In the following we document the preliminary translation of the speech held by the comrades of the Committee Red Flag from the FRG to the international celebration. The final revision is pending. The German original can be found here.
Proletarians of all countries, unite!
Dear comrades of the Communist Parties and organizations,
Dear comrades from the revolutionary movement of the FRG,
Dear friends,
The Committee Red Flag salutes you in the name of the proletarian vanguard in formation that struggles for the reconstitution of the Communist Party of Germany. We salute the efforts you have made to be able to attend this great international celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. We salute the decision, firmness and the high combativity with which you have carried out actions and activities in the different countries and also in the FRG, as part of the international campaign that we culminate today. We consider that the campaign was a celebration worthy of the founder of the International Communist Movement, Karl Marx. It was a campaign that showed in front of the world, once more, that we maoists are the continuators of his work, that Marx belongs to those who struggle to transform the world from its deepest roots, to the fighters of the world proletarian revolution, to those who are for Communism, and not to those who traffic with his great figure to defend exploitation and oppression; Marx does not belong to the revisionists and opportunists. All the actions and demonstrations have shown this and had a concentrated expression in the central action of the campaign that the fighters of the international proletariat carried out in Trier. On the one side, “the celebration” of the German state, of social democracy, of opportunism and revisionism, together with the Chinese revisionists, the heads of this monstrosity that is Chinese social-imperialism, who erected a statue of a sterile Marx, “great” but impotent, of a dead icon. On the other hand, we maoists, who against the German state, under the nose of its police apparatus, hoisted the red flag with the hammer and sickle, the banner of the People’s War, the banner of the dictatorship of the proletariat, the banner of Communism. This whole campaign have been like this, a defying cry that sums up in one phrase all the truths of marxism: REBELLION IS JUSTIFIED!
This international campaign did not fall from the sky, has not been the result of a spontaneous convergence of different initiatives, but, is principally a result of the coordinated and planned action of the Communist Parties and organizations. It has been the continuation of other initiatives and campaigns, which engine have been, and is, the struggle waged by the marxist-leninist-maoist Parties and organizations from Latin America. We communists and revolutionaries of the whole world must understand this very well, which implies to understand the tremendous leap that this deed implies for the advancement of the world revolution. For the first time in history a group of Parties and organizations of the oppressed nations are acting in the International Communist Movement as a solidly unified force based on marxism-leninism-maoism, principally maoism and the contributions to the development of the universal truth of marxism made by Chairman Gonzalo. It is not the voice of one Party or one organization anymore, but of the Parties and organizations of a whole continent that, hoisting the flag of People’s War struggle to propel the reunification of the communists in the world. A left that is showing that is capable of leading and unifying. It is up to us to close ranks with them, recognize their role and assume the tasks we have to fulfill.
The campaign in the FRG was very significant and, principally has showed how we maoists are advancing in the struggle for the reconstitution of the Party in the midst of the class struggle and the two lines struggle. Also we must say that we had many limitations, the remains of the artisan work and the spirit of circles have put obstacles in the way. With struggle we have overcome this and have shown that the path we are following is correct. It has been shown in practice once more that the development of the struggle of the proletariat – at international and national level demands the reconstitution of the Communist Party. The development of system of organization have taken a leap in structure and a centralized and national organization with this campaign and when deepening the evaluation of it we will, in the midst of two lines struggle, manage to draw lessons and approve agreements that will allow us to enter a new phase of the struggle for the reconstitution.
We can now put forward some key questions of this new phase:
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These are the tasks that corresponds to all the comrades in FRG to firmly assume. These are tasks that the class demands from us and that each one of us must assume ones responsibility with initiative and energy; enough of vacillation. This is how we serve the world proletarian revolution, this is how we combat the imperialist beast and its reactionary and revisionist lackeys, this is how we honor Karl Marx as corresponds.
We greet all present and we are very proud to be able to speak to you, we conclude by saying:
Proletarians of all countries, unite!
Long live Maoism!
Down with revisionism!
Victory to the People's Wars!
Forward in the struggle for the reconstitution of the Communist Party of Germany!
Committee Red Flag (FRG)
June 2018
