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On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of Comrade Mao Ze Dong an international
seminar on 'Mao and People's War' was organised in Europe in December 1998. The
seminar was jointly convened by the Communist Party of Philippines, the Turkish
communist Party/Marxist-Leninist and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)[People's
War]. The seminar sought to emphasise the importance of Mao Ze Dong Thought or
Maoism as a further development of Marxism-Leninism to a higher plane. It, also
stressed the universal significance of Mao's concept of 'People's War' in a
period when imperialism is heading for a crisis so severe that it could engulf
the entire globe as during the Great Depression.
The seminar went on for three days and was attended by 22 Parties and
Organisations. It was attended by Maoist organisation waging people's war in
different parts of the world and those that are either supporting the armed
struggles and/or preparing to launch the armed struggle themselves. A number of
papers were presented by the respective participants and also a number of
organisations had oral presentations.
The first day contemplated the depth of the imperialist crisis, its impact in
each particular country and the significance of this for launching People's. War
worldwide. Speaker after speakers outlined the details of the economic/political
crisis in their respective countries and also in the world at large. A lively
discussion took place particularly on the question of the application of
People's War to the developed capitalist countries. On this, Different views
were presented by the Maoist organisations from Germany, USA, Norway and Italy.
In the oppressed countries, where it is possible to initiate a protracted
people's war, a number of speakers urged the necissity of not indefinately
postponing this task. The CPN(M) of Nepal was prevented from coming by the
authorities and embassy officials in Nepal and were therefore unable to present
their rich experience. The PBSB of Bangladesh sent their greetings on the
occasion.
On the second day the participating organisations presented an account of their
movements. On the last day a number of resolutions were discussed and passed.
The seminar issued a General Declaration and also a communique which is
reprinted below. Also resolutions were passed on Iraq, Kurdistan, the militant
struggle of the workers of Clabecq (Belgium) and support for the people's war in
Peru and for the release of Com. Gonzalo.
During the seminar a cultural programme was presented by the Philippine comrades
on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the CPP and NPA.
The seminar ended with the 'Internationale' sung in the various languages. The
seminar acted to deepen the unity amongest the various maoist parties waging
people's war in the world today and to further integrate the ongoing new
democratic revolutions in the backward countries as part of the World Socialist
Revolution.
COMMUNIQUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON MAO AND PEOPLE'S WAR
We, the undersigned participants, hereby affirm the successful holding of the
International Seminar on Mao and People's War to celebrate the 105th birth
anniversary of Comrade Mad Zedong convened in December 1998.
The seminar is convened by the Communist Party of India (ML) [People's War], the
Communist Party of the Philippines and the Communist Party of Turkey/ML and
includes as participants parties upholding Marxism-Leninism-Maoism or Mao
Zedong Thought and waging people's wars and other parties supporting people's
war.
We are gratified by the enlightening and informative written contributions, oral
presentations and exchange of views on the following topics:
1. The crisis of the World capitalist system and the ruling system in the
participants' respective countries and the meaning of Mao's teachings on
people’s war today, and
2. The status of revolutionary forces, experiences and plans in the
participants' countries.
The results of the seminar are as follows:
1. The particiapants have been able to raise the level of their common
understanding of the crisis of the world capitalist system and of Mao and
people's war and have pledged mutual support under the principle of proletarian
internationalism. Moreover, even with recognition of some differences they
pledge to carry out further political and ideological discussions and at the
same time carry out common practical tasks in struggle and in order to achieve a
higher level of unity.
2. The parties waging people's war have formulated and issued the General
Declaration on Mao and People's War.
3. Resolutions have been passed on important issues.
We agree on the following points:
1. We honour Mao Zedong as the great exponent of the theory and practice of
people's war in the new-democratic revolution in China against imperialism,
feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism. The historical experience proves that Mao's
theory and practice of people's war is in consonance with the teachings of Marx
that the class struggle must lead to the dictatorship of the proletariat. Mao's
proletarian revolutionary line consistently runs from people's war and the new
democratic revolution through socialist revolution under the proletarian
dictatorship -which is his outstanding contribution to the development of
Marxism-Leninism.
2. We acknowledge Mao as the master strategist of people's war. His development
of the strategy and tactics of people's war remains unsurpassed to this day. His
works on people's war involve the application of materialist dialectics and the
revolutionary class line in the process of revolutionary war. Mao's theory and
practice of people's war consistently carries forward the fundamental principles
of Marxism-Leninism. It is a further development of Lenin's theory and practice
of the two-stage revolution, in which the socialist revolution follows the
bourgeois-democratic revolution of a new type.
3. The strategic line of protracted people's war, involving the encirclement of
the cities from the countryside, is the revolutionary expression of the
fundamental democratic alliance of the proletariat and peasantry. It is
applicable in many countries, like those where the peasant masses are the
majority among the basic producers and fight for agrarian revolution as the main
component of the democratic revolution.
4. There area number of Communist parties successfully carrying out the
strategic line of protracted people's war in accordance with the teaching of
Comrade Mao. They avail themselves of the inexhaustible participation and
support of the people. They have built or are preparing to build democratic
organs of political power. They have consolidated and expanded the organised
strength of the masses in the course of fierce revolutionary struggle. They have
overcome all kinds of enemy offensives including the enemy's use of the "low
intensity conflict" strategy, the anti-communist ideological and political
offensive related to the fall of the revisionist regimes, the misrepresentation
of armed revolutionary movements as terrorism and, in certain cases, offers of
peace negotiations and the sham calls for "peace and development". In
maintaining their revolutionary position, they have outlasted the armed
movements previously enjoying the support of revisionist-ruled countries as well
as bourgeois mass media hype.. Such movements have been betrayed by opportunist
leaders and led astray to capitulation and neocolonial compromise.
5. The people's wars and the revolutionary uprisings constitute the most
advanced detachment of the struggle against the "New World Order". Objectively,
they are inflicting severe blows against imperialism, are showing that the
people's resistance cannot be suppressed, and are strengthening the
self-confidence of the masses. They are giving the general signal for the
advancement of the struggles against contemporary imperialism, and they are
playing a crucial role in the reconstruction of the communist movement. They
answer the central question of revolution, which is the seizure of political
power.
We are hopeful that the seminar will inspire the parties waging people's war as
well as the parties supporting it, to carry forward their revolutionary
struggles in all possible and necessary forms in their respective countries.
December 1998.
The communique has been signed by the following organisations:
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP),
Turkish Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML),
CPI(ML)(People's War],
Maoist Communist Centre (MCC),
AKP/ML (Norway),
PCR Brasil, PCR Argentina,
PRML Chile,
Action Socialiste (Canada),
Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB),
Workers and Peasants Russian Party,
Revolutionary Marxist Organisation A/Synechia (Greece),
El Diano Internacional,
PC(MLM) de Catalonia,
Rossiaperaio (Italy)
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