En Marcha #2063, September 6-12, 2023
Central Organ of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
27th International Seminar "Problems of the Revolution in Latin America"
On September 1 and 2, 2023, the 27th International Seminar "Problems of the Revolution in Latin America" was held virtually, with the participation of seventeen countries, under the theme "The struggles of the working class and peoples, and inter-imperialist disputes". They were two days in which leaders of various political, social and trade union organizations of the continent exposed, through their presentations, the current challenges to which the left movements, the communists, the workers and peoples are exposed, as well as the perspectives of the working masses in struggle.
The social struggle in Latin America and the whole world has gained strength, due to issues that are common such as the onslaught of neoliberalism, the anti-popular policy of the right-wing governments, military conflicts, the constant search of the imperialisms for control of markets and to expand their influence in new sectors. They have forced the youth and workers to mobilize for their rights and for freedom. These struggles, characterized by their persistence and intense levels of combat, have prevented the crystallization of various scenarios that are to the detriment of the peoples. On the other hand, the territories of Latin America are areas of dispute of the imperialist countries, which seek to expand their commercial borders, their ideological hegemony in the region and diminish the power that US imperialism and its allies still hold.
In the two days of work of the Seminar, organized by the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador and the Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador, there were around 1500 participants connected virtually, listening to the presentations and the criteria expressed about the convened theme. Presentations were made by various organizations from El Salvador, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Mexico, the United States, Chile, and the host, Ecuador, which were presented in six discussion tables. Each organization contributed with the perspective of the popular movement and the workers, to keep their organizations cohesive and in permanent struggle, as well as to the discussion of those problems that affect the whole world due to the voracity of capitalism and imperialism.
Those attending the seminar agreed that only the organization of the workers and peoples, the women and youth, will let the struggle to be taken to other levels and to the seizure of power. Therefore, they insisted on the need to strengthen their organizations and the unity of the left to confront the offensive of the bourgeoisie in their countries.
The armed conflicts that have marked humanity in recent years are not alien to the participants of the Seminar, since the effects of the war are felt in several countries and it is the workers and youth who are the main ones affected. It is clear that the inter-imperialist war that has Ukraine as its scenario, is the maximum representation of the interests of the imperialist countries to expand their zones of influence. The Western countries have not spared in their financing and logistical support to sustain this war longer, in their eagerness to incorporate more allies. The workers and their organizations worldwide demand the departure of troops from Ukrainian territory so that their people can achieve peace.
The attendees of the 27th International Seminar ratified their solidarity with the peoples who remain in constant struggle for their freedom and for the right to a life in peace, such as Palestine, Western Sahara and those who, legitimately, confront the invaders of their territories.
The Struggles of the Working Class and Peoples, and Inter-Imperialist Disputes
These are not good times for capitalism, its inevitable internal contradictions are the source of the serious problems from which it suffers. More than a century ago it entered the stage that marked the beginning of its decline, and the struggle of the workers and peoples continues to tear down the walls of capitalist exploitation. Now, the world is witnessing a new wave of protests, expressing the discontent and rejection of the peoples of a system that only offers them uncertainty, oppression and exploitation.
Tens of thousands of workers on strike, massive protests of workers and youth in the streets, violent confrontation with the repressive forces, has characterized the political-social scenario of the main capitalist economies of Europe in the preceding months. This has been the response to the offensive of capital that places the crisis on the backs of the workers, and to the efforts of the big monopoly bourgeoisie to finance its war budgets with measures that cause the decrease in wages and the increase in unemployment.
Europe has become an epicentre of the struggle of the working masses, but it is present on all continents, in the countries with the greatest capitalist development such as the United States and China and in the countries with the least development, trapped by dependence on imperialism. The confrontation between the bourgeoisie and the working class, an expression of the contradiction between capital and labor, is gaining strength and is animating the actions of revolutionary organizations on the planet.
In the Americas, along with the struggle of the workers, poor and middle peasants, and youth and women, there is a component that, due to the characteristics of our countries, is of strategic importance: the indigenous peoples and nationalities. The mass struggle has stopped the anti-people plans of the neoliberal governments and those that present themselves as democratic and progressive; it has blocked the way to the conspiracies of the fascist right – as in Brazil – and has won, by electoral means, important political victories that, in several cases, have been betrayed by the inconsistency of those who benefited from those victories.
