RESOLUTIONS OF THE 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
MARXIST-LENINIST PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
The economic and political situation in the world
The advance of the struggle of the proletariat and the peoples
On the perspective of the world communist movement
On the perspective of the 7th International Conference and the preparation of the 8th International Conference
No to imperialist war of aggression of the United States against Afghanistan
End to massacre, isolation and torture
The economic and political situation in the world
1. We are in the era of imperialism and prole-tarian world revolution. Lenin's
writing "Impe-rialism the highest stage of capitalism" is a fundamental guidance
for the concrete analysis of the present situation and its course of
devel-opment.
The fundamental contradictions created by the imperialist world system remain
valid and are intensifying:
the contradiction between imperialism and the oppressed peoples and nations
the contradiction between proletariat and bourgeoisie
the contradiction among the imperialists themselves
The majority of the participants considers the contradiction between imperialism
and op-pressed peoples and nations as the main con-tradiction today, while other
participants hold the view that the present stage of the general crisis of
imperialism is determined by an all-round intensification of all essential
contradic-tions and that today we cannot speak of a clear focus of the struggle
against imperialism and of the proletarian revolution on a worldwide scale.
2. An essential background for the growing ag-gressiveness of the imperialist
powers against the peoples of the world and the international revolutionary
working class movement, which struggle for their national and social liberation,
is the economic development of the world economy. While the majority of
participants consider that it has already entered a worldwide overproduction
crisis, others hold the view that the world economy is in a transition to such a
crisis. The world economy is essentially deter-mined by the development of the
economic main forces. These are, aside from Japan, EU, China and Russia
especially the USA as the biggest economic power.
The worldwide counterrevolutionary offensive of imperialism launched subsequent
to the capitalist restoration in China since 1978 and intensified after the fall
of the social-imperialist Soviet Union (where capitalism was restored following
the 20th Party Congress of the CPSU) and its bloc in 1991 succeeded in
eradicating historic achievements of socialism and of the working class and the
peoples.
The development of this so-called neoliberal offensive on the economic level
generated tre-mendous suffering for enormous masses of working people in the
cities and countryside, for hundreds of millions of people in the whole world.
It meant a brutal increase in unemploy-ment, cuts in the starvation wages,
intensifica-tion of exploitation, massive displacement of peasants from their
land, greater misery, seri-ous problems in the health system, housing and
education. It bankrupted millions of peasants in the oppressed countries,
forcing them to mi-grate to the cities to live there in intolerable misery.
The countries dependent upon and oppressed by imperialism were plunged into
economic stagnation, financial ruin, the massive destruc-tion of productive
forces and the systematic plundering of their resources and labor. In ad-dition,
they are crushed by oppressive foreign debt.
With this policy, the imperialists and the local ruling classes tried to make
the workers of their own countries and the oppressed peoples the ones to foot
the bill for their crisis.
In spite of this, the crisis broke out in Southeast Asia in 1997, then in other
countries, and most recently in Turkey and Argentina.
The USA now are in the midst of crisis. The ongoing decrease in industrial
production since the end of 2000 has sped up from month to month, and in August
2001 production was 4.8 percent below the level of last year. In the USA the
capacity utilization of 76.2 percent in the industry was even below the lowest
level of the overproduction crisis at the beginning of the 1990s. Due to the
relatively small share of ex-port the further course will mainly depend on
private consumption. Here, mass unemploy-ment and wage cuts for the workers are
forcing them to further reduce their expenditures. Out of 1 million industrial
jobs that have been cut down during the last 12 months more than half of them
have been cut down during the last 4 months.
In Japan industrial production has fallen con-siderably and is now at the same
level as in the middle of 1999. 6 of the 15 EU countries regis-ter a decrease in
the growth rates of the indus-trial production and of the GDP (Gross Domes-tic
Product). In the UK, Spain and Finland in-dustrial production has already fallen
abso-lutely. In Germany the growth of industrial production has decreased more
and more since the beginning of the year. The expected de-valuation of the
dollar will mainly affect the EU countries and the export- dependent FRG
economy. The fall in the growth rates or the slump in industrial production in
all the main economic regions makes it more difficult for the imperialist
countries and mainly for the USA to shift the phenomena of the crisis onto other
countries.
