13th International Communist Seminar

Brussels, 2-4 May 2004

Strategy and tactics in the struggle against global US imperialist war

Program

(2 May 2004)

Sunday, 2 May

9:00 am – Registration

10:00 am – Welcome and introduction: Workers’ Party of Belgium

I. US imperialism today, the number one enemy of the workers and the peoples of the world

I.1. US imperialism against the peoples of the world

President of the session: KPML(r) (Sweden)

10:30 am – Communist Party of Cuba: The Free Trade Area of the Americas (ALCA), the consolidation of imperial dominance

10:45 am – Communist Party of Lebanon

11:00 am – Coffee break

11:30 am – Communist Party of Albania: Stop US interference in the Balkans

11:45 am – Communist Party of Bulgaria: Russia in the conditions of worldwide pre-war crisis

12:00 am – Communist Party of India (CPI)

12:15 am – Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Ecuador: The Communist Party and the imperialist war

12:30 am – Tudeh Party of Iran

12:45 am – Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninists)

1:00 pm – Lunch break

2:00 pm – Communist Party of Venezuela

2:15 pm – Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)

2:30 pm – Revolutionary People’s Liberation Front (DHKC), Turkey: US Imperialism, its big Middle East projet and Turkey

2:45 pm – Communist Party of Nepal (United)

3:00 pm – Communist Party of Argentina (excerpts of their text)

3:05 pm – Discussion

3:30 pm – Coffee break

I.2. The inter-imperialist contradictions today

President of the session: Freedom Road Socialist Organization (USA)

4:00 pm – Harpal Brar, Lalkar Magazine (United Kingdom)

4:15 pm – Pôle de la Renaissance communiste en France (PRCF): The European Union as imperialist center

4:30 pm – Japanese Communist Party-Left: About the Japan-US relations and the role of Japanese imperialism (excerpts)

4:35 pm – Union des Révolutionnaires communistes de France

4:50 pm – Discussion

II. Today’s struggle against global US imperialist war

President of the session: NCPN (the Netherlands)

II.1.

5:30 pm – Workers’ Party of Korea

II.2.

5:45 pm – Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation: On the Strategy and Tactics in the Struggle Against Global US Imperialist War: the Role of the Indian Left

[7:00 pm – Friendship Dinner]

Monday, 3 May

II. Today’s struggle against global US imperialist war (continuation)

    President of the session: NCPN (the Netherlands)

    II.2. (continued)

    9:30 am – Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti

    9:45 am – Anti-Imperialist Revolutionary Forum (Nepal)

    10:00 am – People Democratic Party of Afghanistan

    10:15 am – A people's organisation from Indonesia

    10:30 am – Coffee break

    II.3.

    President of the session: Communist Party of Cuba

    11:00 am – Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM)

    11:15 am – Socialist Party of Latvia: Strategy and tactics in the struggle against the global US imperialist war

    11:30 am – Socialist Party of Lithuania

    11:45 pm – Communist Party of Slovenia

    12:00 pm – Workers’ Party of Yugoslavia

    12:15 am – Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova

    12:30 am – Russian Communist Workers’ Party: Current factors and level of resistance against the global US imperialist war, and the role of the communist parties and revolutionary forces in this resistance (excerpts)

    12:45 am – Lunch break

    II.3.

    2:00 pm – Rete dei Communisti (Italy)

    2:15 pm – A people's organisation of Palestine

    2:30 pm – Discussion

    3:15 pm – Coffee break

    3:45 pm – Presentation and discussion of the draft resolution of the Seminar

    President of the session: Workers’ Party of Belgium

    [8:00 pm – Meeting of communist and workers’ parties in solidarity with Cuba]

     

     

Tuesday, 4 May

III. The tasks ahead for the communists

    President of the session: National Democratic Front of the Philippines

    9:30 am – Union of Communist Parties-Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Reconstitution of the CPSU: a new phase in the struggle for the rebirth of the USSR, against imperialist globalization and neo-colonialism

    9:45 am – A people's organisation of the Philipines

    10:00 am – Turkish Communist Party (TKP)

    10:15 am – Nepalese Communist Party (Unity Center-Mashal)

    10:30 am – Coffee break

    11:00 am – Albanian Labour Party: The unification of communists on a national and international scale is a crucial mission

    11:15 am – Communist Party of Germany (KPD): The fight against the imperialism is also a fight against all forms of revisionism - the unity of the communists is necessary

    11:30 am – Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Red Flag: Strategy and tactics in the struggle against US global imperialist hegemonic moves

    11:45 am – Workers’ World Party (USA): The developments within the anti-war movement and the class struggle in general inside the United States

    12:00 am – Communist Party Marxist-Leninists (revolutionaries) (KPML(r)) (Sweden)

    12:15 am – Communist Party of Venezuela

    12:30 am – Lunch break

    1:30 pm – Discussion

     

IV. Resolutions

President of the session: Workers’ Party of Belgium

2:30 pm – Discussion and signing of the Resolution of the 2004 ICS

4:00 pm – Coffee break

4:30 pm – Discussion on common actions

5:00 pm – Discussion of the theme of the 2005 ICS

 

[8:00 pm – Meeting of communist and workers’ parties in solidarity with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea]