23 to 24.03.2002, Thessaloniki:
The «3rd Balkan Meeting» was held,
hosted by the «AntiNATO Balkan Center».
Some related documents follow.
===*===
http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=257920
Macedonia Press Agency (Greece)
BALKAN COMMUNISTS MEET IN THESSALONIKI
Thessaloniki, 20 March 2002 (12:50 UTC+2)
A two-day meeting of Balkan communist parties and
movements has been organized for March 23-24, at
Macedonia University in Thessaloniki, by the Balkan
AntiNATO Center.
More than 25 organizations, parties and movements have
been invited from Albania, Yugoslavia, Romania,
Turkey, FYROM, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus. The
meeting will also be occupied with preparations for a
fighting answer to the EU Summit Meeting of 2003 in
Thessaloniki.
The works of the two-day meeting will be greeted by
Greek Communist Party Secretary General Aleka
Papariga, Thessaloniki Prefect candidate and member of
the Political Secretariat of DIKKI, Giorgos Rokkos,
member of the Communist Renewal, as well as
representatives of bodies and movements of
Thessaloniki.
===*===
From: Bill Howard
Subject: Fw: CP of Macedonia, Address to the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan
AntiNATO Center
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK
---------------------------
============================================================================
CP of Macedonia, Address to the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan AntiNATO
Center, Thessaloniki 23-24 March 2002
-----------------------------------------------------------------
From: Communist Party of Macedonia, Mon, 8 Apr, 2002
mailto:kpm92@...
============================================================================
Balkan Anti-NATO Center
Thessaloniki 23-24 March
NATO out of Balkan
For Balkans a zone of Peace and Cooperation
Communist Party of Macedonia
Meeting of the Balkan Anti-NATO Center
Dear friends present at this meeting, respectable organizer of this
gathering, we would like to thank for your invitation but we regret for
not being in a position to take presence at the meeting.
We agree with the agenda and the items for the meeting because they are
in compliance with the essence of the problem and the recent
developments.
What is our opinion about the following items;
1. NATO out of BALKANS
NATO out of Balkans YES.
Why? Because NATO is military organization that in the past was
protecting its members from danger that could coe fro the other side
east (Warshow) block. Now this danger does not exist.
Now we are facing another danger, the danger of NATO becoming *world
policeman*. Who needs such policemen? The oligarchy that would like to
rule the capital of the world communisty by the power of the weapon.
The NATO enlargement
NATO is present every where, where the government structures call NATO
for there presence in order to stay longer in position to rule with
support of NATO and USA. Nobody ask the citizens of that country for
their opinion.
We the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia, and we believe the
majority of the citizens of other countries vote for peace, democracy
and respecting of human rights.
We vote NATO out of the Balkans because it is and organization that
instead of peace, every where produces war and breaking human rights.
There is no democracy.
NATO dictates the program of TV stations - bombing of Yugoslav national
television.
NATO dictates changes of the constitution (Republic of Macedonia
constitution)
NATO with its bombs pollutes the environment. That is why we say - NATO
out of Balkans.
The Cyprus question
The future of Cyprus should be in the hands of the people in that
country. Thirty years ago they were living in peace, together and witout
problems. They should be left to chose their future, alone, without any
pressure.
We respect and we support the people of Cyprus.
With respect,
Communist Party of Macedonia
Andon Andonovski
Member of the Republic Committee
*End*
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Phone +358-40-7177941
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From:Communist Party of Greece , Sat, 06 Apr 2002
mailto: cpg@... , http://kke.gr
=======================================================
Dear Friends,
We forward you a solidarity message by the "Balkan Anti
NATO Centre" (BAN c), an initiative backed by more than 25
political parties, youth organizations and movements from
Balkan countries.
In solidarity,
The International Section of CPG
...........................................................
Balkan AntiNATO Coordination Center BAN c
Views and actions of Balkan movements
Tel: [+3]0310 286580,[+3]010 2592298 Fax: [+3]0310
286581,[+3]010 2592298
e mail:bancenter@... havatzas@...
SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE AND THE ANTI WAR FORCES IN ISRAEL
The Israeli regime is continuing its criminal acts against
the decisions of the UN Security Council, against the
heroes of the Palestinian people, and against the
Palestinian National Authority and its President, with the
aim of silencing the voice of truth, and the fair demand
for establishing the independent Palestinian state with
Jerusalem as its capital.
The Israeli forces are brutally attacking the progressive
and anti war movement in Israel, members of foreign
parliaments, trade unionists, journalists, citizens and
organizations acting in solidarity with the Palestinian
people.
