THE STRUGGLE OF THE WORKING CLASS AND PEOPLES,
AND THE INTER-IMPERIALIST CONTENTION
Popular Unity as a political party of the revolutionary left of Ecuador, which participates in this 27th International Seminar, expresses its position regarding the struggle of the working class and peoples, and the inter-imperialist contention taking into account the current events of the world capitalist system and the statement made by the leader of the Bolshevik party and one of the leaders of the Russian revolution and builder of socialism from 1917.
"We are living in the epoch of imperialism and proletarian revolutions." Lenin
On the other hand, we are guided and supported by the Manifesto of the Communist Party of Marx and Engels who stated.
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." "Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat."
With these statements we place imperialism, which is the highest stage of capitalism, as the main enemy of the working class and peoples, that the antagonistic contradictions between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat are in force; that at present there are inter-imperialist contentions that are seen mainly between the United States, China and Russia, that the working class and peoples confronting their class enemies are organizing, mobilizing and fighting against the capitalist system, defending their rights and victories and seeking alternatives for change. However, we note that there are political and ideological limitations; it is necessary to have a revolutionary party based in Marxism-Leninism and in constant development that can lead the working class and peoples of the world for social and national liberation, to seize power and advance in the building of the new society of the workers at the service of the workers themselves, socialism, the New Fatherland.
The imperialist powers are present and developing their contention, up to military confrontation; this is for the control of strategic areas, the plundering of the natural resources of the countries, for the desire to dominate regions and countries, for the dispute over markets. They are establishing military bases and economic groups for the contention and a new redivision of the world.
Imperialism imposes itself with the force of arms, with wars of conquest and plunder, with occupation troops and the formation of puppet groups in dependent countries.
Most recently, the inter-imperialist contention exists in the war that Russia is carrying out with Ukraine; in this confrontation the contention is between Russia and US imperialism that acts with NATO together with the government and the army of Ukraine. It is a localized war of contention over territory and natural resources in an area of strategic influence; the most affected are the workers of Ukraine and other countries. In the economic and commercial sphere, the disputes are in the trade war between the United States and China, which have reestablished tariff restrictions and free trade agreements, in areas and markets of influence mainly between the imperial powers such as the United States, China, Russia and the European Union.
The war of aggression and plunder is another expression of the inter-imperialist contention, the United States, waving the banners of freedom and democracy, has invaded Libya, Syria, Panama and is threatening North Korea.
France, another imperialist power, is intervening politically, economically and militarily in its former colonies in Africa.
Russia as an imperialist power has been actively involved in Syria and Libya in the contention over these territories with US imperialism.
China so far has not carried out military incursions, but it is the third military power and is arming itself continuously; it has been establishing commercial relations with several countries of the world and has political links with some governments and in Latin America with the so-called progressive governments.
The confrontation and contention between the imperialist powers in no way eliminates the nature of imperialism, because the concentration and accumulation of wealth is the product of the surplus value created by the working class of the imperialist countries, by the workers of the developed capitalist countries, by the workers and peoples of the dependent countries and also by the plundering of natural resources in agreements with the puppet governments of imperialism.
The cyclical economic crisis is another scenario of inter-imperialist disputes, but this crisis is placed on the shoulders of the workers and peoples by the bourgeoisie, imposing economic, political and labor measures that are decided by the IMF and World Bank and are carried out by the governments of the bourgeoisie. The present and the future of the working class and peoples who are fighting for their rights and aspirations, for their independence, have as main actors the workers, youth, women and other popular sectors. We see this clearly in the protests and mobilizations in France, the United States and some European countries, and in Latin America Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador. However, we must point out that in certain cases these processes are in the hands of the bourgeoisie and in others there is the presence of the petty bourgeoisie who are influenced by social democracy and revisionism. The proletariat continues to struggle, but it has limitations in its associations, in its political and ideological organization, and it cannot easily get out of imperialist domination of one or another power in contention, as well as confronting the domination and exploitation of the bourgeoisie to lead to the struggle for social and national liberation by maintaining and promoting its class independence.
For the battles of the working class and peoples for national independence and social liberation to achieve victory, it is indispensable, necessary for the leadership of these processes to be led by the working class and its revolutionary party in order to fulfill their historic mission: to overthrow the capitalist system and imperialist domination, to seize power and build the new system of the workers at the service of the workers themselves, socialism, the New Fatherland.
The contradictions, discrepancies or disputes between the imperialist powers do not at all eliminate, nor do they relegate to the background, the fundamental contradictions between labor and capital in the capitalist and imperialist countries or the contradictions between the oppressed peoples and their imperialist oppressors, between socialism and capitalism. These are the deepest and irreducible constants that can become more acute and lead to a new situation in the scenario of each country and at the international level.
In the current economic, social and political scenario, where the disputes of the imperialist powers and the struggle of the working class and the peoples exist, it is up to us to uphold, defend and affirm the revolutionary principles and theses that "there is no good imperialism." Neither China nor Russia, nor the United States and the imperialist countries of the European Union can be considered or treated as friends of the workers and peoples. They do not help the development and independent progress of the countries; their interests are focused on the extraction of surplus value created by the working class, in the plundering of natural resources, in having governments that are dependent on them. Therefore, we cannot state that there are good imperialisms, as some petty bourgeois social-democrats and revisionists try to claim, distorting the principle of the class struggle. They speak of relying on one or another imperialist power to confront U.S. imperialism, which they consider the most dangerous. It is another thing to have the wisdom to know how to take advantage of the contradictions that arise between the imperialist powers to advance in the process of accumulation of forces and provide alternatives in the struggle for social and national liberation.
It is up to the revolutionary parties to advance in the organization and struggle of the working class and peoples, not only for their economic demands but also to aim for the political struggle for the seizure of power and the building of the new society, socialism and the new Homeland, always guided by Marxist-Leninist principles. Here we quote the following: "The working class, which lives exclusively by the sale of its labor power and which is linked to the most advanced form of production in capitalist society, which is concentrated and subject to the discipline of the capitalist enterprises that exploit it, is the most interested in the struggle for liberation, it identifies the class enemies who exploit it, it is in a better position to assimilate its own ideology and is willing to adopt forms of organization and discipline needed in the struggle for social and national emancipation." Line of the PCMLE
The working class, therefore, is called upon to unite the other exploited social strata and classes, not only in the struggle for their economic demands, better wages, stability, collective bargaining, defense of social security, but it must raise its level of organization and political and ideological consciousness to advance in the political struggle and carry out its historic mission. Counting on the leadership of its revolutionary party guided by Marxism-Leninism, it must be ready to give battle using all forms of struggle to confront and defeat the bourgeoisie and imperialism, to seize power, and to build the new society, socialism, the New Fatherland, that guarantees security, work, education, health care, social security, housing, justice, freedom for the majority, and having free and sovereign countries where the exploitation and domination of the bourgeoisie and imperialism has been put to an end.
Long live the unity and struggle of the working class and peoples for their social and national liberation.
Long live the struggle for socialism and the New Fatherland.
September 1- 2023. L.F.A.A Gold.
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