Seminar on the Occasion of
bi-centenary Year of Karl Marx’s Birth
On March 14, 2019, the Odisha State Committee
of CPI (ML) has organized a Seminar at Lohia
Academy in Bhubaneshwar. Topic was: “Marxism
is the only Alternative in the Present World”.
The CPI (ML) is engaged in a state wide
campaign to explain the salient features of Marxism
and its achievements and its continued significance.
It held several meetings of activists and sympa-
thizers. The Bhubaneshwar Seminar was a culmi-
nation and conclusion of this ideological campaign.
It was attended by a good number of intellectuals
like com.Kishor Chandra Samar, com. Vamshidhar,
Com.Golak Bihari Nath, Com.Biren Nayak,
Com.Swadhin Patnaik, Com.Vishwapriya Kanungo,
Com. Srimanth Mahanthy, Com. Neelamani.. and
Com. Sudhir Patnaik. Nearly 150 people from
different districts have participated in the Seminar.
Com.Golak Bihari Nath, Com.Biren Nayak,
Com.Vamsidhar,
Com.Swadhin
Patnaik,
Com.Nilamoni…,Com. Srimanth Mohanthy spoke.
Com. Srikant Mohanthy, the state secretary of
CPI(ML) spoke on behalf of the CPI(ML).
The speakers dismissed the claim of bourgeois
that capitalism is the end of history as false and
baseless. They have explained that capitalism, which
is driven by the insatiable thirst to earn profit by
robbing the surplus value of wage labor and other
toiling people had solved no basic problem of the
people. It is inherently plagued by all weaknesses,
crises, contradictions and it cannot overcome them.
Imperialism – the highest stage of capitalism- claims
to protect and lead the entire world capitalist system.
But it too is crisis – ridden. The crisis, contradictions
and intensified competition among the imperialists
to dominate the world had driven them to two
disastrous World Wars. The First World War had
resulted in the victory of 1917 October Revolution;
The Second World War had resulted in a devastating
defeat of Fascism, a great weakening of imperialism
in the world and victory or advance of revolutions in
Europe, China and many other countries. Where
ever the imperialists had resorted to armed invasions
in the last 70 years including in Iraq and Afghanistan
they encountered opposition and resistance from
people. Imperialism today stands as biggest
exploiter, oppressor, destroyer of nature and road
block in the way of peace, independence and
freedom of nations and human progress.
Marxism is of less than two hundred years old.
Yet, it fundamentally changed the entire idea and
practice of social change. The philosophers so far
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had interpreted the society as it existed. They saw
the social change as nothing but one form of
exploiting system changing into another form of
exploiting system. Marx had interpreted the
development of human society from a dialectical
materialist view point. He proposed a fundamentally
different perspective of social change. He called for
an end of all forms of exploiting systems and ushering
in a new world through socialism and Communism
free from exploitation, oppression, inequalities and
War. “workers of the World Unite” – the call of
Manifesto of Communist Party” is still valid and
revolutionary to realize this dream in the world. Ever
since Marxism had come on the world scene, it
continues to guide the working class and oppressed
people in their struggle against the various forms of
exploiting systems in the world. In India too, guided
by Marxism, the Communists had led many a
significant struggles and peasant revolutionary
movements like Telangana.
Since its inception, Marxism is under attack by
the bourgeois and its ideologues. This attack had
further intensified in the wake of setbacks suffered
by socialism and the disintegration of Soviet Union.
Marxism is sought to be dismissed as dead. The
confusions are sought be sown. The attempts are
being made to weaken the convictions in the ideology
of Marxism and socialism. But they cannot wipe out
the great achievements of Marxism and Socialism
from the pages of history and the people’s memories.
Socialism had solved the basic problems of people
like, hunger, shelter, illiteracy, ill health. It freed the
people from exploitation, oppression and lent them
necessary consciousness and strength to fight
capitalism, imperialism and fascism. It gave great
impetuous to the struggle of working class,
oppressed nations and people. It alone can guide
their struggle along a correct and victorious path.
The Seminar has reflected a strong urge and
resolve among the participants that Marxism must
be defended from the attacks of the enemy; It must
be studied well and applied to the concrete
conditions and concrete practice of class struggle
and revolution.
Seminar concluded with a brief note of thanks
by Com.Basu Dev Dash on behalf of the Odisha
State Committee of CPI (ML). He thanked the
participants as well as comrades and friends who
extended their help and co-operation for the success
of Seminar. At the outset of the Seminar, the AAGUAN
the Odia Organ of CPI (ML) was released and
distributed.
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