The first declaration, from the Latin American Plenary of the ICMLPO, is posted on APL's website at: theredphoenixapl.org/2019/07/29/political-declaration-of-the-marxist-leninist-parties-and-organizations-of-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ and on the ICMLPO website at: cipoml.net/en/?p=169 (below)
The
APL also posted SIPRAL's statement, at: theredphoenixapl.org/2019/07/31/final-declaration-of-the-23rd-international-seminar-on-the-problems-of-the-revolution-in-latin-america/
Political
Declaration of the Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations of
Latin America and the Caribbean.
Translated
by Red
Phoenix staff.
To analyze the economic, political and social situation on the American continent, the discussion of how we Marxist-Leninists are acting in this concrete reality, and the definition of the tasks and lines of action to move forward in the process of organizing the social revolution of the proletariat, we have called the Latin American Plenary of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations, ICMLPO.
The parties attending, among which we have the presence of our comrades from Turkey and Tunisia, have had a fruitful debate, which has allowed us to get to know and better understand the socio-political scenario in which workers and peoples are acting and fighting.
We confirm the deepening of processes initiated years ago, which are causing changes in the balance of political forces at the level of several governments and in the social sphere. In several countries where regimes called “progressive”, “alternative”, “21st Century Socialist” were established, bourgeois factions with developmentalist positions that sponsored them have lost positions, with traditional sectors of the bourgeoisie, openly identified with the political positions of the right-wing, taking over.
This phenomenon is opening the doors for US imperialism to recover places contested by China, particularly in those places where the so-called progressive governments were established. The US never lost its hegemony in the region, it never ceased to be the main center of hemispheric trade and the exit point for the largest investments in the region. Latin America, as well as the rest of the world, is the scene of inter-imperialist contention over control of markets. Not only do the US and China have and defend their particular interests, but also Canada, the imperialist countries of Europe and Russia come into play
The carrying out of neoliberal policies characterizes the political moment in the region. The differences between one country and another are minimal in the way they are carried out, but the measures and objectives set forth are the same: to raise the level of capitalist exploitation, through measures and laws that make work precarious, restrict and eliminate trade union rights, reduce state budgets for education, health care and social security sectors; privatize state-owned companies, with names and figures that disguise this reality. In essence, policies that seek to enrich even more sectors of the national big bourgeoisie, favor imperialist finance capital and strengthen foreign dependence.
We confirm the exacerbation of serious social problems. Migration has connotations and magnitudes never before seen in our hemisphere, which in the case of the exodus that goes toward the United States, has collided with reactionary measures implemented by the government of Donald Trump (and also carried out by some governments in Central America) that put into evidence his xenophobic, nationalist, and white supremacist thinking. Poverty is growing, unemployment and underemployment are increasing, the number of people without access to education, health care and housing are increasing; violence against women is also reaching levels not seen before; the impact on the environment is expanding with the policy of extraction [of oil and minerals] imposed on our countries.
These are serious problems that cannot be understood except in the framework of how capitalism organizes the life of society and reproduces itself.
These phenomena affirm us in the conviction that the overcoming of these problems cannot take place within the framework of the prevailing system: social-reformism, neoliberalism, “progressivism” and other bourgeois political currents have not only failed when they have been in government, but are directly responsible for what is happening. Only the social revolution of the proletariat has the historic capacity to solve the serious problems that afflict the workers and peoples; only the working class in power can emancipate humanity from capitalist exploitation, end foreign oppression and dependence. Towards that purpose we focus the actions of our Parties. We are developing efforts to improve our ties and influence among workers, peasants, youth and women.
We confirm that the discontent and struggle of the masses is growing in the face of the anti-popular policies of governments, before the aggressive declarations and actions of imperialism. As revolutionary organizations we are in these combats and we intend to have a better impact on their leadership.
To analyze the economic, political and social situation on the American continent, the discussion of how we Marxist-Leninists are acting in this concrete reality, and the definition of the tasks and lines of action to move forward in the process of organizing the social revolution of the proletariat, we have called the Latin American Plenary of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations, ICMLPO.
The parties attending, among which we have the presence of our comrades from Turkey and Tunisia, have had a fruitful debate, which has allowed us to get to know and better understand the socio-political scenario in which workers and peoples are acting and fighting.
