New Executive Elected in Russian Friendship Society

Chechentsev	Bourenkov

The meeting of the Co-Ordination Council of the Russian (Soviet) Friendship Society with Foreign Countries was held on May 26^th, after our Conference, which was held on May 10, has published the final version of a Resolution that was adopted at the Conference.

A new Executive Committee was elected, headed by Vladimir Chechentsev as Chairman and Viktor Bourenkov as Deputy Chairman.

Our delegation to the Second World Congress will present a paper outlining the revolutionary struggle strategy and full details of the current activities of our Friendship Society with Foreign Countries. We shall present this talk in English.

Comradely yours
Vladimir Chechentsev
Viktor Bourenkov

International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People

Dear comrade Lucas:

Please allow me, the founder of a peoples organization in Latvia, "Union for the Defense of the Rights of the Homeless", registered in Latvia on March 25, 2002 – to come as a delegate to the Second World Congress.

The situation in our organization is such that no one can come to the Congress, aside from myself. The movement’s collective decision was that I should come. Factually each one of us is under scrutiny by the Latvian police. Some members fear for their safety and change their names and stop being active. Not too long ago there was an attack against the daughter of our organization’s chairman, Svetlana Shamonina and they ran away from this terror to France.

In the published materials that I am sending you, you will learn exactly as to what is happening in Latvia to the Russian speaking population. This is the reason why our organization is trying to struggle against this policy, and therefore is being under attack. They can liquidate us through the adopted present laws that accuse us of being mentally ill and need to be put into as psychiatric facility. This policy is being pursued especially against the working class, who understand as to what is happening in Latvia and who is pulling the strings and, also, the workers know what robbery is being done against the working class and the total privatization.

My name is Skaidritte Stanevca, citizen of Latvia and, if I will be at the Congress, I would like to give a factual report in Russian on the conditions in Latvia and the planned genocide against other nationalities living in Latvia. I will send this ahead of time in order to be translated and available to the delegates. I am a writer and a journalist and my articles in the "Duel" newspaper irked the President of Latvia, Vaira Freiberg, who then started the fabrication that I should be put away in a mental institution. The decision was made to put me into a psychiatric hospital in Riga and then to another hospital for the mentally deranged patients, with no opportunity to get out.

I can try to come before, in order to help with the Congress, if I am not put away before that. I am fighting this attempt with all the forces that I have to help me. The "Open Letter" about the situation in Latvia and the attempt to silence me, I would suggest that you can publish it, so that the readers of NSC will be aware of this nationalism, bordering on fascism that is now in Latvia.

It can happen that I will be put away and not be able to come to the Second World Congress. Whatever happens to me, please consider this "Open Letter" as my Statement to the Second World Congress.

Yours
Skaidrite Stanevca

To NSC and Executive Committee:

Dear friends:

Thank you for informing me about the upcoming Second World Congress. I feel that I am not entitled to be invited, because I do not represent any organization or any publication.

But as a reader of NSC and a supporter of the Congress, I would wish that two points would be discussed and cleared up at this Second World Congress.

The first point is "Soviet Union". It is a fact that the Soviet Union passed two different and opposite periods. A Soviet Union under the leadership of the Communist Party headed by Lenin and Stalin, led the Soviet people in building the first Socialist Society in human history and in defending it. But a different type of Soviet Union came into being under the leadership of the Khrushchevites, which destroyed socialism during a period of four decades.

When we talk about the Soviet Union, it should be clear that we mean the real socialist USSR and not the second version, which was anti-Marxist, anti-Socialist, anti-Revolutionist and anti-Communist. This is not always understandable, especially by the young people, and I think that it is very important that it should be known to all the readers of NSC and every revolutionary person. There are even revolutionary writers who talk and write about the Soviet Union as a continuous period of 70 years.

The second point is the following question. Is the slogan of the restoration of the Soviet Union a practical one, and therefore a Marxist slogan?

The former parts of the USSR now are capitalist countries, some who are under complete influence of imperialist Europe and the United States. It is clear that the slogan of these people should be for a socialist revolution, similar to the Great October Revolution. The revolutionary situation in each of these former Soviet republics is similar to any other capitalist state – the only difference is that these people of former Soviet Union have had great experience in building a socialist society. I think the slogan of restoring the Soviet Union means that there should be a socialist revolution in all of these states that should be achieved all at the same time.

But that will be impossible. A revolution might happen in one of these states only. The victorious revolution in that state will be helpful to other states, but it is not always possible that a revolution would happen in them. It is impossible to export revolution from a victorious one to the others, because a revolution in each state depends on the people themselves.

