En Marcha # 1497
Comrades, the following is from Revolutionary Democracy and the voice spoken
here is the revolutionaries from the countries attending this seminar which I
did not do so it appears that real revolutionary struggle is not a mere fetish
or unique to me as an individual.
Central Organ of the Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
July 23-29, 2010
14th International Seminar: Problems of the Revolution in Latin America
The Strong Voice of the Revolutionaries of Latin America
On July 16 the work of the 14th International Seminar "Problems of the
Revolution in Latin America" concluded successfully. This year the discussion
was over the question of revolution or reformism in the historic context of the
crisis of capitalism and imperialism on the world level. Each year this
International Seminar is held under the initiative of the PCMLE [Marxist
Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador] and the MPD [Democratic Popular Movement],
and each year new organizations from various countries take part.
The seminar, attended by 32 leftist organizations from 14 countries in Latin
America, Europe and Asia, was marked by five days of intensive work in
discussion of papers that were distributed by the organizing commission to
participants in the Auditorium of the National Union of Educators where the
event is held.
The various speakers were identified with the position of the peoples who does
not conciliate with the measures imposed by imperialism and the international
bourgeoisie to place the weight of this crisis on the backs of the workers and
peoples in order to rescue the capitalist system of exploitation and its
fundamental means of production.
The seminar agreed that the peoples should maintain an irreconcilable position
towards the imperialist measures aimed at resolving the crisis and to combat
them as the working class in Europe is doing by resisting and mobilizing under
the banner: "Let the capitalists who are responsible pay for the crisis, not
the workers." America, Asia and Africa are also scenes of popular struggle.
The crisis – the seminar noted – created better conditions for the increasing
lack of confidence of the peoples in capitalism and is leading to better
conditions for revolutionary work. The popular masses are starting to
understand that there is no way out of the situation under present conditions,
and that the only way to confront decadent capitalism is socialism, as the only
real alternative for humanity in the process of change, progress and
development.
The international seminar concluded that the political conditions in Latin
America are favorable for the revolution, despite the fact that the bourgeoisie
is trying to curb the struggle of the masses or derail it from its strategic
objectives, through the renovation of old theories that seek to disarm the
workers and peoples ideologically, politically and organizationally.
The event reiterated that the seizure of power by the workers is necessary to
put an end to the exploitation of man by man and that reforms, although
necessary, are in no way the definitive solution to their problems. To limit
oneself to the struggle for reforms – the speakers pointed out – means relying
on capitalism, is to play the game of those in power, is to fall into reformism
and the social-democratic politics that are instruments of the ruling classes;
they reiterated that the workers, youth and peoples in general are struggling
for social change.
At the conclusion of the seminar the participants, in a revolutionary act of
unity, signed the Final Declaration pledging to work for fraternity and
solidarity of the peoples and to bring the revolution to victory in their
respective countries as the best tribute in practice to the work for the world
revolution.
Final Declaration of the Seminar
Despite the desperate efforts of the international bourgeoisie to put an end to
the crisis of the capitalist system, and in spite of the "optimistic" analyses
of bourgeois economists that months ago predicted its end and the beginning of
an economic recovery, today we are witnessing a new period of deepening crisis
of the system, a continuation of the one that began at the end of 2008 in the
United States and soon caught up the biggest economies of the planet and whose
effects were felt around the world. The course of development of this
phenomenon has created the impression that it began in the financial sector,
but it is a crisis of relative overproduction of consumer goods. As we noted it
in the previous seminar, its cause is the contradiction between the social
character of production and the private ownership of the goods and wealth
produced, which is the fundamental contradiction of the prevailing
capitalist-imperialist system.
In countries like ours, as an effect of the international crisis, a process of
destruction of the productive forces, native capital, national industries and
jobs has accelerated. Thousands of our countrymen are forced to leave their
homes to sell their labor power in the most developed capitalist countries,
where they are victims of super-exploitation and xenophobic and racist
policies.
As in the past, the international bourgeoisie is trying to place the cost of
the economic recovery of its system and companies on the backs of the workers
and peoples. A vivid example of this are the structural adjustment measures
proposed by the International Monetary Fund, the Central Bank of the European
Union and the governments of Greece and Spain that are harshly striking the
workers in these countries.
However, the people are not going along with these measures: they are fighting
them. In particular, these days in Europe the working class is playing a
fundamental role in the resistance and is mobilizing under the banner: "Let the
capitalists who are responsible pay for the crisis, not the workers." America,
Asia and Africa are also scenes of popular struggle against the crisis and
those who benefit from it.
By its magnitude and intensity it is the most serious crisis in the history of
capitalism, however this system will not collapse by itself. Historical
experience shows that it has the ability to recover, but it is clear that the
negative effects of the crisis cause the peoples to have increasing distrust in
capitalism and are creating better conditions for revolutionary work, so that
the masses understand that there is no way out within the framework of this
decadent system and that socialism is the alternative for the development and
progress of mankind. Undoubtedly, this crisis is an opportunity for the
revolutionary forces to advance.
Along with these events, in Latin America there is an important process of
development of the political consciousness of peoples who, at various levels,
have been able to identify and isolate the exponents and defenders of rapacious
neoliberalism. In the heat of combat, a democratic, progressive and left-wing
trend has been formed that has led to a change in the relationship of social
and political forces in the region. The democratic and progressive governments
that exist are the result and expression of this new scene; however its limits
are clear since, beyond their rhetoric, their achievements, with one exception,
do not do anything more than shore up the prevailing system.
