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8/9/2019 Proposal for a New International, What Does the Communist Party of Canada have to Say?
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ProposalforaNewInternational
www.FocusOnSocialism.ca
WhatDoestheCommunistPartyofCanadahavetoSay?
By:DonCurrieChair
Canadians
for
Peace
and
Socialism
EditorFocusonSocialismFebruary15,2010
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TheproposallastNovember2009toorganizeanewinternationalhavingthesupportofleft
socialist revolutionary parties in Latin America, on the initiative of Hugo Chavez, is an
importantdevelopment
in
the
anti
imperialist
movement
urgently
in
need
of
credible
communistanalysis.
SocialistProject,aquasitrotskyistgroup,thatalso includessomewell informedwriters,as
usualisfirstoutoftheblockswiththeircommentaryonthisdevelopment.Wheretheterm
Fifth Internationalhascome from isnotclear.The stillbornFourth Internationalwasa
trotskyistorganizationthatsince its inception in1938hasfractured intoaseriesofsmaller
groups.
TheCommunistPartyofCanada(CPC)leadershiphasonceagainbeencaughtflatfooted.To
myknowledge
the
CPC
leadership
has
said
nothing
publicly
about
this
development.
If
they
havegoodinformationaboutit,intheirusualloftymanner,theykeepitasecret.Supporters
oftheCPCasusualarethelasttoknowandlefttotryandfigureoutsuchmattersasbest
wecan.
This isnot 1914on theeveofWorld
War One when the opportunist
leadershipofEuropeanmasssocialist
parties of the Second International
betrayedtheworkingclassandwent
over to the support of their
respective ruling classes and helped
their imperialist masters lead the
workers to the slaughter. The
Bolsheviks and Leninist core of
forces in working class parties
condemned the opportunist
leadershipoftheSecondInternationalforthebetrayalandundertheleadershipofLeninon
March 19th 1919 formed the Third International popularly known as the Comintern that
united allof the Communist Partiesof theworld under its leadership until dissolution in
1943.After the Soviet Union had defeated the Nazis in WW2 there followed a series of
InternationalMeetingsofCommunistandWorkersPartiesusuallyconvenedtogetherwith
CPSU Congresses and its work was published in World Marxist Review as the main
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theoreticalorganofthatmovement.TheCommunistPartyofCanadaplayedan important
roleinthatwork.
Today things are different. The forces coming forward with the proposal for a Fifth
InternationalarenotCommunistPartiesbutare leftantiimperialist revolutionaryparties
someofwhichare inpowerandproclaimsocialismas theirgoal.Thesemovementsact in
solidaritywithsocialistCubaandtheBolivarianrevolutionsinVenezuelaandBoliviaandare
notovertlyanticommunist. Withinthismovementtherearealsosomepronouncedpseudo
leftist meddlers involved in the process in particular the usual claque of trotskyist and
anarchistgroupswhodonothingbutspreadconfusion.
ThesuggestionbySocialistProject that theproposedFifth
Internationalshould
be
modeled
on
the
World
Social
Forum
isanexample.It isnotonlyabsurd, it isreactionary.Bigtent
feel good talk fests is notwhat is required now. Thepetty
bourgeoisradicalsprefersuch looselyorganizedmovements
in which they have unrestricted freedom of movement to
spreadtheirdoctrineofworldrevolution. Theproposalby
SocialistProjecttobuildsocialistunityinCanadaonthebasis
of unity indiversity among leftworking class forceswith
ecosocialism as a centre piece has been around for some
timeand
continues
to
be
ignored
and
never
discussed
or
challengedbytheleadershipoftheCPC.
Ecosocialism as a theory, championed by that august
trotskyistoracleIanAngus,whonevertiresofattackingTimBuckandhismemoir,Yoursin
the Struggle has simply been ignored in the Communist press.Of course,we can only
supposethat thequestionofenvironmentalism isbetter leftto thePembina Instituteand
theenergyissuetotheLakelandInstitute.TheCPCleadershiphasverylittletosayinitsown
nameaboutthesecriticalissues.
Itis
a
grave
mistake
not
to
do
so.
Iurge
anyone
who
has
a
tittle
of
interest
in
the
energy
issue and its centrality to the future of our country to go to the news section of
www.focusonsocialism.ca and catch up on what is happening on the energy file in our
country. It isnotaprettypictureanddemandsoururgentcollectiveresponse ifwedo,as
weproclaimwedo,lovethiscountryandcareaboutitsfuture.
