люди уже признают что выход из 140-летия Иосифа Сталина, мы планируем этого тупика не существует в современной широкомасштабный митинг в родном городе экономической системе. Сталина, в Г. Гори, чтобы почтить ему память, Поэтому мировая капиталистическая система а также потребовать от правительства обречена на провал, рано или поздно полностью восстановить памятника Иосифа Сталина. Иосиф развалиться. Таковы твердые взгляды самих Сталин был великим Марксистом, коммунистом, буржуазного аналитиков - экономистов. революционером, верным учеником Ленина. Сталин обосновал Ленинизм при в жизни, назвав его марксизмом современной эпохи, да, ленинизм был марксизмом сталинской эпохи, а сталинизм это марксизм - ленинизм нашей эпохи в практических действиях.Здесь IB 2020

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German Communist Party Patrik Köbele

Dear comrades, First of all, I would like to thank the organizers of the 21st Meeting of the Communist and Workers’ Parties, the KKE and the TKP. The struggle for peace and the struggle for socialism cannot be separated. The struggle for peace and social justice in our country is closely connected with the struggle against the EU, which is an important means for German imperialism to strengthen its influence economically, politically, and militarily.

The EU is very closely linked to the NATO war alliance. The danger of war is created by the encirclement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China by NATO and the USA. The German army is directly involved. Part of this policy is also the termination of the INF Treaty by the USA, which is likely to lead to an increased stationing of nuclear weapons in Europe. At the same time, the armament of the EU with the military alliance PESCO is promoted, the armament budget grows ever stronger; the goal to increase the armament expenditures to 2% of the GDP would mean for Germany alone to double its armament budget to 80 billion euros.

In economic terms, too, the EU is an instrument of German imperialism. In relation to its economic strength, Germany is a low-wage country. Thus, the EU and its currency are used to loot weaker EU states, whose national sovereignty is so restricted by the EU that another policy is hardly possible for them, cuts are imposed on them in all social areas – from which the banks and corporations in these countries benefit, but above all in the economically strong countries of the EU, including Germany.

Within Germany, too, rearmament, social cuts, privatization, and profit maximization are leading to ever worse living conditions for the people. The health care and educational systems, among others, are in a poor state due to a lack of financing, a lack of personnel, and low wages. With good reason, strike actions have taken place in these sectors, demanding not only higher wages, but also more personnel. It is not people, but profit that has priority. Here, too, the exploitative nature of the EU once again becomes evident – well-trained specialists from countries inside and outside the EU are recruited and employed with poor working conditions at low wages. This increases the pressure on working conditions in Germany. Racism and right-wing extremism then serve to play off one against the other. On the other hand, refugees who are not usable for the capital are deported, or drown in the Mediterranean.

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imperialism, especially German imperialism. It cannot be reformed, it contradicts the interests of the working people. What is needed is a different society – socialism.” With this position and concrete immediate demands, the DKP entered the election campaign to the EU Parliament. With this position, the DKP stood out from all other parties. Nevertheless, we cannot be satisfied with the results. Despite an active election campaign in many places, our party lost one fifth of its votes compared to the last EU elections. This shows, on the one hand, that our ties among the population are not sufficient. It also shows, however, that the people who are dissatisfied with the current situation have still been able to be integrated by the ruling classes into the EU’s concept as an alleged guarantor of peace. This was also achieved by regrouping the camp of bourgeois parties. While the governing parties SPD and CDU have lost a lot of votes, the Greens in West Germany have won a lot. This may be due to the fact that the Greens still have the reputation of a protest party and an ecological alternative, even though they have long supported war policy, social dismantling, and environmental destruction by German imperialism.

At this point, we should also keep in mind that the participation of Germany in the war against Yugoslavia was started under a foreign minister who belonged to the Green Party. The Greens have profited from the strong environmental movement, especially among young people who go to school, although they do not have a solution to offer in this field either, but want to have any supposed improvement paid for by the general population rather than by the corporations. The Left Party has also clearly lost, especially in the former GDR, where it was strongest.

This is due to the fact that it fully supports the policy of social cuts there when it participates in governments at federal state level. A large majority of its members are in favor of the EU. The bourgeois camp was also regrouped, now including a racist, nationalist force, the AFD. Its role is to absorb protest and to channel it into splitting the exploited by racism and xenophobia. The AFD is reactionary and open to fascists. This does not mean that its voters are all fascists – they must be shown the social reactionary character of the AFD. The results of the elections to the EU Parliament, even the increased turnout since the last elections, have shown that the ruling forces have so far succeeded in integrating a large part of the German population and its working class into the EU strategy. This seems astonishing, since surveys have shown that a majority of the population in Germany rejects

the war policy against China and Russia, as well as an 79 increase in arms expenditure. The dominating classes still succeed in presenting the EU as an alleged guarantor of peace and in linking the rejection of nationalist and racist forces with the EU. This propaganda approach has had an effect far into the trade unions and also the Left Party. On the other hand, this has also led to the fact that the nationalist and racist AFD has continued to gain votes because it has been able to present itself as a protest party, although it actually fully supports the neo-liberal and militaristic NATO and EU policies of the German monopoly capital, also because the left-wing forces that speak out against the EU, including – above all – the DKP, are still far too weak.

Only a broadening of the resistance against the strategy of war and exploitation of imperialism, in which the EU plays an essential role, can counter this. And this is only possible with a simultaneous strengthening of the communist party and the youth organization SDAJ, which is closely associated with us. This is one of our priority tasks.

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Hungarian Workers’ Party Gyula Thürmer

81 Dear Comrades, Sincere thanks to the Communist Party of Greece and the Communist Party of Turkey for organising the 21th IMCWP. Nobody wanted to do it. But you had the courage and political wisdom to take it into your hands. It is no exaggeration to say: you have saved our movement. Thank you.

Being in Turkey I would like to send a message to President Erdogan. The Hungarian communists condemn the aggression of Turkey against Syria. We are with the people of Syria.

If one does not understand English, I repeat in Turkish: Suriye’nin geleceğine Suriyeliler karar vermelidir.

Suriye’den elinizi çekin!

At the same time, I would like to send a clear message to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: The Hungarian communists condemn the policy of the Hungarian government to support the Turkish aggression. We are not against developing Hungarian-Turkish relations. We are against supporting aggressors.

Dear Comrades, This year was full of great events. We celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. We express our solidarity with our Cuban friends in their fight against US sanctions. Long live socialism in Cuba!

On the 1st of October we commemorated the 70th anniversary of foundation of the Peoples’ Republic of China. The successes of the Communist Party of China in realising socialism with Chinese characteristics are encouraging us. We wish further successes to our Chinese comrades.

Comrades, In Hungary the capitalist ruling class celebrates that Hungary returned to capitalism 30 years ago. They hope that socialism would never return. They hope, but they do know that socialism can come back.

European capitalism is in crisis. The exit of Great Britain from the European Union and the rising conflicts between Germany and France on one hand, and the four Visegrad countries on the other hand clearly show the internal struggle of European capitalism.

The mass migration of people from Middle East, Africa and Asia initiated and supported by Germany, France has created enormous political, social conflicts. Nobody can say what will be the final consequences.

We are coming nearer to a war in Europe. The US signed new defence agreements with some European countries, including Greece and Hungary. The US will have the largest in 25 years military exercise

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Socialist revolution is not yet on the agenda in any country. It is clear. But at the same time, we know that things can change quickly. Let us do our best to prevent war in Europe!

Comrades, We consider that the International Meeting of the Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) is our common and unique political, organisational, ideological treasure. We should save it.

The future of the IMCWP depends on the ability of our parties to answer new ideological and political challenges and to adopt new forms and instruments of organisation and work of the IMCWP. Our meeting can serve the interests of the communist movement as a whole only if it maintains its Communist character with a wide variety of orientations and political practices..

We should give possibility for free discussions instead of reading prepared speeches.

The system of coordination between the general meetings should be reconsidered. It includes the mechanism of information, means of coordination of actions, preparation of annual meetings.

We should save the existing principles of WG-composition but to increase the requirements for its members.

We should organise at least 3 meetings of the WG a year. The host of the WG should cover only the costs of the WG-meetings. All other costs should be covered by the participating parties. There should be firm agreement that English is the common language of the WG. We should study the possibility of establishing a common secretariat.

We propose to ask the coming new Working Group to work out new forms of cooperation and to report about it to the 22nd IMCWP.

Comrades, The Hungarian Workers’ Party continues living. We have improved a bit our positions in the recent local elections. We try to convince working people that they should choose not between conservative capitalism and liberal capitalism. They should decide another question: capitalism or socialism?

Thank you that you many of you celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919.

There was a young man that time, his name was Otto Korvin. He was only 24 years old. He was the chief of the political counterintelligence of the So-

viet Republic. He fought against counterrevolutionaries. He was executed in December1919.

He was asked: what is your life philosophy. He said: I believe in the victory of world revolution and I do everything to bring it nearer.

Comrades, I wish all of you, all of us: Do believe that revolution will win all over the world!

And do everything we can do to realise our common dream!

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Communist Party of India Sengupta Pallab

At the outset let me express on behalf of the Communist Party of India our sincere gratitude and revolutionary greetings to the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece for organising the 21st International Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties in this beautiful city of Izmir dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Comintern.

Born out of the Great October Socialist Revolution in which the Russian working class stormed the heavens and established the Soviet state, and indissolubly linked with the name of its founder Lenin, the Third (Communist) International has an immortal place in human history. There is not a single other instance of any movement, any ideology, securing as many adherents and followers all over the world in a century, as have been secured by Marxism-Leninism and the international revolutionary movement unleashed by the Soviet Revolution and the Comintern.

The Communist International is also the International of Leninism, where the proletariat of the advanced capitalist countries of Europe and America found their natural and fighting ally in the surging national-liberation movement of the colonial, semi-colonial and dependent countries.

It is not coincidental therefore, that after its foundation 2nd March 1919 on Lenin’s initiative, in the very next year, in the Second Congress of the Comintern along with laying the foundation of a world communist party in Lenin’s 21-Point conditions of admission or affiliation to the Comintern, the other most important thesis on the national-colonial liberation movement was adopted. This was also drafted

by Lenin himself.

Significance of the Comintern Writing about the historical significance of the Comintern, Lenin stated that “the First International laid the foundation of the proletarian, international struggle for socialism; the Second International marked a period in which the soil was prepared for the broad, mass spread of the movement in a number of countries; the Third International has gathered the fruits of the work of the Second International, discarded its opportunist. . . dross, and has begun to implement the dictatorship of the proletariat” which he repeatedly characterised as the highest form of democracy. And then he added, “A new era in world history has begun. Mankind is throwing off the last form of slavery: capitalist or wage slavery.” History has borne out these prophetic words of Lenin to the letter.

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lems and the colonial liberation movement received cisions laid down in the document had a far reaching 85 such a prominent place in the deliberations and radical impact on the working styles of Indian comactivities of the Communist International from the munists. It led to left leaning errors as well. But, at the very beginning. same time, it provided the much needed impetus to In fact, from the early years of the century and with the development of radical working-class offensive. growing emphasis Lenin had started highlighting Following the Sixth Congress, Indian Communist the significance of the colonial, national liberation and trade union organizers were booked under the movement for the prospective proletarian revolu- Meerut Conspiracy Trial. It was a British conspiracy to tion in Europe. nip in the bud the increasing popularity of the ComTime and again he stressed that in the epoch of im- munist ideology. But things ultimately turned counperialism the national liberation movement of the terproductive for the imperialists. The Meerut prisEast was linked up with the socialist revolution in oners challenged the English crown from the dock, the West; that the focus of the national problem was and composed the first program of the communist shifting from Europe to the teeming millions covered party in the form of the draft Platform for Action. The by the vast empires of the Western powers; that a trial made the Indian Communist a household name vital condition for the success of the revolutionary in all big cities of the country and gave them Interworking class movement in the advanced capitalist national popularity as well. countries was unqualified support to peoples strug- But when the under trial convicts were freed of the gling to overthrow imperialist, national oppression. charges levelled against them by British colonialism, Following the founding Congress of the Comintern, the international political sphere was getting more the executive committee or the Executive Com- and more tense due to the advent of fascism in Germittee of the Communist International decided to many. Italy had already pioneered the way, and now hold the second International Congress in August Hitler was developing it to its cruellest form. Under 1920 despite Soviet Russia has been subjected to such a situation the Comintern could easily fathom an armed blockade by both land and sea. Being that it was no longer possible to stick to its sectarifrom India, we count this Congress to be extremely an Sixth Congress line. It therefore held its Seventh significant, for it, in the history of international com- Congress in 1935, and carved out the weapon of munist movement, delved deeply into the colonial popular united fronts to combat fascism. Comrade question and tried to create a roadmap for liberat- Dimitrov, in his first speech, thus, stated: “The victory ing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America of fascism arouses the deep hatred and indignation by initiating a democratic revolution--much contrary of the masses, helps to revolutionise them, and proto the understanding of the representatives of colo- vides a powerful stimulus for a united front of the nial countries, like Comrade M.N.Roy. Comrade Roy, proletariat against fascism.” Those, who were deepa delegate from the newly founded Communist Par- ly bothered about the development of working ty of Mexico, supplemented Comrade Lenin’s theses Class Movement in India, found great hope in this of democratic revolution by upholding the socialist understanding and therefore was born the famous one. His incorrect suggestions, however, were out- Dutt-Bradley Thesis (Anti-imperialist People’s Front voted by the majority of the delegates. in India), which popularised the aims and ideals of the Communist Party of India and bolstered its orComintern and India ganisational powers.

The most important international conference of Indeed the Soviet revolution enhanced the sweep, Communist and Workers’ Parties after the Second the pace and the militancy of all national freedom Congress of the Comintern was the Sixth Congress, struggles particularly in Asia. It deepened their soheld at Moscow between July 17 and September cio-economic consciousness and increased their 1,1928. This Congress was an important affair for In- confidence in ultimate victory. Sun Yat Sen of China, dia as well. By that time the CPI was established in Tilak, Tagore, Nehru and many other stalwarts and the subcontinent, and the delegates who participat- thinkers of the national emancipatory movements ed in the Congress, albeit on a personal basis, were in Asia and Africa paid glowing tributes to the naat least able to present their views on account of the tional and social liberationist role of the Soviet work they had done in their motherland. Another Union. Mahatma Gandhi, with all his known views important aspect of this Congress was the updating on the question of violence and non-violence, statof Comrade Lenin’s theses on the Colonial question ed: “There is no questioning the fact that the

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countless men and women who have given up their all for its sake, and an ideal that is sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain; the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazened for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.”

Another important aspect of the Comintern under the leadership of Lenin proved that the national independence of the erstwhile colonial and semi-colonial countries can be guaranteed only if the national democratic revolution grows over into a socialist revolution; that this struggle calls for the leadership of the working class headed by a mass Communist Party capable of mobilising and uniting the peasantry and all other democratic, anti-imperialist, anti-feudal elements in the country; that, even in countries where the working class has hardly developed, revolutionary democratic parties orientated towards scientific socialism are indispensable; that in the final analysis militant mass struggles alone can bring about a decisive change in the situation— this vital truth has never been as true as it is today.

The historic victory of the anti-fascist forces in the Second World War to which, again, the Soviet Union and the international communist movement made the greatest contribution, naturally unleashed a tidal wave of national liberation struggles in all oppressed countries, a wave which has already carried almost all of them to national freedom and thoroughly disintegrated the imperialist colonial system.

Question of Communist Unity today All we know how the Comintern was dissolved following fascist Germany’s invasion of the USSR. This attack changed the character of the war and defining it as anti-fascist and on May 15, 1943, in the midst of the war, the Comintern was dissolved. After the Second World War COMINFORM was formed for exchanging information and coordinating action among the communist parties that also dissolved in 1956.

But these developments did not stop the united actions of the Communist Parties. Twelve parties meeting in 1957, meeting of the Communist and Workers parties in 1960 and 1969 are the examples of such united actions though Sino-Soviet conflicts in sixties was responsible for the splits in many communist and Workers parties.

Today when the whole world is passing through a very difficult time due to imperialist and neo-liberal offensive where right wing forces are trying to form the fascistic rule everywhere the responsibility of the Communist and Workers parties are immense to de-

fend the rights of the peoples and to wage relentless battle against these dark forces to continue its struggle for peace and radical changes of their respective societies for achieving socialism.

In this context the united actions of the Communist and Workers parties are very important. The forms and norms for achieving the unity of the international communist movement have naturally changed since the dissolution of the Comintern. At the time of dissolution, the ECCI clearly stated that with the maturing’ and expansion of Communist Parties in various counties and considering the complicated national conditions in which they had to work and the responsibilities they had to carry as a result of their growth, guidance the world movement from an organised centre was no longer either desirable or feasible.

But we believe this position do not negate to establish a new form of cooperation among the communist and workers parties at present time.

Here we have to be very clear, however, that under any and all circumstances, the unity of the international communist movement must have a form.

The CPI believes in this respect that the present form of organising international meeting of the communist and workers parties is one of the best forms to be appreciated, as present form guaranteed the right of the each party to work out its national policies in accordance with the condition in which it has to work without interference by any other Party in its internal matters.

Communists and present situation in India Activities of Comintern were, indeed, an affair of the colonial period. But today, when Indian ruling classes, with the corporate bourgeoisie at its helm, is going by the dictates of the world finance capital and are resorting to fascist hooliganism and polarising people on religious line, curbing all democratic and human rights, attacks on all sections of the society, bypassing even Parliament - the outcome of the 7th Congress of Comintern gained significance once again. The onslaught of hindutva fascism has become so intense that the question of forging popular united front with all left, democratic, secular and patriotic sections in the country have resurfaced.

Our Party, Communist Party of India is moving forward in this direction along with all other Communist and Left Parties to build such a front which will not only fight against the communal fascist forces inside the country but also will declare its unflinching solidarity with the people of Palestine, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries who are fighting against IB 2020

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imperialism, authoritarianism, and neo-liberal offensives for independence, peace, social justice and finally for Socialism.

We believe such political position and actions will be the best way for the Communist revolutionaries to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Comintern.

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Communist Party of India [Marxist] Marian Alexander Baby

Dear Comrades, On behalf of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) we greet the CommunistParty of Turkey (TKP) and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) for co-hostingthis 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties.

This 21st International Meeting of the Communist and Workers’ Partiescommemorates the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Third(Communist) International, an event that happened close on the heels of thetriumph of the Great October Socialist Revolution. We are aware of the factthat in history, moments of great joy and inspiration would also bring inirreparable losses. The suppression of great revolutionary upsurges (followingthe October Revolution) in Germany and other European countries led to themartyrdom of many, including Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht others. The founding Congress of the Communist International began with payingglorious tributes to the valiant fighters and martyrs like Rosa Luxemburg andLiebknecht.

The topic of our meeting: ‘100th Anniversary of the founding of theCommunist International: The fight for Peace and Socialism Continues’prompts us to undertake a brief overview of the situation of those times.

In an article written by VI Lenin, a month after the foundation of the CI, thehistory of the international working class movements’ organization wassummed up in the following lines: “The First International (1864-72) laid thefoundation of an international organization of the workers for thepreparations of their revolutionary attack on capital. The SecondInternational (1889-1914) was an international organization of theproletarian movement whose growth proceeded in breadth at the cost of atemporary drop in the revolutionary level, a temporary strengthening ofopportunism, which in the end led to the disgraceful collapse of theInternational.

“The Third International actually emerged in 1918, when the long years ofstruggle against opportunism and social chauvinism, especially during thewar, led to the formation of Communist Parties in a number of countries.Officially the Third International was founded in its first Congress in March1919, in Moscow. And the most characteristic feature of this Internationalwas its mission of fulfilling of implementing the percepts of Marxism, and ofachieving the age-old ideals of socialism and the working class movement –this most characteristic feature of the Third International has manifesteditself immediately in the fact that, the new third, ‘International Working Men’s Association’ has already begun to develop, to IB 2020

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a certain extent, into a‘Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.”

Following this, the Soviet Union and the world working class movementunderwent earthshaking experiences: the defeat of the white guard forces inthe civil war; great strides in socialist construction and empowering of the tillthen marginalized sections; defeat of fascism in the Second World War;success of proletarian movements in Eastern Europe; the great ChineseRevolution; the Korean, Vietnamese and Cuban Revolutions, the first of its kind in Western hemisphere; liberation of colonies in Asia, Africa and LatinAmerica and the emergence of the strong International Working classmovement.

Today, when we assemble to commemorate the 100th year of the founding ofthe CI, the event that inspired its formation, the Great October SocialistRevolution had to encounter a severe setback, almost three decades ago.Therefore, one of the primary tasks of those who would like to take forwardthe tradition of the CI is to examine the reasons which caused the setback tothe USSR and the East European socialist experiments, so that in the 21st century, we would be able to chart out a more scientific and error freesocialist transformation.

The CPI(M) in its 14th Congress (1992), after having examined the lessons ofthe USSR and East Europe had concluded that the collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe negates neither Marxism-Leninism nor the ideal of socialism. Further, these reverses cannot erase thefact that socialism made a decisive contribution in uplifting the levels ofquality of human life and civilization to hitherto unknown higher levels. Once socialism was achieved, it was erroneously thought that the future coursewas a straight line without any obstacles till the attainment of a classless,Communist society. Experience has also confirmed that socialism is theperiod of transition or, as Marx said, the first stage of Communism – the period between a class-divided exploitative capitalist order and the classlessCommunist order. This period of transition, therefore, by definition, implies,not the extinction of class conflicts but their intensification, with world capitalism trying to regain its lost territory. Incorrect estimations leading toan underestimation of the class enemy both without and within the socialistcountries and the overestimation of socialism had created a situation wherethe problems confronting the socialist countries were ignored and so werethe advances and consolidation of world capitalism.

The experience of the countries where capitalist restoration happened afterthe setback in East Europe

shows beyond doubt that capitalism did not provide 89 any solutions but only accentuated the problems.

In the present period of global crisis and recession, the fundamental contradiction between labour and capital under capitalism is acutely intensifying. The efforts by imperialism to consolidate its hegemony, while,on the one hand, seeking to draw the ruling classes of the developingcountries under its tutelage, on the other, is leading to the intensification ofthe contradiction between imperialism and the peoples of the developingcountries. Inter-imperialist contradictions also manifest themselves indifferent forms in different spheres in intensifying global exploitation for profit maximisation. However, the central contradiction of this period of transition remains between imperialism and socialism.

Building on these conclusions, the resolution on some ideological issuesadopted in the 20th Congress (2012) stated: “The struggle for socialism in the21st century must, therefore, be the struggle for the establishment of asystem that is free from exploitation of human by human and of nation bynation. Such a system must be based on further strengthening of thedemocratic rights and civil liberties of the people. Such a system mustestablish its superiority over capitalism in achieving higher levels ofproductivity and productive forces based on the principle of transition from,‘from each according to his ability, to each according to his work’ eventuallyleading towards a Communist society where the principle of ‘to eachaccording to his need’ would prevail. Such superiority must be established,through the increasing participation of the popular masses, in all spheres ofsocial existence – political, social, cultural, etc”.

In India, the CPI(M) is trying its best to move in this direction of intense class struggles by mobilising workers, peasants, youth, students, marginalizedsections and women. On 8-9 January 2019, a 48-hour National Strike ofworkers called by 10 central trade unions, in which many nationalconfederations of workers and employees also joined hands, was a historicsuccess. The bourgeois media had reported that over 180 million workersparticipated in this strike.

Taking forward these struggles, trade unions haveonce again called for a general strike on 8th January 2020, for whichpreparations are afoot. Along with the working class struggles, struggles byyouth and students demanding jobs and education; women’s strugglesagainst atrocities and discrimination and for gender equality are gatheringmomentum in different parts of India.

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socio-economic systemprevailing in the country, the Left and Democratic Front led Kerala stategovernment in the southern tip of India in which Communist Party of India(Marxist) is the main force along with CPI and other Left and democraticsections, is initiating number of democratic and progressive alternate programmes. In a recent study undertaken by a central governmentcontrolled (NITI Ayog) organization, Kerala state came out on top in ensuringquality education to maximum in society among 28 Indian states.

their future destiny.

How successful they will be in advancing the struggles of the people for social transformationwill determine the pace of this transition. Only by mobilizing workers,peasants, youth, student women, intellectuals and toiling masses on theirburning livelihood questions and social issues, struggles to protect the hardwon rights can be strengthened and massive movements to achieve theirimmediate and fundamental demands can be taken forward. The path ofintense class struggles is the only path ahead of us to build everlastingpeace and socialism.

Comrades, Today, we witness a world which is faced with intolerable levels ofunemployment, agrarian distress, environmental degradation and everincreasing gap between the haves and have-nots. Capitalism is trying toovercome the crisis through shifting the burden and hardships onto theshoulders of working people and peasants, profit maximization throughplundering nature and exploiting technologies. It is trying to break the unityof the working class by promoting far right-wing ideologies that intend todivide people on the basis of their race, religion, caste, nationality andethnicity.

Production of weapons of mass destruction is a key strategy for imposingimperialist hegemony, for which it ensures regional conflicts and wars, in thename of ‘war on terrorism’. In fact, declaration of war on terrorism byimperialism is to manufacture terrorism. Military-Industrial-Media Complexactually promotes, harvests and perpetuates terrorism. As per the latestdata, defense budget of USA is 649 billion dollars accounting for 36 percentof the global military spending in 2018. The US spent almost as much as thenext eight highest spenders combined, (China, Saudi Arabia, India, France,Russia, UK, Germany and Japan) which was $655 billion! Total spending ofthe 29 NATO countries was $963 billions, which is 48 percent of the globalmilitary expenditure. Weapons of mass destruction are competitivelyproduced, procured and marketed, leading to arms race and regional conflicts and wars, so that the capitalist system benefits and imperialistforces are able to dominate their spheres of influence.

In spite of all its efforts – igniting military conflicts, promoting right-wingdivisive, fundamentalist, racist ideologies and forces – ruling classes arefailing to quell the growing popular unrest. The unsustainability of the rule ofcapital is evident now, more than in any other epoch. Under thesecircumstances, the people of every country in the world will have to meet thechallenges of existing realities to shape IB 2020

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Tudeh Party of Iran Navid Shomali

I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran, to thank the fraternal Communist Party of Turkey and Communist Party of Greece for jointly organising the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties amidstchallenging conditions. I would like to thank them for the excellent planning, and provision of facilities for holding, of our meeting. Allow me to also thank them and all fraternal parties present for their solidarity with the people of Iran in their struggle for peace, democracy and social justice.

The 21st IMCWP marks the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Communist International in 1919.

This took place in the aftermath of the destructive imperialist First World War and at a time of crisis in global capitalism and imperialist expansionism. It was formed to unite and coordinate the struggle the of the global working class following the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution in 1917, which inspired and encouraged revolutionaries around the world to develop and advance their own struggle for peace, progress and socialism.

However, the Communist International was a continuation of the work of Marx and Engels who established the International Communist League in 1847 and sought during the 19th century to strengthen the emerging international movement of communists and their allies in the struggle for peace and socialism.

It aimed to further the interests of the global working class and encourage resistance to imperialist domination across the world,emphasising the central significance of the role of the working class and its revolutionary vanguard in the struggle for socialism. One hundred years after the October Revolution the fundamental reasons for the global struggle for socialist transformation and the resolution of the contradiction between Labour and Capital remain the key objectives of class struggle between the capitalist class and a united working class across the world for decent working and living conditions, for socialism and ultimately a communist classless society. The joint efforts of the Communist and Workers’ parties of the world are essential to this crucial struggle.

The 21st IMCWP takes place at a time when global capitalism is still grappling with the social and economic consequences of the systemic crisis which started in 2008. Not only are growth rates across the advanced capitalist economies persistently negligible, politically we are witnessing the emergence IB 2020

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and dangerous offensive of neo-fascist forces.

Four decades of neoliberal economic dominance has resulted in the most widespread, severe inequalities internationally, militarisation, imperialist aggression, and the rise of ultra-right forces, from the US and Brazil to Central Europe and India.

The Tudeh Party of Iran believes that, in today’s circumstances,an important aspect of our struggle for progressive fundamental changes and socialism, is the participation of a broadening spectrum of social forces opposed to capitalist exploitation of humanity and the plundering of natural resources. We are witnessing growing movements everywhereagainst austerity, corruption and inequality, and fordemocratic and human rights and freedoms,together with movements against race and gender discrimination and popular campaigns for the protection of the environment and to save planet Earth. The joint effort ofsocially progressive forces,radical young people and studentsprotestingabout environmental degradation by predatory capitalism is very significant.

In our view, a key objective for communists in both the national and international arenas of struggle is to ensure that these progressive movements are integrated into the struggle against monopoly capitalism and for a socialist world.

Dear Comrades, Over the course of the 20thcentury and into the 21st century the communist movement has been an important force in the struggle for peace and against a spectrum of reactionary forces. Today, we are living in a very dangerous world in which the survival of humanity is threatened by capitalism. And once again, it is the communists together with other progressive forces that are leading the struggle against war and militarism and are standing up for freedom against the reactionary pro-imperialist forces, including those ofobscurantism, theocracy,chauvinismand neo-fascism.

Another aspect of the current world situation, especially with respect to the strategically vital Middle East region, has been the emergence and dominancesince the early 1980s of reactionary, undemocratic and oppressive regimes.

The advent of political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa has been an indirect consequence of the bringing downof the socialist governments in the former Soviet Union and countries of Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The weakening of the political left in the Middle East and the absence of a strong coherent global counterbalance provided the forces of ‘political Islam’ with a

space in which to operate,qualitatively altering the 93 balance of forces in the region.

Since the 1980s, these forces have played a dual role within the framework of imperialist policies- as forces subservient to imperialism and as reactionary, belligerent anti-western ones. Whatever its role, however, ‘political Islam’ has adversely impacted the struggle for peace and progress and has been instrumental in imperialist militarisation and the continuation of catastrophic wars.

Under the banner of ‘political Islam,’ a spectrum of fundamentalist Islamist forces hasemerged in the Middle East and elsewhere that have had a profoundly destructive and reactionary impact on the political, social and economic lives of many nations.

The forces of ‘political Islam’, have in certain instances taken on a belligerent but superficial anti-imperialist guisewhile at the same time brutally imposing anantiquatedtheocratic rule. They are violently opposedto secularism, human rights, democracyand gender equality. They are fiercely anti-socialist, and their socio-economic outlook is blatantly reactionary. In the final analysis,these forces aremainly pro-capitalist and anti-working classand their policies have facilitatedthe accumulation of astronomical levels of private wealth through corruption andfinancial scams, as we have witnessed firsthand in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

With regards to the role of Islamic Fundamentalism in the global arena, the current situation in the Persian Gulf is instructive. Over the past few months, we have seen a dangerous escalation of tensions that has threatened our region with the possibility of catastrophic military conflicts. The people of Iran are facing inhumane, imperialist economic sanctionsand are threatened withUS military aggression backed bythe reactionary regime in Saudi Arabia and the racist Israeli government.At the same time,Iran is ruled by a repressive theocracy that fiercely opposes and suppresses any attempt by the working people and progressive forces to organise an effective anti-war movement in the country to defend peace.

Thus, the struggle of the people of Iran for peace, democratic freedoms and rights and social justice is negatively impacted by the vicious economic and banking sanctions imposed by the US administration and its allies, accompanied by the constant threat of military confrontation. The US and its allies in the region make no secret of pursuing ‘regime change’ in Iran byexerting severe pressure on its economy although they have signaled that they can also work with a “cooperating regime in Iran” subservient to US interests in Middle East.

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The main victims of the sinister actions and threats of the US and its allies arethe working people and the marginalised population of Iran. The US objective is to create mass disorder and social breakdown in order to hijack the growing protest movement of the Iranian people against the ruling theocracy, which is manifested through daily strikes and protests demanding basic social rights, freedom of expression, lower prices, decent social services, payment of unpaid wages, jobs and job security, right to form and join trade unions, and the reversal of the privatisation of key industries.

In keeping its options open,the US is propping up pro-imperialist ‘political alternatives’ nurtured by the State Department and CIAAmong these are the monarchists, seeking restoration of a shah,and the pro-imperialist Islamic Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organisation (NCRI/MEK/PMOI). These are highly anti-democratic forces and lack any meaningful support among working people, but they are financially and politically supported by the US and its regional allies and have been directly lobbying for US military intervention in Iran to topple the current regime.

One of the major tasks of the Tudeh Party of Iran and other progressive national democratic forces has been to fight and expose this devious policy of the US administration.

Dear Comrades, Following the end of the Iran-Iraq war, in order to facilitate the accumulation of private capital domestically and laying the ground for the global corporations to plunder the wealth of Iran, all successivegovernments of theIslamic Republic of Iran, with the support of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, havefacilitated three decades of IMF-based neoliberal restructuring with a devastating effect on the working people and the environment.

As the pressures on people’s livelihoods have intensified, the response of the theocratic regime has been to suppress, imprison, humiliate, and intimidate workers and trade union and civil rights activists. In recent years, with the continued growth of various forms of protest movements, the people have come to understand the importance of linking their strugglesfor economic justice with the struggle for democratic freedoms and the protection of the environment. The struggle for setting up independent trade unions is growing in Iran and is now considered as a national security threat by the ruling theocratic regime.

The Tudeh Party of Iran would like to state categorically that the people’s movement in Iran needs

the support and solidarity of the international communist and workers’parties in preventing imperialist interventions in Iran and in defense of the people’s struggle for democracy and social justice. The workingclass in Iran is opposed by its nature to the neoliberal policies of the ruling theocracy and plays aleadingpart inthe nationwide struggle for peace, democracy and social justice. The working-class movement is developing continually under the banner of ‘Bread, Jobs and Freedom’.

The Tudeh Party of Iran believes that the ‘economic war’ waged by the US against Iran will ultimately lead to military conflict with devastating impactson the people of Iran and other nations in the Persian Gulf region. Equally important are the miscalculations of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s leadership of the international balance of forces. The Iranian regime fails to understand that the imperialist countries, while competing, are generally united in protecting the interests of global capitalism. Iran’s economy is a weak rentier, import-dependent and non-productive one which has been hollowed out duringthree decades of neoliberal restructuring. Its productive forces have been squandered and sacrificed for profiteering.

The reality is that after thirty yearsof blind adherence to the prescriptions of the World Bank and IMF by the Iranian regime in order to operatea neoliberal economic model,the US administrationis now able to take Iran’s weak economy hostage.No amount of baseless and superficial anti-western or anti-imperialist pretensionor militaristic posturing can change this objective reality and its consequences.

The only way to protect the interests of the Iranian people is the reduction of tensions through diplomatic negotiations combined with the widest mobilisation of peace movements in Iran and across the globe. The military option must be taken off the table by all sides.

Dear Comrades, The Communist Partyof Iran was founded almost 100 years ago in 1920 and its progressive transformative agenda has been continued overthe last 78 years by the Tudeh Party of Iran with a profound effect in our country. We continue our struggle for peace and socialism with an objective understanding of the current stage of the socio-economic development and class struggle in our country. Our primary task in the current complicated and dangerous situation is to defend peace by any and all means and at the same time to elevate the movement of the working people of Iranin its struggle for democratic freedoms and social justice - that is why we IB 2020

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say ‘No to Inhumane Sanctions, No to War, and No to Dictatorship’. In advancing this important task we seek the international solidarity of all thecommunist and workers parties and all progressive forces across the world.

We are confident that Iranian working people and their political vanguard will be successful in the class struggle for a socialist future, against war and oppression, and for world peace.

Long live the struggle of the Iranian people for peace, democracy and social justice, Long live international solidarity, Long live the struggle for peace and socialism!

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‫الرفيقات والرفاق األعزاء أنقل اليكم أحر التحايا من حزبنا الشيوعي العراقي وقيادته‪،‬‬ ‫ومتنياتهم بنجاح أعامل هذا اللقاء األممي‪،‬الذي ينعقد يف ظل تصاعد هجوم رأس‬ ‫املال ضد الشغيلة‪ ،‬األمر الذي يضع عىل عاتقنا مسؤوليات جسام يف التحليل العميق‬ ‫للتطورات يف عاملنا الراهن‪ ،‬واتخاذ املواقف الواقعية السليمة‪ ،‬وتطوير كفاحنا الفكري‬ ‫والسيايس الطبقي من أجل تحقيق املثل السامية لحركتنا الشيوعية‪.‬ونود أن نعرب عن‬ ‫امتناننا العميق ألشقائنا يف الحزبني الشيوعيني الرتيك واليوناين عىل استضافة وتنظيم‬ ‫هذا امللتقىاألممي‪ ،‬وتهيئة مستلزمات انجاز مهامته‪ .‬كام نعرب عن أملنا يف أن يوفر‬ ‫هذا اللقاء فرصة لتبادل وجهات النظر وخربة الكفاح يف ظروف بالغة التنوع يف أرجاء‬ ‫مختلفةمن العامل‪ .‬ونرى أنه من الهام مناقشة سبل االرتقاء بهذه اللقاءات لتتحول اىل‬ ‫منرب أكرث فاعلية لتطوير مبادرات العمل املشرتك‪ ،‬ووسيلة لتعزيز التضامن األممي‪.‬‬ ‫الرفيقات والرفاق االعزاءان ادارة ترامب تواصل برامج التسلح والردع النووي وعسكرة‬ ‫الفضاء‪ ،‬وتثري مخاوف من اطالق سباق تسلح جديد‪ .‬ويراهن ترامب عىل استخدام‬ ‫سرتاتيجية “الضغط األقىص” عرب التلويح مبزيد من التهديد العسكري والعقوبات‬ ‫الصارمة‪ .‬وهو ما يغذي النزاعات والحروب يف منطقتنا ويف العامل‪ ،‬ويهيء أرضية‬ ‫خصبة لنمو الحركات املتطرفة‪.‬وعىل صعيد الرشق األوسط أدت التطورات الخطرية‬ ‫التي شهدتها منطقة الخليج وتصعيد ادارة ترامب للتحشدات العسكرية ومساعيها‬ ‫لتشديد الحصار االقتصادي عىل ايران عرب مجموعة من العقوبات املفروضة من‬ ‫جانب واحد‪ ،‬ومن دون غطاء دويل‪ ،‬بعد تنصلها يف ‪2018‬من االتفاق النووي‪ ،‬وتواصل‬ ‫اطالق ترصيحات غري مسؤولة من الجانبيناىل تفاقم مخاطر حرب أخرى ستكون لها‬ ‫نتائج كارثية‪ .‬فهي ستفاقم من معاناة شعوب املنطقة وتجلب لها املزيد من الخراب‬ ‫والدمار‪ ،‬ليضاف اىل الخسائر الجسيمة يف االرواح جراء الحروب املتواصلة وجرائم‬ ‫االرهابيني والرصاع عىل السلطة وتدخالت القوى االمربيالية واالقليمية الرجعية‪،‬‬ ‫مثلام يحصل يف سوريا واليمن وليبيا‪.‬ويدعو حزبنا اىل بذل الجهود لنزع فتيل الحرب‬ ‫والجنوح اىل السلم والحوار والتفاوض‪ ،‬والتشديد يف الوقت ذاته عىل حق شعوب‬ ‫املنطقة بأن تختار انظمتها السياسية وفق ارادتها الحرة من دون حروب وعقوبات‬ ‫‪.‬اقتصادية وحصار‬ ‫وتسعى ادارة ترامب بتواطؤ مكشوف من األنظمة الرجعية العربية اىل تنفيذ مؤامرة‪2‬‬ ‫“صفقة القرن” االمريكية –الصهيونية لتصفية حقوق الشعبالفلسطيني ومصادرة‬ ‫حق العودة وحل الدولتني‪ ،‬وحقه يف اقامة دولته الوطنية املستقلة وعاصمتها القدس‬ ‫‪.‬لقد تابعنا بقلق بالغ واستنكار شديد العدوان الرتيك السافر عىل سوريا‪،‬الذي ميثل‬ ‫انتهاكا فظا للقانون الدويل ولقرارات مجلس االمن الدويل‪،‬ويتسم بتداعيات خطرية‬ ‫عىل املنطقة وشعوبها‪ .‬واننا نضم صوتنا اىل األصوات العربية والدولية املنددة بهذا‬ ‫العدوان ‪،‬واملطالبة بوقفه فورا ووقف التدخل الخارجي يف شؤون سوريا‪ ،‬ودعم جهود‬ ‫مكافحة االرهابوالتصدي ملنظامته االجرامية‪.‬كام نجدد تضامننا مع نضاالت شعوب‬ ‫املنطقة ضد األنظمة الدكتاتورية والرجعية‪ ،‬مبا يف ذلك االحتجاجاتالشعبية يف الجزائر‪،‬‬ ‫ومن أجل الحريات والحياة الكرمية‪ .‬ونعرب عن تضامننا الثابت مع الكفاح املجيد‬ ‫للشعب السوداين والشيوعيينالسودانيني حتى تحقيق أهداف انتفاضتهم الباسلة‪.‬‬ ‫الرفيقات والرفاق األعزاءاننا نواصل نضالنا‪ ،‬يف ظل ظروف صعبة ومعقدة‪ ،‬من أجل‬ ‫تحقيق الدولة املدنية الدميقراطية والعدالة االجتامعية‪ ،‬عرب انجاز تحوالت سياسية‬ ‫واقتصادية واجتامعية عميقة لصالح الشغيلة وجامهري الشعب‪ ،‬وتعزيز االستقالل‬ ‫السيايس‪ ،‬وانجاز سيادة البالد الفعلية الكاملة‪ .‬ونرى أن هذا مير عرب الخالص من نهج‬ ‫املحاصصة الطائفية واالثنية الذي أثبت فشله‪ً، .‬الثامالزياماهرطخناف‪،‬باهرالاىوقىلعة‬ ‫يركسعالتاراصتنالاوتاحاجنالمغرهنأىالريشنووهو ما يتطلب مواصلة املساعي للقضاء‬ ‫عىل االرهاب عرب اجراءات فكرية وسياسية وتجفيف منابعه‪ .‬كام أن العراق يعاين‬ ‫من استمرار التدخالت االجنبية‪ ،‬الدولية واالقليميةعىل النحو الذي يثلم السيادة‬ ‫الوطنية العراقية‪ ،‬ويعرقل بناء الدولة املدنية الدميقراطية‪ ،‬وتحقيقالتنمية االقتصادية‬ ‫واالجتامعية‪.‬وعىل صعيد البناء الفيدرايل والعالقة بني الحكومة االتحادية واقليم‬ ‫كردستان يرى حزبنا أن هذه راوحالرب ًعالحبلطتت‪،‬تاونسذمنةقالعاياضقكانهف‪،‬ةيد‬ ‫جتابوعصهجاوتالزتامةقالعالوالتوافق عىل تفسري مواد الدستور‪ ،‬مبا يضمن االستقرار‬ ‫السيايس واالجتامعي‪ ،‬وتحقيق مصالح سائر املواطنني يف االقليم ويف عموم العراق‪.‬ومن‬ ‫أجل تحقيق املرشوع الوطني العراقي ببعده االجتامعي والسيايس يسعى حزبنا اىل‬ ‫تحقيق تحالفات‪ ،‬سواء مع قوى وطنية ذات طابع مدين‪ ،‬أو مع قوى وطنية اسالمية‬ ‫عىل استعدادللعملمع الحزب الشيوعي عىل أساس احرتام االستقاللية املتبادلة الفكرية‬ ‫‪www.solidnet.org‬‬

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‫والسياسية والتنظيمية‪ ،‬النجاز مرشوع وطني يتضمن تحقيق اصالحات عميقة‬ ‫لصالح الكادحني وسائر الشعب‪ ،‬بالخالص من نظام املحاصصة الطائفية –االثنية‬ ‫والفساد وبناء مقومات الدولة املدنية الدميقراطية‪ ،‬دولة املواطنة القامئة عىل العدالة‬ ‫االجتامعية‪.‬أيتها الرفيقات ‪ ..‬أيها الرفاق يالحظ حزبنا أنه يف السنوات األخرية برزت يف‬ ‫بالدنا رصاعاتذات طابع اجتامعي راحت تتقدم يف يقبطالعارصالرهاظمدادتشابًاطابرتاا‬ ‫ذهيتأيو‪.‬ةينثالاوةيفئاطالتاعارصالىلعدهشمال‬

‫سيقدم الكلية من قبل رفيق هيوا (نظام عمر )عضو املكتب السيايس حزب الشيوعي‬ ‫الكوردستاين‬ ‫الرفاق املشارکون يف املؤمتر ‪ ٢١‬ألممیة االحزاب الشیوعیة والعاملیة؛ تحیايت لکم وکام‬ ‫انقل تحیات رفاقکم يف الحزب الشیوعي الکردستاين‪ .‬نشد أیادي الرفاق يف الحزبین‬ ‫الشیوعیان الرتکي والیوناين ملبادرتهم يف تنظیم هذا املؤمتر اللتقاء االحزاب األممیة يف‬ ‫‪.‬املؤمتر ‪ ٢١‬االممي يف ازمیر‬ ‫یعقد‌هذا املؤمتر يف الذکری املئویة لتأسیس االممیة الشیوعیة تحت شعار( النضال‬ ‫من أجل السالم و االشرتاکیة مستمر) وهو نقطة اهتاممنا و تضامننا و یمثل عمود‬ ‫رئیيس من سرتاتیجیة الحزب الشیوعي الکردستاين يف اطار اختیارنا ملستقبلنا لبناء‬ ‫‪.‬االشرتاکیة‬ ‫مل یکون الفروقات الطبقیة تاریخیا واسعا بقدرعاملنا املعارص‪ ،‬ومل تکن الرثوة‬ ‫الرأساملیة محصورة بأیادي القلة من الرأساملین مثل ما نراه الیوم‪ ،‬ان نسبة ‪ ٪١‬من‬ ‫الرأساملین یحکرتون ‪ ٪٤٥‬من الرثوة العامة‪ ،‬باملقابل هناك اکرثیة ساحقة یعانون من‬ ‫‪.‬الفقر والتهمیش‬ ‫يف املرحلة التاریخیة الراهنة؛ نری يف دول مختلفة من العامل تنفجر الرصاعات الطبقیة‬ ‫يف شکل ثورات وانتفاضات جامهیریة‪ ،‬کالتي توالت يف الدول العربیة يف الرشق‬ ‫أالوسط وشامل أفریقیا‪ ،‬او اتخذت شکل املواجهة ضد االزمة االقتصادیة کام حدثت‬ ‫يف الیونان واسبانیا‪ ،‬او ظهرت بشکل مظاهرات طویلة االمد مثل السرت الصفراء يف‬ ‫‪.‬فرنسا و املواجهات العاملیة والطبقات املضطهدة يف اماکن اخری من العامل‬ ‫هذا النوع من السلطة لحکم العامل املخترصةباالنانیة املتطرفة ألقلیة مسیطرة علی‬ ‫ثروة العامل والتي تعیش يف رفاه و ترف هي سلطة غیر اخالقیة وهي ضد انسانیتنا‪.‬‬ ‫ان ارتفاع نسب البطالة‪ ،‬الفقر‪ ،‬االمراض املزمنة‪ ،‬وهبوط متوسط عمر االنسان کلها‬ ‫‪.‬مرتبطة بتأثیرات اللیربالیة الجدیدة علی مستوی املعیيش واالجمتاعي للعامل الراهن‬ ‫یوم بعد یوم؛ تتحطم البرشیة والبیئة علی ایدي هذا النظام علی املستوی العاملي‬ ‫واملحيل و یواجه کوکبنا االن مشاکل مستعصیة‪ .‬مل یکن هذه الظروف قدرا مکتوبا لنا‪،‬‬ ‫‪.‬بل انە نتیجة لسیاسات الرأساملیة و لیس لنا اختیار غیر املواجهة‬ ‫يف‌هذه املرحلة الحساسة من التاریخ حینام نتحدث عن دور الیسار العاملي نربطه‬ ‫بشکل مبارش بالوضع الخطرالعاملي الذي انتجته الرأساملیة والتي هی مخترص لسحق‬ ‫احتیاجات املجتمع االنساين‪ ،‬والتتوقف عن هذا الحد فقط بل تتعدی الی مصادرة کل‬ ‫املنجزات السابقة التي تم تبنیها من قبل و تحت ضغط تجارب القطب االشرتاکي من‬ ‫‪.‬انظمة الضامن االجتامعي والصحي ونظام العمل‬ ‫يف هذا االطار؛ بقی سلطة او جهاز الدولة مثل الحارس للنظام الرأساميل کاخر مرحلة‬ ‫من انکامشها‪ ،‬ویتم تسلیم مصیر االنسانیة الی الرشکات والراساملین‪ ،‬واکتفت الدولة‬ ‫بلعب دور الحارس االمین ملصالح الرشکات والراساملین‪ ،‬وادت هذا الواقع الی زیادة‬ ‫‪.‬الفقر وحرص الرثوات بایدي اقلیة من املجتمع‬ ‫‪:‬ایها الرفاق االعزاء‬ ‫ان مراجعة کتاب الرفیق لینین ( االمربیالیة اعلی مراحل الرأساملیة) تساعدنا علی‬ ‫فهم شکل االمربیالیة الجدیدة للراساملیة‪ ،‬بألیتها املرتبطة مبرشوع اللیربالیة الجدیدة‬ ‫عن طریق قروض االبنك الدويل وتعلیامته کموئسسة ایدیولوجیة واحکتاریة التي‬ ‫‪.‬تحول الدول الی تبعیات ضعیفة لها‬ ‫املعنی املعارص لالمربیالیة هی اعلی مراحل الرأساملیة‪ ،‬وهذا یعرب عن واقع اطامع‬ ‫الرأساملیة التي تبحث عن سبل وطرق اخری لتخرتق حدود البلدان وتفتح لها‬ ‫االبواب‪ ،‬ولکن مثرة او نتیجة هذا االنفتاح ال تعود بأي نفع للطبقة العاملة حیث‬ ‫تواجه الطبقة العاملة والطبقات واملضطهدة االخری اشکال جدیدة من العبودیة‬ ‫‪.‬الجدیدة‬ ‫يف ایام الرفیق لینین‪ ،‬نجح االمربیالیة يف رسخ هیمنتها عن طریق العنف والحروب‬ ‫‪ ،‬ولکن الیوم متارس هیمنتها عن طرق مبا یسمی “ القوة الناعمة” عن طریق البنوك‬ ‫والسیاسات النقدیة‪ ،‬ولکن هذا مل یمنع االمربیالیة من اشعال الحروب املدمرة يف‬ ‫الرشق االوسط ‪ ،‬لفتح الطریق امام مشاریع القروض واالعامر الحداث تغییرات بنیویة‬ ‫يف الهیکل االقتصادي التي تعرضت من جراء الی هذه الحروب الی الدمار الشامل‪،‬‬ ‫والتدمیر الیقترص علی الناحیة البنویة واالجتامعیة فقط‪ ،‬بل یشمل نقل االزمات‬ ‫االقتصادیة من املراکز الراساملیة العاملیة الی مناطق اخری من العامل‪ ،‬وهذا جوهر‬ ‫‪.‬مرشوع االمربیالیة واللیربالیة الجدیدة‬ ‫‪www.solidnet.org‬‬

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‫‪Communist‬‬ ‫‪Party of‬‬ ‫‪Kurdistan-Iraq‬‬ ‫‪Ndham Omer Abdullah‬‬

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‫‪. 99‬الحیاة واملجتمع تتغیر وفقا للفهم املارکيس املادي للتاریخ ولیس عکس‌هذا الفهم‬ ‫الیوم يف الوقت التی نلتقي يف الذکری املئویة لتأسس االممیة الشیوعیة تحت شعار(‬ ‫النضال من اجل السالم واالشرتاکیة مستمر) نؤکد بان االممیة الشیوعیة ترکت لنا‬ ‫میراث غني بتجارب العمل املشرتك للیسار وادامة املرشوع االممي يف هذه املرحلة‬ ‫‪.‬الحساسة من التاریخ علی املستوی العاملي واملحيل‪ ،‬متنیاتنا للمؤمتر بالنجاح‬ ‫الحزب الشیوعي الکردستاين‬ ‫اكتوبر ‪2019‬‬

‫لفهم واقع عاملنا الیوم ‪ ،‬اود تذکیرکم مبجموعة من البیانات السنویة التي تصدرها‬ ‫‪ .‬املنظامت العاملیة حول سعة الفروقات الطبقیة وحقوق االنسان‬ ‫حسب تقریرمنظمة اوکسفام ان ثروة (‪ )٢٦‬ملیاردیر من العامل مساویة لرثوة‬ ‫(‪)٣٨٠٠‬ثالثة االف ومثامنائة مليونشخص من فقراء العامل‪ ،‬ای مساویة لنصف سکان‬ ‫العامل‪ .‬السؤالهل ينبغيللحياة ان تکونعلی هذا املنوال؟ هنا تکمن عمل و فکرة‬ ‫الیسار کجواب للرضورة التاریخیة‪ .‬هذا الجواب التاریخي الیتحقق فقط عن طریق‬ ‫املظاهرات واالعتصامات امليدانية يف الشوارع واملدن‪ ،‬بل ينبغي ان تشمل تقدیم‬ ‫‪.‬مرشوع بدیل والتي هي عبارة عن بناء و ترسیغ نظام اشرتاکي ضد هذا النظام‬ ‫العمل املشرتك للیسار تفرض نفسها کمنهج الن الوضع الراهن یتطلب اجوبة علی‬ ‫املستوی العاملي وان اختلفت بعض التکتیکتات والتفاصیل التي تواجه حرکة الیسار‪،‬‬ ‫کمثال؛ بعض من املهام تختلف من یسار غريب الی یسار رشقي من حیث املراحل او‬ ‫القضایا التاریخیة املعلقة‪ ،‬نحن الشیوعیون يف کردستان عالوة علی مهاممنا الطبقیة‬ ‫هناك مهمة تکملة مرشوع الحریة القومیة او تکملة الحقوق الوطنیة والتي هی‬ ‫احد ارکان فهم املارکسیة لحل املشکلة عن طریق طرح “ حق تقریر املصیر االمم‬ ‫والقومیات” وهی تکملة للمهام االممیة‪ ،‬و بهذا الصدد نحتاج تضامنکم‪ ،‬الن‌هذا‬ ‫التقارب ال یکتمل اذا کان هناك غیاب ملنظور واسع مشرتك لفهم مهامنا املختلفة‬ ‫واملشرتکة‪ ،‬ومن خالل انشغالنا بواقع تحقیق مهامنا تتوضح معامل اكرث لسبل تحقیق‬ ‫‪.‬اهدافنا و یخلق مفاهیم جدیدة و عملیة للنضال‬ ‫ان منهج املادیة الدیالیکتیکیة هی عبارة عن قراءة وفتحمستعصیات طریق تقدم‬ ‫التاریخ‪ .‬املارکسیة لیست منهج معین لفهم الظاهرات فقط او مامرسة تجریبیة‬ ‫کتصور لعامل ثابت‪ ،‬بل هو تصور مبني علی تغییر العامل و مبني علی الحرکة الدامئة‬ ‫للحیاة‪ ،‬نحن نتبع هذه املنهجیة الن بخالف ذالك سوف تبقی افق النصوص محدودة‬ ‫اما احتیاجات الواقع فهی متجددة دامئا‪ ،‬کام هي االحداث التاریخیة التي التبقی‬ ‫ثابتة‪ ،‬من غیر ان یعنی ان التغییرات يف کل االوقات هی ایجابیة‪ .‬کام یعلمنا لینین ان‬

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Workers Party of Ireland Gerry Grainger

Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland extends greetings to the parties present in Izmir, Turkey, for the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties and extends its thanks the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) for organising this meeting and providing the facilities for our parties to come together to discuss our common struggles and to reinforce the vial necessity of proletarian internationalism in the struggle for peace and socialism.

The IMCWP is an important event for our parties.

The WPI wishes to make clear its condemnation of the provocative action of a group which sent a letter to the members of the IMCWP invited to this 21st International Meeting that goes against the Communist Party of Turkey, which, following a decision by the Working Group of the IMCWP, co-hosts this year›s IMCWP together with the KKE. We condemn this provocation and stand firmly in solidarity with our comrades in the TKP. It is also important to record our condemnation of the recent further intervention and military invasion of Syria by Turkish armed forces and their proxies by land and air operations under the false pretext of “self-defence”.This continuing violation of Syrian sovereignty in collusion with the U.S, is part of a renewed imperialist offensive to divide and destabilise Syria which has already suffered the devastation of an imperialist war and represents a serious threat to the peace, security and prosperity of the peoples of the region and beyond.

Our Party remains committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria andwe express our solidarity with the people of Syria, including the Kurdish population of the region. It is for the people of Syria to decide their future free from imperialist intervention and interference.

This year we celebrate 100 years since the foundation of the Communist International. The International was formed in Moscow in March 1919 at the suggestion of Lenin at the first Congress of the Communist parties. The Communist International was born as an International of action, “the International of the deed”, an organisation committed to class struggle and workers’ power.

The Manifesto of the First Congress of the Communist International declared: “Sweeping aside the half-heartedness, lies and corruption of the outlived official Socialist parties, we Communists, united in the Third International, consider ourselves the direct continuation of the heroic endeavours and martyrdom of a long line of revolutionary generations IB 2020

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…” and it announced: “Our task is to generalise the revolutionary experience of the working class, to purge the movement of the corroding admixture of opportunism and social-patriotism, to unify the efforts of all genuinely revolutionary parties of the world proletariat and thereby facilitate and hasten the victory of the Communist revolution throughout the world.”

Having learned the lessons of the betrayal of the working class by the Second International, Lenin recognised, as far back as 1914,that the Second International was “dead, overcome by opportunism …”. When it came to a choice between proletarian internationalism which required opposition to an imperialist war and support for the war mongering of their national bourgeoisie, the “social patriots” chose to betray their fellow workers. The Resolution of the Stuttgart Congress of the Second International in 1907 as to the duty of the workers and their parliamentary representatives in the event of the outbreak of war was soon forgotten by all bar a few notable exceptions. Workers were betrayed in the mass slaughter on the First World War. For all their talk of internationalism and the dangers of militarism, these parties chose their own nation and its ruling class.The irreconcilable differences between the social patriots and the internationalists became a harsh reality.

In a Resolution at the First Congress of the Communist International, the International also recognised that it would be “sheer nonsense to think that that the most profound revolution in history, the first case in the history of the world of power being transferred from the exploiting minority to the exploited majority, could take place within the time-worn framework of the old, bourgeois parliamentary democracy, without drastic changes, without the creation of new forms of democracy, new institutions that embody the new conditions for applying democracy”.

The delegates to the First Congress exposed the errors of opportunism and “social patriotism” and counter-posed the necessity for a revolutionary strategy and proletarian internationalism and defence of the gains of the Great October Socialist Revolution.

Lenin, of course, was aware of “the danger of dilution by the influx of wavering and irresolute groups that have not yet broken with their Second International ideology” (Terms of Admission into the Communist International)[1] while he also exposed “the infantile disorder of ultra-leftism”[2] and reformism (We Have Paid Too Much).[3] The Communist International played a vital role in

strengthening the communist parties and under- 101 lining the vital necessity of the principle of proletarian internationalism and international solidarity.

It demonstrated the necessity for communist and workers’ parties to adhere to a revolutionary strategy. It highlighted the dangers of social democracy and the need for vigilance against reformism, opportunism and class collaboration within the workers’ movement. It made clear that an end to war is only possible through the abolition of capitalism.It showed that only through the establishment of workers’ power and the construction of socialism could workers’ needs be met. Of course, errors were made and mistaken assessments were from time to time adopted. That, however, does not diminish the tremendous significance of the Third International and the dissolution of the International in 1943 was a blow to the international communist movement.

Accordingly, the legacy of the Communist International remains of vital importance. We can benefit from its achievements and learn from its mistakes, particularly at a time when the international communist movement is faced with many problems and challenges and in circumstances where the growth of nationalism and fascism in many countries represent a real threat to workers’ unity and working class action and where imperialism continues to pose a threat to world peace.

The working class in many countries is confronted with the rise in bourgeois nationalism which is utilised to divide workers on ethnic, national or religious grounds, to weaken the workers’ movement, to distract workers from the class struggle and to obstruct and delay the advance towards socialism.

Whereas socialism emphasises the conflict between social classes which crosses national boundaries, nationalism, in contrast, envisages a national community which rises above class as the principal focus of individual and group allegiance. This, of course, serves the interests of the bourgeoisie. By way of contrast, the concept of proletarian internationalism is fundamental to the struggle of the working class but inimical to bourgeois nationalism. A political ideology which demands exclusive allegiance and commitment to a nation embodied as a form of an all-class alliance is detrimental to class struggle.

The concept of the nation-state as a political unit within capitalist society exists to maintain the class rule of the bourgeoisie.The General Rules of the First International clearly specified that “the emancipation of labour is neither a local nor a national, but a social problem, embracing all countries in which modern society exists, and depending for its solu-

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tion on the concurrence, practical and theoretical, of the most advanced countries�. As Lenin stated, Marx had made clear that the working class should be the last to make a fetish of the national question.

The foundation of the Communist International constituted a significant and fundamental departure from the discredited and shameful positions of the Second International which had sacrificed the workers of Europe on the altar of nationalism. We should never underestimate the power of nationalism of whatever hue to divide workers and to corrupt and distort the labour movement. In Ireland we are only too aware of that phenomenon and the dangers it poses to working class unity and progressive political change.

Today, the communist and workers’ parties can represent the values of what was best in the Communist International by a consistently revolutionary strategy and orientation based on the principles of Marxism-Leninism, in the struggle for peace and against imperialism, by raising class consciousness so that workers identify with their class interests rather than

sectional or communal concerns and by demonstrating that socialism and communism are the only alternatives to a rotten capitalist system which can only deliver war, exploitation and oppression and which must be abolished.

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Communist Party (Italy) Guido Ricci

103 Дорогие товарищи, Коммунистическая партия (Италия) горячо приветсвует братские партии, присутствующие на 21-ой Международной встрече Коммунистических и Рабочих партий и выражает свою благодарность Компартиям Турции и Греции, которые приняли на себя всю тяжесть организации этого важного мероприятия и блестяще с ней справились. В этом году мы, вместе с коммунистами всего мира, отмечали годовщины важных для рабочего движения событий: 60-ую годовщину Кубинской революции, 70-ую годовщину основания Китайской народной республики и 100-летие Коминтерна. В связи с годовщиной Третьего Интернационала, наша партия участвовала в собрании Европейской Коммунистической Инициативы в Стамбуле и в научно-политической конференции, организованной в Москве Российской коммунистической рабочей партией и Коммунистической партией Советского Союза. В Риме, в марте этого года, мы организовали интернационалисткую встречу, посвящённую годовщине основания Коминтерна, с участием братских партий и дипломатических представителей социалистических стран. Все эти мероприятия проводились не в ностальгическом духе, а с намерением изучать богатейший опыт Коминтерна для развития классовой борьбы и пролетарского интернационализма в нынешних условиях. Основополагающим началом Коммунистического Интернационала являлся окончательный разрыв с оппортунизмом и реформизмом Второго Интернационала и выбор революционного пути к социализму. Борьба с оппортунизмом и реформизмом весьма актуальна и сегодня, когда в международном коммунистическом движении эти два уклона широко распространены. Они в основном основываются на антинаучном, бесклассовом понимании государства и категории империализма. Некоторые партии, состоящие формально в Солиднете и параллельно в оппортунистических организациях типа Партии Европейских Левых, давно убрали из своей программы понятие диктатуры пролетариата и, как партии Второго Интернационала, говорят о «демократии» и «государстве» абстрактно, забывая о том, что имеем дело с «буржуазной

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именно демократией» и с «буржуазным именно государством». От этой неправильной идеологической постановки вытекает вредная для рабочего класса политическая практика. Как предупредил Ленин, самое демократическое государство является всё равно средством угнетения пролетариата кучкой эксплуататоров. Словами Ленина, в моментах обострения классовой борьбы, «нет ничего другого, как либо диктатура буржуазии или диктатура пролетариата. Мечта о другом, третьем пути есть лишь реакционный вопль мелкой буржуазии». Важно это подчеркнуть именно потому, что такое бесклассовое понимание государства, вместе с неправильным пониманем категории империализма, как привело социалдемократические партии Второго Интернационала к поддержке собственной буржуазии во время Первой мировой войны, так же сегодня приводит некоторые коммунистические партии к поддержке собственных капиталистических монополий в их конкуренции с монополиями других стран, разбивая единство пролетариата как мирового класса и общность его интересов. Это касается также общего вопроса о том, до какой степени и с какой целью коммунисты имеют право участвовать в институтах буржуазного демократии. Безусловно, там и когда это возможно, коммунисты должны участвовать в выборных органах, работая внутри их, но против них, как «диверсанты в лагере противника», но это не значит впадать в трясину «парламенсткого кретинизма», забывая о других формах борьбы. Другое дело — участие в буржуазных исполнительских органах. Опыт доказывает, что участие коммунистов в буржуазных правительствах, а также в избирательных коалициях с буржуазными партиями, дискредитирует партию в глазах рабочего класса, компрометирует её и приводит к перерождению её классового характера и к политическому краху. Безусловно, коммунисты должны бороться за сохранение и расширение всех демократических нишей, которые остаются открытыми для пролетариата при буржуазной «демократической» диктатуре, но это не значит превратить эту борьбу в борьбу за защиту буржуазной демократии как таковой. По примеру Коминтерна, коммунисты-

революционеры должны сегодня беспощадно бороться с оппортунизмом, внутренним врагом международного коммунистического движения. Нельзя забывать, что некоторые партии до вчерашнего дня сотрудничали, а может ещё сотрудничают, с той социалдемократией, которая голосовала за позорную антикоммунистическую резолюцию Европарламента. Оппортунисты распространяют иллюзию о возможности прогрессивных реформ Евросоюза в пользу народа, а Евросоюз и НАТО невозможно реформировать, поскольку они институты империалистического строя. Их можно и надо только ликвидировать вместе с породившим их строем. Коминтерн внёс бесценный теоретический и оперативный вклад в борьбу с фашизмом, положив основу для победы над ним. Поучения Третьего Интернационала по борьбе с фашизмом весьма ценны сегодня, когда Евросоюз проявляет настоящий тоталитаризм, преследуя идеи и деятельность коммунистов, разрешая фашистам снова поднять голову. Нарастающая атака капитала против мирового пролетариата, ограничение и упразднение даже формальных прав буржуазной демократии, бешеный антикоммунизм как официальная идеология Евросоюза, обострение межимпериалистической конкуренции и напряжённости на международной арене, ужесточение санкций против Кубы, Народной Демократической Корейской Республики, Ирана, Венесуэлы, продолжение безумной капиталистической эксплуатации ресурсов планеты с риском экологической катастрофы и империалистические войны в разных регионах, создающие гуманитарное чрезвычайное положение, требуют немедленного усиления борьбы и скоординированного действия коммунистов. Борьба за мир, против империалистической войны, должна опять занимать центральное место в работе коммунистов. В связи с последними событиями в Сирии, наша партия решительно осуждает вооружённое вторжение Турции на северовосточную территорию страны. Мы также осуждаем лицемерное поведение США и стран Евросоюза, в том числе Италии, которые, несмотря на громкие заявления, не делают IB 2020

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ничего конкретного, чтобы остановить кровопролитие в Сирии, а де факто работают для расчленения этой многострадальческой страны. Безусловно, сегодня нет условий для воссоздания Коммунистического Интернационала в его форме до 1943 года, в основном из-за отсутствия идеологического и политического единства вглядов в международном коммунистическом движении. Кроме того, из-за временной победы контрреволюции в СССР, нет общепризнанного центра мировой революции, который мог бы приютить и поддержать такую организацию. Более того, со Второй мировой войны формы общественных отношений стали более сложными и требуют дифференцированного подхода в зависимости и от ситуации в стране и от положения данной страны в международном контексте, что не позволяет единое централизованное руководство действия компартий. Если в международном комдвижении существуют разногласия о тактики взятия власти, о вопросе тактических и стратегических альянсах и т. п., тем не менее можно найти общие темы, по которым нет существенных разногласий и на основе которых централизованное скоординирование возможно и необходимо, надо только разрабатывать критерии его осуществления. Например, тема борьбы с империалистической войной, борьбы за мир и безусловную солидарность с беженцами. Например вопрос борьбы с безудержной капиталистической эксплуатицией ресурсов планеты. Это вопрос, который не имеем право оставлять в руках малолетних марионеток, спонсированных именно теми транснациональными монополиями, которые разрушают среду и пытаются скрывать свою ответственность и создать в массах ложные цели борьбы. Также, необходимая контратака по вопросу условий жизни и работы пролетариев должна стать предметом коллективной разработки и централизованно скоординированных акций коммунистов. Это предполагает расширение роли Солиднета, из консультативного органа для обмена мнениями между коммунистическими партиями в орган, координирующий, хотя и частично, конкретные согласованные

политические действия коммунистических 105 партий. Без всякой претензии на обладание истиной, мы считаем, что таким образом можно было бы придать новый импульс, новую силу пролетарскому интернационализму, не ущемляя автономию каждой партии в стратегических и тактических вопросах. Это был бы шагом вперёд в сторону единства коммунистического движения и воссоздания Коммунистического Интернационала в той современной форме, которой требует реальная обстановка. ДА ЗДРАВСТВУЕТ КОММУНИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ИНТЕРНАЦИОНАЛ! ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН, СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ!

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Italian Communist Party Luca Vanzini

107 Dear comrades, On behalf of the Italian Communist Party I thank the organisers of the XXI IMCWP for theireffort in ensuring the success of this event. This event, already relevant in itself,is the more important as it coincides with the 100thanniversary of the Third Communist International, a fundamental platform between the two world wars. That organisation has been a pillar of our common history andpromoted the action of communist parties in a most difficult phase, supporting workers in developed capitalist systems and opening new horizons to the colonised masses. That experience showed us thatthe liberation of the toiling masses is not a linear process, but a long and difficult fight.

Much has happened since its dissolution and the current situation is a challenge for communist parties across the world. Few weeks ago was the 80thanniversary of the beginning of the Second World War and in such occasion the European Parliamentpasseda resolution on the historical memory of that event: a large majority, including Italy’s main left-and rightwing parties, voted to equalise Nazismand Communism,in a shamefulact of historical revisionism,and to support Europe’s most reactionary Governments in banning communist parties and their symbols.

Knowing the USSR’s crucial role in defeating Nazism and the role of communists in the fight against fascism, we must not think it self-evident. We must instead grasp this act of historical revisionism as part of afrontal attack againstall those who do not submit to the liberal totalitarianism.The communistmovementis growing again in many countriesaround the worldandtheEuropean bourgeoisiekeeps attacking because no one should dare question thebourgeoisie’s divine right to power, nor promote an alternative idea of society.No one can say that capitalism triumphed at the collapse of the USSR and even proclaimed the end of the history, but that after 30years it is bogged in a deep structural crisis and cannot go anywherefurther.

In such times, we must work in an increasingly fraught tinternational landscape: more complex, problematic andopen to many different endings. Geopolitical equilibria as we knew them are largely destabilised and fluidly changing in acontext of financialised globalisationand renewed imperialism. On one hand, US unilateralism accelerated under President Trump into a moreaggressiveforeign policy, which is ever more dictated by the military-industrial complex and which shows contemptforinternational law and national self-determination.Here, NATO is increasingly prominentas the US-led military infrastructureand

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shows newappetiteto risk warfor itsexpansioneastwards and southwards.On the other hand instead, the European Union, despite its crisis, is consolidating as imperialist block and is increasingly openly dominated by financial capital, unmasking the fairy tale of a social Europe and triggering itsrejectionby its oppressed people.Here we see again the emersion of ideasand behaviours which led Europe to its nadir twice in the last century.

In this landscape, communistand workers’parties must cooperate in an ever closer symbiosis. Many wrongly thought that the hope for a socialist society died in 1991, but it is instead stillalive and it is necessary, driven by the reality around usand groundedinits scientific bases: the militants seeking a socialist society within their conditions and with their means across the world prove the vitality of such hope.

For obvious reasons, this is not the time for a leading country or party within the communist movement, but it is certainly the time to practice ever more internationalism as our guiding principle. The PCI is

firmly convinced of the necessity to pursue the maximum unity among communist and workers’parties according to our maxim “united despite our differences”. We must define common platformsand common goals for transnational and unitary battles.

We must not hide our differences, but we must placea higher priority on our unitywhich,respectful of eachother’s political and organisational autonomy, is possible and necessary to reject the anti-communistattacks of the bourgeoisie.

The current situation tells us clearly that the need for proletarian internationalism is stronger than ever.

100 years after the foundation of the Third International, these wordsarenot a symbolic commemoration, but a known fact for all of us.

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Workers Party of Korea Han Su Chol

109 Esteemed Comrade Chair, Dear Comrades, First, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece for exerting great efforts to successfully host the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties that will be of great significance in the development of the world socialist movement.

Also, I convey militant greetings from the members of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the Korean people to the communist and workers’ parties and progressive peoples of various countries who are fighting to realize socialist and communist ideas, the ideal of humankind.

Comrades, It is quite significant that this meeting, with the theme of “The fight for peace and socialism continues!”, is being held this year which marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist International.

The Communist International which was established with the purpose of defending the gains of the October Socialist Revolution and expanding its achievements, set itself a historic mission to organize and develop on the international scale the struggle of the working class and oppressed nations around the world to terminate the imperialist suppression and to break the chains of the capital.

For the 20-odd years the Communist International existed in the first half of the 20th century, the international communist movement and the working-class movement made a rapid progress.

Of particular significance is the fact that in the 1930s, the Communist International set itself a strategic task to rally the working class and popular masses of all countries in the fight against war and fascism to prevent war, safeguard peace and democracy, thereby admirably fulfilled its role as the general staff of the world revolution.

The Communist International supported the policies put forward by Comrade Kim Il Sung, the great leader of the Korean revolution, such as the the revolutionary line on independence, the line on building a people’s revolutionary government and the line on anti-Japanese national united front, thereby encouraging the Korean people in their struggle to achieve national liberation and class liberation.

For the last 100 years since the founding of the Communist International the world socialist movement has come a long way and has witnessed in the process brilliant victories as well as painful setbacks.

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However, no matter how vicious the imperialists’ anti-socialist moves may be, today socialism exists as an undeniable reality in many countries including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, giving a strong impetus to the struggle of the world’s progressive peoples for peace and against imperialism.

Comrades, The WPK has been able to frustrate the aggressive maneuvers of imperialism and successfully advanced the cause of socialism because it thoroughly maintained the independent line of revolution.

The building of socialism in the DPRK has to be carried out under the condition in which the country is geographically located between big powers and its territory divided into two and in which socialism and imperialism face each other in the most acute form of confrontation; it is therefore characterized by unparalleled arduousness and complexity.

In view of the unique environment of our country and fundamental requirements of our revolution, the WPK put forward independence as its political philosophy.

Throughout the course of building socialism, our Party rejected imperialism, dominationism, revisionism and dogmatism and solved all the problems in accordance with the aspirations of our people and specific conditions of our country relying on our own strength and hence built a socialist country that is independent in politics, self-sufficient in economy and self-reliant in national defense.

Today, in our country, the building of socialism has entered a very important and pivotal stage.

At the 7th Congress of the WPK, Comrade Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the WPK has put forward the grand strategic task of building a thriving socialist country to realize the ideal of prosperity, wealth and military strength.

In the course of the struggle to implement the decision of the 7th Party Congress, we have accomplished the historic cause of building the nuclear force of the state, on the basis of which we are leading the development of situation toward peace in recent years.

Major progress has been achieved in the efforts to put the national economy on a Juche-oriented and modern basis with the result that new sectors of industry have been created and domestic resources are widely used to meet the demands for energy, fuel and raw materials while every year we are witnessing new homes and streets and monumental edifices built for the people.

Through these notable successes made in the last three years since the 7th Party Congress, the Korean people have been convinced that they can effec-

tively achieve the cause of building a socialist power when they rely on and further develop their own strength and capabilities.

Today, economic construction is not a simple contest of national power but a front line of political and class struggle to prove in reality the superiority of socialism over capitalism.

What is more, as the imperialists who lost nuclear supremacy are resorting to the last measure of sanctions and blockade against the DPRK, the economic construction is in itself a life-and-death struggle that would decide the winner and loser between socialism and capitalism.

That is the reason why the WPK has set itself the task of building an economic power as its major political mission for the present stage and reaffirmed building a socialist power under the banner of self-reliance as the Party’s political line at the 4th plenary session of the 7th Party Central Committee held last April.

Now the WPK is engaged in a vigorous struggle to improve the country’s economy onto a new higher stage of development based on the solid foundation of independent national economy built by the great Comrade Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il and relying on the might of heroic working class as well as the powerful contingent of scientists and technicians trained in the socialist education system.

Our goal for economic development is enormous and the imperialists’ maneuvers to hamper our progress persist, but the Workers’ Party of Korea will definitely build a prospering socialist power by itself drawing on the treasured sword of self-reliance.

Comrades, Peace is an intrinsic demand of socialism and the desire of our nation which has been under constant threats of a nuclear war from imperialists.

In accordance with the strategic judgement of the WPK, the DPRK has been engaged in negotiations with the US aimed at replacing the 1953 Armistice Agreement with a peace treaty and building a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean peninsula.

The DPRK has already manifested its definite intention to open a new era of peace and prosperity through taking crucial and significant measures in a proactive way such as suspending nuclear tests and test-firing of ICBMs. Whether or not peace finds its place to settle on the Korean peninsula and in the northeast Asia depends on the stand of the US now.

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pletely withdraw its hostile policy toward the DPRK. We will always hold the initiative in the righteous struggle for peace and security of the Korean peninsula to defend our socialist system and the gains of the revolution, and never tolerate or sit idle by the sanctions imposed by the imperialists, but fight against and frustrate their moves.

Comrades, Socialism remains as the ideal and future of humankind and as the irreversible trend of the times.

The threats of capitalism against the rights to existence and development of working masses and the manoeuvres of imperialism to encroach upon the sovereignty of other countries at its will are growing more reckless day after day. The reality of today demands that the revolutionary parties aspiring after socialism strengthen the unity in their joint struggle.

Anti-imperialist independence and socialism are the basis of unity among the revolutionary parties.

The Workers’ Party of Korea will continue to struggle

shoulder to shoulder with all parties from socialist 111 countries on the road of building socialism and it will render strong support and encouragement to the communist and workers’ parties who are fighting against exploitation and oppression by capital and for the democratic rights of working class and other working masses.

I would also like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to the communist and workers’ parties from different countries who are extending sincere support to the struggle of the Workers’ Party of Korea for the building of a powerful socialist country and peace on the Korean peninsula.

The Workers’ Party of Korea, in the future too, will vigorously struggle for the victorious advance of the cause of socialism in close unity with the communist and workers’ parties cherishing independence around the world under the high banner of socialism and anti-imperialist independence.

Thank you.

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Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Somphone Sichaleune

- Esteemed Presidium - Distinguished delegates - Dear Comrades, At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People’s Revolutionary PartyI am very pleased and honored to attend the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties, which is held in this beautiful city of Izmir, Turkey. I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciations for the invitation and the warmest welcome extended to our delegation, as well as the excellent arrangements of the meeting by the Communist Party of Turkey together with the Communist Party of Greece.I would like to wish the meeting a great success.

Dear Delegates, The founding of the Communist International was one of the remarkable political events for humankind in the XXth century. It has gone through difficult period of history and overcome serious challenges and tests, including containment and sabotages by its opponents. But the spirit of the proletarian internationalism has not been broken and the flame of the international communist movements not been extinguished. On the contrary, they not only survive, but also continue to further develop under new conditions.

Throughout a century of the Communist International path, it is proven that the struggle for peace and socialism still remains the supreme ideology of the working class and a heavy common cause that the communist and workers’ parties across the world have to shoulder. ​The continued existence and rise of the spirit of the proletarian internationalism and international communist movements, which always uphold peace and socialism, are attributed to objective factors as follows: peace is a common desire of humankind and a pre-requisite for the development of humanity; safeguarding peace is an obligation and task of all countries and political and social forces, especially the progressive forces; and the struggle for maintaining peace is a long-term unchanged strategy of the communist and workers’ parties as well as progressive forces in the world.

The lessons drawn from the history show that under the leadership of the communist and workers’ parties, the struggle for peace and socialism has been waged in a constant, fierce and decisive manner.

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ism has shown to the world its excellent characteristics, hence offering an alternative to development paths and becoming goals for many nations in the world.

Dear Comrades, Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has led Lao people’s struggle for peace and national independence over the past and continue to lead the cause of socialist building, which faces with tremendous challenges. The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party is a revolutionary party of the Lao working class, which always upholds Marxism-Leninism as a foundation for the party’s ideology and thinking, and creatively applies Marxism-Leninism to suit the realities and characteristics of the country.

The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has embraced a combination of patriotism with genuine proletarian internationalism and synergized national strengths with the ones of the new era, while consistently pursuing a foreign policy of peace, independence, friendship and cooperation. On this basis, the struggle of the Lao people has garnered sympathy as well as considerable and wholehearted support and assistance from fraternal countries, political parties, friends, international organisations and people, who cherish peace and justice all over the world, thus leading to the glorious victory in the struggle for national liberation, and solemnly proclaiming the establishment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 2nd December 1975, and carrying on the cause of national safeguarding and construction over the past years.

At present, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party

has relations with almost 140 political parties in the 113 world. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic has enjoyed firm political stability, security and social order. The country’s economy steadily grew with an average GDP of 6,9% for the period 2017-2018, and 6,5% in the first half of 2019 and income per capita of more than US$ 2600. People’s poverty rate has been gradually reduced. Lao people have witnessed gradual improvement in their well-being. On this occasion, on behalf of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party I would like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to fraternal political parties and friends for the invaluable support and assistance provided for the Lao PDR and the Lao multi-ethnic people thus far.

Against the regional and international landscape continuing to undergo complex changes, and being characterized by cooperation and inter-dependence, fierce competition and confrontations, the struggle for peace and socialism will encounter with tremendous challenges and tests lying ahead. It is more important than ever that the communist and workers’ parties, political parties and progressive movements in the world must stand firmly resolute and persevering, strengthen the resolve solidarity and coordination in activities, and exchange lessons learned so as to enhance international cooperation and the proletarian internationalism spirit for the cause of peace and cooperation for development towards socialism.

We strongly believe in the bright future of socialism!

Long live Marxism-Leninism!

Long live international solidarity!

