The international meeting which, during three days, gathered in Havana 145 delegates from 78 parties of communist and workers' affiliation, coming from 60 countries, took place in crucial moments for the world, when humanity is debating between the war promoted by the centers of world capitalism and the aspiration for peace and development to which our peoples have the right.
The meeting generated a space for reflection, exchange, unity and collaboration; for agreement on common positions and actions; and for international solidarity with the cause of the workers' struggle, with the Cuban Revolution and the peoples facing imperialist and fascist aggression.
PLAN OF ACTION OF THE XXIII INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF COMMUNIST AND WORKERS' PARTIES
The XXII International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties, held between October 27-29, 2022 in Havana, Cuba, defined the following as the main axes and actions to be developed until the next event:
01. To carry out mobilizations in defense of peace and in rejection of imperialist war, war interventions, nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, and foreign military bases, as well as against NATO and other imperialist alliances, such as Aukus.
Celebrate on September 21, International Day of Peace, a great world mobilization to denounce war and support peace.
Ensure the success of the World Peace Council Assembly.
To advocate a serious, constructive and realistic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, by peaceful means, through dialogue and negotiation.
02. Encourage the political and protagonist participation of young people to guarantee the continuity of the ideas and principles that we defend. To preserve and transmit to the new generations the historical memory of the international communist and workers' movement.
Celebrate International Youth Day, August 12.
To celebrate the International Students' Day, on November 17.
03. To organize workshops and seminars, in face-to-face and virtual format, that contribute to the exchange, analysis and dissemination of the theoretical and practical concepts of Marxism and Leninism, and of the values of socialism, as the only system that responds to the just demands and legitimate rights of the peoples. To this end, it considers the following activities and commemorations:
Centenary of the founding of the USSR.
The 140th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx (March 14, 1883).
The 175th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto (February 21, 1848).
The First International Meeting of theoretical publications of left-wing parties and movements, to be held in Cuba (February 10-12, 2023).
04. To denounce anticommunism and fascism, as well as the misrepresentation of the historical contribution of the USSR and socialism, in the framework of the Centenary of the founding of the USSR and the 50th anniversary of the fascist coup d'état to the Popular Unity Government of President Salvador Allende in Chile.
05. To express solidarity with the just causes of the peoples, with the communists, who face persecution and prohibitions against the free exercise of their political and social rights; against dictatorial regimes, repression and discrimination in the matter of democratic rights and liberties.
06. To carry out international campaigns in solidarity and support for the struggle of the working and peasant classes, women and immigrants, in their just demand for the right to unionization, better wages, working conditions and their democratic rights.
To reinforce the mobilizations of March 8, International Women's Day, and May 1, International Workers' Day.
07. To carry out activities in defense of the culture and identity of the peoples in the face of the project of imperialist cultural neo-colonization.
08. To actively participate in the popular mobilizations that demand the care and protection of the environment and reject the irrational and unsustainable model of capitalist production and consumption.
09. To show solidarity with all peoples who struggle against foreign occupation, blockades, sanctions, and imperialist aggression.
10. To participate in days of solidarity with the Cuban people, for the immediate and unconditional cessation of the intensified economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S.; against the inclusion of Cuba in the arbitrary and unilateral list of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism, the interference in its internal affairs and the attempts to subvert its constitutional order.
To achieve a greater and more active participation of the member parties of the Encounter in the world days of solidarity with Cuba, which take place the last weekend of each month.
11. To strengthen solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle and to demand, by all possible means, the immediate end of the Israeli occupation, and the right to exercise their self-determination, and to have an independent and sovereign State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of return of the refugees, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations. Condemn the so-called Deal of the Century, and the criminal policy of the United States and Israel, with its colonizing and apartheid practices, including the construction and expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Develop an international campaign for the Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on November 29.
12. Demand a just and lasting solution to the question of Western Sahara, as well as the search for peaceful and negotiated solutions to unresolved conflicts, within the framework of the United Nations, in accordance with the norms of International Law.
To hold a general mobilization in solidarity with the struggle of the Saharawi people, for the exercise of their legitimate rights, on May 10, the founding of the Polisario Front.
13. Promote solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the face of aggression and illegal sanctions imposed by U.S. and European imperialism. To carry out actions demanding the immediate lifting of the illegal coercive measures and the return of the assets owned by Venezuela, which have been usurped by the imperialist power.
14. Support the inalienable right to self-determination and independence of the people of Puerto Rico.
To support the international day of solidarity with Puerto Rico, which is celebrated every October 30, in commemoration of the first armed uprising against Yankee colonialism.
15. To support the actions and activities carried out by the political parties members of the Encuentro in Latin America and the Caribbean, in commemoration of the following historical events:
Bicentennial of the independence of the countries of Central America.
170th anniversary of the birth of José Martí, National Hero of Cuba.
70th Anniversary of the Assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks.
16. Denounce imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the framework of the Bicentennial of the Proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine and the 40th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Grenada.
17. To achieve a greater action of the communist and workers' parties and their related social organizations, with the objective of achieving a better articulation and strengthening of the international anti-imperialist organizations, in particular, the World Federation of Trade Unions, the World Peace Council, the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the Women's International Democratic Federation.
18. Strengthen the unity, interaction and cooperation between the communist and workers' parties of all regions of the world, to successfully hold the XXIII Meeting, in 2023, in Turkey.