{"id":21871,"date":"2018-02-11T23:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T04:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=21871"},"modified":"2018-02-11T23:01:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T04:01:56","slug":"emep-speech-at-the-centenary-celebration-of-the-october-revolution-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2018\/02\/emep-speech-at-the-centenary-celebration-of-the-october-revolution-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"EMEP: Speech at the Centenary Celebration of the October Revolution in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/2018\/02\/11\/pcof-speech-at-the-centenary-celebration-of-the-october-revolution-in-paris\/attachment\/97270\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21872\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21872\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/97270.jpg?resize=700%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"contentsContainer\">\n<div id=\"contents\">\n<p id=\"E109\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><strong><span id=\"E110\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Dear comrades and friends,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E112\"><span id=\"E113\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\" style=\"color:#000000\">First of all, on behalf of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations (CIPOML) we would like to thank the Workers\u2019 Communist Party of France (PCOF), one of the founding members of our conference, for the invitation to this international event on the centenary of the October Revolution. We would also like to congratulate the Central Committee of PCOF and its members and sympathisers for working really hard to organising this successful event. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E115\"><span id=\"E116\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\" style=\"color:#000000\">Dear comrades and friends,<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E118\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E119\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Thanks to comrades from PCOF w<\/span><span id=\"E120\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">e are gathered here to celebrate<\/span><span id=\"E121\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> &#8211; almost to the day &#8211;<\/span><span id=\"E122\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the 100<\/span><span id=\"E123\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">el<\/span><span id=\"E124\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> anniversary of the Great October Rev<\/span><span id=\"E125\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">olution <\/span><span id=\"E126\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in this<\/span><span id=\"E127\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> historical city where the Paris Communards<\/span><span id=\"E128\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> had written their famous history<\/span><span id=\"E129\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E130\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">as if to \u201cconquer the sky\u201d<\/span><span id=\"E131\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E133\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E134\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Yes, history <\/span><span id=\"E135\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">brings together<\/span><span id=\"E136\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">! Not<\/span><span id=\"E137\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> just<\/span><span id=\"E138\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in general but also in its <\/span><span id=\"E139\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">special<\/span><span id=\"E140\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> meaning here: because we know that there is a <\/span><span id=\"E141\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">special <\/span><span id=\"E142\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">path that leads from the Commune to the Soviets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E144\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E145\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Although t<\/span><span id=\"E146\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">he<\/span><span id=\"E147\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y <\/span><span id=\"E148\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">(the Commune to the Soviets) <\/span><span id=\"E149\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">are identical <\/span><span id=\"E150\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in terms of <\/span><span id=\"E151\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">working class <\/span><span id=\"E152\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">establishing their own rule,<\/span><span id=\"E153\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the October Revolution is different in that it picked the red flag that <\/span><span id=\"E154\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">had fallen<\/span><span id=\"E155\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> on the streets of this city and <\/span><span id=\"E156\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">thrust<\/span><span id=\"E157\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> it <\/span><span id=\"E158\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in to the bosom of a <\/span><span id=\"E159\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">whole century. October Revolution un<\/span><span id=\"E160\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">doubtedly includes the Commune <\/span><span id=\"E161\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">\u2013 <\/span><span id=\"E162\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">just like today includes yesterday<\/span><span id=\"E163\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">;<\/span><span id=\"E164\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E165\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">but having learnt from its experiences<\/span><span id=\"E166\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, <\/span><span id=\"E167\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">it <\/span><span id=\"E168\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">represents something beyond it<\/span><span id=\"E169\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, something more advanced<\/span><span id=\"E170\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E172\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E173\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">To recall briefly: <\/span><span id=\"E174\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">exactly a 100 years ago in October 1917, <\/span><span id=\"E175\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">millions of workers and peasants took to the stage of history<\/span><span id=\"E176\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> again<\/span><span id=\"E177\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to take the decis<\/span><span id=\"E178\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ions regarding their own future<\/span><span id=\"E179\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> into their own hands<\/span><span id=\"E180\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><span id=\"E181\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">As<\/span><span id=\"E182\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E183\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">an<\/span><span id=\"E184\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E185\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">instrument<\/span><span id=\"E186\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of struggle and <\/span><span id=\"E187\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">uprising<\/span><span id=\"E188\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of millions,<\/span><span id=\"E189\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the Soviets<\/span><span id=\"E190\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> took <\/span><span id=\"E191\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">full power and became the <\/span><span id=\"E192\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">vehicle for their <\/span><span id=\"E193\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">own <\/span><span id=\"E194\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">rule<\/span><span id=\"E195\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, and in the form of Soviets t<\/span><span id=\"E196\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">he <\/span><span id=\"E197\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">rule<\/span><span id=\"E198\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of the <\/span><span id=\"E199\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">working class <\/span><span id=\"E200\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">was<\/span><span id=\"E201\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> declared<\/span><span id=\"E202\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E204\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E205\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">With<\/span><span id=\"E206\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> this <\/span><span id=\"E207\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">colossal<\/span><span id=\"E208\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> step, <\/span><span id=\"E209\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">a <\/span><span id=\"E210\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">new epoch began, the epoch of imperialism <\/span><span id=\"E211\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">and the proletarian revolutions for which the October Revolution blew the horn. <\/span><span id=\"E212\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">The s<\/span><span