The Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) CP (PA)
has raised to new levels the historic struggle of revolutionary organizations
and movements that understood that the only way to put an end to the
exploitation of man by man is by the creation of an organization ready to deepen
the class struggle.
Our ideological basis, of course, is in Marx, Engels, Lenin
and Stalin; moreover we are reviving the work carried out in Chile by Luis
Emilio Recabarren, Elías Laferte and Ricardo Fonseca, outstanding communist
leaders for both their theoretical and practical struggles in defense of
Marxism-Leninism.
Later on there were important contributions in times of
ideological confusion, carried out by the "Marxist Revolutionary
Vanguard" organization. This group united various tendencies opposed to the
infamous "peaceful road to power," launched at the 20th Congress of
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union under the leadership of the traitor
Nikita Khrushchev. This marked the abandonment by many Communist Parties of
their real revolutionary work, confining themselves to reforms and economist
struggles. They lost every sense of the need to educate and organize the masses
for the profound transformations required. Besides the Marxist Revolutionary
Vanguard, various tendencies arose that revived Marxism-Leninism in general
terms and opposed revisionism. Among these was the Revolutionary Communist Party
PCR, which was harshly repressed during the first years of the fascist military
dictatorship in Chile.
A few months after the formation of the Proletarian Action
Movement, it was understood that the construction of the real Communist Party
would not be realized either by mandate or decree, but by the historic need of
the masses. When the organization itself, the General Staff of the class
struggle, the real motive force of the social revolutions is lacking, the most
conscious masses are given the task of the formation of this General Staff.
November 8, 1979, the day of the formation of the
Proletarian Action Movement (at the 1st National Conference), is considered the
date of the foundation of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) CP
(PA).
In our beginnings as a Party, we faced the most varied
struggles, both in ideology as well as in daily practice. We had to confront the
military dictatorship, not as a developed and powerful organization, as others
that already existed, but as a small organization that was born under the worst
repression organized by the Chilean bourgeoisie and Yankee imperialism.
In these extremely harsh conditions, the existence of our
Party was not easy. We struggled on the one hand against the fascism of the
government, which persecuted, arrested, exiled and assassinated, provoking
generalized insecurity. On the other hand, we fought as well against those who
from the comfort of exile made absurd suggestions about what to do, in a reality
that they did not know. They (particularly the revisionists) tried by all means
to ignore our existence, accusing us more than once of practically being agents
of the security services, or even of working for the C.I.A. (Yankee security
agency). Against all these attempts to sabotage our development we came out with
our heads held high.
We can give many examples of our main opposition, but the
truth and time itself have put them in their proper place: from accusers they
became defendants, from supposed fighters they became traitors, from
progressives they became people who have openly fallen into reaction.
Our work in the resistance of the Chilean people to the
military dictatorship was constant. We participated actively in the national
protests and strikes, though with a vision critical of their bourgeois and petty
bourgeois leadership.
Some forms of struggle, particularly the uprising of the
communal strikes, that often allowed the dictatorship to concentrate its
repression on specific sectors, facilitating the arrest and assassination of the
social fighters who took part in them, were criticized by the Party. But we
never stayed apart from the struggles that the people took up with valor and
determination; on the contrary we were in the front ranks. Our propaganda work
by way of wall murals were seen around the world and they actualized our slogans
of great dimensions, which afterward were taken up by all the other political
forces without exception. Our propaganda never caused confusion, on the
contrary, it called for the defeat of the fascists by the struggle of the
people, without creating false illusions in the siren songs of organizations
that only sought the support of the masses to be able to negotiate behind the
back of the people, with total impunity, a compromising and sold out solution
within the limits of the dictates of Yankee imperialism.
The C.P. (P.A.) has never denied the need for the broadest
unity, but we understand that this unity must be understood in deed, and not
only in word. Unity and Struggle, with constructive criticism and
self-criticism, open to debate but with solid, clear and serious arguments.
Thus we have contributed and been founders of innumerable
unitary initiatives, of which we name some examples that will serve both to
refresh the memory of those who have forgotten, and as information for those who
do not know it.
- Coordinator of Revolutionary Organizations (C.O.R.)
- Broad Front of Liberation (F.A.L.)
- Unitary Roundtable of the Left (M.U.I.)
- Front for a Democratic Chile
- Movement of the Pro-Allende Democratic Left (M.I.D.A.)
- Assembly for Democracy and Social Justice
- Committees against impunity
- Coordinator of Human Rights
- Anti-imperialist Coordinator.
