Friendship News
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Dear comrades:
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| Viktor Bourenkov |
A meeting of the Russian Society for Friendship with Foreign Countries held a meeting on March 15, 2004 and we shall inform you later of the discussions and the decisions made.
At our previous meeting, we agreed to publish a newsletter regularly for our Society and we have chosen the newspaper "For USSR" to serve as our printed organ. A whole page in each issue of the newspaper will be devoted to the Society news.
We are sorry to hear that the International Council members see no other choice but to hold the 2nd World Congress in Toronto. This could mean that not as many Soviet delegates will come as would otherwise.
Here in Moscow, we all share the opinion that the Second World Congress should held on Soviet territory, or at least in Europe if at all possible.
We, together with Larisa Babienko are determined to make our Society active in the run-up to the 2nd World Congress.
Best communist greetings
Viktor Bourenkov
FROM
Dear comrades:
Having read your Open Letter in NSC and the invitation to attend the 2nd World Congress for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People, we are considering this invitation. If it will be this year, we have no financial possibility to attend the Congress this September in Toronto, Canada.
The principals that are outlined in the Open Letter, we are in full agreement with them. Soon we shall answer and comment on some of the questions that you posed to the Soviet People.
We’re sending you a couple issues of our newspaper "Proletarskaya Gazeta".
D.F. Pirzhkov
FROM
Dear comrades:
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| Nina Andreeva |
I am replying to the question of holding the 2nd World Congress in 2004. Regarding the possibility of the Greek party to help you, they have contacts only with the RCWP in Moscow. The truth is that both of these parties are taking part in the capitalist state apparatus or co-operating with their respective regimes. The Belgian comrades also are cautious in having dealings with a friendship society, in spite of having been present with a delegate at the First Congress.
In Russia today there is no organization or party that would be able to help you in financing and organizing the 2nd World Congress here. The newly established Friendship Society in Moscow is not a really serious organization. The "Zashchita Trade Union" is not strong enough and in reality is somewhat taking away many party members who otherwise would be active in their respective parties.
Our AUCPB unfortunately cannot take upon itself to organize the Congress as much as we would like to. Our suggestion is that until there is a serious Communist party to sponsor with you the undertaking of the 2nd World Congress here or in other former socialist country, the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People will not move ahead. Today there is no such party existing in former Soviet Union that is capable to undertake this important task.
Cuba sand North Korea cannot help you – they are striving to exist against the onslaught of US imperialism. Vietnam is reforming its political system from socialism to capitalism. China long ago ceased being socialist and is allowing private enterprises, opening its borders to multinational corporations and their exploitation of the Chinese working class. China and its "Three Paths of Development" said that it will revert back to socialism in 100 years. China is following the path as laid down by Gorbachev, but camouflaging itself with Lenin and Leninism, covering its opportunism with Chinese slogans.
Therefore rethink the holding of the 2nd World Congress this year and postpone it until later. You are aiming to achieve the necessary results, but all things must be in place if that is to be done, Sorry for being so frank on this problem.
The Putin regime closed our main newspaper "Hammer and Sickle" and is threatening to close off "For Bolshevism" also. By now you know the results of the last Duma elections and the defeat of the CPRF and Zyuganov as the leading left force. You also know that Putin is again sitting in the Kremlin, which bodes no good for the Soviet people in years to come.
We wish you comrades success and we shall support your undertakings.
Nina Andreeva
General Secretary of the AUCPB
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Dear comrades:
Having received your "Open Letter" I want to say that I agree with your position. Regarding terrorism and its influence on policies of governments, reminds me of the words of Lenin, that terrorist actions by dissatisfied youth in most cases are provoked or planned by bourgeoisie, or the opportunistic leaders of worker and communist movements.
Regarding your feelings about the unity of the communist movement in all of the former Soviet republics, this unity cannot take place by only wishful thinking or that this is necessary to give rebirth to the Soviet Union. This process will take a much longer time than we are supposing. The reasons are that the previous policies of the parties and their wavering and floundering. In such a situation the opportunists and pseudo-leaders begin to play an important role in the disunity process and many times are tied-in to the secret services of the present governments. Some of these present elements proclaim very loudly their revolutionary program and call to action, but in reality they are working to disrupt any movement towards cohesive unity.
Without serious analyses of this crisis in the communist movement and in the working class - first of all we must look at the ideology that must be geared towards unity on Marxism-Leninism and without this there cannot be unity of actions in the communist movement.