The political conditions in Latin America are favorable for the revolution;
therefore it is no accident that the bourgeoisie is seeking various means to
curb the struggle of the masses or to derail it from its objectives. Old
theories are being renovated for this purpose and both within the popular
movement as well as outside of it (including governments regarded as
progressives) they preach the urgent need to achieve social changes by means of
reforms within the institutional framework, while respecting democratic
mechanisms and channels. Of course, within an institutional framework and a
democracy designed and managed by bankers, big industry, landowners, that is,
by the exploiting classes.
The constitutionalist and pacifist discourse, which speaks of social and
national conciliation tries to ensure that the consciousness of the masses does
not advance to revolutionary levels, tries to make sure that they are committed
to reforms within the framework of capitalism as a way to resolve their
problems. We revolutionaries understand that without power in the hands of the
workers, the reforms do not play a revolutionary role and it is not possible to
put an end to the exploitation of man by man and hence social liberation is not
possible. We fight for reforms as material and political demands of the masses,
needed to improve the conditions of life of the peoples, but by no means as a
definitive solution to their problems. To limit oneself to the struggle for
reforms is equivalent to relying on capitalism, to play the game of those in
power, to fall into reformism and social democratic politics which are
instruments of the ruling classes. From
the political point of view we fight for reforms as a way to accumulate forces
for the revolution.
Workers and peoples must go beyond the siren songs that tell us of peaceful
revolutions, of citizens’ revolutions, or of socialism of the 21st century.
These are political positions which do not challenge capitalism, because they
do not take measures that affect the cornerstone on which this system is built:
private ownership of the means of production. We must put an end, in a
revolutionary manner, to the power of the bourgeoisie and this implies seizing
power. To do this, we appeal to all forms of struggle and we work to
incorporate all those social classes, strata and sectors affected by capitalism
and interested in the social revolution.
The development of the struggle of the masses is an important tendency in the
political life of the countries of Latin America. The workers, youth and
peoples in general are fighting for social change, they are pressuring
progressive governments to advance and radicalize their programs, fight the
interventionist policy of imperialism – mainly U.S. imperialism – reject the
presence of Yankee and English military bases, object to the looting of the
natural resources by foreign monopolies, demand the recognition of the national
rights of the native peoples, etc., actions that are violently repressed by
various governments. We warn that, as part of the anti-communist offensive,
they will criminalize popular protest and political and social leaders to
terrorize the masses and curb their struggle: Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and
Peru are undergoing this process. In other cases, the ruling classes are
calling paramilitary groups and their apparatus into
action that strike at and disappear popular leaders and fighters, as in
Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and Brazil on our continent, or the Philippines and
Russia in other regions.
The bourgeoisie, whether social-democratic or neoliberal, is demonizing the
popular fights by calling them terrorist, destabilizing actions or sabotage;
whoever rises up against the status quo is accused of being a terrorist; in the
name of peace they deny the peoples the right to rebel under the pretext of
rejecting violence, when in fact they are exercising it at all times against
the peoples.
The local ruling classes and imperialism are responsible for hunger,
unemployment, the backwardness of the peoples, foreign dependence; therefore
they are our enemies and the target of attack of the revolution. To confront
and defeat them we need the broadest unity of the workers and peoples, the
democrats and leftists, the revolutionaries and all social and political forces
involved in social transformation, putting an end to dependence. The struggle
for national and social liberation that we are waging also demands
anti-imperialist unity in a great front of the peoples which, above all, is
demonstrated in the fight against all forms of foreign domination in the
defense of the principles and sovereign rights of our countries.
We the participants in this 14th international seminar reiterate our
internationalist position; we commit ourselves to work for fraternity and
solidarity of the peoples, to bring to victory the revolution in our respective
countries as the best contribution to the world revolution.
We are various political forces taking part in this event that we had the
opportunity to express and discuss our views in an open and frank manner, an
exercise of great value which should be reproduced in our respective countries.
We have many points to discuss in the future; therefore we call for the 15th
International Seminar on Problems of the Revolution in Latin America to be held
in 2011 in this same country.
Quito, July 16, 2010 Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina
Revolutionary Party (Marxist Leninist) (Argentine Republic)
Revolutionary Communist Party (Brazil)
Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist Leninist)
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Communist Party of Labor of the Dominican Republic
Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Dominican Republic)
Global Justice (Dominican Republic)
Patriotic Coordinator (Dominican Republic)
Democratic Popular Movement (Ecuador)
Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador
General Union of Workers of Ecuador
Ecuadorian Confederation of Women for Change (Ecuador)
Popular Front (Ecuador)
Continental Committee of Solidarity with the Haitian People
Popular Front for the Liberation of Haiti
Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist)
Popular Socialist Party of Mexico
Revolutionary Popular Front (Mexico)
Marxist-Leninist Party of Peru
Proletarian Party of Peru
National Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Philippines
Communist Party (Bolshevik) of the Soviet Union
Movement Manuelita Saenz (Sucre – Venezuela)
Gayones Movement (Venezuela)
Movement of Education for Emancipation (Venezuela)
Youth of the Workers Political Council (Venezuela)
Prof. Franklin Gimenez Center for Training and Research (Venezuela)
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela
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