id=\"E213\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ocialist system and<\/span><span id=\"E214\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the<\/span><span id=\"E215\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> rotten <\/span><span id=\"E216\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">capitalist system <\/span><span id=\"E217\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">would <\/span><span id=\"E218\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">now confront<\/span><span id=\"E219\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> each other starting with this st<\/span><span id=\"E220\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ep. The national <\/span><span id=\"E221\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">question<\/span><span id=\"E222\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> would cease<\/span><span id=\"E223\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to be <\/span><span id=\"E224\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">a<\/span><span id=\"E225\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> fight <\/span><span id=\"E226\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">markets <\/span><span id=\"E227\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">among <\/span><span id=\"E228\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E229\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">bourgeois<\/span><span id=\"E230\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ie<\/span><span id=\"E231\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of different nations and <\/span><span id=\"E232\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">be <\/span><span id=\"E233\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">transform<\/span><span id=\"E234\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ed<\/span><span id=\"E235\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> into the question of <\/span><span id=\"E236\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">liberation of oppressed nations and peoples<\/span><span id=\"E237\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> from imperialism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentsContainer\">\n<div id=\"contents\">\n<p id=\"E239\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E240\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October Revolution <\/span><span id=\"E242\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">is<\/span><span id=\"E243\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> no <\/span><span id=\"E244\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">just<\/span><span id=\"E245\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a national revolution; it is the first thrust of <\/span><span id=\"E246\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">an <\/span><span id=\"E247\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">international proletarian <\/span><span id=\"E248\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">revolution. Its general princip<\/span><span id=\"E249\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">l<\/span><span id=\"E250\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">e<\/span><span id=\"E251\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s regarding theoretical, <\/span><span id=\"E252\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">tactical<\/span><span id=\"E253\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and organisational practice are universal. <\/span><span id=\"E254\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">For this reason<\/span><span id=\"E255\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, <\/span><span id=\"E256\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E257\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October Revolution did<\/span><span id=\"E258\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> not only spread to Russia but, starting with Europe,<\/span><span id=\"E259\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> shook the whole world, <\/span><span id=\"E260\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">a<\/span><span id=\"E261\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">wak<\/span><span id=\"E262\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">en<\/span><span id=\"E263\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ing the masses, providing workers and peasants <\/span><span id=\"E264\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">a<\/span><span id=\"E265\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> path<\/span><span id=\"E266\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to follow<\/span><span id=\"E267\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E269\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E270\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Communist parties and <\/span><span id=\"E271\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">workers\u2019<\/span><span id=\"E272\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> organisations <\/span><span id=\"E273\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">became stronger <\/span><span id=\"E274\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in almost all countries, <\/span><span id=\"E275\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">new ones were established in many<\/span><span id=\"E276\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> others<\/span><span id=\"E277\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><span id=\"E278\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E279\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Europe<\/span><span id=\"E280\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> as a whole<\/span><span id=\"E281\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> was s<\/span><span id=\"E282\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">haken by struggles for<\/span><span id=\"E283\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> revolutions; despite their defeat, <\/span><span id=\"E284\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">uprisings<\/span><span id=\"E285\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in Finland, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, even <\/span><span id=\"E286\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">as far as <\/span><span id=\"E287\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Tori<\/span><span id=\"E288\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">no-Italy<\/span><span id=\"E289\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E290\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E291\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">and finally Bulgaria followed one another. Bourgeois national <\/span><span id=\"E292\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">liberation<\/span><span id=\"E293\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> movements in China, Turkey and Afghanistan <\/span><span id=\"E294\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">were influenced <\/span><span id=\"E295\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">directly <\/span><span id=\"E296\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">from the <\/span><span id=\"E297\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Soviet<\/span><span id=\"E298\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> Russia.<\/span><span id=\"E299\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E301\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E302\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Rusia <\/span><span id=\"E303\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">was a backward <\/span><span id=\"E304\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">country<\/span><span id=\"E305\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E306\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> but the revolution broke out there<\/span><span id=\"E307\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, because <\/span><span id=\"E308\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">it was the point where all <\/span><span id=\"E309\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">contradictions of the <\/span><span id=\"E310\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">imperialist <\/span><span id=\"E311\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">capitalist system <\/span><span id=\"E312\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">were<\/span><span id=\"E313\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E314\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">knotted<\/span><span id=\"E315\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. It was the weakest <\/span><span id=\"E316\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">link<\/span><span id=\"E317\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in the chain. The start of <\/span><span id=\"E318\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the proletarian revolution in a backward<\/span><span id=\"E319\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> country did not prevent it from <\/span><span id=\"E320\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">being a<\/span><span id=\"E321\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E322\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">model<\/span><span id=\"E323\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> for the whole world and <\/span><span id=\"E324\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">especially<\/span><span id=\"E325\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> for<\/span><span id=\"E326\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E327\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the working class.