 Image: People’s World. The following is a joint statement by the CPUSA International Department and communist and workers’ parties from around the world, published on SolidNet. The Communist and Workers’ Parties of the world wish to say in a loud and clear voice that we condemn the aggressive anti-communist rhetoric coming out of the latest meeting of NATO leadership. The U.S., the de facto leader of the NATO alliance, has made it clear that its interests lie in igniting a “new Cold War” centered around anti-Chinese and anti-communist propaganda. This is a threat to all workers around the world. Since the infamous “Pivot to Asia” under President Barack Obama, it has been clear that the U.S. capitalist elite has seen the rising successes and power of the People’s Republic of China as a threat to its unipolar, neoliberal world order. During the administration of Donald Trump, the U.S. government became increasingly aggressive in its anti-China and anti-socialist policies, and many began to talk about a “new Cold War.” Some might have hoped that with the election of a new president the U.S. might become less hostile towards the PRC, but they would now be greatly disappointed. In many ways, the foreign policy of the Biden presidency has amped up the hostility towards China and its largest strategic ally, Russia. At the most recent meeting of the leaders of NATO — an alliance that owes its entire existence to policies of anti-communist aggression — “new Cold War” rhetoric was abundant. NATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg even said that “the rise of China” presents a security threat to NATO. Why does the world’s largest country’s lifting itself out of poverty constitute a security threat to the NATO powers? The answer is that it doesn’t. It does, however, constitute a threat to U.S. hegemony and capitalists’ profits. Both China and its strategic ally Russia find themselves surrounded on all sides by hundreds of U.S. and NATO military bases. Despite promises to not expand into Eastern Europe, NATO has continuously expanded closer and closer to Russia’s borders and is aiding anti-Russian, fascist forces in Ukraine while using economic sanctions to punish the people of Russia. The world cannot be allowed to descend into another anti-communist Cold War. Despite the name, the Cold War of the 20th century was more often than not a hot war and cost the lives of millions of people around the globe. From Southeast Asia to Africa and Latin America, millions of workers, those seeking freedom and a better world for themselves, and their families were slaughtered in the name of global capitalism. These wars did not spare the youth of the U.S. and its military allies. History cannot be allowed to repeat itself in an even more dangerous form. No new Cold War! Your party is invited to endorse this joint statement. SolidNet parties signing Communist Party of Albania Communist Party of Australia Democratic Progressive Tribune-Bahrain Communist Party of Bangladesh Brazilian Communist Party Communist Party of Brazil New Communist Party of Britain Columbian Communist Party Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Communist Party of Denmark Communist Party of Finland French Communist Party German Communist Party Hungarian Workers’ Party Tudeh Party of Iran Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq Communist Party of Ireland Workers’ Party of Ireland Party of the Communist Refoundation Socialist Party of Lithuania Communist Party of Norway Philippine Communist Party (PKP-1930) Communist Party of Spain Communist Party of the People of Spain Communist Party of Ukraine Communist Party USA Other signatories Communist Party of Aotearoa Galizan People’s Union-UPG AuthorCPUSA International Department This article was republished from CPUSA. Archives July 2021
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