{"id":20761,"date":"2017-08-08T10:52:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=20761"},"modified":"2017-08-08T10:52:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:52:15","slug":"final-declaration-of-the-21st-international-seminar-problems-of-the-revolution-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2017\/08\/final-declaration-of-the-21st-international-seminar-problems-of-the-revolution-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Declaration of the 21st International Seminar: Problems of the Revolution in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The October Revolution, its Lessons for the Workers and Peoples<\/span><\/h3>\n

English translation by <\/em>F\u00e9nix Rojo staff<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/span><\/span>00 years ago the Russian proletariat marked the <\/span>path<\/span> which <\/span>the <\/span>workers and<\/span> p<\/span>eoples of the world must <\/span>take<\/span> to conquer their emancipation. <\/span> Its mark is indelible<\/span>, <\/span>de<\/span>spite <\/span>the efforts <\/span>of those who have tried by <\/span>every <\/span>means<\/span> <\/span>remove from memory the day when the wo<\/span>rkers discovered the sun in the midst<\/span> of the<\/span> <\/span>night.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The socialist revolution of 1917 was the historical response of the <\/span>revolutionary proletariat<\/span> to capitalism and to <\/span>all societies<\/span> based on regimes of exploitation<\/span> a<\/span>nd oppression, turned <\/span>a social aspiration and a political prediction <\/span>into reality<\/span>. <\/span>It was<\/span> the p<\/span>ractical confirmation of the validity of the theory of scientific socialism, Marxism, elaborated by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, <\/span>and its<\/span> analysis of<\/span> t<\/span>he inevitability of the decadence and collapse of capitalism, <\/span>de <\/span>the role <\/span>played by the working class, <\/span>y <\/span>de <\/span>the flourishing of a <\/span>new <\/span>society<\/span> c<\/span>haracterized by social equality, progress and well-being for <\/span>laboring classes: s<\/span>ocialism, the first <\/span>step<\/span> towards communism.<\/span> <\/span>October 1917 gave birth to a new era, the era of <\/span>i<\/span>mperialism and<\/span> p<\/span>roletarian revolutions. Therein lies its international historical character. Since<\/span> then<\/span> capitalism has undergone many changes; there<\/span> has been<\/span> a huge<\/span> s<\/span>cientific and technological development, productive processes have <\/span>evolved<\/span>, but<\/span> <\/span>n<\/span>one of this has changed <\/span>the essential <\/span>nature<\/span> of capitalism<\/span>, its fundamental contradictions, the<\/span> <\/span>exploitation of human beings. These have, in fact, intensified, as have <\/span>inter-imperialist contradictions and <\/span>the contradictions <\/span>between the<\/span> <\/span>i<\/span>mperialism and dependent countries and nations, <\/span>the same <\/span>factors <\/span>that were <\/span>present when<\/span> <\/span>the <\/span>Russian workers defeated <\/span>first <\/span>a monarchical <\/span>and then a bourgeois regime<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bolsheviks, under the brilliant leadership of Lenin and Stalin, left a huge<\/span> <\/span>legacy to <\/span>history. <\/span> They demonstrated how<\/span> the <\/span>proletarian revolution<\/span> is <\/span>to be <\/span>organized<\/span>: <\/span>Acting with tactical flexibility <\/span>while maintaining<\/span> the strategic objective;<\/span> <\/span>finding c<\/span>reative answers to the concrete <\/span>social <\/span>situations; <\/span>r<\/span>elying on<\/span> the initiative of the masses; f<\/span>ighting every manifestation<\/span> <\/span>of opportunism and revisionism; u<\/span>sing all forms of organization and struggle,<\/span> <\/span>b<\/span>ut understanding that it is only <\/span>through the organized revolutionary violence of the masses that the power of the class enemy can be overcome. <\/span>At the same time,<\/span> <\/span>they showed that in order to achieve this <\/span>it is imperative that the proletariat<\/span> <\/span>be organized as an i<\/span>ndependent class<\/span> in a party of a new type, the <\/span>communist party.<\/span> <\/span>This revolution, understood as the process prior to the conquest of power and the<\/span> <\/span>period<\/span> of the construction of socialism<\/span>, gave <\/span>a <\/span>significant theoretical<\/span> <\/span>advance to <\/span>Marxism, develop<\/span>ing <\/span>it accord<\/span>ing to the <\/span>needs of a <\/span>new era. Vladimir Ilyi<\/span>ch Lenin raised <\/span>M<\/span>ar<\/span>xism to a new stage, to Marxism-<\/span>Leninism, which <\/span>then became the guide <\/span>of the proletariat and <\/span>the <\/span>peoples in the<\/span>ir<\/span> struggle for revolution and<\/span>\u00a0s<\/span>ocia<\/span>lism. T<\/span>ogether with <\/span>Joseph<\/span> Stalin, <\/span>estos <\/span>strategists of the revolution and the construction of socialism gave an invaluable theoretical and practical <\/span>c<\/span>ontribution <\/span>to <\/span>Socialism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

