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Join the mailing list: info/subscribe/unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . =================================================================== CP of Norway, Address to the Athens Meeting 22-24 June 2001 on "The Communists and the Trade Union Movement" -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Communist Party of Norway http://www.nkp.no , mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================================== Zafer Gözet Chairman Dear Comrades, First of all I would thank the Communist Party of Greece for organizing this meeting. We are holding this meeting under hard conditions for the working peoples and oppressed nations of the world. Yet these conditions are also offering great hopes for the struggle to build a better world. The achievements attained in the 20th century by humanity through the socialist revolutions, started with the October Revolution, and national liberation wars are today facing an imperialist assault called globalisation. Having benefited the change in the balance of power in its favour, the USA has set the aim of establishing a mono-polar world following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In order to establish a world system under the US hegemony called the New World Order, the imperialism is seeking; On the political plane, to demolish the nation-states and socialist states which were established by the working peoples through revolutions in the 20th century, to reduce the great majority of humanity into the status of stateless peoples, and thereby to put an end to national independence and sovereignty which is today the only framework of the human rights and freedoms. In its pursuit to reach its aim, the USA and other imperialists recognise no limit and norm; violate the human rights under the cover of defending them; by using religious fundamentalism and racism push the nationalities, religions and sects into bloody strifes; establish artificial mini-states and divide the nations into religious communities and religious orders through so-called Non Governmental Organisations. On the economical plane, the national markets are being destroyed and the national classes from the working class to national industrialists and tradesmen which are realising their economical interests on this basis are being dispropertied an impoverished, and it is aimed to establish a united world market under the dictatorship of dollar. Such international institutions of international capital as the World Bank and the IMF are being used as instruments in the implementation of this programme. Today the imperialist-capitalist system is being transformed into a system of Mafia, religious orders and Gladio. In NATO countries and other places, the USA has taken the legitimate governments out of function and the organisation of violence, also known as the Super NATO or Gladio, was made de facto governments. On the ideological-cultural plane, an unrelenting war is being conducted against Scientific Socialism and revolutionary democracy, the progressive heritage of humanity, and the mankind is being trapped into selfish self-seeking, neo-liberalism, cosmopolitanism, imperialist denial of loyalty to the fatherland, racist chauvinism, ethnocentrism, religious fundamentalism and even such pre-civilisation beliefs as fortune-telling and magic. On the military plane, NATO is being turned into world gendarme as an armed instrument of USA hegemony; disarmed through Pentagonisation and liquidation of the national armies, the nations are being deprived of the strength for resistance and, thereby, enslaved. Nevertheless, there is a great disproportion between the strength and the ambitions of the USA. Washington's project of a mono-polar world is resulting in fiasco. Although the USA mobilised all available forces during the Gulf War and in its aggression on Yugoslavia, it was not able to reach its goals and could not win a victory. The resistance by Iraq and Yugoslavia has once more proved that only the countries relying on their own strength can oppose the big machines of war. The criminal aggression on Yugoslavia has been a new example of arbitrary and illegal use of force and violated the UN Charter and all fundamental principles of international relations and international law. What is even more important is the fact that the USA and its ambitions have met the solid rock of Eurasia. Rapid growth and strengthening of solidarity in Eurasia, the continent with the greatest potentials of human resources, territory and revolution, has risen an insurmountable Eurasian Great Wall in front of the US imperialism. The free future of the mankind is going to be determined by the great struggle waged on this Wall. The national states are defending their independence, by arms if necessary; the nations are clinging on their freedom; and the working peoples are seeking revolutionary ways. Today the most elementary question is how to accumulate the largest possible force in building the Eurasian Wall against imperialism and how to obstruct globalisation. The whole traditions of human civilisation, aspirations for freedom and equality, love for one's land and country are together with us in the struggle against the decaying capitalism, which is the most barbarous system known in history. Having an unshakeable trust in our working peoples, in oppressed nations and in the revolutionary traditions of humanity, and sharing the consciousness of world's re-entry in the 21st century into the age of revolutions, we invite all fraternal parties to participate in the Eurasian Solidarity and salute peoples of the world and all countries struggling to defend their independence. The Communist Party of Norway has always been a defender of the interests of the working people of Norway as well as the working people and the oppressed nations of the world. For communist parties It's always vital to work among the masses. The trade unions are one of the most important organisations to work in. The imperialist ideology is almost widespread among the trade unions, first of all in Europe. Traditionally co-operation with the social-democracy resulted in capitulation to the imperialism. There are some trade unions which accept even the privatisation. Many trade unions don't talk about solidarity with the working class so as not to talk about international solidarity. Some unions have been so barefaced that they declare themselves as an interest group which don't belong to the working people. The ideological background is very important. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union some leftist parties (even communist parties) have capitulated to the imperialism. As a result of that many trade unions as well as many mass organisations have been affected by the "democracy" and "human rights" propaganda of imperialism. Many trade unions operate today as a "Non Governmental Organisations (NGO). We know very well that the imperialist centres regard the NGOs as agents to put the national states under the yoke of the oppressing world. It's also well known that many trade union leaders in the oppressed countries are paid by the imperialist centres while trade union leaders in Europe regard this position as a jumping board to higher bureaucratic positions. >From now on communist parties can't satisfied with winning the masses to the revolutionary struggle. Recovering these organisations from the imperialist attacks is a main task on it's own. It's not enough that every member of the party has to be member of a mass organisation. It's more vital to organise the party according to working in mass organisations. Organising in this way will inevitably be the first step of organise this area in which the party can meet the masses. Our task is to organise our members in such a way that they are adapted to their relevant mass organisations and activate them accordingly. It's very important that all our members are at the same time members to other mass organisations. But everyone must have an area of priority. We have to follow a line which gives priority to the interests of the members. We will never take over the trade unions, but to help them. Our leading role will be stated by our ideological, political and organisational success. We must give priority to get in trade unions' leaders in leading positions in our parties. *End* ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
