13th International Communist Seminar
Brussels, 2-4 May 2004
(2 May 2004)
Sunday, 2 May
9:00 am – Registration
10:00 am – Welcome and introduction: Workers’ Party of Belgium
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
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
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
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
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]