‫حرضةاألمني العام للحزب الشيوعي الرتيك واألمناء العامون وأعضاء قيادة األحزاب‬ ‫‪:‬الشيوعية والعاملية‪ .‬أيها الرفاق‬ ‫نحيي يف البداية الذكرى املئوية لتأسيس األممية الشيوعية‪ ،‬ونضاالت ماليني الشيوعيني‬ ‫الذين استشهدوا واعتقلوا وعذبوا وقمعوا يف نضالهم ضد الرأساملية واالستغالل‬ ‫الطبقي وضد االستعامر واالمربيالية وحروبها عىل شعوب العامل‪ ،‬وضد الفاشية والنازية‬ ‫‪.‬والصهيونية يف مختلف بلدان العامل‬ ‫عىل الرغم من النكسة الكبرية التي أصابت الحركة الشيوعية يف العامل إثر انهيار‬ ‫املنظومة االشرتاكية بقيادة االتحاد السوفيايت‪ ،‬والنشوة التي عاشتها الرأساملية بقيادة‬ ‫الواليات املتحدة األمريكية معتقد ًة أنّها قد هزمت خصمها الطبقي إىل األبد‪ ،‬وأنّها قد‬ ‫كتبت نهاية التاريخ بانتصار املست ِغلني عىل املستغَلني‪ ،‬والرأساملية عىل االشرتاكية‪ ،‬عىل‬ ‫‪.‬الرغم من هذه النكسات‪ ،‬مل نيأس ومل نستسلم ال فكرياً وال سياسياً‬ ‫ورغم الصعوبات‪ ،‬استمرت األحزاب الشيوعية واالشرتاكية يف نضالها السيايس ألنّها‬ ‫رصت أ ّن ال طريق أمام البرشية سوى االشرتاكية أو الهمجية‪ ،‬واسترشفت األزمات‬ ‫أ ّ‬ ‫القادمة للرأساملية رغم انتصارها املوضعي‪ ،‬وحتمية الرصاع ضدها من أجل التحرر‬ ‫الوطني ومن أجل االشرتاكية والخالص من نظام االستغالل‪ .‬وخالل ثالثة عقود‪ ،‬أثبتت‬ ‫األحداث صحة رؤيتنا املشرتكة حول رضورة استمرار املواجهة‪ ،‬وحول إمكانية هزمية‬ ‫الرأساملية‪ ،‬وحول أ ّن التاريخ مل ينته معلناً فوز الرأساملية التي ما لبثت أن عانت‬ ‫أزمات شديدة كان أقواها يف العام ‪ ،2008‬وهي أعمق أزمة رأساملية منذ الكساد‬ ‫‪.‬العظيم عام ‪ ،1929‬وما زلنا نعيش ارتداداتها حتى اليوم‬ ‫كذلك تواجه املنظومة االمربيالية بقيادة الواليات املتحدة األمريكية‪ ،‬ومعها حلفاء‬ ‫تابعون يف االتحاد األورويب واليابان ودول الناتو‪ ،‬تحديات جديّة مع الصعود الرسيع‬ ‫ألقطاب دولية أخرى منافسة وذات مصالح متناقضة مع الدول االمربيالية املهيمنة‬ ‫رغم أ ّن معظمها ليست أقطاب اشرتاكية‪ .‬هذا الصعود الذي يتمثل بشكل رئييس يف‬ ‫قوتني دوليتني هام الصني بقيادة الحزب الشيوعي الصيني‪ ،‬وإمكاناتها االقتصادية‬ ‫الجبارة‪ ،‬وروسيا التي تستعيد اليوم قوتها العسكرية والسياسية إضافة إىل قوى‬ ‫إقليمية يف آسيا وأمريكا الالتينية وأفريقيا بدأ يشكل تحدياً فعلياً ملنظومة الهيمنة‬ ‫األحادية القطبية التي تكرست منذ ثالثة عقود‪ ،‬وزاد بالتايل من عمق أزمة دول املركز‬ ‫الرأساميل التي مل تعد قادرة عىل تطويع العامل‪ ،‬بكل دوله وشعوبه كام كانت تفعل من‬ ‫لحل أزماتها‪ .‬وعىل الرغم من أ ّن الرصاع بني هذه األقطاب ال يأخذ شكل الرصاع‬ ‫قبل‪ّ ،‬‬ ‫بني الرأساملية واالشرتاكية‪ّ ،‬إل أنّه يساهم جدياً يف تعميق أزمة نظام االستغالل الطبقي‬ ‫املعومل‪ ،‬ويتيح للشعوب املستغلة فرصاً أكرب يف املواجهة من أجل التحرر واالنعتاق‪،‬‬ ‫‪.‬ويضعف إىل ح ّد بعيد الهيمنة األمريكية – األطلسية‬ ‫وكام يف األزمات الرأساملية السابقة‪ ،‬ات ّجهت اإلمربيالية نحو تصعيد هجومها عىل‬ ‫شعوب العامل يف داخل دول املركز الرأساميل كام يف األطراف‪ .‬إذ شهدت السنوات‬ ‫األخرية صعودا ً كبريا ً لقوى ذات طبيعة فاشية يف العديد من الدول األوروبية‪ ،‬ومعها‬ ‫صعدت ظواهر اليمني الشعبوي يف دول أخرى‪ ،‬وتحديدا ً مع وصول ترامب إىل رئاسة‬ ‫الواليات املتحدة األمريكية‪ .‬وعمدت دول االتحاد األورويب إىل االنقضاض عىل حقوق‬ ‫العامل فيها من خالل خفض التقدميات االجتامعية وترسيح املوظفني يف القطاع العام‬ ‫وبيع األمالك العامة‪ ،‬وإمساك سياساتها النقدية واملالية من قبل املرصف املركزي‬ ‫األورويب وضخ األموال إلنقاذ املؤسسات املالية الكربى‪ ،‬عىل حساب حقوق العامل‬ ‫والفئات املستغلّة‪ .‬ودفعت شعوب أوروبا مثن سياساتاالتحاد األورويب الذي ميثّل‬ ‫مصالح رأس املال األورويب الطامح إىل تعميق سيطرته داخل حدود قارته‪ ،‬وأيضاً‬ ‫‪.‬خارجها‬ ‫إن عمق االستغالل الطبقي يف منطقتنا القائم عىل نهب ثرواتها‪ ،‬وتحديدا ً النفطية‬ ‫منها‪ ،‬من قوى رأس املال العاملي‪ ،‬كام من رأس املال املحيل‪ ،‬الذي ميسك السلطة‬ ‫السياسية من خالل أنظمة ريعية ورجعية وتابعة واستبدادية‪ ،‬قد أدّى إىل حدوث‬ ‫انفجار اجتامعي يف مختلف دولها‪ .‬فمن السودان والجزائر وصوالً إىل مرص والعراق‬ ‫واألردن وبلدنا لبنان الذي يدخل مرحلة انهيار اقتصادي ونقدي عميق نتيجة‬ ‫السياسات الريعية السائدة منذ عقود‪ ،‬يف كل هذه الدول وغريها‪ ،‬تنتفض الشعوب‬ ‫العربية املستغلة اليوم‪ ،‬بشكل عفوي وغري منظم يف معظم األحيان‪ ،‬لتعرب عن معاناتها‬ ‫من تداعيات اإلفقار والبطالة واملذلة القامئة‪ .‬إ ّن هذا الواقع مرشح للتنامي يف ظل‬ ‫انفجار التناقضات االجتامعية وغياب أي حلول عند الطبقات الحاكمة عىل اختالف‬ ‫مكوناتها‪ ،‬وهو ما يعني رضورة استعداد األحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية إىل صياغة برامج‬ ‫‪www.solidnet.org‬‬

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‫‪Lebanese‬‬ ‫‪Communist‬‬ ‫‪Party‬‬

‫‪Omar El Deeb‬‬

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‫‪. 115‬اللبناين بهدف خنق املقاومة اللبنانية والتضييق عليها‬ ‫‪،‬ايها الرفاق‬ ‫ان الحركة الشيوعية العاملية يجب أن تقدم نفسها‪ ،‬اآلن وهنا‪ ،‬كقوة سياسية وفكرية‬ ‫بديلة يف مواجهة الرأساملية كام يف مواجهة اليمني والتطرف الديني والرجعيات‬ ‫وأنظمة االستبداد التي هرعتلرتث الفراغات التي تركها فشل مرشوع الرأساملية‬ ‫‪.‬النيوليربالية‪ ،‬مستندين إىل نظريتنا املاركسية اللينينية‬ ‫نحن يف الحزب الشيوعي اللبناين نتابع عن كثب وباهتامم كبري املسارات املختلفة نحو‬ ‫االشرتاكية يف العديد من البلدان‪ .‬ان هذه املسارات بكل إنجازاتها الكبرية‪ ،‬باإلضافة إىل‬ ‫املخاطر الكامنة‪ ،‬متثل اختالفات داخل الوحدة‪ ،‬وهي وحدة هدف تحقيق االشرتاكية‬ ‫التي ستحل محل الرأساملية وتنهي قروناً من القهر واالستغالل الطبقي‪.‬ان هذه‬ ‫الوحدة يف الهدف يجب أن تعكس نفسها عىل مستوى عالقات مفتوحة وأخوية‬ ‫بني األحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية يف العامل‪ .‬ويجب ان يتم تعزيز هذا اللقاء لألحزاب‬ ‫الشيوعية والعاملية من خالل جعله أكرث مرونة وأكرث فعالية‪ ،‬وإضفاء الطابع املؤسيس‬ ‫‪.‬عليه‬ ‫ونحن يف الحزب الشيوعي اللبناين نعدكم اننا سنكرس كل ما ميكن أن نكرسه من‬ ‫أجل تحقيق هذه املهمة الحاسمة‪ ،‬عرب صياغة برنامجنا املحيل واإلقليمي املستند إىل‬ ‫مواجهة الرأساملية واالمربيالية والحركة الصهيونية عرب مقاومة شاملة بكافة الوسائل‬ ‫املتاحة‪ ،‬وإىل مواجهة األنظمة الرجعية واالستبداديةواملذهبية‪،‬ساعني إىل تجميع القوى‬ ‫‪.‬اليسارية والشيوعية العربية‪ ،‬لطرح بديل وطني علامين مقاوم عىل طريق االشرتاكية‬

‫عاشت األحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية‪ ،‬عاشت االشرتاكية‬ ‫عمر الديب‪ ،‬مسؤول العالقات الخارجية يف املكتب السيايس للحزب الشيوعي اللبناين‬

‫للمواجهة وللتغيري من أجل تغيري موازين القوى القامئة وطرح نفسها كبديل ثوري‬ ‫‪.‬للنظم السائدة‬ ‫أما عىل الصعيد الدويل‪ ،‬فص ّعدت الدول االمربيالية من هجومها عىل منطقتنا‪ ،‬بهدف‬ ‫إمساك منابع النفط وطرق اإلمداد واألنابيب وقطع الطريق عىل القوى الدولية‬ ‫املنافسة‪ .‬يف هذا السياق سارعت الواليات املتحدة إىل االلتفاف عىل انتفاضات‬ ‫الشعوب الطامحة إىل العدالة واملساواة والتحرر‪ ،‬من خالل دعم التيارات الدينية‬ ‫السلفية واإلخوانية والجيوش الحليفة إلمساك السلطة كام حصل سابقاً ويحصل‬ ‫اليوم‪ ،‬ودعمت الجامعات اإلجرامية مثل داعش والنرصة وغريها لتأجيج االنقسامات‬ ‫املذهبية والدفع مبشاريع التقسيم والتفتيت والتجزئة كام حصل ويحصل يف ليبيا‬ ‫وسوريا‪ .‬ويف اإلطار نفسه‪ ،‬أطلقت يد السعودية يف حربها عىل الشعب اليمني‪ .‬وها‬ ‫هي تركيا تش ّن عدوانها عىل األرايض السورية بهدف توسيع نطاق سيطرتها الجغرافية‬ ‫وقضم األرايض وتصفية التنظيامت الكردية‪ ،‬وقد س ّجل حزبنا موقفاً رافضاً لهذا‬ ‫العدوان‪ ،‬داعامً وحدة سوريا أرضاً وشعباً‪ ،‬وداعامً حق الشعب الكردي يف تحقيق‬ ‫مطالبه ضمن إطار الوحدة السورية‪ ،‬يف املساواة السياسية واالقتصادية والثقافية‪ ،‬كام‬ ‫أدنّا رهان القيادة الكردية عىل االمربيالية وتحديدا ً الواليات املتحدة التي سارعت إىل‬ ‫‪.‬التضحية بهم عند االستحقاق الجدي ملصلحة تفاهمها مع تركيا‬ ‫كام ارتكزت االسرتاتيجية االمربيالية عىل الدعم الالمتناهي للكيان الصهيوين عىل‬ ‫حساب الشعب الفلسطيني وكل شعوب املنطقة لتثبيت تفوقه العسكري كوكيل‬ ‫لها عىل امتداد منطقة الرشق األوسط‪ ،‬وهي تسعى اليوم بكل ثقلها لتصفية القضية‬ ‫الفلسطينية عرب سلسلة من القرارات واإلجراءات ومنها قرار يهودية الدولة وضم‬ ‫القدس والجوالن والتحضري لضم الضفة الغربية لسيادتها والدعم األمرييك املطلق‬ ‫لذلك‪ ،‬فضالً عن السعي الحثيث لتصفية حق العودة وتوطني الالجئني الفلسطينيني يف‬ ‫‪.‬بالد الشتات‬ ‫ومتتد هذه الهجمة عىل أوروبا الرشقية وأوكرانيا كام إىل أمريكا الالتينية التي بدأت‬ ‫تعود إىل عرص الفاشيات التابعة ناهيك عن عسكرة املحيط الهادئ ونقل األساطيل‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫تكتف الواليات املتحدة بهذا الهجوم‬ ‫األمريكية إىل هناك من أجل محارصة الصني‪ .‬ومل‬ ‫الواسع ضد شعوب العامل‪ ،‬إذ لجأت معه إىل سياسات العقوبات والرسوم الجمركية‬ ‫وتوابعها‪ ،‬فبدأت بفرضها بشكل واسع ضد روسيا والصني وإيران وسوريا وفنزويال‬ ‫وكوبا‪ ،‬وتراجعت عن االتفاق النووي‪ ،‬وبدأت بعقوبات جديدة تطال النظام املرصيف‬

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Communist Party of Luxembourg Ali Ruckert

Dear comrades, On behalf of the Communist Party of Luxembourg, I would like to extend our thanks to the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece for making this 21st International Conference of Communist and Workers Parties possible.

Already in 1915, Lenin had pointed out that an international Marxist organization could only come into being if in various countries the conditions are existing to found independent Marxist parties.

When the Communist International was founded in Russia just one and a half years after the October Revolution, such parties already existed, but most of them had only been founded a few months earlier, were still in the process of construction and were not ideologically and organizationally consolidated.

But the foundation of those parties took place in a revolutionary period in which the break with capitalism seemed possible in a series of countries. As a result, majorities in existing social-democratic parties wanted to break with the opportunist forces that had supported the imperialist war and collaborated with the bourgeois warmongers, and wanted to impose revolutionary changes. They professed to the Communist International and its aims and changed their names to Communist Party.

In other countries, where revolutionary forces remained outnumbered, such as Luxembourg on January 2, 1921, they founded new Communist parties as competing organizations to the Social Democratic Party and became sections of the Communist International. But by that time there had already been great defeats of the Communist forces in several European countries, and the revolutionary wave was already fading.

The rapidly changing objective conditions of struggle forced the Communist International to change its general line within a short period of time. Theoretical and political problems had to be solved, for which the subjective conditions in the individual parties were not yet or only insufficiently present. The Communist International faced this challenge again and again during the following years. Not always the correct analyses were made, which then sometimes led to political misjudgements and wrong slogans, and had fatal consequences.

It is undeniable that the Communist International with its 7th Congress in 1935 made real history when, after long collective analyses and debates, it was the only political force that recognized and revealed the class character of fascism, developed further the Marxist-Leninist strategy and tactics in the anti-fascist, anti-imperialist and anti-war struggle, IB 2020

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determined the relationship between communists and social democrats in a new way, and declared the creation of the unity of action of the working class as the core for the defense against fascism – and finally developed the popular front politics.

For the communists of today it is important to deal with and to learn from the history of the Communist International, with its successes and defeats, its ideological-theoretical principles, its skilful tactical decisions and its organizational orientation, but also with its weaknesses and lacks that were committed.

Not only with the aim to know our own history, but to explore what kind of insights and conclusions can be drawn from it for today’s time and for the work of the communists. And there are quite a lot.

On behalf of the Communist Party of Luxembourg, I would like to make a few comments.

Unlike 1919, today we are not living in a revolutionary period.

The defeat that the communist movement suffered when capitalism was restored in the Soviet Union and in other countries in Eastern Europe where early socialist societies had developed, and when the GDR was annexed by the Federal Republic, is still having an effect 30 years later.

Anti-communism is omnipresent, class consciousness in the working class and among the wage earners as a whole is low, and the social question, at least in that part of the European continent where Luxembourg is located, is now largely overlaid by the climate question. But on the part of the communist parties there is no or very little collective effort to find and disseminate answers to this challenge. And this is not only due to the weaknesses of our press and public relations.

We have seen over the past few years that some Communist parties, provided they had the strength at all to run for elections at national level, have suffered some severe electoral defeats – small parties as well as relatively strong Communist parties, even in countries where Social Democrats or so-called Leftists were in government at regional or national level. Under these circumstances, it would have been expected that there would be a shift to the left towards the Communists, which was not the case. It is also bitter, of course, that we Communists did not even manage to develop a common strategy for the election campaign for the EU parliament.

Election performance is an indicator of how much influence a party has in the population, although there are other important indicators that can be used to measure influence, such as membership, the spread of the Communist press, the Communist Par-

ty’s presence in enterprises and in trade unions, the 117 Party’s influence in social organisations or at their management level.

Wouldn’t it be reasonable if the communist movement collectively researched the causes and thought about whether and which objective causes exist for this development, and which contradictions have to be overcome so that this general tendency can be flattened or reversed, how cooperation in this area could concretely look like, which tactics have proved successful and can therefore also be applied elsewhere and which not?

Such cooperation or joint considerations are also urgently needed in ideological-theoretical, strategic and tactical questions, for example in the important question of alliance policy. We can find valuable hints and examples in the history of the communist movement and of the Communist International, and it is necessary to study the experiences of the individual parties thoroughly, also in order not to fall into sectarianism or to fall for opportunism.

The same applies to the question of how we imagine socialism and the path to it, knowing full well that, firstly, there are generalities elaborated by Marx, Engels and Lenin, without which no socialist development path is possible, and, secondly, there are numerous positive and negative experiences from the early socialist countries. Thirdly, we can gain additional experience in countries that are currently embarking on a socialist path of development, under conditions that are fundamentally different from those of 1917 and 1945.

But such discussions, even if they are fierce, must be conducted with arguments and respect and must not be presented in an excessively polemical or even accusatory form, because that is only damaging and does not provide insight or clarity.

I do not want to claim that there are no ideological and political differences between the German Communist Party, the New Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Workers Party of Belgium and the Communist Party of Luxembourg, but that does not prevent us from working closely together for many years and also from dealing openly with problems.

This is only possible because we put the existing commonalities in the foreground and focus on what unites us: our communist identity and our Marxist ideology, our adherence to socialism and our agreement on fundamental ideological and very many political and tactical issues, while we put the disagreements at the back for a moment, without forgetting or completely ignoring them.

Such an approach, which neither ignores differences

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nor downplays disagreements on tactical issues, but is aimed at putting the common at the centre, would be the KPL’s general wish for the communist movement, because we cannot and must not carelessly jeopardize the unity of the communist movement.  Long live Marxism-Leninism, our compass Long live the communist movement

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Communist Party of Mexico Pável Blanco Cabrera

119 Camaradas: En primer lugar agradecemos al Partido Comunista de Turquía y al Partido Comunista de Grecia por la coorganización de este 21 Encuentro Internacional de los Partidos Comunistas y Obreros, dedicado a la reflexión sobre el centenario de la Internacional Comunista.

La Gran Revolución Socialista de Octubre, generó una gran inspiración entre los trabajadores del Mundo acerca de construir una nueva sociedad sin capitalistas y sin explotación, lo que reforzado por la Conferencia Comunista que creo la III Internacional en Marzo de 1919, desató en México la actividad para construir el partido de la clase obrera, el Partido Comunista, con el Congreso Socialista de 1919, la formación de las primeras organizaciones comunistas ese año y que se desarrollarán hasta convertirse en el Partido Comunista de México, Sección de la Internacional Comunista en el Primer Congreso de Diciembre de 1921. Por esa razón junto con el centenario de la Internacional Comunista estamos conmemorando este Noviembre el centenario del movimiento comunista en México.

La clase obrera de México está en deuda permanente con la Internacional Comunista por la decisiva contribución para la formación de su Partido Comunista. La Internacional Comunista universalizó la teoría marxista, enriquecida por el leninismo, y universalizó la teoría del partido de nuevo tipo, dando además pasos concretos para que estos se formaran en la mayoría de todos los países de todos los Continentes. El salto de calidad en la lucha de clases fue notable.

La actividad de la III Internacional es una fuente inagotable de lecciones para el movimiento obrero y comunista contemporáneo y su estudio una tarea imprescindible para cada partido comunista.

En nuestro caso llevamos algunos años con el estudio sistemático que nos presenta conclusiones que ponen en cuestión algunas versiones históricas circuladas después de 1956.

Primero: en cuanto al funcionamiento, algo muy negativo de la historiografía anticomunista, y que fue replicado por el revisionismo al interior del movimiento comunista internacional es el de que la III Internacional tomaba las decisiones en un centro alejado de la realidad de sus secciones. La verdad refuta esa burda deformación los Congresos, el Comité Ejecutivo, el Pequeño Comité, las comisiones por sección y en las propias secciones se daban discusiones francas, democráticas, con base en la metodología marxista-leninista del análisis concreto de la realidad concreta, tomando en cuenta los intereses

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del proletariado, de los pueblos oprimidos, de la construcción socialista, de la lealtad a los criterios clasistas y al internacionalismo proletario. Hay muchas pruebas de profundidad de las discusiones, de la seriedad y de la responsabilidad, así como de las conclusiones y las resoluciones. Así que es intolerable tal calumnia.

Segundo: Es una imprecisión y una deformación presentar todo lo anterior al VII Congreso de 1935 como sectario, aislado de las masas, y dogmático. En la experiencia concreta de la sección mexicana de la Internacional Comunista en los periodos que van del V y VI Congreso a 1935 el PCM se transformó en un fuerte partido, que aún en clandestinidad llegó a dirigir al movimiento obrero y campesino, que emergió a la vida pública con gran influencia en las masas proletarias, con un periódico con decenas de miles de lectores –el histórico El Machete-; por el contrario la línea del Frente Popular generó grandes problemas, independientemente de que se contribuyó muy bien a las tareas contra el fascismo; pero la alianza con la burguesía y la socialdemocracia resquebrajó la identidad del PCM y abrió una crisis orgánica de varias décadas de duración. No compartimos la idea de que el frente con la socialdemocracia y con la burguesía es el escalón más alto de la elaboración estratégica del movimiento comunista internacional, y proyectada históricamente alejó a los partidos comunistas de sus objetivos, los disgregó, contribuyó a la liquidación de algunos, y en alguna medida los asemejó a la socialdemocracia de la II Internacional cuya crítica llevó a la fundación de la Internacional Comunista.

capital/trabajo, y la propia experiencia de la construcción socialista. Trabajamos para ella.

Camaradas: Leales al internacionalismo proletario y al ejemplo de la Internacional Comunista, queremos reiterar nuestra solidaridad los partidos comunistas y obreros de Europa que enfrentan el anticomunismo de la Unión Europea, a los pueblos que enfrentan la agresión imperialista de la UE, EEUU y la OTAN; a la Revolución Cubana que enfrenta una mayor agresividad de la administración Trump y en general del imperialismo, lo mismo que el pueblo de Venezuela.

Alzamos nuestra voz por la cuestión migrante, asunto que debe ser abordado por los partidos comunistas que tenemos que encontrar una intervención común en ese importante sector de la clase obrera internacional.

Finalmente, y reiterando que el movimiento comunista en nuestro país estará cumpliendo cien años en unas semanas, en medio de una lucha por los derechos políticos y electorales para la clase obrera y los comunistas de México, en aguda confrontación con el T-MEC, la política antiinmigrante, la desvalorización del trabajo, la Guardia nacional y otras medidas antiobreras y antipopulares del gobierno socialdemócrata de Obrador, el Partido Comunista de México manifiesta su inalterable convicción de trabajar en nuestro país por el socialismo, solución a los grandes problemas de la clase obrera y del pueblo de nuestro país. ¡Proletarios de todos los países, uníos!

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Nepal Communist Party Bishnu Rijal

Comrade Chair, Distinguished participants!

Yes, the fight for peace and socialism continues and will be continued.Because, we are not tired, people are not exhausted. A century has been passed and Communist International,founded by Lenin is not in existence. But, we have our determined aims, programs and dreams. Even standing up after one hundred years, we should say and proclaim that the socialism is still relevant and will be relevant until the walls of inequality, disparity, exploitation, suppression, injustice, atrocity, racialism and gender discrimination are demolished. Whereever we are, we should keep on fighting against these anomalies. We are following the same in the land of the world apex, Mount Everest and the symbol of peace Buddha.

The Nepali people have mandated us in the federal parliament with almost 2/3rd majority in the multiparty election and more than this in provincial and local bodies. And now, weare wholeheartedly working to abolish all the residue of feudalism, intensely fighting against the perverted aspects of capitalism and moving ahead to build socialism- oriented society.

As the forms of exploitation are changed, so the type of resistance is unavoidable to modify. Sometimes, the path of armed struggle was only the option for us because democratic rights were banded, and which compelled us to adopt a tactics of armed struggle in order to achieve our goals. We realized that the contextual change should be internalized and peacefully involve in the transformational work which people can really experience. We stood in the forefront in every field of struggles against monarchial system and for the establishment of democracy. So the people trusted upon us.

During 1990 when Soviet model of socialism collapsed and socialism in the East Europe was facing serious setback, we kept aloft our hope and trust on socialism. We strongly up hold the shining red flag with sickle and hammer; sincerely realized relevancy of Marxism-Leninism and endeavored to thrust People’s Multiparty Democracy propounded by our leader Late Madan Bhandari in the heart of people.

In consequence, we formed the government through election; gave a drive to minimum social reformative and transformative work and established oneself as a reliable democratic, revolutionary and rational socialist force.

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then CPN (Maoist) came to peace process after 10 years, a tactical unity among the left, communist and democratic forces was garnered that caused to end a 240 years old monarchical system ultimately establishing Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Today, we the communists of two largest parties having the tenet of peaceful people’s movement and armed struggle have been unified and formed a strong communist party with indomitable dedication so as to give a drive the nation towards socialism.

We cannot find Marx, Lenin and Mao today. Every age blends leaders and thoughts in accordance with its need. Though Communist International could not properly run and dissolved after death of Lenin, the norms posited then are equally vital, indispensable and relevant even today. Only the emotional attachment and honor towards Communist International does not portend any substantial meaning. It entirely depends upon what extent the thought is creatively used in one’s own country.

Socialism is neither a distribution of poverty nor a beautiful arrangement of phraseology. It is the superlative achievement gained on earth by human being. In the stage of civilization where all the forms of exploitations and suppressions come to an end and human in reality can stand up in full-fledged freedom. The human being can consider over all living beings when one emancipate from individual gluttony, voracity of property and discriminative behaviors. The entire people rally on the social structure based on equal footage of production and distribution then only the socialism exists. Only a single remedy in order to fulfill the gap amplifying between the haves and have-not is the socialism. Our objective is to establish sustainable peace in the society through socialism. The peace that we want is not like a graveyard silence, it is neither a gun-butt rule over the empty stomachs.

There is vast different between 1919 and today, a gap of one century matters. This difference is distinctive in term of international power balance. Hundred years may not mean a very long time in connection to social evolution but enough in relation to political development. When we comprehensively assess, internalize and experience the changes that have taken place around us during this period, then only we can determine our revolutionary being.

We believe in creative use of Marxism-Leninism.

Thus learning lessons from the world communist movement and own history, Nepal Communist Party has indorsed People’s Democracy based on people’s supremacy, multiparty competition, periodic elections, separation of power, freedom of expression,

equitable economic policy, pluralistic open society 123 and social justice. On the guiding principle of Marxism-Leninism, NCP has determined socialism as its strategic goal. It aims at socio-economic, socio-cultural and socio-political transformation through constitutional, peaceful and democratic ways. Our role is to activate, rejuvenate and revitalize all the institutions for fast economic growth ending all the forms of capitalist exploitations, persecutions and external interventions including the existing remnant of feudalism in the social, political and cultural sectors.

And, further it aims to lay foundation for ‘Prosperous Nepal:Happy Nepali’ on the ground of independent economy. We have adopted democratic centralism as an organizational principle.

I would earnestly like to remind again about the prelude of Nepal Communist Party after its unification that I had honor to put forth in the 20th IMCWP in Greece last year.

We, the communist and workers parties of the world have been assembling in some venues since last 21 years. I firmly believe that such gathering remains obviously beneficial in order to promote internationalism, share experiences amongst and organize discourse in the contemporary issues and to understand each other and this opportunity may inspire us to maintain firm stand for the noble cause of making world peace and building socialism. This will be real tribute to our great leaders like Lenin, who initiated Communist International among the communists of the world.

On behalf of Nepal Communist Party and on my own, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and Communist Party of Greece (KKE) for organizing the meeting &cordial invitation in this wonderful Izmir city, Turkey. And further, I should not forget to express my gratitude to the organizers for warm hospitality, fraternal amenity and kind cooperation. At the last but not the least, I again would earnestly seek privilege to extend my hearty thanks to all the leaders from different parts of the globe for your kind attention to the perception of Nepal Communist Party.

Long live Marxism- Leninism!

Long Live Socialism!

Thank you all!

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New Communist Party of the Netherlands Aris Spanoudis

On behalf of the NCPN we would like to thank the 125 Turkish Communist Party (TKP) and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) for hosting the 21st IMCWP on the theme: “100th Anniversary of the founding of the Communist International; the fight for peace and socialism continues!�

The necessity of the struggle for peace and socialism The necessity of the fight for peace and socialism nowadays is continually confirmed by the developments in the world. In the last years hundreds of thousands of people died or became refugees due to the imperialist interventions and wars that are waged for the control over recourses, markets and transport routes. We are particularly worried about the recentdevelopments in the war in Syria.

We are also concerned about the threats from the US and their allies against Venezuela. The NCPNtakes the initiative in the organisation of a campaign against the intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela.We affirm our solidarity to the working class in Venezuela and the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV).

The NCPN also confirms its solidarity to the Cuban people and the Communist Party of Cuba, that still face the blockade of the US. The struggle for peace and the struggle for socialism are tightly connected. As long as the capitalist relations of production dominate and the goal of the economy is profit, imperialist wars will remain a constant thread. Nowadays, the intensification of the contradictions between imperialist powersis particularly worrisome.

The Dutch governments have been involved in a number of imperialist interventions in the framework of NATO, which celebrates 70 years of its existence, with the goal of safeguarding the interests of Dutch monopolies abroad.

Developments in the Netherlands The Dutch economy emerged stronger from the capitalist economic crisis compared to other economies in the region. The Dutch bourgeoisie seeks to respectively upgrade its position in the region and to increase its influence in the framework of the imperialist unions in which it participates, primarily the EU and NATO. The Dutch working class pays for the capitalist economic growth with the flexibilization of labour, dismantling of workers’ rights and social security, cuts on salaries and pensions, etc. There is resistance in various sectors, which is however contained by the line of class collaboration that is advancedby the trade-union leadership. Our party took the initiative

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to find a platform which rallies class consciousforces from the workplaces and the trade-union movement,in order to discuss methods to raise class consciousness and enhance the struggle of the workers movement in a class-oriented direction.

The Communist International: valuable lessons for our strategy This year’s IMCWP rightly addresses the founding of the third Communist International 100 years ago.

The Communist International was at the forefront of the struggle for peace and socialism, but also remains a symbol of antifascism, emancipation of women, the anticolonial movement etc.

Even though the Communist International was dissolved more than 70 years ago, it is still very important to study its history. It provides important strategic lessons for our struggle today, despite the changes in the world since its dissolution.As much as the interimperialist contradictions threaten peace and strengthen reactionary currents, they also provide new opportunities for the working class to exploit rifts in the imperialist system. It is a duty and a challenge for the communist parties to study the developments and improve their strategy, learning also from the historical experiences of the international communist movement.

The NCPN and its youth organisation, the CJB, willcontinue to study both history and contemporary developments, in order to enhanceour strategyand to educate a new generation of communists, that will stand at the forefront of the struggle for a society without wars, poverty and exploitation, for socialism-communism.

Increasing anti-communism of the EU Finally, we would like to express our concerns about recent the anti-communist resolution of the European Parliament which seeks to equate fascism and communism, and to ban communist symbols and parties. We express our sincere solidarity to the communists in the European Union and around the world that face prosecution.

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Communist Party of Macedonia Pero Odzaklieski

Honorable Comrades, let me first convey you the great greetings to all of you present at the 21st International meeting of the Communist and the Workers’ Parties from the Macedonian Communist Party members and me personal, and at the same time personal gratitude to the hosts for organizing this meeting, the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece.

Historically, the internationally organized organization of the workers of a mass gathering in London on September 28, 1864, has been historically viewed and denoted as the First International. The organizers of the rally at the time were our English and French trade union leaders.

Historically it was accepted that the international organization organized by the workers at the mass gathering in London on 28 of September 1865 is representing the First International. The organizers leading it at the time were the most powerful English and French trade union leaders.

The international took the character of highly centralized party, based primarily on individual members organized into local groups, which were integrated into national federations, and there were exceptions where some labour unions and associations were grouped and included. Its supreme body was the Congress, which met every year in different city and formulated principles and policies. The Congress elected the General Council with seat in London serving as an Executive Committee, appointing appropriate secretaries for each of the national federations, who also raised funds to support strikes in different countries and took care of the progress of the goals of the International.

Unfortunately, the First International itself at the beginnings was divided into different conflict schools (factions), which differently defined the fight against capitalism, some of which advocated for capitalist reforms, such as Pierre-Joseph Proudhon who openly opposed the idea and manner towards Socialism.

However, according to Auguste Blanqui, the other French movement, the Blanquism fancy pursued radical steps, i.e. the comprehensive revolution, more precisely the coup d’état without doing previous political – economic and social analysis.

The other side version for Anarchism, the version of Mikhail Bakunin would be complete reject the struggle for workers› rights, to put it more massively into disobedience, and that the revolution should be led by his opinion, by the unemployed, women of various minority groups, and he considered that Marx had exaggerated the importance of the working class.

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The good material and theoretical practical understanding for Marx was great political ammunition, which enabled him after numerous obstructions to reach great influence on the events during the First International. More precisely, it advocates for worldwide international solidarity among workers in Europe - the United States, the World giving a priori the fight against existing systems, the fight against National-chauvinism, a struggle oriented towards the revolutionary goal of working class political rule.

It must be emphasized here that Marx himself did not sought exclusion of dissenters from the International.

After the bloody suffocation of the Paris Commune, the First International disintegrated into factions of socialists and anarchists so that over the course of the next 25 years, the socialists would be eliminated from the highest positions in the organization.

On Bastille Day in 1889, the workers’ leaders reformed the International. The big red flag hanged over the Paris hall with the insignia “Workers from all over the world unite!” met the delegates from 24 countries by which in essence the Second International Congress officially was opened with a special welcome of the German delegation as the nationalism in this delegation was void. But 25 years later, after formation and operation of the International, almost all parties in its organization and ongoing work will betray their ideals and their mission by standing behind their national state elites in order to support the World War I. By that, they shattered and destroyed the International Solidarity, one by one the parties of the Second International as well as the free trade unions expressed the support to the ruling classes which will lead them to the slaughter of World War I, justifying that same war is a defense necessary to defend democracy. All of them have chosen the side of their nation, trampling on the international solidarity that they have been propagating for 25 years. It has to be mentioned here with a few exceptions, few smaller groups did not justify this manner. Among them was the resistance of the Bolshevik Party and such war for the Bolsheviks and later the affiliated Mensheviks this view was logic and they used the period of World War I to strengthen the working class independent activities to invoke international solidarity among workers worldwide.

The Third International, known as the Communist International or the Comintern, was founded in 1919 with the intention of promoting the need for world revolution, while others claim that it functioned only as body of Soviet control in the international com-

munist movement. The left-wing group led by Vlad- 129 imir Lenin also dismissed the nationalism and pacifism, with a socialist idea for transformation of war between nations (national war) into a class war, i.e. a war for the system transition.

However, the later developments in Europe, the rise of fascism and National Socialism in Germany, will make the Comintern deviate from its revolutionary policies in order to win over allies in the fight against Germany, thereby making victory over fascism the primary goal of the Communist International.

All of the lessons learned so far about all the attempts of the International Workers’ Association show that the road is always difficult and bumpy, unpredictable and dependent on specific historical events and circumstances.

Marx and Engels stated that the world needs to be observered in its particular historical setting i.e. through the prisms of time in which is living and they were be completely right. Today’s workers live during a time when reproduction of the consumer society and the reproduction of capital are more aggressively destroying the world in which not only the workers but all the rest that is existing on this planet.

The order of the ruling class - capitalism, for a long time has not only been genocidal but also ecocidal. Hence, the responsibilities of the modern worker, aware of his class affiliation are even greater because it is no longer a class struggle where two classes fight, one disadvantaged and exploited by the other.

For start, a new division of labor happens between machines and the world, trending in technology as “Machine Learning” by producing conditions that more jobs in the field are about to be replaced by computers. The consequences of this sea should be on the international level,and there is an urgent need of closely monitoring and exploring of these conditions by the workers’ organizations.

One of the most terrifying features of capitalism is one of the consequences of the destruction of life and the nature of the earth and only for profit.

These are questions, which due to the emergency of the particular historical instance, must be taken into account by all workers’ organizations in the world. If Lenin had argued that the struggle between nations should be transformed into a struggle for socialism, for a more just world, today we can freely say that the struggle for rights workers will have to be transformed, very soon to fight for the life of the country and humanity, which can only be achieved through mutual solidarity.

The owners of the means of production and the civil class, who, through their privileged existence based

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on private self-ownership, and equate their survival with the survival of capitalism, departing not from reason but from their class interests, do not put in the foreground the survival of humankind but the increase of their material wealth and consumer standard. Never before in history, has man stood before the task of preserving life on earth and prevent the destruction of humankind.

The more intense destruction of life is leading to more and more collision between these two types of people, representing the modern class division of the world: a class of destructive fanatics of capitalism and a class of clever and uncompromising fighters for the survival of humankind.

In view of all of our previous analyzes, humanity – the worker, the laborer is in an extremely unenviable situation. Capitalism-imperialism is increasingly encouraged, as there is no adversary in the right sense.

That is why we, the Communists - workers, through Internationalism, we can come down through the shortest path to the overthrow of Capitalism and return the Socialism to the major world gate. The greatest imperative for the worker is the overthrow of Capitalism. Only Socialism can contribute to reducing and destroying wars, reducing unemployment, starvation, and poverty in all parts of the world. All of us Communist-determined individuals need to mobilize en masse to win the indefinite masses in own rows for the ultimate victory of the world’s greatest evil Capitalism - Imperialism.

The path of freedom from Capitalism is the right path for equality between the people and nationalities from all countries, the freedom of the laborer with all workers’ rights, the path of peace, the path of prosperity, which constitutes the path of Socialism. Once again great thank you to the hosts on my own behalf.

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Communist Party of Norway Svend Haakon Jacobsen

Comrades, many thanks to Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) for hosting this important 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties in cooperation with the Greek Communist Party (KKE).

And thank you for introducing us to Turkeys second largest and beautiful coastal city of Izmir.

We stand together in our common fight against capitalist barbarism, imperialism, opportunism and revisionism, fascism and war, for social justice, working class and people`s power, socialism-communism.

Capitalisms immanent over-accumulation crises show us that the system is not sustainable.The Capitalist system is notable to cover the basic needs of the peoples. Green environmental policies are only pursued when it creates profit for the monopoly-finance capital. Capitalism cannot meet the challenges of today or tomorrow. We are living in the imperialist epoch of convergence from imperialism to socialism, and we should examine in a very concrete fashion which strategy corresponds to our era.

Our 21st meeting is held under all-sided attack by capital against the working class and the peoples, under conditions of intensification of the intra- imperialist contradictions and wars. It is vital for us to develop a successful class struggle.

The AKP 2020-2022 Economic Program is an attack against the working class and the people of Turkey.

AKP will get rid of the economic devastation of 2018 with this program. AKP presents an IMF supported plan to attack the working class, undermining rights, job security, pay, causing basic living expenses to increase.

Withdrawal of US military forces on the ground in northern Syria made president Erdogan invade northern Syria, attacking the Kurdish YPG forces. He says Turkey need to build a security zonealong the border in northern Syria. In this way he evades acute serious questions over the hardship felt by the population as a consequence of the AKP 2020– 2022 Economic Program.

Communist Party of Norway (NKP) support KKE in their difficult important fight for the only pro-people way out of the crises; unilateral cancellation of the debt, Greece`s disengagement from the EU and NATO, socialization of the means of production with workers`- people`s power.KKE has built a strong party organization, women, youth- and student-organizations, the united class-oriented movement of Trade union PAME, unemployed, small farmers, immigrants etc.

New Social-democratic parties like Syrizahave shown to be efficient revisionist tools of monopoly-finance capital.

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In the imperialist epoch the objective material base factors for the socialist revolution are ready. The ideological class-fight for winning the subjective factor is crucial for the socialist revolution. It has been so since the great October Revolution.

NKP support the Final Declaration of the international conference in Moscow 1-2 June 2019 “100-years to the Communist International and tasks of the Communist movement today”. We consider the role of the III Communist International under the leadership of Lenin as positive, and appreciate its contribution to the cause of the development and strengthening of the world Communist and workers movement.

There are similarities between the revolutionary movement in the beginning of the XXth century and today. First of all the crash of the Second International, a strong wave of opportunism lashing the Communist and left movement. One of the largest communist parties outside the Soviet Union, the Italian CP with its Euro-communist opportunistideology contributed to spreading opportunist atmosphere in the Communist and left movement. These false conceptions developed alongside the development of the basis for the counterrevolution in the CP of the Soviet Union.

The consequences are well known, both the disappearance of the Italian CP, once supported by 33% of the Italian people and the counterrevolution in the Soviet Union.

Today opportunism and revisionism is a well guided and organized weapon of bourgeoisie. The European Left Party ranks as the top renegade, an ideological and organizational center of revisionists, living on EU money and functioning accordingly, working for strengthening the EU imperialism.

We are happy that activities in direction of strengthening the Communist pole initiated by KKE has been carried out for more than 20 years. The struggle with opportunism must be an obligatory part of anti-imperialist struggle andintroduction of scientific knowledgeon the movement towards the Socialist revolution, both nationally and internationally.

Mutual connections and assistance in the cause of strengthening each party`s position on the national level as an indispensable condition of general Communist pole strengthening.We will study and be guided by the everlasting principles of Marxism-Leninism, incarnated in the activity of Bolsheviks and the Communist International, created by them!

NKP is the only CP in Norway. The Social democratic Party (SDP) is revisionist - opportunist supporter of capitalism. NKP was formed 4th of November 1923,

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The communists were fighting hard in Norway under the German Nazy-fascist occupation, stood for 75-80 % of the fighting and sabotage, and became very popular after the war. The SD prime minister in a speech criminalized NKP as spies of the Soviet Union.SDP leadership then cooperated with the US, and together they organized what later became NATO.SDPgovernment without informing the public, delivered heavy water to Israel to produce their atomic weapons. The General Secretary of NATO is the former SDP Prime minister of Norway Stoltenberg. SDP supported and took part in the wars on Yugoslavia, Libya and Syria.

Norway is an imperialist nation and our capitalist system is undemocratic US, Great Britain and France are big in the profitable weapon-industry. The Military Industrial Complex is big business profiting from wars, killings and pollution.

Norway and Sweden are among the largest weapon producers in the world,in relation toinhabitants.

We are all contributing to imperialist wars, and profit from it.

Socialist-Left party and Red party are social democrats. They are against the EU, as is the majority of the Norwegian population. They have problems with parts of the NATO policies, but they do not speak out loud, or vote to leave NATO. But we have common positions on EU social dumping and trade union policies.

NKP is working to establish a united class oriented non-party trade-union platform on the ground floor to develop the subjective factor in the anti-imperialist fight against the EU capitalist policies that Norway have to adopt without debate through the EEA agreement.

