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AnOpenLettertotheMembers

andSupporters

of

the

Communist

PartyofCanada

By:DonCurrie

ChairCanadiansforPeaceandSocialism

EditorFocus

on

Socialism

June13,2009


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DearComradesandFriends

Thestatement

by

the

KKE,

the

Communist

Party

of

Greece,

on

the

outcome

in

Greece

of

the

recent elections to the European Parliament has been posted below.We in CPS believe

thereare important lessons in theKKEvictory for thestruggle forpeaceandsocialism in

Canada.

The retentionby theKKEof itsdynamicand leading roleon the left inGreekpolitics isa

triumphandvindicationofthecorrectapplicationofthescienceofMarxismLeninisminthe

complexclass strugglesof the21stCentury.TheKKEvictorydemonstrateshowaLeninist

party can confront the reactionary attacks from the right, the vacillationsofopportunist

forces

and

anti

communism

and

win.

The

KKE

is

successfully

mastering

the

problems

of

the

classstruggleinGreecewhileatthesametimemakinganimportantonemightsaydecisive,

contributiontoassistingCommunistsandtheworkingclassindevelopedcapitalistcountries

ofEuropetoadvancetheirstrugglesforpeaceandsocialism.

Therearemany lessonsfortheCommunist left inNorthAmericaandspecifically inCanada

providedby the line, strategy and tacticsof theKKE and its leadershipbased as it ison

unshakeable fidelity to principle and Marxist Leninist fundamentals. The successful

integration of the lessons by KKE from its revolutionary historic past to help solve the

practical,theoreticalandideologicalproblemsofthepresentandfutureisexemplary.

Suchanapproach isamodelwe inCanadaneed tostudydeeplyandwithoutreservation.

TheCommunistPartyofCanadadidnotstartin1990.Withoutstudyingdeeplyandcritically

and without subjectivity the period of the leadership of Tim Buck and the major

contributionsbythewholePartytoMarxismLeninismintheperiodofBucksleadershipas

appliedinparticulartothestudyoftheemergenceofCanadaasanimperialiststateandthe

peculiaritiesofthatprocessasitaffectstheworkingclasstodayduetoourcloseproximity

toUS imperialism, is vital toourprogress.One couldgo further and say thatwe cannot

understandfullythetasksoftodayunlesswedothat.IfImaybepermittedtocoinaphrase,

itwould

be

Back

to

Buck,

Forward

to

Socialism.

TheCommunistPartyofCanadaasitapproachesits36thConventionconfrontstheneedto

makeadecisive turn to themainstreamof the class struggle.Todo that its leadership is

requiredto invitepublicly,amoreselfcriticalapproachto itsworkandwelcome intothat

discussionthewholemembershipandperipheryofsupporterstoassist ittofindsolutions

to the problems confronting the Party today. That cannot mean cherry picking what is


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complimentary to the current leadership and ignoring and banning what is critical. To

prejudgeapolemic isanattempttoevade it.Thatwasnever theattitudeofLeninandall

thosewho

are

guided

by

his

example

on

matters

theory

and

practice.

WerecommendthattheCPC leadershipconsideradoptingasthefirststep inthatprocess

theattitudeoftheKKEasstatedinitsevaluationoftheEUelections.TheKKEstates:

The CC summed up its initial conclusions and promoted the process of discussionwithinthepartyandgeneralwithfriendsandsupportersofthePartyaswellaswithpeoplewhocooperateandstrugglealongwiththeParty:

With respect, the Communist Party of Canada does not do that. In fact it is quite the

opposite.

The

attitude

that

is

more

often

encountered

is

distant,

insular,

and

dour

when

requests for discussion are posed and in our view that attitude is not helpful andmust

change.Thenotionof leadership infallibility,an intoleranceand irritationwithany critical

commentary of its work is a feature of the attitude of some in the leadership of the

CommunistPartyofCanadatodayanditisharmfultoourcause.