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E329\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E330\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">First of all, the <\/span><span id=\"E331\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October Revolution demonstrated the indispensabil<\/span><span id=\"E332\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ity of a Marxist-Leninist Party<\/span><span id=\"E333\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E334\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">as the vanguard of <\/span><span id=\"E335\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E336\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">working class<\/span><span id=\"E337\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, equ<\/span><span id=\"E338\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">i<\/span><span id=\"E339\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">pped with revolutionary theory and <\/span><span id=\"E340\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">a correct programme,<\/span><span id=\"E341\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> rooted <\/span><span id=\"E342\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">inside<\/span><span id=\"E343\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the exploited masses, <\/span><span id=\"E344\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y <\/span><span id=\"E345\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">taking a role to enhance their <\/span><span id=\"E346\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">consciousness <\/span><span id=\"E347\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y <\/span><span id=\"E348\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">organisational <\/span><span id=\"E349\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">abilities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E351\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E352\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">It also demonstrated that without mass organisations of the Soviets\/assemblies as the <\/span><span id=\"E353\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">vehicle<\/span><span id=\"E354\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of struggle and <\/span><span id=\"E355\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">for power<\/span><span id=\"E356\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, the working class cannot <\/span><span id=\"E357\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">organise<\/span><span id=\"E358\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> as the ruling cl<\/span><span id=\"E359\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ass, <\/span><span id=\"E360\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">and that mass organisation<\/span><span id=\"E361\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s<\/span><span id=\"E362\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E363\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">are <\/span><span id=\"E364\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">indispensable<\/span><span id=\"E365\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in <\/span><span id=\"E366\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">guiding<\/span><span id=\"E367\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the masses towards <\/span><span id=\"E368\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">a<\/span><span id=\"E369\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> target.<\/span><span id=\"E370\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> October Revolution<\/span><span id=\"E371\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> also<\/span><span id=\"E372\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> highlighted a fundamental principal: All real revolutions are the work of <\/span><span id=\"E373\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E374\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">masses!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E376\"><span id=\"E377\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\" style=\"color:#000000\">Dear comrades, friends,<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E379\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E380\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Undoubtedly, one can talk about <\/span><span id=\"E381\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">many <\/span><span id=\"E382\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">other <\/span><span id=\"E383\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">lessons. <\/span><span id=\"E384\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">But with your permission<\/span><span id=\"E385\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, we <\/span><span id=\"E386\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">would like<\/span><span id=\"E387\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to <\/span><span id=\"E388\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">use this opportunity to <\/span><span id=\"E389\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">focus on the place of the <\/span><span id=\"E390\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October <\/span><span id=\"E391\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Revoluti<\/span><span id=\"E392\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">on <\/span><span id=\"E393\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">for the<\/span><span id=\"E394\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E395\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">present struggle of the <\/span><span id=\"E396\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">international working class<\/span><span id=\"E397\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentsContainer\">\n<div id=\"contents\">\n<p id=\"E399\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E400\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Painful as it is, reality is that the historical <\/span><span id=\"E401\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">process<\/span><span id=\"E402\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> that started with <\/span><span id=\"E403\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E404\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October Revolution ended <\/span><span id=\"E405\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in<\/span><span id=\"E406\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a<\/span><span id=\"E407\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> temporary defeat of the working class. At first glance, <\/span><span id=\"E408\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">this<\/span><span id=\"E409\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> might seem like another parallel between the Paris Commune and the October Revolution. But, <\/span><span id=\"E410\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">only at the first glance!<\/span><span id=\"E411\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> There are important differences between the two defeats both in terms of scope and impact<\/span><span id=\"E412\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E413\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> as well as <\/span><span id=\"E414\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">how<\/span><span id=\"E415\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> they <\/span><span id=\"E416\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">transpired. <\/span><span id=\"E418\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Different from<\/span><span id=\"E419\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the<\/span><span id=\"E420\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> Paris Commune, <\/span><span id=\"E421\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E422\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">proletarian socialism <\/span><span id=\"E423\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">which was <\/span><span id=\"E424\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">established <\/span><span id=\"E425\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">following<\/span><span id=\"E426\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E427\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E428\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October Revolution was defeated<\/span><span id=\"E429\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E430\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">as a result of<\/span><span id=\"E431\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a <\/span><span id=\"E432\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">veiled<\/span><span id=\"E433\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> y <\/span><span id=\"E434\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">insidious<\/span><span id=\"E435\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> process of deformation<\/span><span id=\"E436\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> led by modern revisionism<\/span><span id=\"E437\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> that kicked in<\/span><span id=\"E438\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> at a ce<\/span><span id=\"E439\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">rtain stage of its development. The ideological-po<\/span><span id=\"E440\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">litical platform of this <\/span><span id=\"E441\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">process, which led to the <\/span><span id=\"E442\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">restoration<\/span><span id=\"E443\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of capitalism, <\/span><span id=\"E444\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">took shape at the<\/span><span id=\"E445\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> 20<\/span><span id=\"E446\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">el<\/span><span id=\"E447\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> Congress of the USSR in 1956. From then on, it gained dynamism in line with its own logic, <\/span><span id=\"E448\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">and began to penetrate into <\/span><span id=\"E449\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">t<\/span><span id=\"E450\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">he party and the working <\/span><span id=\"E452\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">class,<\/span><span