The Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organisation of South Asia (CCOPOSA) has successfully completed
its 4th conference recently in August 2006.
This conference was held in a situation
where the U.S., the foremost enemy of the
people of the world, and its lackeys are
carrying forward their all out onslaught on
the masses through out the world and the
oppressed masses are valiantly fighting
against it. Though it turned Iraq and
Afghanistan into regions of horrifying
butchery, the heroic resistance of the
masses has already bogged it down forcing
it to seek a safe way out. The valiant people
of Lebanon and Palestine are fighting out
the Zionist murderers who are backed by
the U.S. In South Asia, U.S. hatched-up
conspiracies with India expansionism to kill
the New Democratic Revolution in Nepal
has been blocked and the revolution
continues, giving rise to a wider and
powerful upsurge against the hated
monarchy and gaining new victories.
Elsewhere in India and Bangladesh masses
are scaling new heights on the torturous
road of revolution though the fascist and
reactionary ruling classes are killing
hundreds of brave sons and daughters of
revolution. Particular mention must be
made of the brutal Salwa Judum campaign
in Dandakaranya (India) which has been
successfully beaten back by the Maoists.
In Bhutan the budding Maoist movement
has courageously taken up the task of
mobilising the masses for revolution.
In July, one of the founding member of
CCOMPOSA com. Kamrul Master of
Communist Party of East Bengal (Marxist-
Leninist) Red Flag [CPEB(ML) Red Flag]
was arrested and cold bloodedly murdered
by the Bangladeshi ruling classes. Another
founding member com: Sunil Roy of
CPI(Maoist) is imprisoned. In the 2 years
since the last CCOMPOSA Conference
more than 1300 Maoists have laid down
their lives for the cause of revolution.
The conference started by paying
homage to martyrs, among them another
of its founder memebers, com: Karam Singh
of the CPI(Maoist). Its discussions
reflected the revolutionary struggles taking
place and the determination to forge ahead.
The conference has decided to
enhance co-ordination and co-operation
among the Maoist forces in its various
fields of activity among the broad masses
of South Asia. It resolved to fight against
India.s expansionist designs in South Asia
under imperialist guidance. In its
resolutions the conference paid homage
to martyrs, condemned the cold blooded
murders of revolutionaries and repressive
campaigns against struggling people,
called on the people and join the movement
for the release of political prisoners,
condemned US and Indian expansionist
conspiracies in Nepal, exposed the sham
reforms of the Bhutan King, and declared
solidarity with the people of Lebanon and
Palestine. It called on the oppressed
peoples of South Asian countries to join
the struggles against Indian expansionism
and imperialism, particularly against the
main enemy US imperialism and turn South
Asia into a flaming field of revolutionary
struggles.
1) Proletarian Party of Purba Bangla-
CC; PBSP (CC) [Bangladesh]
2) Communist Party of East
Bengal(ML)(Red Flag); CPEB
(ML)(Red Flag) [Bangladesh] 3)
Bangladesher Samyobadi
Dal(Marxist- Leninist) BSD(ML)
[Bangladesh]
4) Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist-
Leninist-Maoist) CPB(MLM)
5) Comminist Party of India (Maoist) ;
CPI(Maoist)
6) Communist Party of India (Marxist-
Leninist) Naxalbari CPI-ML
(Naxalbari) [India]
7) Communist Party of India (Marxist-
Leninist-Maoist) CPI(MLM)[India]
8) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist);
CPN(Maoist) [Nepal]
9) Communist Party of Ceylon (Maoist)
August 18, 2006
We the Maoist parties of South Asia
are advancing the revolution under the
conditions of a big imperialist and
reactionary offensive in this region. Brutal
and fascist repression against the
revolutionary and nationality forces has
become the norm by not only state but also
extra judicial forces in the respective
countries like the Retaliatory Teams in
Nepal, Salwa Judum, Cobra and Sendra in
India amongst others, JMB (Jagroto
Muslim Bangla) leading Bangla Bhai in
Bangladesh, etc.Yet with the intensifying
crisis the ruling classes of the respective
countries are locked in internecine strife
while the masses are rising up in mass
discontent.
