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Bread or Blood ? The Cry from People of Wales in 1831 when they first raised the Red Flag in Wales.
“The conditions of bourgeois society are too narrow to comprise the
wealth created by them. And how does the bourgeoisie get over these
crises ?
On the one hand by enforced destruction of a mass of productive forces; on the other, by the conquest of new markets, and by the more thorough exploitation of the old ones.
That is to say, by paving the way for more extensive and more destructive crises, and by diminishing the means whereby crises are prevented.
On the one hand by enforced destruction of a mass of productive forces; on the other, by the conquest of new markets, and by the more thorough exploitation of the old ones.
That is to say, by paving the way for more extensive and more destructive crises, and by diminishing the means whereby crises are prevented.
The weapons with which the bourgeoisie felled feudalism to the ground are now turned against the bourgeoisie itself.
But not only has the bourgeoisie forged the weapons that bring death
to itself; it has also called into existence the men who are to wield
those weapons — the modern working class — the proletarians.”
Marx & Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party, 1848
165 years after its writing, this quote remains relevant. It allows us
to understand the situation in which the proletariat and the broad
popular masses in all countries find themselves, regardless of who leads the government: they live under a concealed dictatorship, be it a bourgeois democratic or a brutal one.
The imperialist bourgeoisie is looking for the maximum rate of profit;
it is using the crisis as a pretext to achieve this objective by
restructuring the system of production. Within this, the ruling classes
in the oppressed countries try to maintain and possibly increase their
share in the surplus. Such restructuring is affecting all countries; for
the working class and the masses, it means the delocalization of large
industries: plant closings, wage cuts, unemployment, debt,
impoverishment, etc. But in the places where the new plants are to be
opened, restructuring means land grabs, expropriation of local farmers,
frenzied exploitation, poverty wages, destruction of the environment,
etc.
The ruling classes use the state apparatus to suppress the proletariat’s
struggles and prevent them and the masses from revolting and organizing
for the revolution. Everywhere, the State is more and more becoming a police state that brings the population under surveillance and repression.
Whether it is the “left” or right, no segment of the bourgeoisie has the capacity to solve the crisis. The persistence of the crisis prepares the ground for fascism; fascism is advancing in disguise. It is building step by step through populist demagogy, relying on the economic crisis. In due time, it will show its true colors by aggressively defending the interests of finance capital. Meanwhile, competition between the different monopolist blocks raises the question of redivision of markets and therefore suggests new wars are on the horizon.
Whether it is the “left” or right, no segment of the bourgeoisie has the capacity to solve the crisis. The persistence of the crisis prepares the ground for fascism; fascism is advancing in disguise. It is building step by step through populist demagogy, relying on the economic crisis. In due time, it will show its true colors by aggressively defending the interests of finance capital. Meanwhile, competition between the different monopolist blocks raises the question of redivision of markets and therefore suggests new wars are on the horizon.
The class nature of the state is the central issue. The
form it takes is only circumstantial. The primary purpose of the state
is to serve the interests of the ruling class, that is to say, those of
the imperialist bourgeoisie and/or of the comprador-bureaucrat
bourgeoisie and landlords in the oppressed nations —which is a tiny
minority compared to the vast majority of men, women and children who
are facing exploitation worldwide. Given the crisis, this is becoming
clearer to the masses. The central task of any revolution is to
radically destroy the state apparatus and, thereafter, to build on its
ruins a new and radically different state, with the objective of
building socialism as a means of transition to communism. In other
words, revolution is the only answer to the crisis!
Today, the proletariat and the masses are struggling and rebelling in
many countries. These rebellions are expressed in different and varying
ways: through general strikes, by fighting against high prices, against
layoffs, for the right to work, against the crushing of militant trade
unions, for the right to land, to protect the environment, through
occupation of housing and empty land, youth rebellions against police
violence and a life without work and without future, struggles of women,
etc.
