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THESES OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREECE FOR THE 19TH CONGRESS
11-14 APRIL 2013
PROLOGUE
The KKE has travelled a long way, since 1918, when it held its Founding Congress as the ripe fruit of the development of the labour movement in our country which was merged with the theory of scientific socialism. The foundation of the KKE was accelerated by the impact of the first socialist revolution in history, the October revolution of 1917 in Russia, an event which confirms the era as the era of the transition from capitalism to socialism.
The KKE is the genuine and worthy heir of the national, democratic and revolutionary traditions of the Greek people. It managed, in difficult conditions, to preserve its revolutionary character, while it was never afraid of recognising mistakes, deviations, of carrying out self-criticism openly in front of the people. Its historical course vindicates the necessity of its existence and activity in Greek society.
The KKE is the organized conscious vanguard segment of the working class. It struggles for the overthrow of capitalism and the construction of socialism-communism. It is faithful to the principle of proletarian internationalism. It struggles for the regroupment of the international communist movement after the setback and crisis which it experienced, particularly after the victory of the counterrevolution in 1989-1991.
The capitalist system in Greece, as in every other country, is not going to collapse on its own, due to its contradictions. The major sharpening of the social contradictions will lead to conditions of a revolutionary situation, to conditions of a serious sharpening of the class struggle while an all-powerful labour movement in alliance with popular strata which are suffering will have matured and will have come to the fore. In the conditions of the revolutionary situation, what will be judged is the will and decision of the people to break and abolish the chains of class exploitation, oppression, the entanglement in the imperialist war, with the appropriate choice of slogans and all the forms of struggle. It requires a labour movement, which is not trapped in misleading alternative solutions, which the bourgeois political system utilises pursuing to break the movement, to deliver a blow to the radicalism, to the revolutionary attitude and will, in order to prevent or negate its overthrow for as long a period as it can.
The 19th Congress will elaborate the specific guidelines for the political tasks of the party and KNE, which will be in force until the 20th Congress, based on the report of work, the developments and the evaluation of the tendencies.
The basic task of the Congress is the contemporary elaboration of the party’s Programme and of its Statutes, taking into account the developments which have taken place and the requirements of today. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since 1996, when the 15th Congress formed the party’s Programme which is in force until today, regarding economic developments, trends and changes in the international imperialist system, in the EU, the position of Greece in the wider region of the South Eastern Mediterranean. The same is true of developments and processes regarding the reformation of the political system in Greece, which is characterised mainly by the relative destabilization of the post-dictatorship bourgeois political system. There are also important developments in the working and living conditions of the workers, due to the economic crisis and the strategy of capital, resulting in the generalised increase of relative and absolute destitution, the rapid increase of unemployment, the immigration question etc. Important struggles, strikes and other mobilizations have developed, the impact of which was felt beyond Greece’s borders.
An integral element of the reformation of the bourgeois political system is the greater turn to reaction, repression and state-employer violence, the anti-communist and anti-socialist offensive which is a problem that concerns the large majority of the people. The anti-communist offensive seeks alternatively the following: to pressure the KKE, so that the hopes are fulfilled regarding the adulteration of its character and its transformation into a component of the “governmental left” or its isolation or even to achieve the outlawing of its activity. This issue must be dealt with decisively by the people, in order for exceptionally negative consequences for the labour and people’s movement to be avoided. Consequently, new duties emerge for the labour movement, the People’s Alliance, that is to say issues of strategic importance.
The Draft Programme incorporates the conclusions from the construction of socialism in the USSR and the countries of socialist construction more generally, the conclusions on the course of the international communist movement, which were approved at the 18th Congress, as well as the conclusions of the Nationwide Conference on the “History Essay of the KKE, Volume II (1949-1968)” which are of strategic importance.
Finally, it is the fruit of a long collective process, which continued after the 15th Congress in its entire course until today, in the middle of struggles and tough class confrontations. The experience of the party and the labour and people’s movement is valuable living material which was utilised as far as possible in the elaboration of the Theses, the report of work and the Draft Programme. The Draft Programme was based on data and evaluations which emerge from the long term examination of the developments in Greece and internationally, from the standpoint of the working class and people’s interests, i.e. with Marxist-Leninist theory as a compass, which constitutes the ideology of the KKE.
In the framework of the pre-congress discussion, the CC publishes the Theses for the 19th Congress of the KKE, which are comprised of three sections based on the agenda of the Congress.
The first section includes the report of work of the party from the 18th Congress and the assessment of the CC which was elected at the 18th Congress. It also includes the political tasks of the party, along general lines, until the next 20th Congress.
The second section includes the Draft Programme of the KKE. The existing Programme of the Party was adopted at the 15th Congress (22-26 May 1996). The Programme was enriched, updated at the next congresses, the 16th (14-17 December 2000), the 17th (9-12 February 2005) and the 18th (18-22 February 2009), based on the international and domestic developments.
The third section includes the draft Statutes, in which older and more recent experience has been utilised.
The CC calls on the members of the Party and KNE to study the text of the Theses, to contribute to their improvement with reflection, proposals, recommendations, so that the final documents will be the fruit of a collective process, to crystallise the rich experience accumulated in recent years.
The pre-congress discussion also includes the discussion of the Theses, with the aim of collecting opinions and comments from the friends and supporters of the party, from every militant who -irrespective of their particular views- understand that without a strong KKE with scientifically elaborated positions, the recovery of the labour and people’s movement is not possible, nor is its endurance in the face of the bends and turns it will go through. Nor will be possible the people to defend themselves against the barbaric offensive of capital, and even more so to act aggressively for social and political overthrow.
