Tuesday, April 15, 2008

April 2008 - Historic victory in Nepal but historic defeat in Italy

With the news of that the Italian Communist Party has no seat in Parliament the first time since 1946 at the same time as the Communist Party of Nepal Maoist is heading for a landslide victory should raise questions in some comrades heads.

Italian Communist Togliatti was a pioneer of the Post War revisionist movement in Western Europe with his embrace of Khruschevism and polycentrism .

Togliatti followed by Berlinguer with his "historic compromise" has led to unmitigated defeat for the Italian Working Class.

The reconstitution of the Communist movement in Italy and Europe on anti - Revisionist principles is the need of the hour. The Workers Party of Belgium has articulated these anti revisionist principles well - but new anti revisionist political practice has a long uphill struggle.

Looking towards Nepal should give inspiration to those comrades whose task it now is to rebuild the Communist Movement in Europe. Hence seize the time and study Prachanda thought.

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