Comrades and friends, 

We would like you congratulate you on holding this conference of the World Anti-imperialist Platform in Venezuela and send the warmest greetings to organizers and participants!  

This event is taking place in the critical historical moment, on the eve of World War 3, in a country at the frontline of the struggle against imperialism. The brave people of Venezuela, under the leadership of Chavez and Maduro, stood up to US imperialism and consequently became a target of covert and open, economic and military aggression. We stand with Venezuela and we express our full solidarity with the Venezuelan people and the Venezuelan government. 

Comrades and friends,  

Recent developments have confirmed the correctness of the analysis presented by the World Antiimperialist Platform since its first meeting in 2022. The world is accelerating towards polarization between the imperialist camp represented by the forces of Western Capital fighting for complete domination, and the anti-imperialist camp centred on socialist China allied with other countries defending their national interests against imperialism.  

We are entering a new era of wars and revolutions. For us in Eastern Europe, it is crucial now to unite everyone under the banner of resistance and anti-imperialism, regardless of their political orientation. The imperialist bourgeoisie has already started mobilization and is rallying all possible opportunist forces under its banner of Western European chauvinism, including so-called left forces. Even those, who call themselves “communists”, often answer this call, showing their true faces. Our population has been held hostage by the comprador bourgeois administration which is grooming our people for use as cannon fodder against Russia. The people are waking up but it could be too later to prevent an escalation. Under these circumstances we continue our mission against imperialism and their lackeys for national and social liberation. 

We wish you a successful and inspiring event. The people united will never be defeated! Eastern Initiative