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‫‪، 135‬الرفاق األعزاء‪ ،‬تحية ثورية بولشفية‬ ‫بداي ًة نتوجه بالشكر الجزيل للرفاق يف الحزب الشيوعي الرتيك والحزب الشيوعي‬ ‫اليوناين عىل دعوة حزبنا الشيوعي الفلسطيني‪ ،‬وعىل تنظيمهم هذا اللقاء االممي‪،‬‬ ‫ونثمن جهودهم يف تنظيم فعاليات ونشاطات هذا اللقاء ونتمنى لهم مزيدا من‬ ‫التقدم واالنتصار يف كفاحهم لبناء رصح االشرتاكية العلمية يف بلديهام العظيمني تركيا‬ ‫‪.‬واليونان‬ ‫منذ انقالب الربجوازية الوضيعة عىل مكتسبات الطبقة العاملة العاملية يف عام‬ ‫‪1953‬بعد تسميم القائد البلشفي العظيم ستالني‪ ،‬والتي أدت إىل تفكك االتحاد‬ ‫السوفيتي‪ ،‬وتحول بعض من دوله إىل نظام السوق قامت بعض األحزاب الشيوعية‬ ‫يف العامل بالتنصل من املاركسية اللينينية‪ ،‬وذهاب بعضها إىل ما يسمى بالشيوعية‬ ‫االروبية‪ ،‬وانسلخ بعض هذه األحزاب عن األحزاب األم يف بلدانها‪ ،‬ليكونوا أحزاب‬ ‫ثانوية تتساوق مع األحزاب الربجوازية يف املطالبة باالشرتاكية الدميقراطية الذين‬ ‫يطالبون بالحرية والعدالة االجتامعية‪ ،‬وهذا أبعد ما يكون عن مطالب األحزاب‬ ‫الشيوعية املاركسية اللينينية التي كانت تعمل ضد سلطة رأس املال السائد يف تلك‬ ‫‪.‬الحقبة التاريخية‬ ‫وقد قامت هذه األحزاب املنشقة بتشويه صورة املاركسية اللينينية كام خططت‬ ‫لها االمربيالية العاملية منذ تجيش جيوش ‪ 14‬دولة استعامرية للقضاء عىل أول دولة‬ ‫اشرتاكية يف مهدها “االتحاد السوفيتي” إن مهام األحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية يف هذه‬ ‫األيام يجب أن توجه وبقوة ضد سلطة الربجوازية الوضيعة‪ ،‬ورأس مالها املقامر‪ ،‬وهذا‬ ‫يتطلب توحيد جهود األحزاب الشيوعية املاركسية اللينينية ملواجهة هذا الرسطان‬ ‫الذي حول العمل املنتج إىل عمل خدمايت ال قيمة له‪ ،‬وال يولد رأس ما ِل من خالل‬ ‫فائض القيمية‪ .‬وأصبحت املجتمعات يف البلدان الرأساملية السابقة تستهلك مرات‬ ‫أكرث مام تنتج‪ ،‬مام أدى إىل تقليص حجم الطبقة العاملة يف بلدان الرأسامل التي كانت‬ ‫‪.‬تنتج البضائع وتصدر فائضها بكميات كبرية جدا ً‬ ‫إن الرأسامل اآلن يتوسع من خالل السطو عىل مصادر الطاقة واملواد الخام يف بلدان‬ ‫العامل الثالث ويف كثري من األحيان تشعل الحروب من أجل السيطرة عىل هذه املواد‬ ‫الخام ومصادر الطاقة وتتنافس دول رأس املال عىل هذه املوارد الطبيعية مام قد‬ ‫يسبب الحروب وخلق طبقة قمعية يف بلدان العامل الثالث مام يؤدي إىل ظهور أحزاب‬ ‫فاشستية كام هو حاصل يف بعض الدول األروبية والواليات املتحدة األمريكية‪ ،‬إن‬ ‫الحروب التي تشعلها هذه الربجوازيات تقوم أيضا عىل الهجوم عىل مكتسبات الطبقة‬ ‫العاملة من صحة وتعليم وضامن اجتامعي‪ ،‬والتي حصلت عليها الطبقة العاملة‬ ‫بفضل نضالها الطويل ضد سلطة رأس املال منذ فرتة طويلة‪ ،‬فقد كان رأس املال مجربا ً‬ ‫عىل تقديم هذه الخدمات لينافس يف ذلك الدولة االشرتاكية العظمى التي أسسها‬ ‫‪.‬لينني وبناها ستالني‬ ‫إن مهام األحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية من أجل تحرير الطبقة العاملة والشعوب‬ ‫املضطهدة من سلطة رأس املال هو توحيد جهودها يف إنشاء أممية جديدة تحرص‬ ‫عىل الفكر املاركيس اللينيني الذي هو األداة األساسية يف تحرير الطبقة العاملة‬ ‫والشعوب املضطهدة‪ .‬إن الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني يدعوا ومنذ فرتة طويلة‬ ‫إىل تكوين هذه األممية الشيوعية وإيجاد مركز دراسات متخصص لها لنرش الفكر‬ ‫املاركيس اللينيني بني الشعوب‪ ،‬ولكن ولألسف ال تشاطرنا بعض األحزاب هذا التوجه‬ ‫‪.‬الذي نعتربه علمياً وبامتياز‬ ‫إن العبور إىل االشرتاكية أيها الرفاق ال يكون إال بنضال األحزاب املاركسية اللينينية بعد‬ ‫تخليها كلياً عن االنتهازية والتحريفية‪ ،‬كام متارسها بعض األحزاب‪ ،‬والعمل بكل جد‬ ‫لتثقفيف وتثوير الطبقة العاملة باألفكار املاركسية اللينينية لتكون البوصلة املوجهة‬ ‫‪ .‬لتحقيق االشرتاكية‬ ‫‪:‬الرفاق األعزاء‬ ‫ينعقد هذا اللقاء الرفاقي يف ظل ذكرى عزيزة عىل قلوب كل الشيوعيني األوفياء‪،‬‬ ‫وهي الذكرى املئوية لتأسيس األممية الشيوعية‪ ،‬هذه األممية التي وضعت معايري‬ ‫صارمة من أجل قبول األحزاب العاملية والشيوعية فيها‪ ،‬حيث قامت العديد من‬ ‫األحزاب العاملية والشيوعية يف العامل بتعديل برامجها وأنظمتها من أجل قبولها يف‬ ‫هذه األممية ومنها حزبنا الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني‪ ،‬فنحن يف الحزب الشيوعي‬ ‫الفلسطيني سوف نحتفل يف شهر كانون األول املقبل بتأسيس أول خلية شيوعية يف‬

‫‪Palestinian‬‬ ‫‪Communist‬‬ ‫‪Party‬‬ ‫‪Nael Selmi‬‬

‫التاريخية وكرامته مقابل امتيازات مالية واقتصادية لهذه الفئة الطفيلية‪ ،‬هذه‬ ‫االتفاقات التي كرست االحتالل بأرضنا ووطننا فلسطني‪ ،‬وأصبحت تكلفة االحتالل‬ ‫أقل تكلفة يف التاريخ نتيجة اتفاق أوسلو البغيض وقد اعرتف الرئيس أبو مازن بنفسه‬ ‫بذلك‪ ،‬لذلك انطالقاً من هذا الواقع فقد تدارك حزبنا يف مؤمتره الثاين عام ‪ 2016‬هذا‬ ‫الواقع وقد متثل برفعنا لشعار اقامة الدولة الفلسطينية الدميقراطية الواحدة عىل‬ ‫كامل أرضنا الفلسطينية لكافة أبنائها‪ ،‬ان االحتالل االحاليل الرض فلسطني وسياسة‬ ‫فرض االمر الواقع جعل من االستحاله قيام دوله فلسطينية عىل أي جزء من فلسطني‬ ‫التاريخيه فهذا الكيان الغاصب بكل سياسته ومامرساته يؤكد يومياً أن ال تعايش مع‬ ‫دولة الصهاينة العنرصية وقوانينها البغيضة والتي ال تعرتف بكل املواثيق الدولية‪ ،‬انه‬ ‫كيان فرض بالقوة الجربية ومن حق شعبنا الفلسطيني الدفاع عن حقوقه واستعادة‬ ‫‪.‬أرضه بكل االشكال النضالية املتاحه‬ ‫عاشت الشيوعية‬ ‫عاشت األممية الربوليتارية‬ ‫رفاقكم يف الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني‬

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‫فلسطني والذكرى الثامنة والعرشين إلعادة تأسيس حزبنا‪ ،‬ورغم أن تأسيس الحزب‬ ‫كان يف عام ‪ ،1919‬إال أن قبوله يف األممية الشيوعية كان يف عام ‪ ،1924‬بعد أن أوىف‬ ‫الحزب بكافة متطلبات االممية ومن أهمها تعريب قيادة الحزب‪ ،‬وقطع كل االوهام‬ ‫مع االشرتاكية الصهيونية يف ذلك الوقت واالعرتاف بالرصاع الطبقي محرك التاريخ و‬ ‫‪.‬دكتاتورية الربوليتاريا وغريها من الرشوط‬ ‫أيها الرفاق إنها فرصه أن نربهن للعامل اليوم أن األحزاب الشيوعية هي هيئة أركان‬ ‫‪.‬الطبقة العاملة العاملية وهي قائدة النضال املحتدم بكل أبعاده‬ ‫رفاقنا األعزاء أن ما تتعرض له دول األطراف خاصة‪ ،‬وما يتعرض له عامل املركز يف‬ ‫املجتمع الربجوازي من سياسة وحشية غايتها زياده االثراء لطبقة الربجوازية الوضيعة‪،‬‬ ‫يفرض علينا التكاتف ورص الصفوف للمواجهة بوحدة كل الشيوعيني فالربجوازية‬ ‫املغامرة لن ترحم أحدا ً وكلنا نشاهد بأم العني دورها ومؤامراتها وافتعالها للحروب يف‬ ‫‪ .‬أمريكا الالتينية والرشق االوسط وافريقيا‬ ‫إن بداية العمل عىل تعزيز وتفعيل التناقضات داخل دول املركز التي ما أن تخرج من‬ ‫أزمة إال ويتبعها أزمة أعمق وأطول من سابقاتها‪ ،‬هذه االزمات التي ستحدث تراكام‬ ‫ال بد أن يوفر العامل املوضوعي النهائها كتشكيله اجتامعية اقتصادية للولوج نحو‬ ‫اإلشرتاكية لذلك وجب علينا تهيئة العامل الذايت بتصليب أحزابنا الشيوعية وتأكيد‬ ‫األسس اللينينية يف بناء وحياة الحزب الداخلية من مركزية دميقراطية‪ ،‬ونقده نقد‬ ‫ذايت‪ ،‬وقيادة جامعية بذلك نخلق االرضية الصلبة لنداء لينني يا عامل العامل ويا شعوبه‬ ‫‪.‬املضطهدة اتحدوا‬ ‫ايها الرفاق إننا يف الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني ندرك جيدا ً معادلة الرصاع الكوين‬ ‫ويف نفس الوقت ندرك واقعنا املرير الذي متر به قضيتنا الوطنية وما تتعرض له‬ ‫من مؤامرات ولألسف باشرتاك ورشاكة مبارشة مع فئه من الشعب الفلسطيني‬ ‫“قادة اتفاق اوسلو” يسء الصيت هذا االتفاق الذي فرط بحقوق شعبنا الفلسطيني‬

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‫‪ 137‬الرفاق االعزاء‬ ‫يف البدايه اسمحوا يل ان اتقدم بالشكر للرفاق يف الحزب الشيوعي الرتيك عىل استضافه‬ ‫هذا اللقاء الهام ويف هذه الظروف الصعبه التي ميرون بها يف بالدهم وما يتعرضون له‬ ‫من مضايقات وتعسف ‪ ,‬وان انقل لهم تحيات رفاقهم يف حزب الشعب الفلسطيني‬ ‫وتضامنهم املطلق معهم ‪ ,‬والشكر موصول ايضا للرفاق يف الحزب الشيوعي اليوناين‬ ‫‪..‬الشقيق عىل جهودهم الكبريه يف املساعده عىل انجاح هذا اللقاء الهام‬ ‫ايها الرفاق‬ ‫يكتسب هذا اللقاء اهميته االستثنائيه خاصه ونحن نحتفل بالذكرى املئويه لتاسيس‬ ‫االمميه الشيوعيه ‪ .‬فبالرغم من اختالف الظروف واملرحله التاريخيه وما مر به العامل‬ ‫من تغريات خالل قرن من الزمان ‪ ,‬اال ان التجربه تثبت انه من الرضوري البحث‬ ‫وابداع الوسائل واالساليب لتمتني الروابط وتوحيد املواقف بني اطراف الحركه ولذلك‬ ‫فاننا نرى ان تنسيقا عاليا بني مكونات حركتنا وعىل كافه االصعده هو امر رضوري‬ ‫وهام ومن هنا تايت اهميه املواظبه عىل هذه االجتامعات والحوار وتبادل االراء‬ ‫واملعلومات والخربات بني احزابنا الشقيقه ما يساهم مساهمه كبريه يف ايجاد افض‬ ‫‪.‬السبل للعمل املشرتك وصوال اىل اعىل مستويات التنسيق بينا‬ ‫ايها الرفاق‬ ‫يف هذه الساعات التي تشهد انعقاد هذا اللقاء ‪ ,‬متر منطقتنا بتطورات عاصفه وتشهد‬ ‫تكالب القوى االمربياليه عىل شعوبها وتتهددها مخاطر اندالع رصاع واسع بني هذه‬ ‫القوى تدفع شعوبنا متنها وتتحمل ويالتها عىل كافه االصعده‪ .‬فمن جهه نشهد غزوا‬ ‫تركيا لالرايض السوريه بحجه مواجهه االرهاب بينام يف الحقيقه هي لتحقيق اطامع‬ ‫واستعاده احالم للسلطان العثامين الجديد ولتعريض املكون الكردي يف سوريا للقتل‬ ‫والبطش ‪ ,‬ومن الجهه االخرى تناور االمربياليه االمريكيه بانسحابات تكتيكيه واباطالق‬ ‫ارهابيي داعش من جديد لتربير اعاده متوضعها بحجه محاربه الدوله االسالميه ‪,‬‬ ‫يف حني نحن متاكدون انها اكرب داعم لالرهاب‪ .‬وقد تخلت عن التزاماتها تجاه اكراد‬ ‫سوريا وتركتهم يواجهون مصريهم امام الغزو الرتيك املنسق امريكيا ‪.‬وهي ليست املره‬ ‫‪.‬االوىل كام تعلمون‬ ‫اما عن الوضع الفلسطيني فنحن عىل ثقه انكم تتابعون ما يتعرض له شعبنا‬ ‫الفلسطيني بكافه مكوناته وطبقاته ورشائحه االجتامعيه من ظلم واضطهاد ‪ ,‬حيت‬ ‫تتعرض الطبقه العامله اىل اضطهاد مزدوج ‪,‬فهي كباقي فئات ورشائح املجتمع‬ ‫الفلسطيني اىل اضهاد القوه القامئه عىل االحتالل وما متارسه هذه القوه الغاشمه‬ ‫من قمع واذالل وخاصه عىل الحواجز والطرقات املؤديه اىل اماكن عملهم حيث يف‬ ‫كثري من االحيان يسقط العديد منهم بنريان قوات االحتالل االرسائييل وبحجج متنوعه‬ ‫وواهيه ‪ .‬وعىل الجانب االخر يسقط الكثري منهم ضحايا الصابات العمل واالهامل‬ ‫وعدم توفر الرشوط املالمئه وخاصه العاملني منهم يف سوق العمل االرسائييل ‪ ,‬اضافه‬ ‫ملا يتعرضون له من متييز يف االجور واملعامله الالانسانيه من قبل ارباب العمل‬ ‫‪.‬االرسائيليني دون توفر ايه حاميه لهم‬ ‫كام انهم يتعرضون ايضا الضطهاد طبقي من قبل ارباب العمل يف السوق الفلسطينيه‬ ‫والتي تتجىل يف عدم االلتزام بالحد االدىن لالجور ورشوط السالمه املهنيه ‪ ,‬ما يجعل‬ ‫الطبقه العامله الفلسطينيه وخاصه املراه العامله هي االكرث تعرضا للظلم ‪ .‬كام تعاين‬ ‫االغلبيه الساحقه من الشباب وخاصه الخريجني من البطاله وانعداف االفق يف عيش‬ ‫كريم ‪ ,‬حيث يقوم حزبنا ومن خالل كوادره النقابيه وممثليه يف املجلس الترشيعي‬ ‫وباالستعانه بالقانونيني بالعمل عىل انصاف الطبقه العامله ‪ .‬وما حمالت الحد االدىن‬ ‫لالجور واالجر املتساوي للعمل املتساوي وكذلك النضال الدؤوب من اجل اقرار قانون‬ ‫عادل ومحصن للضامن االجتامعي الذي يخوضه حزبنا ويف ظروف صعبه جدا اال‬ ‫امثله عىل املهام النضاليه املاثله امامنا يف هذه املرحله اضافه اىل ما نقوم به جنبا ىل‬ ‫جنب مع القوى الوطنيه الفلسطينيه يف نضال شعبنا من اجل انهاء االحتالل االرسائييل‬ ‫وتحرير شعبنا وطبقته العامله من هذا‪ .‬االحتالل العنرصي حيث تحاول ارسائيل فرض‬ ‫املعالجات االمنيه يف عالقاتها مع الجانب الفلسطيني االمر الذي نرفضه ونطالب‬ ‫املجتمع الدويل برفضه والتعامل مع القضيه الفلسطينيه كقضيه شعب تحت احتالل‬ ‫بجب ان ينتهي‬ ‫ايها الرفاق‬ ‫نستطيع القول انه ومنذ اجتامعنا يف اثينا قبل عام تقريبا مل يطرا اي جديد ايجايب عىل‬ ‫القضيه الفلسطينيه باستثناء ارصارشعبنا عىل مواصله نضاله لتحقيق اهدافه يف الحريه‬

‫‪Palestinian‬‬ ‫’‪Peoples‬‬ ‫‪Party‬‬ ‫‪Aqel Taqz‬‬

‫وال بد ايضا من املالحظه ان اشتداد هذه الهجمه وانعدام االفق يفتح املجال لكثري‬ ‫من الدول يف املنطقه والعامل للتنصل من التزامها بالقانون الدويل وتعزيز عالقاتها مع‬ ‫دوله االحتالل ‪ ,‬وما اليونان وقربص وبعض دول الخليج ودول اخرى يف العامل اال مثال‬ ‫عىل ذلك‬ ‫وال يسعنا ايها الرفاق يف هذا املجال اال ان نلحظ ونحن نتابع النقاش الذي دار يف‬ ‫اجتامع اثينا حول القضيه الفلسطينيه ان الرتاجع عن حل الدولتني ودون وجود اي‬ ‫افق ملا هو افضل من ذلك ليس اال تقديم فرصه للخصم ليتنصل من االلتزام بحل‬ ‫‪ .‬يحظى باجامع دويل‬ ‫اما من ناحيه اليات عمل حركتنا فاننا نعتقد ان االليه املتبعه يف حركتنا والتي تتيح‪,‬‬ ‫لحزب واحد او عدد قليل من االحزاب تعطيل اجامع عرشات االحزاب حول قضيه ما‬ ‫امر بستحق اعاده النظر فالتوافق ليس اجامع واالعرتاض ال يعني حق النقض ‪ /‬الفيتو‬ ‫‪ ,‬خاصه عندما يتعلف االمر مبوقف قائم يحظى باجامع دويل ومدعم بقرارات من‬ ‫الرشعيه الدوليه‬ ‫ايها الرفاق‬ ‫ان استمرار دعمكم وتضامنكم مع نضال شعبنا كاكرث القوى عىل الساحه الدوليه‬ ‫التزاما باملوقف املبديئ الداعم لحق الشعوب يف تقرير مصريها لهو امر يف غايه‬ ‫االهميه ونحن نتطلع اىل تعزيزه ايضا من خالل الضغط لالعرتاف بالدولة الفلسطينية‬ ‫خاصة من الدول األوروبية والتي اتخذت برملاناتها قرارات باالعرتاف بها وكذلك من‬ ‫‪ BDS .‬خالل تبني وتصعيد حملة مقاطعة ارسائيل آل‬ ‫اننا عىل ثقة ان دعم احزابكم الشقيقة لنضالنا سيستمر ‪ ,‬طاملا استمر نضال‬ ‫‪ ,‬الشعوب‬ ‫ونؤكد لكم ان حزبنا وشعبنا سيستمر يف نضاله حتى تحقيق حقوقه املرشوعه وهو‬ ‫يناضل مع جامهري شعبنا داخل ارسائيل ويف طليعتهم الحزب الشيوعي االرسائييل‬ ‫‪.‬وحلفائه لتحقيق اهدافهم يف املساواه ومكافحه الجرميه والعنرصيه‬ ‫ويف الختام فاننا نعرب من جانبنا ايضا عن تضامننا املطلق مع االحزاب الشقيقه التي‬ ‫تتعرض لهجمه رشسه من قبل االنظمه الراسامليه والتي تصل يف بعض الدول اىل حد‬ ‫وضعها خارج القانون ‪ ,‬هذه االحزاب التي تقف يف خندق الدفاع عن مصالح شعوبها‬ ‫ومصالح االنسانيه يف االنعتاق والحريه والتقدم والعداله االجتامعيه واالشرتكيه‬ ‫كام نعرب ايضا عن تضامننا مع الشعوب التي تتعرض لالحتالل والعدوان والتدخل‬ ‫خاصه يف اليمن وسوريا وليبيا والعراق وقربص وكوبا وفنزويال وغريها من شعوب العامل‬ ‫‪.‬التي تتعرض لهذه املخاطر‬ ‫مره اخرى نحييكم ونتمنى الحزابكم املزيد من التقدم‬

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‫واالستقالل ‪ ,‬واستمرار تضامنكم معه حيث ما زالت تتعرض اىل اخطر هجمه من‬ ‫التحالف االمربيايل الصهيوين الرجعي والتي تهدف اىل تصفيتها وفرض الحلول التي ال‬ ‫تلبي الحد االدىن للحقوق الوطنيه املرشوعه للشعب الفلسطيني والتي كفلتها القوانني‬ ‫والرشائع والقرارات الدوليه ‪ ,‬هذه الهجمه التي اشتدت بوصول الرئيس االمرييك‬ ‫دونالد ترامب اىل البيت االبيض حيث اعرتف بالقدس عاصمه الرسائيل ونقل السفاره‬ ‫االمريكيه اليها وقطع املساعدات عن السلطه الفلسطينيه واغلق مكتب منظمه‬ ‫التحرير يف واشنطن وقطع املعونه عن وكاله الغوث األونروا وكذلك اثاره الجدل‬ ‫حول من هو الالجيء يف مسعى لتصفيه قضيه الالجئني ‪ ,‬ليتبع ذلك باعرتافه بسياده‬ ‫ارسائيل عىل الجوالن السوري املحتل يف اطار تنفيذ ما يسمى بصفقه القرن التي‬ ‫يسعى ترامب لفرضها عىل املنطقه وتشكيل حلف ارسائييل رجعي عريب لحصار ايران‬ ‫متهيدا لرضبها‪ ,‬حيث شهدت منطقه الخليج تطورات مقلقه جدا خالل الفرته املاضيه‬ ‫وما زال شبح الحرب مخيام عليها من خالل ما تسعى اليه الواليات املتحده من حشد‬ ‫‪.‬تحالف يف الخليج لن يجلب االستقرار للمنطقه‬ ‫اضف اىل ذلك ما تقوم به ارسائيل من اجراءات لتغيري الواقع عىل االرض من خالل‬ ‫بناء املستوطنات وجدار الفصل العنرصي واعالنها تهويد غور االردن ‪ ,‬وتقطيع اوارص‬ ‫الضفه العربيه والتدمري املنهج للبيئة واملوارد الطبيعية ‪ ,‬كل هذا اىل جانب استمرار‬ ‫الحصار املفروض عىل قطاع غزه وما متارسه ارسائيل من حروب متتاليه ضد قطاع غزه‬ ‫والقتل والتدمري املمنهج للقطاع بشتى الحجج وخاصه اثناء مسريات العوده السلميه‬ ‫التي ينظمها الشعب الفلسطيني ‪ ,‬لتتوج هذه السياسه املمنهجه واملنسقه مع‬ ‫الواليات املتحده والدول الغربيه االخرى باقرارقانون القوميه يف ارسائيل وما يشكله‬ ‫‪..‬من خطر عىل غري اليهود فيها‬ ‫اننا نعتقد ايها الرفاقى ان اي حل للقضيه وللرصاع يف الرشق االوسط يجب ان يلبي‬ ‫الحقوق املرشوعه لشعبنا واملتمثله يف حق تقرير املصري وانهاء االحتالل واقامه الدوله‬ ‫املستقله عىل يف حدود الرابع من حزيران ‪ 1967‬وعاصمتها القدس الرشقيه وحق‬ ‫الالجئني يف العوده وفقا للقرار ‪ ,194‬واننا نرى ان العوده للحل الشامل يف‬ ‫املنطقه ودمج املسارات ومناقشه قضايا االرض العربيه املحتله من قبل ارسائيل يف‬ ‫اطار مؤمتر دويل متعدد االطراف وبرعايه دوليه لهي الطريقه االمثل ‪ ,‬والتي تشكل‬ ‫الرد املناسب عىل خطط ترامب باعاده صياغه‬ ‫العالقات الدوليه بعيدا عن الرشعيه والقوانني واالسس املتبعه ورغم ما ميكن ان‬ ‫تقوم به ارسائيل من اجراءات ستؤدي بالرضوره اىل افشال هذا الحل ‪,‬حيث ان اي‬ ‫حلول اخرى لن يكتب لها النجاح وستطيل من امد الرصاع ‪ ,‬حيث اثبتت التجربه‬ ‫ان الحلول الجزئيه واالنفراد بكل طرف مل تؤد اال اىل تاجيج الرصاع وفسح املجال‬ ‫الستخدامه ورقه للقوى االمربياليه ملامرسه التدخل والتدمري مستعينه بادواتها‬ ‫التقليديه وغري التقليديه ‪ ,‬وما تعرض له العراق وبعد ذلك سوريا وليبيا واليمن من‬ ‫‪.‬حرب منظمه اال دليل عىل ذلك‬

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Paraguayan Communist Party Najeeb Amado

Iniciamos nuestra contribución a este 21° Encuen- 139 tro Internacional de Partidos Comunistas y Obreros, saludando a todos los Partidos hermanos presentes y en especial a los Partidos Comunistas de Turquía y de Grecia, por el esfuerzo de reunirnos en Izmir, teniendo en cuenta que el internacionalismo como la revolución, se organizan y construyen materialmente.

Rendir homenaje a las y los millones de camaradas que dieron su vida por el socialismo-comunismo desde 1848 a esta parte y, sobre todo, desde la creación de la Internacional Comunista, constituye un acto de justicia y de reafirmación con el proyecto revolucionario, además de reivindicar con mucho orgullo nuestra pertenencia al movimiento comunista internacional y nuestra total certeza en la posibilidad de victoria de la alianza social obrero-campesina y popular, dirigida por una fuerza revolucionaria marxista-leninista capaz de hacer síntesis de identidad en cuanto a las demandas históricas de las mayorías trabajadoras del campo y la ciudad, a escala nacional e internacional.

Sabemos que estudiar en profundidad el proceso de la Internacional Comunista, con sus errores y aciertos, constituye un desafío ineludible para definir la necesaria estrategia revolucionaria común para los partidos comunistas y obreros, en el marco de una crisis capitalista, que la consideramos estructural y civilizatoria.

La actual crisis civilizatoria es envolvente y nos incluye a las fuerzas que luchamos por el derrocamiento del sistema capitalista y la construcción del socialismo-comunismo. Por lo que la salida a la misma reclama alto grado de responsabilidad en el ejercicio del internacionalismo y en los pasos a dar para materializar debates y coordinar y orientar de acciones, encaminando el proyecto revolucionario hacia condiciones reales de anulación y superación del capitalismo, porque esta crisis no tiene forma de superación en los márgenes del sistema dominante.

En este sentido, entendiendo al capitalismo como un sistema que se desarrolla y reestructura en el marco de profundas crisis inherentes a su propia estructura y, que no implican per se la destrucción cuasi automática de esta forma de organización social ni mucho menos el advenimiento del socialismo – comunismo como único horizonte, la historia se ha encargado de demostrar en los hechos, que la sentencia de Rosa Luxemburgo cuenta hoy con más vigencia que nunca, nos encontramos ante la compleja disyuntiva de “Socialismo o barbarie”.

Esto entendiendo que, las crisis estructurales del sistema habilitan no sólo la vía de la acción de pro-

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puestas superadoras del orden social existente, sino que a su vez, las grandes crisis estructurales habilitan también el despliegue del rostro más represivo, criminal, terrorista y guerrerista del capitalismo, y junto con esto el retroceso de todos los derechos adquiridos por la clase trabajadora en su conjunto a nivel mundial, habilitando la incursión y consolidación de regímenes que exaltan lo nacional y cuyos discursos cobran raíz en suelos fértiles como lo son los pueblos hambreados, lumpenizados y profundamente golpeados y desmoralizados por la avanzada del capital y el retroceso de los gobiernos denominados progresistas, sobre todo cuando las organizaciones que se reclaman revolucionarias, no logran desarrollar sus fuerzas para asimilar el descontento creciente.

La ofensiva imperialista es violentísima frente a la crisis estructural del sistema capitalista que vivimos.

La estrategia del enemigo es clara, expoliación y lucha ideológica.Pero el campo popular, los pueblos del mundo, nuestros camaradas, están dando batalla a través de diversos medios y en distintas formas de lucha.

En el Paraguay, la crisis capitalista se ha hecho sentir tras la caída del precio de las commodities en el mercado mundial, afectando fundamentalmente al sector de los agronegocios, principal motor de la economía nacional, y en donde la contracción de la actividad económica fue del 2,8% en el primer semestre del año, acumulando por tercer trimestre un crecimiento negativo, lo que obligó al gobierno a asumir públicamente que el país había entrado “técnicamente” en recesión.

Al poseer elevados niveles de liberalización económica, Paraguay se vuelve más vulnerable a los shocks externos, agudizándose esta situación por la escasa diversidad de su matriz productiva, que encuentra su columna vertebral en el sector primario exportador. Las predicciones en cuanto a la evolución del sector no son alentadoras, pues según el Informe del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, 2019) la previsión futura acerca del comportamiento de la producción de las materias primas en el mercado mundial evidencian una tendencia a la baja, y en donde particularmente la soja – producto estrella de la economía paraguaya – presentó este año una producción 4,6 millones menos de lo esperado, a pesar de la ligera recuperación de los precios en el mercado internacional.[1] En ese sentido, estos últimos trimestres han sido sumamente traumáticos para la clase obrera paraguaya, en donde la desocupación, la subocupación y la precarización del trabajo se constituyen en la con-

stante. Nuestro país posee una de las tasas más altas de informalidad laboral, afectando al 71% de la población económicamente activa (PEA)[2], a esto se le agrega la calidad del empleo, y en donde nuestro país se ubica entre los 5 países con la peor calidad de empleo en la región según el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID, 2018).

Asimismo, el desempleo afecta al 7% de la población, siendo la población femenina la mayor afectada. En lo que respecta a la remuneración por la fuerza de trabajo, el salario mínimo continúa siendo insuficiente para cubrir las necesidades vitales de reproducción de la vida material de la clase obrera paraguaya y en donde el incremento de los bienes que componen la canasta básica alcanzó el 70%, en detrimento de un salario ya de por sí, miserable. De hecho, para que el salario mínimo permita el mantenimiento de una familia promedio, debería ajustarse en alrededor de un 50% La crisis económica y social en Paraguay se traduce en elevados niveles de lumpenización de la clase obrera, de marginalidad y explotación, en medio de persecuciones a líderes sindicales, a líderes campesinos y desalojos violentos en favor de la expansión de la frontera agrícola en el intento de incrementar la tasa de ganancia, en franca caída.

Expulsar población del campo, encarcelar, exiliar y aniquilar físicamente a quienes disientan del modelo productivo para el Paraguay, quebrantar todos los derechos laborales, desarrollar una especie de paraíso fiscal y tener el control del suelo, el subsuelo (con agua potable en enorme cantidad), los recursos hídricos y el cielo, además de las hidroeléctricas, forman parte del proyecto del capital imperialista para nuestro país. También, utilizar al Paraguay como una plataforma para el monitoreo de la región e inclusive para el despliegue militar, si hiciere falta.

Prueba de ello es la multimillonaria inversión en el predio de la embajada norteamericana, construyendo tanto para abajo como para arriba, en sus cinco hectáreas que están a una avenida de distancia con la casa presidencial.

El desastre ambiental en el Paraguay ha generado más de 12mil focos de calor con numerosos incendios que, solo en el Chaco paraguayo llegaron a 293.000 hectáreas, con la desaparición de más de 3.000 especies nativas de plantas y animales, todo esto promovido por la voracidad capitalista que pone en riesgo nuestra existencia como especie.

En este marco, la lucha de clases exige niveles cada vez más altos de organización y consciencia. Nuestro Partido está trabajando muy duro en el terreno ideológico y en el económico-reivindicativo, comIB 2020

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binando ambas luchas para desarrollar lucha política cada vez más sólida, a partir del fortalecimiento de la clase obrera y del campesinado. Crecientes movilizaciones obreras, campesinas, estudiantiles, territoriales se suceden en nuestro país, desarrollando múltiples experiencias de luchas, aunque sin lograr converger aún en una síntesis político-social.

En este sentido, hemos iniciado plenarias regionales de nuestro espacio de unidad social y política, el Congreso Democrático del Pueblo, preparando una campaña política que pretende acercar y movilizar a las mayorías trabajadoras del campo y la ciudad.

Las y los comunistas participamos en múltiples luchas, junto a otras organizaciones sociales, cuestionando la política fraudulenta y súper explotadora de patronales empresariales y latifundistas, que se expresan en esta oleada de incendios. También levantamos nuestra voz frente al Acta entreguista de Itaipu, como ante el accionar de la mafia con el caso de liberación del narcomafioso Samura, o el levantamiento del Plan de Acción Conjunta para desalojos que busca criminalizar aún más a movimientos que luchan por el derecho a la vivienda digna. Contra la mutilación del Jardín Botánico y la construcción del viaducto del fraude, existe una sostenida lucha liderada por mujeres, jóvenes y diversas organizaciones. En el movimiento obrero también venimos realizando múltiples luchas específicas y generales para enfrentar la crisis y los despidos que se vienen dando, buscando resistir ante la propuesta del gobierno y de las patronales, que es descargar todo el peso de la crisis sobre los hombros de las mayorías trabajadoras de la ciudad y del campo. Huelgas docentes y movilizaciones estudiantiles se desarrollan para denunciar el estado de total abandono de la salud y la educación pública, además de cuestionar, junto al movimiento obrero y campesino, la política de ajustes y despilfarros del PGN 2020.

Teniendo en cuenta el grado de crisis que estamos padeciendo en el Paraguay, el gobierno del fraude, encabezado por Mario Abdo Benítez no logra estabilizarse. Amenazas de juicio político siguen latentes y en estos días, el embajador norteamericano Lee McClenny, lanzó un sugestivo tweet, instando al gobierno a “escuchar al pueblo” y a luchar contra la corrupción y la impunidad, dando a entender que el apoyo dado por la embajada yanqui para evitar el juicio político hace unos 4 meses, se está debilitando.

Entendemos que la desestabilización es parte del presupuesto del capital monopolista-imperialista en este momento, buscando profundizar la crisis y lograr que se generen las condiciones para calificar

como Estado Fallido al Estado paraguayo, y por lo 141 tanto pasible de intervención militar.

El concepto de unidad que trabajamos desde el Partido Comunista Paraguayo, estriba en el fortalecimiento de la alianza social obrero-campesina y popular, que sea capaz de generar identidad en las demás capas sociales objetivamente perjudicadas por el capital monopolista, buscando desarrollar la más amplia unidad de explotadas y explotados, excluidas y excluidos, para superar al capitalismo con una progresiva revolución democrática, agraria y antiimperialista, capaz de levantar la contradicción capital-trabajo como inmediata posta a superar.

En estos tiempos oscuros y violentísimos, camaradas, en esta difícil situación que estamos atravesando como humanidad, debemos sacar a relucir lo mejor de lo mejor de las y los comunistas: el amor a la vida y la alegría de luchar contra toda forma de opresión, planificando nuestras acciones enmarcadas en una estrategia revolucionaria que, para posibilitar la continuidad de la vida sobre la tierra, deberá ser mundial. ¡Por el internacionalismo proletario y la elaboración de una estrategia revolucionaria común! ¡Organicemos el presente para rebelar el futuro! ¡Socialismo es vida, pan y paz!

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Communist Party of Poland Beata Karon

The creation of the Communist International 100 143 years ago is one of the most significant events in the history of the workers’ movement. It is a valuable experience. Ideas of the Third International remain live and actual. Our struggle against the power of the capital, imperialism and war continues.

The Communist International was created in the crucial moment for the revolutionary movement of the working class, when communist parties were created in many European countries and on other continents as a result of the revolutionary wave after the victory of the October Revolution. There was an urgent need for international cooperation.

The Communist International became an important centre of organisation of the revolutionary movement, coordinating efforts of the working class on the national level.

At the beginning of the 1920’s situation deteriorated, when the revolutionary wave collapsed. The revolutions in Hungary and Germany failed. The working class in these countries was defeated due to the lack of coordinated action. The bourgeoisie was organising its common front against socialism. The main powers – Great Britain, France, Germany, even though they fought each other during the Great War formed a coalition to stop the revolution.

When fascism came to power in Italy and Germany as a result of the capitalist crisis the International had to face this threat. The reactionary movement was backed by the bourgeoisie to defeat the working class and save capitalism from the huge crisis.

Parties affiliated to the International had to organise resistance of the working class. The failure in this confrontation led to the slaughter of the second world war.

Now we are facing similar tendencies of militarism and nationalism. The capital imposes its rule by imperialism and wars. The rising number of armed conflicts and aggressions is the result of the inter-imperialist rivalry for resources and power. The main players of this imperialist game are NATO countries led by the US and allied reactionary regimes around the world. Aggressions against Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria are only a few examples of enslaving populations and exploiting resources of the conquered regions. The other side of this rise of militarism is NATO’s advance in Eastern Europe and the new arms race. Huge military companies profit from the rising military expenditures imposed by the Alliance on the member states.

Today we are facing the consequences of the crisis that started over 10 years ago. Some economies managed to recover but at the cost of workers. The

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widely implemented strategy to liberalise labour laws and to dismantle the social gains of the working class was widely applied by the capital during the crisis. “Flexibility” became the key term imposed by the so-called reformers. They always tend to burden the working class with the costs of the crisis initiated by the capital and inscribed into its very nature. More precarious jobs and work flexibility were meant to guarantee that profits of the capitalists be preserved at the cost of salaries.

The main obstacle to the organisation of social resistance is the low consciousness of the working class, subjected to decades of capitalist propaganda. Workers are being divided and played against themselves by the nationalists. The extreme right movements use social rhetorics aimed to direct social anger against minorities, migrants and foreigners - anyone - superimposing fake or secondary identities to cover-up the one division that counts: the one based on the class.

The most severe repressions by the capital and nationalists are directed against the communists in particular. Outrageous proclamation of the European Parliament equating communism with fascism is an example of this historical policy aimed at the destruction of the memory of achievements of the socialist states and victory over nazism in 1945. In many countries, communists face increasing persecution. The communist parties are banned in the Baltic states, Ukraine and many other countries across the globe. Reactionary governments are afraid of the ideas that oppose the power of the capital and

exploitation of the workers.

Communist Party of Poland is facing threat of illegalisation. Members of the editorial board of the party’s newspaper „Brzask” are on trial for publishing articles about communism. This trial has been going on for four years. We managed to won in the regional court, but the prosecutor demanded from the court to condemn us. The district court agreed with the prosecutor and decided about restarting the case. We are in front of the new trial. There are also new attempts to ban communist activity by the law. In June Polish parliament voted the change of the penal code, which will be much more represive.

One of the amendments introduces the ban on the communist activity, promotion of the communist ideology and forbids the possession of anything – including writings or artefacts – with the communist content or symbols. Introduction of the new law, what is expected soon, will make a serious problem for our activity and create danger for existence of our party.

From the history of the Communist International we should draw valuable conclusions. International cooperation plays a key role in the communist movement. The main issues cannot be solved on the national level. There is a need for the international platform to share experience, information and to coordinate the activities. The principle of internationalism shall never be abandoned because we are fighting global capitalism and imperialism.

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Portuguese Communist Party Pedro Guerreiro

We salute the Communist Party of Turkey and the 145 Communist Party of Greece for hosting this 21st.

International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) in Izmir, Turkey.

We also salute the communist parties and workers present.

Comrades, The evolution of the international situation, which continues to be marked by great instability and uncertainty, holding serious and dangerous developments, which must not be underestimated, also clearly shows that in the face of imperialism’s exploitative and oppressive offensive, the resistance and struggle of workers and peoples in defence of their rights and sovereignty continues everywhere and in many diverse ways, proving the existence of potential for the development of the struggle for progressive and revolutionary changes.

Against the background of capitalism’s deepening structural crisis, there is a gathering of signs of deterioration in the economic and financial situation and the «announcements» of a new peak of crisis, which are used as a pretext for the worsening of the policy of exploitation and attack on democratic rights.

A complex process of rearrangement of forces at the world level is still under way, which expresses the downward trend of US relative decline and a multifaceted crisis of the process of European capitalist integration, i.e., of the European Union.

A situation in which imperialism’s most reactionary and aggressive sectors turn to fascism, interference and war as a «solution» to the difficulties and contradictions faced by capitalism, trying to take even further the exploitation of workers and the oppression of peoples.

Increasingly and openly, reactionary and undemocratic values are being promoted, paving the way for far-right and fascist forces; anti-communism, the falsification of history, the whitewashing of fascism are fostered - of which the inadmissible resolution recently adopted in the European Parliament is a particularly serious example; attacks on fundamental freedoms and rights multiply; processes of struggle and of the forces that resist exploitation and oppression are repressed and criminalised.

A situation that highlights, particularly in Europe, the role and responsibilities of social democracy in the growth of the most reactionary and warmongering forces.

Using the powerful means it owns and controls, particularly mass communication, big capital inten-

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sifies the ideological struggle, subjecting workers and peoples to lines and operations of falsification, manipulation and diversion - particularly targeting new generations – and seek to conceal capitalism’s exploitative, oppressive, aggressive, and predatory nature and cover up the class origin of the profound contradictions and problems that mark the current world situation.

