ICOR – A new international form of organisation of the revolutionary forces
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After intensive preparation, ICOR has been founded on October 6, 2010 with active participation of revolutionary parties and organisations from all over the world and presented itself for the first time to the public at an international cultural festival on October 16 in Berlin, Germany.

 

1 October 2010 / International Bulletin / No 98 

67 year after the dissolution of the Comintern, a brave step towards a new international organisation of the revolutionary proletariat and all oppressed masses fighting for their liberation has been undertaken with ICOR (International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations). ICOR does not consider itself as new Communist International, but as international unity of revolutionary parties and organisations, which united themselves taking into account that still many ideological-political differences exist among the revolutionaries of the world, but that common, organised revolutionary action cannot wait until all these differences have been overcome and represents a contribution in order to promote the unity of solidarity of the international revolutionary workers´ movement. The aim is to contribute to the reorganization of the international revolutionary and working class movement taking into account the lessons from the past and the concrete conditions and tasks of the present and the future. Its main issue is the coordination and cooperating in organizing class struggle and practical solidarity.
In August 2007, 21 organizations decided in a resolution to create an international organization for the practical cooperation of revolutionary parties and organizations. Since then, a large number of organizations from all continents joined the discussion and more than 70 of them actively and constructively participated in this and consider themselves as a part of the founding process.
After intensive preparation, ICOR has been founded on October 6, 2010 with active participation of revolutionary parties and organisations from all over the world and presented itself for the first time to the public at an international cultural festival on October 16 in Berlin, Germany. Unlike many international platforms and conferences already existing, revolutionary practice and mutual solidarity support comes first for ICOR and further processes of convergences concerning content will be carried out based on common political work. In the Founding Resolution ICOR states the following concerning this issue: "On the basis of a clear ideological-political minimum consensus it pursues the unity of revolutionary action in connection with a lively process of discussion and clarification in order to deepen and broaden the foundations in terms of content." And it defines this ideological-political minimum consensus as follows: "Unified in regard to the strategic goal of overcoming the imperialist world system and establishing socialist societal relations, the Founding Conference resolves as essential ideological-political foundations for mutual cooperation: to recognize the necessary revolutionary transformation of the societal conditions of capitalism/imperialism with the claimed goal of a socialist society and the necessity of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat as democracy for the broad masses and suppression for the deadly enemies of humanity's liberation from exploitation and oppression" and "to draw a clear dividing-line to revisionism, Trotskyism and anarchism and any form of anticommunism like the hostile attacks and the bourgeois smear campaign against so-called "Stalinism" or "Maoism" and the dictatorship of the proletariat."
In the Statute adopted by the Founding Conference it is stated explicitly, that "ICOR unites different parties and organizations with equal rights being very different in respect of their size, their practical, organizational and political experiences, their historical-ideological roots, strategic task and social-economic conditions." The common base for membership is the "revolutionary character of the respective member organization." Further criteria are among others „real revolutionary work in the respective countries among and with the masses of the exploited and oppressed; class-militant politics and the rejection of class collaboration with the ruling monopolies and their puppets" as well as the recognition of the revolutionary change of the societal relations and the necessity of the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat, no matter in which form."
One of the first practical decisions of ICOR is the commitment of the members to undertake consciously and jointly four international days of action each year and to call upon the working class and the masses of the peoples worldwide to join them. These four days of action are Mayday, March 8, an international day of struggle against fascism and war to be celebrated according to the tradition of each country on different dates and an international day of struggle to save the natural environment at the beginning of December.
Our party MLCP actively participated in the preparation and foundation of ICOR and is of the opinion that this new form of organised practical collaboration is in important step for the unity of the revolutionary forces at international level. After the successful foundation now one of the important goals will be winning more revolutionary forces for this process. The manifold political and ideological differences doubtlessly still existing should not be an obstacle for mutual support in class struggle and the development of proletarian internationalism. The common revolutionary practice can rather be a contribution to overcome the ideological-political dispersion of the revolutionary forces existing today and ICOR is a hopeful step on the way to the unity of the revolutionary forces worldwide, to which our party will continue to actively make its contribution in the spirit of proletarian internationalism.