The USA put hundreds of billions of dollars in 8 reductions of the interest
rates of the US cen-tral bank since the beginning of the year, in massive tax
reductions for the monopolies and in growing military expenditures, without
be-ing able to prevent the trend towards an over-production crisis. In the USA
the consequences of the attacks on the WTC towers and the Pen-tagon can
considerably speed up the develop-ment of the crisis.
We must not harbor illusions about the pros-pect that the economic world crisis
will be a short one or will be the shorter the more the in-terest rates in the
imperialist countries are be-ing reduced. As a side effect the international
crisis on the stock market is deepening.
Company mergers, which tripled between 1990 and 1999 from about 9,000 to 25,000,
as part of a monopolistic concentration process, have de-clined by 25 percent
while the stock market value of the merging companies fell 54 percent in the
first half of 2001.
The stock market and financial crisis has al-ready erupted in the "new economy"
(computer sector) and rapidly expanded to the "tradi-tional" sectors, because
the diverse sectors are no things separated from each other. Likewise, it does
not seem that the war, as it is going on now, will create a big demand for
industrial production as in World War II. And there will be no possibility of
getting out of the crisis rap-idly.
The imperialist countries and monopolies con-tinue trying to shift this crisis
to the colonial, semicolonial and dependent countries of Asia, Africa and Latin
America and the proletariat and the masses in their own countries.
The present development of world capitalism will result in an aggravation of the
general cri-sis of capitalism at the beginning of the 21st century.
3. The economic, political and military antago-nism between the big powers (USA,
EU, Japan, Russia and China) is tending to a multipolar world. No single major
political problem in the world can be solved without taking these pow-ers into
account. The USA as imperialist su-perpower arrogates to itself the role of
"global cop". It is the biggest economic, political and military superpower,
which generates 28.64% of world output and whose military power al-lows it to be
present all over the world. It is the leader in the UN and NATO. The antagonism
between the main imperialist forces tends to lead to the formation of new
alliances and axes.
IMF, World Bank, WTO and other interna-tional organs are instruments of the
imperialist countries and international monopolies to en-force their policies.
They do not do away with competition, but provide it with a framework in which
the struggle of the imperialist powers and interna-tional monopolies for
predominance is waged.
US imperialism has stated that the military ag-gression against the Afghan
people is only the first military stage of a "New War". It is sig-nificant that,
for the first time, all imperialist countries without exception have entered
into an alliance in this New War to support the mili-tary activities of the USA
and Britain. Russian imperialism also has agreed to collude politi-cally and
militarily with the USA and the impe-rialist NATO countries Germany, Britain,
France and others and expects that criticism of its bloody war in Chechnya cease.
China sup-ports the imperialist "New War".
The US invasion of Afghanistan aims at the control of a geostrategically
important Central Asian region rich in raw materials. Though the imperialist
countries currently take joint action, this alliance will break up sooner or
later. An imperialist war unfolds its own laws and can lead to a destabilization
of the entire imperialist world system such as never witnessed since the Second
World War.
4. Bush's New War is a permanent declara-tion of war to the world under the
pretext of combating terrorism. Bush stated that "every means of diplomacy,
every possibility open to the intelligence services, every necessary weapon of
war" will be used in this war. It is the expression of the failure of the
so-called New World Order. The imperialists directly in-tervene and occupy,
violating sovereignty and the right of self-determination with or without using
the UN as a cloak. In 1999, NATO de-cided to deploy so-called crisis reaction
forces against revolutionary struggles and liberation movements and independent
states. Since then, it arrogates to itself the right to operate outside the
so-called treaty area, practicing this in the imperialist war against Yugoslavia
or currently in dramatic fashion in the occupation of Mace-donia. The entire
structure of the military has long since been converted to do what is now being
practiced against Afghanistan in the in-vasion. In the Andean countries of Latin
Amer-ica, this is already being practiced in bloody fashion under the "Plan
Colombia" to suppress revolutionary liberation movements by armed force. If one
follows the logic of US imperial-ism, invasions in Iraq, Palestine, Syria or
Su-dan could take place next under the pretext of "combating terrorism".
This is combined with an intensification of op-pression in the countries
dependent upon impe-rialism and the fascistization of the state appa-ratus and
massive curtailment of democratic rights and freedoms in the imperialist
countries themselves. It includes intensive pyschological warfare in conjunction
with open censorship and a climate of spying and control.