Extremely serious is Imperialism’s aggressive spiral, particularly that of US imperialism - accompanied, albeit in the context of growing contradictions, by its allies, notably NATO and the European Union aimed at destabilizing and attacking the sovereignty of countries and peoples that it considers to be an obstacle to its interests and which points to the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation as its strategic targets.

The US promotes a violent policy of extraterritorial «sanctions» and economic, financial and trade blockades aimed at imposing the isolation of various countries - such as Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or the Russian Federation - in a complete subversion of the principles that should govern international relations, which were inscribed in the United Nations Charter and in International Law following the Victory over Nazi-fascism, which enshrined a fundamentally democratic and anti-fascist new international order that imperialism seeks to destroy.

The US is bolstering a very dangerous militarization of international relations and an arms race – which include abandoning important treaties aimed at limiting nuclear weapons – posing a huge threat to world security and peace, and which in no way should be underestimated and increases the risk of a major conflict.

Faced with the obstacles it encounters, US imperialism eschews no means - from economic warfare to direct military aggression - to seek to safeguard its global hegemonic dominance by representing, with its NATO allies and the European Union, the most serious threat facing the peoples of the world and the main enemy of the forces of social progress and peace.

The threats facing the peoples of the world are serious, and the international situation demonstrates that there are social and political forces - even those in power - that, as historical experience shows, can deter and push back imperialism’s most aggressive aims, enforce respect for the principles of the UN Charter and International Law, prevent it from unleashing war.

Comrades, It is in this complex, serious and demanding international framework that the persistent resistance and struggle of workers and peoples for their rights and sovereignty is of fundamental importance. Resistance and struggle that is important to valorise and which develops in the most varied conditions, adopting various forms and aiming for diverse immediate objectives, inscribing potentialities for the achievement of progressive and revolutionary advances.

It is crucial to strengthen anti-imperialist struggle and internationalist solidarity, especially with those at the forefront of resisting imperialism’s offensive, as well as in defence of peace, contributing to the development of articulation, cooperation and unity in action of the patriotic, progressive and revolutionary forces, in a broad anti-imperialist front, which curbs imperialism’s offensive and paves the way for the construction of a new international order, of peace, sovereignty and social progress Henceit is of particular importance to strengthen of the World Peace Council (WPC), the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF), the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) or the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) - reaffirming their anti-imperialist and unitary character.

The evolution of the international situation confirms as essential tasks the strengthening of the international communist and revolutionary movement and its unity, cooperation and solidarity. An objective in which the IMCWPs - as a space for exchanging, debating and adopting common or converging positions and actions - are called upon to play a relevant role.

Experience shows that the rooting in their national reality and strengthening their influence in their own country are the main task and the best contribution each party can make to strengthen the international communist and revolutionary movement, to advance the emancipatory struggle of the workers and peoples of the whole world. This task is complementary and inseparable from their internationalist duties and responsibilities.

When we observe the 100th. anniversary of the creation of the Communist International, we reaffirm the importance of articulating the internationalist solidarity of the communists, naturally with different forms from those of 100 years ago, taking into account the evolution of the world situation and the experience and teachings gathered by the internaIB 2020

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tional communist movement.

The PCP considers that the necessary path in the deepening of reciprocal knowledge and understanding, the fraternal examination of natural differences of opinion and even divergences, the approximation of political and ideological positions, of unity in action of the international communist and revolutionary movement, means valuing the much that unites us - not what divides us - and observing the basic principles of relationship between communist parties, such as independence, equality, mutual respect or non-interference in the internal affairs of other parties.

Likewise, the PCP considers that the diversity of situations, phases and stages of the revolutionary struggle in each country, besides not being an obstacle to the indispensable unity in action against the common enemy, is an enriching factor of the experience of each and every one of the revolutionary forces.

In PCP’s view, the fight against the threat of fascism, against militarism and imperialism’s aggressions, in defence of peace and disarmament, are inseparable from the broader struggle against exploitation and oppression, for sovereignty and democracy, for social progress; are inseparable from the struggle of the workers for their class interests and the struggle of the broad social front built on the mobilisation of the working class and other anti-monopoly classes and strata - a dynamics in which the struggle for concrete and immediate goals is a basic and essential factor for resistance and the advance of social transformation, of the struggle for the strategic objective of the revolutionary overcoming of capitalism.

It is on this path of strengthening, unity, cooperation and solidarity of the international communist and revolutionary movement that the PCP remains deeply committed, seeking to contribute to overcoming persistent weaknesses and to launch the communist ideal and project in the world - the validity of which is evidenced against capitalism in deep crisis, steeped in contradictions and unable to respond to the problems and aspirations of Humanity.

Comrades, In consonance with the common or convergent lines of action set down in the 20th. IMCWP, the PCP has carried out a diversified activity, such as: Actions of solidarity with countries and peoples that defend their sovereignty and national independence, resisting colonialism, occupation, destabilization, blockade, aggression by imperialism, like socialist Cuba, Bolivarian Venezuela, Palestine, Syria,

Western Sahara; as well as with other peoples who 147 defend their rights and sovereignty, like in Brazil, Colombia, or Sudan.

Actions against militarism and the wars by imperialism; against US threats of escalation of confrontation in the Middle East; against NATO, demanding its dissolution, and rejecting the militarization of the EU; in defence of peace and disarmament, namely the end of nuclear weapons; for the peaceful and just settlement of international conflicts, in defence of the principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law. Actions of denunciation and condemnation of anti-communism and solidarity with the communist parties facing persecution, as in Ukraine or Poland.

Actions condemning fascism and denouncing its class nature, the responsibilities of fascism and of imperialist powers in the launching of World War II; valorisation of the determining role of the USSR and the communists in the Victory over Nazi-fascism; condemnation of the anti-communist resolution and falsification of history adopted by the European Parliament.

Actions of solidarity with the struggles of the workers and their representative class organisations, namely those carried out by CGTP-IN, the great trade union confederation of the Portuguese workers.

Actions of solidarity with the struggles in defence of women’s rights and their full equality in work and life, namely those carried out on March 8, International Women’s Day. Actions of denunciation of the predatory character of capitalism in relation to nature and the environment.

Or actions against the federalist, neoliberal and militaristic European Union and for a Europe of cooperation, social progress and peace; the Joint Appeal for elections to the European Parliament elections «For a Europe of the workers and peoples»; or the staunch defence of the principles of the confederal functioning of the European Parliament’s Confederal Group GUE/NGL.

Comrades, The PCP continues with unwavering determination the struggle for an advanced democracy, with the values of the April Revolution in the future of Portugal, an integral and inseparable part of the construction of socialism and communism.

A struggle that includes a rupture with decades of right-wing policies and for a patriotic and left-wing alternative. A patriotic alternative, because it makes a break with growing external subordination and

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dependence, particularly vis-à-vis the European Union, and affirms national sovereignty and sovereign economic development. A left-wing alternative, because it asserts the valorisation of labour and workers, the implementation of social rights and public services, a fair distribution of income, public control of the strategic sectors of the economy, clearly assuming the defence of workers’ interests and of non-monopoly strata and sectors.

With the decisive intervention of the PCP and the struggle of the Portuguese workers and people, it was possible, in 2015, to stop a policy of worsening of exploitation, impoverishment and national decline, to halt the most dangerous projects of big capital aimed at the destruction of the democratic regime achieved with the April Revolution, and ensure the defence, restoration and achievement of rights, with a beneficial impact on the living conditions of millions of Portuguese.

It was the intervention of the PCP that – benefiting from the correlation of forces in Parliament, consistent with its principles and programme, affirming its proposal and political independence and not entertaining any illusions about the class nature of the Socialist Party’s options, policies and role - forced the PS minority government - which is not a left-wing or «coalition» government or even «supported» by any parliamentary »agreement», in fact nonexistent - to adopt measures that it would never take under other circumstances.

It is precisely as a result of its consistent and permanent intervention in defence of the interests of the workers and the people, combining tactical flexibility with the firmness of its principles and its communist identity, that the PCP has been the target of an intense anti-communist campaign, unparalleled in recent decades, based on lies, defamation and manipulation, trying to attribute to the PCP concepts that are deeply contrary to its path, practice and project.

Only the militant mobilisation of the party collective, the deep roots of the PCP in the working class, the workers and the popular masses, the recognition of the intervention of the PCP and the trust in its word, made it possible, in the present conjuncture, to resist and overcome the powerful campaign unleashed by the centres of monopoly capital.

The current national situation, marked by a different political framework from that of recent years, portrays the serious problems affecting workers, the people and the country, inseparable from decades of right-wing policies.

The negative measures that were avoided and the

advances achieved by the intervention of the PCP and the workers’ struggle, highlight the need and the possibility to respond to the aspirations and rights of the workers and the people and to advance in solving the problems that remain given the options of the PS of commitment to big capital and submission to the European Union and the Euro.

The situation of the country and its evolution in these last years places, more strongly, the need to break with the right-wing policy and the firm combat the reactionary offensive that tries to find space for its undemocratic projects.

Advancement in this path involves a persistent intervention in defence of the rights and interests of the workers, the people and the country. It involves strengthening the unity of the working class and workers, building a vast social front of struggle, strengthening unitary organisations. and mass movements, through the intervention of all the classes, strata and anti-monopoly sectors, convergence and unity of democrats and patriots, the combination of electoral and institutional action with mass action, a determining intensification and convergence of mass struggle.

A path that raises as a fundamental issue the organic reinforcement of the PCP, the constant deepening of its roots in the working class, the workers and the people, its connection to the Portuguese reality, articulating the struggle for immediate objectives with the struggle for broader objectives, reaffirming its communist identity and its revolutionary project.

It is in this path of struggle and construction that the PCP is and will continue with unwavering determination, based on a firm commitment to the Portuguese workers and people, honouring its dimension and path of a patriotic and internationalist party.

By different paths and stages, in a more or less prolonged historical period, through the struggle of social and national emancipation of workers and peoples, it is the replacement of capitalism by socialism that, in the 21st. century, remains inscribed as a real possibility and as the most solid perspective of evolution of Humanity.

Long live proletarian internationalism!

Long live internationalist solidarity!

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Communist Party of the Russian Federation Georgii Kamnev

Уважаемые товарищи! Разрешите передать вам пламенный коммунистический привет от имени Коммунистической партии Российской Федерации и её лидера Геннадия Зюганова. Также хотелось бы поблагодарить организаторов встречи за прекрасные условия, которые были созданы здесь, в Измире, для членов делегаций и пожелать всем участникам плодотворной работы. Товарищи, несмотря на жёсткую, а зачастую жестокую реакционную политику властей, левым партиям удаётся добиться значительных политических успехов. Говоря о России, можно с уверенностью сказать, что у нас левое движение,во главе которого стоит КПРФ, также находится «на подъёме». Прошедшие осенью по всей стране выборы показали значительное усиление позиций КПРФ. Успех, достигнутый коммунистами на выборах различных уровней, особенно показателен в Москве, где нашей партии лишь немного не хватило до полной победы. Народ принял социалистические идеи, с которыми шли на выборы наши товарищи и полностью поддержал их, отдав свои голоса. Большого успеха партия добилась в Новосибирске, третьем по величине городе в России, где мэром вновь был избран коммунист. Успех сопутствовал нашей партии во время выборов во многие местные парламенты. В этом году прошла одна из самых успешных для нашей партии избирательных кампаний. Такой успех стал возможным только благодаря объединению вокруг КПРФ всех прогрессивных левых сил. История знает немало примеров успешного объединения ради достижения общего успеха. Так, например, сто лет назад в Москве был основан Третий Коммунистический Интернационал (Коминтерн). Впервые в истории наша страна стала штаб-квартирой крупной международной организации и центром мирового коммунистического движения. Коммунистический интернационал просуществовал двадцать четыре года - с 1919 по 1943 год и пережил в своей истории разные этапы. Очень важно, что и сегодня дух Интернационала жив, коммунистическое движение развивается. Это и показывает наша встреча, участниками которой являются около 150 делегатов со всего мира. Есть два тезиса, о которых я хотел бы сказать: Коммунистический интернационал и интернационал капиталистов.

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Коммунистам удавалось победить, когда интернационал капитала давал трещину и интернационал пролетариата оказывался сильнее, сплоченнее, организованнее. Примеры – первая и вторая мировые войны, когда блоки империалистических стран сталкивались между собой, что открывало дорогу революциям. Первая мировая война окончилась Октябрьской революцией, Вторая – рождением мировой социалистической системы – от Китая и Вьетнама до ГДР и Югославии. После интернационал капитала снова оказался сплоченнее и организованнее – империализм сложился как единая система во главе с США. Этот интернационал победил СССР и ряд социалистических стран, где произошла реставрация капитализма. Какова ситуация сейчас? Интернационал капитала снова дает трещину – торговые войны Трампа, противоречия США и ЕС, противоречия внутри ЕС и т.д. В этих условиях важна выработка единой стратегии коммунистов разных стран, чтобы использовать раскол интернационала империалистов для торжества социализма.

Для коммунистического интернационала всегда была важна проблематика Единого фронта, а затем и Народного фронта, как тактика сопротивления реакции (в частности фашизму). Что может быть прообразом Народного фронта сегодня? Несомненно это блок ряда общественных сил, противостоящих империализму в его самых реакционных проявлениях.Что это за силы?

- коммунистические и рабочие партии; - социалистические страны; - народные движения антиимпериалистического характера; - страны, подвергающиеся атаке империализма (Сирия, Иран, Венесуэла, Россия, Республики Донбасса и др.) Нам, современным коммунистам, важно провести анализ и дать ответ, какие именно силы можно объединить в новый Народный фронт, противостоящий наступающей империалистической реакции. Результаты выборов говорят нам, что идеи социализма всё больше захватывают умы людей. «Наевшись» обещаний либеральных политиков-популистов, люди во всём мире всё больше склоняются к тем политическим силам, кто отстаивает интересы трудового народа,

незащищённых и угнетаемых слоёв населения. 151 Только в коммунистическом движении находят истинную поддержку народы, оказавшиеся объектом военной агрессии империализма. Нам, прогрессивным левым силам, нужно активнее объединяться и действовать сообща, координируя нашу деятельность, поскольку только в единстве наша сила.

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Russian Communist Workers’ Party Viktor Tyulkin

153 Dear comrades!

We meet here to commemorate the glorious centenary anniversary of Communist International foundation. Still, we shouldn’t limit our meeting’s goal to just celebration activities, the more so as we have to celebrate generally under the conditions of reaction and in majority of the countries we are on a defensive against advancing powers of imperialism. That’s why we have to take lessons from the experience of our predecessors and to use them under the conditions of modern struggle.

Our current situation when the most powerful wave of opportunism and revisionism has been overwhelming communist and left movement, resembles in many aspects the one that could be observed at the time of the 2-nd International’s crash. More than that – modern opportunism and revisionism that in the past were internal, “conscientious” and understandable under condition of the movement’s growth, have both turned into a well-managed and organized weapon of bourgeoisie, whereas the example of the Party of European Left is the example of the utmost manifestation of this process. PEL is ideological and organizational center of revisionists that contributes to the strengthening of EU imperialism, exists on EU funds and acts in accordance with EU laws A number of other parties in modern communist movement have slid down to opportunism as well.

These parties have adjusted themselves well to calm and comfortable life under capitalism, they have used up their limits for revolution, they have rejected the main criterion of communists by Lenin – the recognition of necessity of proletarian dictatorship.

These parties believe that they should focus their activities upon parliamentary struggle within the framework of bourgeois “democracy” rather than to be involved in class and revolutionary struggle. i.e. theyactinawaysimilartothe disgraced leaders of the II International when supporting “their own” bourgeoisie in its imperialist competition with the “foreign” bourgeoisie. After the downfall of the Soviet Union, as opposed to the times of Comintern foundation, bourgeoisie has managed to use such parties to organize the reactionary attack on the rights of working people in the majority of the countries worldwide.

That’s why we believe that the conclusion by V.I. Lenin “The struggle against imperialism unless it’s inextricably linked to the struggle against opportunism, is an empty false phrase” is still actual, whereas internationalism remains the axis of communist politics. The slogan “Proletarians of all coun-

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tries unite!” remains valid as well, whereas communists should do their best to concentrate upon its practical realization.

Under current conditions, we consider it useful and essential to recall such basic instrument of Comintern as 21 conditions of admission to Comintern.

That was a resolute move aimed at irrevocable demarcation with opportunists. Those conditions were used as a sort of charter whose aim wasn’t only to determine the composition of International, but it rather served as a reference for those parties that aspired to reach the level of the parties that were the most revolutionary, the most scientific, the most prepared for revolutionary battles. That document was and still is the beacon for the entire communist movement. Modern communists should study these conditions and try to match their activities against their criteria. This is one the most important lessons for modern communists.

Comintern was created to separate genuine communist, revolutionary forces within rotten opportunistic social-democratic parties to establish on their base communist parties adhering to scientific revolutionary Marxism. Comintern was created as a single ideological and organizational center for development of such parties. This task was performed brilliantly. Within short period of history there was created a mighty force of international communist movement. Hitler specifically called the union of Fascists created in 1936 Anti-Comintern Pact We can assuredly state that communists, the ideas of communism were the main adversary of Fascism. This was recognized by the fascists themselves.

It was exactly on the Eastern Front where Fascists broke their teeth against the resistance of Soviet people. Soviet people and its Workers and Peasants’ Red Army provided main contribution to the rout of Fascism and to the victory. We are also well aware of the tremendous role that partisan units and resistance groups in occupied territories had for the victory. We also know well that those forces were led in the majority of cases by communists. You, comrades also know these facts very well. We also know that those forces of resistance acted under the guidance of exactly Comintern. This glorious fact of Comintern’s history cannot be disputed.

Communists anticipated the danger of Fascism, they analyzed its emergence and development, and they gave precise, Marxist definition of its essence as overt terroristic dictatorship of financial capital.

All this contributed to the victory over Fascism and determined this victory. Now we have all reasons to believe that the victory over Fascism was the main

historical achievement of Comintern.

The issue of Comintern’s dissolution is the most complicated for analysis and understanding, I’d say it’s rather painful to assess. There are significant discrepancies between our parties. We in RCWP have our own analysis and it can be found in our sites and in Solidnet page. Still these discrepancies shouldn’t distract our attention from the main issue. Communist parties were founded and acted in all continents and Fascism was defeated. Communists managed to reach the goal of keeping the first state of workers and peasants – the USSR to be used as the basis of Socialism and the prospects for the world revolution were retained. Socialism moved beyond the limits of one country, and the network of socialist countries was created!

Comrades! Workers and other working people often ask us, why Comintern has not been yet recreated?

When are you communists going to do this?

Our party deems it necessary to answer that we haven’t yet reached that level, those high standards of the Lenin’s type party that were set by Comintern.

That’s why we are just not in a position to raise the issue of urgent merging in new communist International as it is wished by many good and impatient comrades. Still the moves in this direction should be done, first we should discuss our positions and coordinate our activities.

Keeping in view this goal and on initiative of RCWP and CPSU, international conference of communists adhering to orthodox Marxism was held in Moscow in June. This conference was dedicated exactly to the centennial anniversary of Comintern. Together with representatives of some 40 parties we analyzed the experience of our predecessors, clarified certain complicated issues pertaining to their activities, tried to learn necessary lessons from the complex of Comintern’s basics, decisions, tactics and strategy.

We tried to avoid ceremonial speeches and praise at the conference We didn’t only focused upon the issues of history, but based on the experience of Comintern we did our best to fulfill the main task – to discuss the movement into the future and concrete actions aimed at strengthening and consolidation of communist pole.

Comintern was founded in 1919 as united worldwide communist party aimed at preparation and performing of socialist world revolution. We have quite different situation now. Nowadays we, the majority of the parties should first strengthen our own ranks – to strengthen ideological background, organization, politics, ties with masses, we should further merge with our class and contribute to the develIB 2020

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opment of workers’ movement. Under conditions of the above mentioned domination of opportunism in communist movement all genuine revolutionary Marxists should urgently create their own revolutionary pole in the communist movement. At the conference, we discussed the ways to realize our ideas in practice. Participants of the conference adopted the final statement titled “Centennial anniversary of Comintern and the tasks of contemporary communist movement” that is submitted to your attention.

The parties who signed the statement marked that certain work aimed at strengthening communist pole has been under way for more than 20 years.

These are Solidnet system meetings that started in 1998 on initiative of CPG; issuing of International Communist Review magazine; establishing of European Communist Initiative; conferences in Leningrad and Moscow initiated by RCWP (Centennial anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution and centennial anniversary of Comintern) and a number of otherevents. That’s why we should focus our attention on the developing existing forms of cooperation in the following directions: - the topic of struggle against opportunism as inextricable and indispensable part of the straggle against imperialism; - our common priority task is strengthening of each party on national level and the development of mass workers’ resistance in each country, internationalization of workers and trade union’s movement based on class struggle against capitalism and all sorts of exploitation and oppression. This work is to become not only the topic that unites us, but it should be used as an instrument of strengthening of our parties, of increasing their influence over working people in our countries; - there is an urgent necessity to analyze together and, if possible, to elaborate common assessment of such complex occurrences that significantly influence the development in the world, as “socialism with Chinese characteristics”, as well as such models as “socialism of the XXI Century”. We are of the opinion that the above models don’t correspond the basic concepts of the socialist revolution theory and socialist construction; - constant interconnection between the parties and assistance rendered to each other on national level to strengthen positions of each party as an essential condition of strengthening communist pole as whole.

The parties that signed this statement made the commitment to remember, to study and to go by the ever actual basics of Marxism-Leninism as embodied in the experience of Bolsheviks and their

Comintern. We call on other proletarian parties to 155 do so as well.

We are well aware of the difficulties we may encounter on this way. Still, when communists were afraid of difficulties?

Dearcomrades! The issue of socialist revolution and socialist construction is still actual. Let’s remember, study and go by the basics of Marxism-Leninism as embodied in the experience of Bolsheviks and their Comintern.

LongliveMarxism-Leninism!

Down with the dictatorship of bourgeoisie! Long live the power of working people!

Long live the irreconcilable struggle against all sorts of opportunism!

Workers of the world unite!

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Communist Party of Soviet Union Sergey Mozgovoy

157 Дорогие товарищи, От имени Центрального Комитета Коммунистической партии Советского Союза приветствую участников 21 Встречи коммунистических и рабочих партий, посвященной столетию Коммунистического Интернационала. Выражаю благодарность организаторам Встречи – Компартиям Турции и Греции за высокую организацию нашей работы и содержательные доклады.

100 лет тому назад наша партия под руководством В.И. Ленина создала Третий, Коммунистический Интернационал, состоящий из боевых, преданных пролетарской революции партий, освободившись от пут оппортунизма и ревизионизма. Созданию Интернационала предшествовали условия, в числе которых были: сильная коммунистическая партия победившего пролетариата – РКП (б), опирающаяся на ресурсы молодого пролетарского государства.

100 лет тому назад, в повестке дня международной коммунистической конференции, переросшей в Учредительный съезд были как программные вопросы (о диктатуре пролетариата и отношении к буржуазной демократии, так и тактические (отношение к буржуазным правительствам и другим партиям). Эти вопросы не только сохранили актуальность для нас и ныне, но и приобрели особую остроту. Мы положительно оцениваемопыт наших предшественников – большевиков – соратников В.И. Ленина и признаем их заслуги в деле развития и укрепления мирового коммунистического и рабочего движения. Мы высоко ценим заслуги Коминтерна в деле создания коммунистических партий, борьбы с фашизмом XX века - разгрома гитлеровской Германии и её союзников по Антикоминтерновскому пакту. Наша положительная оценка совсем не означает, что опыт борьбы Коминтерна не содержал ошибок, поэтому изучение этого опыта требует критического анализа для того, чтобы, опираясь на знания и опыт предшественников вести сегодняшнюю борьбу за социализм.Мы изучаем опыт деятельности Коминтерна, видим существовавшие в ту пору недостатки, считаем необходимым дальнейшее изучение опыта работы Коминтерна и использование его в практической борьбе. Мы видим, что сегодня нет условий для учреждения нового коммунистического интернационала, нет партий масштаба и

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силы большевиков, нет страны победившей социалистической революции, которая бы взяла на себя организационное и материальное обеспечение функционирования общего центра, а также нуждается в разработке современная революционная стратегия. Все это подчеркивает, что необходимость общей работы в области теории, общей практической работы, координации позиций и действий безусловно есть - для организационного, политического и идеологического укрепления компартий. Определенная работа в этом направлении по укреплению коммунистического полюса последовательно проводится партиями – членами Европейской коммунистической Инициативы. Это и проведение конференций. Только в текущем 2019 году полезными стали конференции в Стамбуле и Москве. На Стамбульской конференция (февраль 2019 г.) партии – участницы рассмотрели актуальные и сложные вопросы политической истории 20 века, ав Москве(июнь 2019 г.) была проведена международная научнопрактическая конференция «100 лет Коминтерну»(Организаторы КПСС и РКРПКПСС).С докладами и документами этой конференции можно познакомится в свежем номере журнала «Советский Союз» (Советский Союз, №1 (27), 2019 г.). В основу моего выступления положены результаты московской конференции, которая высказалась за дальнейшее развитие имеющихся форм взаимодействия по следующим важнейшим направлениям: - борьба с оппортунизмом, как неотъемлемая и обязательная составляющая борьбы с империализмом. Мы видим, что раковая опухоль оппортунизма поразила коммунистическое и левое движение. Подобное явление, когда оппортунизм захлестнул коммунистическое и левое движение, наблюдалось во времена краха Второго Интернационала.В Итоговом Заявлении московской конференции (1-2 июня 2019 г.) отмечалось, что оппортунизм и ревизионизм являются управляемым и хорошо организованным оружием буржуазии. Верхом достижений этой политики ренегатства является пример партии Европейских левых. Это идеологический и организационный центр ревизионистов, существующий на деньги Евросоюза и живущий по законам ЕС, работающий на укрепление империализма ЕС. Исходя из

этого наблюдения, мы считаем особенно ценным ленинский опыт создания Коммунистического Интернационала с организацией решительной и бескомпромиссной борьбы с оппортунизмом, выработки теоретических принципов для последовательных революционных партий, которые были сформулированы как условия членства в Коминтерне. Сегодня совместная теоретическая и практическая борьба с оппортунизмом коммунистическому движению абсолютно необходима.

- развитие рабочего движения, внесение в него научных знаний и движение к социалистической революции. Поэтому нашей общей приоритетной целью является укрепление каждой партии на национальном уровне и развитие массового рабочего сопротивления в каждой стране, интернационализация рабочего и профсоюзного движения на основах классовой борьбы против капитализма, эксплуатации и угнетения. Эта работа является важнейшим инструментом укрепления самих партий, расширения их влияния в массах трудящихся своих стран; - совместный анализ борьбы коммунистических и рабочих партий в истекшем столетии, опыта построения социализма в СССР и других странах, принципиальный, критический анализ ошибок и недостатков. Наряду с многими, прозвучавшими на нашей Встрече проблемами, необходимо выявить и понять соотношение национального и интернационального, особенно в деятельности правящих коммунистических партий. Ведь на практике коммунистическое и рабочее движение неоднократно сталкивалось и продолжает сталкиваться с приоритетом национального над интернациональным в политической борьбе на международной арене, руководствуясь, по сути, интересами геополитики, а иногда на поводу буржуазной националистической пропаганды, в ущерб солидарности и помощи борющимся коммунистическим и рабочим партиям и рабочим социальным движениям. Руководство некоторых компартий не осознает, что их используют в качестве винтиков буржуазной политической системы, в результате они служат не пролетарскому интернационализма, а буржуазному национализму; - постоянная взаимосвязь наших партий и помощь друг другу в деле усиления позиций каждой партии на национальном уровне как обязательное условие общего укрепления коммунистического полюса.

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Да здравствует солидарность коммунистических и рабочих партий мира! Пусть крепнет солидарность трудящихся! Пролетарии всех стран соединяйтесь!

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New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Nikola Stojiljković

Dear comrades, We wish to express our gratitude to the Communist Party of Turkey and The Communist Party of Greece for the hosting this meeting, to preparatory working group for the organizing this year meeting and important platform of changing ideas, and we salute the representatives of the all the CPs, which participate in the 21st International Meeting of the Communist and Workers’ Parties.

Of particular symbolic importance to us in the Balkans is the fact that the communists of Turkey and Greece are organizing this meeting together. This reaffirms the avant-garde role of communists in our societies, who are the only fully capable of overcoming all the negative legacies of the past and opening up the true perspective of progress and solidarity.

Dear comrades, regarding the topic of this year meeting, we want particularly to stress the fact that the great historical merit of the Comintern lies primarily in the fact that it defended the teachings of Marxism-Leninism against banalizing and perversion both from the right, of opportunists of all colors, and from the left, and realized the strengthened ties between the workers of various countries, which were broken after the collapse of the Second International, it elaborated theoretical questions of the labor movement in new conditions, established general principles of propaganda and agitation of the ideas of communism, sought new cadres of communist parties which created the conditions for the conversion of the young communist parties into mass workers’ party.

The vibrant and rapid development of the communist movement worldwide influenced also our country Yugoslavia, and in doing so it made real contributions to practical and theoretical efforts of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ).

Without timely attention of the Communist International, it is unlikely that the deep divisions that existed in the Yugoslavian communist movement during period of 1921-32 would have been overcome. Overcoming those differences led to the establishment of a unified communist party on new organization principles and Party was ready for new and battles and anti-fascism resisting during World War II. Therefore this is of the great importance to us, especially considering that the Communist Party of Yugoslavia was founded in the same year that the Comintern was founded. So this year we also marked the centenary of the establishing of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, and recently our youth organization - SKOJ also marked the centenary of the founding of IB 2020

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We want to use this opportunity to point out that we have marked another anniversary this year, unfortunately tragic one. It is the 20th anniversary of NATO aggression against our country. Two decades ago, on March 24, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was attacked by the most powerful military machinery implemented in NATO. The FRY has been attacked by 19 most developed countries in the West - a member of the NATO pact, led by the United States.

It was a totalitarian war - military and propaganda that had been triggered in Europe since the fall of the Third Reich. At the same time, NATO’s aggression, not intervention, or the measure of bombardment as the media describes this illegal war today, was a direct blow to international law and the UN. As a result, we have a terrible humanitarian disaster that claimed over 4,000 innocent lives and caused over $ 100 billion in material damage to Yugoslavia, as well as the occupation of the southern Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija, which are the subject of further political and other pressures on our country.

The current authorities in Serbia are trying to solve the problem permanently through a supposed longterm solution announced through the possible partition of Kosovo, that is, to acknowledge and reconcile with the results of imperialist aggression. Not only is government in Serbia in this sense an ally of the imperialists, but it is also so called opposition from the ranks of so called “Union for Serbia”, which is noisy against the government but represents nothing but another side of the same coin. Both advocate the same exploitative anti-labor and anti-peoples economic policies. Both are in favor of Serbia entering the dungeon of the people of the European Union, whose goal is to make the rich even richer and the poor even poorer. Both are for close cooperation with NATO, fulfilling the conditions imposed by international money laundering organizations such as the IMF and the World Bank.

It is therefore not surprising that our country is facing the true exodus of the population, especially young people. The policy of approaching the European Union has destroyed our economy and has de-industrialized the country. The implementation of such a policy daily destroys and privatizes our healthcare.

A high education system was introduced in secondary schools, in which children are exploited in large companies. Destruction of higher education is done through the implementation of the Bologna Declaration, which transforms knowledge into a commodity. The consequence of such a policy is that 52% of

young people in Serbia are unemployed. Due to the 161 huge poverty, 45,000 people leave Serbia annually, a huge number for a country with seven million inhabitants. Each year, one city dies in Serbia, so that in addition to the economic one, our country faces a demographic disaster.

In order for all this to be achieved in our country, it was first of all important to destroy the once massive and strong workers and communist movement, which we have constantly talked about at meetings of the communist and workers’ parties of the world in recent 21 years. However, we do not give up our struggle and rely on international solidarity as an important weapon in this struggle, as well as the immortal teachings of scientific socialism, with pride of all the results and successes of our movement in the past.

The centenary obliges, we learn from history and we are inspired by it, anniversaries exist to summarize the results and draw conclusions for the future. The future of the communist movement lies with the class-conscious and responsible people who are able to sacrifice much, neglecting their own needs and desires, in order to achieve the goals of the people’s and workers control, to be victorious on the principles of solidarity, equality, progress. That sacrifice, belief and responsibility are the key to new victories, for the new 100 years of successful struggle of the communists.

Long Live International Class Struggle and Solidarity!

Long live Marxism-Leninism!

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Communists of Serbia Arijanna Kolundzic

163 Дорогие товарищи! Приветствую членов всех присутствующих делегаций от имени партии Коммунисты Сербии и желаю Вам плодотворную работу. Также, пользуюсь удобным случаем, чтобы поблагодарить организаторов настоящей встречи, Коммунистическую партию Турции и Коммунистическую партию Греции, за превосходную организацию настоящей встречи, гостеприимство и дружескую обстановку, которую не забудем. Дорогие товарищи! В тот период когда Энгельс возглавлял Второй Интернационал, принципиальные марксисты являлись большинством в его руководстве. К сожалению, после его смерти в Интернационале появляются сторонники идеологии мирной трансформации капитализма в социализм, оппортунисты и те, которые говорили в пользу изменения важнейших принципов учения Маркса – ревизионисты. Они дискредитировали Интернационал, после его краха в начале Первой мировой войны, и нанесли ущерб мировому коммунистическому движению. Сто лет тому назад, благодаря визионерской инициативе Ленина, которую с восторгом приняли все убеждённые коммунисты, 4. марта 1919 года состоялся Третий Коммунистический Интернационал – Коминтерн. Самым значительным результатом Коминтерна являлось единство в коммунистическом и рабочем движении, с чётким революционным определением. Чтобы избежать явления оппортунизма и ревизионизма, на Втором конгрессе 1920 года принято 21 условие для приёма партий в Интернационал. Вспомним сегодня важнейший принцип, без которого ничего невозможно поделать, а именно, что каждая партия должна иметь организации в армии своего государства. Третий Интернационал породил обстановку невиданного оптимизма, надежды, готовности бороться, мужества, революционности и веры в осуществление мировой революции. Кадры, возникшие в Коминтерне, стали лидерами революции в будущих социалистических странах, включая и социалистическую революцию в Югославии. Неприемлемо, а также и позор для нас, коммунистов, что существует буржуазный Социалистический Интернационал, а не существут даже настроение большинства между коммунистическими партиями для создания

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Коммунистического Интернационала. Партия Коммунисты Сербии в течение многих лет на всех международных встречах, выступает за создание нового Интернационала по ленинскому образцу. Мы считаем, что это единственное решение с целью устранения отсутствия единства, оппортунизма и ревизионизма, которые доминируют в мировом коммунистическом движении, преимущественно в Европе. Мы должны в нашем движении освободиться от тех партий, которые покинули революционную линию, которые отказались от марксизмаленинизма и сотрудничают с буржуазными партиями. Поэтому необходимо установить твёрдые критерии для приёма в Интернационал, также и постоянный контроль над работой партий-членов, чтобы они не покинули коммунистические позиции и стали действовать в интересе буржуазии. Это не будет путь в сектанство, но основание для склонения на свою сторону самых широких и наиболее уязвимых слоёв общества. Это не будет путь в догматизм, но основание для критики и самокритики всего существующего. Это не будет бюрократическая организация, но организация, которая будет действовать на принципах демократического централизма. Интернационал должен представлять собой крепкое ядро, которое будет авангардом международного пролетариата и всех прогрессивных сил на планете в борьбе за разрушение капитализма. Также, мы считаем, что ведущую роль и самое большое бремя на организационном, кадровом и акционном плане будут иметь партии социалистических стран. Дорогие товарищи! Природа человека такова, что он мечтает о светлом будущем, а характеристика коммуниста строить на практике лучшее и более справедливое общество. Коммунисты Сербии с восторгом следят за товарищами из социалистических стран, которые выполнили эту свою основную обязанность и строят общество в человеческом масштабе. Мы, которые живём в капитализме, являемся свидетелями того, что миллиарды угнетённых и эксплуатированных на наших глазах покорно выполняют обязанности, которые им навязали несколько милионов капиталистических бандитов. Целые народы дисциплинированны и дрессированны с помощью тысячу законов и навязанных круглосуточных ежедневных обязанностей. Чтобы наша борьба за социализм была успешной, кроме самого стремления коммунистов,

необходима их эффективная организованность, как в ленинский период. Надо использовать старые и новые методы классовой борьбы, которые в окончательном фазисе превратятся в оружейную революцию. Буржуазия нигде не отдаст власть мирным путём, поэтому партии, для которых участие на выборах является вершиной их политического ангажемента, совершают открытое предательство. Поэтому те, которые носят красное знамя, должны придерживаться революционной линии, которая всегда одинакова, только методы борьбы меняются. Ленин нам указал единственный пут и все, которые успешно разрушили капитализм, следовали по указанному пути. К сожалению, и сегодня, существуют псевдокоммунистические партии, которые испуганы силой капиталистических государств, не способны за классовое сопротивление и принимают различные предъявляемые условия буржуазии. Их надо, как это сделал Ленин, устранить из коммунистического движения, так как они капитулянтские и буржуазная среда стала их естественной средой, и они воюют заранее проигранную битву по правилам и внутри капиталистической системы. Коммунисты Сербии поэтому постоянно напоминают общественности, что в НОБ-е и Социалистической революции в Югославии погибло 50000 членов партии, 70000 комсомольцев и столько же кандидатов в партию и мы поэтому никогда не откажемся от революционного разрушения капитализма. Коммунисты Сербии стремятся к миру на планете, так как все наши военноспособные члены участвовали в войне с 1991-1995 год, защищая социализм и Югославию и в войне с НАТО пактом 1999 года и почувствовали на своей коже ужас войны. Чтобы наступил мир, капитализм надо разрушить, потому что неофашистская буржуазия во главе со США и в будущем будет создавать новые военные очаги. Военная промышленность самая прибыльная экономика и поэтому богатые и на востоке, и на западе, инвестируют миллионы в неё, потому что им деньги не «пахнут». Мы ежедневно наблюдаем за трагедиями людей в районах где идёт война. Мы должны, как можно скорее, отомстить за каждую детскую слезинку и каждую жертву из районов, где военные действия. Поэтому пользуемся случаем, чтобы поприветствовать коммунистов, которые в данный момент с оружием в руках борются за IB 2020

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свободу и социализм.

ДА ЗДРАВСТВУЕТ МИРОВОЕ КОММУНИСТИЧЕСКОЕ ДВИЖЕНИЕ! ДА ЗДРАВСТВУЕТ КОММУНИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ИНТЕРНАЦИОНАЛ!

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South African Communist Party Chris Matlhako

The South African Communist Party (SACP) is indeed grateful to be part of this auspicious event to mark the convening of the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties (IMCWP) - a consequence and off-shoot of the Communist International (ComIntern) of 1919.

Over the last period we have been observing important milestones of the communist movement and the struggle for an alternative to the rapacious system of capitalism and imperialism across the world. These occasions should provide both a basis for reflection and celebration, in order for us to better create conditions and material basis for higher levels of intense class struggles for ultimate victory or socialism - communism.

The legacy of the Communist International (ComIntern) is crucial for all of us to build on its positive legacy. This year marks the centenary anniversary of the birth of the Third International - the Communist International (Comintern), the organization of revolutionary socialist parties around the world.

Indeed, we agree the Comintern represented the hope of millions, that the example of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia could be spread globally to rid the world of the horrors of imperialism and capitalism.

What is the positive example of the ComIntern?

First, the continuation of the ‘ComIntern tradition’ - in the form of these successive International Meetings of the Communist and Workers Parties (IMCWP), is welcomed and appreciated. In this regard we want to express our appreciation to the those to took the leadership to convene these meetings at a time when it was difficult and almost impossible in many ways to talk about communism and organise meetings of communist and workers parties, and today we are convening for the 21st meeting.

Secondly, we believe an important legacy of the ComIntern - which we are marking its centenary this year, is (we want to argue): the ‘relationship between communism and the struggle for national liberation’, which is a crucial question for the revolutionary movement given the world correlation of forces today. There are some who have continued to argue, that like the erstwhile Soviet Union (USSR), the ComIntern failed dismally. But we beg to differ and can attest to the enormous contribution of the ComIntern in respect of our struggle for national liberation and socialism, and its confidence inspiring example on the continent and the peoples of the South. The Soviet Union and its people played a crucial part in taking forward the struggles of many on the continent and together others played a crucial IB 2020

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role dispensing with military machine of imperialism and opened the door for the realisation of national independence. Indeed, the Soviet Union and its people contributed towards halting fascism and the defeat Nazism and thus creating conditions for nominal peace in some regions.

Classical Marxism provided an analysis of the contradictions of capitalist society and indicated the means by which its revolutionary overthrow might be accomplished. It was only peripherally concerned with colonial world; indeed what Marx and Engels had to say on this subject was sometimes contradictory, and often - in its references to British imperial overlordship as the ‘unconscious tool of history’ - distinctly ambivalent.

It fell to Lenin to develop the classical Marxist heritage on the national and colonial question - and, in particular, to specify the nature of the connection between revolutions in advanced capitalist society and those in the colonial and semi-colonial countries. He summed up the tasks now facing socialists in the words, “Proletarians of all countries and oppressed people, unite!”.

International class solidarity was impossible, whilst there was inequality between nations; as Lenin wrote:‘to insist upon, to advocate, and to recognise this right (of self-determination) is to insist on the equality of nations, to refuse to recognise compulsory ties, to oppose all state privileges for any nation whatsoever, and to cultivate a spirit of complete class solidarity in the workers of different nations.’

It is in regard that the South African Communist Party (SACP) has over the years, since its founding developed (theoretical-ideological and practical) in the manner in which it has - with all its errors and achievements, sought to advance the struggle for national liberation and socialism in the conditions of colonialism of a special-type (CST) in South Africa.

In the 28 years before its banning, the Communist Party had played a pioneering role in rooting the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism in South African soil and building a tradition of progressive trade unionism.

In the South African conditions this meant, above all, playing a leading role in building the national liberation movement and progressive trade union movement. We have understood that national liberation movements do not emerge one fine day out of the mind of some superman or at the instigation of some foreign power. They are born-out of popular national discontent. They emerge over long periods to combat oppressive conditions and express aspirations for a different kind of society. In this context

and supported by Marxist elaborations of the rela- 167 tionship between class and national liberation, we have worked and continue to pay attention to the progressive African National Congress (ANC) and Alliance in South Africa. It is not a luxury nor burden, but an ideological and political imperative placed on us by our material conditions to work in the progressive national liberation movement and trade union.