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http://inter.kke.gr/News/news2013/2013-03-05-thesis
11-14 APRIL 2013
PROLOGUE
The KKE has travelled a long way, since 1918, when it held its Founding Congress as the ripe fruit of the development of the labour movement in our country which was merged with the theory of scientific socialism. The foundation of the KKE was accelerated by the impact of the first socialist revolution in history, the October revolution of 1917 in Russia, an event which confirms the era as the era of the transition from capitalism to socialism.
The KKE is the genuine and worthy heir of the national, democratic and revolutionary traditions of the Greek people. It managed, in difficult conditions, to preserve its revolutionary character, while it was never afraid of recognising mistakes, deviations, of carrying out self-criticism openly in front of the people. Its historical course vindicates the necessity of its existence and activity in Greek society.
The KKE is the organized conscious vanguard segment of the working class. It struggles for the overthrow of capitalism and the construction of socialism-communism. It is faithful to the principle of proletarian internationalism. It struggles for the regroupment of the international communist movement after the setback and crisis which it experienced, particularly after the victory of the counterrevolution in 1989-1991.
The capitalist system in Greece, as in every other country, is not going to collapse on its own, due to its contradictions. The major sharpening of the social contradictions will lead to conditions of a revolutionary situation, to conditions of a serious sharpening of the class struggle while an all-powerful labour movement in alliance with popular strata which are suffering will have matured and will have come to the fore. In the conditions of the revolutionary situation, what will be judged is the will and decision of the people to break and abolish the chains of class exploitation, oppression, the entanglement in the imperialist war, with the appropriate choice of slogans and all the forms of struggle. It requires a labour movement, which is not trapped in misleading alternative solutions, which the bourgeois political system utilises pursuing to break the movement, to deliver a blow to the radicalism, to the revolutionary attitude and will, in order to prevent or negate its overthrow for as long a period as it can.
The 19th Congress will elaborate the specific guidelines for the political tasks of the party and KNE, which will be in force until the 20th Congress, based on the report of work, the developments and the evaluation of the tendencies.
The basic task of the Congress is the contemporary elaboration of the party’s Programme and of its Statutes, taking into account the developments which have taken place and the requirements of today. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since 1996, when the 15th Congress formed the party’s Programme which is in force until today, regarding economic developments, trends and changes in the international imperialist system, in the EU, the position of Greece in the wider region of the South Eastern Mediterranean. The same is true of developments and processes regarding the reformation of the political system in Greece, which is characterised mainly by the relative destabilization of the post-dictatorship bourgeois political system. There are also important developments in the working and living conditions of the workers, due to the economic crisis and the strategy of capital, resulting in the generalised increase of relative and absolute destitution, the rapid increase of unemployment, the immigration question etc. Important struggles, strikes and other mobilizations have developed, the impact of which was felt beyond Greece’s borders.
An integral element of the reformation of the bourgeois political system is the greater turn to reaction, repression and state-employer violence, the anti-communist and anti-socialist offensive which is a problem that concerns the large majority of the people. The anti-communist offensive seeks alternatively the following: to pressure the KKE, so that the hopes are fulfilled regarding the adulteration of its character and its transformation into a component of the “governmental left” or its isolation or even to achieve the outlawing of its activity. This issue must be dealt with decisively by the people, in order for exceptionally negative consequences for the labour and people’s movement to be avoided. Consequently, new duties emerge for the labour movement, the People’s Alliance, that is to say issues of strategic importance.
The Draft Programme incorporates the conclusions from the construction of socialism in the USSR and the countries of socialist construction more generally, the conclusions on the course of the international communist movement, which were approved at the 18th Congress, as well as the conclusions of the Nationwide Conference on the “History Essay of the KKE, Volume II (1949-1968)” which are of strategic importance.
Finally, it is the fruit of a long collective process, which continued after the 15th Congress in its entire course until today, in the middle of struggles and tough class confrontations. The experience of the party and the labour and people’s movement is valuable living material which was utilised as far as possible in the elaboration of the Theses, the report of work and the Draft Programme. The Draft Programme was based on data and evaluations which emerge from the long term examination of the developments in Greece and internationally, from the standpoint of the working class and people’s interests, i.e. with Marxist-Leninist theory as a compass, which constitutes the ideology of the KKE.
In the framework of the pre-congress discussion, the CC publishes the Theses for the 19th Congress of the KKE, which are comprised of three sections based on the agenda of the Congress.
The first section includes the report of work of the party from the 18th Congress and the assessment of the CC which was elected at the 18th Congress. It also includes the political tasks of the party, along general lines, until the next 20th Congress.
The second section includes the Draft Programme of the KKE. The existing Programme of the Party was adopted at the 15th Congress (22-26 May 1996). The Programme was enriched, updated at the next congresses, the 16th (14-17 December 2000), the 17th (9-12 February 2005) and the 18th (18-22 February 2009), based on the international and domestic developments.
The third section includes the draft Statutes, in which older and more recent experience has been utilised.
The CC calls on the members of the Party and KNE to study the text of the Theses, to contribute to their improvement with reflection, proposals, recommendations, so that the final documents will be the fruit of a collective process, to crystallise the rich experience accumulated in recent years.
The pre-congress discussion also includes the discussion of the Theses, with the aim of collecting opinions and comments from the friends and supporters of the party, from every militant who -irrespective of their particular views- understand that without a strong KKE with scientifically elaborated positions, the recovery of the labour and people’s movement is not possible, nor is its endurance in the face of the bends and turns it will go through. Nor will be possible the people to defend themselves against the barbaric offensive of capital, and even more so to act aggressively for social and political overthrow.
much more.....
http://inter.kke.gr/News/news2013/2013-03-05-thesis