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World Anti-Imperialist Platform
AbbreviationWAP
LeaderCollective leadership
SpokespersonJoti Brar
Founded14 October 2022; 19 months ago (2022-10-14)
IdeologyAnti-imperialism[1]
Anti-NATO
Anti-Zionism[2]
Russophilia[3]
Sinophilia[citation needed]
Party flag
Website
https://wap21.org/

The World Anti-Imperialist Platform (WAP) describes themselves as an anti-imperialist international organization created in 2022. WAP describes their objective as being to coordinate efforts against imperialism, particularly in the Russo-Ukrainian War,[4] as well as potential conflict between China and Taiwan or North Korea and South Korea where they state that they stand "firmly on the side of those who have recognized that neither China nor Russia are imperialist powers" so "workers of the world do indeed have a side in the war against US imperialism and its NATO allies".[5]

WAP claims that Russia is not an imperialist power. They view these countries as not engaged in wars of dominance or colonization, and claim that the Russo-Ukrainian conflict as a proxy war against Russia by imperialist powers.[5][6] 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,[7] whereas the WAP supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][8]

History[edit]

On 14 October 2022, WAP launched its program in Paris, France with a "Paris Declaration",[9] signed initially by 8 parties, including the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPGB–ML),[10] as well as the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).[11] This declaration represents the platform's stated foundational beliefs and goals. The document was initially signed by 25 parties.[12] On 17 December 2022, the WAP organized protests again in Athens, against NATO and what they deemed as "fascism in Ukraine".[13][14][15]

On 22 December 2022, the WAP released its "Belgrade Declaration". On 4 March 2023, WAP hosted an antiwar conference with the São Paulo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, where it released a "Caracas Declaration".[16] A demonstration was organized by the PSUV, and simultaneous demonstrations were held elsewhere. On 7 May 2023, the WAP organized a Victory Day procession in Athens, in conjunction with the group Revolutionary Struggle, and the Workers Revolutionary Party.[17][18][19]

On 15 May 2023, WAP hosted a Seoul International Conference in South Korea, where it released a "Seoul Declaration", concerning what they stated as being the rising tide of global war in east Asia.[20][21] The declaration was read by Joti Brar, WAP spokesperson and CPGB-ML vice-chair.[22] 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 PSUV, and the CPGB-ML.[23][24] Members of the Platform, as well as the People's Democracy Party joined protests against the 49th G7 summit, held in Hiroshima between the 19–21 of May.[25]

On 17 November 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.[26][27] On 26 November 2023, members of the platform released a "Palestine Declaration", in which the group declared Zionism a "genocidal ideology".[28][29] On 12–17 April 2024, the WAP, in conjunction with the People's Democratic Party of South Korea, organized protests in the cities of Gwangju, Incheon, Pyeongtaek, Seoul, Daejeon, Gongju, and Jeonju to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Uprising.[30][31] In May 2024, representatives of the WAP toured the Donbas region of Ukraine.[32] Members of the WAP attended a demonstration in Krasnodon and met with the former secretary of the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic, Boris Litvinov [ru].[33] Members also visited the East Ukrainian National University,[34] and planned a student exchange program for Donbas youth.[35]

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.[36][37] They accuse WAP of being selective in its anti-imperialist stance, focusing more on the form rather than the nature of imperialism. Following the WAP's Paris Declaration, the Communist party of Greece dissolved the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE) after several member parties attended the WAP's first congress. The establishment of the WAP exposed and intensified existing ideological differences within INITIATIVE, particularly on the nature of imperialism and the correct stance on global conflicts. INITIATIVE, founded in 2013, struggled with internal disagreements and inactivity among its members. These issues were exacerbated by the differing perspectives on the war in Ukraine. Some members supported one side of the conflict, while others, like the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), condemned all imperialist actions, viewing the war as driven by bourgeois interests on both sides. This lack of consensus effectively paralyzed the ECI's activities, leading to its official dissolution in September 2023.[38]

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. He said:[39][40]

[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) criticized WAP for allowing non-communist parties into its membership, such as the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).[41][42][43] The Communist Party of Sweden reprinted the condemnation by the Communist Party of Mexico in their newspaper RiktpunKt, and labeled organizers and supporters of the WAP as a "motley crowd". 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.[44] The Communist Youth of Denmark (DKU) has criticized the WAP for "distorting Marxist–Leninist principles" and "aligning with opportunistic and imperialist forces" under the guise of "anti-imperialism". It argues that WAP simplifies global conflicts into a binary struggle, misleadingly categorizing countries as either "victims" or "resistors" of "US–EU–NATO imperialism".[45]

The Communist Revolutionary Party of France (PCRF) criticizes the World Anti-Imperialist Platform for advocating support of Russia in the Ukraine conflict, based on a binary view of imperialism where Russia opposes a "stronger" EU-NATO axis. They argue that this perspective oversimplifies global relations into two confronting camps and incorrectly equates contemporary Russian actions with the anti-fascist alliances of the Soviet Union during World War II.[46] The New Communist Party of the Netherlands accused the WAP and its member parties of being Reformists, as well as Reactionaries, due to member parties' "racist anti-immigration positions... homophobic, transphobic and reactionary views on the role of women and the family"[47]

