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希腊共产党纲领英文
ProgrammeoftheKKE
TheKKEwasfoundedin1918,asthematureproductofthedevelopmentofthelabourmovementinourcountry,andalsoundertheimpactoftheGreatOctoberSocialistRevolutionof1917inRussia.Itistheconscious,organized,vanguardsectionoftheworkingclassandhasasitsstrategicgoaltheoverthrowofcapitalismandtheconstructionofsocialism-communism.
ThemanyyearsofpositiveandnegativeexperienceoftheinternationalcommunistmovementandtheKKEhaveconfirmedthattheworkingclasscannotfulfilitshistoricmission,unlessithasitsownrobust,well-organizedandtheoreticallyequippedparty,thecommunistparty.
TheKKEisguidedbytherevolutionaryworldviewofMarxism-Leninism.Itattemptstointerpretthedevelopmentsinadialectical-materialistway,systematicallyfollowingthenewachievementsinscienceandtechnology,togeneralisetheexperienceofthelabourandpeople'smovementwiththecommunistideologyasafoundationandwiththeneedfortheliberationoftheworkingclassfromexploitationasitscriterion.Itfoughtagainstthereactionarytheories,suchasGreecebeinga"poorrelation",the"inferiorityofwomen",theracisttheories,nationalismandcosmopolitismofcapital,obscurantismandintolerance.Itstrugglesforadeeplyhumanist,scientificallysubstantiatedpeople'seducation.Ithasinspiredradicalintellectualsandartistswithitsideologyandstruggles,itbecameaconsistentandfirmdefenderoftheGreekpeople'sculture.
Fromthetimeofitsfoundation,theKKEhasbeenfaithfultotheprincipleofproletarianinternationalism.ItdefendedthesocialistconstructionintheUSSR,intheothercountriesofEurope,AsiaandinCuba.ItparticipatedintheCommunistInternational.Itexpresseditssolidaritywiththestrugglesoftheworld'sworkingclass,withthepeopleswhowerefightingfortheirnationalliberation,forsocialism.TheKKEatcriticalanddifficultperiodsinitsstruggle,receivedinternationalistsolidarityandsupportfromtheinternationalcommunistandlabourmovement.ItstrugglesfortheregroupmentoftheInternationalCommunistMovementaftertheretreatandcrisisitexperiencedandisstillundergoingtoday,particularlyafterthevictoryofthecounterrevolutionin1989-1991.
Fromthetimeitwasfounded,KKEhasstoodbytheyouthofourcountry.Ithasalwaysconcerneditselfwiththeirproblemsandtheirfuture.Itcontinuestotrustyounggenerationandtheirabilitiestocontributetotheconstructionofthesocialistfuture.
ItsentirehistoricalcoursevindicatestheneedforitsexistenceinGreeksociety.TheKKEhasneverlostitshistoricalcontinuity.Itfoughtagainstopportunismandliquidationisminitsranksandwasabletodrawconclusionsfromits95yearsofactivity.Itwasabletomaintainitsrevolutionarycharacterindifficultconditions,whileitneverhesitatedtorecognizemistakes,deviationsandtocarryoutself-criticismopenlyinfrontofthepeople.
TheKKEoverits95-yearhistorydemonstratedasolidcommitmenttothefundamentalprinciplesofarevolutionaryworkers'communistparty:
therecognitionoftheleadingroleoftheworkingclassinsocialdevelopmentandofMarxist-Leninistideologyasrevolutionarytheoryforrevolutionarypoliticalactivity.Itneverrenouncedtheclassstruggle,thesocialistrevolution,thedictatorshipoftheproletariat.
TheKKEwithstoodtheturbulenceofthevictoryofcounterrevolutionintheSovietUnionandtheotherstatesofthesocialistconstructioninEuropeandAsia.Thisenduranceisnotaccidental.Ithasbeenforgedthroughhistoricalbloodtieswiththeworkingclassandthepoorfarmersfromtheveryfirstmomentofitsfoundation.
From1918onwardstheKKEhasgivenapoliticalcontenttotheworkers'strugglesagainstthecapitalistexploitationandpaidthepricewithmanydeaths,torturesandpersecutions.Inthefirstdecadesofitsexistence,itfacedstaterepressionfromeveryformofbourgeoispower(parliamentary,dictatorial),persistinginorganizingtheworkingclasswithpositiveresultsforthepeople'smovement.Itdemonstratedenduranceinespeciallyharshconditionsofillegalityinvariousperiods.Itwasattheforefrontofthearmedstruggleagainsttheoccupationbythethreepowers(Germany,ItalyandBulgaria)throughtheResistanceofEAM-ELAS.Ontwooccasions,inDecemberof1944andinthethreeyearstruggle(1946-1949)oftheDemocraticArmyofGreece(DSE),thelabourmovement,headedbytheKKE,andthealliedfarmers'movementcameintoarmedconflictwiththebourgeoispower,whichwassupportedbythedirectimperialistmilitaryinterventionofGreatBritaininitiallyandlatertheofUSA.