We confirm the deepening of processes initiated years ago, which are causing changes in the balance of political forces at the level of several governments and in the social sphere. In several countries where regimes called “progressive”, “alternative”, “21st Century Socialist” were established, bourgeois factions with developmentalist positions that sponsored them have lost positions, with traditional sectors of the bourgeoisie, openly identified with the political positions of the right-wing, taking over.
This phenomenon is opening the doors for US imperialism to recover places contested by China, particularly in those places where the so-called progressive governments were established. The US never lost its hegemony in the region, it never ceased to be the main center of hemispheric trade and the exit point for the largest investments in the region. Latin America, as well as the rest of the world, is the scene of inter-imperialist contention over control of markets. Not only do the US and China have and defend their particular interests, but also Canada, the imperialist countries of Europe and Russia come into play
The carrying out of neoliberal policies characterizes the political moment in the region. The differences between one country and another are minimal in the way they are carried out, but the measures and objectives set forth are the same: to raise the level of capitalist exploitation, through measures and laws that make work precarious, restrict and eliminate trade union rights, reduce state budgets for education, health care and social security sectors; privatize state-owned companies, with names and figures that disguise this reality. In essence, policies that seek to enrich even more sectors of the national big bourgeoisie, favor imperialist finance capital and strengthen foreign dependence.
We confirm the exacerbation of serious social problems. Migration has connotations and magnitudes never before seen in our hemisphere, which in the case of the exodus that goes toward the United States, has collided with reactionary measures implemented by the government of Donald Trump (and also carried out by some governments in Central America) that put into evidence his xenophobic, nationalist, and white supremacist thinking. Poverty is growing, unemployment and underemployment are increasing, the number of people without access to education, health care and housing are increasing; violence against women is also reaching levels not seen before; the impact on the environment is expanding with the policy of extraction [of oil and minerals] imposed on our countries.
These are serious problems that cannot be understood except in the framework of how capitalism organizes the life of society and reproduces itself.
These phenomena affirm us in the conviction that the overcoming of these problems cannot take place within the framework of the prevailing system: social-reformism, neoliberalism, “progressivism” and other bourgeois political currents have not only failed when they have been in government, but are directly responsible for what is happening. Only the social revolution of the proletariat has the historic capacity to solve the serious problems that afflict the workers and peoples; only the working class in power can emancipate humanity from capitalist exploitation, end foreign oppression and dependence. Towards that purpose we focus the actions of our Parties. We are developing efforts to improve our ties and influence among workers, peasants, youth and women.
We confirm that the discontent and struggle of the masses is growing in the face of the anti-popular policies of governments, before the aggressive declarations and actions of imperialism. As revolutionary organizations we are in these combats and we intend to have a better impact on their leadership.
There
are ongoing political phenomena that, due to their complexity,
require special mention. In Venezuela, workers and the people
continue to be victims of the aggressive interventionist policy of US
imperialism, the European Union and the governments of countries that
have been subjected to those dictates. There is a serious economic,
political and social crisis caused by the imperialist blockade, the
boycott of the right-wing, the inability of the PSUV-Maduro
government to address and resolve the problems of the masses, in
which there is a neo-liberal trend that pushes privatization. This
crisis also involves the interests of other powers, such as China and
Russia. Only a policy of class independence will allow the working
class and people to create a genuinely sovereign and popular proposal
counter to the current crisis. We call on the workers and peoples of
Latin America and the world to organize solidarity actions under the
slogan: “The
Venezuelan people are resisting and fighting against imperialist
aggression.”
The electoral triumph of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil – a fervent diffuser of ultra-reactionary and fascist ideas, in favor of the use of repressive mechanisms and paramilitary groups in order to achieve social control – caused some sectors to announce the arrival of fascism in that country and on the continent. Bolsonaro has the support of the judiciary, the armed forces and the big bourgeoisie; however, he has not been able to fulfill his purpose because the workers, youth and peoples of Brazil have been able to respond in the streets to the regime’s anti-popular measures, exposing the contradiction between the fighting popular movement and the fascist forces.
It is clear that, worldwide, ultra-reactionary ideas are spreading and are gaining ground in some countries. It is our obligation to unmask them and banish them from the mass movement whenever they appear.
On the right, we confront the defenders of capital with the mobilization of the workers and peoples. This raises the need to persist in our proposals for unity among the forces and movements of the left, in the social and popular movements. Unity of the workers and peoples for their rights, for democracy, for better material living conditions, against the neoliberal plans. Unity against imperialism and the right-wing are proposals that we commit ourselves to carry out, as a current necessity in the process of organizing the social revolution of the proletariat. The struggle and fight against imperialism implies, at the same time, unmasking the proposals and actions of social reformism and opportunism, against the movement to the right and towards fascism.
