Dear Comrades,
The Central Executive Committee of the
Workers’ Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party
of Greece on the occasion of your 19th Congress.
The KKE has
a long and honourable history of
struggle for the emancipation of the Greek working class. It has made many
sacrifices and endured many hardships and continues to lead the opposition to
the anti-people measures being implemented against the people of Greece and it
remains to the forefront of the struggle for democratic rights, the overthrow
of capitalism and the construction of socialism-communism.
This is an
important Congress taking
place at a time of sharpening class
conflict and the escalation of tensions by imperialism particularly in the
regions of the Middle East and the Korean
peninsula.
The ramping up of plans for direct military intervention in Syria and the
promulgation of myths designed to conceal the
nature and programme of a coalition of ultra-reactionary and obscurantist
religious forces; anti-democratic, tyrannical and despotic states in the
region; Israel and the imperialist powers, are preparatory steps towards intervention
and occupation with a view to destabilising and neutralising Syria, altering
the balance of power in the area and securing unlimited access by the
monopolies to the valuable natural resources of the region.
At times of
crisis in the capitalist system, the
working class has a vested interest in destroying the old economic order
creating the conditions for the development of a new mode of production and
advancing society to a new and higher stage. Ultimately, in these conditions,
the working class can only emancipate itself by abolishing capitalist relations
of production and constructing a socialist society. Socialism –
the assumption of
political, social and economic power by the working class – is the only means
to establish real freedom and genuine equality.
The unceasing
role of the KKE in
supporting Cuba and the socialist
countries, its consistent anti-imperialist stance, the facilitation of the work
of the international Communist and Workers’ Parties, the assistance and
solidarity rendered to fraternal parties, including our own party in Ireland, are a
testament to the dedicated socialist internationalism of the Communist Party of
Greece.
Your consistent
defence of the
principles of Marxism-Leninism and the unequivocal rejection of revisionism and
opportunism has provided an inspiration to fraternal parties struggling for the
overthrow of capitalism and the taking of power by the working class.
The Central
Executive Committee of
the Workers’ Party of Ireland salutes the KKE and sends its best wishes to the
participants in the Congress and to the leadership and militants of the KKE. We
have no doubt that your deliberations will strengthen the work and
revolutionary programme of the KKE. We wish you continued success and look
forward to further strengthening the already close relations between our two
parties.
Long live the
Communist Party of
Greece
Socialism is
the alternative
Gerry
Grainger
International
Secretary
On
behalf of the Central
Executive Committee
Workers'
Party of Ireland
5th April 2013
