Congress: Revolution and Power in Neo-Colonies - online

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Hello,

We are very pleased to announce the availability of the report of the
congress on "Revolution and Power in the Neo-Colonies", which was held
in the early spring of 1998 in the Netherlands, on the World-Wide Web.

URL: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc/congres

Participating organisations:

Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C); Turkey 
Communist Action Group (CAG); UK 
Communist Party of the Philipines (CPP); Philippines 
Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriges (FPMR); Chile 
Partido Mapu; Chile 
Movimento Revolucionario Tupac Amaro (MRTA); Peru 
Iranian People's Fedayee Guerillas (IPFG); Iran 
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (AUCPB); Former Soviet Union 
Parti du Travail de Belgique (PTB); Belgium 
Peoples' Democatic Party (PRD); Indonesia

This was the invitation:

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Comrades, 

We invite you to the meeting "Revolution and Power in the
Neo-Colonies". The concept is to exchange ideas and search for
possibilities to co-operate.  As the representatives of peoples who
fight against imperialism and its collaborationist oligarchies, our
aim is to develop concrete basis for the revolutionary co-operation
and comradeship.

We live in a world where two thirds of the entire population live in
poverty, inhuman conditions and without freedom. The war between
imperialism and the oppressed people did not come to an end. The last
50 years have been defined by this war. And today, the same war
continues to determine the future of the world. The form of the world
in coming years depends on what extent we shall make imperialism
retreat and how many more victories and fronts we gain in the people's
fight for freedom. We believe that the main role belongs to us -
people's liberation movements and revolutionary parties/organizations
- how we think, how we fight and which targets we concentrate on. Our
crucial point in common is these common responsibilities we bear on
our shoulders. Threats and attacks of imperialism, mainly the USA,
continue in every corner of the world. After the collapse of the USSR,
we lived through and witnessed its intensified bandit
attacks. However, the expectation of a "unipolar world" proved
false. On the contrary, between the imperialist countries' clashes for
power and rivalry continue to increase in number. The main threats to
imperialism are peoples struggling for freedom and their armed
liberation forces. After a NATO meeting it was announced that "the
21st Century will be the century of uprisings" which shows the degree
of danger from their point of view. Therefore, bourgeois economists,
diplomats and contra-guerrilla chiefs concentrate on the elimination
of the liberation movements of the oppressed people and specifically,
armed liberation forces. For that reason, methods of destruction
through violence, deception, provocation, false promises,
psychological warfare, the effects of ideological attacks etc. are
used. On the other hand, tendencies towards insularity, nationalism,
giving up weapons and searching for compromise are noticed amongst the
liberation movements as a result of isolation, the damage done by the
authorities' attacks and the negative effect created by the collapse
of the USSR.

Despite all this, the negative impact of the last 10 years is
disappearing and the struggle of the peoples is extending
worldwide. The basic necessities of the revolutionary forces are to
trust in their own strength and determination for a revolutionary
power. In today's world, in this period of history, our words and
attitude are very important, now more than ever.  That is why the main
political concept of our meeting has been chosen accordingly. The
common responsibilities we carry on our shoulders will be the concrete
basis for a collective revolutionary determination and co-operation
between our peoples and real comradeship. This is what history expects
us to do.

Between the revolutionary parties and organizations of different
countries, because of their origins or some other reasons, there may
be differences. However, we wish to hold the meeting on a platform
where the Marxist-Leninist perspective is the guideline and compromise
with imperialism is rejected.

Revolutionary greetings,
International Relations Committee

DHKP-C

-- 
Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Front)
DHKC Informationbureau Amsterdam
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