id=\"E454\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E455\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y<\/span><span id=\"E456\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> into<\/span><span id=\"E457\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> Soviet society<\/span><span id=\"E458\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in general<\/span><span id=\"E459\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E461\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E462\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">One could ask why this difference is important in today\u2019s conditions. It is <\/span><span id=\"E463\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">an<\/span><span id=\"E464\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E465\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">important<\/span><span id=\"E466\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> differentiation<\/span><span id=\"E467\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, because <\/span><span id=\"E468\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">it <\/span><span id=\"E469\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">explains <\/span><span id=\"E470\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">why the defeat we were faced with had such devastating effects<\/span><span id=\"E471\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><span id=\"E472\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Bourgeois propaganda claimed that t<\/span><span id=\"E473\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">his defeat<\/span><span id=\"E474\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, <\/span><span id=\"E475\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">because of its characteristics, was due to the<\/span><span id=\"E476\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> structural defects of socialis<\/span><span id=\"E477\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">m,<\/span><span id=\"E478\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E479\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">and managed to disguise<\/span><span id=\"E480\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the active, destructive role of imperialism and <\/span><span id=\"E481\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the world reactionary forces. And most importantly,<\/span><span id=\"E482\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E483\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">because <\/span><span id=\"E484\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E485\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">consciousness and the drive to struggle of the<\/span><span id=\"E486\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> leading and live forces of the<\/span><span id=\"E487\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> international working class were<\/span><span id=\"E488\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> blunted by the process of deformation <\/span><span id=\"E489\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">led by<\/span><span id=\"E490\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> modern revisionism,<\/span><span id=\"E491\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E492\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the<\/span><span id=\"E493\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> capacity<\/span><span id=\"E494\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of a significant section of these forces<\/span><span id=\"E495\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to resist and repel <\/span><span id=\"E496\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">what was happening<\/span><span id=\"E497\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, <\/span><span id=\"E498\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">under the conditions where the defeat made itself obvious<\/span><span id=\"E499\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, had been <\/span><span id=\"E500\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">destroyed to a great extent.<\/span><span id=\"E501\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> In short, unlike the Paris Commune, this defeat deeply <\/span><span id=\"E502\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">undermined<\/span><span id=\"E503\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E504\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E505\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">self-confidence of the working class, narrowed its vision and took away <\/span><span id=\"E506\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">its dream to create a new world<\/span><span id=\"E507\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, even though temporarily<\/span><span id=\"E508\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E510\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E511\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">As <\/span><span id=\"E512\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">you<\/span><span id=\"E513\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> know<\/span><span id=\"E514\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, this speech is made in the name <\/span><span id=\"E515\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">de <\/span><span id=\"E516\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">CIPOML. We would like to remind that one characteristic that distinguishes CIPOML is <\/span><span id=\"E517\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">that it was established by parties<\/span><span id=\"E518\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and organ<\/span><span id=\"E519\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">isations which fought against modern<\/span><span id=\"E520\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> revisionism at the time<\/span><span id=\"E521\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E522\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y<\/span><span id=\"E523\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> came out of that struggle. <\/span><span id=\"E524\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">For this reason<\/span><span id=\"E525\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, <\/span><span id=\"E526\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">it<\/span><span id=\"E527\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> is n<\/span><span id=\"E528\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ot a coincidence that<\/span><span id=\"E529\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> soon after the period of 1989\/91 <\/span><span id=\"E530\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">when<\/span><span id=\"E531\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the Soviet Union <\/span><span id=\"E532\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">openly <\/span><span id=\"E533\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">collapsed<\/span><span id=\"E534\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> y <\/span><span id=\"E535\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E536\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">gloomy<\/span><span id=\"E537\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> counter-revolutionary propaganda of \u201csocialism is history\u201d was spread around the<\/span><span id=\"E538\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> world,<\/span><span id=\"E539\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E540\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">when monopolist bourgeoisie and<\/span><span id=\"E541\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> imperialism started their great offensive against in<\/span><span id=\"E542\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ternational working class,<\/span><span id=\"E543\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E544\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">together with our fraternal party PCOF we <\/span><span id=\"E545\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">took a step forward and established <\/span><span id=\"E546\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E547\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">CIPOML.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E549\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E550\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">The reason for stating this historical fact here is beyond emphasising<\/span><span id=\"E551\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the existence of<\/span><span id=\"E552\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> revolutionary focal point of the international working class<\/span><span id=\"E553\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. What\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">we want to underline is <\/span><span id=\"E554\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the need to distinguish between <\/span><span id=\"E555\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E556\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">forms<\/span><span id=\"E557\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> y <\/span><span id=\"E558\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E559\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">reasons of the historical defeat of the working class. <\/span><span id=\"E560\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">In fact, t<\/span><span id=\"E561\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">his emphasis is a call to workers<\/span><span id=\"E562\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">\u2019<\/span><span id=\"E563\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> y <\/span><span id=\"E564\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">trade <\/span><span id=\"E565\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">union leaders, <\/span><span id=\"E566\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">principled intellectuals, <\/span><span id=\"E567\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">fighting<\/span><span