The SACP continues to pay attention to the important pillar of struggle - internationalism and will continue to do so into the future. We know too well the importance of internationalist struggles and fraternity of the like-minded, which contributed in no small measure towards the realisation of the 1994-democratic breakthrough.

The crisis and collapse of the Soviet bloc of countries has had massive implications for global political realities. While some socialists countries still remain, there is no longer a fully-fledged second bloc capable of providing an alternative in terms of international trade, aid, or military and political assistance.

In one sense, then, the post-Cold War world is unipolar, particularly in politico-military terms. Unipolarity coexists with multi-polarity, structured around groups of core countries in regional trading blocs.

Socialism is the future, Build it Now We have adopted the slogan “Socialism is the future, Build it Now” to assert the following; our deep conviction that socialism is the only just, rational and sustainable future for the people of our country and humanity at large; and that this future has to be struggle for in the here and now In South Africa we are in the phase of advancing, deepening and defending the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). But, there’s no ‘Chinese Wall’ between this phase and the consolidation of socialism.

In our conditions, the two are deeply interconnected.

The NDR is not a detour but the most direct route to socialism.

As the SACP we are struggling, here and now, for transformations that are both feasible and reasonable, which have their own inherent value, and which lay the basis for future socialist transformation.

Our strategic perspectives and the manner in which we struggle in the present also distinguish the SACP from those formations and tendencies that are characterized by economism and narrow reformism.

These tendencies that, while occasionally invoking ‘socialism’, are so immersed in the here and now that the goals of broader structural transformation, of revolutionary socialist change are forgotten.

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Neither national liberation nor socialism are events that are delivered to the people. They are, rather ongoing processes of popular and working class self-emancipation.

In the decisive period ahead, the SACP has a crucial role to play in mobilizing, organizing and ideological development of all contingent forces of our revolutionary struggle, and in particular the South African working class. The struggle for national liberation which is ongoing, the destruction of colonialism of a special type and the transition to socialism in South Africa require a vanguard Marxist-Leninist party capable of providing a highly disciplined organization and the guiding light of scientific socialist outlook grounded in South African realities.

Communism stands for peace, freedom, democracy, national independence and social progress.

We must struggle against anti-communism.

We struggle against and defeat warmongering and unilateralism and capitalist hegemonism!

Socialism is the future, Build it Now!

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Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Victor Manuel Lucas

169 Estimados camaradas: En el centenario de la Internacional Comunista, el desarrollo de las fuerzas productivasha situado al capitalismo en su fase final, es decir, en su etapa imperialista tal como la teorizó Lenin, con una agudización de contradicciones insostenibles para su supervivencia como sistema.

Su fundación posibilitó que hace casi un siglo, la Internacional Comunista diera la respuesta internacionalista a la violencia que el imperialismo desataría contra los pueblos a través del nazi-fascismo y de la actitud anticomunista del resto de potencias capitalistas. Incluso incentivó la solidaridad internacionalista en España a través de la participación de las Brigadas Internacionales tras el golpe de estado fascista contra la II República.

Hoy, un siglo después, la crisis sistémica y general del capitalismo está provocando una situación con ciertas analogías a los acontecimientos de los años 20/30, pero con relevantes diferencias, como es la desaparición de la URSS y los países socialistas europeos.

Hoy, la violencia del imperialismo está provocando tragedias en diferentes zonas del planeta que afectan a los pueblos que poseen recursos naturales o posiciones estratégicas en el tablero mundial por el mantenimiento de la hegemonía imperialista. Irak, Yugoslavia, Afganistán, Libia, Siria, son los más recientes ejemplos de la barbarie imperialista, actualizado en Yemen con la interposición saudí, o con los ya sangrantes casos de Palestina y Sahara, cuyos pueblos continúan siendo los dos únicos casos de descolonización no resuelta.

Ya en el anterior EIPCO, el PCPE presentaba a plenario una contribución que hablaba de unas condiciones concretas de la lucha de clases a nivel internacional, de la situación crítica del capitalismo a través de su crisis, de las propias guerras desatadas ya mencionadas y de la carrera de armamentos. Un año después, sólo podemos reiterar los elementos políticos destacados y con unas previsiones que anticipan otra vuelta de tuerca de la crisis.

Las guerras provocadas por el imperialismo desde finales de la II Guerra Mundial, han devastado muchos países, causando decenas de millones de muertos, infraestructuras vitales destruidas, millones de desplazados forzosos, miseria, hambre, desnutrición, mutilados e inválidos, etc.

La utilización de diversas herramientas de guerra como el bloqueo, hacen que los pueblos sean las auténticas víctimas de tan siniestro material. Cuba y la República Popular Democrática de Corea están resistiendo heroicamente estos métodos terroris-

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tas. La República Bolivariana de Venezuela se une últimamente al objetivo macabro del imperialismo, pudiendo padecer otros pueblos medidas sanguinarias semejantes.

Camaradas, el PCPE viene situando desde hace tiempo, la necesidad de articular la lucha contra el imperialismo a partir de estructuras que agrupen a los sectores populares, con la clase obrera al frente, en lo que hemos venido denominando Frente Mundial Antiimperialista (FMA), para tener la capacidad de responder a las agresiones, amenazas y terror del imperialismo. Un FMA que afronte la lucha no sólo contra las guerras del imperialismo, sino contra sus distintos instrumentos, como son la OTAN, el FMI, y otros organismos del gran capital monopolista financiero internacional.El PCPE aprovecha nuevamente estos espacios de encuentro internacional como es este 21 EIPCO, para instar a las organizaciones comunistas, obreras y revolucionarias, a trabajar en el debilitamiento de estos instrumentos del capital que socaban la independencia y soberanía de los pueblos.

Esta propuesta de FMA se encaja sobre la base del agotamiento de la formación sociohistórica capitalista en su actual fase imperialista, en la agudización extrema de la lucha de clases, la carrera armamentística, los riesgos crecientes de guerra total, y los métodos multifacéticos de agresión. Un FMA que tendría como ejes de trabajo y de reivindicación: a) La defensa de la soberanía nacional y de la autodeterminación de los pueblos; b) Solidaridad con cualquier pueblo agredido por el imperialismo; c) Por el desarme, el cese de los conflictos armados y en defensa de la paz; d) Por el derecho al uso y control de los recursos propios de cada país; e) Por la resolución de los conflictos sobre la base del respeto al derecho internacional; f) Por la defensa de la naturaleza bajo un modelo social y en equilibrio con ella; g) Contra el racismo, la discriminación de la mujer, en defensa de las poblaciones migrantes, de los grupos indígenas, etc.

El PCPE trabaja por un futuro en el que las relaciones entre los Partidos CC y OO se desarrolle a partir del respeto mutuo, sin injerencias ni posiciones de pretendida superioridad, y en las que las diferencias ideológicas se afronten desde el debate, la lealtad y la voluntad de superación en clave revolucionaria, con una práctica comunista que nada tenga que ver con la podrida sociedad burguesa.

El PCPE fomenta y quiere establecer las más amplias acciones coordinadas de los distintos destacamentos, pero también acuerdos de acción bilaterales y/o regionales. El PCPE propone construir la

unidad comunista internacional desde la práctica como verificación de la verdad, y como herramienta imprescindible para llevar al MCI a convertirse en referente de las aspiraciones de la clase obrera y de los pueblos.

El capitalismo lleva a la Humanidad a la barbarie y el MCI está ausente como herramienta de organización y lucha, por lo que es necesario adoptar los acuerdos que permitan cambiar la atonía por una estructura que motive una dinámica de combate y movilización.

La propuesta del PCPE, desde el primer EIPCO, es construir la unidad política e ideológica del MCI desde el respeto, la lealtad, la práctica y la acción.

Veinte años después reiteramos nuestra posición, persistimos en nuestro objetivo ¡VIVA LA INTERNACIONAL COMUNISTA! ¡VIVA EL INTERNACIONALISMO PROLETARIO! ¡VIVA LA LUCHA DE LA CLASE OBRERA!

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Communist Party of the Workers of Spain Ástor García Suárez

The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Comintern is a crucial fact for the International Communist Movement. Many of the parties that are here today were born as national sections of the Communist International. Others, such as ours, were born some time later, but still are willing to highlight the importance of the Comintern and believe that it is important to pay tribute to it in these times, when the anti-communist persecution is hardening at the same time that the attempt to equate Communism and Nazi-Fascism is strengthening.

As we have said many times before, we are convinced that it is essential for the contemporary International Communist Movement not only to claim against every manipulation, but also mainly to extract political-ideological conclusions in order to keep advancing, even more steadfastly, towards revolution and towards the building of Socialism-Communism.

That is why, among other tasks, we are currently undertaking the study of the Communist Movement’s History in Spain, where a significant role was played by the Comintern from which it was not only born the Communist Party – as Spanish Section of the International Communist – with its later Bolshevization, but also the glorious International Brigades.

Internationalism is one of the highest values the working class and ourselves count with, and as a consequence so do all the Communist and Workers’ Parties in the world. Humbly and not willing to minimize even a bit all the important fights and examples of internationalism that we can find in the 20th century, the Communists from PCTE believe that one of the most beautiful and enlightening examples of proletarian internationalism was the presence of the International Brigades in the National Revolutionary War developed in Spain between 1936 and 1939.

The Brigades played quite an important role in our war that, soon afterwards, continued in the battlefields of World War II. It has been asserted, very truthfully, that the battle against Fascism in Spain was the first battle of the peoples against Nazi-Fascism. The support received by the working class and the Spanish people, mainly because of the International Communist and its sections’ actions and because of the Soviet Union, turned later to be an important force in the battlefields of World War II and contributed as well to the strengthening of the anti-fascist battle in those countries were the confrontation did not escalate to the international level. Also, the Spanish exile, in which thousands of Communist members took part, contributed to the development of Communist and Workers’ Parties in the countries that received them. It was therefore proven in practice IB 2020

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the Marxist principle that states that the revolution is national in form, but not in content. The fight was carried out with the conscience of belonging to the same international working class.

The International Communist therefore played a determinant role in the anti-fascist struggle that can be clearly seen in the Spanish example: those were days when proletarian internationalism took shape in the bodies of tens of thousands of comrades from 52 countries who, armed with the teachings of Marxism-Leninism and under the leadership of the International Communist, became soldiers of the same international working class. That is why in PCTE, not only in this contribution but also in our daily work, wants to pay tribute to the men and women from the International Brigades and to all those who contributed in one way or another to their enrollment, to help them travel, those who were part of the underground system in charge of the fake documents, those who helped by sending food, clothes, weapons and ammunition…The volunteers for freedom are still part of our ranks, always with us in every struggle for the interests of the working class, helping us forward. We will not allow their name being wiped out of History. To all of them, honor and glory.

Also our most sincere and eternal gratitude to the Communist and Workers’ Parties that enrolled those fighters to help our country.

But the role of the International Communist in Spain was not limited to the creation of the International Brigades. The International played a decisive role in the creation, development and bolshevization of the Communist Party in our country, which played a leading role in the anti-fascist struggle. Cadres from the International worked on the ground, acted as organizers and leaders, helped making a correct analysis of the situation and overcoming the mistakes. Many of the Communist cadres that played a significant role in both the political and the military struggle, were educated in the International School in Moscow. The International became, therefore, an organizational center of huge importance.

As we remembered back in April, when we presented the PCTE publicly, the Communist Party was born in Spain under the influence of the October Revolution but, above all, and we proudly state it, the Spanish Communists are sons and daughters of the International, the result of the necessary and mandatory split from social-democracy that happened in the beginning of the 20th century due to the shameful support the parties in the II International were giving to “their” bourgeoisie, to “their” landlords, to “their” imperialists against the workers

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The International was for its international sections an irreplaceable direction center. Most of the Communist Parties were created, developed and matured thanks to its existence, its ability to foresee the main developments of class struggle in a global scale and in each country, preparing and moving the forces of the working class, splitting positions, opening the way towards the defeat of Nazi-Fascism and the consolidation of the workers’ power in the Soviet Union and the rest of Socialist countries.

The legacy of the International Communist has acquired a huge importance nowadays, when the inter-Imperialist contradictions are hardening and the threat of a general war is becoming more possible, while at the same time the importance of splitting with social-democracy is being proven – once again – a necessary task.

The crisis Capitalism plunged into from 2008 to 2014 was overcome through a massive destruction of productive forces that kicked millions of Spanish workers into unemployment. The exploitation of the working class increased dramatically, life and labor conditions worsened. Labor, social and civil rights went backwards. It was the working class and the people who paid the capitalist crisis.

Today’s available data confirms that a new crisis is coming, and with it more strengthening of the class struggle and new attacks from the bourgeoisie against the workers’ majority. The bourgeoisie will pretend again to face the crisis by attacking the already deteriorated life and labor conditions of the working class.

The instability and strengthening of class struggle that is coming will be characterized as well by the fact that the new social-democracy, which in Spain has based its whole strategy on entering the government after the failed elections in April, in spite of its promises, its only will was to manage Capitalism and try to guarantee the rule of capitalists in alliance with the old social-democracy of PSOE. In spite of the promises that were made, labor and life conditions of our people have not been changed at all. The commitment to the EU and NATO has been kept, as have been kept the anti-workers’ measures that were passed through the labor reforms in 2010 and 2012.

After the motion of no coincidence against Mariano Rajoy was passed in June 2018, our Party warned the workers and the ensemble of the people not to trust even a little bit in PSOE. We launched the slogan: “Not a minute for break to the new capitalist Government!”. We also warned about the false illu-

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sions about the possibility of a progressist Government being formed. History has confirmed, time after time, that it is not possible to manage capitalism for the benefit of the people, that there is no way out for the working class within capitalism.

This is why the working class must stop believing in democratic-bourgeois illusions. There will be no improvements without a tough workers’ and people’s fight. The paths that social-democracy is showing to us are a dead-end maze.

A new crisis will break out and the bourgeoisie and its State will answer by intensifying the exploitation, together with an increase of the repression against the workers’ and people’s movement. To face this situation, the working class must achieve its ideological, political and organizational independence.

We must strengthen the communist field, in which PCTE tries to act with all the responsibility the present moment demands. The workers’ and people’s movement needs a strong Communist Party, capable of orienting and unifying all the people’s struggles around a program that represents the immediate and future interests of the working class and the broad majority of the people. A Party completely independent from the bourgeoisie and its State, an organization of the whole working class.

From these keys, the PCTE will take part in the repetition of the forthcoming General Elections aiming to denounce the plans of the employers and the political parties that represent them; aiming to unveil the illusions social-democracy is seeding; aiming to gather working-class forces in the communist field and regroup the people’s movement with an anti-capitalist perspective.

The Socialist-Communist Spain we want to build will not become real all of a sudden. It will be the result of a process to accumulate workers’ and people’s forces, organized to fight for their immediate needs, which can only be definitively and completely fulfilled by seizing power from capitalist through the overthrow of the capitalist system and the building of Socialism-Communism.

Conclusion For the fight for peace and Socialism to go on fully, our Party considers it is crucial the study of the experience of the International, the collective study of its many Congresses, of its internal debates, of the thesis that were proven in practice and of those that were not.

This theorical effort, that we consider a duty of every Communist Party, is decisive in the overcome of the crisis the International Communist Movement is still going through. It is urgent for us to, through a scien-

tific debate, be able to get conclusions of our own history and, together with the teachings of the current practice, be able to define the unified strategy the international working class needs. In this path, the role of the Communist and Workers’ Parties is as important and irreplaceable as the need to keep developing higher levels of collaboration.

Workers of the world, unite!

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Communist Party of Sri Lanka Raja Collure

At the outset let me convey the fraternal greetings of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka to all the participants at this meeting. The CPSL expresses its profound gratitude to the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the joint hosts for their commitment in making this important annual event of the Communist movement a reality. We are also thankful to the TKP for their warm hospitality and the excellent facilities provided for the success of this meeting .

The centenary of the Communist International is an occasion to pay our tribute to its contribution to the development of the international Communist movement. Having stood againstthe reformist sections of the Second International which deviated from the previously accepted internationalist and anti-war positions proceeded to bring together the revolutionary forces of the international working class into one whole. It fought against the vulgarization and distortion of Marxism. The foundation was laid to build the International Communist Movement as a mighty force enwrapping the entire world.

The Communist International provided the guidelines to combat capitalism in the era of imperialism.

The Soviet Union was safeguarded as the bastion of the international working class. It drew up the tactical line for the Communists in the colonies by advising them to build alliances comprising the working class, the peasantry and the national bourgeoisie in the fight for the liberation of the peoples in the colonies. Considering the global threat of fascism which had emerged as the most reactionary and violent segment of the capitalist class the 7th Congress of the Communist internationalheld in1935 decided to build popular fronts comprising different political forces which were opposed to fascism apart from the working class.

Unfortunately we could not be a section of the Communist International because it was founded about two months after its dissolution.

The (second world) war time alignment of forces led by the Allies- the Soviet Union, Britain, France and the United States in the fight against the Axis powers led by the fascist forces which sought to dominate the worldcould be interpreted as an extended application of the popular front concept at the international level to defeat fascism.

Today the Communists in different countries seek to establish alliances with anti-imperialist forces for the attainment of certain common objectives and often for the overthrow of dictatorial or authoritarian regimes backed by imperialism. In Sri Lanka the CPSL has advocated the formation of alliances for IB 2020

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the overthrow of pro-imperialist regimes for over a period of sixty years to defend the national interests and interests vital to the people, with rewarding results.

The Presidential Elections in Sri Lanka will take place on November 16th, this year. It is being held in the background ofa worsening economic situation and the deterioration of the working and living conditions of the people. The growth of the economy is expected to drop to 2.7% this year (the lowest among the countries of South Asiat) compared with over 6% growth on an average which remained effective in the period prior to 2015, ie. beforethe present government assumed office.The currency exchange rate which was at Rs. 131 per US dollar in January, 2015 has increased to Rs. 184 by October, 2019. Sri Lanka government’s debt has increased from 71.3 % of the GDP in 2015 to 82.9 % of the GDP by 2019.

Apart from the state of the economy several other issues have come to the fore at the elections. The government’s accession to the ACSA agreement with the USA to provide wide ranging facilities tothe US armed forces within the territory of Sri Lanka has come under heavy criticism. The proposedSOFAagreement under negotiation is to bestow exemptions to the US military personnel from adhering to the local laws relating to passport and customs requirements is another controversial issue. An agreement with the Millennium Challenges Corporation which has been proposed to be entered into by the government is to provide infrastructure facilities for the movement of US military forces is widely opposed by the Sri Lankan public. Through these agreements the USA seeks to reinstate the military facilities that it lost as a result of the by dispossession of Diego Garcia under an international adjudication.

The present government which implements neo-liberal policies has commenced the disposal of national assets as well as strategic entities to foreign ownership. Already the HambantotaHarbour which lies along the international shipping route to the East has beengiven on a 99 year long lease, a virtual sale.

Many other national assets have been identified for similar sales. The CPSL which is vehemently opposed to this policy is operating in league with other forces which hold similar positions.

The safeguard of the hard won social gains are also under threat from the present government. There are plans to expand the activities of the private sector to areas covered by free health services and free education. Funds running into trillions of rupees made up of contributions for terminal benefits by

private sector employees are to be turned over to 177 the private sector for its investments endangering the security of those funds.

Elections to local authorities were inordinately delayed because the government had noconfidence that it could win them. The elections to the Provincial Councils have been indefinitelypostponed for the same reason. In other words the government has failed to hold elections when they have become due.

The forthcoming Presidential Elections are fought by the opposition on these and other issues affecting the people. The defeat of the present government at these elections is amatter of national urgency. A grand alliance under the leadership of former President MahindaRajapakse, which includes the Communist Party of Sri Lanka as an important constituent, has been formed to fight the elections. Although MahindaRajapakse is not the Presidential candidate the opposition alliance is confident that the elections would result in a change of government.

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Communist Party of Sweden Patrik Lindh

First of all, on behalf of the Communist Party of 179 Sweden I would like to thank the Communist Party ofTurkey and the Communist Party of Greece for organizing and hostng this meetng. We note that both partes contribute greatly to the revitalizaton of the communist and workerso movement worldwide.

Founded in 1919, the Comintern represented the revolutonary contnuaton of the internatonal workerso movement and coordinated the actvites of the communists world-wide. It played a huge role in advancing the cause of the revoluton in several countries and mobilized the resistance againstthe nazist and fascist threat.

However, this actvity of the Comintern – impressive and heroic as it was – was not without problems. In the natonal conference that our party organized in the end of summer, we identied a number of consequences of the 7th World Congress of the Comintern that has contributed to the state of the workerso and communist movement in our country to this day.

When the Comintern opened the door to the united and popular fronts, they acted out of historical necessity and the need to protect the Soviet Union and the gains made through the struggle of the workers. For the natonal partes, this meant a shif in the analysis of social democracy, best summed up by the chairman of the Communist Party of Sweden, Sven Linderot, who said that we cannot portray ourselves as infallible and the social democrats as more or less hostle towards socialism, if we want to achieve cooperaton with the aim of establishing politcal unity with social democracy.

He went on to explain that the Swedish communists were no longer in oppositon to the ruling Social Democrat and that the communists had to confess that there was an honest struggle for socialism within the ranks of the social democrats, and among their leaders.

The strive for unity with social democracy forced the communists to adjust their analysis of social democracy. It was impossible to critcize social democracy and expose them for what they are, while at the same tme seeking cooperaton with them.

This period of time was crucial not only because it adjusted the relatonship of the communists to social democracy, but also because the there was a shif in contradictons, which afects us to this day.

Communists correctly identfy the basic contradicton within capitalism as the one between labor andcapital. It is the basic contradicton and exists objectvely within the economic basis of capitalism. It can therefore be analyzed scientically. It was also along these

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lines that the communists organized themselves and the workerso movement.

This changed during the 30os. When focus shifed to the struggle against fascism, the main contradicton of capitalism was placed in the background. Instead of the contradicton capital-labor, the contradicton between fascism and capitalist democracy was brought to the front. Around this contradicton, it was possible to draw in social democrats and capitalist elements as well, which was tried in Sweden.

This is a very signiicant shif in focus, because the contradicton around which the communists now organize is found in the superstructure. Both fascism and capitalist democracy are politcal expressions of the economic base of capitalism. They cannot be analyzed in the same way and they certainly do not ofer any revolutonary perspectve – they only allow for choices within the framework of capitalism.

Afer fascism was defeated, this later contradicton was further developed. The Swedish communists during this tme now found their main opponent in reaction. This allowed the party to keep its analysis and its strive for the united and popular fronts.

Such contradictons plague the workerso movement to this day. Communists direct critque against neoliberalism, only to ind on the other end a more regulated capitalism, keynesianism. Communists direct critque against right-wing politcs, only to find capitalist lef-wing politcs on the other end. In the end, all of these categories correspond to the needs of capitalism at one or another stage of its development.

This means that the contradictons that many communists organize along do not allow them to break the framework of capitalism, because what they are ightng for are capitalist alternatves.

Such is the logic of the �lesser evil� and we wholeheartedly reject it. We do not oppose certain aspects of capitalism and favor other, less harmful or less bad versions of it. We oppose capitalism and we oppose it with socialism.

There is a very clear line from at least 1935 to this day, where communists tend to ind the main contradicton in contemporary society in the superstructure of capitalism. We see that the shif in focus from capital-labor to fascism-democracy opened this door.

We want to stress this: we do not choose between versions of capitalism, but we choose between socialism and capitalism. Unless we pose the queston of the two diferent systems, we cannot pose the queston of power.

When we look back at the founding of the Comintern, we learn from the experiences of those who came before us, of those who paved the way. Any-

thing else would be a dishonor to all of the millions of communists who have given their lives for a beter world.

In doing so, we must look back at what was positve and what was negatve. We must take their experiences for what they are: successes and failures; mistakes and advances. We are convinced thatthis must be done through a process of self-critcal evaluaton and the questoning of old truths. Only by being self-critcal and by analyzing our own history, will we do the legacy of the Comintern justice.

Long live the Comintern!

Long live socialism!

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‫ايها الرفيقات ايها الرفاق‬ ‫اسمحوا يل باسم اللجنة املركزية للحزب الشيوعي السوري املوحد ‪ ,‬ومكتبها‬ ‫السيايس ‪ ,‬وامينها العام ‪ ,‬وكافة قواعد الحزب ‪ .‬ان اقدم التحية اىل كافة املشاركني‬ ‫يف اللقاء االممي ال ‪ 21‬لالحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية العاملية ‪ ,‬متمنني له النجاح‬ ‫والتوفيق ‪ ,‬والخروج بقرارات وتوصيات لصالح الحركة الشيوعية وكافة الشعوب‬ ‫املناضلة ضد االمربيالية واالضطهاد والتطرف واالرهاب والعنف ‪ ,‬واسمحوا يل‬ ‫ايضا ان اتقدم بالشكر اىل الحزب الشيوعي الرتيك والحزب الشيوعي اليوناين عىل‬ ‫‪ .‬دعوتهم لنا واستضافتهم لهذا االجتامع الكبري‬ ‫ايها الرفيقات والرفاق‬ ‫اننا سعيدون لحضور هذا اللقاء الدوري لالحزاب الشيوعية العاملية ملا سيؤدي اىل‬ ‫توطيد اوارص العالقة الرفاقية واالممية بني احزابنا املتعددة ‪ ,‬وتبادل وجهات‬ ‫النظر واالستفادة من التجارب املتنوعة ‪ ,‬وتقييم املرحلة والوضع الدويل ملا فيه من‬ ‫‪ .‬مستجدات واحداث متت بني هذا اللقاء واللقاء االخري يف اثينا العام املايض‬ ‫تعرفون ايها الرفيقات والرفاق ان بلدنا سوريا كانت قد تعرضت منذ مثاين سنوات‬ ‫وال تزال الكرب هجمة استعامرية رجعية وارهابية ‪ .‬باالضافة اىل محاوالت لتقسيم‬ ‫سوريا واضعافها ونرش الفوىض واالرهاب ‪ .‬بعد ان تم تدمري اقتصادها والبنية‬ ‫التحتية تحت مسميات مختلفة من نرش الحرية والدميقراطية االمريكية والغربية‬ ‫املزيفة ‪ ,‬عىل ايدي االرهابيني الذين اتوا من كل دول العامل بدعم ومتويل امرييك‬ ‫اورويب سعودي قطري ‪ .‬باالضافة اىل دور النظام الرتيك اليسء ‪ ,‬النها كانت تنفذ‬ ‫مخطط لرضب املنطقة العربية وتشتيتها وترشيد شعوبها وخلق فوىض خالقة‬ ‫مفتعلة داخل مجتمعاتها تحت مايسمى الربيع العريب املشؤوم ‪ .‬وتثبيت ماكان‬ ‫قدهياوا له منذ عام ‪ 2006‬تحت مايسمى الرشق االوسط الجديد ‪ ,‬مع مراعاة‬ ‫‪ .‬املصالح االرسائيلية العنرصية للكيان الصهيوين‬ ‫لقد قاتل الجيش السوري والقوى الوطنية بكل بسالة وتضحية املجموعات‬ ‫االرهابية الفاشية واملجموعات املتطرفة والتكفريية املسلحة واملدعومة من الخارج‬ ‫سياسيا وعسكريا وماليا ولوجستيا ‪ .‬وقدم الشعب السوري بكل قواه واحزابه‬ ‫السياسية الشهداء وكان لحزبنا نصيب من الشهداء الشيوعيني الذين سقطوا‬ ‫دفاعا عن وحدة واستقالل سوريا ‪ .‬ودفاعا عن كل دول املنطقة والعامل ‪ .‬وبفضل‬ ‫دعم قوى الحرية والسالم والدميقراطية يف العامل ‪ .‬والدور الداعم الذي لعبته‬ ‫االحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية العاملية ‪ .‬وبدعم االصدقاء من روسيا وايران والصني‬ ‫واملقاومة الوطنية اللبنانية ‪ .‬ودول امريكا اللالتينية وكل رشفاء العامل ‪ .‬ومتكنت سوريا‬ ‫من استعادة القسم االكرب من االرض السورية ‪ .‬وتنظيفها من بؤر االرهاب‬ ‫والقيام باملصالحات والحد من هدر الدماء وفتحت املجال للمتخلفني‬ ‫واملغرر بهم اىل الرجوع اىل كنف وحضن الدولة السورية ‪ .‬وساهمت‬ ‫وشاركت يف اللقاءات واملؤمترات الدولية التي دفعت العملية السلمية‬ ‫الخذ دورها فانعقد موءمتر استانا وسوتيش تحت رعاية الدول الضامنة‬ ‫روسيا وايران وتركيا وقطعت اشواطا جيدة وصار تقدم ملموس يف مسار‬ ‫العملية السلمية رغم العراقيل التي وضعتها االدارة االمريكية لتفشيل‬ ‫هذه املساعي السلمية ‪ .‬ودعمها املستمر للمجموعات االرهابية بعد ان‬ ‫منيت بالهزمية‪,‬وتباكيها عىل املدنيني وعائالت االرهابيني املحتجزين او الذين‬ ‫قتلوا يف ساحات القتال ‪ ,‬وضغط ترامب مؤخرا عىل اوروبا ليك تنقل مايقارب‬ ‫من ‪ 800‬ارهايب وعائالتهم اىل الدول الغربية التي يحملون جنسياتها ‪ .‬باالضافة‬ ‫اىل تباطوء وتراجع بعض االطراف املشاركة وعدم التزامها مبقررات سوتيش‬ ‫واستانا واملامطلة يف التنفيذ ‪ .‬وتراجع الضامن الرتيك الذي كان املدافع‬ ‫والضامن بحدود للمجموعات املسلحة ‪ .‬التي التزال موجودة يف ادلب والتي‬ ‫تلقى دعام مستمرا من مايسمى التحالف الدويل املزعم مبحاربة داعش تحت‬ ‫قيادة الواليات املتحدة والغرب ‪ ,‬واملتواجد هناك ‪ .‬والترصيحات املتكررة عن‬ ‫ترامب من انسحابات واعادة متوضع ماهي اال محاوالت كاذبة ومموهة نتيجة‬ ‫الفشل العسكري والسيايس التي منيت به خالل كل سنني الحرب السورية‬ ‫‪ .‬وعدم تحقيق هدفها املعلن ‪ ،‬ومخططها من جعل املنطقة تحت الهيمنة‬ ‫االمريكية والخضوع للحلول الصهيونية واالستسالمية ‪ .‬واستعاضت عنه بتدمري‬ ‫‪ .‬البنية التحتية واالقتصادية ‪ .‬وفرض حصار اقتصادي وسيايس جائر عىل سوريا‬ ‫ومنذ ايام قام النظام الرتيك بعدوان عسكري عىل االرايض السورية بذريعة القضاء‬ ‫‪www.solidnet.org‬‬

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‫‪ 183‬القوات االجنبية املحتلة واملوجودة عىل االرايض السورية بصفة غري رشعية ‪.‬‬ ‫وااللتزام مبقررات االمم املتحدة ‪ ,‬وتحقيق االمن واالمان ‪ ,‬واالستقرار للدولة‬ ‫السورية ‪ ,‬والبدء باعادة االعامر بشكل حقيقي ومنظم ‪ ,‬وعودة املهجرين اىل‬ ‫ديارهم ‪ .‬وتامني ابسط قواعد املعيشة للمواطنني ‪ .‬والحاجيات الرضورية اليومية‬ ‫باسعار تتناسب مع دخل املواطن ‪ .‬وبناء الدولة العلامنية واملدنية والتي تتسع‬ ‫‪ .‬لكل املواطنني السوريني ‪ .‬والقضاء عىل الفساد والرشوة‬ ‫ان حزبنا مايزال يطالب بالحل السيايس لالزمة السورية وفق قرارات االمم‬ ‫املتحدة ومجلس االمن ومقررات سوتيش واستانا ‪ ,‬واالتفاقيات التي وقعت بني‬ ‫االطراف املجتمعة والدول الراعية والضامنة وااللتزام بتعهداتها ‪ ,‬وتنفيذ مقرراتها‬ ‫‪ ,‬جنب اىل جنب مع استعامل كل الوسائل التي تكفل الدفاع عن وطننا وتحرير‬ ‫كل شرب من اجزائه املحتلة ‪ .‬والحفاظ عىل استقالل ووحدة الوطن ارضا وشعبا‬ ‫والسري قدما عىل طريق مجتمع الدميقراطية والنمو االقتصادي والعدالة االجتامعية‬ ‫‪ .‬شاء من شاء واىب من اىب‬ ‫وبهذه املناسبة اريد التنويه ان اجتامع اللجنة التحضريية لالحزاب الشيوعية‬ ‫والعاملية العاملية املنعقد يف ازمري بتاريخ ‪ 8‬حزيران عام ‪ . 2019‬كان من‬ ‫مقرراته ‪ :‬ان دعا اىل لقاء استثنايئ تضامنا مع الشعب السوري يعقد يف‬ ‫‪ .‬دمشق‬ ‫اننا نتوجه بجزيل الشكر لجميع االحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية العرابها عن‬ ‫تضامنها معنا ونكرر استعدادنا الستقبال وفود االحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية التي‬ ‫سوف تايت اىل سوريا لحضور هذه التظاهرة التضامنية بالفرتة ( ‪)30.11 - .28.11‬‬ ‫من هذا العام ‪ .‬حيث تصادف ايضا يف هذه الفرتة الذكرى ال ‪ 95‬لتاسيس حزبنا ‪,‬‬ ‫‪ .‬وسيكون ايضا موعد انعقاد املؤمتر الثالث عرش لحزبنا‬ ‫ايها الرفيقات ايها الرفاق‬ ‫ان العامل مير مبرحلة صعبة وتعاين الشعوب من اثار الغطرسة‬ ‫االمربيالية واالنفراد الدويل ومبدا القطب الواحد ونظام العوملة واستغالل‬ ‫البنك الدويل للشعوب والدول الضعيفة والفقرية والتي استغلتها االمربيالية‬ ‫والراساملية عىل مدى عقود ‪ ,‬وعدم حل املشاكل الدولية وتازميها مام‬ ‫ادى ويوءدي اىل تنامي التطرف واالرهاب يف العامل ‪ .‬ونتيجة عدم حل‬ ‫املشاكل العالقة واهمها قضية الشعب الفلسطيني ونضاله الدائم عىل مدى‬ ‫عقود الستعادة حقوقه املرشوعة بقيام دولته املستقلة وعاصمتها القدس‬ ‫وحق العودة للشعب الفلسطيني ‪ .‬وذلك حسب مقررات االمم املتحدة‬ ‫ومجلس االمن ‪ ,‬وحل مشكلة الهجرة والحد منها باقامة املشاريع االقتصادية‬ ‫وتامني فرص العمل ‪ .,‬والحد من البطالة ‪ ,‬والحد من شجع واستغالل‬ ‫االستثامرات االجنبية واملحلية ‪ .‬والقضاء عىل كافة بؤر الفساد والرشوة‬ ‫والكسب الغري مرشوع ‪ .‬وبناء مجتمعات دميقراطية علامنية ‪ .‬وحل النزاعات‬ ‫بالطرق السلمية ‪ ,‬ونبذ العنف والتحريض ‪ ,‬والغاء الطائفية ‪ .‬وتعزيز ودعم‬ ‫‪ .‬منظامت السالم العاملية ملا فيه خري املجتمعات البرشية‬ ‫لذلك يتطلب يف هذه املرحلة الصعبة من كل احزابنا اىل ان تتضامن‬ ‫فيام بينها وترص صفوفها الداخلية وتتناىس النزاعات والخالفات الثانوية‬ ‫وتدعو اىل وحدة الشيوعيني يف كل بلد مام يؤدي اىل دعوة االحزاب‬ ‫الشيوعية والعاملية العاملية اىل ان ترص صفوفها الن وحدتها وقوتها هو‬ ‫قوة لكل االحزاب الشيوعية ولشعوبها يف العامل ‪ .‬وهو اكرب انتصار عىل‬ ‫االمربيالية والرساملية واعداء الشيوعية‬ ‫ايها الرفيقات والرفاق‬ ‫مرة اخرى نتقدم بالشكر اىل كل من ساهم يف انجاح وتنظيم هذا اللقاء واخص‬ ‫بالذكر الحزب الشيوعي الرتيك بكل كوادره وفعالياته ملا فيه اىل املزيد من‬ ‫‪ .‬االنتصارات للشعوب ولالحزاب الشيوعية يف العامل‬ ‫عاش اللقاء ال ‪ 21‬لالحزاب الشيوعية والعاملية العاملية‬ ‫عاشت املاركسية واللينينية البوصلة الصحيحة للشعوب‬ ‫ستبقى راية الشيوعية خفاقة يف العامل‬ ‫وشكرا‬ ‫الحزب الشيوعي السوري املوحد‬

‫عىل املجموعات الكردية املسلحة بعد ان اخلت له الساحة القوات االمريكية‬ ‫التي كانت متواجدة هناك واعطت له الضوء االخرض لشن هذا العدوان‬ ‫عىل ارايض دولة مستقلة ذات سيادة ‪ .‬تحت مسميات املنطقة االمنة ‪.‬‬ ‫ورضورة الحفاظ عىل االمن القومي الرتيك ‪ .‬والتوغل ضمن االرايض السورية‬ ‫بعمق ‪ 35‬كم وبطول ‪ 400‬كم ‪ .‬واستخدام املجموعات االرهابية املسلحة‬ ‫ومايسمى جيش سوريا الوطني الذي دعمته ودربته ومولته تركيا واملتواجد‬ ‫عىل اراضيها منذ بدء االزمة واحتالل العديد من القرى والبلدات السورية‬ ‫‪ .‬وبحجة نقل النازحني السوريني املتواجدين عىل االرايض الرتكية اىل تلك‬ ‫املناطق املحتلة ‪ .‬مع العلم ان هذا املخطط هو تغيري دميغرايف ويتناىف مع‬ ‫القوانني واالعراف الدولية ‪ .‬ومقررات سوتيش واستانا ‪ .‬لعدم املس بارايض‬ ‫سوريا والحفاظ عىل وحدتها واستقاللها ‪ .‬مع العلم ان تركيا هي احدى‬ ‫‪ .‬الدول الضامنة يف هذه املفاوضات‬ ‫ان هذا العدوان السافر ليس له اي تفسري اال تحقيق االطامع االردوغانية‬ ‫العثامنية بالسيطرة عىل املنطقة وتزعم حركة االخوان املسلمني ‪.‬وهو ال‬ ‫يدرك انه بهذه العملية يعرض االمن القومي الرتيك للخطر باالضافة اىل‬ ‫الوضع االقتصادي الداخيل والسيايس املتدهور نتيجة هذه السياسات الخاطئة‬ ‫واملدمرة والتي كانت محط استنكار دويل وشعبي واملطالبة بانسحاب‬ ‫القوات الرتكية املحتلة ‪ .‬واعطاء الدور للعملية السلمية التي انطلقت من‬ ‫استانا والتي كانت تركيا احدى دعامئها ‪ .‬وعدم االنصياع للرغبات االمريكية‬ ‫بالدخول يف املستنقع السوري ‪ .‬الذي سيجلب الذل والعار الردوغان‬ ‫واملزيد من الكراهية ‪ .‬والتي اذا استمر بدور املحتل سيحصد نتائجها السلبية‬ ‫لسنني عديدة الشعب الرتيك البعيد كل البعد عن اطامع اردوغان العثامنية‬ ‫والذي له الرغبة باحسن عالقات الجوار مع سوريا ودول املنطقة ‪.‬‬ ‫‪ .‬وستنعكس عىل العالقات الدولية لرتكيا‬ ‫ان هذا االحتالل الغاشم سيؤدي اىل نسف العملية السلمية والتي بدات‬ ‫منذ سنوات يف استانا ومتمامتها يف سوتيش وقطعت اشواطا كبرية وتوصلت‬ ‫اىل حلول جيدة وكان اخرها تشكيل اللجنة الدستورية وبدء اجتامعاتها قريبا‬ ‫‪ .‬وتفعيلها ‪ ,‬باالضافة اىل مناطق منع التصعيد التى تم اال تفاق عليها‬ ‫ان الشعب السوري بكل اطيافه ومواطنيه عىل اختالف انتامءاتهم العرقية‬ ‫والطاءفية والقومية والسياسية واالجتامعية طالبت الجيش العريب السوري‬ ‫باخذ ذمام االمور واملسوءولية بالدفاع عن مواطنيه بدون استثناء ومتييز‬ ‫ووحدة الرتاب السوري وطرد املحتل اىل الحدود الدولية املعرتف فيها ‪.‬‬ ‫والعمل مبوجب اتفاقية اضنا لعام ‪ 1998‬والتي تنظم التعامل عىل الحدود‬ ‫السورية الرتكية وكيفية حل الخالفات بالطرق واالساليب السلمية ‪ .‬وابتعاد‬ ‫الجانب الرتيك عن الغطرسة واستغالل الظرف الصعب الذي متر به سوريا ‪ .‬اال ان‬ ‫هذا الظرف مع كل خطورته له خطوط حمراء اليجوز تخطيها واهمها‬ ‫املس بالسيادة الوطنية ووحدة واستقالل ارايض الجمهورية العربية السورية‬ ‫‪ .‬وهذا ماصدر عدة مرات عن البيانات الختامية للعملية السلمية يف‬ ‫استانا وسوتيش وموافقة تركيا عليها ‪ .‬وتاكيدها يف كل القرارات واملشاريع‬ ‫الدولية الصادرة عن االمم املتحدة ومجلس االمن والقوانني الدولية املعمول‬ ‫‪ .‬بها‬ ‫ان معركة االرهاب التي خاضها الجيش والشعب السوري وحلفائهم اثبتت‬ ‫قدرة هذا املحور يف القضاء عىل االرهاب وافشال املخططات االنكلو امريكية ‪,‬‬ ‫وسقطت اوهام بعض الحكام العرب ومن سار بركبهم من تفكك سوريا وتقسيمها‬ ‫واملس بسيادتها وباتت معركة القضاء عىل باقي فلول االرهاب يف ادلب‬ ‫السورية اسابيع معدودة ‪ ,‬بعد ان دخل الجيش العريب السوري مؤخرا اىل‬ ‫املناطق الشاملية الرشقية للوقوف بوجه العدوان الرتيك وتحرير االرايض التي‬ ‫احتلها ‪ ,‬ولتامني حامية الحدود الرتكية السورية ‪ .‬وحامية املواطنني السوريني‬ ‫وعودة املهجرين الذين ترضروا وهجروا لقاء العدوان الرتيك عىل سوريا ‪ .‬وان‬ ‫املنطقة االمنة للدولتني السورية والرتكية هو تواجد الجيش السوري عىل الحدو‬ ‫‪ .‬د كام كانت قبل عام ‪ , 2011‬وتفعيل اتفاق اضنا لعام ‪1998‬‬ ‫ان الشعب السوري مصمم عىل استعادة كامل االرض السورية وتحريرها‬ ‫‪.‬والقضاء عىل االرهاب والتطرف الديني والعرقي ‪ ,‬واملطالبة بخروج كل‬