International events and those in South
Asia are developing rapidly. Both are in a
deep flux. Development never takes place
in a straight line; there are numerous twists
and turns. Over the past year this is to be
clearly seen. Of course, this is taking place
within the general framework of the present
period marked by the massive attacks of
finance capital worldwide . economic,
political, military and even social,
cultural,.going under the signboard of
.globalisation. . Particularly since 2001 and
the 9/11 attacks, it is manifested by: a
growing economic crisis and political
instability worldwide; increasing war-like
policies of the number one imperialist, US
imperialism, and greater unilateralism;
greater and more ruthless attacks
(economic and also military) by the
imperialists, particularly the US imperialists,
on the backward countries of the world;
increased impoverisation of the working
class in the developed countries and mass
scale destitution in the backward countries;
and greater fascisation of the state in all
countries of the world in the name of
fighting the .war on terror..
US imperialism continues to be the
number one enemy of all humankind and
the only superpower existing today. It is
the most aggressive and hegemonistic
power in the world. It resorts to the worst
forms of terrorism to maintain and extend
its hegemony throughout the world. It is
continuing to maintain over 100 military
bases all over the world. But it is also
facing severe problems.
The economy of the world is showing
increasing fragility due to its increasingly
speculative character. Though there has
been a partial recovery since the severe
downturn in the world economy in 2001,
this has been faltering, weak and
exceedingly fragile. Many an economist is
predicting another crash, notwithstanding
the high growth rates shown by official
data for the US. Besides, this halting
recovery has been accompanied by jobless
growth, leading to further impoverisation
of the masses worldwide. Also much of the
so-called growth is illusory as it is not due
to dynamism in the economies of the
developed countries but the high growth
rates recorded in the backward countries,
most of which are based not on a sound
economy but on imperialist induced
artificial booms accompanied to a large
extent by speculative capital.
While the economies of Europe and
Japan are virtually stagnant that of the US
is like a bubble being blown to the point of
burst. Its economy is exceedingly fragile,
with mountains of debt and deficits. After
gigantic budget and current account
deficits in 2004 it has gone up even higher
last year. Last year the budget deficit was
$ 400 billion and the current account deficit
$780 billion. The confidence in the dollar
as the only international currency is shaky
and the Euro, with some ups and downs,
has been rising to challenge the hegemony
of the dollar. The US must get investments
at the rate of $ 2 billion per day to cover its
trade deficit. If governments start investing
their reserves in euros or other currencies
the economy will be pushed to the brink.
Today, inspite of the weaknesses in the
European economies, it is a major
contender to the US. This contention is
reflected in both countries seeking to make
trade blocs outside the WTO and
strengthen existing ones. Though united
in their attacks on the backward countries,
the economic contention between the two
is also reflected in the WTO.
Relatively the economy of Russia has
seen some recovery which has enabled it
to once again begin asserting their
imperialist might in many parts of the world,
particularly its backyard. And together with
Chinas their combined strength are
becoming a threat to US hegemony. Russia
has already pushed back the US in much
of the CIS (Confederation of Independent
States) countries, and is pushing
aggressively in West Asia. China is using
its economic clout to gain markets like
Sudan, Myanmar, many countries of South
East Asia, etc besides their traditional hold
of North Korea and Mongolia. Russia and
China are forging a powerful bloc in the
Shanghai Corporation Organisaion (SCO)
which has a clear anti-US trend.
Though collusion amongst imperialists
continues to be principle, contention is
intensifying, specifically compared to the
early 1990s.
If we turn then to the backward
countries, the situation is getting worse
each day due to the continuous increase
in the imperialist/ comprador loot. Not only
do the imperialists siphon off the loot from
these countries abroad so do the
compradors destroying the local
economies. The compradors too hold
about 50% of their wealth in foreign
countries. Africa is virtually in a state of
chaos with western robber barons looting
its natural resources, while Latin America
is just coming out of one of the worst crisis
it has ever faced. East Asia, that was
battered by the 1997 imperialist financial
attack, is yet to recover.
South Asia is being devastated with
the growing imperialist/ comprador loot.
The smaller countries are in addition reeling
under the jackboot of Indian expansionism,
backed by imperialism, particularly US
imperialism. The masses are resisting this
onslaught in all ways possible and where
they are led by the Maoists the struggle is
taking a revolutionary turn, as in Nepal,
India and Bangladesh. Where the
revolutionaries are not present the masses
take to spontaneous outbursts, going well
beyond the limits set by the revisionist and
bourgeois parties, which are mostly
crushed by brute force.