id=\"E568\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> women and youth. Yes,<\/span><span id=\"E569\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E570\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">this emphasis is a call to break away from the limitations of actuality and to have a <\/span><span id=\"E571\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">historical<\/span><span id=\"E572\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> perspective when approaching <\/span><span id=\"E573\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">current social problems of <\/span><span id=\"E574\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E575\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">capitalist society we live in, problems such as <\/span><span id=\"E576\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">unemployment, poverty, struggle to earn a living, problems <\/span><span id=\"E577\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">with<\/span><span id=\"E578\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E579\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">shelter<\/span><span id=\"E580\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, health and education,<\/span><span id=\"E581\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> racism,<\/span><span id=\"E582\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> nationalism, armament and wars,<\/span><span id=\"E583\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> women\u2019s issues,<\/span><span id=\"E584\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> destruction of the <\/span><span id=\"E585\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">environment, inequality, <\/span><span id=\"E587\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">insecurity<\/span><span id=\"E588\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, etc. <\/span><span id=\"E589\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Undoubtedly, <\/span><span id=\"E590\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">they<\/span><span id=\"E591\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E592\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">all <\/span><span id=\"E593\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">are <\/span><span id=\"E594\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">chronic<\/span><span id=\"E595\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> problems of capitalism, <\/span><span id=\"E596\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">hence <\/span><span id=\"E597\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">they <\/span><span id=\"E598\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">cannot be removed from our lives unless the system <\/span><span id=\"E599\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">itself which<\/span><span id=\"E600\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> creates them<\/span><span id=\"E601\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E602\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and its relations of production<\/span><span id=\"E603\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> are abolished.<\/span><span id=\"E604\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E605\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Yes, t<\/span><span id=\"E606\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">he defeat is undeniable; <\/span><span id=\"E607\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">nevertheless<\/span><span id=\"E608\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, can <\/span><span id=\"E609\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">anyone claim that<\/span><span id=\"E610\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> this defeat <\/span><span id=\"E611\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">makes the<\/span><span id=\"E612\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> defeated <\/span><span id=\"E613\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">o<\/span><span id=\"E614\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> su <\/span><span id=\"E615\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">humanly<\/span><span id=\"E616\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">-social aspirations meaningless? <\/span><span id=\"E617\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Could <\/span><span id=\"E618\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">anyone suggest<\/span><span id=\"E619\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> that workers are <\/span><span id=\"E620\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">no longer the ones<\/span><span id=\"E621\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E622\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">who<\/span><span id=\"E623\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> create the material world? A world without oppression and slavery,<\/span><span id=\"E624\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> without class differences, inequalities or uncertain futures,<\/span><span id=\"E625\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a so<\/span><span id=\"E626\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ciety of humanity and solidarity\u2026<\/span><span id=\"E627\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> could it be claimed that these eternal aspirations of the oppressed classes lost their meaning with this defeat? This is impossible<\/span><span id=\"E628\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E629\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> because the material <\/span><span id=\"E630\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">relations<\/span><span id=\"E631\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and conflicts of the capitalist system that stimulate these<\/span><span id=\"E632\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> aspirations continue to exist, even reaching a<\/span><span id=\"E633\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> more desperate and unbearable magnitude <\/span><span id=\"E634\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">compared to the period before the defeat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentsContainer\">\n<div id=\"contents\">\n<p id=\"E636\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E637\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">El <\/span><span id=\"E638\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">course<\/span><span id=\"E639\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of events, <\/span><span id=\"E640\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">persistently<\/span><span id=\"E641\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> bring<\/span><span id=\"E642\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s<\/span><span id=\"E643\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> us together with history: it <\/span><span id=\"E644\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">is <\/span><span id=\"E645\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">100 years since the October <\/span><span id=\"E646\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Revolution,<\/span><span id=\"E647\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a whole century. But the capitalist world of today is busy trying to recreate t<\/span><span id=\"E648\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">he world in the image of pre-19<\/span><span id=\"E649\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">1<\/span><span id=\"E650\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">7<\/span><span id=\"E651\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E652\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> as if this great revolution did not take plac<\/span><span id=\"E653\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">e! Social <\/span><span id=\"E654\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">contradictions<\/span><span id=\"E655\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> are growing; democratic gains are cut back;<\/span><span id=\"E656\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> racism is spreading;<\/span><span id=\"E657\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> nationalist and fasci<\/span><span id=\"E658\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">stic tendencies are on the rise;<\/span><span id=\"E659\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the arms race <\/span><span id=\"E660\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">has reached astronomical levels;<\/span><span id=\"E661\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> wars a<\/span><span id=\"E662\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">nd mass migration are deepening;<\/span><span id=\"E663\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E664\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">inter-imperialist <\/span><span id=\"E665\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">competition<\/span><span id=\"E666\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and fight for hegemony <\/span><span id=\"E667\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">is escalating;<\/span><span id=\"E668\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> concerns of another World War is <\/span><span id=\"E669\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">mounting<\/span><span id=\"E670\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E672\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E673\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Let\u2019s assume, for a moment, that everything is as portray<\/span><span id=\"E674\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ed by bourgeois propaganda: let\u2019s say <\/span><span id=\"E675\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the October Revolution <\/span><span id=\"E676\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">is<\/span><span id=\"E677\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a \u201c<\/span><span id=\"E678\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">deviation from history<\/span><span