The question as to whether a Second World Congress should be called, you comrades must decide yourselves, because all the work, all the costs and worries will be on your shoulders. I will not be able to come because of the financial costs, which is one of the serious problems or many would-be delegates. There are large parties here who could help you in organizing and help with some finances, but they are not too eager to do this for reasons that could be called opportunistic or in some cases, they are against a friendship society with Soviet people – while some others are fulfilling the wishes of their sponsors behind the scenes.
For me, I just want to give my opinion that the 2nd World Congress must take place, even though mine is only moral support. But you must realize that the holding of the 2nd World Congress for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People in one of the countries that is supporting imperialism (Canada) and across the border of the most warlike imperialist countries in the word, (USA) is a fact will not be lost on the Soviet people, because this will give us a great moral boost and will get many more people to take up the fight for the resurrection of socialism and of the Soviet Union.
There are millions of people who feel that they are Soviets, that they would like to take part in this Congress held by Soviet friends, but who have no opportunity to come or even worse, to hear in the media about all of the dedicated foreign friends who are giving all of their energies to help the Soviet people regain their Socialist Motherland.
There is a real need to make the materials of the Congress available in a brochure, magazine and on the web pages of the Internet, so that as wide a section of Soviet people will be aware of the tremendous work that is being done by the International Council or Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People and the journal Northstar Compass. Such a Congress, I repeat, can become a very positive influence and a vehicle in the struggle against Imperialism and the bourgeois regimes in former USSR.
I am in agreement that without criticism and self-criticism and dedication to Marxist-Leninist theory and the unity with the working class, we cannot come unto the correct path. Northstar Compass can play a key role in this discussion. I am confident and I see that amongst the working class here, there are coming up excellent, young and dedicated leaders, but we here in ex-USSR do not know much about them, since the media is in the hands of the ruling class. It would be needed much more for NSC to carry news about the labour struggles in the capitalist countries, in Europe, Latin America and countries of Asia and Africa.
In this, NSC can play an important role in the unity of the anti-imperialist forcers in the struggle for the great ideal of socialism-communism.
Alexander Pronin
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Dear comrades Lucas and Stevenson,
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Natalia Vitrenko |
I welcome your dedication and efforts to resurrect the Soviet Union – the backbone of stability and righteousness on our planet. Of course in this struggle the main role should be held by the Communist and Socialist parties – carriers of the Lenin’s ideology. These can only be Communist and Socialist parties who are dedicated wholeheartedly and standing on Marxist positions.
Unfortunately there are numerous parties and little groupings who call themselves parties, speculating on these Marxist slogans, but they never in actual fact or in their positions - they do not follow the Lenin principles of struggle, they are selling out the interests of the working class. These are all sorts of opportunists and revisionists, with whom our party carries on constant battles.
Therefore we shall gladly accept your invitation to the 2nd World Congress. Of course, if the Congress could be held in Europe, it would be easier for us. To Canada we shall certainly send two delegates from our Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine.
We are sending you a few of our newspapers for your perusal. "Dosvitni Ogni" and "Narodnaya Opozicija"
We will be expecting your further instructions.
NATALIA VITRENKO
Chairwomen of the PSPU
FROM
Donetsk
Ukraine
I would like to thank Michael Lucas and Ray Stevenson for sending me the Open Letter in Russian. I hasten to reply.
1: The Soviet people as once we were known, are a minority now in the ex-USSR. A Soviet person is that one that fights for his or her Soviet Motherland. Those political prisoners in Odessa and in other parts that NSC published news about them, these ARE the real Soviet people. But those that sold them out, who tortured them, who put them into jails, those who sit as members of the bourgeois parliaments and in their court system – these were not Soviet people for a very long time. They are scoundrels, villains and dirty scum.
2: Regarding the communists, there are many different varieties here also. Some are ready to give their lives for the resurrection of the USSR. Others sit in the warm chairs in the bourgeois parliaments, and not only they themselves do not want to help resurrect the Soviet Union and Socialism, but they expel dedicated communists from the ranks of their parties, who criticize them for their opportunism.
And you comrades ask us as to when the communists will unite? Not very soon I fear! A communist revolutionary and a communist-opportunist can unite only in one way, if one is reborn into the other. Then we shall see the birth of two dedicated communists or two opportunists.
