The congress had nothing to do with left-wing politics, let alone “socialism.” In the midst of the eruption of the class struggle worldwide, and increasingly brutal wars, the speakers explicitly rejected any struggle for socialism.
Murray Smith Throughout history, solidarity has helped achieve the only possible acceptable peace one guaranteeing defeat of the aggressor and the victim to live free of the threat of renewed assault. That must be the goal of the European Left in relation to Ukraine.
Leaders of foreign political parties and governments worldwide have congratulated the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and General Secretary Xi Jinping of the committee on the opening of the 20th CPC National Congress.