During the years in which Marxist-Leninist principles guided the process<\/span>\u00a0o<\/span>f construction of\u00a0<\/span>socialism, it demonstrated its superiority <\/span>over<\/span> capitalism<\/span> in all fields, e<\/span>conomic, social, scientific, cultural, and sports. Socialism<\/span> d<\/span>emonstrated its ability to meet the needs of workers,<\/span> f<\/span>or their <\/span>conversion into a ruling class. It provided a<\/span>ccess to land to millions of p<\/span>eople; e<\/span>mancipated women from patriarchal oppression and feudal <\/span>and bourgeois <\/span>exploitation<\/span>; l<\/span>iberated nationalities from national oppression through the exercise of<\/span> t<\/span>h<\/span>e right to self-determination; r<\/span>ecognized the collective rights of peoples<\/span>, u<\/span>ntil then nonexistent on <\/span>el<\/span>is planet; l<\/span>iberated the repressed potentiality <\/span>of youth. The Revolution gave access to <\/span>s<\/span>cience, letters, art, <\/span>y <\/span>culture, <\/span>to those <\/span>who formerly lived in <\/span>ignorance. A<\/span> planned economy established the rational use of <\/span>productive <\/span>forces<\/span> and natural resources. It awoke an entire people <\/span>that <\/span>now <\/span>felt<\/span> themselves the <\/span>c<\/span>reator<\/span>s of a new world. The Revolution made<\/span> a major leap forward in the process of <\/span>human emancipation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During World War II, <\/span>the glorious Red Army led by Stalin,<\/span> c<\/span>rushed the Nazi-fascist beast, <\/span>themselves <\/span>an expression of the most reactionary polic<\/span>ies<\/span> de<\/span> the b<\/span>ourgeoisie. In this context, several peoples from all continents<\/span> u<\/span>ndertook <\/span>the <\/span>revolutionary processes of social and national liberation that<\/span> established and <\/span>s<\/span>trengthened the socialist camp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After the death of Stalin, in 1953, socialism suffered a <\/span>transitory <\/span>political defeat<\/span> <\/span>in the former Soviet Union. At the 20th Congress of the CPSU (1956), a<\/span> r<\/span>evisionist clique wh<\/span>ich<\/span> had been <\/span>hiding<\/span> for several years inside the<\/span> <\/span>Party took control of the state, reversed <\/span>workers\u2019 power<\/span> and initiated a<\/span> p<\/span>rocess of capitalist restoration that led to the collapse of the USSR in<\/span> <\/span>December 1990, <\/span>at which time<\/span> capitalism was already fully dominant. <\/span>This <\/span>in no way means <\/span>the failure of socialism, as capitalist apologists cry. This<\/span> is a setback that will be overcome by the workers, the<\/span> r<\/span>evolutionari<\/span>es and communists of the world. It is, however, a<\/span> confirmation that if the party<\/span> and the r<\/span>evolutionary movement of the proletariat departs from Marxism Leninism <\/span>it <\/span>weakens<\/span> the foundation<\/span> of socialist construction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One hundred years after the triumph of the revolution of the Soviets, <\/span>the <\/span>revolutionaries and<\/span> <\/span>communists of the world do not lo<\/span>ok at this event with nostalgia. <\/span>We commemorate with our eyes on the future, <\/span>on the struggle that lies ahead in which <\/span>we <\/span>voluntad <\/span>lib<\/span>erate <\/span>our countries <\/span>from<\/span> the ruling classes and the <\/span>foreign <\/span>powers<\/span>. <\/span>We celebrate with optimism, because we know that history <\/span>cannot be denied; b<\/span>ecause <\/span>on <\/span> all<\/span> continents workers, youth, women,<\/span> t<\/span>he peoples <\/span>continue to <\/span>fight. They fight for their rights, for their welfare, for freedom, for<\/span> d<\/span>emocracy, social change, and peace. These <\/span>struggles will grow and expand. <\/span>They will have to face up against the system of exploitation and its supporters,<\/span> a<\/span>gainst imperialist domination, <\/span>they <\/span>will open a new wave of <\/span>social <\/span>revolutions<\/span> <\/span>in which the legacy of the Russian workers, of Lenin and Stalin will be present.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Socialism is the future. T<\/span>hat future was sown a hundred years ago and <\/span>today <\/span>there are winds <\/span>throughout this world that will carry its seeds and <\/span>make it bloom again. The workers, the people<\/span>s<\/span>, el <\/span>communists, we figh<\/span>t with the <\/span>banner <\/span>of Marxism Leninism to<\/span> make it so<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Quito, July 28, 2017<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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ARGENTINA<\/span><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina<\/span><\/p>\n