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Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko

185 Уважаемые товарищи, соратники, друзья! Приветствуя от имени коммунистов Украины всех участников встречи Коммунистических и рабочих партий, посвященной 100-летию Коминтерна, и выражая благодарность ее организаторам за возможность выступить на этом представительном форуме, начну с главного: делегация КПУ считает основной задачей нынешней встреч решение вопроса о координации наших действий и формировании единого антиимпериалистического, антифашистского фронта пролетарскойборьбы. Сегодняшняя встреча проходит в условиях существенногообострения глобального кризиса всей мировой капиталистической системы. Кризиса, который с начала второго десятилетия 21 века ознаменовался очередным империалистическим переделом сфер влияния на планете. Егопредыдущий “мирный” этап закончилсяразрушением СССР cдальнейшим использованием международным капиталом “плодов” буржуазных контрреволюций на постсоветском пространстве и в странах соцлагеря. Ав результате нынешнего этапа капиталистического передела мирачеловечествоможет оказатьсяна пороге Третьей мировой войны и отнюдь не “холодной”. И тут нельзя не вспомнить гениальный вывод Ленина о циклической смене “мирного” и “немирного” периодов развития империализма, который в современном мире непосредственно связан с глобализацией, с одной стороны, и изменения соотношения сил внутри самой капиталистической системы, с другой. Жизнь подтвердила, что глобализация, несмотря наколоссальное развитие производительных сил, науки,экономики,в условияхкапиталистического мироустройства неспособна разрешить ключевое классовое противоречие - противоречие между “трудом” и “капиталом”. Да, она несёт определенные блага для немногих - для избранных, но сделать их равнодоступными всему человечеству в условиях господства буржуазии невозможно по определению. Современная глобализация -это ещё иочередной виток неоколониализма со всеми вытекающими для трудовых классов последствиями: безработицей, бездомностью, нищетой, ликвидацией в интересах транснациональных корпораций ранее гарантированных законами прав наемных работников, к закреплению периферийной модели экономики для стран, не

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входящих в “золотой миллиард”, потере этими странами контроля над природными ресурсами и стратегическими отраслями промышленности, резкому снижению там уровня жизни и т.д. Наряду с политическими и экономическими противоречиями между странами «золотого миллиарда» и остального мира, глобализация обостряет и противоречия духовно-культурные, что, в свою очередь способствует росту националистических настроений, от которыхдо нацизма рукой подать. Но у глобализации первой четверти XXIвека есть ещё и другая, не менее существенная сторона: она является инструментом порабощения стран и наций империалистическими силами, несмотря на сохранившуюся между этими силами конкуренцию.При этом нам, коммунистам, надо учитывать и возрастание роли глобализации по-американски как координации империалистических сил на современном этапе. Очевидно, что в результате буржуазной глобализации полностью уничтожена и та система международных отношений, которая сложилась после Второй мировой войны по результатам Ялтинских (февраль 1945 года) и Потсдамских (июль 1945 года) договоренностей, а также Хельсинских соглашений 1975 года и которая обеспечивала, в определенной степени, мирное сосуществование государств с различным политическим и социальным устройством в послевоенные десятилетия, пока существовали СССР и мировая система социализма. Это очень напоминает ситуацию, когда в результате нарушения США, Британией и Францией условий Версальского мира, положившего конец Первой мировой войне, активной финансовой поддержке националсоциалистов нацизма Германии с целью противодействия прогрессивным силам, в первую очередь, коммунистическим и рабочим объединениям, которые в условиях бушевавшего тогда мирового кризиса наращивали влияние, открыли “ящик Пандоры” и расчистили Гитлеру приход к власти. К какой трагедии это привело, все мы отлично знаем. Сегодня в очередной битве за передел сфер влияния и контроль над мировыми стратегическими ресурсами зачинщиками выступают Соединенные Штаты, отодвинув на второй план даже своих ближайших союзников. Используя инструменты глобализации,которыми гегемоны империализма подменили

уничтоженное ими международное право, мировой олигархат и военщина во главе с США и НАТО нагло, под предлогом якобы защиты “свободы” вторгаются в суверенные страны. Обстреливают и бомбят мирное население. Организуют там «цветные революции», свергая законные правительства и устанавливая марионеточные режимы, в том числе террористические и неофашистские. Характер региональных и локальных вооруженных конфликтов, в которые вовлекаются все больше и больше стран, милитаризация внешней и внутренней политики буржуазных правительств, эскалация на этом фоне терроризма и фашизация общественных настроений, используемых мировым капиталом для противодействия прогрессивным силам, в первую очередь коммунистическим и рабочим объединениям, свидетельствует о том, что опасная черта, отделяющая нас от новой мировой войны, может быть перейдена в любой момент. Коммунисты должны быть готовы сделать все, чтобы подобная трагедия не случилась. Это требует от нас максимальной организованности, сплоченности, согласованности действий. Требует выработки единой тактики борьбы на каждом конкретном историческом этапе для достижения общей стратегической цели - завоевания трудовыми классами политической власти и превращения еев орудие освобождения трудящихся и установления такого мирового порядка, в котором не будет места войнам и угнетению человека человеком. Безусловно, отстаивая базовые теоретические принципы марксизма, мы обязаны руководствоваться ленинским тезисом о том, что марксизм это не догма, а руководство к действию, обязаны учитывать экономические и политические условия той или иной страны, условия в которых приходится там работать коммунистам (как, например в Украине, где дефакто коммунисты вне закона, нам запрещают участвовать в выборах, преследуют за взгляды и символику), а также учитывать постоянно меняющуюся международную обстановку. Поэтому, сегодня для нас архиважно, говоря ленинскими словами, еще и еще раз проанализировать процесс становления и развития организованного рабочего (пролетарского) движения, как в общем историческом контексте, так и,с учётом его IB 2020

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особенностей, в каждой из стран. Оценивая, в свое время, роль и историческое значение необходимости объединения рабочих разных стран в рамках Коммунистического Интернационала, Ленин отмечал, что Первый Интернационал заложил фундамент пролетарской, международной борьбы за социализм. Второй Интернационал был эпохой подготовки почвы для широкого, массового распространения движения в ряде стран, а Третий Интернационал воспринял плоды работ II Интернационала, отсек его оппортунистическую, социал-шовинистскую, буржуазную и мелкобуржуазную, скверну и начал осуществлять диктатуру пролетариата. («Коммунистический Интернационал» № 1 Подпись: Η. Ленин, май 1919 года) Социалистическая революция и победа партии большевиков во главе с Лениным, освобождение угнетенных национальных окраин и народов от буржуазного гнета со стороныметрополии и местных панов дали мощный толчок подъёму революционного движения не только в Европе, но и в Мире. На политической карте планеты появилось первое в истории социалистическое государство, послужившее примером успешной борьбы рабочего класса за свои права, ориентиром для трудящихся других стран. Это предопределило и необходимость создания новой системы организации длякоординации международного рабочего движения, какой стал Третий Интернационал - Коминтерн. Во второй половине 20-х и в 30-е годы с распространением в Европе идей фашизма и нацизма, установление в ряде стран реакционных профашистских режимов, то есть, открытой террористической диктатуры наиболее реакционных, наиболее шовинистических, наиболее империалистических элементов финансового капитала (и это определение не потеряло актуальности и по сей день) первоочередной задачей Коминтерна стала борьба с «коричневой чумой» ХХ века. Именно благодаря усилиям партий, входящих в Коминтерн, на основании решений, принятых VII Конгрессом, былизаложены основы международного антифашистского фронта. А в годы Второй Мировой войны коммунисты разных стран были в первых рядах бойцов иностранных национальных подразделений в составе РККА, подпольщиков и бойцов партизанских отрядов, активными участниками антифашистского движения «Сопротивления», внесли весомый

вклад в победу над гитлеровским нацизмом и 187 его союзниками. Сегодня вновь нацизм и фашизм поднимает голову. И не только в Украине, где в результате вооруженного февральского переворота 2014 захватившая власть компрадорская олигархия при непосредственной поддержке США, ЕС и международного капитала в лице ТНК, отдала страну на растерзание неонацистским и националистическим боевикам. Ежедневные новостные ленты пестрят сообщениями о неонацистских шабашах в разных уголках планеты, а в условиях глобального кризиса и на фоне обострения социальных противоречий, в том числе в странах “золотого миллиарда”, угроза прихода к власти неофашистских, неонацистских сил в ключевых центрах более чем реальна. Ну а методы, которыми империалисты пытаются преодолеть кризис, нам хорошо известны. Первый кризис - Первая мировая. Второй кризис - Вторая мировая. Третий кризис… Безусловно, все те проблемы, с которыми трудовые классы сталкиваются в современном мире, постоянно находятся в центре нашего внимания. Они неоднократно обсуждались как на Рабочей группе, так и в рамках встреч коммунистических и рабочих партий. В том числе поднимался вопрос о наращивании усилий на антифашистском направлении борьбы. Но капитал использует и постоянно совершенствует как испытанные временем вооруженные методы и средства борьбы, так и новые формы, связанные с развитием современных, в том числе информационных технологий. Поэтому глобальному неофашизму, скрывающемуся, в том числе и под личиной либертарианства и прочей буржуазной демагогии, мы должны противопоставить современные формы организации трудовых классов. И в этом деле без общего постоянно действующего координационного центра нам сегодня не обойтись. Считаем, что нынешняя, 21 Международная встреча коммунистических и рабочих партий может и должна послужить толчком для создания такого Коммунистического,и рабочего интернационала на базовых принципах марксизма-ленинизма, обогащенных вековым,в том числе современным, опытом коммунистических организаций и рабочих

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Communist Party of Uruguay Gustavo Alvarez

Los comunistas uruguayos, reivindicando nuestra 189 ideología, el marxismo-leninismo, consideramos que los aportes de nuestro compañero Rodney Arismendi tienen absoluta vigencia para las definiciones alrededor de la revolución uruguaya y latinoamericana, la cual intentamos enriquecer con los aportes de la nueva época.

“No nos halagan las recetas escolásticas. La diversidad, también aquí es la manifestación múltiple de la unidad, como particularidad integra de la generalidad. La unidad no excluye la diversidad, sino que implica los procesos nacionales, la riqueza distinta de la táctica, el ritmo distinto de los desarrollos, la intensidad variada de la lucha de clases” (Rodney Arismendi “Problemas de la Revolución Continental”).

Los comunistas uruguayos, que acabamos de celebrar nuestro 99º aniversario, hemos reivindicado y practicado siempre una clara concepción internacionalista. Por eso llegamos a este encuentro para intercambiar ideas, para escuchar las opiniones de todos los compañeros y aspiramos a que también sea para aportar, desde nuestra modestia, en la imprescindible unidad de los comunistas y los revolucionarios del mundo.

La lucha por la paz en el mundo es un tema central, por ello la vinculamos naturalmente a la liberación nacional y social de nuestros pueblos.

Creemos con Lenin en la revolución mundial camino al socialismo. Entendemos con Arismendi que la revolución latinoamericana es una sola, y como aprendimos con Mariátegui, no es ni calco ni copia sino creación heroica.

Caracterización del capitalismo actual.

Ratificando las resoluciones de nuestro último congreso, señalamos: “En el período transcurrido desde nuestro XXX Congreso hasta hoy se ha reafirmado en la práctica la caracterización central que adoptamos en él y en todas las resoluciones posteriores: estamos en un período de crisis estructural y orgánica del capitalismo. Esa crisis se expresa en su forma concreta en un imperialismo con el predominio del capital financiero sobre el productivo, de las grandes empresas trasnacionales, con el reparto del mundo como escenario de especulación y el peligro para la paz y la propia existencia de la vida y del planeta que esto conlleva”.

Mientras tanto, junto con el Encuentro de Partidos Comunistas de América del Sur que se realizó en abril de este año, ratificamos: La coyuntura actual del mundo está marcada por la crisis general del capitalismo especulativo financiero, impulsado por los estados imperialistas generando un

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orden concentrado y excluyente, sostenido a través de guerras de rapiña, que pretenden apropiarse de los recursos naturales y el producto del trabajo de miles de millones de personas, impidiendo cualquier posibilidad de soberanía y desarrollo independiente.

Esto se materializa con la imposición de mecanismos comerciales y financieros como el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional, entre otros, que aseguran el dominio mundial de sus empresas trasnacionales, quienes se apropian de los excedentes de los países menos desarrollados, insertándonos en la globalización de manera subordinada, perpetuando la primarización de nuestras economías, lo que genera además una desindustrialización del aparato productivo de nuestros países, depredan la naturaleza, amenazan la existencia del planeta y la sobrevivencia del ser humano.

América Latina. La “multifacética” contraofensiva imperialista.

“América Latina y el Caribe viven hoy, de nuevo, bajo los efectos de una multifacética ofensiva contrarrevolucionaria, fruto de intereses convergentes y de esfuerzos combinados entre las élites mundiales del capitalismo transnacional, del gobierno de los EE.UU. como su núcleo hegemónico, así como de las fracciones oligárquicas y de las burguesías dependientes de nuestra región” , señalaba el Foro de Sao Paulo en 2018.

Esta contraofensiva imperialista que es económica, política, ideológica y militar ha obtenido resultados importantes en poco tiempo, favorecida por los límites y errores de nuestros procesos populares, progresistas y de izquierda, conjuntamente con una fragmentación visible y falta de unidad de acción del campo popular, sectarismo y también falta de correlación de fuerzas para cambiar la base estructural del sistema de acumulación capitalista en la región y en la mayoría de nuestros países.

Ejemplo de algunas de estas situaciones son el gobierno del fascista Jair Bolsonaro en Brasil, la crisis institucional que se produce hoy en Perú y el estado de excepción -con su componente represivo- decretado por el traidor Lenin Moreno en Ecuador.

El denominador común en todos estos casos es la falta de capacidad de las fuerzas progresistas para transformar las luchas de los pueblos en conquistas concretas de las transformaciones necesarias para su avance.

La expresión más grave de nuestras carencias en la respuesta a esta contraofensiva desde el campo popular es, en muchos países la división de la izquierda y del movimiento sindical y popular. La falta de unidad y los sectarismos fueron, son y siguen siendo

un fuerte “enemigo interno” para dar la pelea contra el embate de las derechas.

El objetivo central de esta contraofensiva imperialista y sus oligarquías aliadas, son sin dudas la República Bolivariana de Venezuela y Cuba. Como nunca lo ocultaron Trump y sus asesores, ni los documentos del Comando Sur en los cuales se detalla el plan de desestabilización, ni el accionar de la OEA, encabezada por Almagro con el apoyo de los gobiernos pro Estados Unidos nucleados en el Grupo de Lima, se intenta hacer perecer por cualquier vía, al gobierno bolivariano y con él derrocar la posibilidad de una integración regional autónoma y no alineada a los EEUU en nuestro continente.

Esta política tiene una evidente continuidad con la presencia militar de los EUA en la región, practicada abiertamente con base central en la estratégica Colombia, (recordemos el Plan Colombia y las bases norteamericanas) y la presencia de la Cuarta Flota, acrecentado ahora por la entrada de Colombia a la OTAN, sumando los gobiernos de Brasil, Chile y Argentina, considerados “aliados de primer orden” por el Secretario de Defensa estadounidense James Mattis.

Podemos afirmar entonces, que asistimos hoy al regreso de la Doctrina Monroe y su corolario Roosevelt, que colocan a América Latina y el Caribe como zona de influencia exclusiva de los Estados Unidos y su área de expansión comercial, dicho así expresamente por Donald Trump y sus halcones.

Avanzar en clave unitaria, articulando pensamientos diversos que se opongan al neoliberalismo es para los uruguayos el camino a seguir, concretado en 48 años de unidad de la izquierda y los sectores progresistas nucleados en el Frente Amplio, quien lleva su tercer gobierno consecutivo, disputando este año, en una correlación continental muy desfavorable, el cuarto gobierno para profundizar los cambios.

Lo que caracteriza hoy nuestro continente es la lucha por la hegemonía entre el bloque social y político de los cambios, compuesto por partidos de izquierda, populares y progresistas, amplios movimientos sociales con el movimiento obrero, campesino y estudiantil, más los movimientos de la diversidad sexual y la nueva agenda de derechos, quienes en algunos países conforman gobiernos revolucionarios, progresistas y populares y el bloque conservador, con la reestructuración neoliberal en beneficio del imperialismo norteamericano, el gran capital trasnacional y las oligarquías locales.

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da política y en paz para la situación que se vive en Venezuela y rechazando la intervención militar en conjunto con Bolivia y los países del CARICOM. La actitud asumida por nuestro gobierno en la búsqueda de una salida negociada y en paz al conflicto en Venezuela, aparte de ser valiente, desmiente tajantemente la visión de que somos lo mismo que la derecha en materia de política internacional y en el gobierno nacional.

Cuando los países de signo neoliberal se aliaron en el Grupo de Lima, nuestro gobierno avanzó con México, Bolivia y los países del CARICOM en la búsqueda una salida negociada a la crisis de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela.

Esto obedece a una política exterior independiente, como lo establece el programa de gobierno del Frente Amplio, el cual consagra la independencia irrestricta en las decisiones que el país tome en concordancia con su interés nacional. No alineamiento, o sea, independencia respecto a las alianzas políticas y militares bajo la hegemonía de grandes potencias mundiales o regionales, procurando apoyar todas aquellas iniciativas tendientes al fortalecimiento de la paz y la derecha a la autodeterminación y la defensa de la soberanía en su concepción integral.

Accionar antiimperialista y anticolonialista, reafirmamos nuestra lucha por la paz y la reivindicación del principio de la solución pacífica de las controversias entre Estados. En este marco, reafirmamos nuestro más enfático rechazo a todo tipo de acción militar en territorio latinoamericano y caribeño, basándonos en los principios de no intervención, y consolidación de la Democracia como tarea fundamental.

Prueba de esto es el retiro de nuestro Gobierno del TIAR y el papel de no alineamiento asumido por Uruguay en las instancias internacionales.

América Latina y el Caribe deben seguir siendo una zona de paz, en la que nuestros pueblos puedan construir un futuro venturoso.

Luego de la crisis del 2002 Uruguay quedo sumido en la miseria. Los niveles de desempleo orillaron la cifra récord de 20%, la fuerte reducción del salario real, el aumento de la inflación, la relación entre la deuda pública y el pib, el descenso también vertical de las exportaciones, la retracción de la industria manufacturera, la profundización del endeudamiento agropecuario, la crisis devastadora del sistema financiero, entre otros procesos, llevaron al país a los umbrales del default.

En apenas cuatro años, emigraron más de 100.000 uruguayos (en un país con poco más de tres millones de habitantes); la pobreza trepó en 2004 a 39,9%, con seis de cada diez niños de 0 a 5 años en esa

condición; la indigencia lo hizo a 6,7%, entre otros in- 191 dicadores similares. Quedaba claro que la «sociedad hiperintegrada» y el «Estado escudo de los débiles», tradicionales del viejo Estado de Bienestar uruguayo del denominado «primer batllismo»4 habían quedado atrás, y que en el país emergían registros antes insospechados de indigencia, desnutrición infantil y radicación territorial del poder social.

En 2005 los uruguayos toman la decisión de dar la oportunidad a la izquierda nucleada en el Frente Amplio de gobernar el país.

En el medio de un auge importante de los commodities, el gobierno del FA comienza un crecimiento del PIB; ascenso sostenido de las inversiones en general y de la inversión extranjera directa en particular; incremento de las exportaciones y de los ingresos vinculados a la industria turística; disminución sensible de la tasa de desempleo y de los índices de pobreza e indigencia franco aumento del gasto público social, creando el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, gradual mejoría en la distribución del ingreso en términos generales. Creación del FONDO NACIONAL SALUD. Dos millones y medio de uruguayos integran.Hoy con varios éxitos en el campo económico –casi 15 años de crecimiento ininterrumpido y una proyección de continuidad para el próximo trienio– y social –descenso pronunciado de la pobreza y de la indigencia, incremento sostenido del salario real de los trabajadores (55% en los últimos 12 años) en el que destacaba que mientras los gigantes vecinos (Brasil y Argentina) se caen, Uruguay avanza.

De acuerdo con el Instituto Nacional de Estadística en su informe de 2018, la incidencia de la pobreza en ese año en todo el país fue de 8.1 %, lo que constituye el registro más bajo de los últimos 30 años, La economía uruguaya creció un 4.3% en los últimos 15 años. El salario real creció un 60% en 15 años.

El presupuesto educativo en términos corrientes se sextuplicó, pasando de 373 millones en 2005 a 2.250 millones en la actualidad, situándose en el 5% del PBI. Más de 50 leyes obreras se aprobaron en 15 años, destacándose las 8 horas del peón rural y la Ley de empleadas domésticas, dos sectores históricamente explotados.

Para los comunistas uruguayos lo más revolucionario de la etapa, es obtener el cuarto gobierno del Frente Amplio para profundizar el camino de cambios emprendido hace 15 años, lo que modifico para bien la vida de miles de uruguayos y uruguayas.

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ción de una “democracia avanzada”, que es nuestro camino al socialismo.

Viva el Centenario de la Internacional Comunista. ¡VIVA EL INTERNACIONALISMO PROLETARIO! ¡VIVA LA LUCHA DE LA CLASE OBRERA!

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Communist Party USA Alvaro Rodriguez

193 Dear comrades, I bring greetings and warmest communist solidarity from the Communist Party USA. One hundred years ago, three dozen communist and left-wing socialist parties met in Moscow to coordinate the struggles of communists and left wing socialists. Here in Izmir, most of us can trace our political roots, directly or indirectly, to that momentous First Congress of the Communist International or COMINTERN. We too are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party USA. All of the communist parties that came together in 1919, like those here in Izmir today, were inspired by the internationalist and anti-imperialist vision of Marx, Engels and Lenin. They understood that the movement to replace capitalism and build a world without exploitation had to be an international one.

Anti-imperialism and international solidarity were at the root of our movement from the very beginning and continue to be so today. On this centennial of the 3rd International, we should reflect on a few notable legacies: the united front, building mass communist parties and world unity.

Our message is intact, and our movement is thriving as we in the Communist Party USA celebrate this glorious double anniversary with you!

The world was a dangerous place in 1919, and it is a dangerous place in 2019.

Imperialism is on the offensive on many fronts. Efforts to beat back the achievements of the worldwide working class struggle have reached a high point, especially since the election of Donald Trump, a racist, misogynist “white supremacist” as President of my country. Imperialist interventions aimed at regime change and the imposition of the rule of voracious neoliberal capital are underway in many parts of the world. Economic sanctions have been imposed on progressive and socialist governments in Cuba, Venezuela and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The middle east remains a powder keg. Right-wing fascist leaning governments, allied closely with U.S. imperialism, are in power in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay and other countries.

The United States has established at least 800 military bases in 80 countries, with 130,000 U.S. military personnel stationed all over the globe.

Along with the offensive of imperialism in the economic, political and military fields, we see, in our country and worldwide, an ideological offensive reminiscent of the most dangerous period of the 20th century. Fascist groups organize openly in the

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United States and elsewhere. Economic inequality, global warming, war and insecurity have driven millions of people into the migrant and refugee streams, moving from the poor countries of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America to seek refuge in the wealthier countries, including the United States. In my country and elsewhere, a shockingly open racist propaganda offensive has been launched against migrants and refugees from Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. government has violated international law, and our own laws, by imposing racist and xenophobic bans on entry into my country, and has shocked the world with the spectacle of thousands of small children locked up in concentration camp conditions on our Southern border. To justify these cruel actions, the current U.S. government has used openly racist arguments, which have been picked up and amplified by vocal and violent fascist groups. The same phenomenon can be seen in Europe and elsewhere.

Other imperialist military threats abound. The U.S. has placed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missiles in the Republic of (South) Korea, threatening the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, China, Russia and other countries. The U.S. has also unilaterally terminated the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Agreement (INF) with Russia, in order to threaten China. The United States’ economic warfare aimed at the overthrow of the legally elected government of Venezuela has now reached the point of threatening an actual war between that country and the right wing government of Colombia.Everywhere, U.S. imperialism attempts to impose itself as a single world imperialist power. The U.S., under Donald Trump, has imposed trade wars with China and other countries.

Global warming, caused mainly by capitalist greed, is destroying the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The existential crisis of climate change and global warming threatens all of humanity with catastrophe. The call for international agreements and actions to reduce harmful emissions and stop the downward spiral is heard in every country.

But the U.S. left the Paris climate change agreement and is rolling back our own countries very modest efforts to deter global warming.

But the picture is not all bleak. Neoliberal capitalism offers nothing to the working people and toiling masses of the world. Everywhere there is mounting resistance.

The Communist Party of China, with its 90 million members, is leading the world’s second largest economic power on the road to socialism with Chinese

characteristics. Socialist Cuba is holding out strongly against everything imperialism is throwing against it and continues to provide solidarity and inspiration to the world. In Argentina, the right wing Macri government has lost the elections. Elsewhere, right wing, pro-imperialist governments are on the defensive; in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and other countries. In Mexico, a new government is giving promise of advances against old inequities.

In my country there is a massive youth led movement to combat climate change and global warming. Important political figures, such as Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandra Ocasio Cortez of New York have taken a leading role in proposing new environmental protection laws, called “the Green New Deal”. This effort is supported by many unions, environmentalists and other organizations.

There are many new signs of working class struggle.

Under the slogan of fighting for a national minimum wage of $15USD per hour, super exploited and mostly minority and women workers nationwide have reached a high level of mobilization. Youth are also mobilized behind demands for an end to gun violence, to police brutality and many other things.

Unionized teachers have been carrying out successful strikes aimed at rolling back neo-liberal policies in the educational field.

The fight for the rights of immigrants with or without documents is nationwide, intense and has the support of labor unions, African Americans, other minorities and many others. The indigenous inhabitants of my country are mobilized against racism and in defense of the national environment.

Communists in the United States are involved in all these struggles and more, as part of broadly based coalitions. The working class fightback was seen in the midterm legislative elections of 2018, and the likelihood that it will sweep the extreme-right regime of Trump and his allies out of power in the 2020 elections is high. The U.S. women’s movement and the U.S. labor movement are leading the resistance. Strikes actions have become more frequent.

A strike is underway by U.S. autoworkers against General Motors. And as you probably hear, Donald Trump is now facing impeachment proceedings.

Comrades, the continuing challenge to the working class in each country is to strengthen our solidarity in the fight to oppose capitalism and imperialism, and to create conditions for a transition to socialism. It is imperative that we collectively develop the science of Marxism-Leninism and gain insight from our joint working class experience of struggle.

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We must continue to support and strengthen international peace and solidarity organizations, take actions against global warming, broaden our working class alliance against racism, misogyny, and nationalism. We must look for equitable solutions among countries to the need for environmentally sustainable and equitable economic development.

We must continue to look for every opportunity to increase cooperation across national borders to further the struggle against neoliberalism, capitalism, war and in favor of the struggle for socialism.

We must organize a global anti-right network that is abetted by Trump and his allies, including finance capital. We must work collectively in support of labor strikes and climate change. Social media offers huge opportunities. These are only some examples where we can work in common.

Let us commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Communist International with a rededication to its ideals and practices!

Long live the fraternal relations among communist and workers’ parties!

Long live international working class solidarity!

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Communist Party of Venezuela Oscar Figuera

Dear and esteemed comrades, delegates of the Communist and Workers’ Parties of the World, please receive the warm and fraternal greeting of the Venezuelan communists. We would first of all like to express our thanks to the Communist Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Greece for the extraordinary work done to ensure the successful development of this important gathering of communists from around the world.

The 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties comes at a time of great threat to the peoples and working classes of the world as a consequence of the deepening of the general crisis of the capitalist system in its imperialist phase, intensifying the fierce competition between capital monopolies for the control of raw materials, energy sources, scientific-technical advances and development, skilled and cheap labour, expanded markets and marketing routes for goods is at the core of these disputes.

The deterioration of the hegemonic economy of the North-American monopolies is expressed in an increasingly aggressive and hostile policy of the US government. This policy consists of the use of the military powers, the US protectionism and even preponderance in the world economy, to obtain by force, advantages that can no longer be achieved attainable through free market, by virtue of the competitive lag of their monopolies.

In this strategy its confrontation in the commercial, scientific-technical, military, political and cultural field with the People’s Republic of China is inscribed; as well as the sanctions against Russia, Iran and even the tax rates established on goods of the European Union itself.

Imperialist aggression is revealed through policies of increased interference in the sovereign affairs of other nations, military occupations and invasions, the promotion of civil wars, and the application of unilateral sanctions against countries and peoples.

The region most affected by imperialist violence continues to be the Middle East. The war in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the persistent aggressions of the Zionist state of Israel against Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq and the spread of conflict throughout the region since the rise of the Islamic state; demonstrate the intense inter-imperialist and inter-capitalist struggle for control of the geo-strategic resources and opportunities offered by that region..

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Parties of the region, debating the influence and Latin America and the Caribbean also face the ar- leadership of the masses to the reformists progresrogance and aggression of U.S. imperialism and its sive currents, in relation to the dialectic of unity and European allies. In the dispute over a new dividing struggle where it matters, is the only guaranty to up of the world, our region is located in the strategic conquer changes authentically revolutionary in our rearguard. continent.

The military presence of the United States has in- creased, as well as its plans for technical assistance The capital offensive deepens anti-worker and and military cooperation with governments subsid- anti-popular measures. iary to its policy. All these efforts is part of its plan Inter-imperialist and inter-capitalist contradictions aimed towards its political objective to rebuilt its also intensify the exploitation of the working class dominance in the region, to which end it requires and the popular masses within the borders of nathe overthrow of the governments of Venezuela, tional states. Capitalist governments implement anCuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia; as well as its economic ti-workers and anti-popular measures in order to objectives: the control of energy resources, biodiver- improve the conditions of competitiveness of mosity, fresh water, gold, coltan and other diverse min- nopolies. erals that the continent possesses.

The offensive of big capital is expressed in anThe recent activation of the Inter-American Treaty ti-worker reforms aimed at destroying wages, job of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) represents a dan- stability and collective bargaining, imposing flexibilgerous step in the preparation of the conditions for ity, deregulation and informality of jobs. To this we a military aggression, under the mask of a regional must add, the policies of cuts in social spending and alliance. privatization of public services.

The plan of US imperialism is also strategic to finalize The workers and popular strata in the world have the defeat of multilateral regional integration orga- reacted to this anti-popular attack of big capital, denizations such as CELAC (Community of Latin Amer- veloping massive mobilizations, protests and generican and Caribbean States) and UNASUR (Union al strikes. The Communist and Workers’ Parties, are of South American Nations), within the framework a decisive and qualitative factor in these battles, of the historical dispute between Monroism, as an which must advance in a process of accumulation American doctrine for domination and plunder of of workers-popular forces that open perspective to the region, and Bolivarianism as an instrument of the class struggles for the overthrow of the capitalist continental emancipation system and the construction of socialism.

The setbacks of progressive processes.

The progress of the imperialist plan in the region Anti-Communism has among its causes the exhaustion of the reform- As the workers’ and popular struggles advance, so ist progressive processes and governments. This ex- does the anti-communist offensive. The anti-comhaustion is explained in turn by the class character munist speech and campaign have become the faof the political forces that lead these processes, the vorite ideological tool of the capitalists to mislead limited advance of the processes of change devel- the working masses and try to neutralize the revoluoping within the framework of the relations of capi- tionary potential of the class struggles. Anti-commutalist production, as well as of the weak incidence of nism and fascism are two edges of the same sword, the Communist and Workers Parties in the course of aimed at containing the organisation and struggle these processes. of revolutionary forces in the face of an anti-popular Inevitably, Latin American progressivism reached its and anti-worker onslaught of monopoly capital. limits, stalling and retreating in the conquests and The PCV condemns and denounces attempts to progress achieved; opening possibilities for the re- defame, prosecute and criminalise the struggles of turn of governments that are the most reactionary Communist and Workers’ Parties through the anexpression of national and transnational capital. The ti-communist campaign that imperialist powers and claims of these governments to impose packages of multilateral agencies at their service, such as the anti-popular measures, of a neoliberal nature, un- European Parliament, are pushing. We express our

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solidarity with the Communist Party of Poland, the Communist Party of Ukraine and all the Communist Parties of the world that are subject to persecution and attempts to outlaw their activity.

International Communist Movement Action Unit and international anti-imperialist Front This 21st IMCWP is carried out within the centenary of the founding of the Communist International. A good opportunity to remember the world character that assumes the class struggle of the proletariat, as capital becomes internationalized. Therefore, we can feel in each one of our interventions, how the same hardships and menaces threaten workers regardless of their nationality: interferences, wars, fascism, anti-communism, anti-popular and anti-workers aggressions. The explanation is not only that capitalism by its exploitative logic generates these problems in all countries; but that also obey the existence of a common international strategy of capitalists to advance their interests against the oppressed workers and peoples of the world.

For this reason, as Venezuelan Communists, we consider it an urgent task of the international communist movement to advance in providing workers of the world with a collective leadership and a common program of struggle, which will allow us to more effectively deal with the international offensive of capitalists, in the same way as the founders of the International Communist Movement did 100 years ago.

The International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties must take steps towards the realization of this strategic need for class struggle at the international level. At the same time that we promote the unity of the broadest working masses and popular sectors in an international anti-imperalist front for the struggle against the common enemy of the people.

The imperialist aggression against Venezuela.

Comrades, regarding Venezuela and the Venezuelan people, we must say that we are the subject of an international attack against our sovereignty and self-determination which is unprecedented in our history. The U.S. government, in its bid to overthrow Venezuela’s government, applies criminal unilateral coercive measures that hit the country’s economy hard with serious consequences on the living conditions of the population.

The unilateral coercive illegal measures applied by the US Government are aimed at violating national sovereignty and suffocating the economy. During

this year, more than 100 unilateral sanctions against the country have been applied, with the most aggressive measures being the commands of freezing assets and money of the Venezuelan Republic abroad, the restrictions on access to international financial sources and the blockade of purchase and sale operations in the international market.

The impacts of these measures on the Venezuelan economy are devastating, further aggravating the severe capitalist crisis that is hitting the country, provoking large economic losses and obstructing all efforts to reactivate production activities.

Today, the cause of the Venezuelan people demands the greatest levels of solidarity from the world’s revolutionary forces. We trust in the enormous power of the peoples’ solidarity to contain any war adventure against Venezuela and to denounce the criminal measures that the US and the EU impose against Venezuela’s sovereignty and the rights of the Venezuelan people.

In this sense, we recognize the fundamental role played by the Communist and Workers’ Parties in the solidarity movements with our country and people. Thank you comrades, on behalf of our people and the PCV, for the consequent exercise of solidarity internationalism.

Capitalist management of the crisis and anti-popular measures.

As you know, our country suffers from a severe crisis that has its roots in the exhaustion of the model of dependent and rentier capitalist accumulation.

In addition, the Venezuelan government maintains, Despite their pseudo-socialist statements, its tendency to manage the crisis and confront imperialist aggression with capitalist measures which have been irretrievably translated into the implementation of policies that, in addition to being anti-popular, have proved ineffective in addressing the unilateral coercive measures of imperialism.

As expected, the workers, the peasants and other popular sectors have been the main segment affected by the consequences of the capitalist crisis and the inconsequential policies of the government, which are aggravated by the imperialist aggression.

Today, workers face the implementation of a regressive labor policy that has influenced the deterioration of the purchasing power of wages and the ignorance/unawareness of collective hiring.

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only tend to aggravate problems, but weakens the defense capacity of workers and the whole country against unilateral and illegal coercive measures of imperialism.

Accumulate strength for a revolutionary way out of the crisis.

Now more than ever, the most conscious movements/currents of the working class and the proletariat of both the city and countryside, are fighting and mobilizing towards a revolutionary way out of the capitalist crisis.

In the development of its policies of confrontation, distinguishing and accumulating forces to advance, the Communist Party of Venezuela is progressing through two simultaneous fronts: the construction of the most broad patriotic and anti-imperialist alliance possible to confront the multifaceted aggression of imperialism against our homeland. And at the same time, the PCV promotes and pushes for a process of accumulation, concentration and revolutionary unity of the forces in the worker’s, peasant, communal and popular camp, so as to re-energize the Venezuelan national liberation process and open real prospects for the overthrow of bourgeoisie dominance in Venezuela and the construction of socialism.

Defeating the imperialist aggression in Venezuela, demands overcoming the limitations of a dependent capitalist and rentier economy, developing national productive forces, strengthening the country’s capacities to produce food, medicines and essential goods that the population requires; none of these objectives are possible to achieve if we fail to convert the Communist Party of Venezuela, to the vanguard of the working class and the working people of the city and the countryside, united, conscious and mobilized, fulfilling their leading role in guiding the country.

The broad united struggle of the people of Venezuela against imperialism and the subordinate oligarchy, requires a greater leadership of the working class and its vanguardirm.

They will continue to clash with the dignity of a people determined to defend the sovereignty of their country and its conquests, against imperialist interference, fascism and reformism.

Long live the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties!

Long live the Communist International!

Long live proletarian internationalism!

Proletarians of the world, Unite!

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Communist Party of Vietnam Ngo Le Van

201 Dear Presidium, Dear comrades and friends, 1. The Communist Party of Vietnam would like to express our fraternal greetings and solidarity to the communist and workers’ parties. We would like to give special thanks to the Communist Party of Turkey and Communist Party of Greece for their great efforts in creating favorable conditions for our meeting today.

2. We meet right on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist International. The foundation of Communist International has a special significance, as it had profound impact on the contemporary world history. It was a glorious milestone in the development history of the international communist and workers’ movement. After nearly a quarter of a century, the Communist International has brought about long-lasting values, especially the important contribution to the formation of the system of socialist countries in the world. It served as inspiration for the struggles of the liberation and independence in colonial countries. It was also the ideological flag for progressive forces in the struggle to protect social welfare, democracy, peace, independence, freedom, and socialism in the world.

Those values and ​​ contributions by the Communist International have made a big progress in the development of humankind.A century has passed, mankind has witnessed many incidents, vicissitudes of history, but the values ​​of the Communist International will live forever and spread on to the activities of the working class and working people all over the world today, for the purpose of the liberation of class, nations and societies from oppression, exploitation and injustice.

Comrades, 3. The current international and regional situation are in a period of profound transition with rapid and complicated developments, containing great challenges in politics, security, economy, law, international trade. These are geo-political and geo-economic uncertainties and hotspots in all regions. It is the rise of nationalism, populism, pragmatism, and powerism. It is the rise of arms race, terrorism; the increase the deepening rich-poor gap and social inequality.

These complicated developments have posed great challenges to the protection of peace, national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity of nations, equitable and sustainable development.Vietnam was once the battle field of wars of invasion by imperialist forces. The Communist Party of Vietnam had led the Vietnamese people through 30 years of

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valiant struggles to complete victory in our fight for national independence and reunification. Millions and milions of Vietnamese died because of the wars and the brutal consequences of those wars are still inflicting on us until today. More than anyone, we understand the values of peace and we do our best to protect peace.

In this complicated international situation, more than ever, we need to uphold our spirit of fighting for peace, basic principles of international law, the UN Charter, people’s right, social welfare and democracy. We need to strengthen the solidarity, coordination, tighten the ties among communist and workers’ parties and progressive forces. We need to enhance the sharing of experiences on our political ideology, party building, theoretical work and together shed light to the theoretical aspect with the path to socialism in each country. The Communist Party of Vietnam stands ready to cooperate and share experiences with you.

Comrades, 4. The Renewal process of our party and people is entering a very important stage, aiming to make Vietnam basically become an industrialized country.

Although facing with many challenges, we continue to achieve quite comprehensive results. GDP growth in the past years and this year was over 7%. Our Party continues to record achievements on sustainable poverty reduction; improvement of the quality of education, health and public services, and social progress and justice. We attach special importance to party building and rectification, enhancing the leading and fighting capacities of our party.

The practical results of the renewal in Vietnam over the past time have affirmed the superiority of socialist-oriented development, reinforcing the people’s belief in our Party and the path to socialism.

At present, our Party is actively preparing for the XIII National Congress scheduled for early 2021. Our upcoming congress has a very special importance. We will review 10 years implementation of the Platform for national construction in the transition to socialism, assessing the 30 years implementation of the 1991 Platform in order to have practical base and scientific arguments in identifying directions, tasks for the next 5 years and beyond. At the same time, identify the strategic vision of the country by 2030, which marks the 100-year of founding the Communist Party of Vietnam, and by 2045, which marks the 100-year of the country foundation.

In preparing the documents of the Congress, we have been always persistent in the goal of national

independence and socialism on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh thought; focusing on mastering and handling well the relationships between inheritance and development, between consistency and renewal, between theory and practice; attaching importance to reviewing our practical work, indentifying new and difficult issues in order to find out big solutions for the new development period.

On this occasion, the Communist Party of Vietnam would like to express its sincere thanks, deep gratitude to the communist, workers’ parties, progressive forces all around the world for their valuable support, sharing and help in our past struggles for national independence, reunification, as well as in our national construction and defense today. We look forward to continuing to receive your feelings, support, encouragement and solidarity in the new period of the development of our Party and country. We reaffirm our close solidarity with the international communist and workers parties.

Wish our Meeting great success.

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Appeal of the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties

The 21 st International Meeting of Communist and 205 Workers’ Parties has taken place once again in Turkey after four years, this time in İzmir, under the mutual responsibility of the KKE and the TKP. The 137 participants representing 74 parties from 58 countries, express their comradely gratitude to both parties for undertaking this responsibility.

This year is the 100 th anniversary of the founding of the Comintern. We witnessed numerous situations that prove to us again and again the importance of solidarity and joint struggles of communist parties and the importance of the union of the revolutionary efforts for the overcoming of capitalism as a destructive world system with no future.

Millions of people all over the world see their rights denied and are experiencing a worsening of problems- poverty, unemployment, refugees and migration; all of which are the results of an historically outdated social system. The sharpening of the class contradictions and the intra-imperialist rivalries are a result of development, based on the criteria of profit for the monopolies and exploitation.

The labor-capital contradiction is deepening along with the exploitative oppressive and aggressive character of capitalism and it is the working classes which shoulder the burden, as always.

