The International Communist Seminar (ICS) was an annual communist conference held in May in Brussels, Belgium. It was organized by the Workers' Party of Belgium (WPB).
In 1992, Ludo Martens, leader of the WPB initiated the conference, which gathered various tendencies of Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations. He is noted for having proposed the unification of the four main tendencies of the Marxist-Leninist movement. These are the pro-Soviet groups, the pro-Chinese, the pro-Albanian, and pro-Cuban. Around 200 organizations of Africa, Latin America, North America, Asia and Europe have taken part in it. For four years, from 1992 to 1995, the ICS worked on identifying "the true causes of the capitalist restoration in Soviet Union" and in Eastern Europe and to draw lessons from it for the future.Presentation on the International Communist Seminar, 2006 (accessed on 28 September 2010)
The last seminar took place in June 2014. The member parties have largely been absorbed into International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties.
Annual conference Themes of the recent ICS Conferences:International Communist Seminar Program, 1997 (accessed on 28 September 2010)WPB.be: International Communist Seminar Program, 1998 (accessed on 28 September 2010) 1996: The anti-imperialist struggle under the New World Order. 1997: The way of the October revolution is the way of the liberation of the workers 1998: The working class, its leading role, new forms of exploitation and experiences of struggle and organization. 1999: Imperialism means war 2000: Imperialism, fascization and fascism 2001: The world socialist revolution in the conditions of imperialist globalization. 2002: Economical crises and the possibility of a major world crisis 2003: The Marxist-Leninist Party and the anti-imperialist Front facing the war 2004: The strategy and tactics of the struggle against global US imperialist war 2005: Internationalist experiences and tasks of Communists in the struggle against imperialism 2006: Present and past experiences in the international communist movement: "The impact of the Communist International on the founding and the development of the communist parties in particular countries", "The exchange of concrete experiences of Party work in the working class and among the youth" 2011: The strengthening of communist parties in times of a deepening capitalist systemic crisisFRSO presentation to the 2011 International Communist Seminar in Brussels 2013: The attacks on the democratic rights and freedoms in the world capitalist crisis 2014: 100 years after World War I – The world in 2014
Participating parties
Afghanistan, People's Party of Afghanistan Algeria, Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Communist Party Belarus, Belarusian Communist Workers' Party Belgium, Workers' Party of Belgium Benin, Communist Party of Benin Brazil, Communist Party of Brazil Brazil, Free Homeland Party Bulgaria, Party of Bulgarian Communists China, Chinese Communist Party Colombia, Colombian Communist Party Cuba, Communist Party of Cuba Cyprus, Progressive Party of Working People Denmark, Communist Party of Denmark Denmark, Communist Party in Denmark France, Union of Revolutionary Communists of France France, Pole of Communist Revival in France Germany, German Communist Party Greece, Communist Party of Greece Hungary, Hungarian Workers' Party Iran, Tudeh Party of Iran Ireland, Workers' Party Laos, Lao People's Revolutionary Party Latvia, Socialist Party of Latvia Lebanon, Lebanese Communist Party Lithuania, Socialist People's Front Luxembourg, Communist Party of Luxembourg Malta, Communist Party of Malta Mexico, Popular Socialist Party of Mexico Netherlands, New Communist Party of the Netherlands North Korea, Workers' Party of Korea Palestine, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestine, Palestinian Communist Party Philippines, Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 Portugal, Portuguese Communist Party Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation Russia, Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Russia, Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001) Serbia, New Communist Party of Yugoslavia South Sudan, Communist Party of South Sudan Spain, Communist Party of Spain Spain, Spanish Communist Workers' Party Spain, Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Sri Lanka, People's Liberation Front Sweden, Communist Party Switzerland, Swiss Party of Labour Switzerland, Communist Party of Southern Switzerland Switzerland, Communist Party of Geneva - "Les Communistes" Taiwan, Labor Party Tunisia, Democratic Patriots' Party Turkey, Communist Party of Turkey Turkey, Labour Party Ukraine, Union of Communists of Ukraine United Kingdom, Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) USA, Freedom Road Socialist Organization Venezuela, Communist Party of Venezuela Vietnam, Communist Party of Vietnam22 International Communist Seminar held in BrusselsGeneral Conclusions: Nineteenth International Communist Seminar
See also International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties List of left-wing internationals
References
External links 1999 Declaration of the International Communist Seminar