First Published in English: Class Struggle,, International Bulletin of the Workers’ Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Norway, No. 10, June 16-October 16, 1977.
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1. The WCP(M-L) maintains good party relationships with both the Communist Party of China and the Party of Labor of Albania. Our party chairman represented us at the 7th congress of the PLA last autumn, and this winter he also met CPC chairman Hua Kuo-feng.
These party relationships have been maintained for several years, and imply that both the CPC and the PLA consider the WCP(M-L) as their sister party in Norway. The WCP(M-L) has worked to the best of its ability to further friendship with China and Albania. This work has led to perceptible and positive results.
These good and warm party relationships have always been based on mutual respect and equality and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs. We have always conducted open discussions on topics of mutual interest. The WCP(M-L) aims at maintaining and strengthening these relationships in the future. We will always remain loyal to the principles for relations between Marxist-Leninist parties.
2. Contradictions between Marxist-Leninist parties are not unnatural. On the contrary, their existence is a law. No “monolithic unity” within the Marxist-Leninist world movement has ever existed and will never emerge. The parties have a different history, different experience, and work under different conditions. Naturally this results in dissimilar views. What is decisive is that a party sticks to the principles of Marxism-Leninism and applies them to the concrete conditions of its own country. As long as there is unity around the basic principles it is possible to achieve unity on issues where contradictions exist. As long as there is unity around the main principles it is also possible to postpone the solutions of contradictions.
3. Currently a debate is being conducted within the international communist movement. This means that there are disagreements over certain issues, especially on the analysis of the world situation. Until further notice the WCP(M-L) will not conduct this debate publicly. We prefer to conduct it within the Marxist-Leninist world movement. We do this because we do not want to give our enemies – imperialism, social-imperialism and modern revisionism – the slightest possibility to make use of these contradictions. The Soviet social-imperialists are especially eager to use the slightest contradiction within the international Marxist-Leninist movement to weaken the growing front against superpower aggression. The enemy’s tactics are clear: divide and rule. Against this our weapon is proletarian internationalism, joint struggle against the common enemy and comradely internal discussions. While the modern revisionists dream about splitting the Marxist-Leninist world movement, we will turn this dream to a nightmare. They will see the Marxist-Leninist movement become stronger, more united and even better fitted to lead the proletariat and the oppressed masses against imperialism and social-imperialism, for national liberation and socialism.
4. The fact that we until further notice will conduct discussions internally within the international movement does not mean that “the WCP(M-L) wavers” etc, like the modern revisionists and other members of the bourgeoisie pretend. Our main program from 1976 and our declaration on social-imperialism from 1974 are programmatic formulations of our party’s views on the issues currently under debate. This means we have a policy for which we are fully responsible towards the working class and working people in Norway. People who are interested in knowing the views of our party on the work situation or other political questions, and who do not aim at provoking contradictions with this or that party of the world communist movement, will therefore find these views readily accessible. We will also gladly answer every question concerning the policy and analysis of the WCP(M-L).
Long live Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung Thought!
Long live proletarian internationalism!
Defend unity within the international communist movement!
(Oct. 19)