The 21st International Communist Seminar (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/ICS2012_Available_Papers.htm) was held on May 18-20 in Brussels.

Statements:

General Conclusions (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/resolutions_ao/ICS2012_General%20Conclusions_EN.pdf)

Stop NATO, abolish NATO (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/resolutions_ao/ICS2012_Resolution%20NATO_EN.pdf)


Press Statement (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/resolutions_ao/ICS2012_Press_EN.pdf)

From 18 to 20 May 2012, 59 communist and workers' parties from 49 countries gathered in Brussels for the 21th International Communist Seminar. They exchanged views and experiences on the relation between the immediate tasks of communists and their struggle for socialism. Participants came from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe.

At sessions devoted to each of the continents, every delegate presented his party's analysis of the capitalist crisis and its consequences in his country, the anti-worker and anti-people austerity measures put in place, the popular protest movement against them, and the party's work and demands in such conditions. Also explained and discussed was each party's understanding of the struggle for an alternative to capitalist society, for socialism.

The Seminar promotes the exchange of information and concrete experiences in order to better understand the reality of countries which often live very different situations. Respecting differences of opinion that unavoidably exist among the Seminar participants, and after lively and rich discussions, a document with general conclusions was adopted. It will be submitted to the world's communist and workers' parties for their signature.

At the very moment the NATO Summit was meeting in Chicago, USA, the Brussels Seminar adopted a resolution saying “no” to NATO and calling for its abolition. There were also Seminar resolutions on solidarity with Cuba, on the situation in the Arab world and particularly in Palestine, and in support of the “no” vote in the referendum in Ireland on the European fiscal treaty, on May 31.

Before concluding the three-day Seminar, the participants agreed to meet again from 24 to 26 May 2013, to discuss a related topic: the front and alliance work of communist and workers' parties, both for immediate demands and for longer-term goals. The General Conclusions, the resolutions and papers of the 21th International Communist Seminar will be available at www.icsbrussels.org, in several languages.

The coordination committee of the Brussels International Communist Seminar



A selection of the individual parties' statements I found interesting:

Communist Party of Greece (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/Contributions_to_the_Seminar/ICS2012_Greece_KKE_EN.pdf)

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/Contributions_to_the_Seminar/ICS2012_Russia_CPRF_EN.pdf)

United Party of Afghanistan (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/Contributions_to_the_Seminar/ICS2012_Afghanistan_UPA_EN.pdf)

Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (http://www.icsbrussels.org/ICS/2012/Contributions_to_the_Seminar/ICS2012_Nepal_UCP_EN.pdf)


List of participants

Country & Party

1. Afghanistan, United Party of Afghanistan
2. Algeria, Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme (PADS)
3. Azerbaidjan, Communist Party of Azerbaidjan
4. Belarus, Belarussian Communist Workers' Party
5. Belgium, Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB)
6. Benin, Communist Party of Benin
7. Brazil, Partido Comunista do Brasil (PCdoB)
8. Brazil, Partido Pátria Livre
9. Bulgaria, Party of Bulgarian Communists
10. Colombia, Colombian Communist Party
11. Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congolese Communist Party
12. Cuba, Communist Party of Cuba
13. Cyprus, Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL)
14. Denmark, Danish Communist Party
15. Ecuador, Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
16. El Salvador, Communist Party of El Salvador (PCS)
17. France, Pôle de Renaissance communiste en France (PRCF)
18. France, Union des Révolutionnaires-Communistes de France (URCF)
19. Germany, German Communist Party (DKP)
20. Greece, Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
21. Honduras, Communist Party of Honduras
22. Hungary, Hungarian Communist Workers' Party
23. Iran, Tudeh Party of Iran
24. Ireland, Communist Party of Ireland
25. Ireland, Workers' Party of Ireland
26. Italy, Party of the Italian Communists
27. Laos, Lao People's Revolutionary Party
28. Latvia, Socialist Party of Latvia
29. Lebanon, Lebanese Communist Party
30. Lithuania, Socialist People's Front
31. Luxembourg, Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL)
32. Malta, Communist Party of Malta
33. Martinique, Parti communiste martiniquais
34. Mexico, Popular Socialist Party of Mexico
35. Morocco, Voie démocratique
36. Nepal, Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
37. Netherlands, New Communist Party Netherlands (NCPN)
38. Pakistan, Communist Party of Pakistan
39. Palestine, Palestinian People's Party
40. Palestine, Popular Front of Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
41. Philippines, Communist Party of the Philippines
42. Poland, Communist Party of Poland
43. Portugal, Portuguese Communist Party
44. Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation
45. Russia, Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)
46. Russia, Russian Communist Workers' Party - Revolutionary Party of Communists
47. Slovakia, Communist Party of Slovakia
48. Spain, Communist Party of Spain
49. Spain, Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)
50. Sri Lanka, People's Liberation Front (JVP) - Sri Lanka
51. Sweden, Communist Party (KP)
52. Switzerland, Parti Suisse du Travail
53. Switzerland, Partito Comunista Ticino
54. Turkey, Communist Party of Turkey (TKP)
55. Turkey, Labour Party (EMEP)
56. Ukraine, Union of Communists
57. United Kingdom, Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist)
58. USA, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
59. Vietnam, Communist Party of Vietnam