International Communist Seminar calls for lifting of "terrorist" designation of the PFLP
Numerous Communist, workers' and revolutionary organizations from around the world, participating in the International Communist Seminar in Brussels, Belgium, on May 16-18, 2008, signed on to a statement in solidarity with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, demanding the immediate removal of the PFLP from the EU's list of "terrorist organizations."
The statement of the International Communist Seminar noted that the PFLP is an integral part of the Palestinian national movement, and a resistance organization, and was signed by numerous organizations. This strong statement of solidarity comes at a time when such lists are used in an attempt to criminalize the resistance of oppressed peoples around the world, and is important and needed at a time when challenging such designations as that of the PFLP is an important part of support and solidarity with the Palestinian national movement and all national liberation movements.
Full text follows:
International Communist Seminar
Brussels 16-18 May 2008
Appeal of Solidarity with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
We denounce the inclusion of the PFLP by the European Union on the European blacklist of terrorist organizations and call for the withdrawal of the PFLP from that list. For our organizations, the PFLP is a resistance organization and an integral part of the whole Palestinian national movement, fighting for the achievement of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
1. Algeria, Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme (PADS)
2. Belarus, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
3. Belgium, Workers' Party of Belgium
4. Brazil, Movimiento Revolucionario 8 de Octubre (MR8)
5. Cuba, Partido Comunista de Cuba
6. Denmark, Danish Communist Party
7. El Salvador, Partido Comunista de El Salvador (PCS)
8. France, PRCF - Pôle de Renaissance Communiste en France
9. France, URCF - Union des révolutionnaires-communistes de France
10. Germany, Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
11. Iraq, Communist Party of Iraq – United People
12. Italy, Rete dei Comunisti
13. Latvia, Socialist Party of Latvia
14. Lebanon, Lebanese Communist Party
15. Malta, Communist Party of Malta
16. Mexico, Popular Socialist Party of Mexico
17. Morocco, Voie démocratique
18. Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
19. Philippines, Communist Party of the Philippines
20. Philippines, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)
21. Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation
22. Russia, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
23. Spain, Partido Comunista de España (marxista-leninista)
24. Spain, Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España
25. Spain, Union Proletaria
26. Sudan, Sudanese Communist Party
27. Syria, Syrian Communist Party
28. Tunisia, Parti du Travail patriotique et démocratique de Tunisie
29. Ukraine, Union of Communists
30. United Kingdom, Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist)
31. USA, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
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