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There youwill find all of the schemesof finance capitalwith theblessingof theHarper
GovernmenttodraintheenergylifebloodofourcountrytotheUSAandalongwithitthe
jobsof
millions
of
Canadians.
At
the
same
time
go
to
the
Publications
section
of
www.focusonsocialism.caand finda letter fromTimBuck toDonCurrie from 1967where
Buckoutlinedinhisexemplaryvisionarystylewhatcouldbedoneifthenaturalresourcesof
thewestandinparticularitswaterandenergyresourcesweredevelopedintheinterestsof
Canadaand itspeople.Thereyouwill findanexampleofwhatrealCommunist leadership
shouldbeinourtimeandhowtospeaktoworkersaboutit.
Thesedevelopmentsunderline,onceagain,theextremelylowleveloftheoreticalworkand
theweakideologicalpartisanshipforthefundamentalideasofMarxismLeninisminCanada.
TheresponsibilityforthatsituationlieswiththepresentleadershipoftheCPCthathasdone
nothing to distinguish its specific position from that of the social radicals on a range of
crucialissues.
Anarticle, "OrganizedLabourand thePoliticsofClassStruggleToday",appearingon the
home page of Focus On Socialism addressed to the CPC before its recent Convention,
discusses theurgencyofengaging inpolemicswithall formsof social radicalism,pseudo
socialisttheoriesandtoformulateaneconomicprogramofunityforthemassmovements
ofthepeople.IfyouhaventreaditIwouldaskyoutoconsiderdoingsoandtoforwardany
Whyisthisimportantnow?AcaseinpointistherecentarticleappearinginGeorgiaStraight
byDerrickOKeefeCoChairoftheCanadianPeaceAlliancewhowiththebestofintentions,
drawscomparisonsbetweenthe lawfulactionsoftheSovietUnionincomingtotheaidof
thepeopleofAfghanistanin1980andthecurrentsurgeofUSNATOimperialistforcesinthe
present day unlawful aggression in Afghanistan. OKeefes article has been widely
distributedtoCPAmembersandaffiliates.The itemmakesconcessionstodiscreditedcold
warcomparisonsbetweentheSovietUnionandUSimperialism.
CPShasrespondedtotheCPAcochairassertions
I mention this because Derrick OKeefe is a militant fighter for peace. He works with
communistsinthepeacemovement.Hereistherub.Dowetakeissuewithhisconcessions
toantiSovietismandthediscreditedcoldwarTwoSuperPowertheorybehindwhichthe
pseudoleftofthatperiodtriedtospananticommunismandantiimperialism,ordoweletit
slipbecauseitisabitofastickywicket.Anticommunismofyesteryearwasproimperialism
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and remains so today. How do we deal with it?
That iswhat theCPC leadershippointedlyavoids
discussing.
TheIMCWPisbeginningtoprovideanswerstothe
problem of confronting the wrong positions of
socialdemocracyandsocial radicalsofallstripes.
The(IMCWP)hasnowcompleted11Internationalmeetingstodevelopaunifiedlineandto
reestablish the supremacy of the ideas of Marxism Leninism within the international
workingclassandpeoplesrevolutionarymovements.Greatprogress isbeingmadeonre
establishing the fundamentals of Leninism in the era of imperialism in particular how to
conduct thestruggle forsocialism innonrevolutionarysituationsanduniteallof theanti
imperialistforces.
There isnoorganized structure to the IMCWPmovementexcept through themediumof
Solidnet. Amoreadvancedorganizationstructuremaybeunderdiscussion.Undoubtedlyit
willemergeatacertainconjunctureofbothurgencyandneedandgrowingorganizational
strength.Thereisnodoubtinmymindthatitwilleventuallyhappen.
TheCPCcannotmoveforward,regardlessofallof
the omnibus resolutions it produces, all of the
hosannas,ifthereisnotacorrespondingriseinthe
levelofitstheoreticalandideologicalworkandby
its independent effort begins to provide for the
advancedworking classactivistsof theorganized
labour, farmer,peaceanddemocraticmovements
ofourcountry,relevantandtimelycommunistanalysisintherealmofthestruggleofideas.
We inCPSsaywithoutfear,that isnotbeingdoneadequatelyandmustbeaddressedand
urgently.ComradelyDon
Currie
Chair,CanadiansforPeaceandSocialism
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http://solidnet.org/http://solidnet.org/