5. The International Conference intensely dis-cussed the question of the changes
of the class relations in the world. The Conference also discussed the necessity
for analyzing the causes of urbanization. The massive displacement of peasants
from their land has contributed to a process of urbanization. The significance
of the anti-globalization movement and the tasks of the communists with regard
to this movement were also debated The International Confer-ence defends the
leading role of the working class in the struggle for new democratic
revolu-tions and socialist revolutions.
6. The development of imperialism as the high-est stage of capitalism gives rise
to immense suffering for the masses. Technological pro-gress is accompanied by a
great destruction of productive forces. The destructive effects of the
capitalist mode of production can only be over-come if the forces of production
are freed from their capitalist fetters. Only when the capitalist relations of
production have been overthrown will the productive forces be able to develop
such that they can satisfy the constantly grow-ing material and intellectual
needs of society.
7. The imperialist war increasingly brings the workers and the masses of the
people in the world into opposition against it. It will bring to a head all the
contradictions worldwide. It has the potential to enable the proletariat and the
oppressed peoples and nations to find a revolu-tionary way out in every country
in the world. This obligates the Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations to
develop their work with this prospect in mind.
Signing parties and organizations:
Marxist-Leninist Organization from Afghanistan, MLO Afghanistan
Partido Comunista Revolucionario, P.C. R. Argentina
Workers Party of Bangladesh, WP Bangladesh
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, MLPD
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Dominican Republic,
PC(M-L) Dominican Republic
Revolutionary Marxist Organization A/synechia, Greece
CPI(ML) Janashakti, India
CPI(ML) New Democracy, India
Japanese Communist League, JCL Japan
Revolutionary Organization from the Congo, R.O. Congo
Communist Organization of Luxembourg, KOL Luxembourg
Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), NCP (Mashal), Nepal
GML/Rode Morgen, Netherlands
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Panama, PC (M-L) Panama
Movimiento Popular Revolucionario Paraguay Pyahura M.P.R.P.P., Paraguay
Partido Comunista del Peru (Marxista-Leninista), PC del Peru (M-L)
Communist Party of the Philippines, CPP Philippines
Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist), CPSA (M-L) South Africa
Partido Communista Revolucionario, PCR Uruguay
Ray O. Light Group, ROL, USA
Revindo, Revolutionary Organization from Southeast Asia
The advance of the struggle of the proletariat and the peoples
In the last few years the struggles of the prole-tariat and the people have
advanced and many important anti-imperialist struggles have been carried out.
The working class and the peoples of Indone-sia, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ec-uador, Paraguay, Peru and the Philippines over-threw their hated
pro-imperialist governments.
Armed struggle for national liberation and new democratic revolution continues
and keeps growing in the Philippines, India, Turkey and other countries. There
is also armed struggle of great significance in Colombia, Sri Lanka and other
countries. The peoples of Iraq, Yugosla-via and Chechnya, among others,
courageously faced the aggression of imperialism. The peo-ples of Cuba, Libya
and Korea are resisting the imperialist blockade and the threat of aggres-sion.
There have been unprecedented mass demon-strations in Seattle, Washington,
Prague, Goth-enburg and Genoa, etc. in the USA and Europe, that is to say in the
heart of imperialist coun-tries, against imperialist globalization. The movement
against the US-led new war devel-oping all over the world shows that the
de-legitimation of the imperialist order and propa-ganda continues. This
movement is the best an-swer to the new anti-people hysteria that the
imperialists attempt to impose.
The struggle of the working class in different countries has developed under
difficult condi-tions. Strikes for the recognition of unions, higher wages and
better working and living conditions have intensified in semicolonial,
semifeudal and dependent countries.
Outstanding among other struggles are the fol-lowing:
The workers struggles at General Motors and the workers struggles of the
Charles-ton, S.C. dockworkers and the Post Office workers in the USA;
the coordinating strikes and work stoppages against NIKE and DAEWOO in South
Ko-rea, Indonesia and the Philippines;
the big strikes of the car workers in Mexico and South Africa;
of the metal workers and coal-miners in Germany;
the struggles of truckers and railway work-ers in France.
In Europe there is a new trend in the working-class movement which is
independent of the official trade unions and breaking the reformist framework.
It is important also to emphasize the upsurge of the revolutionary mass
movements in Latin America. The most advanced struggles have been:
the occupation of land and peasant demon-strations in Paraguay,
the popular uprisings in Ecuador and Ar-gentina,
the peasant marches in Bolivia and Brazil,
the armed struggle in Colombia.
