World Anti-Imperialist Platform
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World Anti-Imperialist Platform | |
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| Abbreviation | WAP |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Spokesperson | Joti Brar |
| Founded | 14 October 2022 |
| Ideology | Anti-imperialism[1] Anti-Zionism[2] Anti-NATO |
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| Website | |
| https://wap21.org/ | |
The World Anti-Imperialist Platform (WAP) is an anti-imperialist international organization created in 2022. WAP's objective is to coordinate efforts against imperialism, particularly in the Russo-Ukrainian War and potential conflict between China and Taiwan or North Korea and South Korea.[3]
WAP believes that Russia and China are not imperialist powers. They view these countries as not engaged in wars of dominance or colonization, and perceive the Russo-Ukrainian conflict as a proxy war against Russia by imperialist powers.[3] WAP's stance sets it apart from other parties in the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP), which have characterized the war as inter-imperialist,[4] whereas the WAP supports the Russian invasion.[1][5]
History[edit]
On October 14, 2022, WAP launched its program in Paris, France with a "Paris Declaration",[6] signed initially by 8 parties, including the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPGB-ML)[7] and the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).[8] This declaration represents the platform's foundational beliefs and goals. The document was ultimately signed by 25 parties, establishing membership in the WAP.[6]
On March 4, 2023, WAP hosted an antiwar conference with the São Paulo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, where it released a "Caracas Declaration".[9] A mass demonstration was organized by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, and simultaneous demonstrations took place around the world.
On May 15, 2023, WAP hosted a Seoul International Conference in South Korea, where it released a "Seoul Declaration", concerning the rising tide of global war in east Asia.[10] The declaration was read by Joti Brar, WAP spokesperson and CPGB-ML vice-chair.[11] The third congress of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) was held at the same time, receiving greetings from the Russian Communist Workers’ Party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, and the CPGB-ML.[12]
On November 17, 2023, members of the platform participated in protests and demonstrations marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of the Regime of the Colonels, the right-wing dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.[13] On November 26, members of the platform released a "Palestine Declaration", in which the group declared Zionism a "racist ideology".[14]
Reception and criticism[edit]
Marxism-Leninism[edit]
Marxist–Leninist critics, including the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), argue that WAP lacks a Leninist understanding of imperialism.[15][16] They accuse WAP of being selective in its anti-imperialist stance, focusing more on the form rather than the nature of imperialism. Ivan Pinheiro, former General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), criticized WAP as a well-funded effort to legitimize powers competing for world hegemony:[17]
[T]he evidence that all the airfare and accommodation costs of the delegates from the organizations attending these meetings are fully covered by their main stakeholders[,] and the frenetic pace of a world event on average every two months, on different continents, should serve as food for thought and study as to what the primary reason is for the creation and financing of this platform, which is oriented against Marxism-Leninism and in uncritical and unrestricted defense of the strategic interests of powers competing for world hegemony in the imperialist chain, of which they are a part.
The Communist Party of Mexico (PCM) also criticized WAP for allowing non-communist parties into its membership, such as the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).[18]
The Communist Party of Germany (KPD) accused the WAP of defaming the KKE and that some members are "bourgeois, partly nationalist and racist parties" and criticized the separation of imperialism from capitalism in their program.[19]
Other[edit]
Trotskyist critics, including Socialist Appeal, have criticized WAP for ignoring the class struggle and contradictions within capitalist systems, as a result of WAP's over-focus on the "primary contradiction" as between the US-led NATO and humanity.[20]
Members[edit]
The organizations below have signed WAP's Paris Declaration:[6]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Not to be confused with the Communist Party of Quebec (PCQ-PCC), the nominally independent Quebecois branch of the Communist Party of Canada.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "GS of KKE equated Russia with Nato". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ "From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free!". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 2023-11-26. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ a b "Towards the World Anti-Imperialist Platform, the Locomotive of World Anti-Imperialist Revolution". 14 October 2022.
- ^ "22nd IMCWP, RESOLUTION on the imperialist war on the territory of Ukraine". SolidNet. 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Участники ВАП призвали миролюбивые силы поддержать РФ в ее справедливой борьбе на Украине". TACC. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ a b c "Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists". World Anti-imperialist Platform. 2022-10-14.
- ^ "Harpal Brar to Anti-imperialist Platform: 'Imperialism is going to crash'". The Communists. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "PSUV presente en la Conferencia Internacional de la Plataforma Antiimperialista Mundial | PSUV". www.psuv.org.ve. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Note on the "World Anti-Imperialist Platform" Meeting in Caracas". Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ RdC, Di (2023-05-15). "One war, two fronts". Rete dei Comunisti (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ The World Anti-Imperialist Platform | Joti Brar, retrieved 2023-12-26
- ^ 민중민주당(환수복지당) (2023-05-16). "〈미국주도의 전쟁과 파시즘에 저항〉 .. 서울국제컨퍼런스 1부". 민중민주당(민중당) (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ Stamatoukou, Eleni (2023-11-17). "Uprising Honoured: Greece Marks 50th Anniversary of Polytechnic Revolt". Balkan Insight.
- ^ Latinoamericano, Resumen (2023-11-01). "Palestina. Declaración de la Plataforma Antimperialista Mundial sobre la solidaridad con Palestina". Resumen Latinoamericano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "The anti-communist character of the so-called "World Anti-imperialist Platform"". Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "Communist Party of Greece – On the so-called World Anti-Imperialist Platform and its damaging and disorienting position". inter.kke.gr. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "Opinión. Sobre el debate en el Partido Comunista Brasileño (PCB) acerca de Rusia, China y la Plataforma Mundial Antiimperialista". La Izquierda Diario - Red internacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Solidnet | CP of Mexico, Nota sobre la Reunión en Caracas de la "Plataforma Mundial Antiimperialista"". www.solidnet.org. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Über die Unvereinbarkeit der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands (KPD) mit der sogenannten "World Antiimperialist Platform" (WAP)" [On the incompatibility of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) with the so-called "World Antiimperialist Platform" (WAP)]. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Nye (2023-10-06). "Ukraine war leads to splits in the Communist movement – back to Lenin!". Socialist Appeal. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Socialism is back on the agenda – Eastern Initiative". Anti-Imperialist Platform. November 27, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2024.