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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
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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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