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BOLIVIA<\/span><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Communist Party of Bolivia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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BRAZIL<\/span><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Communist Party<\/span><\/p>\n

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COLOMBIA<\/span><\/p>\n

Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist Leninist)<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular Democratic Youth of Colombia<\/span><\/p>\n

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<\/span><\/p>\n

Communist Party of Labor<\/span><\/p>\n

Women’s Movement of the Dominican Republic<\/span><\/p>\n

Broad Front<\/span><\/p>\n

Caribbean Youth<\/span><\/p>\n

Student Front Flavio Suero<\/span><\/p>\n

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ECUADOR<\/span><\/p>\n

Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n

General Union of Workers of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular Unity<\/span><\/p>\n

Women for Change<\/span><\/p>\n

National Union of Educators<\/span><\/p>\n

National<\/span> United <\/span>Federation of <\/span>Farmer <\/span>the Social Security <\/span>Affiliates<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Federation of University Students of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n

Federation of Secondary Students of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Front of the University Left<\/span><\/p>\n

Unitary Confederation of Retail Merchants of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n

Unitary Confederation of Neighborhoods of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular F<\/span>ront<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Union of <\/span>Peoples<\/span> Artists of Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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EL SALVADOR<\/span><\/p>\n

Union of Independent Trade Unions of El Salvador<\/span><\/p>\n

Permanent Political School of El Salvador<\/span><\/p>\n

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ITALY<\/span><\/p>\n

Communist Platform – Communist Party of the Italian Proletariat<\/span><\/p>\n

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MEXICO<\/span><\/p>\n

Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist)<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular Revolutionary Front of Mexico<\/span><\/p>\n

Union of the Revolutionary Youth of Mexico<\/span><\/p>\n

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PERU<\/span><\/p>\n

Peruvian Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)<\/span><\/p>\n

Women’s Movement for Social Liberation<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular Democratic Front of Peru<\/span><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Socialist Party<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular Democratic Block Party of Peru<\/span><\/p>\n

Association of Women in Struggle of Peru<\/span><\/p>\n

Marxist Leninist Party of Peru<\/span><\/p>\n

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PUERTO RICO<\/span><\/p>\n

April 26 Movement of Puerto Rico<\/span><\/p>\n

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SPAIN<\/span><\/p>\n

Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist)<\/span><\/p>\n

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TUNISIA<\/span><\/p>\n

Workers’ Party<\/span><\/p>\n

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UNITED STATES<\/span><\/p>\n

Partido Laborista Estadounidense\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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URUGUAY<\/span><\/p>\n

Communist Organization “<\/span>28 <\/span> de<\/span> February<\/span>” – Uruguay<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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