The secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, Dimitris Koutsoumbas, in an interview with the newspaper “Peloponnisos”, answering a question about “progressive policies” and “progressive partnerships”, said that “the concept of progress has been abused by the bourgeois political forces.” .
“A policy that sacrifices the rights of the popular majority for the interests of a small minority, the oligarchy, is not progress. Because progress means that the new generations enjoy more rights than the previous generations, that they can meet modern needs as defined by the evolution of science and technology, and not go back decades. “Only the KKE has such a political proposal”, he underlines.
Asked if today’s ND has elements of the old “right” and if it has fruitful reform intentions, he answers that it sounds logical for the ND government to claim a share of the “progress” of SYRIZA and PASOK / KINAL, since they share the same anti-popular strategy “, Adding:” ND carries from the old “right” the whip with which it implements the same reforms that the useful “left” can implement with the carrot “.
He points out that “the real division in society is not geographical, but class. And in this sense we are addressing all those who may feel left, centrist, right, but they are workers, other workers, people of toil. There are no obstacles between us. “Because we are on the same side.”
“Against us are the parties of capital, the system, its power and their alliances. And we, for our part, can, with our own alliance, the social alliance, walk the path of political overthrow. In this way, in the way of radical overthrow, the people can really save the people “, D. Koutsoumbas emphasizes.
Responding to a relevant question, he said that “obviously the pandemic is being used as an opportunity to pass measures that have been in the drawers of governments for years”, noting at the same time that ” ND was not inspired on the eve of quarantine “as” they are measures that have been passed in other countries that in Greece and due to the pressure of the labor movement were delayed. In fact, it is the continuation of measures and laws passed in the previous years by all the governments and the right and the center-right and the so-called left “.
D. Koutsoumbas said that “we are gaining people who may not agree with us on everything, but decide to participate in the struggles with the KKE”.
He added that “now the anger can become participation, action in the union, in the association, in order to multiply the outbreaks of resistance, in order to keep all the anti-labor laws on paper. To focus on the issue of modern social popular needs, and how to pave the way for their real satisfaction. “There are hopeful examples today that the anger against the system, wasted no time waiting for a new government, became a relentless struggle and finally won, like the workers’ struggle in the port of COSCO, e-food, and elsewhere.”
Asked whether anti-Americanism is justified today and why the KKE is not equally directed against forces that are clearly working on militarism and expansionism, he said: capitalism itself as a social system. “
“Of course, the United States stands out because of its position in the world imperialist system.
If anti-Americanism developed in our country in recent years, it was due to the negative role played by the United States not only in our country – I remind you of the civil war, the junta, the bases – but also globally with war operations, support for authoritarian regimes and dictatorships. In recent years, a great effort may have been made by the political forces, especially SYRIZA and MERA25, to wash away American imperialism, but this does not mean that the role of the USA and NATO has been completely washed away in the popular consciousness. “The massive participation of workers and youth in the anti-imperialist march towards the American embassy has stunned many,” he stressed.
He said that the KKE is at the forefront of the fight against the overall degradation of the Environment, which is not limited to climate change.
“The essential protection of the environment and the guarantee of the people’s well-being, presupposes a different path of development, with at the same time the criterion of the satisfaction of the people’s needs and the protection of the environment. “For the opening of this road, we call on the people to organize their struggle,” said D. Koutsoubas.
Asked about the broad electoral support for Costas Peletidis and whether the KKE “suffers at the level of individuals” he replied: “Our comrade Costas Peletidis is voted by a wide range of workers because he and the entire municipal authority are on the side of the workers, in his struggles “.
“The competitive characteristics that Kostas Peletidis summarizes are also shared by our other comrades in the local administration, with the difference that everyone acts in different conditions, in different places. It is an honor for the KKE that throughout the country, other mayors and municipal authorities elected with other ballots, respect, honor and listen to the communists, the KKE, use its proposals, which indicates acceptance of a pioneer, in the real world of ideas and political positions in combination with the action, the militant consistency and claim for the people, the Greek people. “Sooner or later, most of those who vote for the KKE coalition in Patras, will take the political step to strengthen and cooperate with the KKE at the level of parliamentary elections as well,” the KKE secretary general concluded in an interview.
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