International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
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The International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO) is an international network of Hoxhaist Communist parties that uphold the line of Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha
Enver Halil Hoxha was a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary andthe leader of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania...
and the Albanian Party of Labour
Albanian Party of Labour
The Party of Labour of Albania was the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule...
. As such, it is staunchly anti-revisionist
Anti-Revisionist
In the Marxist–Leninist movement, anti-revisionism refers to a doctrine which upholds the line of theory and practice associated with Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, and usually either Mao Zedong or Enver Hoxha as well...
.
It is known as the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle), or International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Hoxhaist) to distinguish it from the an organisation of exactly the same name which espouses Maoism
Maoism
Maoism, also known as the Mao Zedong Thought , is claimed by Maoists as an anti-Revisionist form of Marxist communist theory, derived from the teachings of the Chinese political leader Mao Zedong . Developed during the 1950s and 1960s, it was widely applied as the political and military guiding...
, which is generally known as the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (International Newsletter)
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (International Newsletter)
The International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations is a grouping of parties and organizations adhering to Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought...
or International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Maoist).
ICMLPO has its meetings once per year. Additionally there are regional meetings (Europe, Latin America) every year.
The theoretical organ of the Conference is called "Unity & Struggle" and its published every 6 months in many languages.
ICMLPO participants include:
- BeninBeninBenin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
, Parti communiste du BéninCommunist Party of BeninThe Communist Party of Benin is a political party in Benin. PCB was founded in 1977 by the Union of Communists of Dahomey. The party was initially called Communist Party of Dahomey . The first secretary of the party is Pascal Fantodji... - BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Partido Comunista RevolucionárioRevolutionary Communist Party (Brazil)The Revolutionary Communist Party is a Hoxhaist communist political party in Brazil. It formed after a split with the October 8th Revolutionary Movement in 1995. It is a member of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations .... - Burkina FasoBurkina FasoBurkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
, Parti communiste révolutionnaire voltaïqueVoltaic Revolutionary Communist PartyVoltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is a communist party in Burkina Faso. It was founded on 1 October 1978, following a split in the Voltaic Communist Organization . PCRV followed the political line of the Albanian Party of Labour, anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism... - ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Partido Comunista Chileno (Acción Proletaria)Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action)Chilean Communist Party is a communist group, originating from the pro-Albanian tradition, in Chile... - ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Partido Comunista de Colombia (Marxista-Leninista)Communist Party of Colombia (marxist-leninist)Communist Party of Colombia , a political party that splintered from the main Colombian Communist Party around 1965.... - Côte d'IvoireCôte d'IvoireThe Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
, Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de Côte d'IvoireRevolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'IvoireThe Revolutionary Communist Party of the Ivory Coast is a communist party in Côte d'Ivoire.Internationally, it participates in the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations, an international network of Communist parties that uphold the line of Enver Hoxha and the... - DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Arbejderpartiet KommunisterneWorkers' Communist Party (Denmark)The Workers’ Communist Party is a minor Danish communist party founded in Copenhagen, on April 2000.The Founding Congress of the APK adopted the general programme, "The Manifesto for a Socialist Denmark", the programme of action, All Together against Capital, as well as the statutes of the APK.The... - Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, Partido Comunista del TrabajoCommunist Party of LabourCommunist Party of Labour is a communist party in the Dominican Republic. The party was founded in 1980, after the split from the Dominican Popular Movement . PCT upheld the political line of the Party of Labour of Albania... - EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de EcuadorMarxist-Leninist Communist Party of EcuadorMarxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador is a Hoxhaist political party in Ecuador, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the Communist Party of Ecuador.... - FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Parti communiste des ouvriers de FranceWorkers Communist Party of FranceThe Workers' Communist Party of France , is a minor French Marxist-Leninist political party.PCOF was established in 1979. It supported the political line of the Party of Labour of Albania.... - GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Roter Morgen) - GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Κίνηση για Ανασύνταξη του ΚΚΕ 1918-55Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918-55The Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–55 , is a minor Greek political party. It is better known as Anasintaxi .... - IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Hezb-e Kar-e IranLabour Party of IranThe Labour Party of Iran is a Hoxhaist Communist party whose leadership is currently exiled in Germany. It is against the Iranian government and is a member of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations .... - ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Piattaforma Comunista - MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Partido Comunista de México (Marxista-Leninista)Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist)Communist Party of Mexico , is a communist, Anti-Revisionist Marxist-Leninist, Hoxhaist party in Mexico which upholds the line of Enver Hoxha.... - NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, ML-gruppa RevolusjonMarxist-Leninist Group RevolusjonMarxist-Leninist Group Revolution , is a small communist group in Norway. It was formed in 1987 by former members of Marxist-Leninist League. Marxist-Leninist Group Revolution' has an anti-revisionist stance and has oriented towards Albania... - SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Partido Comunista de España (marxista-leninista)Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist)The Communist Party of Spain was a communist political party in Spain, formed in 1964 through the merger of splinter groups of Communist Party of Spain... - TunisiaTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, Parti communiste des ouvriers tunisiensTunisian Workers' Communist PartyThe Tunisian Workers' Communist Party , also known by its French acronym PCOT, is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Tunisia. Its general secretary is Hamma Hammami. It was outlawed until the Tunisian Revolution, when in a failed attempt to shore up the state framework it and another banned... - TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Türkiye Devrimci Komünist PartisiRevolutionary Communist Party of TurkeyRevolutionary Communist Party of Turkey is a clandestine communist party in Turkey. TDKP considers itself to be the continuation of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey . The THKO Conference gathered in October 1978... - VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de VenezuelaMarxist-Leninist Communist Party of VenezuelaThe Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela is a Hoxhaist Communist party in Venezuela founded in 2009. It is a member of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations .-External links:* http://pcmlv.blogspot.com/* by the PCMLV Central Committee...
Ex-members:
- AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, Partia Komuniste e ShqipërisëCommunist Party of Albania (1991)The Communist Party of Albania is a communist, and anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist, political party in Albania. It is led by Hysni Milloshi. The party was formed in 1991, as a split from the Albanian Party of Labour which converted itself into the Socialist Party of Albania... - ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Organizzazione per il Partito Comunista del Proletariato d'ItaliaOrganization for the Communist Party of the Proletariat of ItalyThe Organization for the Communist Party of the Italian Proletariat was a Hoxhaist Communist party in Italy founded sometime around the 1970s-1994. It was a member of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations but became defunct somewhere around 2002...
(group defunct) - VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, Partido Bandera RojaRed Flag PartyRed Flag Party is a communist party in Venezuela. It was formed in 1970 by anti-revisionist members of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left...
(Suspended from ICMLPO in 2005)