Theevidenceforsuchanattitudeisthefailureofthepartyleadershiptoinviteonaregular

basisadiscussionofitswork,toprovideavenueforsuchdiscussion,toorganizeratherthan

manage such a discussion. Failure to do that sends amessage to their supporterwhich

impliesleadershipmasteryofallaspectsofthecomplexitiesofthecurrentclassstrugglein

ourcountry

which

in

our

view

is

remote

from

the

truth.

Periodic

omnibus

resolutions

by

the

CentralCommitteewithferventcallsforactionbythemembershipwillnotachievetheturn

thatisrequired.Somethingmoreisrequired.

ThemainobstacletoabreakthroughforourParty intothemainstreamofmilitant labour

politics inCanada today isnot limited to intensityofeffort. If thatwere the solution,we

wouldbe rapidlygrowing in influenceandmembershipsince therearemanyexamplesof

herculeaneffortsbyindividualpartymemberswhostruggleeverydaytoadvancethecause

of theParty.Thecourageanddeterminationofmembers tostandascandidates, tocarry

the

Partys

banners,

to

speak

out

for

the

Partys

cause,

to

circulate

its

press,

the

example

of

fulltimeorganizersstrugglingtoadvancethecauseofthePartyundertryingcircumstances

isnotinquestion.

Nocomrades,thereissomethingmoreimportantthathastobedone.Whathastobedone

is intherealmofpublicpropaganda,education,theoryand ideology.Wecontendthatthe

Party leadershiphasbecome impatientand intolerantwith requests fordiscussionof this


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problem.Thereisadangerthatifthisdoesnotchange,thePartywillbereducedtobarren

appeals to the membership for action that will not materialize in practice because the

necessaryprogrammatic,

theoretical

and

ideological

problems

confronting

the

membership

anditssupportershavenotbeenadequatelysolved.

Themain evidence of that problem is disdain for Communist polemicswith opportunist

trends that arise in the labour and peoples movements and in its absence, an

accommodation in practice to reformist and ultraleftist pressures on our Party and its

supporterswhich they are poorly equipped to confront and defeat. For the Communist

Partysleadershiptodenythisisthecaseisfolly.Itisrareforanycriticalevaluationsofalien

pseudoMarxisttrendstobetakenupbytheleadershipoftheParty.Worse,thereappears

in the name of unity, a deliberate avoidance of such evaluations. For example, the

CommunistPartyhas citedEdBroadbent former leaderof theNDPand rightwing social

democrat,(seeBroadbentsassessmentofpostwarpolitics intheMay2009issueofCCPA

Monitor)and suchoraclesasSamGindinandLeoPanitchofSocialistProjectasevidence

that the line of the Communist Party of Canada on labour policy, and in particular its

criticisms of Buzz Hargrove and Ken Lewenza of the CAW must be correct. When

Communists turn to rightwingsocialdemocracyand radicalpettybourgeois theorists for

validationweasserttheCommunistshaveaproblem.

DoweagreewithBroadbentssocialdemocraticreformistviewofpostwarclassandlabour

historythat

Broadbent

lauds

as

a

golden

era

and

where

he

asserts

that

the

people

and

workers of the North Atlantic countries were major beneficiaries? Broadbent extols

withoutexplicitlysayingso,theroleofsocialdemocracyduringthecoldwar insubverting

andaccommodatingtheleadershipoftheorganizedlabourmovementinCanadatotheanti

communistandantiSovietcampaignsofimperialismthatcharacterizedthatera.

Did labourbenefit from the coldwarorwas itsessentialmilitancyundermined?That isa

theme that demands critical in depth analysis to educate the working class and the

contemporaryorganizedlabourmovementtodayaboutthesourceandcorrodingaffectof

classcollaborationismandwhatare is real ideological, theoreticalandclassorigins. Inour

differenceswiththeCPCoveritsresponsetotheMagnaCAWdealwedealtwiththatmatter

which was pointedly ignored by the Party leadership. We are on the record with our

assessmentofEdBroadbentandhisattacksonBuzzHargroveandhisviewsabout labour

historyandinparticularastheyapplytotheCanadianautoworkers.