Competition, war zones and tensions are on the rise, as a consequence of mperialist aggression. The increasing military actions, aggressions, destabilization operations, sanctions and blockades are promoted by the imperialist powers, with the protagonists being the USA, and other powerful capitalist forces of the EU. NATO’s pressure on member states to increase their military expenditure, increased spending on nuclear arms and space research for military purposes, plans to establish a “European army”, military exercises and training, are not aimed at creating security and peace in the world but to promote the interests of monopolies and to impose imperialist domination on the peoples of the world.

Nature is plundered for the greed of profit of the monopolies, including the recent destruction of Amazonia in the interests of capitalism. Millions of people cannot find clean potable water; one third of the people are deprived of basic hygienic facilities; natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes turn into scourges with serious social and environmental consequences.

The appropriation of scientific and technical advances by capital carries a destructive potential instead of serving the progress of humanity. The immense possibilities created by the advancement of science and technology for solving the grave problems of

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humanity can only be utilized for the benefit of the people under the rule of the working class. As well as being the sole solution, socialism is a vital necessity against this environmental onslaught.

Despite the difficulties, the labor – popular forces are reacting against the attack of capital. Strikes and other labor struggles are developing, as is the people’s resistance to occupation and imperialist threats and interventions and the struggles to defend democratic rights.

The developments in the Asia Pacific region are alarming. Using the existing disputes and conflicts among the countries on various issues, the US and other countries are trying to destabilize the peace and stability of this region. Situation demands united efforts of the people to act together to overcome the present situation through peaceful means by respecting the sovereign rights of all countries and international laws.

The IMCWP particularly notes the hostility of US imperialism and its allies in the Persian Gulf that are creating a very dangerous situation about the peoples of the region and the world, and we fully condemn the threats against Iran. Under these conditions, it is necessary to strengthen internationalist solidarity between the communist parties and class-oriented labor organizations, social, popular and progressive movements, movements of poor peasants and agricultural workers, which have the responsibility to lead the resistance and the struggles of the working people.

The participants particularly expressed their solidarity with the peoples of Turkey and Greece and the communists of the two countries who are struggling under complex conditions as the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean region is threatening peace.

The escalating tensions between Turkey and several other countries in the region, particularly the intervention in the EEZ of Cyprus in violation of International Law over the right to pursue energy resources in the Mediterranean could turn into a military conflict - which could affect not only the peoples of the region but also a much wider sphere. The Communist and Workers’ parties will strive to fulfil their duty to protect peace in the region, to strengthen the common action and friendship of the peoples against capitalist exploitation in every country and the interests of the monopolies and imperialist forces.

The 21 st IMCWP directs a CALL for convergent and joint actions and solidarity: • With strikes and other struggles for labor – popular rights

• With communists and other revolutionary militants that are facing persecution and prohibitions and attacks on democratic rights and freedoms, against anti-communism and the distortion of the history of socialism and the revolutionary movement, honouring the 75 years of the Anti-fascist Victory, and particularly condemning the anticommunist resolution recently adopted by the EU Parliament • To widely celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin as well as the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Engels • Honouring our comrades Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht on the centenary of their murder • With Socialist Cuba, which is facing the political, economic and military encirclement of imperialism with the US at the head, demanding an end to the American blockade of Cuba • With the working peoples who are fighting against the imperialist military interventions of the USA and its allies, including the occupation of the Turkish government in Syria which contributes to the destabilization of the whole region, defending Syria’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity; Israeli aggressions against Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, and with those in Libya, Donbass, and the communists of Ukraine against the reactionary nationalist regime in Kiev, and for the rights of the Kurdish people who are suffering from imperialism and reactionary regimes, for their right to decide for their own future • With the people of Yemen suffering the consequences of a prolonged war by Saudi Arabia and their allies which has caused thousands of human casualties, supporting the right of the Yemeni people to decide for their own future without foreign interventions • With the people of Palestine for the end of the occupation, and in favour of self-determination, establishing a national, independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the UN resolutions, supporting the resistance of the Palestinian people, condemning the criminal policy of Israel and the imperialist proposal of the so-called “deal of the century” • With the people of Cyprus and the other people who are struggling against foreign occupation • With the people of Western Sahara who are struggling against foreign occupation • With the peoples of Korea, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Iran, who are fighting against IB 2020

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the USA blockade, unilateral and extraterritorial coercive measures, destabilization, economic and banking sanctions and the threat of military aggression With the people of Ecuador who are struggling against the austerity measured imposed by the government With the people of Colombia who suffer the consequences of non-compliance by the bourgeois government of Colombia with the peace agreements, an increase in persecution and murder directed against the revolutionary social and political movement With peoples who are struggling against reactionary regimes, including in particular the people of Sudan, Pakistan and Lebanon, as well as other peoples in the region of the Middle East and Africa With the struggle of the Iraqi people, supporting their legitimate demands With political prisoners unjustly condemned in the framework of the policy and criminalization of the popular, anti-imperialist and anti-zionist struggles, with refugees and immigrants, indigenous people in many countries against racist, fascist and bigoted attacks, and gross exploitation For the rights and liberation of women and against oppression, discrimination and exploitation For the struggle of the youth for free education, for the right to employment, for a life without exploitation.

Against the destruction of the environment, from the perspective of the working class and the peoples’ interests For peace and sovereignty, against militarism and war, against US/NATO foreign military bases, against NATO for an end of all weapons of mass destruction, to denounce the increase in nuclear armaments and to denounce the attempts of the US to break the international agreements on arms control On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Charter, we condemn the imperialist interventions, which even violate agreements or UN decisions, namely those reached with the contribution of the Soviet Union, and the other socialist states, in conditions of another correlation of forces, in the previous decade With the people of Syria, by means of a solidarity meeting, that is to be organized on 28-30 November 2019 in Damascus and by means of

other activities and missions of solidarity in the 207 following year The Communist and Workers’ Parties that participated at the 21st International Communist and Workers’ Parties Meeting sincerely express our gratitude to all our comrades who helped to organize this event. Finally, we salute all the communist parties that are to commemorate the 100 th anniversaries of their founding.

Long live proletarian internationalism!

Long live revolution and socialism!

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Resolution of Solidarity with Cuba The parties participating at the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties express our firm solidarity with Cuba in the face of the imperialist attack of the U.S. Government.

We condemn the measures taken by the Trump Administration to further tighten the economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba which violates international law and constitutes the most flagrant mass violation of its citizens’ rights and the main obstacle for the economic and social development of that nation.

We strongly condemn the actions of financial harassment against Cuba, the Helms-Burton Act, the implementation of Titles III and IV of that Act, the attempts to prevent the Cuban people from receiving the fuel needed by the Cuban economy, the subversive plots aimed mainly at the new generations, and the slandering campaign against the medical cooperation of Cuba with dozens of countries for the benefit of their peoples.

We acknowledge the commitment of the Cuban people, the Communist Party and the Cuban revolutionary government to resist, fight and overcome the growing imperialist aggression and to guarantee, even under these circumstances, the development of the socialist society.

We reaffirm of determination to carry out permanent and systematic actions to support to the resilient Cuban people and join actively the “Hands Off Cuba” international campaign of solidarity.

Down with the Blockade!

Long Live the Cuban Revolution!

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Iraqi Communist Party Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq Communist Party of Israel Italian Communist Party Workers’ Party of Korea Palestinian Communist Party Communist Party of Pakistan Portuguese Communist Party Communist Party of the Russian Federation New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Communists of Serbia Communist Party of Sri Lanka Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Communists of Catalonia Communist Party of Turkey Communist Party of Ukraine Communist Party of Uruguay Communist Party USA Communist Party of Venezuela

Resolution on West Papua 209 The people of West Papua have never been given the opportunity to express self-determination.

Negotiations in the 1960s between the departing Dutch colonialists, the Indonesian government and the U.S. imperialists resulted in a 1969 sham “referendum” among only 1,000 hand-picked delegates.

The U.N. should never have endorsed this mockery of a vote.

Over the decades the resistance and independence movements in West Papua have fought a bloody struggle for their rights. Estimates of deaths from oppression range from hundreds of thousands upwards, speaking of genocide. Massive gold and copper mines, chiefly controlled by the U.S. Freeport Company, Rio Tinto and Indonesian companies, have exploited the natural resources and damaged the environment. Australian mining companies are also involved.

In August, September and October 2019, widespread protests by the West Papuan people against racism, violence and denial of rights has been met by fierce Indonesian government and army repression.

Many people have died and many imprisoned unjustly. Restrictions on media prevent full knowledge of what is happening. Progressive forces in Indonesia have supported West Papuan protests against racism and repression, but there are concerns that extremist squads may soon be sent to West Papua.

We express deep concern at the ongoing repression and killings of West Papuans by the Indonesian government.

The Indonesian government must: • Allow the visit to West Papua requested by the United Nations • Allow open media, including international journalists, in West Papua • Release political prisoners • Respect West Papuans right to self-determination • Withdraw military forces from West Papua • Stop racism and discrimination against the Papuan people The Australian government must support these aims and also • Cease training or in any way supporting military occupation/repression of West Papua • Discourage Australian mining interests from exploiting natural resources of West Papua • Support the campaign by the United Liberation

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Resolución de solidaridad con el pueblo Venezolano El 21 Encuentro Internacional de Partidos Comunistas y Obreros reunido en Izmir Turquía del 18 al 20 de Octubre, expresa su firme solidaridad con el pueblo venezolano y el proceso Bolivariano, frente a las criminales agresiones del imperialismo estadounidense y sus aliados. Exigimos el levantamiento inmediato de las ilegales medidas coercitivas unilateralesy extraterritoriales impuestas por el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos y que cesen toda tipo de injerencia en los asuntos internos del país Bolivariano.

Los Partidos Comunistas y Obreros del mundo rechazamos y condenamos las acciones imperialistas dirigidas a preparar las condiciones para una intervención militarmente en Venezuela. En este sentido, alertamos del peligro que significa la activación del Tratado interamericano de Asistencia Recíproca contra Venezuela y los ejercicios militares conjuntos que viene realizando el Comando Sur de los EEUU con Gobiernos latinoamericanos aliados en sus planes contra Venezuela.

Finalmente, condenamos los intentos de golpes de estado contra el Gobierno legítimo del Presidente Nicolás Maduro, y expresamos nuestra solidaridad con el Partido Comunista de Venezuela y las luchas de los trabajadores y el movimiento popular venezolano, contra la agresión imperialista, por la defensa de la soberanía y autodeterminación de su país y la conquista de una salida revolucionaria a la crisis capitalista.

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The fight against fascism is the common task of today!

The fight against fascism is the common task of today!

Communist and workers ‘ parties participating in the meeting, support the anti-fascist struggle of the working people of Donbass, against whom in the civil war unleashed the current the nationalist Ukrainian regime (with the support of imperialism (The US and the EU) actually carries out punitive operations. Men’s they kill for what they want to speak in their native Russian, not they want to recognize as heroes the accomplices of Hitler’s fascists, not they want to destroy Soviet monuments and do not want to break ties with Russia.

We declare our categorical protest against the rise of Nazism and a determined willingness to fight the resurgent brown plague.

At the same time, the Communists once again declare that to end fascism you can only do away with capitalism forever.

We will devote all our activities and lives to this struggle.

Proletarians of all countries, unite!

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Statement of Solidarity with the Iraqi People We, the representatives of the undersigned parties meeting in Izmir, Turkey during the 21st IMCWP, express our solidarity with the struggle of the Iraqi people and support for the legitimate demands of their popular uprising against the sectarian power-sharing quota system and corruption, for a civil democratic state and social justice.

We strongly condemn the bloody repression of the peaceful demonstrations that began on 1st October 2019 in Baghdad and other provinces, with participants mainly young people protesting against the corrupt political system, poverty and unemployment. The security forces fired live ammunition and also used rubber bullets and tear gas. More than 130 people were killed, 6000 injured and hundreds detained.

We call for an immediate halt to the killings of peaceful demonstrators, the release of all detainees and an end to the campaign of arrests targeting activists. Those responsible for killing tens of young people must be brought to justice. An independent inquiry must be set up to investigate these crimes.

All restrictions on the media must be lifted and the constitutional right to assembly and freedom of expression must be respected.

We support the struggle of the Iraqi democratic forces for radical political reforms, putting an end to the sectarian power-sharing quota system and combating corruption. The legitimate demands of the protesters and Iraqi people should be addressed with urgent economic and social measures to tackle poverty and unemployment and improve health and education.

We reiterate our support for the Iraqi people’s struggle for a civil democratic state and social justice, which is fundamental to ensuring Iraq’s national sovereignty and true independence.

Communist Party of Bangladesh Communist Party of Belgium Brazilian Communist Party Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia AKEL, Cyprus French Communist Party German CP Hungarian Workers Party Iraqi Communist Party Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq Communist Party of Israel.

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the rights of people of Syria, to live in an independent, sovereign country with territorial integrity, it is On behalf of the Communist and Workers Parties, the right and the duty of the working people of Syria that have gathered in Izmir for the 21st International to transform their country into a free and egalitarian Meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties, we country. All other countries, that have their armed strongly condemn the military operation of the Turk- forces and bases have to abandon Syria immediateish government and armed forces, that has been ly. launched on the 10th of October in the north-east We are calling on to ail occupying foreign forces: of Syria, together with their de-facto army, the jihad- Hands off Syria! ist-plunderer militias, the so-called Free Syrian Army, PADS, Algeria which has been fed by the Gulf States, Turkey and Communist Party of Australia US and had a role in the devastation of the country Communist Party of AzerbaĂŻdjan since the beginning of the war in Syria.

DPT Bahrain First of all, we consider the operation as an intervenCommunist Party of Bangladesh tion violating the sovereignty and independence of Workers Party of Bangladesh a country. The operation is not an act by itself, but is Communist Party of Belgium a reflection of the chaos and deadlock that imperiCommunist Party of Brasil alism has brought in to the region in the past 8 years.

Brazilian Communist Party We denounce all the secret negotiations and deals Communist Party of Britain made behind the people’s back, between imperialSocialist Workers Party of Croatia ists, bourgeois governments, or other political actor AKEL, Cyprus that is collaborating or conciliating with them.

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia We are well aware that interventions and wars are Communist Party in Denmark the solutions that imperialism resorts to, either to Communist Party of El Salvador attain larger zones of influence and resources to French Communist Party exploit, or to overcome the social and economical Unified Communist Party of Georgia crises or conflicts due to competition, which are the German Communist Party inevitable results of a social order that is based on Communist Party of Greece the interests of monopolies and exploitation. They Communist Party of Finland clearly depict the barbaric side of imperialism, which Hungarian Workers Party does not hesitate to employ and raise fundamenTudeh Party of Iran talist, reactionary gangs for their dirty purposes and Iraqi Communist Party then make the people wrestle with such uncontrolCommunist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq lable monsters. In this case, Turkey, whose bourgeoiWorkers Party of Ireland sie has ambitions to move upwards in the imperialCommunist Party of Israel ist hierarchy and looks forward to exploit the natural Communist Party (Italy) and human resources of the region, has provided the Italian Communist Party main support and consent to this military operation.

Jordanian Communist Party Moreover, these interventions have irreversible, irSocialist Party of Latvia reparable and devastating consequences on all Socialist Party, Lithuania values created by humanity, destroying the lives of Communist Party of Mexico people, resources and historical heritage, which is New Communist Party of the Netherlands universal. This operation is illegitimate in every sense Communist Party of Macedonia of the word.

Communist Party of Norway We also notice and denounce that the intervention Communist Party of Pakistan has also resulted in a sort of a state of emergency in Palestinian Communist Party Turkey which the government is exploiting to boost Paraguayan Communist Party the level of authoritarianism, to provoke nationalism Communist Party of the Russian Federation and hostility, and to oppress all those who oppose New Communist Party of Yugoslavia the acts of the government.

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Motion against anti-communism in Europe The Communist and Workers’ parties participating in the 21st IMCWP, held in Izmir, Turkey, considering the recent approval of an anti-communist motion in the European Parliament, express the following: This resolution is unacceptable for several reasons.

First of all, because of its equation of communism with fascism under the common and false term of “totalitarianism.”

It is not possible to equalise the ideology of liberation of the working class and the whole mankind with the ideology that most clearly defends capitalist exploitation.

We cannot accept such equation because it was the communists who were the key force in the defeat of Nazi fascist forces in the Second World War. Communism still remains the main force opposing Nazi-fascist rise today.

This motion is one of the many attempts to rewrite history and slander the role of the communists and particularly the Soviet Union, mainly with the objective to impact on the consciousness of the young people.

This motion is unacceptable because it defends the repression of communists in European countries who are suffering legal persecution, a ban on their activities and criminalisation.

We do not accept any bans or persecutions against communist and workers’ parties in any country.

We express our full support for the communists in countries, where their activity is illegal or under the threat of illegalisation, like the Communist Party of Poland, which has been facing an unacceptable legal persecution for years.

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French Communist Party United Communist Party of Georgia German Communist Party Communist Party of Greece Communist Party of Finland Hungarian Workers’ Party Communist Party of India Tudeh Party of Iran Iraqi Communist Party Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq Workers’ Party of Ireland Communist Party of Israel Italian Communist Party Communist Party, Italy Workers’ Party of Korea Lebanese Communist Party Socialist Party, Lithuania Communist Party of Luxembourg Communist Party of Mexico Nepal Communist Party New Communist Party of the Netherlands Communist Party of Macedonia, Northern Macedonia Communist Party of Norway Communist Party of Pakistan Palestinian Communist Party Palestinian Peoples’ Party Paraguayan Communist Party Portuguese Communist Party Communist Party of the Russian Federation Communist Party of Soviet Union New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Party of the Communists of Serbia South African Communist Party Communist Party of Spain Communist Party of the Workers of Spain Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Communists of Catalonia Communist Party of Sri Lanka Communist Party of Ukraine Union of Communists of Ukraine Communist Party of Uruguay Communist Party USA Communist Party of Venezuela

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Strengthening anti-imperialist struggle The workers and peoples are confronted with the intensification of the imperialist offensive that directly attacks labor, social and other human rights, assaults the democratic and sovereign rights of the peoples, deepens militarism, war and interference and promote reactionary and fascist forces.

In this context, the Communist and Workers’ parties, participants of the 21st International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties, held in Izmir, Turkey, on 18, 19 and 20 October: Express their solidarity with the struggle of workers and peoples and with the popular and anti-imperialist forces and movements that resist the attacks of imperialism.

Express their solidarity with the initiatives that strengthen the objective of confronting imperialism and of reinforcing the struggle for a World of progress and social justice, environmentally sustainable, of peace and cooperation, as are examples, among other, of the Anti-imperialist Solidarity Meeting, for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism to be held in Havana, Cuba, in the month of November, or of the initiative of the Peoples’ World Assembly to turn the last week of May 2020 into a world anti-imperialist week of struggle.

Communist Party of Argentina Communist Party of Australia Communist Party of Bangladesh Workers Party of Bangladesh Democratic Progressive Tribune – Bahrein Workers Party of Belgium Communist Party of Belgium Communist Party of Britain Brazilian Communist Party Communist Party of Brazil Communist Party of Canada Communists of Catalonia Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia AKEL – Cyprus Communist Party of Cuba Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Communist Party in Denmark Communist Party of El Salvador Communist Party of Finland French Communist Party German Communist Party Hungarian Workers Party Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Tudeh Party of Iran Iraqi Communist Party Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq Communist Party of Israel Italian Communist Party Communist Party (Italia) Jordanian Communist Party Workers’ Party of Korea Lebanese Communist Party Nepal Communist Party Palestinian Communist Party Palestinian Peoples Party Communist Party of Pakistan Paraguayan Communist Party Portuguese Communist Party Communist Party of Russian Federation Communist Party of Soviet Union New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Communists of Serbia Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Communist Party of Spain Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain South African Communist Party Communist Party of Sri Lanka Communist Party of Turkey Communist Party of Uruguay Communist Part of Ukraine Union of Communists of Ukraine Communist Party of USA Communist Party of Venezuela Communist Party of Vietnam

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Kosovo is Serbia - NATO go home The NKPJ emphasizes with this resolution that 20 years after the end of the criminal imperialist aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, Kosovo and Metohija remain occupied territories by its striking military fist - NATO. Both Serbs and Albanians were occupied, as were all other residents of the southern Serbian province where is nowadays the largest US military base outside US - BONDSTIL. This occupation is the main result of an aggression that has claimed over 4,000 innocent lives and caused over $ 100 billion in material damage to Yugoslavia.

The NKPJ demands the occupying NATO troops to leave the territory of the southern Serbian province immediately, and demands its immediate return of Kosovo and Metohija to sovereignty of Serbia. Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo should unite in the fight against imperialism and occupation, following the illustrious example of partisan heroes Bora and Ramiz from the World War II Liberation Struggle.

The NKPJ states that any “demarcation”, division, replacement of territories and similar ideas that are perpetual frequent agenda of Western imperialism officials, but also by various echelons of governments in the Balkans are unacceptable. The main goal of Western imperialism is to force the authorities in Belgrade to recognize the borders between Serbia and Kosovo and Kosovo’s membership of the United Nations, which is also absolutely unacceptable.

Communists of Serbia Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Communists of Catalonia Communist Party of Ukraine Communist Party of Uruguay Communist Party of Venezuela

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Solidarity Statement with the people of Cyprus

excluded and the occupying forces of Turkey must 219 fully withdraw.

We underline that the status quo is not static but is constantly negatively transformed strength“The freedom and reunification of Cyprus is a mile- ening the long- term aspirations and objectives of stone against imperialist aggression” Turkey against Cyprus and the permanent division We assert that the current stalemate that persists of Cyprus and its people. We also recall that the today in the Cyprus problem must be overcome. comprehensive solution of the Cyprus problem, is The agreement on the terms of reference as these a necessary prerequisite for the demilitarisation of have been defined by the United National Secre- the island, for common class struggles and a future tary-General himself, is necessary for the resump- socialist transformation. tion of a substantive dialogue, under the conditions, of course, that Turkey will terminate the initiatives The Communist and Workers’ Parties signing the conducing towards new illegal actions. We underline present Statement: that the achieving of a comprehensive solution on the agreed basis of a bizonal bicommunal federaExpress their strong support for the agreement tion with political equality as this is prescribed by of the terms of reference that will be made up of the relevant UN resolutions, with the withdrawal of the 2014 Joint Statement of the leaders, the conthe Turkish occupation troops and termination of vergences achieved until the 2017 Conference in the Treaty of Guarantee, constitute the sole viable Crans Montana and Gutierrez framework for the reoption for Cyprus to be freed of the illegal occupa- sumption of substantive negotiations. To this end, tion by Turkey and for the country and its people to the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus have reunify. We regret that 45 years after the illegal in- a crucial role to play. vasion, the occupation of 37% of Cyprus is ongoing Denounce Turkey’s illegal actions in the Exclusive in flagrant violation of international law; and expect Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus and inithat the process, with the support of the UN Secre- tiatives it plans in Varosha in violation or UN Security tary-General, will resume as soon as possible.

Council resolutions 550 and 789. They call on Turkey to abandon its long-standing intransigent stance We remind that the Cyprus problem is the result of against Cyprus and commit to the withdrawal of its foreign interventions and imperialist aggression. The army from the Republic of Cyprus, the abolition of 1974 coup d’état planned by CIA, NATO and their foreign guarantees and of any rights for foreign inallies and staged by the Greek junta and their local tervention, as prescribed in the Framework of the fascist collaborators EOKA B, served as the pretext UN Secretary-General. for the materialization of Turkey’s expansionist plans Demand the solution of the Cyprus problem on in Cyprus. the agreed basis and according to international law We reiterate that the solution of the Cyprus prob- and the UN Security Council resolutions, the soonlem must resolve the international illegality done by est possible. The perpetuation of the status quo or the invasion and continuing with the illegal occupa- departure from the bicommunal, bizonal federation tion, and must restore the relations between the two as agreed, will lead to the permanent partition of communities of Cyprus.

Cyprus.

We reiterate that the bicommunal, bizonal fedCall on the international community to face deeration with political equality, as this is prescribed cisively Turkey’s illegal actions through which it plans in the relevant UN resolutions and the High-Level the creation of new fait accomplis on the ground Agreements, is agreed and that this provides for the and hinder the resumption of substantive negotiarestoration and respect of the human rights of all tions.

Cypriots, and that it will be based on the InternaExpress their solidarity with and support to the tional Law and the European acquis. struggle of the Cypriot people for the liberation and We recall that the federal Cyprus will be one re- reunification of its country. united state, with a single sovereignty, a single international legal personality and a single citizenship, a Communist Party of Argentina truly independent state whereby no third parties will Communist Party of Azerbaijan be able to intervene; which means that the anachDemocratic Progressive Tribune ronistic Treaty of Guarantee of 1960 must be terCommunist Party of Bangladesh minated, any right for foreign interventions must be

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Unmask Green Imperialism It is higly alarming that the global warming caused by capitalism, big business and greedy human actions is threatening to get us into a vicious circle, that will lead to the melting of the icecaps and permafrost.

As a result, the large part of the earth will change so that it will become inhabitable for humans as well as for many animal and plant species.

Climate change is a part of a more fundamental global environmental crisis. This environmental crisis is more than anything a result of the capitalist social system and the industrialisation associated with it.

‘Fossil capitalism’ has had a decisive impact on the climate, massively accelerating carbon emissions.

There are many aspects to the environmental crisis, including; climate change and global warming, loss of biodiversity and species extinction, pollution of water, air and soil, waste problems, deforestation and over-consumption of natural resources. These all have an impact one another and taken together they comprise the environmental crisis.

Socialism is the key to solving the environmental crisis.

We must start to act here and now in order to slow down climate change to an acceptable level for humankind and to tackle other urgent problems.

The need now in environmental struggles is to act against the drive for capital profits. Confidence in the ability of markets to deal with acute crises has been eroded and people want intervention. International environmental activists and ecologists demand a system change. This aim spotlights the need for a shift toward socialism and opens up new avenues for cooperation between the environmental movement, progressive forces and communists. By policy reversal and radical constraints on big capital, the destruction of the environment can be significantly curbed.

Unmask Green Imperialism - CAMPAING Current phase of the imperialist stage of capitalism can be described as “Green Imperialism”. The notion of green imperialism is worth highlighting because it is insidious example of the ability of capitalism to capture “good” things for purposes to serve itself.

Green imperialism means that the capitalist power hegemony uses the environmental crisis it has self-sustained as a justification and tool for its own imperialist policy. In order to maintain its position in a changing world, it uses environmental protection as an excuse to maintain neo-colonial structures. At

the same time capitalist hegemony has capitalized 221 so called “green” environmental movement and made it its own impotent tool whose principle is to generate profits for the current system. This “green” movement only accepts means of combating the environmental crisis that do not undermine the capitalist social system which is the root of crisis. Because current “green” environmental movement is dangerously poisoned by this imperialism, we need a truly anti-capitalist and socialism-based “proletarian environmental movement”. This movement must be created so that we will have a potent tool that is capable of resolving both the global environmental crisis and bondage of proletariat.

We who have signed this “Unmask Green Imperialism” appeal will work hand in hand campaigning with the young people worried about our planet´s future. At the appeal’s web page and with the help of our different political tools we will unmask environmental crimes locally and internationally. With this appeal we work to construct a proletarian environmental movement and a worldwide anti-imperialist network for radical environmental policy in service for all working class and humankind.

Participants are invited to join the appeal pages in Instagram and FaceBook to document local environmental crimes and policies that oppress the people and nature and report it using hastag #unmaskgreenimperialism Unmask Green Imperialism has official web page www.skp.fi/UnMaskgreenImperialism We will publish articles that unmask green imperialism. Please send articles and documents to skp@skp.fi The Communist Party of Finland is collecting the signatures and editing the campaign for the whole year 2020.

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Albania, Communist Party of Albania (+355) 382274111 (+355) 4251271 gjonbruci5@yahoo.com Algeria, Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism http://www.lien-pads.fr (+331) 46637607 (+331) 46772082 (+331) 42537882 (+331) 42537882 (+331) 46637607 pads.dz@laposte.net Argentina, Communist Party of Argentina http://www.pca.org.ar (+54) 1143040066 (+54) 1143040068 (+54) 1143040068 rriipca@pca.org.ar jkreyness@yahoo.com Armenia, Communist Party of Armenia (+37) 410541917 comparty.armenia@mail.ru Australia, Communist Party of Australia http://www.cpa.org.au international@cpa.org.au cpa@cpa.org.au Austria, Communist Party of Austria http://www.kpoe.at international@kpoe.at Austria, Party of Labour of Austria http://www.parteiderarbeit.at (+43) 6643520469 international@parteiderarbeit.at Azerbaidjan, Communist Party of Azerbaidjan (+99) 412441753 (+99) 412948937 Azerbaidjan, Communist Party of Azerbaidjan (+99) 4503253256 (+99) 4556138749 (+99) 4503165853 nurullayev@mail.ru kommunist-az@mail.ru hasanov_1951@mail.ru Bahrain, Democratic Progressive Tribune

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http://www.altaqadomi.com/ (+97) 317780007 (+97) 317780006 fa.almenbar@gmail.com Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh http://www.cpbbd.org/ (+88) 029558612 (+88) 027172845 (+88) 029552333 cpbinter@gmail.com info@cpb.org.bd Bangladesh, Workers’ Party of Bangladesh (+88) 029567975 (+88) 029558545 wpartybd@bangla.net Belarus, Communist Party of Belarus (+375) 172934888 atamanovgp@tut.by Belgium, Communist Party of Belgium http://www.particommuniste.be/ (+32) 25376681 (+32) 25376681 international@particommuniste.be bureau@particommuniste.be Belgium, Workers’ Party of Belgium http://www.ptb.be (French) http://www.pvda.be (Dutch) (+32) 25040139 (+32) 25040141 international@ptb.be Bolivia, Communist Party of Bolivia http://www.pcbolivia.net/ (+59) 12423252 (+59) 22770535 marxmil@hotmail.com pcb.rrii@gmail.com Brazil, Brazilian Communist Party http://www.pcb.org.br (+55) 2122620855 (+55) 2122620855 pcb.partidocomunistabrasileiro@gmail.com eg_serra@yahoo.com.br pcb@pcb.org.br Brazil, Communist Party of Brazil

http://www.pcdob.org.br http://www.vermelho.org.br http://www.resistencia.cc/ (+55) 1130541800 (+55) 1130541822 (+55) 1130541821 (+55) 1130541848 internacional@pcdob.org.br Britain, Communist Party of Britain http://www.communist-party.org.uk (+44) 2086861659 international@communist-party.org.uk office@communist-party.org.uk foster631@btinternet.com Britain, New Communist Party of Britain http://www.newworker.org (+44) 2072234052 party@ncp.clara.net Bulgaria, Communist Party of Bulgaria http://comparty-bg.com (+35) 929816093 (+35) 929816093 comparty@abv.bg Bulgaria, Party of the Bulgarian Communists (+35) 98961133 (+35) 9898322455 (+35) 924702573 bcp.gd@mail.bg bcpgd1949@gmail.com Canada, Communist Party of Canada http://www.communist-party.ca (+14) 164692446 inter@cpc-pcc.ca dgarvie@cpc-pcc.ca Chile, Communist Party of Chile http://www.pcchile.cl/ (+56) 27295700 (+56) 27295714 internacional@pcchile.cl China, Communist Party of China http://www.idcpc.org.cn http://www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm http://english.cpc.people.com.cn/ (+86) 1083907267 (+86) 1083907268 info@idcpc.org.cn IB 2020

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yuliagustavo@163.net Colombia, Colombian Communist Party http://www.pacocol.org (+57) 13203204 (+57) 12854188 (+57) 13384742 jaimecaisedo@gmail.com sergiodezubiria@gmail.com notipaco@pacocol.org Colombia, FARC-EP http://www.farc-ep.co http://www.pazfarc-ep.org (The peace delegation in Spanish ) http://www.farc-epeace.org. (The peace delegation in English ) cominiternacional.farc@gmail.com Costa Rica, People’s Vanguard Party (+50) 622258300 (+50) 622810484 vanguardiapopularinternacional@gmail.com partidocomunista1931@gmail.com Croatia, Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia http://www.srp.hr (+38) 514835340 (+38) 912219036 (+38) 14835340 srp@srp.hr vladimir.kapuralin@pu.t-com.hr Cuba, Communist Party of Cuba http://www.pcc.cu/ (+53) 78605678 (+53) 78593047 europari@cc.cu vjdri@cc.cu Cyprus, the Progressive Party of the Working People - AKEL http://www.akel.org.cy (+35) 722761121 (+35) 722761574 (+35) 722764725 interbureau@akel.org.cy Czech Republic, Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia http://www.kscm.cz http://www.kscm.cz/english (+42) 0222897111

(+42) 0222897207 info@kscm.cz leftnews@kscm.cz jaroslav.roman@kscm.cz Denmark, Communist Party in Denmark http://www.kommunisterne.dk (+45) 38882833 (+45) 38882433 Kpid@Kommunisterne.Dk Denmark, Communist Party of Denmark http://www.dkp.dk (+45) 33916644 dkp@dkp.dk int@dkp.dk Dominican Republic, Force Of The Revolution www.fuerzadelarevolucion.com (+80) 93336585 Jgomez20@gmail.com r.alvarezc@hotmail.com ofic.rdrifr@gmail.com Ecuador, Communist Party Of Ecuador http://pcecuador.org/ http://pcecuadorcc.blogspot.gr/ (+593) 22909454 (+593) 42401462 (+593) 422248643 (+593) 997195448 ccentral@pcecuador.org winstoncamp@yahoo.com mariomendoza2004@yahoo.es inter.pcecuador@hotmail.com Egypt, Egyptian Communist Party http://www.cp-egypt.com (+20) 101078617 (+20) 223921315 cpegypt@gmail.com El Salvador, Communist Party of El Salvador elsalvadorpc@hotmail.com Estonia, Communist Party of Estonia (+37) 23591174 (+37) 23591174 gungerburg@mail.ru narvaSRG@rambler.ru FYROM, Communist Party of Macedonia

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http://www.munkaspart.hu (+361) 7814226 (+363) 09443520 (+361) 7808306 international@munkaspart.hu thurmer@yandex.ru India, Communist Party Of India (Marxist) http://www.cpim.org https://www.facebook.com/cpimcc (+91) 1123344918 (+91) 1123747435 (+91) 1123747436 (+91) 1123747483 cc@cpim.org intl@cpim.org India, Communist Party οf India http://www.communistparty.in/ (+91) 1123232801 (+91) 1123235099 (+91) 1123235058 (+91) 1123235543 internationaldept@communistparty.in cpiofindia@gmail.com Iran,Tudeh Party of Iran http://www.tudehpartyiran.org (+44) 7790277770 (+49) 303241627 mardom@tudehpartyiran.org navid.shomali@btinternet.com Iraq, Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq http://www.regaykurdistan.com (+964) 7504513184 (+964) 7504492282 info_kcp@yahoo.com info_kcp@yahoo.com Iraq, Iraqi Communist Party http://www.iraqicp.com (+44) 2086422981 salamsaadi@hotmail.co.uk icpinter@yahoo.co.uk info@iraqicp.com Ireland, Communist Party of Ireland http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie (+353) 16708707 cpoi@eircom.net Ireland, The Workers’ Party of Ireland IB 2020

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(+996) 312624999 (+996) 312660401 mars40@list.ru

Israel, Communist Party Of Israel http://www.maki.org.il (+972) 36293944 (+972) 36297263 info@maki.org.il interelations@maki.org.il

Korea, DPR, Workers Party of Korea http://www.kimsoft.com/dprk.htm (+850) 23815855 (+39) 0654220749 (+850) 23814657 (+39) 54210090 wpkint@start-co.net.kp dprkembroma@outlook.com

Italy, Communist Party (Italy) http://ilpartitocomunista.it/ internazionale@ilpartitocomunista.it nazionale@ilpartitocomunista.it

Laos, Peoples’ Revolutionary Party (+856) 21414042 (+856) 214140423 party.relationsdep.la@gmail.com

Italy, Italian Communist Party https://www.ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it (+39) 3319203447 international@ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it

Latvia, Socialist Party of Latvia http://www.latsocpartija.lv (+371) 67555535 (+371) 67555535 latsocpartija@inbox.lv

Italy, Party Of The Communist Refoundation http://www.rifondazione.it/ (+39) 06441821 (+39) 0644182207 sitoprc@rifondazione.net esteri.prc@rifondazione.it Japan, Japanese Communist Party http://www.jcp.or.jp http://www.japan-press.co.jp/ (+813) 54748421 (+813) 37460767 intl@jcp.jp

Lebanon, Lebanese Communist Party http://www.lcparty.org (+961) 1739615 (+961) 1739616 (+961) 1739617 lcparty.lcparty@gmail.com omar.deeb@gmail.com Lithuania, Socialist Party https://socialistupartija.blogspot.com/ (+370) 67117212 socialistinislf17@gmail.com

Jordan, Jordanian Communist Party http://www.jocp.org (+962) 64624939 (+962) 64624939 jcp@nets.com.jo jcplive@umniahlive.net

Luxembourg, Communist Party of Luxembourg http://www.kp-l.org (+352) 44606621 (+352) 44606666 kpl@zlv.lu aruckert@zlv.lu

Kazakhstan, Communist Party of Kazakhstan http://www.komparty.kz/ (+772) 72911400 komparty@list.ru

Madagascar, Party of the Congress for the Independence of Madagascar (AKFM) (+261) 202227065 (+261) 202226828 aakfm@netclub.mg antokonykongresyakfm@gmail.com

Kazakhstan, Socialist Movement Of Kazakhstan http://www.socialismkz.info/ socialismkz@gmail.com Kirgizia, Party of the Communists of Kyrgyzstan

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Pakistan, Communist Party of Pakistan http://www.cppak.org (+92) 222654531 (+92) 222654531 cppk1948@gmail.com Palestine, Palestinian Communist Party http://www.pallcp.ps (+97) 92515830 (+97) 22267055 (+97) 222267644 (+97) 92515075 palestinian_cp_alqam@hotmail.com info@pallcp.ps Palestine, Palestinian People’s Party http://www.ppp.ps (+97) 22963593 (+97) 22963592 taqazaqel@yahoo.com Panama, Party of The People http://www.elpartidodelpueblo.org (+507) 2259025 (+507) 2272194 partidodelpueblopa@yahoo.com elpartido@elpartidodelpueblo.org Paraguay, Paraguayan Communist Party http://www.pcparaguay.org/ (+595) 21225116 (+595) 972624390 (+595) 21621836 inter@pcparaguay.org rrii@pcparaguay.org

Peru, Communist Party of Peru (Patria Roja) http://www.patriaroja.org.pe/ (+511) 4262366 Netherlands, New Communist Party of the Nether- (+511) 99386928 lands pcdelp@patriaroja.org.pe http://www.ncpn.nl partidosec@yahoo.com (+31) 703603676 amorenor@speedy.com.pe (+31) 206825019 (+31) 206828276 Peru, Peruan Communist Party manifest@ziggo.nl http://www.pcperuano.com ncpn@ncpn.nl (+511) 4331634 (+511) 4715399 Norway, Communist Party of Norway unidad@ec-red.com http://www.nkp.no contacto@pcp.pe (+47) 22716044 pcperuano.rrii@gmail.com nkp@nkp.no Philippines, Philippine Communist Party [PKP-1930] IB 2020

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http://skpkpss.ru/ (+74) 956921769 (+74) 956925476 inter.ussr@gmail.com

Poland, Communist Party of Poland http://www.kom-pol.org (+48) 228334288 int@kompol.org kompol@o2.pl beata_karon@o2.pl

Serbia, Communists Of Serbia http://www.komunistisrbije.rs/ (+381) 113514478 komsrb@open.telekom.rs

Portugal, Portuguese Communist Party http://www.pcp.pt http://www.pcp.pt/en (+351) 217813800 (+351) 217969824 internacional@pcp.pt Romania, Romanian Communist Party (+40) 216423615 pantazipcr@yahoo.com Romania, Socialist Alliance Party http://www.pasro.ro (+40) 212522887 (+40) 314057078 (+40) 314057077 (+40) 214133354 contact@pasro.ro gheorghitazbaganu@yahoo.com

Serbia, New Communist Party of Yugoslavia http://www.nkpj.org.rs (+381) 112400628 (+381) 112400640 int_nkpj@yahoo.com Slovakia, Communist Party of Slovakia http://www.kss.sk (+421) 244644101 (+421) 244362540 sekr@kss.sk South Africa, South African Communist Party http://www.sacp.org.za (+27) 113393621 (+27) 113393622 (+27) 113394244 international@sacp.org.za alex@sacp.org.za

Spain, Communist Party of Spain http://www.pce.es Russia, Communist Party Of The Russian Federation (+34) 913004969 (KPRF) (+34) 913004744 http://www.kprf.ru internacional@pce.es (+74) 956927646 comitecentral@pce.es (+74) 956925685 inter@kprf.ru Spain, Communist Party of The Peoples of Spain zabirov@duma.gov.ru www.partido-comunista.es international@partido-comunista.es Russia, Communist Party of Soviet Union http://www.cpsu.by Spain, Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain cpsu.msk@gmail.com www.pcpe.es internacional@pcpe.es Russia, Russian Communist Workers’ Party - Com- pcpeinternacional@gmail.com munist Party of Soviet Union (RCWP-CPSU) http://www.rkrp-rpk.ru/ Spain, Communists of Catalonia (+78) 122742772 www.comunistes.cat (+78) 122748073 (+34) 933184282 (+78) 122742818 (+34) 933180011 rkrp-ck@yandex.ru internacional@comunistes.cat Russia, Union Of Communist Parties-CPSU

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USA, Communist Party USA http://www.cpusa.org https://www.facebook.com/cpusa/ international@cpusa.org Ukraine, Communist Party of Ukraine http://www.kpu.life/ (+38) 0442380506 (+38) 0442389986 interkpu@gmail.com Ukraine, Union of Communists of Ukraine http://un-comm-ukr.ucoz.ru/ (+38) 0442906225 (+38) 0442906228 razvitie017@gmail.com Uruguay, Communist Party of Uruguay http://www.pcu.org.uy/ (+59) 829242697 (+59) 829247056 pcuinternacional@montevideo.com.uy partidocomunista@adinet.com.uy profdcoira@gmail.com info@pcu.org.uy Venezuela, Communist Party of Venezuela http://www.pcv-venezuela.org http://prensa-pcv.blogspot.com/ https://prensapcv.wordpress.com/ (+58) 2122566386 internacional.pcvenezuela@gmail.com carolus1111@yahoo.com Vietnam, Communist Party of Vietnam http://www.cpv.org.vn (+844) 8436278 (+844) 38234514 (+844) 8045657 perc@fpt.vn cpvic@cpvic.org.vn

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