The policies of Liberalisation,
Privatisation and Globalisation have been
devastating the lives of the masses
throughout the world and each day pushes
thousands more into the depths of poverty
and destitution. This has affected both the
developed and the underdeveloped
countries, but it has hit the latter the worst.
In addition these policies have given
unimaginable wealth to a hand full of global
sharks with a spill off to their comprador
stooges in the backward countries. The
gap between the rich and the poor has gone
to unprecedented heights, and continues
to grow. Thereby the contradictions
between the haves and the have-not
continue to sharpen; class contradictions
intensify. The deepening crises in the
imperialist economies are further
intensifying their contradictions. Though
no fixed blocs have as yet occurred and
alignments are in a flux the scramble for
markets is intensifying.
This situation is resulting in the US
flexing its military muscle in many parts of
the world. Using Israel as its front paw in
West Asia it is pushing aggression and
threatening all the countries of the region.
Though bogged down in Iraq and
Afghanistan by the continued resistance
of the people of these countries, using
Israel it has launched a new adventure
against Lebanon. Though resorting to
mass massacre of the people of this
country, they have been facing a heroic
and stiff resistance. No doubt the entire
West Asia will turn into a noose around
the neck of the US imperialists and their
zionist stooges.
In South Asia, over the recent years
the Indian ruling classes are becoming the
front paw of the US imperialists in the
region and even beyond. While
maintaining good relations with all the
other countries of the region it is more and
more drawing the servile Indian rulers into
their geo-strategic interests. Indian
expansionists backed by the US gangsters
are being used to subvert all movements
of the people in South Asia utilizing its
gigantic army, paramilitary, intelligence and
sophisticated weaponry. They have been
ruthlessly attacking the revolutionary and
nationality movements in the country, and
assisting reactionary governments in the
region both materially and physically.
Kashmir and the North East states have
become garrison states under Indian army
occupation, where lakhs have been
brutally killed. The Indian expansionist
rulers are hated by the people of South
Asia, including the people of India. The
Indian Army.s presence has been
strengthened in Bhutan under the pretext
of attacks on the ULFA.
But South Asia has also become a
burning cauldron of the revolutionary, and
more particularly Maoist, movements. The
people.s war in Nepal is reaching new
heights, the merger of the two major Maoist
forces in India have created a formidable
force in India, the efforts of the Maoists to
unite and extend the people.s war to new
areas in Bangladesh, and sprouts of the
new Maoist movement in Bhutan, make
South Asia a flaming field of Maoist
revolutions. Together with these the armed
nationality movements in the region have
created an explosive situation.
The Maoists of Nepal have liberated
the bulk of the countryside of their country
and have successfully fought back the
brutal onslaughts of the RNA and the
genocidal monarchy. The US are
intervening directly in all aspects of the
political and military life of Nepal. Their
movement has reached the stage of the
strategic offensive with a powerful PLA
and a vast militia. The massive people.s
upsurge in the country led by the Maoists
has forced the monarchy to step back, and
has created an unprecedented
revolutionary situation in Nepal. The
heroic Nepalese people, led by the
Communist Party Of Nepal (Maoist), have recently come forward
in lakhs to take the revolution forward,
exposing the vacillations of the 7-party
alliance. Nepal has today reached a critical
juncture; and a great bright future awaits
the people of that country.
The recent unity of the major Maoist
parties in India has been a path-breaking
advance of the Indian revolutionary
movement and has led to an intensification
of the people.s war. Some other Maoist
parties in India are also making
preparations in this direction. The
Communist Party Of India (Maoist) and the Peoples Liberation Guerrila Army (PLGA) have been able to successfully beat back the massive
onslaught on them in Chhattisgarh going
on in the name of Salwa Judum. The
unification has created panic in the Indian
ruling classes and their imperialist backers
(particularly the US) and today the Maoists
are for the first time being targeted as the
number one internal enemy of these ruling
gangsters. The growing ability of the PLGA
to beat back the state.s cruel offensive is
creating a new hope in the people of this
vast country.