id=\"E679\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">\u201d, a \u201ctragic accident\u201d, <\/span><span id=\"E680\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">o <\/span><span id=\"E681\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">\u201cuseless efforts of daydreaming revolutionaries\u201d! How, then, do we explain <\/span><span id=\"E682\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the capitalist world today, reminiscent of <\/span><span id=\"E683\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">pre-1917 <\/span><span id=\"E684\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">situation<\/span><span id=\"E685\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">? <\/span><span id=\"E686\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Is it possible to overcome chronic problems of capitalis<\/span><span id=\"E687\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">m<\/span><span id=\"E688\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> without <\/span><span id=\"E689\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">an <\/span><span id=\"E690\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October<\/span><span id=\"E691\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> Revolution,<\/span><span id=\"E692\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E693\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">i.e. <\/span><span id=\"E694\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">without workers creating and strengtheni<\/span><span id=\"E695\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ng their own mass organisations,<\/span><span id=\"E696\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> without develo<\/span><span id=\"E697\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ping their independent politics or<\/span><span id=\"E698\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> uniting and coordinating their struggle <\/span><span id=\"E699\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">through<\/span><span id=\"E700\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> their own party,<\/span><span id=\"E701\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in short<\/span><span id=\"E702\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E703\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> without stepping up to the <\/span><span id=\"E704\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">stage of history<\/span><span id=\"E705\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> as an independent political power, taking their future into their own hands? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"E73\">\n<p id=\"E74\" class=\"qowt-stl-Footer\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E75\" class=\"qowt-stl-PageNumber\"><\/span><span id=\"E708\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">The course of the world is clear; but what are <\/span><span id=\"E709\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E710\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">workers, labourers, peasants and youth going to do? Will they believe in bourgeoisie and throttle each other again? Will they be the <\/span><span id=\"E711\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">foot-soldiers<\/span><span id=\"E712\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E713\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">de<\/span><span id=\"E714\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> subjugation of othe<\/span><span id=\"E715\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">r nations? And more importantly,<\/span><span id=\"E716\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the progressive workers and <\/span><span id=\"E717\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">trade <\/span><span id=\"E718\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">unionists <\/span><span id=\"E719\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">who see where these events<\/span><span id=\"E720\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E721\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">lead<\/span><span id=\"E722\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to<\/span><span id=\"E723\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, intellectuals <\/span><span id=\"E724\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">who<\/span><span id=\"E725\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> did not sever their ties with socie<\/span><span id=\"E726\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ty, advanced sections of youth and women,<\/span><span id=\"E727\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> what are they going to do? Will they <\/span><span id=\"E728\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">demolish <\/span><span id=\"E729\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the ideological <\/span><span id=\"E730\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">barriers built <\/span><span id=\"E731\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">on the foundations of the great defeat <\/span><span id=\"E732\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">by bourgeois propaganda<\/span><span id=\"E733\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E734\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> blend their responsibility to future generation<\/span><span id=\"E735\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s with historical consciousness and<\/span><span id=\"E736\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> lunge forward with increased self-confidence and <\/span><span id=\"E737\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">renewed<\/span><span id=\"E738\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> energy? Or, will they <\/span><span id=\"E739\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">tail behind<\/span><span id=\"E740\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the<\/span><span id=\"E741\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> utopian<\/span><span id=\"E742\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> projects that repro<\/span><span id=\"E743\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">duce these <\/span><span id=\"E744\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ideological barriers,<\/span><span id=\"E746\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> ranging from \u201c<\/span><span id=\"E747\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">21<\/span><span id=\"E748\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">st<\/span><span id=\"E749\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> century so<\/span><span id=\"E750\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">cialism\u201d to \u201c<\/span><span id=\"E751\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">radic<\/span><span id=\"E752\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">al democracy\u201d<\/span><span id=\"E753\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E754\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> with a common thread of<\/span><span id=\"E755\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> \u201csocialism without revolution\u201d<\/span><span id=\"E756\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, which are<\/span><span id=\"E757\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> based on the refusal of clear class reality of capitalism and its irreconcilable <\/span><span id=\"E758\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">contradictions<\/span><span id=\"E759\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentsContainer\">\n<div id=\"contents\">\n<p id=\"E761\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E762\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">W<\/span><span id=\"E763\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">hen w<\/span><span id=\"E764\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">e<\/span><span id=\"E765\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E766\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">say<\/span><span id=\"E767\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> that \u201c<\/span><span id=\"E768\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E769\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October Revolution is <\/span><span id=\"E770\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">relevant<\/span><span id=\"E771\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> today<\/span><span id=\"E772\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">\u201d<\/span><span id=\"E773\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, we do not say it<\/span><span id=\"E774\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to satisfy or dec<\/span><span id=\"E775\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">eive ourselves. On the contrary,<\/span><span id=\"E776\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E777\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">we <\/span><span id=\"E778\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">are talking about a<\/span><span id=\"E779\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> self-imposition of a historical path and method dete<\/span><span id=\"E780\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">rmined both by the nature and<\/span><span id=\"E781\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the social resolution of <\/span><span id=\"E782\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">concrete and irreconcilable <\/span><span id=\"E783\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">contradictions<\/span><span id=\"E784\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of the capitalist world of our day. What makes us <\/span><span id=\"E785\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ask<\/span><span id=\"E786\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the<\/span><span id=\"E787\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">se<\/span><span id=\"E788\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> questions <\/span><span id=\"E789\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">is<\/span><span id=\"E790\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the