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Asimilarsituationprevailsonenvironmentaltheoryandthedominanceoverthisissuebyan

array of liberal, humanist and social democratic academics activists and theorists. The

Communistleft

in

Canada

and

the

USA

have

made

accommodations

to

classless

environmental theories thatare inessenceantiworkingclassand thatmistakenlydeclare

global warming to be a greater threat to human life and the future of the planet than

nuclearweaponsand imperialistwar.We inCPShavealsostatedourviewsonthismatter

attemptingtoapplyaclassanalysisbasedonMarxismtoestablishabasisforunitywiththis

important movement. Our views on this matter were also pointedly ignored by the

leadershipoftheCommunistPartywhichhasdonenooriginalCommunisttheoreticalwork

onthisfile.

Why is there no Communist class response to the theories of the radicalized liberal and

socialdemocraticleft?Wecontendthatisaseriousweaknessandthefailuretodosoresults

in lending credibility inside the organized labourmovement and themass antimonopoly

movements of thepeople to reformist and nonMarxist views.One need only go to the

websites of the CLC and its provincial affiliates to see the consequences of uncritical

acceptancebytheleadershipoftheseorganizationsofsocialreformisttheoryandideology.

Inparticularsuch influencesarethemainobstacletoorganized labourenteringmorefully

into the struggle against militarism and war and for peace. That underlines the vital

importanceandsignificanceofthereorganizationandroleofCanadianPeaceCongressand

theWorldPeaceCouncilthatdoesnotreceiveeitherthepoliticalororganizationalsupport

itdeserves.

IsitunreasonableforPartymembersanditsbaseofsupporterstoexpectthattheChairof

the Partys Labour Commissionwould be seizedwith the need to confront Broadbents

social reformistmusingsabout labourhistory rather thanhisbewilderingandunrelenting

attacks on theHargrove Lewenza leadership of the Canadian AutoWorkers that he has

elaborated indetail inastringofbleakassessments inthepagesofPeoplesVoice.This is

done at a timewhen the CAW confronts the full onslaught of a combinedUSCanadian

finance capitalist attackon the union and the jobsof itsmembers. Is it unreasonable to

expectthat

General

Secretary

Miguel

Figueroa,

Comrade

Dan

Goldstick

the

editor

of

Spark

andotheracademicswhoare leadingmembersof theCC,Provincial leaders, leadingand

experiencedCommunist candidateswould at leastoccasionallywriteon an assigned and

consistentbasis, critical Communist assessments about theoretical and policymatters as

theyariseinthemassmovements?


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Wecontendthatthisisnotdonebecauseofthemistakenviewthattocriticizetheviewsof

thosewithwhomweseektouniteinantimonopolystruggleswillharmthosemovements.

Thatin

our

view

is

concession

to

anti

communism.

That

problem

has

plagued

our

Party

since

Tim Buck stepped down from the leadership and a centrist approach emerged and

dominated questions of unity often veering into openly revisionist territory. The centrist

trend emerged as the dominant trend in Communist leadership assessment of what

constituted a correct approach to labour unity and antimonopolymass struggles of the

peopleandovertimeleaddirectlyandinexorablytotheinnerpartycrisisof1990.

Centrismisthemostdifficultofdeviationstocorrectlyassessbecauseitseemssoplausible.

What couldbemore common sense thanguarding againstleftdogmatismon theone

handandrightrevisionismontheother?Oneneedonlyassert,whenconfrontedwitha

difference, that there isa threat fromoneor theotherandquoteat length fromcorrect

Marxist theory, with which no Communist will disagree. Such an approach becomes a

contrivancetoevadetheurgentandnecessaryandpatientpolemicsanddiscussionofthe

realobjectiveconcretenessofthe issuesthatunderlaydifferencesandthatcan leadto its

resolutionwithoutsplits.

Centrism effectively submerges differences in a welter of restatement of Communist

fundamentalswithwhichnoCommunistchallenges.Themembership,andinparticularnew

recruits,soonwearyofsuchbarrenandirritatinglylongwindeddiscussionsledbyleaders

andtheir

betters

that

evades

the

concreteness

of

issues

and

meanders

all

through

the

well

knowntheoriesofMarxismwithouttalkingaboutitsconcreteapplicationinrealconditions.