There were mass demonstrations against the WTO in India, and a one-day general
strike was carried out. There are also instances of peasant struggles for land
in the Philippines, India, Bangladesh and other countries. There is also
advancement of the democratic struggles in other South East Asian countries. The
Pales-tine people continues its struggle for independ-ence and against the
aggression of the state of Israel and imperialism.
Imperialism unleashes the crisis on oppressed peoples and nations with the
intention of ex-tracting super-profit. Both in imperialist and oppressed
countries hundreds of millions of people are hit by the present crisis and are
pressed down into horrible living and working conditions.
But on the other hand, the crisis gives way to the development of objective
conditions and of gigantic mass movements of revolutionary con-tent. The success
of these revolutionary move-ments depends on the leadership of the van-guard
parties of the proletariat, guided by Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought.
In the context of the all-round attack of imperi-alism against the working class,
the peoples and the nations, and particularly today in view of the Yankee
aggression and the support of other powerful countries against the Afghan people,
we take a stand towards the necessity of a worldwide movement against it.
This appeal has as its objects
to stop the aggressive imperialist policy and the war, mainly against the
Afghan people;
to defend the peoples, the nations and the countries that become targets of
the imperi-alist aggression through their embargoes and ultimatums;
to defend the independence, integrity and sovereignty of the peoples and the
countries from the piratical attack of the imperialist gangsters;
to defend the working class and all working people from the attack against
their living conditions, the dividing policies and the poison of racism, castism,
xenophobia, and chauvinism;
to defend life in all its forms from the de-struction provoked by imperialism
on soci-ety, the environment and on the culture;
to express international solidarity with all popular, democratic and
revolutionary movements, to fight assassinations, torture and imprisonment of
revolutionary and popular fighters and to stand also for de-mocratic rights of
the people.
This is a long standing need. Revisionism and other lines (Trotskyism,
neo-revisionism and Social-Democracy) have worked together and will go on doing
it with the intention of avoid-ing the existence and development of such a
movement.
A broad anti-imperialist movement is not a propaganda slogan: it is a commitment
and a need that makes up and helps the struggle for the overthrow of the
reactionary class in each country.
It is the Marxist-Leninist movement that must play the role of a protagonist.
Signing parties and organizations:
Marxist-Leninist Organization from Afghanistan, MLO Afghanistan
Partido Comunista Revolucionario, P.C. R. Argentina
Workers Party of Bangladesh, WP Bangladesh
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, MLPD
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Dominican Republic,
PC(M-L) Dominican Republic
Revolutionary Marxist Organization A/synechia, Greece
CPI(ML) Janashakti, India
Japanese Communist League, JCL Japan
Revolutionary Organization from the Congo, R.O. Congo
Communist Organization of Luxembourg, KOL Luxembourg
Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), NCP (Mashal), Nepal
GML/Rode Morgen, Netherlands
Workers Communist Party, AKP, Norway
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Panama, PC (M-L) Panama
Movimiento Popular Revolucionario Paraguay Pyahura M.P.R.P.P., Paraguay
Partido Comunista del Peru (Marxista-Leninista), PC del Peru (M-L)
Communist Party of the Philippines, CPP Philippines
Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist), CPSA (M-L) South Africa
Partido Communista Revolucionario, PCR Uruguay
Ray O. Light Group, ROL, USA (Note ROL: Clarification to first point # 6: The
work-ers struggles ΄against the WTO in Seattle and of the Charleston, S.C.
dockworkers in the USA.
Revindo, Revolutionary Organization from Southeast Asia
Resolution Number 3
On the perspective of the world communist movement
1. The developments during the last decade and the way humanity entered the 21st
cen-tury confirm in the most indisputable way that we are still in the era of
imperialism; that, in order to attain a future without war, exploitation and
national oppression, hu-manity has to confront and overthrow this parasitic and
moribund capitalism.
2. The developments of the last years are also proving that in spite of the
declarations about the end of history and the end of communism and in spite
of the huge re-treat provoked by the domination of revi-sionism the only
historically possible and necessary way out is socialism and com-munism. The
sharpening of all the contra-dictions of imperialism/capitalism and the very
existence of the communist parties and organizations show that we live in the
era of the proletarian revolution.
3. All over the world, the Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations are
intensifying their struggle to face the duties posed by the historical moment.