And, will a revolution in Russia for example be a Soviet revolution? The October Revolution was a Soviet one, because its main fighting force was the Soviets. But will the coming revolution in Russia be based on the Soviets? This revolution might take other forms; that would mean that this new state will not be a Soviet state. The only condition in a socialist state should be the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

What if a revolution happened in Russia, and at the same time a revolution happened in a country which was not part of the Soviet Union, let’s say Poland? Of course it is possible that these two socialist states will find it necessary to unite. In that case, it is not the restoration of the USSR.

For all of these reasons, I think that it is better and more scientific to make the slogan read "Restoration of Socialism in Previous Soviet States."

With best regards
Y. KOJAMAN
London – England

Dear comrades of the Executive Committee for friendship and solidarity with Soviet people!

Dear comrade Michael LUCAS!

About the activity of your organization I know it from last year. The information was received from newspapers of two communistic organizations:

- All-Union movement "For Soviet Union" and its newspaper "SOVINFORMBURO" and from the new "Society of friendship with peoples of foreign countries", plus the Movement of Communist and Socialist forces organized on the initiative "Soviet Russia" – and the newspaper "Labour Russia". At the constituent assembly of the Society of Friendship, I was present there personally.

Occasion of writing this letter was your letter about carrying out in September, 2005 of the Second congress of your organization, that was published in the № 15, April, 2005 of "Economic and Philosophical newspaper".

First, Soviet people are grateful to you for your support. However, unfortunately, the information on your activity practically is not present. At least, the results of First congress of your organization are not known to us. We hope, we could provide distribution of the information on work and results of the Second congress. It will be enough if on your Internet - site the information will be placed. If you could organize special dispatch of a brief information of results of congress – even better. Addresses of dispatch you can find on our site (about which I write below).

Second, I want to give some information on the situation with the Soviet organizations in Russia and republics of USSR:

1. Now in Russia there are some organizations, who are declaring themselves "Soviet". Some of these organizations are very small, some do not work any more. But this information could possibly be useful to you.

2. Most active in promotion of the USSR and are:

• Movement of citizens of the USSR" headed by Khabarova Tatyana Mihajlovna – under the aegis of Executive committee of Congress of citizens of the USSR.

• Movement "For Soviet Union" Kozlobaev Alexander Grigorevich – under aegis of Supreme Soviet of the USSR;

• The CPSU of Korjakin Vladimir Stepanovich – under aegis of Council of Ministers of the USSR.

3. In the Communist parties area, the most active (except for Korjakin’s CPSU) is the CPSU – the Union of Communist Parties of the USSR republics cooperating with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation;

• The CPSU headed by Shenin Oleg Semenovich) – the Union of Communist Parties of the USSR republics, they are not cooperating with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

4. Unfortunately, as well as in communist movements of Russia as a whole, these organizations are badly cooperating with each other.

5. I think that the most comprehensible movement for uniting all the organizations and movements, is Tikhonov Grigory Ivanovich’s "UNION".

Thirdly, since we hardly can participate in the work of the Congress, I ask you to inform us where we can direct our correspondence or our statement.

Short information about us:

1. I represent two organizations:

2. One of our main purposes is to promote the association of communist and opposition forces and actions in Russia and the republics USSR as a whole.

From the Republic of Northern Ossetia-Alakia, Russia

Dear friends:

We have received your invitation to attend the Second World Congress which is planned for September 23-24-25 in Toronto, Canada. We thank you sincerely!

The Central Committee of the All Union Lenin-Stalin-Maotzetung Party has the greatest respect for the wise, selfless, systematic and stubborn struggle by you Canadian friends, for the restoration of the Soviet Union. We are delighted with your enormous efforts to gather and unite all champions for the restoration of the Soviet Union all over the world and in the Soviet Union in particular.

We have considered all of the work of Northstar Compass and the Executive Committee of the International Council. We feel that this work is of exceptional importance in the struggle for the restoration of the Soviet Union.

The All Union Lenin-Stalin-Maotzetung Party greets and supports the initiative for calling the Second World Congress for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People.

We regret that we cannot aid you financially.

The CC of the AULSMP has decided that we shall send one delegate to the Congress. The text of our presentation paper you will receive in the near future.

With the greatest respect –

Marat Kochiev
First Secretary of the CC AULSMP
Vladikavkaz, Russia

NSC apologizes to the comrades in that we made mistakes in misnaming the party in our previous correspondence that these comrades represent.

To the Organizing Committee:

Enclosed please find the text of my presentation at the Second World Congress, "Socialism in USSR lost its feeble mind or the selling out by the "intelligencia"?

I would like that this could be published in NSC so that a discussion starts before the Congress or even polemics on this very important topic.

By starting discussions on the pages of NSC, this will help the Congress achieve the desired results of friendship and solidarity with Soviet people. It might even promote the revolutionary spirit and actions in Russia, and thus it can become the centre of the resurrection of the USSR. I will present this paper in Russian at the Congress.

Vladimir M. Pisarev
Candidate of Economic Sciences
Moscow, Russia