The peoples are fighting on all continents, marking the perspective for social change, for a new world. Algeria and Sudan have been the scene of combative popular rebellions that threw down reactionary and repressive governments, there the struggle is continuing for democracy, political rights and attention to popular demands. The Puerto Rican people have just forced the resignation of the corrupt Governor Ricardo Roselló, a struggle in which the banners of independence were also present. To these peoples we give our solidarity, as well as to the Haitian people who are fighting daily against hunger, unemployment, corruption, etc., and the oblivion with which they are threatened. We stand with the peoples of the Antilles who still live under colonialism.
The Meeting of the Leninist Marxist Parties and Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean paid tribute to Comrade Osman, internationalist revolutionary of Turkey, who died recently and conveyed our solidarity to the comrades of EMEP (Party of Labour). The meeting also commemorated the formation of the Communist International, founded by Lenin a hundred years ago.
Gayones Movement – Venezuela
The electoral triumph of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil – a fervent diffuser of ultra-reactionary and fascist ideas, in favor of the use of repressive mechanisms and paramilitary groups in order to achieve social control – caused some sectors to announce the arrival of fascism in that country and on the continent. Bolsonaro has the support of the judiciary, the armed forces and the big bourgeoisie; however, he has not been able to fulfill his purpose because the workers, youth and peoples of Brazil have been able to respond in the streets to the regime’s anti-popular measures, exposing the contradiction between the fighting popular movement and the fascist forces.
It is clear that, worldwide, ultra-reactionary ideas are spreading and are gaining ground in some countries. It is our obligation to unmask them and banish them from the mass movement whenever they appear.
On the right, we confront the defenders of capital with the mobilization of the workers and peoples. This raises the need to persist in our proposals for unity among the forces and movements of the left, in the social and popular movements. Unity of the workers and peoples for their rights, for democracy, for better material living conditions, against the neoliberal plans. Unity against imperialism and the right-wing are proposals that we commit ourselves to carry out, as a current necessity in the process of organizing the social revolution of the proletariat. The struggle and fight against imperialism implies, at the same time, unmasking the proposals and actions of social reformism and opportunism, against the movement to the right and towards fascism.
The peoples are fighting on all continents, marking the perspective for social change, for a new world. Algeria and Sudan have been the scene of combative popular rebellions that threw down reactionary and repressive governments, there the struggle is continuing for democracy, political rights and attention to popular demands. The Puerto Rican people have just forced the resignation of the corrupt Governor Ricardo Roselló, a struggle in which the banners of independence were also present. To these peoples we give our solidarity, as well as to the Haitian people who are fighting daily against hunger, unemployment, corruption, etc., and the oblivion with which they are threatened. We stand with the peoples of the Antilles who still live under colonialism.
The Meeting of the Leninist Marxist Parties and Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean paid tribute to Comrade Osman, internationalist revolutionary of Turkey, who died recently and conveyed our solidarity to the comrades of EMEP (Party of Labour). The meeting also commemorated the formation of the Communist International, founded by Lenin a hundred years ago.
Revolutionary
Communist Party of Bolivia
Revolutionary
Communist Party – Brazil
Communist
Party of Colombia (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist
Workers Party – Dominican Republic
Marxist-Leninist
Communist Party of Ecuador
Communist
Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist)
Peruvian
Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)
Workers
Party of Tunisia
Labour
Party of Turkey
American
Party of Labor
Marxist-Leninist
Communist Party of Venezuela
Quito, July 2019
23rd
International Seminar on Problems of the Revolution in Latin America
(SIPRAL)
The
revolutionary fight against the movement to the right and fascism is
our commitment
The
acute conflicts that are taking place on the international scene are
the expression of the acute crisis of the capitalist imperialist
system; they reveal the sharpening of the fundamental contradictions
of this epoch, that is, those between capital and labor, between the
oppressed peoples and nations and imperialism, and among the
imperialist powers themselves.
This
dynamic explains the development of the trade war between the United
States and China, but it encompasses and includes the European Union,
Russia and other powers on or the other side. This increases the
tensions on the international stage to the extent of threatening the
escalation of new and greater war conflicts, in the context of the
intensification of contention for areas of influence, control of
markets, raw materials and natural resources among the imperialist
powers.