Isthereaneedtodiscusstheoryandideologyforotherthanreasonsofitsdirectapplication

in the solvingofproblemsof theclass struggle?Likeanyother science the fundamentals

mustbefirstbemasteredthroughstudyandeducation.Webelievethereisanurgentneed

todo just that in thecourseofwhich theirpower in solvingcontemporaryproblemswill

becomeclear.

Forexample,LeninisoftenquotedthesedaysbyComradeSamWebb,GeneralSecretaryof

theCPUSA

whose

views

are

in

the

public

domain

via

the

internet

and

where

at

least,

the

CPUSAinvitescommentonhisanalysis.ComradeWebbsbasiccontentionasweunderstand

it is that Marxism Leninism upholds his thesis that the task of building the mass

movements is the primary work of the Communist Party and its membership at this

momentandintothefardistantfuture.Socialismheassertsisnotontheagenda,something

that Comrade Kashtan also asserted at another time but in the context of the same


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discussionofcontemporarypoliticalandclassstruggles.Thedemandforconcentratingon

building mass movements is asserted as though there were Communists who opposed

buildingthe

mass

movements.

We inCPScontendthatposingthequestion inthewayComradeWebbdoesneedscritical

examination todaybecause inourview it isanevasionofamore importantquestion that

needstobediscussedandthatwebelieveisatthenubofcurrentdifferencesofassessment

and approach among Communists in Canada and the USA as to what a fully Marxist

revolutionarylinefortodayshouldbe.

Inourviewthatquestionis:Dowesetasideourtheoryandideologyinthenameofunity?

Andevenmore importantlyand relevantwhat is the theoryand ideology thatwillbe set

asideand

what

theory

and

ideology

will

take

its

place?

Or

alternatively

are

we

in

a

period

whereaneclecticismoftheoriesprevails,allofwhichhavesomeaspectofrelevance,andall

ofwhich shouldmerit respectand tolerance?Or stated inanotherway,doesCommunist

ideologyharm thebuildingof themassmovementsorstrengthenthem?Wecontend it is

thelatterandnottheformer.

SinceLenin is freelyquoted todefendvarious thesesemanating from the revisionist right

andthemoderndayversionsoftheeconomistleftexpressedinsuchslogansas:theory

isaprocess,Marxism isnotadogmaandotherstatements, itclearly invitesandmust

leadtoadiscussionofthefundamentalsofLeninsteachingsonwhatconstitutestheroleof

avanguardpartyincontemporarystruggles.

WeproposethattheinvitationtoconsiderwhathasbecomeobsoleteinMarxismneedsto

betakenup.Wealsoareoftheviewthattheonusfordoingsofirstofallfallsonthosewho

suggest there is a need to revisit the matter of fundamentals. That needs to be done

withoutfearandforthrightlyastowhatfundamentalistisproposedareobsolete,havelost

theirrevolutionaryrelevanceandshouldbesetasideorrevised.To implythattheoriesdo

notapplywithoutsayingwhytheydonotapplydoesnotdotheadvocatesofsuchaview

muchcredit.

SincequotingLenincanalsobeproblematicsincelikeMarxhecanbecalledintothedebate

tobuttressoneor theotherpointofview,permitme toquote fromLeninsclassicwork

What Is to BeDonewhere Lenin dealt exhaustivelywith the need for an unrelenting

struggle for the purity of Marxist Leninist theory. Lenin was compelled in this work to

confrontanoutofcontextquotefromMarxusedbyadvocatesofatrendamongRussian

revolutionaries who revered direct action and expressed impatience with theory. Lenin


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arguedpassionatelyfor the idea that theorywasabsolutelyvital to revolutionaryadvance

butnotjustanytheorybutascientifictheorythatfulfilledallofthemaintenantsofMarxism

asdeveloped

by

Marx

and

Engels.