The sharpening of this contradiction, together with the exacerbation of those that occur among the imperialist states, configure a particular scenario in today's world, a context that confirms the thesis that capitalism-imperialism is a source of sharpening of the class struggle, of the struggle of the peoples against foreign domination, of the contention between monopolies and capitalist-imperialist states over spheres of influence and of the origin of conflagrations that can take the form of world wars.
The war that has Ukraine as its theater of operations is the most bitter expression of the contradictions between the monopolies and the imperialist powers, but it is not its only manifestation. Today's world is not conceivable without these confrontations, which at times reach levels like today, which even warn of the danger of a world war, and at other times appear relatively "relaxed", and which are present at all levels: in the field of trade, in technological-scientific development, in the financial field, in the arms race, in the cultural field, etc.
The agreements, treaties, joint actions, the composition and recomposition of economic, political and military blocs that are occurring among the largest economies on the planet, confirm that for decades we have lived in a multipolar world, in which US imperialism has played a hegemonic role (now in decline), which is not synonymous with being the only imperialism. That hegemony is now contested by Chinese imperialism and for this it has also made agreements, accords and investments that allow it to put into circulation its financial capital, no less exploitative and oppressive than that coming from any other imperialist country. No imperialist power, as well as no economic bloc commanded by imperialist monopolies, can be a source of independent and sovereign development for the dependent countries, as is now intended to be presented with regard to the plans that China and Russia have with the bloc known as BRICS, with which they intend to contest with US imperialism and its allies. We reiterate what has been said on other occasions: there are no good imperialisms, they are all part of the world imperialist system and they are all enemies of the workers and peoples.
Latin America and the Caribbean is the object of inter-imperialist contention, U.S., Chinese, Canadian, British, Russian, German, Japanese, etc. capitals circulate in the economy of our countries exploiting oil, mining, agricultural resources; in the financial system; in hydroelectric projects; in military equipment, etc. The massive presence of Chinese capital has gone hand in hand with the "progressive" governments that have fulfilled and are fulfilling the role of renegotiators of the external dependence of their countries.
In the struggle to win social and national emancipation, the revolutionary forces must present to the workers and peoples a strategic project oriented by a policy of class independence that means: having a program that aims to meet and resolve the material needs and rights of the workers and peoples, affect the interests of the owners of big local and foreign capital and, defend the sovereignty of our countries; to rally the motive forces of the revolution and isolate the enemies of the revolution; to fight imperialism in all its expressions. In this sense, for the revolutionary struggle to advance, the building and strengthening of powerful Marxist-Leninist parties is a necessity.
The attendees of the 27th International Seminar Problems of the Revolution in Latin America reiterate our repudiation of the imperialist war in Ukraine, we demand immediate peace, we demand the departure of Russian troops from that territory and that the US and NATO take their claws out of Ukraine; we ratify our solidarity with the people of that country and with the peoples who suffer from the imperialist confrontation.
We support the national liberation struggles of the peoples of Palestine and Western Sahara who are waging legitimate and just battles, above all against U.S., British and French imperialism, as well as against the apartheid regime of Israeli Zionism and the occupation by the Moroccan feudal monarchy of the Saharawi national territory, in open violation of the right to self-determination of the peoples. We express our solidarity with the workers, peasants, youth and peoples who on all continents are struggling against the effects of the domination of capital, for work, land, shelter, for freedom, for life. In these struggles lies the germ of the revolutionary torrents necessary to put an end to the world of capital.
Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina (PCRA)
Revolutionary Communist Party – PCR – Brazil
Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist)
Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of Marxist-Leninist of Ecuador
Popular Unity – Ecuador
Socialist Regroupment for a New National Initiative (RASIN Party – People's Camp)
Communist Party of Labor – PCT – Dominican Republic
George Gruenthal, Toward Marxist-Leninist Unity – USA
Women's Movement for Social Liberation – MMLS of Peru
Union of Student Youth of Peru – UJE PERU
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela
Communist Reconstruction of Uruguay
Salvadoran Trade Union Coordinator
Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador
Ecuadorian Association of Friendship with the Saharawi People
General Union of Workers of Ecuador – UGTE
National Union of Educators – UNE (Ecuador)
Women for Change – Ecuador
Quito September 2, 2023
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