In Bangladesh inspite of the divisions
in the Maoist ranks and most brutal
repression, particularly by the RAB (Rapid
Action Battalion), Maoists have made
strenuous efforts to advance the people.s
war in their country. They have also been
making efforts to end their divisions and
unite into a strong Maoist force in the
country.
In Bhutan the Maoist sprouts continue
to grow notwithstanding the massive
repression of the feudal State, total lack of
democratic rights, and the presence of the
large Indian forces stationed in that
country. All are mobilised to crush the new
sprouts of the Maoist movement and
justice-loving people in Bhutan.
Today, though the worldwide situation
is ripe for a major advance of the genuine
revolutionary movements of the world the
subjective forces are weak. Though the
Maoist forces are recovering their strength
from the setback in 1976 with China turning
revisionist, and are united more firmly on
MLM, revisionism has eaten into the vitals
of many communists and turned them into
a spent force. Today it is revisionism that
is the main danger to the communist forces
throughout the world. It is impossible to
advance the revolution without a
consistent and thoroughgoing struggle
against revisionism, whatever the form it
takes. As part of this dogmato-sectarianis m
is also having a negative impact on
communist movements in the world.
Today, more than ever before, there is
urgent need for all genuine communists to
creatively apply Marxism-Leninism-
Maoism, including the experiences of the
GPCR, to the concrete conditions of their
country and advance the revolutions for
the seizure of power by armed force
towards building socialism and advancing
towards communism. In this process with
the advancement of the revolution and the
class struggle MLM too develops. Along
with major challenges, there are great
revolutionary opportunities in the present
world and the Maoists must dare scale new
heights.
There have been vast people.s
upsurges throughout the world against the
aggressive policies of the US imperialists
which have shaken the imperialists to the
core. The massive violent outbreaks in
France have created a panic in entire
Europe. The growing national liberation
movements around the world have created
a new fear in the imperialist minds. And
most important the Maoist People.s wars
of Nepal, Philippines, India, Turkey and
Peru are the sparks of a new awakening
towards a bright socialist future. A new
wave of great revolutionary struggles are
appearing on the horizon. The principal
contradiction in the world continues to be
between imperialism and the oppressed
nations and peoples of the world.
CCOMPOSA, an organization of the
Maoists of South Asia, vows to deepen
and extend the links between the genuine
Maoists of the region, help sharpen the
weapon of MLM and increase coordination
to fight back the enemies in their respective
countries, actively being led by their US
imperialist masters.With the ruling classes
of most countries of South Asia assisting
each other in the region to suppress the
revolutionary and nationality movements
there is ever greater need for the people.s
movements of these countries to draw
closer together and assist their respective
struggles. More particularly it is the Indian
expansionist rulers, backed by the
imperialists, particularly the US imperialists
who are aggressively supporting the
governments of the respective countries
to suppress or subvert the movements. In
addition it is the US imperialists that are
directly intervening in all the countries of
the region, with military training, political
manouvering, blatant and outright
intervention in suppressing the Maoist
movements.
CCOMPOSA vows to beat back the
attacks of these reactionary rulers, the
Indian Expansionists and kick the US and
all imperialists out of South Asia.
CCOMPOSA vows to deepen and advance
the new democratic revolutions in the
different countries of South Asia as a part
of the world socialist revolution. Let South
Asia turn into a flaming field of peoples.
revolutionary upsurges and burn to ashes
imperialism (particularly US imperialism) ,
Indian expansionism and all reaction in the
region.
1) Proletarian Party of Purba Bangla-
CC; PBSP (CC) [Bangladesh]
2) Communist Party of East
Bengal(ML)(Red Flag); CPEB
(ML)(Red Flag) [Bangladesh]
3) Bangladesher Samyobadi
Dal(Marxist- Leninist) BSD(ML)
[Bangladesh]
4) Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist-
Leninist-Maoist) CPB(MLM)
5) Comminist Party of India (Maoist),
CPI(Maoist)
6) Communist Party of India (Marxist-
Leninist) Naxalbari CPI-ML
(Naxalbari) [India]
7) Communist Party of India (Marxist-
L e n i n i s t - M a o i s t )
CPI(MLM)[India]
8) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist);
CPN(Maoist) [Nepal]