This grave escalation demonstrates the clear failure of
the policy of the Israeli government which is hostile to
peace and international legitimacy, and the failure of its
hollow promises to provide security for Israelis at the
expense of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
As a result of the military acts committed by the Israeli
government backed by the USA and the tolerance of leading
countries in the EU, hundreds of people have been killed
and injured, and many properties and homes of innocent
civilians have been destroyed. These acts have also opened
the door for an endless cycle of acts of retaliation and
counter retaliation, thus threatening the security and
peace of the Palestinian and Israeli people, all peoples of
the region and the world.
We call upon young people, all free and peace loving people
in the Balkan countries and the patriotic forces, to rise
against the new wave of evil led by Sharon, to express
solidarity, in all effective forms, with the struggle of
the peace loving forces in Israel, with the Palestinian
people, their courageous uprising and their fair demands,
and thus to join the emerging strong movement of
solidarity in all European countries.
Solidarity with the Palestinian people in this moment is an
important contribution to the efforts of
the Balkan peace movements and of the strong solidarity
movement in all European countries, for international
relations according to the international law, without NATO
and the use of military forces and aggression.
We salute all the actions in this respect and we stress the
important impact for our efforts of the international
meeting of solidarity with Palestine, organized by AKEL in
Nikosia. We send our warmest greetings to all the
participants and best wishes for success.
Thessaloniki, 5th April 2002
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CP of Greece, Address by the General Secretary of the CC of
the CPG, Aleka Paparigha, to the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan
AntiNATO Center, Thessaloniki 23 24 March 2002
From: Communist Party of Greece, Fri, 5 Apr, 2002
http://www.kke.gr , mailto:cpg@...
===========================================================
BALKAN ANTINATO CENTER
Tel: (031) 286580, Fax: (031) 286581, e mail: bancenter@...
Address by the General Secretary of the CC of the CPG
Aleka Papariga
To the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan Anti NATO Centre,
Thessaloniki on 23 24 March 2001
The fire of war flamed up in the Balkans, having as its
centre the FYROM does not constitute, as far as the CPG is
concerned, a thunder bolt in a clear sky. This is not the
time for historical analysis. However, the Balkan peoples
must never forget by whom the fuse of war was lit, in the
early nineties. It must not be forgotten that Germany and
all the member states of the EU, the Greek government
included, decided in cold blood the dissolution of
Yugoslavia. A decision that opened the well known USA
appetite to enter the Balkans itself , to assume a leading
role in the distribution of spoils by all means, by war and
uranium, by lies, blackmail, sanctions, by special
tribunals.
The crude lie and slander, the pretexts used by the
imperialist forces, without a trace of shame, in order to
justify the war and intervention, accusing the Balkan
peoples for local nationalism, for a tendency towards
religious divisions, must not be forgotten either.
Irrespective of the specific planning by NATO, USA, the
leading EU forces for the region, irrespective of whether
each side feels vindicated as to its particular aims, it is
certain that all those succeeded in the promotion of a
major aim: The installation of multinational military
forces, battalions of war kindling, an occupation army.
Besides and over and above the distribution of spoils the
interest was to militarise the Balkans and place them under
military rule, with or without the change of borders, so as
to test the «new doctrine» of NATO in this region, to
utilise it further for the imperialist policy against
Russia and the other states created by the dissolution of
the USSR.
The Balkans have also proven as an area of exporting the
contradictions and antagonisms which mark the relations
between the imperialist unions, between the leading
imperialist forces.
In our estimation, things are twice as dangerous for the
peoples today. Shortly before and during the War of '99 the
imperialist forces attempted to unite the Balkan countries
against Yugoslavia, particularly against Serbia. They
succeeded in this with the assistance of the Greek
government, which appeared convincing, trading upon its
traditionally good relations with united Yugoslavia.
Now things take such a turn, so that a Balkan war waged
among Balkan forces, can not be ruled out.
If the people of the Balkans do not intervene today,
demanding NATO's withdrawal, if they do not exert stifling
pressure on their governments, then we will find ourselves
very close not only to the tragic partition of FYROM, but
to a struggle by all means between the neighbouring
countries, with Greece's involvement as well.
No relaxation of vigilance and no confidence is warranted
in the hypocritical statements by USA, NATO, who assure
that they do not want a change in the borders and the
dissolution of FYROM. No confidence in the alleged friendly
stand by the Europeans towards FYROM. No confidence in the
Greek government which declares in the first place that it
does not wish any new dispatch of Greek military forces.
