by Pedro Guerreiro

"Anti-imperialist Solidarity"

Translated “Avante!” article by Pedro Guerreiro, member of the Secretariat of the CC and Responsible of the International Department

Within the imperialism offensive broad thrust, there is a systematic attack to peoples’ sovereignty and, in particular, to states that affirm and defend their national sovereignty and independence, and in some way, represent a form of restraint, towards imperialism hegemonic power imposition, namely the North-American imperialism.

Within the capitalism structural crisis framework deepening, imperialism has the purpose of contradicting the forces rearranging process, at a worldwide level, by representing in some way impeding and defeating diverse processes of sovereignty affirmation and cooperation among states, inserted in the wider workers’ and peoples struggle, in the achievement of their rights and sovereignty.

Along their destabilization and interference action, with the purpose of avoiding, and even impeding the exercise of national sovereignty, the USA and the EU great powers, followed by the submitted entourage, use a whole panoply of political, diplomatic, financial, economic, military and ideological measures - possibly whitened by the UN organs instrumentalising -, many the times shamelessly violating the UN Charter principles, and perverting international legality.

Destabilization and interference operations that – exacerbating contradictions and problems, instrumentalising discontent and indignation feelings demonstrations – are anticipated and accompanied by wide and systematic media manipulation campaigns with which they seek to diabolize and isolate their victims and hinder the real objectives and brutal consequences of their aggressive action, with the purpose of rendering difficulties in their denouncing and condemnation, and therefore an obstacle towards the anti-imperialist solidarity expression.

With that purpose, all kinds of provocation is set up, disrupting reality, misinformation, chaos situations, NGO’s performing, promotion of internal groups along with their violent action, seeking to arise a natural answer from the targeted state, that ought to be used to “justify” external interference escalade – one recalls Gene Sharpe destabilization theories, applied in several countries, as Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and that some aspire to introduce, in Angola.

Currently, the USA, NATO and the great EU powers, as the responsible for the great military conflicts, carry out a vast and multifaceted amount of destabilization and aggression operations against sovereign states. All over the world, one assists to its confrontation escalade: from aggression wars in the Middle East and Central Asia to the destabilizing offensive within Latin America, destabilizing and re-colonization processes within Africa, as well as the NATO advance towards East Europe, targeting the Russian Federation, and the growing militarization in Asia and the Pacific, targeting China.

Many are the pretexts to justify imperialism’s illegal and criminal action: “human rights”, “massive destruction weapons”,” fight against terrorism”, “ combat against corruption…” millions of victims, the satisfaction of the most basic needs to millions of human beings denial, millions of displaced and refugees’ drama, witness the outcome of destabilization and aggression operations effectively represent.

Peoples’ struggle and resistance, before imperialism offensive demand , never to be associated to their destabilization and aggression campaigns, but solidarity of all those who defend peace and peoples’ right to decide their own destiny – alias, as expressed in the Avante Festival, that begins tomorrow.

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