Imbued with the revolutionary vitality that characterises the actions of the member parties and organisations of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations, CIPOML, its XXIX Plenary Session has met. Its work has been carried out in an atmosphere of comradeship, of objective and critical analysis of the characteristic elements of the economic, political and social scene on a world level; we have also analysed the fulfilment of our responsibilities aimed at organising and leading to victory the struggle of the working class and the peoples for revolution, socialism and communism.
The world is going through a complex moment, characterised by the deepening of the general crisis of the capitalist system. The inter-imperialist confrontation, the dispute of the monopolies and the states of the most developed capitalist-imperialist economies have developed to the point that they have seen in war the means to resolve their differences. The inter-imperialist war that is unfolding in Ukraine is not the only war conflict today; more than fifty localised wars are spreading in different parts of the world, in all of them the interests of one or the other imperialist countries, of one or the other capitalist-imperialist blocs are at stake. In all these conflicts, the workers and peoples are the main victims.
Inter-imperialist wars, wars between capitalist states and wars of aggression against the peoples are the offspring of capitalism; this system must be ended in order to achieve world peace.
The aggressive and criminal nature of imperialism is openly and cynically manifested in the genocide faced by the Palestinian people, now extended against the people of Lebanon. Israeli Zionism, US imperialism and their allies are responsible for these crimes that are claiming the lives of thousands of children, youth, women and the elderly. The workers, the youth and the peoples of the world reject genocide, we express it in massive mobilisations taking place all over the world. The flags for peace fly together with the condemnation of Israeli Zionism and its supporters.
The negative social effects caused by capitalist exploitation are repudiated by workers, youth, women and peoples. Massive mobilisations, workers’ strikes, popular uprisings are taking place against the adjustment policies implemented by the governments of the bourgeoisie, be they liberal, neo-liberal, social democratic or “progressive”. In the midst of the struggle for jobs, better wages, quality public education and health, public social security, defense of the environment, and other issues, the feeling of repudiation of capitalism and the yearning of the people for change are growing. However, this discontent of the masses is being exploited by the very people responsible for its existence: the bourgeoisie and the oligarchies.
We note the dangerous growth of the right and the extreme right in some regions of the world; fascist and pro-fascist forces have had the ability to manipulate the consciousness of the masses and to capture the governments in various countries, with apparently anti-system discourses, but in reality they are based on reactionary, racist, xenophobic and misogynist points of view. Fascism today constitutes a real danger to all the democratic achievements of humanity. As the last century has shown, it is a return to barbarism.
We warn the workers and peoples against this danger, but also against apparently revolutionary and left-wing political positions, such as ‘progressivism’, which in reality represent the economic and political interests of bourgeois factions and imperialist powers.
The XXIX Plenary Session of the CIPOML is a testimony to the development of our parties in this period. In our daily work, we have demonstrated our revolutionary commitment to the workers and peoples; however, we are fully aware that we must work better and do much more to fulfil our historic political responsibility.
Our Conference met to coincide with the commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the CIPOML and, thirty years after its constitution, we continue to raise the banners of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian revolution with the same optimism and commitment. Only the social revolution of the proletariat will liberate the workers and peoples from capitalist-imperialist exploitation.
For Marxism-Leninism, revolution and socialism!
XXIX Plenary Session of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations – CIPOML
Hamburg – Germany, November 2024