HereiswhatLeninsaidofthismatter:Itisnecessaryinsupportofthepointofviewweare

arguingforinthisarticletoquoteitfully:

thecelebratedfreedomofcriticismdoesnotimplythesubstitutionofonetheoryforanother,butfreedomfromallintegralandconsideredtheory;itimplieseclecticismandlackofprinciple.Thosewhohavetheslightestacquaintancewiththeactualstateofourmovement cannot but see that the wide spread of Marxism was accompanied by acertainloweringoftheoreticallevel.Quiteanumberofpeoplewithverylittle,andevenatotal lack of theoretical training joined the movement because of its practicalsignificance and its practical successes. We can judge from that how tactless theRabocheyeDeloiswhen,withanairoftriumph,itquotesMarxsstatement:everystepofrealmovementismoreimportantthanadozenprograms.Torepeatthesewordsinaperiodoftheoreticalchaosislikewishingmournersatafuneralmanyhappyreturnsoftheday.MoreoverthesewordsofMarxaretakenfromhisletterontheGothaProgram,in which he sharply condemns eclecticism in the formation of principles: If you mustunite, Marx wrote to the party leaders, then enter into agreements to satisfy thepracticalaimsofthemovement,butdonotallowanybargainingoverprinciples,donotmake concessions in questions of theory. This was Marxs idea and yet there arepeopleamonguswhostriveinhisnametobelittlethesignificanceoftheory.EndofthequotationbyLeninfromWhatistoBeDone.

Suchwas Lenins advice and attitude to thematterof theory. Can the Communist Party

grow without a corresponding growth of the study and application of theory and a

deepeningofCommunistideologyamongitsmembership?

The Communist Party of Canada must look closely and without fear at not only the

organizationalstateofthePartywhichinmanyrespectshasevolvedmoreintoacollection

ofcollectives

than

an

integrated

and

united

vanguard

Party

of

the

Leninist

type

and,

if

it

wishes toovercome thatorganizationalweakness,more importantly itmust address the

weak state of its theoretical and ideologicalwork. If this is not done the organizational

weaknesses in the Party will be deemed to be primarily due to a lack of effort by the

membershipratherthanthetheoreticalinadequaciesoftheleadership.


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We in CPS say these things because of our deep conviction that the working class is

demandingandurgently inneedofarevolutionaryresponsetotheeconomicandpolitical

crisisit

confronts

today

and

that

can

only

come

from

a

strengthened

Communist

Party.

Thegeneralpoliticalmalaiseamongthemassesexpressedindisillusionmentandboycotting

ofelections,thepublicdisgustwithcapitalistpolitics,thewearinessandrevulsionwiththe

war inAfghanistan,thedisillusionmentoftheyouthandtheabandonmentoftheirneeds,

the anger at the indignities that continued to be imposed onworkingwomen, on racial

minorities,onimmigrantworkers,thefrustrationofworkerswiththecorporateandfinance

capitalistinvestorsusingthedepressionasthepretexttodeindustrializethemanufacturing

sector,plunder thestateandpensionfunds, thecynicalselloutofourenergyandmining

resources, the undermining of Parliament and its substitution by cosmopolitan decision

making by finance capital at the IMF, theWorld Bank, theG8, atNATO headquarters in

Brusselsand inthebackroomsoftheBilderbergGroupandDoha,anywhereexcept inthe

ParliamentofCanadaallof thisandmorecharacterizesthecurrentstateofpoliticsthat

criesoutforrevolutionarypresenceofMarxisminallofthemassmovementsoftheday.

We inCPSsaythesethings inthefullknowledgeoftheenormousdifficultiesfacedbyour

Partyanditssupporters.Sincewhenhasitbeenotherwise?

Weare inspiredby the renaissanceofourmovement internationallyand theheroismand

accomplishmentsofKKE, thepartiesof the remaining socialiststates,and theheroismof

Communistsincountriesinrevolutionarytransition.WeforourpartinCanada,canandmust

dobetter.

Comradely

DonCurrie

ChairCanadiansforPeaceandSocialism.

