People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist)
|
Vol. XXXIV
No.
01
January
03, 2010
|
CPI(M)
Condemns Attempts to ban
Communist
Party of Bohemia & Moravia
of Czech
Republic
THE
Communist Party of
India (Marxist) denounces the attempts to ban Communist Party of
Bohemia and
Moravia of the Czech
Republic. This is
in
continuation of the attempts of the imperialist forces to malign
communism and
is a part of their design to curb the growing influence of the
communist
parties and their ideology world over. It has to be remembered here
that the
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) had passed a
resolution equating communism with fascism. It attempted to re-write
history,
denying the rightful place to the heroic role played by the Red Army
and the
Soviet Union in defeating Hitler and fascism during the Second World
War.
Ironically,
the attempt
to ban the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, the third biggest
party in
that country that has won 13 per cent of the popular vote in the last
elections
held in 2006, is being carried out in the name of 'democracy'.
The
senators behind
these moves want the party to give up its adherence to socialism and
condemn
Marx, Lenin and their teachings. The growing urge among the people to
read
Marx, understand his ideas and the potential challenge this poses to
their
hegemony is irking the ruling classes. The present move follows the
banning of
the youth organisation of the party � KSM.
The
attempts to ban the
Communist Party is not an isolated incident confined to just the Czech Republic.
Few weeks earlier, all forms of communist symbols and expressions were
banned
in Poland. There is a concerted attack on the communist parties and
Marxist
ideology, especially in the countries in the East European region.
These
attacks should be viewed in a larger context of the current acute
recession engulfing
the entire world and the increased hardships of the working class.
The
Communist Party of
India (Marxist) expresses its solidarity with the Communist Party of
Bohemia
and Moravia and condemns the attempts to ban it. Reiterating its
commitment to
the tenets of Marxism-Leninism and communist ideology, it calls upon
all the
democratic minded people to resist such attempts. (INN)