p Article in World Marxist Review No. 8, 1969

p The International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties, held in Moscow from June 5 to 17, 1969, was one of the most important political events of the 1960s. It was a forceful demonstration of the growing role and responsibility of Communists in the modern world. It will go down in history as a major landmark in activising the struggle of all anti-imperialist forces and uniting the Communist and Workers’ Parties on the principled basis of Marxism- Leninism and proletarian internationalism.

p The Meeting adopted documents of historic importance, reaffirming our movement’s devotion to the ultimate communist goals. It made a searching analysis of the international situation and the socio-political changes in the alignment of class forces over the past few years. It collectively worked out a political platform for the present-day struggle against imperialism, for the continued development of the revolutionary movement.

The Meeting’s documents combine a scientific MarxistLeninist approach with practical militancy, a common strategy of the communist movement with the tactics of the fraternal Parties’ struggle in the specific conditions of their respective countries. Revolutionary theory and revolutionary practice are thus here organically blended, mutually enriching each other. This makes for a more purposeful struggle against imperialism, a struggle for peace, democracy, national independence and socialism.