Christopher Helali | American Communist Party (USA)
Comrades,
Once more, we find ourselves on the brink of the abyss. The ongoing war drive of the US-EU-NATO imperialists has immiserated millions of people around the world. The imperialists are unleashing war in Ukraine, in Palestine, in Lebanon, and the risks are great for war in East Asia and the Pacific. In the Kursk region of Russia, German tanks burn today as they did over 80 years ago. In Gaza, Palestinians are being slaughtered in a genocide unleashed by the Zionists with the support of the US-EU-NATO imperialist axis. As I write this, the Zionist state has launched a barbaric bombing campaign against Lebanon.
It is at this precise moment that the past calls to us. A specter is haunting the anti-imperialist movement―the specter of Stalin. Now more than ever the inspiring words of Stalin to the Soviet people commemorating the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution on November 7, 1941, echo through history.
Comrades, men of the Red Army and Red Navy, commanders and political instructors, men and women guerillas, the whole world is looking to you as the force capable of destroying the plundering hordes of German invaders. The enslaved peoples of Europe who have fallen under the yoke of the German invaders look to you as their liberators. A great liberating mission has fallen to your lot. Be worthy of this mission! The war you are waging is a war of liberation, a just war. Let the manly images of our great ancestors—Alexander Nevsky, Dimitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin, Dimitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov and Mikhail Kutuzov—inspire you in this war! May the victorious banner of the great Lenin be your lodestar![1]
Once more the grandchildren of the Nazi invaders are plunging Europe into a third world war. Russia today defends itself against the full weight of the US-EU-NATO imperialist axis. The Axis of Resistance in West Asia resists the onslaught by the Zionists backed by the Western imperialists. The DPRK and China resist the aggression of the United States and its regional allies and puppets in East Asia and the Pacific. The peoples of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua continue to struggle for their people against brutal sanctions and blockades. African nations like Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are rising up against their neo-colonial rulers and pursuing a new path of development.
The global order of US hegemony is collapsing before our very eyes. Yet, victory is not guaranteed in the nuclear age. Only a strong, vibrant, and mass anti-imperialist movement can turn the tide of war and bring about the political transformation we need for peace, friendship, and socialism-communism.
The American Communist Party, true to the historical legacy of comrade Stalin, understands the importance of uniting forces that are dedicated to anti-imperialism and anti-fascism. This means building truly popular fronts that bring together forces that are outside the communist tradition. It means staying true to the ideology of Marxism-Leninism and not giving in to liberalism, ultra- leftism, and right opportunism. We honor the millions of lives that were sacrificed to rid the world of the scourge of fascism during the Great Patriotic War. Millions answered the call during that sacred war. Once more, we must all answer the call.
The American Communist Party sends its revolutionary greetings and solidarity to this international conference on the work of comrade Stalin. We send our greetings to our comrades in CARC, the Popular Resistance Milan, the Stalin Association, the World Anti-Imperialist Platform, and all comrades and parties participating. We hope this conference is very successful and we salute you all.
Down with Imperialism, Fascism, and Zionism!
Long Live Comrade Stalin!
Long Live the Great Anti-Fascist Victory of the Peoples!
Victory the Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Forces!
Socialism or Death!
Notes
[1] J. V. Stalin, “Speech at the Red Army Parade on the Red Square, Moscow,” November 7, 1941, https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1941/11/07.htm.