Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Message to the National Committee of

CP, USA on occasion of their 29th party convention

13.05.2010

Communist Party USA,

National Committee,
New York
Athens, Thursday, 13 May 2010

Dear comrades

We would like to thank you for the information regarding your 29th party convention and
to extend our greetings to the delegates. Our parties have met in the past in common
struggles for workers’ rights, in the struggle against anti-communism, for the defense of
socialism and the Soviet Union, for the unity of the communist movement on the basis of
our revolutionary principles and traditions.

We are following as closely as we can the developments in the USA, the escalation of the
aggression of US imperialism which lately has become quite obvious. The US is striving
to respond to the trend of losing ground within the framework of the imperialist system
by inciting regional tensions and conflicts, so that it can take advantage of its political
and military supremacy in order to safeguard its interests and maintain its spheres of
influence.

In Greece, the working class and the popular strata are facing a barbaric attack, on the
pretext of the economic crisis; an attack which has been jointly unleashed by the social
democratic PASOK government, the EU and the IMF, with the assistance of the
conservative ND party and the open support of the nationalist LAOS party.

The remarkable resistance presented by the labor and popular movement is spearheaded
by KKE which continually strives to reveal the real cause of the crisis, the sharpening of
the basic contradictions of capitalism. Without the consistent exposure of the
compromised and discredited in the eyes of the workers trade union leaderships of GSEE
and ADEDY (the national confederations of the private and public sector respectively),
without the decisive contribution of PAME (All Workers’ Militant Front), the national
trade union front comprised of class oriented Federations, trade unions, labor centers and
trade unionists, the labor movement in our country would have been disarmed,
unprepared, and unable to fight back.

KKE calls upon the working class, the self-employed, the poor farmers, and the youth to
engage in even stronger, more massive and organized actions in order to stave off the
onslaught and pave the way for a different path of development. There can be no way
other than the nationalization of the monopolies. The working class must take possession
of the concentrated means of production and mobilize them with central planning and
popular participation. This presupposes a struggle aiming for people’s power, for
socialism-communism.

The fightback against anti-communism, the adamant defense of the historical

contribution of the Soviet Union and socialist construction in the 20th century, of the
identity and revolutionary traditions of the communist movement, take on particular
importance today.

As long as the crisis of the international communist movement persists, as long as the
situation does not improve and retreats from ideological and theoretical principles are not
resolutely confronted, as long as the front against opportunist views that hinder the
formation of a single revolutionary strategy against imperialism does not become
strengthened, the situation will harbor the danger of an even greater backslide.

The existence of strong Communist Parties steadfast to the principles of Marxism-

Leninism and proletarian internationalism, with a revolutionary program for the
overthrow of the rule of monopolies, for building socialism - communism, is the foremost
demand of our times.

We look forward to learning the conclusions and the resolutions of your convention.

With comradely greetings

The Central Committee of KKE