course of events and <\/span><span id=\"E791\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the reality of the <\/span><span id=\"E792\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">capitalist world today! And the key to <\/span><span id=\"E793\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E794\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">correct answers<\/span><span id=\"E795\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to these questions<\/span><span id=\"E796\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E797\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">is<\/span><span id=\"E798\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E799\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in the October Revolution,<\/span><span id=\"E800\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E801\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in <\/span><span id=\"E802\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">its rich experiences, <\/span><span id=\"E803\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in its <\/span><span id=\"E804\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">victor<\/span><span id=\"E805\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y<\/span><span id=\"E806\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> y <\/span><span id=\"E807\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">failures<\/span><span id=\"E808\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/2018\/02\/11\/pcof-speech-at-the-centenary-celebration-of-the-october-revolution-in-paris\/10paris3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21873\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/10paris3.jpg?resize=700%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"E810\"><span id=\"E811\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\" style=\"color:#000000\">Dear comrades, friends,<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E813\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E814\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">What made October Revolution possible was an accumulation of many factors.<\/span><span id=\"E815\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> But it should be stressed that <\/span><span id=\"E816\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E817\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">revolution would not have been possible without <\/span><span id=\"E818\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E820\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Soviets<\/span><span id=\"E821\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E823\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the struggle and insurrection organs which then transformed into the organs of political power, <\/span><span id=\"E824\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">and without t<\/span><span id=\"E825\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">he <\/span><span id=\"E826\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Bolshevik Party<\/span><span id=\"E827\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">,<\/span><span id=\"E828\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> deep <\/span><span id=\"E829\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">rooted within the working class<\/span><span id=\"E830\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><span id=\"E831\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">In terms of<\/span><span id=\"E832\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> these two fundamental factors, <\/span><span id=\"E833\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">it is clear that we are <\/span><span id=\"E834\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">still <\/span><span id=\"E835\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">at the beginning<\/span><span id=\"E836\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of the road we need to travel<\/span><span id=\"E837\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. Nevertheless, we are not starting from <\/span><span id=\"E838\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">scratch.<\/span><span id=\"E839\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> Besides everything else, we have great historical experiences of <\/span><span id=\"E840\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E841\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">worker<\/span><span id=\"E842\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s\u2019<\/span><span id=\"E843\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> y <\/span><span id=\"E844\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E845\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">communist movement<\/span><span id=\"E846\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to <\/span><span id=\"E847\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">base ourselves on. And it is obvious that t<\/span><span id=\"E848\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">he way to make <\/span><span id=\"E849\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">this historical experience<\/span><span id=\"E850\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to be<\/span><span id=\"E851\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E852\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">internalise<\/span><span id=\"E853\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">d<\/span><span id=\"E854\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E855\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">is to unite it with <\/span><span id=\"E856\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E857\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">problems and experiences of <\/span><span id=\"E858\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E859\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">class struggles of our day. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E861\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E862\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">We, the parties and organisations <\/span><span id=\"E863\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">of the <\/span><span id=\"E864\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">CIPOML, are aware that <\/span><span id=\"E865\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">we cannot adequate<\/span><span id=\"E866\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ly carry out our duties without<\/span><span id=\"E867\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> taking root among the working class, actively taking a leading role in developing <\/span><span id=\"E868\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">their own movement and struggle,<\/span><span id=\"E869\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> y<\/span><span id=\"E870\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> uniting workers<\/span><span id=\"E871\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">\u2019<\/span><span id=\"E872\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and labourers\u2019 own experiences of struggle with historical<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">accumulation<\/span><span id=\"E873\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of experience<\/span><span id=\"E874\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> of the international working class. <\/span><span id=\"E875\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">For this reason, and especially under our present conditions,<\/span><span id=\"E876\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> it is one of our immediate tasks that communists and class conscious workers unite with the broadest sections of the working class, play an advanced role in their organisation and education, and our parties and organisations take the initiative to form alliances, starting from the base and the localities, which could serve the unity of broad sections of workers and working people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentsContainer\">\n<div id=\"contents\">\n<p id=\"E878\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E879\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">At the same time, <\/span><span id=\"E880\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">as a necessity of these duties, CIPOML holds annua<\/span><span id=\"E881\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">l <\/span><span id=\"E882\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">regional<\/span><span id=\"E883\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and general conferences,<\/span><span id=\"E884\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E885\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y<\/span><span id=\"E886\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E887\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">publishes<\/span><span id=\"E888\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the journal<\/span><span id=\"E889\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E890\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Unity and Struggl<\/span><span id=\"E891\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">e<\/span><span id=\"E892\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> twice<\/span><span id=\"E893\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a year<\/span><span id=\"E894\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, also producing special editions,<\/span><span id=\"E895\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in different languages,<\/span><span id=\"E896\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E897\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">declares<\/span><span id=\"E898\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> our position on current developments <\/span><span id=\"E899\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in a way <\/span><span id=\"E900\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">to serve<\/span><span id=\"E901\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E902\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E903\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">interest