{"id":23880,"date":"2020-04-17T01:41:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T05:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=23880"},"modified":"2020-04-17T01:41:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T05:41:54","slug":"marxist-leninist-communist-party-of-venezuela-the-capitalist-crisis-the-virus-and-the-class-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2020\/04\/marxist-leninist-communist-party-of-venezuela-the-capitalist-crisis-the-virus-and-the-class-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela: The Capitalist Crisis, the Virus, and the Class Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The intensity of the media action, as well as the real expansion of the coronavirus, have served to
\nconceal the presence of the much announced new economic crisis of capitalism that, once again,
\ncombines the general crisis with a new cyclical crisis in a single framework that will surely lead
\nto depression, more wars and revolutions.<\/p>\n

For almost two years, many economists have predicted the current crisis, which we affirm is not
\nthe product of any virus; it is the natural consequence of the development of capitalism and its
\nperiodic expression, at the same level as the phase of recovery and boom.<\/p>\n

In the framework of such difficult scenarios that threaten the stability and lives of millions of
\npeople, without work, without income, without health care or social security, there are two
\noptions for the exploited: to work to overthrow the capitalist governments by fighting for
\npeople\u2019s democracy and socialism, or to bow their head and stoically accept the reality of
\nexploitation and death under the yoke of the bourgeois with their murderous policies, where it is
\nmore important to save the capitalist economic system than the lives of thousands of people
\nThe masters of capital place themselves in the safely of private islands and bunkers and activate
\nall the mechanisms of their high-tech private health-care system, while the proletariat is exposed
\nto certain death for thousands, since it does not have the money to eat, to take preventive
\nmeasures, and even less to pay for adequate health care to face a pandemic that maybe a product
\nof the genetic manipulation of microorganisms in the laboratories of the imperialist powers, as
\nwell as the lack of correct measures to prevent its spread.<\/p>\n

The living conditions of the popular majorities are worsened by the existence of privatized,
\nexclusive and bourgeois health-care systems that leave out those who do cannot pay high
\npremiums to the financial monopolies and insurance companies. In the same way, low wages and
\nshortages of food and medicines, have terrible consequences for the workers, who are the most
\naffected worldwide.<\/p>\n

In some countries where governments have privileged industry, tourism, and commerce to
\nguarantee the capitalist productive apparatus; the number of people infected and killed by Covid-
\n19 has risen, while in others, where there has been a more rational policy, even in the capitalist
\nframework; better control has been possible, even if their class commitment does not break with
\nthe private health-care, food and transportation system in order to expropriate them and place
\nthem free of charge at the service of the majority. This shows that despite greater flexibility and
\nsocial commitment of some governments, reformism falls short before the demands of a society
\nattacked by a complex pandemic and an economic crisis of great magnitude.
\nIt is important to state that the imperialist mafia that controls the US government. and other
\ncountries are taking advantage of the situation to strike the proletariat while threatening other
\npeoples. This is the case of Venezuela, a country that, in addition to fighting against years of<\/p>\n

imperialist aggression by the US-EU bloc, is now affected by the coronavirus, and to complete
\nthe picture of harsh conditions, it is threatened with direct military aggression by the government
\nof Donald Trump<\/p>\n

Under these conditions of struggle against imperialism and for the defense of the self-
\ndetermination of the peoples, we of the CC of the PCMLV call on the democratic fighters and
\nrevolutionaries of the world to be alert to the latest threats wielded by the chieftains of
\nimperialism.<\/p>\n

Our party, together with the Marxist-Leninists and the most conscious elements of society, are
\ndetermined to defend our sovereignty under whatever conditions necessary, for which we once
\nagain appreciate the active solidarity with this people who
\nIn these complex times we reaffirm the effort of our party and its organizations to consolidate its
\nlink with the oppressed majorities, assessing as correct, for this purpose, the policy of critical
\nsupport with our own demands, defined and applied in the midst of the dialectical nature of the
\nstruggle .<\/p>\n

Today more than ever, it is an internationalist task of the first order to confront with all possible
\nforces the common enemy of humanity, imperialism and the main danger expressed in the US-
\nEU imperialist bloc. Therefore, we have tried to contribute to this, bearing in mind the political
\nlevel that the people have shown.<\/p>\n

The intention demonstrated by the organized sector of the popular masses to defend their
\nsovereignty and confront this new situation of aggression, creating adequate spaces to meet
\nspecific needs, is a basis for our daily work.There, under these conditions, we Marxist-Leninists
\nare working, trying to take advantage of all the resources to promote revolutionary education
\nand action. This has been accompanied by signs of active solidarity with a people who are
\nresisting and fighting in very particular conditions of imperialist aggression.<\/p>\n

Every day our party is more aware that only the working class and the peasantry have the will to
\nfight to the end and in any scenario. That is why in the real, specific conditions of Venezuela we
\nare working to accumulate forces, facing the multiple aggressions in progress, together with the
\npeople, recognizing the need to defend the right to self-determination within the framework of
\nthe concrete struggle. We are acting patiently and systematically to raise the consciousness of the
\nmasses until coming, through concrete experience and analysis, to understand the inconsistencies
\nof social democracy and modern revisionism. They will not be able to take up the irreconcilable
\ncharacter of the class struggle at the national and international level.<\/p>\n

In the Venezuela of today, with great obstacles and various limitations, we are advancing,
\nmaintaining our activity in the effort of all our members and allies. We are always ready to
\nmaintain our activity in a complex environment of blockade, economic crisis, threats of
\naggression, presence of mercenaries, quarantine. We are making efforts to consolidate our
\npresence in every region of our country, in the various labor sectors, mainly among the
\nproletariat and the revolutionary strata, as well as among the consistent fighters worldwide.<\/p>\n

The Marxist-Leninist leadership of Venezuela affirms its willingness to fight as well as the duty
\nto carry the transformative commitment to the end.<\/p>\n

The threats of aggression will be faced decisively so that the people who resist and fight will
\nplace themselves at the head of the broad masses, raising the red flags with the hammer and
\nsickle that advances in the process of educating and educating itself despite material limitations,
\nwithout ever losing the reflex to lead the advance towards socialism, promoting the application
\nof true revolutionary measures and demonstrating its capabilities in the midst of a harsh reality.
\nSocialism Can Only Be Built with the Worker-Peasant Alliance in Power and the People in<\/em><\/strong>
\nArms<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

CC of the PCMLV<\/strong>
\nVenezuela, April 2020<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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