Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Aleka Papariga: Capitalism will not live forever; it will be overthrown

Speaking in a political event organised by the KKE Sectoral Organisation of Volos on Sunday 11/12, the member of the CC of the KKE and former General Secretary of the Party Aleka Papariga, mentioned, among others, the following:

"The KKE is the only Party that knows very well what the capitalist system means. It knows very well the danger of Capitalism, the power it has in its hands, but also knows that the capitalist system isn't a system that will live forever. On the contrary, it is a system which can be overthrown. [...] Many believe that as long as the Socialist system does not exist today, the only system that can exist is Capitalism. We say that Capitalism has contradictions and deadlocks- even today, when it appears in a global scale, without opponent- and can be overthrown.

Of course, it will not collapse by itself, but in one or another country the conditions for its overthrow can be created. And what is important today, above all, is that the working class and her allies must understand that there is the potentiality to take the power in their hands. 

That means to take in their hands all the wealth that exists in this place and exercise, not just governance, but politics, in order to put this wealth in the service of the needs and the big development capabilities that this country has. That (means) they can win and that the Greek people can stand on their own feet, far from the barbarity and the commitments of the EU, NATO etc..".

Source: 'Rizospastis', 13.12.2016 / Translation: In Defense of Communism.