of the working <\/span><span id=\"E904\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">class;<\/span><span id=\"E906\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> organise<\/span><span id=\"E907\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s<\/span><span id=\"E908\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and take<\/span><span id=\"E909\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s<\/span><span id=\"E910\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> part in <\/span><span id=\"E911\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E912\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">struggles <\/span><span id=\"E913\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">de<\/span><span id=\"E914\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> workers and <\/span><span id=\"E915\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">trade <\/span><span id=\"E916\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">unions, <\/span><span id=\"E917\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in <\/span><span id=\"E918\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">women\u2019s movement, youth camps <\/span><span id=\"E919\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y<\/span><span id=\"E920\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> anti-war struggle<\/span><span id=\"E921\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">s<\/span><span id=\"E922\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">. <\/span><span id=\"E923\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Celebration of<\/span><span id=\"E924\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the 100<\/span><span id=\"E925\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">el<\/span><span id=\"E926\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> anniversary of <\/span><span id=\"E927\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E928\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">October Revolution on all continents; organising special meetings and conferences <\/span><span id=\"E929\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">on this subject <\/span><span id=\"E930\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in all countries we are represented in; sharing its historical meaning and the experience it <\/span><span id=\"E931\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">embodies<\/span><span id=\"E932\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> with workers and labourers through printed and visual media; <\/span><span id=\"E933\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">we see and undertake all these<\/span><span id=\"E934\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E935\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">as a requirement of our current duties<\/span><span id=\"E936\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> \u2013 just like<\/span><span id=\"E937\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> the <\/span><span id=\"E938\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">celebra<\/span><span id=\"E939\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ti<\/span><span id=\"E940\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">on of the<\/span><span id=\"E941\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> October Revolution, <\/span><span id=\"E942\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">organised by our fraternal party PCOF, <\/span><span id=\"E943\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">here<\/span><span id=\"E944\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> in Paris,<\/span><span id=\"E945\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> at the centre of<\/span><span id=\"E946\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> a continen<\/span><span id=\"E947\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">t that witnessed big upheavals<\/span><span id=\"E948\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, next to the <\/span><span id=\"E949\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Communards<\/span><span id=\"E950\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E952\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E953\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">At a time where the world is moving towards <\/span><span id=\"E954\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">harsher<\/span><span id=\"E955\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> struggles, the importance of activities carried out with an international spirit <\/span><span id=\"E956\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">increase<\/span><span id=\"E957\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">; solidarity between <\/span><span id=\"E958\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E959\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">working class and its <\/span><span id=\"E960\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">p<\/span><span id=\"E961\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">arties, and sharing of experiences as <\/span><span id=\"E962\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">part of this<\/span><span id=\"E963\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> become<\/span><span id=\"E964\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> more urgent. We are realistic and see that the working class, its parties and revol<\/span><span id=\"E965\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">utionary forces<\/span><span id=\"E966\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> are<\/span><span id=\"E967\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> face<\/span><span id=\"E968\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">d with<\/span><span id=\"E969\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> big <\/span><span id=\"E970\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">calamities and<\/span><span id=\"E971\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> hardships that need to be overcome in terms of <\/span><span id=\"E972\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">increasing our <\/span><span id=\"E973\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">abil<\/span><span id=\"E974\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ities<\/span><span id=\"E975\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">, capacity<\/span><span id=\"E976\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> and opportunities to face the<\/span><span id=\"E977\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E978\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">tough<\/span><span id=\"E979\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> conditions of struggle to come. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E981\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E982\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">However, communists are equipped with a <\/span><span id=\"E983\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">distinct<\/span><span id=\"E984\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> feeling of responsibility and consciousness towards history. Temporary defeats, hardships and <\/span><span id=\"E985\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">inadequacies<\/span><span id=\"E986\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> cannot i<\/span><span id=\"E987\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">ntimidate them. On the contrary,<\/span><span id=\"E988\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> to overcome these, the<\/span><span id=\"E989\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">y <\/span><span id=\"E990\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">will review their actions and, if necessary,<\/span><span id=\"E991\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> be self-critical to arrive at conclusions that will renew their energy <\/span><span id=\"E992\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">to<\/span><span id=\"E993\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> <\/span><span id=\"E994\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">fulfil<\/span><span id=\"E995\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\"> el<\/span><span id=\"E996\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">eir historical responsibilities. And t<\/span><span id=\"E997\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">hey are optimistic <\/span><span id=\"E998\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">in this respect!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E1000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E1001\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Long live <\/span><span id=\"E1002\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">the <\/span><span id=\"E1003\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">G<\/span><span id=\"E1004\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">reat October Revolution!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E1005\"><span id=\"E1006\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\" style=\"color:#000000\">Long live Proletarian Internationalism!<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"E1007\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span id=\"E1008\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">Long live <\/span><span id=\"E1009\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">PCOF<\/span><span id=\"E1010\" class=\"qowt-font2-Times\">!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear comrades and friends, First of all, on behalf of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations (CIPOML) we would like to thank the..<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,21,84,92],"tags":[331,348,347],"class_list":["post-21871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-international","category-statements","category-theory","tag-france","tag-revolutionary-history","tag-workers-struggle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenix.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/97270.jpg?fit=730%2C487&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}