The responsibilities and the duties of the communists vary from country to
country, region to region and from continent to continent. Each party, on its
own responsibility, must formulate and carry out its strategy and tactics on the
ba-sis of a concrete analysis of the concrete circumstances in each country.
Neverthe-less, their struggles are interlinked by the red thread of the effort
to open paths to-wards the proletarian revolution, through their struggle
against the ruling classes and in close connection with the struggle against
reformism, revisionism and Trot-skyism.
4. The discussion and exchange of opinions that took place within the 7th
International Conference on the issue of the strategy and tactics of the
Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations arrived at certain general
conclusions, summed up as follows:
(a) In the struggle for socialism and com-munism, the working class cannot
ac-complish its historical role without Marxist-Leninist strategy and tactics.
The International Conference upholds the leadership of the proletariat in the
new democratic and socialist revolu-tions. At the same time, it acknowl-edges
that today the main force in the world revolution are the peoples in Asia,
Africa and Latin America. The proletariat and the masses of the peo-ple have
engaged in developing vari-ous forms of struggles based on their own experience,
and it is the task of the Marxist-Leninist parties to develop these struggles of
the masses, organize class and mass organizations and raise them onto a
revolutionary level. To this end, the Marxist-Leninist party must be closely
linked to the masses.
The two big paths towards the proletar-ian revolution that have been given to us
as a legacy in the 20th century by the October Revolution and the Chinese
Revolution remain timely. Their teach-ings provide a lively guidance for all
forms of contemporary proletarian revolution.
(b) Semi-Colonial, Semi-Feudal and De-pendent Countries
In the semi-colonial, semi-feudal coun-tries, the path for the seizure of power
is to wage the new democratic revolution, that means, a democratic, agrarian and
anti-imperialist revolution with a social-ist perspective. This revolution is
based on the alliance of workers and peasants under the leadership of the
working class, establishing a democratic dicta-torship of the people. In many
semi-colonial and semi-feudal countries, the strategic line of protracted
peoples war is applicable.
The Marxist-Leninist-Mao Zedong Thought parties that are waging armed struggle
as the principal form of revolu-tionary struggle in semi-colonial and
semi-feudal countries are pursuing the strategic line of protracted peoples
war. This strategy and tactics of peo-ple's war is one of the most advanced
detachments of the proletarian revolu-tion and, therefore, should be sup-ported.
In the dependent countries, the seizure of power also requires a new democ-ratic
revolution, i.e., a democratic, agrarian and anti-imperialist revolution in an
uninterrupted way to socialism. The revolutionary struggle for power is
developing in different fields of politi-cal and social struggle and can adopt
the form of armed uprising, combined or not, with guerrilla warfare in the
countryside.
In certain dependent European coun-tries, the anti-imperialist, people's
de-mocratic revolution may take several forms of revolts and struggles aiming at
the overthrow of the dependent political power and the establishment of the
People's Democratic Power with a so-cialist perspective.
(c) Imperialist Countries
In the imperialist countries, the organi-zation and consolidation of the
van-guard, the winning over of the decisive majority of the working class and
in-volving the broad masses in the struggle against the government as well as
the strengthening of the internationalist spirit comprise the main immediate
duty. The initiation of working-class struggles and their development to higher
levels and the strengthening of the proletarian class organizations con-stitute
the main objective in the present period. Such an effort will prepare the
Marxist-Leninist parties, the working class and the laboring masses to be able
to play a decisive role in conditions of crisis and revolutionary situations.
The revolutionary parties in the imperialist countries have the duty to form
their members and the most advanced ele-ments with the orientation of
over-throwing the bourgeois power and re-placing it with the new political power
of the proletariat.
5. The strengthening of the Marxist-Leninist party in each country cannot be
achieved unless it is based on the principles of the ceaseless class struggle,
the propulsion of the revolution, the forcible destruction of the bourgeois
state machine and the estab-lishment of the dictatorship of the proletar-iat.
Particular attention must be paid to the process of party building that will
link it tightly to the basic masses and the working class through its
ideological and political strengthening. The communist parties must further
develop their ability to build broad united fronts and alliances, and train
them-selves and the masses for the decisive con-frontations with the bourgeoisie,
feudalism and imperialism. In the contemporary situation, the ideological work
and the ef-fective response to the bourgeois propa-ganda and to the revisionist
theories, are of particular importance for the process of strengthening the
Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations. Organized youth work is the richest
source for winning new party members.