In
Latin America, the decline of the so-called progressive governments
at the beginning of the 21st century, which, among other things,
sought to renegotiate their dependence in order, without breaking
with US imperialism, to facilitate a greater penetration of Chinese
and Russian imperialisms, coincided with the rise in the United
States government of the rightist and fascist Donald Trump. Under the
slogan of "the United States first", he sought to
consolidate the position of the first superpower in the world and
regain control of its "back yard."
For
his purposes, Trump aimed at extolling the reactionary nationalism of
the people of the US, placing immigrants, mainly from Latin America,
in the camp of his main enemies. To his project of expanding the wall
were added the crusades against undocumented immigrants, reviving the
arbitrary detentions of children (separated from their parents) and
adults in conditions similar to those used by the fascist regimes of
the past. With pressure, blackmail and agreements, this backward
anti-immigrant policy has won the complicit agreement of the
governments of Mexico and Central America.
Simultaneously
it pushes forward an intense offensive aimed at establishing docile
and complicit governments in the region. The establishment of the
so-called “Lima Group” in August 2017 to support the conspiracy
of the reactionary forces in Venezuela is part of this.
However,
the decline and failure of the so-called progressive governments,
which is used by the most reactionary forces to associate them with
the supposed failure of socialism, is really about the failure of
capitalism itself, self-proclaimed "21st century socialism."
The
discontent of the workers, youth, women and the impoverished masses
in general as a result of the administrations of the so-called
alternative governments, totally contrary to their interests, of
their inefficiency, the repeated corruption scandals, the
intensification of repressive actions and the criminalization of
social struggle, etc., are being taken advantage of by imperialism
and its henchmen in the right-wing governments of Latin America and
the Caribbean. This is done to justify the imposition of aggressive
neo-liberal and International Monetary Fund adjustment programs, in
order to influence the consciousness of the masses with the most
backward ideas, putting forth pro fascist, xenophobic, nationalist
and anti-communist proposals. This is the platform [u]nder which the
Jair Bolsonaro government won in Brazil, and encouraged similar
leaders and organizations in other countries.
The
governments of Bolsonaro in Brazil and Duque in Colombia are
intensifying their repressive actions with the criminalization of the
social struggle, the persecution, imprisonment and assassination of
leaders and social activists, in their attempt to contain the
opposition and the popular struggle.
Certainly,
part of this offensive is the crusade of capital against labor, the
simultaneous proposals for labor flexibility, of aggressive cuts to
labor and trade union rights and the reactionary reforms to social
security, which seek to intensify the exploitation of the workers for
the benefit of the greatest capitalist accumulation.
The
criminal economic blockade of imperialism against Cuba and Venezuela
is also part of this reactionary offensive.
Facts
have shown that, in order to achieve the legitimate material and
psychological aspirations of the workers and peoples, the fundamental
question is not the way in which the bourgeoisie in power presents
itself or [acts]. The social democratic, "progressive" or
neoliberal right-wing variants must be taken into account in terms of
the tactical definitions in opposition, the resistance and fight
against their policies, but not in order to create false hopes that
change, social transformation and socialism can come from one or
another faction of the bourgeoisie.
We,
the delegates to the 23rd SIPRAL have agreed that at the present
moment, in combination with the specific reality of each country, it
is up to the communists, revolutionaries and leftists, the
class-struggle trade unionists, the leaders and social activists and
all democratic people, to confront the reactionary offensive of
imperialism and the right-wing and fascist bourgeois factions.
The
seminar salutes the courageous and growing struggles of the workers,
youths, peasants, native peoples, women, and black people against the
neoliberal policies and measures of the bourgeois governments in the
region. The general strike of May 29 in Argentina, as well as the
mobilization of millions of women to win the right to abortion,
against femicide and all types of violence based on gender, stand out
for their size and importance. The numerous struggles of resistance
and combat of the workers and youth in Brazil against the Bolsonaro
government; the actions of the students, workers and peasants in
Colombia and Nicaragua; the struggles of the teachers in Chile,
Mexico and Bolivia; the growing popular struggles in Peru and the
Dominican Republic, Honduras and Haiti; the workers and popular
struggles in Ecuador, El Salvador, etc., etc., also stand out.
