Caracas, Venezuela — The historic 9th International Anti-imperialist Conference, organized by the World Anti-imperialist Platform (the Platform), was held in Caracas on October 21–22.

Founded in October 2022 in Paris by revolutionary anti-imperialist parties and organizations, the Platform has been striving to advance three major goals: the world anti-imperialist struggle, the ideological battle, and the strengthening of the international communist movement.

Since its founding at the Paris International Conference, the Platform has organized anti-imperialist conferences in Belgrade (Dec 2022), Caracas (Mar 2023), Seoul (May 2023), Athens (Nov 2023), Washington (Jul 2024), Dakar (Oct 2024), and Amsterdam (Jun 2025), along with worldwide anti-imperialist actions, demonstrations, and campaigns.

With the United States intensifying its war provocations in Latin America, particularly against Venezuela, the Caracas conference—held just four months after the Hague-Amsterdam conference—became a powerful gathering of revolutionary organizations from across the world, united in support of the Venezuelan people’s resistance centered on the communes (Comunas) against imperialist aggression.

The first day of the conference, held under the theme “Comuna O Nada” brought together more than 30 parties and political organizations from Latin America, Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Participants held in-depth discussions on the rising possibility of war in East Asia, Western Pacific, and the Caribbean, and on the historic mission of the Venezuelan communes in resisting US imperialism’s attempts to overthrow the Maduro government, as the world faces the threat of a full-scale Third World War.

The conference was chaired by the People’s Democracy Party (PDP, ‘the Republic of Korea).

Video presentations were delivered by Dmitry Novikov, Vice-Chair of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF); and Aymeric Monville. the chair of the International Commitee for the Democratic Rights in South Korea (CILD) and former International Secretary of the Pole of Communist Revival in France (PRCF).

In-person presentations were made by:
representatives of the Baltic Platform; Aleksandar Đeni큓, Executive Secretary of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ); Stefan Petrov, International Secretary of September 23 Movement of Bulgaria; Robert Longa, Spokesperson of Comuna El Panal; Amilcar Figueroa, Head of Editorial Tranchera; Valerii Novikov, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan; Lusine Karapetyan of the Communist Party of Armenia; Taimur Rahman, General Secretary of the Mazdoor Kisan Party of Pakistan; Chris Gilbert, journalist of Monthly Review; Ayelen Correa from the Network of Media and Communication Collectives of Argentina; Miguel Ángel, General Secretary of Unión Proletaria of Spain; Eleonore Koffi, Central Committee member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist); Anatole Sawosik, regional leader of the PRCF (France); Camila Monge, member of the International Department of Union for Communist Reconstruction (URC) of France; Alexandar Gil, International Coordinator of the Ministry of Commune, Social Movement, and Urban Agriculture of Venezuela; Anaís Márquez, activist of the March 5 Commune of Venezuela ; Daniel Castillo, Coordinator of the National School of the United Communes of Venezuela; Aura Aguilera, activist of the José Félix Ribas Socialist Commune; Gregorio Varagas, member of the 8 Raíces de Mecedores Commune; Regna Serrano, activist of the Simón Bolívar Socialist Commune; Aboubakar Alassane of Coordination Committee member of the West African Peoples Organization (WAPO); Adama Coulibaly, Secretary-General of Dynamique Unitaire Panafricaine (DUP); Rafael Cardino, Political Bureau member of the Philippines Communist Party (PKP-1930); representatives of the Struggle Unity of  Türkiye; and Dimitrios Patelis of the Revolutionary Theory Group of Greece.

Stephen Cho, Organizer of the World Anti-imperialist Platform and Coordinator of the Korea International Forum, participated in written form. with his statement read.

Resolutions were presented by the Baltic Platform, Liberation Party of Argentina, URC (France), PRCF (France), PDP (the ‘Republic of Korea’), Communist Party of Armenia, Communist Party of Kenya-Marxist (CPMK), DUP, and the Struggle Unity of Türkiye.

The conference concluded with the unanimous adoption of the declaration “The Venezuelan people united around the commune will surely win”
The participants rose to their feet in applause, and the conference closed with the collective singing of “The Internationale.”

Declaration of Caracas International Conference “Comuna o Nada”
The Venezuelan people united around the commune will surely win

The people’s government is one in which the people are the true masters of society. A people’s government is one in which the people hold national sovereignty and the means of production. Establishing the people as the masters of the government and serving their interests is the fundamental principle of building a people’s government. Strengthening the people’s government is the path to defending, upholding, and developing the institutions that serve the people’s ideal of a community. It is also a firm guarantee for advancing and completing the people’s cause of independence.

In 1871, the Paris Commune was established. The Paris Commune was the first workers’ and people’s government built by the working class — the leading force of production and creation—to free themselves from class-based oppression and discrimination. After France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in July 1870, the Second Empire collapsed as a result of the people’s uprising in Paris on September 4. As a fruit of this struggle, on November 1, the people proclaimed the “revolutionary Commune.” On April 19, 1871, through the program titled “Declaration to the French People,” they defined the republic as the only form of government compatible with the rights of the people and affirmed the autonomy of the Commune.

During its brief 72 days of existence, the Commune implemented a series of progressive policies benefiting urban workers and the poor.

The reactionary forces, having signed a humiliating armistice with Prussia in January 1871, turned their aggression toward the Paris Commune. The fighters of the Paris Commune resisted bravely against Thiers’ reactionary army, but were ultimately defeated. The Communards were brutally massacred in front of the “Wall of the Federates” at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

The Paris Commune left behind invaluable historical lessons—among them, the consequences of lacking a revolutionary party, the absence of a worker–peasant alliance, and the failure to fully dismantle the bourgeois economic base.

