People's Democracy

Zyuganov Writes To Surjeet

 Following is the letter sent by Gennady Zyuganov, chairman of the Central Committee,  Communist Party of the Russian Federation to Harkishan Singh Surjeet, general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) on November 14, 2002:

  Dear Comrade Surjeet,

We all are witnessing growing struggle against American-style globalisation developing in the world. This globalisation is a threat to the whole mankind. However, the attempts of the cosmopolitan speculative capital and transnational corporations to impose their will on the world are facing an increased resistance.

We are aware that India as a country with an ancient civilisation, with a great and talented people and fast growing economy has always been playing a special role in the resistance to the globalisation. Therefore we are watching with great interest the activities of our Indian comrades.

Russia, subjected now to powerful pressure of globalisation forces, is facing problems that it had never encountered before 1991 when the Soviet Union was destroyed. This brings about the need to reassess the developments in Russia and around Russia from the point of view of globalisation.

One of the results of our theoretical work was the book “Globalisation and the Destiny of Mankind”. Please find attached this book. Hope that your Russian-speaking comrades will help you to get acquainted with its contents.

Should you come to a conclusion that this book might be of interest to the broader sections of Indian public it might be useful to have the book translated into English.