 

 

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After intensive preparation, ICOR has been founded on October 6, 2010 with active participation of revolutionary parties and organisations from all over the world and presented itself for the first time to the public at an international cultural festival on October 16 in Berlin, Germany.

 

1 October 2010 / International Bulletin / No 98 

67 year after the dissolution of the Comintern, a brave step towards a new international organisation of the revolutionary proletariat and all oppressed masses fighting for their liberation has been undertaken with ICOR (International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations). ICOR does not consider itself as new Communist International, but as international unity of revolutionary parties and organisations, which united themselves taking into account that still many ideological-political differences exist among the revolutionaries of the world, but that common, organised revolutionary action cannot wait until all these differences have been overcome and represents a contribution in order to promote the unity of solidarity of the international revolutionary workers´ movement. The aim is to contribute to the reorganization of the international revolutionary and working class movement taking into account the lessons from the past and the concrete conditions and tasks of the present and the future. Its main issue is the coordination and cooperating in organizing class struggle and practical solidarity.
In August 2007, 21 organizations decided in a resolution to create an international organization for the practical cooperation of revolutionary parties and organizations. Since then, a large number of organizations from all continents joined the discussion and more than 70 of them actively and constructively participated in this and consider themselves as a part of the founding process.
After intensive preparation, ICOR has been founded on October 6, 2010 with active participation of revolutionary parties and organisations from all over the world and presented itself for the first time to the public at an international cultural festival on October 16 in Berlin, Germany. Unlike many international platforms and conferences already existing, revolutionary practice and mutual solidarity support comes first for ICOR and further processes of convergences concerning content will be carried out based on common political work. In the Founding Resolution ICOR states the following concerning this issue: "On the basis of a clear ideological-political minimum consensus it pursues the unity of revolutionary action in connection with a lively process of discussion and clarification in order to deepen and broaden the foundations in terms of content." And it defines this ideological-political minimum consensus as follows: "Unified in regard to the strategic goal of overcoming the imperialist world system and establishing socialist societal relations, the Founding Conference resolves as essential ideological-political foundations for mutual cooperation: to recognize the necessary revolutionary transformation of the societal conditions of capitalism/imperialism with the claimed goal of a socialist society and the necessity of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat as democracy for the broad masses and suppression for the deadly enemies of humanity's liberation from exploitation and oppression" and "to draw a clear dividing-line to revisionism, Trotskyism and anarchism and any form of anticommunism like the hostile attacks and the bourgeois smear campaign against so-called "Stalinism" or "Maoism" and the dictatorship of the proletariat."
In the Statute adopted by the Founding Conference it is stated explicitly, that "ICOR unites different parties and organizations with equal rights being very different in respect of their size, their practical, organizational and political experiences, their historical-ideological roots, strategic task and social-economic conditions." The common base for membership is the "revolutionary character of the respective member organization." Further criteria are among others „real revolutionary work in the respective countries among and with the masses of the exploited and oppressed; class-militant politics and the rejection of class collaboration with the ruling monopolies and their puppets" as well as the recognition of the revolutionary change of the societal relations and the necessity of the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat, no matter in which form."
One of the first practical decisions of ICOR is the commitment of the members to undertake consciously and jointly four international days of action each year and to call upon the working class and the masses of the peoples worldwide to join them. These four days of action are Mayday, March 8, an international day of struggle against fascism and war to be celebrated according to the tradition of each country on different dates and an international day of struggle to save the natural environment at the beginning of December.
Our party MLCP actively participated in the preparation and foundation of ICOR and is of the opinion that this new form of organised practical collaboration is in important step for the unity of the revolutionary forces at international level. After the successful foundation now one of the important goals will be winning more revolutionary forces for this process. The manifold political and ideological differences doubtlessly still existing should not be an obstacle for mutual support in class struggle and the development of proletarian internationalism. The common revolutionary practice can rather be a contribution to overcome the ideological-political dispersion of the revolutionary forces existing today and ICOR is a hopeful step on the way to the unity of the revolutionary forces worldwide, to which our party will continue to actively make its contribution in the spirit of proletarian internationalism.