CPofGreece,AbouttheElectoralResultsinGreece

From:CommunistPartyofGreece,Tuesday,09June2009

http://inter.kke.gr,mailto:[email protected]
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AboutTheElectoralResultsinGreece

Comparable

Results

ElectionsfortheEP

2009GeneralElections2007

ElectionsfortheEP

2004

Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seat

KKE 428.283 8,35 2 583.750 8,15 22 580.396 9,48

ND

(conservatives)

1.655.636 32,29 8 2.994.979 41,84 152 2.633.574 43,01

Pasok

(socialdemocrats)1.878.859

36,64

8

2.727.279

38,10

102

2.083.327

34,03

Syriza

(opportunists)

240.898 4,70 1 361.101 5,04 14 254.447 4,16

Laos(extreme

right)

366.615 7,15 2 271.809 3,80 10 252.429 4,12

Greens 178.964 3,49 1 75.502 1,05 40.873 0,67

Others 377.982 7,37 144.586 2,02 277.586 4,53

InGreece27 listsofpoliticalpartiesandorganisationstookpart intheEPelectionson7th

June.KKEgathered428,283votes,8.35%andelected2membersoftheEuropeanParliament

(inthistermtheMEPsofGreecehavebeenreducedto22from24previously).

Ahighabstentionrate,approximatelyby47%,wasrecordedintheseelections,leadingtoa

reductionofthevotesofallpartiescomparing tothe resultsofparliamentaryelections in

2007andtheEPelectionsin2004.

On8thJunetheCCheldasessioninordertoelaborateafirstassessmentontheresultsof

theEPelectionson7thJune2009.TheCCsummedup its initialconclusionsandpromoted

theprocessofdiscussionwithin thepartyandgeneralwith friendsandsupportersof the

PartyaswellaswithpeoplewhocooperateandstrugglealongwiththeParty.


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TheCCextendedmilitantgreetingstothemembersofthePartyandKNE,thefriendsand

supportersoftheParty,thepeoplecooperatingwithKKEwhoworkedhardandstruggled

alongwith

the

communists

for

the

battle

of

the

EP

elections

and

notes

that:

the

multifacetedpoliticalandmassactivityofthePartydevelopedunderparticularlyhard and

complicatedconditionsthathavetodowiththeeconomiccrisisandthesystemselaborated

strategy for themanagementof thepeoples indignation; itconstitutesasignificantbasis

andoffersnewpositiveexperiences.

Furthermore the CC estimates that: to a great extent these elections approach the

characterofthebattleoftheparliamentaryelections.Ithasbeenthemostcomplicatedand

hardEP electionsbattleover the last 25 years; it tookplaceunder the conditionsof the

contradictoryimpactoftheeconomiccapitalistcrisisontheconsciousnessandthestanceof

theworkingpeople.The reliableyardstickforthisbattle isthe resultof theparliamentary

electionsin2007andtoalesserextenttheresultsoftheEPelectionsin2004astheywere

heldafterthenationalelectionsandunderdifferentpoliticalconditions.

TheCentralCommitteeunderlinedthatKKEmanagedtoconfrontthestrategyelaboratedin

theranksofthesystemintheperiod20072009untiltheeveoftheelectionsthataimedat

delivering an electoral and political blow on KKE and at its displacement from the 3rd

position. Apart from the fierce attacks by the mass media, there were also continuous

effortstopresentbyfabricatedsurveysthatthepoliticalpowerofKKEwasshrinkingeither

belowSYRIZA,

the

new

left

welter,

or

below

the

new

party

of

ecologists

greens.

At

the

same time the leaderships of the ultraright LAOS (Popular Orthodox Rally) and social

democratPASOKlaunchedaprovocativeattackagainstKKE.Theytried,withoutproducing

anyevidenceandresortingtodirtytricksandlies,toslanderKKEandpresentitasinvolved

in scandals that shake the bourgeois parties over the last years, aiming at affecting the

acknowledged morality of the communists and the confidence they enjoy among the

people.

