----- Original Message ----- From: "Viktor V. Bourenkov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MLL]A brief report on the 10th Congress of RCWP > On October 20—22, the Tenth Congress of Russian > Communist Workers’ Party took place in Cheliabinsk, Urals. > Central Committee’s report on Political situation and on the > tasks of the party was welcomed by delegates and participants. In > particular, it noted that > > “Uninterrupted crisis of capitalist economic system in > Russia, as well in other CIS countries, has been forcing the ruling > class to abolish even the limited bourgeois freedoms and > parliamentary principles for the sake of staying at power.” > “By interpreting the Constitution of Russian Federation > without encumbrance, by violating human rights, Putin’s régime is > setting up a structure of ABSOLUTE PRESIDENTIAL POWER > with quite a specific composition of cadres.” > “Harsher labour code and severe laws regarding political > parties and elections are in preparation.” > > The delegates came up with the task of converting all > independent workers’ organisations to the positions of struggle for > the basic class interests — the working people’s power and > socialism. > Whilst helping to build the workers’ trade union > “Zashchita”, the party branches are to campaign for the unity of > trade unions’ actions, and to agitate the ordinary members of the > official Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia, FNPR, > to change to the positions of class-based trade unions. > In light deepening problems in Russian agriculture, the > Congress instructed the party to intensify the work amongst the > peasants. > Particular attention was paid to working amongst the youth, > and the next Plenum will be devoted to this question. New > opportunities for closer relations with the Revolutionary Young > Communist League, RKSM(b), have been found. Its leader, > comrade Oleg Aleksejev has been accepted to the Central > Committee of RCWP as a candidate member. > The Congress identified the necessity to oppose to > absolutism, which aims to restrict bourgeois democracy, and has > drawn up a specific measures to prepare the party to work in more > complex and repressive conditions, which are to be expected with > Putin’s political system tending to fascism. > The party’s profile largely depends on the condition of its > official organ, the newspaper “Trudovaja Rossija” (“Working > people’s Russia”). The Congress encouraged party members to > raise more funds for the newspaper and to contribute with local > reports. The resolution on the party press sets the task to improve > its contents and to make it more easily available to workers in other > CIS countries. > There was a clear indication that the Party enjoys an > authority in the labour movement world-wide. Fraternal and > friendly parties from over 20 countries sent their messages to greet > the Russian Communist Workers’ Party on the occasion of its 10th > Congress. > A programme was passed to outline the next steps in the > process of the unification of communist forces in Russia and the > rest of Soviet territory. > Comrade Viktor Tiulkin was re-elected to the position of the > First Secretary of the Central Committee. > > Viktor Bourenkov (based on official press release). > > _______________________________________________