Within this broad work, the latest period finds us dealing
with the development of the United Venceremos Front, in which are united the
Rodriguist Identity, the Alternative Socialist Party, the Movement of the
Revolutionary Left and our Communist Party (Proletarian Action).
Those who do not know us erroneously accuse us of dogmatism
and sectarianism. However, all our actions show a unitary work open to the
popular masses and their struggles. Our actions also show, corresponding to our
proletarian character, firmness in defense of Marxist-Leninist principles, which
are now and always will be present, since as principles we neither deny them nor
hide them.
In the International field we always seek to fulfill in the
best possible way the Internationalist tasks that correspond to us as
Communists.
In this manner we have developed strong ties with other
communist organizations in the world. At various times a delegation of our Party
visited Albania at the invitation of the former Party of Labor of Albania (PTA).
The ex Peoples Republic of Albania was a country that took up at its time an
important ideological struggle against modern revisionism which had taken power
in the ex USSR, as well as in the defense of Joseph Stalin and his important
ideological work.
The Internationalist tasks of the CP (PA) have led us to
participate, at various times, in the Seminars on the "Problems of the
Revolution in Latin America," organized by our fraternal Marxist-Leninist
Communist Party of Ecuador, among other activities.
Thus also, we have been together with the comrades of the
Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina, giving them our support and
solidarity, and denouncing the repression to which they are being subjected. We
are, besides, part of the International Communist Movement I.C.M., of the
Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations. With our articles we
have made our contribution to the international journal "Unity and
Struggle."
We understand that all forms of cooperation and
coordination are necessary to strengthen each of our fraternal Parties, and
moreover we will do all in our power to deepen the urgent internationalist tasks
that we have before us. The internal conditions of the C.P. (P.A.) have not
always facilitated our Internationalist tasks, but we are conscious of our
responsibilities. We support and will support every people and nation that is
fighting against imperialism of whatever kind (English, Japanese, Yankee,
Russian, etc).
Since its beginnings, the Party has sought adequate methods
to educate the popular masses of our country, to orient and provide tools for
the political cadres. Thus our bulletins, newspapers, pamphlets, books, journals
and display panels, are examples of the enormous capacity that we have to
produce, publish and propagandize Marxist-Leninist ideology.
We
mention only some of our materials dedicated to political, theoretical and
practical education.
"Proletarian
Action", published by the Central Committee
"Trade Union Unity and Struggle" published by the
Committee of Trade Union Solidarity
"Mochila," published by the Youth Collective
Mochila
"ArrojaTE" (Get Involved), published by the
Committee of Trade Union Solidarity, Educational and Cultural Workers' Section.
During our history as a Party, we have also published:
The newspaper Adelante (Forward), The Assemblyperson,
Workers Pen, Workers World, Force of Women, Our Truth, Red Star, and a series of
educational pamphlets such as, "Reformism, Gateway to Fascism,"
"Biography of Che," "Return to the Future," Nos. 1 and 2 of
the International journal "Unity and Struggle," etc. We are proud to
have been the only ones to have published (during the height of the military
dictatorship, when the fascists burned Marxist literature) an edition of the
"Manifesto of the Communist Party" by K. Marx and F. Engels.
Our agitation and propaganda of the ideas of Marx, Engels,
Lenin and Stalin has been constant by the reproduction of articles, books and
pamphlets; we know that all this has an incalculable value for the development
of Marxist-Leninist ideas.
The present possibilities are better today in material
terms. Therefore, the whole Party must seek to take advantage of the necessary
conditions to reproduce and copy all materials that enable us to enrich our
understanding.
The work of propagation of Marxism-Leninism and its
ideological discussion makes it possible to consider carrying out initiatives
for greater and better leaps along this road; an example of this is the recent
brief course in Marxism-Leninism conducted by the Party to the youths of the
"Mochila."
In the 23 years since the foundation of our Party, the C.P.
(P.A.), we can affirm that we have shown the MOST ABJECT FAILURE IN CHILE OF THE
REVISIONIST, SECTARIAN, DOGMATIC POSITIONS, ALL CLOSE RELATIVES OF CAPITALISM.
We will continue to carry out our most sincere and honest
efforts to advance in the construction, strengthening and development of the
Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action); this and nothing else is the
commitment of true communists, since with it we will really advance in the
destruction of capitalism and in the construction of the new socialist and
proletarian society.
Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action)