6. The struggles in the different countries stand in dialectical interaction. It
is neces-sary to carry out proletarian international-ism and to organize
international solidarity for cooperation and mutual benefit. This requires a
close unity of struggle of the Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations. No
line of demarcation must exist between the movement of the semi-colonial and
de-pendent world and of the developed capi-talist countries only the unity and
the joint struggle will promote the common cause.
7. The Marxist-Leninist parties and organiza-tions recognize, in the
contemporary condi-tions, those necessities through the re-sponse to the
following duties:
(a) The decisive mobilization against the new war inflicted upon the peoples
and nations, covered up as a war against terror-ism.
(b) The promotion, support and solidarity with all the genuine popular,
democratic and revolutionary movements all over the world.
(c) The concrete effort for the coordination of struggles and movements of the
working class, especially those that develop in the multinational corporations
which are estab-lished in several countries; the encourage-ment for holding
regional meetings and the development of various forms of coordina-tion among
the Marxist-Leninist parties.
(d) The support and solidarity with African communists in their involvement in
build-ing a powerful democratic movement in Africa by strengthening
Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations and building movements that fight
against misery, plun-der and bloody crimes.
(e) The Marxist-Leninists must develop an ac-tive rank and file work for
developing the militant womens movement without which half of the working class
and other people remains unorganized.
(f) In the growing mass movement against imperialist globalization, coordinated
in-tervention is necessary in order to promote the anti-imperialist line and the
socialist perspective as well as a principled debate with other currents. This
orientation must also be supported wherever the working people and the youth are
living, working, studying and fighting.
Signing parties and organizations:
Marxist-Leninist Organization from Afghanistan, MLO Afghanistan
Partido Comunista Revolucionario, P.C. R. Argentina
Workers Party of Bangladesh, WP Bangladesh
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, MLPD
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Dominican Republic,
PC(M-L) Dominican Republic
Revolutionary Marxist Organization A/synechia, Greece
CPI(ML) Janashakti, India ( excepting the last sentence of the 1st para of
point 4 (b), i.e....In many semi-colonial...... is applicable.)
CPI(ML) New Democracy, India
Japanese Communist League, JCL Japan
Revolutionary Organization from the Congo, R.O. Congo
Communist Organization of Luxembourg, KOL Luxembourg
Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), NCP (Mashal), Nepal
GML/Rode Morgen, Netherlands
Workers Communist Party, AKP, Norway
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Panama, PC (M-L) Panama
Movimiento Popular Revolucionario Paraguay Pyahura M.P.R.P.P., Paraguay
Partido Comunista del Peru (Marxista-Leninista), PC del Peru (M-L)
Communist Party of the Philippines, CPP Philippines
Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist), CPSA (M-L) South Africa
Partido Communista Revolucionario, PCR Uruguay
Ray O. Light Group, ROL, USA
Revindo, Revolutionary Organization from Southeast Asia
On the perspective of the 7th International Conference and the preparation
of the 8th International Conference
1. The 7th International Conference was prepared and carried out very
successfully.
A broad range of 25 organizations from Asia, Africa, America and Europe took
part. 8 further organizations participated in the preparations, but were unable
to attend. There was a broad participation in the discussion of all the
partici-pants without exception and a fruitful exchange of experience. It was
distinguished by a frater-nal, open and lively debate conducted on a principled
basis among all participating organi-zations. The differing views and positions
were discussed with the aim of achieving unity and of advancing the Conference.
The common conviction was strengthened to continue this path of deepening and
advancing mutual un-derstanding and increasing coordinated work. The
participants emphasized the concept of multilateral organization and the need
for new efforts to ensure the financing of the Confer-ence.
The Conference started with a cultural program in honor of Mao Zedong to
commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death.
Four resolutions and a declaration of solidarity were adopted expressing the
consensus in the respective items on the agenda:
On the economic and political situation in the world
On the advance of the struggle of the prole-tariat and the peoples
On the situation and perspectives of the world communist movement
On the perspective of the 7th International Conference and the preparation of
the 8th In-ternational Conference
Declaration in solidarity with the Afghan people and condemnation of the US
war of aggression
2. The Joint Coordinating Group (JCG) prepared the Conference very well in spite
of the changed political conditions. The JCG has systematically and all-sidedly
informed the participants about all questions concerning the preparation of the
7th International Conference and organized a democratic exchange of views. It
published 8 issues of the International Newsletter. This contained 63
contributions from a total of 20 organizations and parties. This expresses the
growing initiative of the participating organizations. An extended JCG meeting
with 11 organizations was the starting point for the multilateral preparation.
