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Resolution of
the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement On The World Situation
In 1984, the
Declaration of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement pointed
out, "The post-World War II world is rapidly coming apart at the
seams. The international economic and political relations - the
'division of the world' - established through and in the aftermath
of World War II no longer corresponds to the needs of the various
imperialist powers to 'peacefully' extend and expand their profit
empires. While the post-World War II world has undergone important
changes as a result of conflicts between the imperialists and especially
as a result of revolutionary struggle, today it is the entire network
of economic, political and military relations that is being called
into question. The relative stability of the major imperialist powers
.... is coming unravelled. The revolutionary struggles of the oppressed
nations are again on the rise and delivering new blows to the imperialist
world order ... The heightening of contradictions is now drawing,
and will do so more dramatically in the future, all countries and
regions of the world and sections of the masses previously lulled
to sleep or oblivious to political life into the vortex of world
history. So the revolutionary communists must get prepared, and
prepare the class conscious workers and revolutionary sections of
the people and step up their revolutionary struggle.
The Declaration's
analysis of the impermanence of the existing world order and its
call for urgent preparations for sudden changes and leaps in developments
have been borne out by world events, though the exact turn of events
- the collapse of the Soviet social-imperialist camp and the easing
of the sharp rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet-led imperialist
blocs which had brought the world to the brink of world war - could
not be anticipated.
In the context
of the deepening crisis of the imperialist system, the main features
of the present world situation include: the upsurge of struggles
in the oppressed nations of the world, particularly the glorious
achievements of the People's War in Peru, the outbreak of rebellions
even in the bellies of the ugly imperialist beasts, the re-emergence
of U.S. imperialism as the sole top gendarme of the imperialist
order, imperialist intervention and aggression against the oppressed
nations and intensified exploitation and attacks on the masses in
the oppressed nations and in the capitalist countries themselves,
and the realignment taking place amongst the imperialist powers.
Imperialist
Pipe Dreams of "A New World Order"
In the wake
of the collapse of the Soviet imperialist camp, which was in fact
only an important manifestation of the severe crisis gripping the
whole imperialist system of which the Soviet Union was one great
pillar, the U.S. imperialists arrogantly declared the imposition
of a "New World Order". For their own followers at home and for
the very gullible, this new order was thinly veiled with words of
"respect for international law", a "new era of peace", "democracy",
"fighting tyranny and dictatorship" and even "human rights". Imperialist
powers who just yesterday were at each other's throats put on a
spectacle of embracing. The U.N. and other similar imperialist world
bodies were presented as the guardians of the "new era of world
peace". The imperialists had fond hopes of covering up the real
nature of the collapse of the Soviet social-imperialist bloc and
utilising it to disarm the oppressed masses of the revolutionary
ideology of communism. Their ideologues, along with reactionaries
and revisionists of all hues, launched a counter-revolutionary offensive,
proclaiming the end of the communist vision of a world free from
exploitation and even the "end of history". Imperialism, reaction
and revisionism huffed and puffed to flutter the tattered, drooping
banner of "democracy", this inhuman, blood-soaked rule of capital,
and present it as the only alternative. It was indeed a sinister
conspiracy, but the sordid, bloody results are only too evident.
The opening
act of this "new" world order was the brutal rape of Iraq by the
U.S., aided by other imperialist powers and with a modern foreign
legion comprised of soldiers from the countries they dominate. This
was meant to carve out empires and terrify the oppressed into submission.
But it only served to rip off their "peace" masks and underscore
once again that the comprador regimes in the oppressed nations can
never deliver resolute and uncompromising blows to their imperialist
masters. The imperialists put on a show of disarmament, but peace
could never come from the banquet halls of these bloodsuckers. After
all their pacts and treaties they, particularly the U.S. and present-day
Russian imperialists, still retain deadly arsenals capable of destroying
the world any number of times. The imperialists talked about a "new
era of development and cooperation", but the only result has been
a heightening of the intense exploitation of the masses in the oppressed
nations and in the capitalist countries themselves - the immiseration
of the real producers. In the countries of the former Soviet bloc,
including Russia, the naked rule of capital is increasingly tearing
to shreds the illusions of prosperity and crisis-free growth. And
the Western imperialists' dreams of overcoming their crisis have
turned into nightmares as they get bogged down more and more, create
trouble and get rebuffed, and now face the wrath of the oppressed
even in their own countries. The course of events has been rapid,
underlining once again the volatility of the world situation. The
trumpets of the reactionary counter-offensive, heard loudly just
a couple of years ago, are increasingly sounding on deaf ears. More
and more sections of the masses in many corners of the world continue
to be stirred to resistance, rebellion, and revolution, increasingly
aware of the bankruptcy of revisionist haggards, welcoming the brilliant
rise of red power in the high mountains of Peru, and seeking more
powerful ways of delivering blows at their own oppressors.
"Great
Disorder" Is Fine
Mao Tsetung,
the great leader of the world proletariat, has taught us that imperialism
always lifts up big rocks to throw at the oppressed and ends up
crushing its own feet. This is entirely true of the present world
situation. The big boasts about their "new" world order and the
actual course of events have only served to prove beyond doubt that
nothing good can come out of this human-devouring system. Their
institutions, reactionary lackeys and revisionist tools are getting
exposed more and more. The People's War in Peru has created base
areas where our class has once again established people's power.
In the oppressed nations of the world, the "storm centres" of world
revolution, the struggles and resistance of the masses against imperialism
and their reactionary lackeys are on the rise. They are pushing
aside the sold-out leaders of yesteryear and new generations are
grappling with the tasks of advancing their struggles. There is
ferment and rebellion, in varying degrees, among each and every
section of the oppressed, among women, youth, and the deepest layers
of the masses enchained for centuries by reaction in all of its
monstrous forms. The ugly U.S. bully has just received a sound thrashing
within its own territory from the victims of its class and racial
oppression. And the imperialist paper tigers continue to be punctured
by the sharp spears of the oppressed masses in all the countries
they dare to commit aggression against. A great tide of "revolutionary
disorder" is in the making, and it is fine.
In the light
of the deepening crisis of the world imperialist system, all the
major contradictions - the contradiction between the oppressed nations
and the imperialist powers, the contradiction between the proletariat
and the bourgeoisie in the capitalist and imperialist countries,
and the contradiction among the imperialist powers themselves -
are undergoing new development. Among them, the contradiction between
the oppressed nations and the imperialist powers and to a significant
extent, though secondarily, the contradiction between the proletariat
and the bourgeoisie in the imperialist countries are intensifying.
The collapse of the Soviet imperialist camp led to an easing of
the inter-imperialist contradiction from its previous level of intensity.
But imperialist collusion is based on contention, which is being
manifested today in the realignments and new rivalries taking place
among the imperialist powers in the face of their deepening crisis
and the rising struggles of the people.
To repeat
the words of the 1984 Declaration, in these times where unprecedented
prospects for revolution are in the making, "We must sharpen our
revolutionary vigilance and increase our political, ideological,
organisational and military readiness in order to wield these opportunities
in the best possible manner for the interests of our class and to
conquer the most advanced positions possible for the world proletarian
revolution." The existence of the Revolutionary Internationalist
Movement and the Maoist parties regrouped in it provides a powerful
basis for achieving this goal, and it should be done. In particular
the communists should take the weapon of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
to the millions of the oppressed masses, persevere in the fierce
struggle against all hues of revisionism, new or old, form Maoist
parties wherever they do not exist and strengthen existing ones,
in order to prepare, launch, develop and carry through to victory
People's Wars to destroy imperialism and reaction forever and march
to the glorious future of communism.
26 December
1993
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