With
revolutionary enthusiasm and warmth, the SIPRAL acclaims the
resounding victory of the [fraternal] people of Puerto Rico who,
after two weeks of continuous combat, forced Governor Ricky Rosselló,
representative of the usurping colonial power of US imperialism, to
resign. This victory is a brilliant page in the tireless struggle to
defeat colonialism and win independence, a struggle that incorporates
large sectors of this brave people, in which the participation of
patriotic intellectuals and international leaders of culture stands
out, confirming the importance of this front in the cause of
emancipation.
We,
the delegates to the 23rd SIPRAL, have agreed that learning from the
valuable experiences of resistance and combat against the bourgeois
governments and imperialism leads us to new challenges, to
consolidate our revolutionary convictions, to specify our objectives
and programs, to improve the activity of education and leadership of
the masses and to face new battles to our greater benefit.
Therefore,
it is essential to strengthen the revolutionary and left-wing parties
and organizations, to consolidate the trade union organizations and
class currents on all social fronts, so that they become true points
of reference for the whole of the working class and the other
laboring classes.
The
seminar also insists on the need to promote and lead processes of
broad unity of action with all sectors of the popular camp and
sectors of small producers, who are also affected by the neoliberal
policies of the industrial, commercial and agrarian bourgeoisie and
imperialism, working for the working class and its politics to
contend with, win and gain hegemony in these processes.
In
this perspective, proposals for the urgent need to work for a policy
of broad democratic, anti-fascist and anti-imperialist fronts in the
region were noted.
The
revolutionary need to resort to all forms of struggle in combat
against the common enemies of the workers and peoples was also
raised; as well as to multiply the banners that, putting together the
most strongly felt and immediate demands of the masses, advance the
strategic political objectives of social emancipation.
Affirming
the spirit and commitment of solidarity with the working class and
peoples, we delegates to the 23rd SIPRAL condemn, reject and combat
the intervention of US imperialism in Venezuela, and affirm our
support for the struggle of the working class and peoples of
Venezuela; the final solution to the crisis that engulfs them is only
in their hands.
We
reiterate our embrace of solidarity with the brave people of Puerto
Rico who, after their victory, will take on new battles until they
gain their final independence. In the same way, we affirm our total
solidarity with the persistent struggle of the people of Haiti, who
are challenging and confronting the corrupt governments that are
puppets of imperialism, who are striving for a real change for their
benefit.
Committed
to the revolutionary struggle against the right-wing and fascism, we
affirm that the only true way out of the crisis that engulfs the
capitalist world and that is savagely placing it on the backs of
workers and peoples, is through real change, the social revolution,
the seizure of political power and the building of socialism.
Our
commitment supports every struggle that confronts and challenges the
capitalist imperialist system.
Long
live the struggles of the workers and peoples of Latin America and
the world!
Long
live the 23rd International Seminar: Problems of the Revolution in
Latin America!
Signed:
Revolutionary
Communist Party of Argentina
Revolutionary
Communist Party Bolivia
Revolutionary
Communist Party of Brazil – PCR
Popular
Unity for Socialism, Brazil
Union
of the Rebellion Youth – UJR of Brazil
Movement
of Struggle of the Neighborhoods, Towns and Favelas MLB – Brazil
Jacques
Roumain Circle of Montreal – Canada
Communist
Organization Recabarren of Chile
Communist
Party of Colombia (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist
Party of Labor PCT – Dominican Republic
Broad
Front Party – Dominican Republic
Juan
Pablo Duarte Teachers’ Current – Dominican Republic
Flavio
Suero Student Front FEFLAS – Dominican Republic
Revolutionary
Youth of Ecuador – JRE
General
Union of Workers of Ecuador – UGTE
Women
for Change – Ecuador
Federation
of University Students of Ecuador – FEUE
Popular
Unity – Ecuador
National
Union of Educators – Ecuador
Vanguard
of the Technical University of Cotopaxi – Ecuador
Black
People – Ecuador
Communist
Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist)
Revolutionary
Popular Front of Mexico – FPR
Workers
Peasant Student and Popular Front – FOCEP, Peru
Revolutionary
Socialist Party PSR – Peru
Marxist-Leninist
Party of Peru – PMLP
Peruvian
Communist Party Marxist Leninist – PCP (ML)
Peruvian
Communist Youth Marxist-Leninist – JCP (M-L)
Movement
of Women for Social Liberation – MMLS
April
26 Movement – Puerto Rico
Party
of Labor (Tunisia)
Party
of Labor (EMEP) – Turkey
American
Labor Party, United States
Red
Star Publishers – United States
Gayones Movement – Venezuela
Quito,
July 26, 2019
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