The JCG could successfully prepare the 7th International Conference on the basis
of the rules of the In-ternational Conference. A number of proposals for
improving the future work of the JCG were made. The participants of the
conference adopted the progress report of the JCG.
The principles adopted by the 6th International Conference for the cooperation
of the Marxist-Leninist organizations were complemented in one point and have
proved their worth as con-ference rules.
3. The 7th International Conference supports the initiative for an international
solidarity committee for the people of Afghanistan.
It expressed its common conviction that reso-lute resistance has to be put up
against the imperialist "New War" campaign of the USA.
4. The JCG was instructed to transform the International Newsletter into a
public maga-zine. It should, for the time being, appear two to three times per
year and be published in a sufficient number of copies. It should appear in
English, Spanish and German.
5. The 7th International Conference decides to prepare and hold an 8th
International Conference within a period of two to three years. For its
preparation a new Joint Coordi-nating Group has been set up consisting of
rep-resentatives from six parties and organizations. The JCG must find various
forms for including the participating organizations in the process of preparing
the 8th International Conference. In place of the previous function of a JCG
chair-man, there should be a main coordinator rotat-ing in office every six
months who, by rotation, will convene the JCG meeting and coordinate the running
work. This change is intended to promote the collective responsibility of the
par-ticipants of the IC.
The 7th International Conference calls on all Marxist-Leninist parties and
organizations to take part in the preparation and holding of the 8th
International Conference.
The International Conference is a forum of Marxist-Leninist parties and
organizations.
Participation in the International Conference is based on the following main
criteria.
Adherence to Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought and their creative
applica-tion in the conduct of the class struggle in each country.
Struggle against modern revisionism, and a positive attitude towards Stalin
and Mao.
Acceptance of the Rules of the Conference.
The 4th Conference adopted the following prin-ciples on which the cooperation of
the partici-pating Marxist-Leninist organizations is based, which were amended
and again adopted at the 7th Conference.
Independence and equality, mutual respect, mutual support and cooperation.
Non-interference in internal affairs as well as in the bilateral or regional
relations or any party or organization with other parties and organizations.
Every organization is sover-eign in its conclusions.
Consensus and unanimity in decision-making.
Achieve gradual unity step by step; princi-pled debate and cooperation among
par-ties/organizations and no public attack by any party/organization on another.
Obligation of all participating organizations to prepare and conduct the 8th
International Conference jointly in accordance with their possibilities.
Financial independence and self-financing of the common work according to the
possi-bilities.
Signing parties and organizations:
Marxist-Leninist Organization from Afghanistan, MLO Afghanistan
Partido Comunista Revolucionario, P.C. R. Argentina
Workers Party of Bangladesh, WP Bangladesh
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, MLPD
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Dominican Republic,
PC(M-L) Dominican Republic
Revolutionary Marxist Organization A/synechia, Greece
CPI(ML) Janashakti, India
CPI(ML) New Democracy, India
Japanese Communist League, JCL Japan
Revolutionary Organization from the Congo, R.O. Congo
Communist Organization of Luxembourg, KOL Luxembourg
Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), NCP (Mashal), Nepal
GML/Rode Morgen, Netherlands
Workers Communist Party, AKP, Norway
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Panama, PC (M-L) Panama
Movimiento Popular Revolucionario Paraguay Pyahura M.P.R.P.P., Paraguay
Partido Comunista del Peru (Marxista-Leninista), PC del Peru (M-L)
Communist Party of the Philippines, CPP Philippines
Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist), CPSA (M-L) South Africa
Partido Communista Revolucionario, PCR Uruguay
Ray O. Light Group, ROL, USA
Revindo, Revolutionary Organization from Southeast Asia
No to imperialist war of aggression of the United States against Afghanistan
1. A new war is developing, a new aggression of Yankee imperialism and other
imperialist forces. In this case it is directed against Af-ghanistan, though
other countries of the region and of the world are threatened and world peace is
endangered, too.
2. Yankee imperialism is the main imperialist power which is responsible for
exploitation, misery, suffering and several thousands of children, women and men
who die every day of starvation and other plagues in the oppressed countries of
Africa, Asia, Latin America and the whole world.