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.[48]

Signatories[edit]

The organizations and parties below have signed WAP's Paris Declaration, Palestine Declaration, or other declarations:[12]

Country Native Name English Name Abbreviation Ideology
 Europe /

 Germany

Antiimperialistische Koordination Anti-Imperialist Camp [de] AIK Anti-imperialism
 Europe Eastern Initiative EI Socialism
 Africa Dynamique Unitaire Panafricane Pan-African Unitary Dynamics DUP Pan-Africanism
 United Kingdom Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) CPGB-ML Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
 South Korea 민중민주당 People's Democracy Party PDP Communism
 Argentina Partido Comunista de la Argentina Communist Party of Argentina PCA Marxism–Leninism
 Colombia Partido Comunista Colombiano Colombian Communist Party PCC Marxism–Leninism
 Bulgaria Движение 23 септември 23 September Movement 23IX Communism
 Georgia სოციალისტური პლატფორმა Socialist Platform Marxism–Leninism
 Greece Επαναστατική Ενοποίηση Revolutionary Unification Communism
 Kyrgyzstan Коммунистическая Партия Киргизстана Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan KPK Marxism–Leninism
Кыргызстан Коммунисттеринин Партиясы Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan PKK Marxism–Leninism
 Turkey Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist TKEP/L Marxism–Leninism
 Guinea-Bissau Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde PAIGC Democratic socialism
 Hungary Magyar Munkáspárt Hungarian Workers' Party MM Marxism–Leninism
 Italy Partito Comunista Communist Party (Italy) PC Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Partito Comunista Italiano Italian Communist Party (2016) PCI Communism
Comitati di Appoggio alla Resistenza per il Comunismo Committees to Support the Resistance for Communism CARC Marxism–Leninism

Maoism

  Swiss Partito Comunista Communist Party (Switzerland) PC Marxism–Leninism
 Serbia Нова комунистичка партија Југославије New Communist Party of Yugoslavia NKPJ Marxism–Leninism
 Chile Partido Comunista Chileno (Acción Proletaria) Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) PC(AP) Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
 France Pôle de renaissance communiste en France Pole of Communist Revival in France PRCF Marxism–Leninism
Association Nationale des Communistes National Association of Communists ANC Communism
 Croatia Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske Socialist Labour Party of Croatia SRP Democratic socialism
 Peru Partido Comunista del Perú – Patria Roja Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland PCdP-PR Marxism–Leninism
Mariáteguism
Partido Comunista Peruano Peruvian Communist Party PCP Marxism–Leninism
Mariáteguism
 Panama Partido del Pueblo de Panamá People's Party of Panama PPP Marxism–Leninism
 Spain Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain PCPE Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Vanguardia Española Spanish Vanguard VE Gustavo Bueno Thought
Unitarism
Republicanism
Post-capitalism
Iniciativa Communista Communist Initiative IC Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Union Proletaria Proletarian Union UP Marxism–Leninism
 Czech Republic Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia KSČM Marxism
 Venezuela Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela United Socialist Party of Venezuela PSUV Socialism of the 21st century
 North Macedonia Левица The Left Levica Left-wing populism
 Lebanon الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني Lebanese Communist Party LCP Marxism–Leninism
 United States Party of Communists USA PCUSA Marxism–Leninism
Center for Political Innovation CPI Socialist patriotism
 Belarus Kamunistyčnaja partyja pracoŭnych Bielarusi Workers' Communist Party of Belarus [zh] BKPT Communism
 Bolivia Partido Comunista de Bolivia Communist Party of Bolivia PCB Marxism–Leninism
 Quebec l'Action Socialiste de Libération Nationale Socialist Action for National Liberation[a] ASLN Marxism–Leninism
Quebec sovereigntism
 Ecuador Partido Comunista del Ecuador Communist Party of Ecuador PCE Marxism–Leninism
 Poland Komunistyczna Partia Polski Communist Party of Poland KPP Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
 Russia Всесоюзная коммунистическая партия большевиков All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (1991) VKPB Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Российская коммунистическая рабочая партия в составе Коммунистической партии Советского Союза Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union RCWP-CPSU Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
 Pakistan مزدور کسان پارٹی Mazdoor Kisan Party MKP Marxism–Leninism
 Kenya Communist Party of Kenya CPK Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
 Belgium Communistische Partij van België / Parti Communiste de Belgique Communist Party of Belgium (1989) CPB / PCB Marxism–Leninism
조선과의 친선협회 Korean Friendship Association (Belgian Branch) KFA Juche
 Ukraine Об'єднання «Боротьба» Borotba (Association "Struggle") Marxism–Leninism

Anti-Maidan

 Syria الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد) Syrian Communist Party (Unified) SCP(U) Communism

Marxism-Leninism

 Ireland Páirtí na nOibrithe Workers Party of Ireland PO Marxism–Leninism
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Parti Communiste Congolais Congolese Communist Party [ru] P.C.CO Marxism–Leninism

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Formerly known as the Communist Party of Quebec, not to be confused with the party of the same name, the nominally independent Quebecois branch of the Communist Party of Canada.

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