ThisanticommunistattacktookplaceatatimewhenbothNDandPASOKpartiesprovedto

bedippedintoscandalsandatthesametimealargepartofthepeoplewasdisappointedby

the consequencesof the capitalist restructuringsandgenerally thepolicyof theEU. The

slanderous campaign was realized with the active support and, in certain cases, the

tolerance of the rest of the parties as well as of part of the media. However, anti

communismisnotaGreekphenomenon;itssourcelieswithintheEUinstitutionsandmost

of its memberstates, through the equation of fascism with communism and with

persecutionsinseveralcountries.


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Toagreatextentthisattackfailedtoaccomplishitsgoals.However,itdidputobstaclesto

thedynamicofthePartyinconditionsofthemassabstention.

The CC communiqu underscored that escalation of the attack has been motivated

especiallybytheconfirmedideologicalpoliticalunityofthePartywhichwasfurtherforged

in the 18thCongresswith theeffort todraw importantconcussionsand lessons from the

courseofthesocialistconstructioninthe20thCenturythatconstitutethestartingpointfor

therevivalofthestruggleforsocialism.

KKEfacedstraightforwardlytheprovocations,provingitsexperience,strengthandproof.It

preventedtosomeextendthevoteofresistanceandcounterattacktobedirectedtoparties

ofpainlessprotestthattherulingclassusesasobstaclestopeoplesradicalization.

The CC of KKE evaluates as positive the final result achieved by KKE taking into

considerationtheabovementionedfactors.Wereachtheconclusionthatsignificantpart

votersofKKEduringthe lastyears,especially inthe2007elections,arenewvotersthat in

themeantimewe have notmanaged to get in contactwith, to extend and deepen our

bondsand,ofcourse,contributesothattheysystematicallytakepart inthestruggles.We

mustdevelop reciprocalandclose ideologicalandpoliticalbondsthatconstitutethemost

importantfactorofresistanceincomplexanddifficultconditions.

Amongothers,theCCnotesthattheelectoralresultandtheconditionsingeneralrequire

theutmost

vigilance.

No

rest.

The

economic

and

political

establishment

in

the

country

and

theimperialistcenterswillnotgiveineasilyastheirobjectiveistodeliverablowtoKKE.The

anticommunistattackwillcontinuewithdirtytricks,byallmeansandways.Theyaimatthe

dynamicofKKEandmainlyattheroleitcancarryoutinthenearfutureinthedevelopment

oftheclassstrugglethatconstitutestheimpetusforallpositivedevelopments.

Furthermore, the CC of KKE considers that in the following period the attack against

workers,peoplesrightsandKKEwillintensify;theslanderousattacksanddilemmasaiming

tointimidate

will

increase.

The

resistance,

the

counterattack

and

the

development

of

essentialideologicalandpoliticalbondswillbedeterminedwithinthelabormovementand

generallythepopularmovementthroughallitsexpressions.ThebondsofthePartywiththe

working class and thepopular strata, aswell as thebonds of themilitantbodiesof the

movementwiththeirmembersandgenerallytheworkersmustgrowstronger().


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Today, more than ever, the great importance of the organized collective struggle is

highlighted.Theindividualprotest,theeffortofeachonetofindindividualsolutionstothe

impassesis

not

only

ineffective

but

also

detrimental

because

it

postpones

the

struggle

that

needstobeconductedtodayfomentingillusionsandfatality.Thecollectiveresponsibilityis

significant,though,inordertodevelopandbearresultsitmustbebasedevenmoreonthe

awarenessof individualresponsibility,ontheconstantcontributionofeachcommunist,of

eachmemberofKNE,ofeachpersonwhostruggles.

TheCCexpresses theneed, inaspiritofmilitantoptimism, toassess thedifficultiesand

opportunities that involve the consistent action according to Partys strategy and the

elaboratedspecialization ineacharea, industryandregion. Itcallsuponthewiderworking

class, theworking people, regardlessof political beliefs and preferences, to defend KKE

against any slanderous attack taking into account that the anticommunist action and

hysteriainflictblowsagainstthepopularmovementingeneral.

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