In 1917, the Russian Soviets were established. Lenin developed the theories of “uneven development under imperialism,” the “weak link in the imperialist chain,” and the “Victory of socialist revolution in a single country.” He organized the Bolsheviks as the vanguard leadership and the Soviets of workers, poor peasants, and soldiers as the mass base of the revolutionary. Although the February Revolution of 1917 succeeded, opportunist forces allied with the bourgeoisie and betrayed the people, resulting in a system of “dual power.” Under Lenin’s leadership, the Soviets developed into organs of struggle that opposed the Provisional Government and sought to establish Soviet power. Amid the conditions of World War 1, Lenin issued the “April Theses,” which repudiated the so-called “revolutionary defencism” stance of Kerensky and the Duma, advocated instead a policy of “revolutionary defeatism,” and forcefully called for “All power to the Soviets.” This slogan served both as a strategic means to dismantle the unstable system of dual power and as a revolutionary policy embodying the Russian people’s aspirations for “peace, land, and bread.” In October 1917, the Soviet forces rose against the Provisional Government, seizing key urban centers. On October 25, state power was declared to belong to the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies—the Military Revolutionary Committee. Through the victory of the world’s first workers’ and people’s government, the scientific and historical validity of the Soviet line—together with the outstanding leadership of Lenin and the Bolsheviks—was demonstrated in practice.

On October 7, 2012, President Hugo Chávez triumphed in the elections, and at a cabinet meeting on October 20 boldly redirected national policy toward a revolutionary course that granted the people greater power to govern themselves. At this meeting, Chávez declared, “Comuna o nada” (“Communes or nothing”). He insisted that the construction of communes must become the foremost responsibility of all governing institutions. Shortly before his death, Chávez entrusted the commune project to his successor, Nicolás Maduro, saying he did so “as I would entrust my own life.” For Maduro—the leader of the Bolivarian revolutionary cause—building communes represents both the fulfillment of Chávez’s legacy and the practical path toward the realization of socialism. The Maduro government has institutionalized local self-governance through communal councils and the higher-level communal system known as the “Comuna.” Laws such as the 2006 Law of Communal Councils and the 2010 Organic Law of the Communes—collectively known as the “People’s Power Laws”—established a framework enabling residents to form autonomous local councils and manage their own productive and financial organizations. Since Chávez’s death, confronted with an ever-intensifying US blockade against Venezuela, the government has pursued the accelerated construction of communes as a means to consolidate the people’s government.

On January 10, 2025, the Seven Transformations Plan (7T Plan) was officially announced. The plan identifies the following core areas: “Economic Transformation: Beyond Oil,” “Full Independence: Technology and Sovereignty,” “Peace, Sovereignty, and Security: A Comprehensive Approach,” “Social Transformation: A Renewal of Commitment,” “Political Transformation: The Power of the People and Consensus,” “Ecological Transformation: A Green Pact,” and “Geopolitical Transformation: A New World Order.” These central objectives were formulated through consultations with more than 63,000 People’s Assemblies. Maduro proudly declared, “The President is the people, and the people are the President. When you combine the project, the plan, the people, and the President—the Homeland is born.” Ahead of the national referendum to implement the plan, approximately 36,000 local community projects were submitted by 46,762 Communes and Communal Councils.

The current aggression of the US imperialism against Venezuela continues to intensify. Just as the so-called “War on Terror” was used in the 2000s as a false pretext to attack Iraq and other parts of West Asia, now, under the false pretext of “drug eradication,” the United States is raging to reduce Venezuela and Latin America—nations advancing toward sovereignty and liberation—into its “backyard.” The United States—the very center of global drug crime—viciously slanders Venezuela, a country that has become a model in drug eradication. The reason is to plunder Venezuela’s vast natural resources, including its oil.
US imperialism is concentrating large-scale invasion forces in the southern Caribbean, openly killing the Venezuelan people while covertly orchestrating false propaganda, riots, and acts of terrorism through pro-US far-right fascist groups.

On September 25, President Maduro declared, “The Comuna is the great center of direct democracy and the shield against imperialism.” Under the slogan “Barracks to the People,” the people’s government boldly integrated the regular Bolivarian National Armed Forces with the irregular Bolivarian militias into local communities. This is a groundbreaking measure that significantly strengthens Venezuela’s defense capabilities, and it is a revolutionary action that could never be implemented without the single-hearted unity between the government and the people. To defend the motherland, 4.5 million people have already volunteered for enlistment, and this number continues to grow. This remarkable reality demonstrates the anti-US independence spirit and resolute will of the Venezuelan people in the face of imperialist oppression and aggression. In contrast, the pro-US far-right fascist forces beg the United States to invade Venezuelan territory, flagrantly exposing their servility to foreign powers and contempt for the people. The act of Venezuelan fascist forces to overthrow the people’s government and turn it into a fascist government, reducing Venezuela to a colony of US imperialism and the Venezuelan people to colonial slaves, is a typical example of pro-US flunkeyist and treacherous forces. Strengthening the people’s government around the Comunas in Venezuela is the most powerful driving force and the firmest rampart for defeating imperialism and fascism, and for victoriously advancing and accomplishing the people’s independent cause. The Venezuelan people united around the Comunas will never be defeated; they will always triumph.

A new world in which humanity ends imperialism and fascism, and where all live in peace and happiness as the true masters of society, will inevitably come. We will stand with the Venezuelan people to the very end in the righteous struggle to annihilate imperialism and fascism and to build a people-centered new society, and we will always triumph.

Down with imperialism and fascism!
Comuna o nada! Socialism o nada!
The people united will never be defeated!
Victory to Venezuela! Victory to Maduro!
¡Hasta la victoria siempre!

October 21, 2025, Caracas
World Anti-imperialist Platform