3. The United States is the biggest terrorist state of our time; it was the
originator of the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; of
the invasion and the war against North Korea, of the coup d'etat and the
massacres in Indonesia, of the Vietnam War, the invasion in the Dominican
Republic, the blockade of and permanent aggression against Cuba, of the
promotion of coups d'ιtat in Latin America, the recent invasions in Grenada,
Pa-nama and Haiti, the mass bombings against the civilian population of Iraq,
Sudan and Yugo-slavia by deploying bombs with depleted ura-nium, of blockades
against Libya and Iran, the support of state terrorist acts of Israel against
the Palestine people and the intervention in Co-lombia.
4. Attacks as carried out on September 11th, 2001, in the United States claim
heavy casual-ties of innocent people, but Yankee imperial-ism utilizes it to
cover that it is shaken by the economic crisis and needs to start a war of
ag-gression; herewith, it wants to reinforce its con-trol over the enormous oil
resources of the re-gion and to strengthen its arms industry in or-der to get
out of recession, increase the exploi-tation of the oppressed countries and to
defend its position as the main power in the inter-imperialist rivalry.
5. We, the international working class and the oppressed peoples of the world
must adopt a clear attitude of struggle against this new ag-gression of Yankee
imperialism and must most strongly develop our greatest solidarity with
Afghanistan and all peoples of the attacked and threatened countries.
USA out of Afghanistan!
Afghanistan to the Afghan people!
Down with Bush's terrorist war in the name of war against terrorism!
Signing parties and organizations:
Marxist-Leninist Organization from Afghanistan, MLO Afghanistan
Partido Comunista Revolucionario, P.C. R. Argentina
Workers Party of Bangladesh, WP Bangladesh
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, MLPD
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Dominican Republic,
PC(M-L) Dominican Republic
Revolutionary Marxist Organization A/synechia, Greece
CPI(ML) Janashakti, India
CPI(ML) New Democracy, India
Japanese Communist League, JCL Japan
Revolutionary Organization from the Congo, R.O. Congo
Communist Organization of Luxembourg, KOL Luxembourg
Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), NCP (Mashal), Nepal
GML/Rode Morgen, Netherlands
Workers Communist Party, AKP, Norway
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Panama, PC (M-L) Panama
Movimiento Popular Revolucionario Paraguay Pyahura M.P.R.P.P., Paraguay
Partido Comunista del Peru (Marxista-Leninista), PC del Peru (M-L)
Communist Party of the Philippines, CPP Philippines
Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist), CPSA (M-L) South Africa
TKP/ML, Turkey
Partido Communista Revolucionario, PCR Uruguay
Ray O. Light Group, ROL, USA
Revindo, Revolutionary Organization from Southeast Asia
End to massacre, isolation and torture
As the undersigning parties and organizations we condemn the massacre and
isolation that takes place against political prisoners in the prisons of Turkey
and Turkish Kurdistan. Fascist Turkish state is responsible for these attacks.
Massacre, torture and isolation directed against the political prisoners must
end right away.
Signing parties and organizations:
Marxist-Leninist Organization from Afghanistan, MLO Afghanistan
Partido Comunista Revolucionario, P.C. R. Argentina
Workers Party of Bangladesh, WP Bangladesh
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, MLPD
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Dominican Republic,
PC(M-L) Dominican Republic
Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization Proletarian Way,
OCML Voie proletarienne, France
Revolutionary Marxist Organization A/synechia, Greece
CPI(ML) Janashakti, India
CPI(ML) New Democracy, India
CPI(ML) Red Flag, India
Japanese Communist League, JCL Japan
Revolutionary Organization from the Congo, R.O. Congo
Communist Organization of Luxembourg, KOL Luxembourg
Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), NCP (Mashal), Nepal
GML/Rode Morgen, Netherlands
Workers Communist Party, AKP, Norway
Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) Panama, PC (M-L) Panama
Movimiento Popular Revolucionario Paraguay Pyahura M.P.R.P.P., Paraguay
Partido Comunista del Peru (Marxista-Leninista), PC del Peru (M-L)
Communist Party of the Philippines, CPP Philippines
Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist), CPSA (M-L) South Africa
TKP/ML, Turkey
Partido Communista Revolucionario, PCR Uruguay
Ray O. Light Group, ROL, USA
Revindo, Revolutionary Organization from Southeast Asia