In the Arab countries, after the uprisings that lacked a revolutionary
leadership, the ruling classes and imperialism are regaining control of
the situation in the name of “democracy;” they are enforcing the same
rule of exploitation against the people by opposing the continuation of
the revolutionary process. The protest movement’s focus is being
diverted by imperialist interventions, by reactionary forces, secular
or religious reformists are crushed bloodily.
In the Arab oppressed countries, as well as in all the colonial and
semi-colonial countries, it has become more and more important to
develop the New Democratic Revolution, as part of the socialist
revolution.
In the imperialist countries, the “Occupy” movement is reflecting the
massive discontent of the people, but it does not sufficiently challenge
the system in its entirety. These proletarian struggles and rebellions
are not revolutionary in and of themselves but they are a first step in
the realization by the masses of the necessity of revolution. However it
is important to unmask the path and illusions of a peaceful change,
alternation, and deceitful elections.
Today’s communists (the Maoists) must participate in and gradually take
the lead of those struggles. They must build the revolutionary force of
the proletariat at the ideological, political and organizational levels,
and especially the three essential tools of revolution: a Maoist Communist Party, a revolutionary United Front, and an Armed Force, according to the particular situation.
We must struggle against reformists, revisionists and opportunists who
lead the protest struggles with a conciliatory spirit in the existing
trade unions and mass organizations; they only offer “solutions” within
the current capitalist and imperialist system, spreading the illusion
among the masses that the electoral and peaceful path may be a solution
for the proletariat and the masses to overcome the crisis. They are an
obstacle to the expansion of class struggle and the organization of the
working class and the masses for revolution.
Meanwhile, the reactionaries are using differences of origin, religion
and racism to divide the proletariat, the working class and the popular
masses, as a trick to preserve their power.
Everywhere we must popularize and support the people’s wars currently
being waged as spearhead of the fight against the crisis of imperialism.
Led by the CPI (Maoist), the People’s War in India is successfully
resisting attacks from the enemy and is managing to expand and grow. The
People’s War is also unfolding in the Philippines under the leadership
of the Communist Party of the Philippines, which upholds Maoism. In
Peru, it is continuing despite the action from a liquidationist current.
In Turkey, the revolutionary struggle led by the Maoists is advancing
in accordance with the people’s war strategy. In other countries, new
initiatives and advances are in preparation.
We must fight in a situation of uneven development to end the capitalist
system over the whole world and build a new world free from
exploitation, from peoples’ oppression and deadly wars, for a socialist
and communist world.
We must work to rebuild the international organization of communists,
based on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism; we must apply MLM to the concrete
reality of today, to jointly develop the struggle for revolution and
establishing a Communist International of a new type.
Long Live Internationalist May Day !
Long Live Proletarian Internationalism !
Long Live Proletarian Internationalism !
SIGNATORIES:
Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan; Communist Party of India (M-L) [Naxalbari]; Maoist Communist Party–France; Maoist Communist Party–Italy;
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur; Maoist Communist Party–Turkey/North-Kurdistan; Revolutionary Communist Party, Canada;
Founding Committee for the (Maoist) Communist Party, Austria; Maoist Communist Movement, Tunisia;
Maoist Communist Organization, Tunisia; Marxist-Leninist-Maoists of Morocco;
Organization of Workers of Afghanistan (M-L-M); People Struggle Committee Manolo Bello, Galicia, Spanish State; Revolutionary Praxis, United Kingdom; Servir le Peuple, Occitany, France, Democracy and Class Struggle - Wales
Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan; Communist Party of India (M-L) [Naxalbari]; Maoist Communist Party–France; Maoist Communist Party–Italy;
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur; Maoist Communist Party–Turkey/North-Kurdistan; Revolutionary Communist Party, Canada;
Founding Committee for the (Maoist) Communist Party, Austria; Maoist Communist Movement, Tunisia;
Maoist Communist Organization, Tunisia; Marxist-Leninist-Maoists of Morocco;
Organization of Workers of Afghanistan (M-L-M); People Struggle Committee Manolo Bello, Galicia, Spanish State; Revolutionary Praxis, United Kingdom; Servir le Peuple, Occitany, France, Democracy and Class Struggle - Wales
