People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist)
|
Vol. XXXV
No.
26
June
26,
2011
|
Message of Greetings to CP Ukraine, 44th Congress
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) sent, on June
16, 2011, the following
message of greetings to the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Ukraine
on the 44th congress of the latter.
ON
behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist), we
convey our warm fraternal greetings to the 44th congress of the
Communist Party
of Ukraine. We wish your congress all success and are confident that it
would
be truly historic.
Comrades,
Your
congress is taking place at a crucial time, amidst many momentous
developments
taking place the world over. In many countries, people are resisting
the
attempts of the ruling classes to transfer the burdens of the crisis on
to
their shoulders. According to reports, it appears that the US is
headed
for another year of recession, contrary to expectations of economic
revival.
The current global economic crisis, most profound since the Great
Depression of
the 1930s, has once again exposed the severe limitations of the
capitalist
system. Imperialism is trying all the means at its disposal – economic,
political and military – to ensure its dominance over the world.
On the other hand, people in West
Asia are coming out onto the streets, in
unprecedented numbers, against their dictatorial rulers, demanding an
end to
their economic hardships and imperialist intervention in their
sovereign
affairs. The rulers of Tunisia
and Egypt
were forced to cede power. Similar protest demonstrations are being
witnessed
in Bahrain, Iraq, Oman,
Yemen, Syria, Saudi
Arabia, Morocco
and Algeria.
In a yet another
glaring instance of imperialist military intervention, the US
led NATO forces have used the protest demonstrations as a pretext to
bombard Libya
and kill
hundreds of civilians. They are flexing their military muscle to retain
control
over this resource-rich region. The US,
both due to the current economic crisis and also the developments in
the Middle East, is gradually
witnessing an erosion in its influence.
Dear Comrades,
In India,
the ruling classes, bowing to the pressures exerted by imperialism, are
trying
to further liberalise its economy and open it to predatory finance
capital.
Rising prices, corruption resulting in the loot of millions of dollars
of
public money, have become the order of the day. There is a growing
discontent
among the people of our country against the policies of the ruling,
Congress
led, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government.
As you might be aware, the Left has suffered a setback
in the recently held elections to the legislative assemblies in five
provinces
– two of which were earlier governed by the CPI(M) led Left coalitions.
We have
initiated the process of a thorough review of this loss and are trying
to overcome
it by intensifying our struggle for the rights of the people and
against the
attacks on their livelihoods. This victory over the Left forces,
achieved by an
opportunistic unity of all the opposition forces, ranging from the
extreme
right religious fundamentalists to the extreme Left, has emboldened the
ruling
classes to launch intensified attack on our party. Physical attacks are
being
carried out on our comrades and party offices; more than 20 comrades
were
killed and several more injured. The party is resisting these attempts
to
marginalise and isolate it by maintaining organic link with the people
and
mobilising all the democratic, progressive and Left forces in the
country.
Dear Comrades,
The Central Committee of the CPI(M) is fully confident
that the discussions and the resolutions you adopt in your 44th
congress would
come out with a correct strategy to lead the people of Ukraine
during
these difficult times. We take this opportunity to once again reiterate
our
fraternal solidarity with the Communist Party of Ukraine and hope that
the
bonds of friendship and solidarity will get further strengthened in the
coming
days.
Once again, we wish your congress all the success.
Long Live Marxism-Leninism!
Long Live Socialism!