Overits95-yearcourseitfoughtagainstthenotionregardingthecollaborationoftheexploitedwiththeexploiters,regardingthesubmissiontotheexploiters;itdefendedthegainsoftheworkingclassandpeople.
ThedeephistoricalrootsoftheKKEintheworkingclassandpeopleanditsstablededicationtothefundamentalprinciplesofMarxism-Leninismexplainwhyinpreviouscrises-especiallyinthoseof1968and1991-itmanagedtosafeguarditscontinuity,despitethedepartureofalargesectionofitsforces.
TheKKEhasregroupedorganizationally,ideologicallyandprogrammaticallyovertheentirenewperiodinitshistory,basedonthefiveinterveningCongressessincethecrisisof1991.AproductofthiscourseisthepresentProgrammewhichwasadoptedbythe19thCongress,whichdevelopstheoverallstrategyoftheKKEforsocialismandthebasicdutiesoftheclassstruggle.
ThecontemporaryworldandthepositionofGreeceintheimperialistsystem
Thecounterrevolutionaryoverthrowsofthelast30yearsdonotchangethecharacterofourera.Thecurrentperiodofthemajorretreatoftheinternationallabourmovement,isinhistoricaltermsatemporaryone.Weliveintheeraofthenecessityforthetransitionfromcapitalismtosocialism,asthematerialpre-conditionsarematureforthesocialistorganizationofproductionandsociety.Thisflowsfromthematurationofthesocialcharacteroflabourandthesharpeningofitscontradictionwithcapitalistownership.Thiscontradictionhasbroughtthecapitalistmodeofproductioninfullcontradictionwithcontemporarysocialneeds.Thematurationofthematerialpre-conditionsisnotdeterminedbythecorrelationofforces.
Thehistoricalsetbackinthedevelopmentoftheclassstruggleisaccompaniedbythemassinfluxofcheaplabourforceintotheinternationalcapitalistmarket(fromAsia,Africa,LatinAmerica,EasternEuropeetc.),bythedevaluationoflabourpowerinthemostadvancedcapitalistcountries(OECDcountries),aswellasbytheemergenceofthegeneralizedabsolutedestitutionoftheworkingclassinthesecountries,bytheintensificationofcapital'soffensiveataninternationallevel.
Thetendencyforimportantchangesinthecorrelationofforcesamongthecapitaliststatesbecamemoreapparentwiththedeepcrisisofcapitalover-accumulationin2008-2009whichinseveralcapitalisteconomieshasinrealitynotbeenovercome.Thisprocessoccursundertheimpactofthelawofunevencapitalistdevelopment.Thistendencyconcernsthehigherlevelsoftheimperialistpyramidaswell.
TheUSAremainsthefirsteconomicpower,butwithasignificantreductionofitsshareintheGrossWorldProduct.Until2008,theEurozoneasawholemaintainedthesecondpositionintheinternationalcapitalistmarket,apositionwhichitlostafterthecrisis.Chinahasalreadyemergedasthesecondeconomicpower,theBRICSalliance(Brazil,Russia,India,China,SouthAfrica)hasbeenstrengthenedintheinternationalcapitalistunions,suchastheIMFandtheG20.Thechangeinthecorrelationofforcesamongthecapitaliststatesbringsaboutchangesintheiralliances,astheinter-imperialistcontradictionsoverthecontrolandre-divisionoftheterritoriesandmarkets,zonesofeconomicinfluencearesharpening,chieflyoftheenergyandnaturalresources,thetransportroutesofthecommodities.
Theinter-imperialistcontradictions,whichinthepastledtodozensoflocal,regionalwarsandtotwoWorldWars,continuetoleadtotougheconomic,politicalandmilitaryconfrontations,irrespectiveofthecompositionorrecomposition,thechangesinthestructureandtheframeworkofgoalsoftheinternationalimperialistunions,theirso-callednew"architecture".Inanycase,"waristhecontinuationofpoliticsbyothermeans",especiallyintheconditionsofadeepcrisisofcapital'sover-accumulationandimportantchangesinthecorrelationofforcesoftheinternationalimperialistsystem,inwhichthere-divisionofthemarketsrarelyoccurswithoutbloodshed.
Theperiodicaloutbreakofthecrisesofover-accumulationteststhecohesionoftheEurozone,asamonetaryunionoftheeconomiesofmember-stateswithdeepunevennessinthedevelopmentandstructureofindustrialproduction,inproductivityaswellastheirpositionintheEUandinternationalmarket.
Thetendencyforthestrengtheningoftheinterdependenceoftheeconomiesofthestatesintheinternationalimperialistsystemdoesnotleadtoadeclineoftheroleofthebourgeoisstate,asmanytheoreticalvariationsof"globalization"claim.
Inanycase,thefutureoftheEUandtheEurozoneisnotonlydeterminedbytheimperialistplans,becausethecontradictionshavetheirowndynamics.Whateverchoiceismadebythebourgeoismanagement,itwillcomeintoconflictwiththeworkingclassandpeople'sinterestsinallthemember-statesoftheEurozone.
Thecrisishighlightedevenmoreintenselythehistoricallimitsofthecapitalistsystem.Thecontradictionsaresharpening,aswella