Today, most communist parties that are in existence are sick with opportunism. How do you tell a real communist party from an opportunist one? (a) Did the party register itself or not? (b) Are the leaders running for parliament? (c) Do they think that by parliamentary means they can bring on socialism or through revolutionary means? (d) Do they utilize revolutionary theory of struggle in practice or only in theory?
3: Unity is needed not of parties (if 5 opportunistic parties unite among themselves, smaller ones will be swallowed by the larger ones, then we shall get a very large opportunistic party, which we had when perestroika came along in the USSR). But such a party will never be able to organize the working class to struggle. Only individual revolutionary communists should unite at first, who are now members of other parties. The Odessa political prisoners united themselves willingly with other political prisoners in Ukraine, Russia and Predniester Republic.
4: In front of the Russian working class – there awaits a black fascist dictatorship. After any defeat of the communist movement, there always comes a horrible reactionary regime. Hitler in Germany, Thermidor (after the French Revolution) in France, Putin in Russia, Kuchma in Ukraine etc.
That is why here in ex-USSR for us revolutionary Communists to receive a visa to go abroad will be harder and harder. Therefore to come to the 2nd World Congress from here will be only individuals from our former Soviet republics.
Here Is What Is Needed!
(1) We should concentrate not only on the Soviet people of the USSR, but concentrate on all the people of former socialist countries and those that are still on the socialist path.
(2) Our task should be to support the present socialist countries against US imperialism and defend their sovereignty.
(3) With these aims in mind, appeal to Fidel Castro of Cuba (through the Cuban Embassy in Canada) with a request to hold the Second World Congress in Havana, Cuba.
(4) Invite to this Congress Fidel Castro and other leaders who are struggling against US dominance, such as Hugo Chavez and others. Invite all the dedicated Stalinists and Maoists.
It is already a fact that most of these comrades in these parties have already concurred with the call for an International Council and its organ, Northstar Compass.
We must unite all of the socialist, revolutionary forces on our planet, (in both former socialist countries and in the capitalist also). It is for this noble reason that it is necessary to hold the Second World Congress for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People.
At This Congress We Should:
(a) Analyze the reasons for the demise of the USSR during the Cold War.
(b) Analyze the real reasons for the abandonment of socialism in China.
(c) Forewarn and make certain that other leaders of present socialist countries do not fall into the same trap.
(d) Study and analyze the methods and policies that are used in Cuba, North Korea, Libya, Vietnam.
(e) Publish brochures about the 2nd World Congress.
(f) Publicize the idea of socialism amongst all of the anti-globalist movements.
(g) Struggle against imperialist wars – this is an important part of the struggle for socialism on our planet.
Comradely
TAMARA YAKUBOVSKA
FROM
Gomel
Byelorussia
Dear Chairman of the International Council and Editor of Northstar Compass
I am sorry that I did not write to you sooner regarding the 2nd World Congress for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People, but regardless of whether we are able to come up with the finances necessary to send a delegate, we are in full agreement with of your endeavor.
The statement and decision of Session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR held on April 23, 2003 where we discussed the question of taking part in the work of the International Council, we elected the following delegates to be our representatives in the International Council:
From the All-Union Movement For USSR and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR – Alexander G. Kozlobaev –Robert Frolovich and Sergei Saviliev.
From the Patriotic Society "Motherland" – Robert F. Frolovich and Vladimir I. Klygo.
We are in a serious social and political situation. The left communist parties-movements are disunited and the efforts to get them united inside one CPSU, is not having too much success. I feel that from the newspapers and other items that we send you, you can understand the situation yourself.
I was elected to have constant correspondence with you. Under separate cover we are sending you different newspapers and documents for your perusal.
We are sending you our publications and materials about our work in Byelorussia, plus our statement that was sent to President Lukashenko, which we hope you can publish in future issue of NSC.
We are also sending you two awards that were given to you by the Byelorussian Society Motherland, for your dedication to the Soviet people.
R. FROLIN
Chairman of the Patriotic Society "Motherland"
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Bucharest
Romania
Dear comrades and Friends:
We do receive NSC regularly for which we thank you sincerely. Our cooperation will be ongoing.
We are holding our First Congress of the Socialist Alliance Party (PAS) (formerly the Labour Socialist Party) April 3, 2004, where an Appeal for National Reconciliation will be addressed to all political and social forces in Romania.
We take this opportunity to express our desire in exchanging our friendship and cooperation on the international level and wish you success in our common struggle for a better world.
With friendship and solidarity
Constantin Cretu
Vice President
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