We are not going to stop supporting the non dispatching of
military forces by Greece to FYROM, even if its leadership
declares that it considers it as protection. Our country as
a member of NATO will apply policies serving the interests
of this organisation, the interests of Greek plutocracy, in
other words the interests of all those who do not see
anything else but profits sticking at nothing.
We are told that, if NATO leaves the Balkans, then the
peoples will be involved in even bitter war among
themselves. This is a lie, it is a pretext. Of course the
deep wounds of the region will not be healed by magic,
issues will not be solved from one day to the other.
However, the road will open for their solution and in any
case the difficulties will be milder than those associated
with the presence of foreign military forces. The all kinds
of nationalist forces, the all kinds of war mongers will
not have the means and the courage to provoke, if they do
not have the political and material support of
imperialists. Besides, this position of ours, is combined
totally with the need of disarming the UCK, in all its
forms and its variations.
The borders will be guarded by the national army of each
country, and especially the Serb army will be called upon
to guard the Serb borders, which include Cossovo. To guard
them not only formally and symbolically, but essentially.
As long as NATO and KFOR remain in the region, the Serb
army, the border armies will have only a marginal role.
The answer is not to be found in the artificial dilemma
«military involvement by NATO inside FYROM or diplomatic
negotiations». In both cases NATO, USA and the leading
countries of the EU will be in a position to impose their
will. The «policy of diplomacy», which seems to be
preferred at present, has only one purpose:
To gain time so as to prepare, in the peoples'
consciousness, the new cycle of NATO intervention, or to
start a new cycle for an agreement, having first created
fait accompli to Serbia's and FYROM's detriment. In other
words a final Rambouillet far worse than the previous
international agreements concerning the region.
On the occasion of today's quite important meeting we wish
to put a question to the Greek people, in the broad sense,
and the other political forces who support with various
arguments the necessity for the presence of multinational
military forces in the Balkans.
When did the Greek people live peacefully regarding its
northern borders, before the early 1990's or today? We are
certain that only a few will claim that things are better
today than yesterday.
If in the post war period we did not have joint borders
with the Balkan socialist states, developments in the
Greek Turkish relations, internal developments in Greece
itself would be far worse. It is possible that certain fait
accompli would have been created.
I wish your deliberations give a new impetus to the joint
Balkan peoples' struggle, shed light more collectively and
on many sides of the emerging events and tendencies. We
have to create the prerequisites, as soon as possible, for
the imperialist intervention, NATO's new doctrine, to be
punished in the Balkans. If it hasn't happened so far it
does not mean that we can't succeed it now, tomorrow.
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Some related documents follow.
===*===
http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=257920
Macedonia Press Agency (Greece)
BALKAN COMMUNISTS MEET IN THESSALONIKI
Thessaloniki, 20 March 2002 (12:50 UTC+2)
A two-day meeting of Balkan communist parties and
movements has been organized for March 23-24, at
Macedonia University in Thessaloniki, by the Balkan
AntiNATO Center.
More than 25 organizations, parties and movements have
been invited from Albania, Yugoslavia, Romania,
Turkey, FYROM, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus. The
meeting will also be occupied with preparations for a
fighting answer to the EU Summit Meeting of 2003 in
Thessaloniki.
The works of the two-day meeting will be greeted by
Greek Communist Party Secretary General Aleka
Papariga, Thessaloniki Prefect candidate and member of
the Political Secretariat of DIKKI, Giorgos Rokkos,
member of the Communist Renewal, as well as
representatives of bodies and movements of
Thessaloniki.
===*===
From: Bill Howard
Subject: Fw: CP of Macedonia, Address to the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan
AntiNATO Center
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK
---------------------------
============================================================================
CP of Macedonia, Address to the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan AntiNATO
Center, Thessaloniki 23-24 March 2002
-----------------------------------------------------------------
From: Communist Party of Macedonia, Mon, 8 Apr, 2002
mailto:kpm92@...
============================================================================
Balkan Anti-NATO Center
Thessaloniki 23-24 March
NATO out of Balkan
For Balkans a zone of Peace and Cooperation
Communist Party of Macedonia
Meeting of the Balkan Anti-NATO Center
Dear friends present at this meeting, respectable organizer of this
gathering, we would like to thank for your invitation but we regret for
not being in a position to take presence at the meeting.
We agree with the agenda and the items for the meeting because they are
in compliance with the essence of the problem and the recent
developments.
What is our opinion about the following items;
1. NATO out of BALKANS
NATO out of Balkans YES.
Why? Because NATO is military organization that in the past was
protecting its members from danger that could coe fro the other side
east (Warshow) block. Now this danger does not exist.
Now we are facing another danger, the danger of NATO becoming *world
policeman*. Who needs such policemen? The oligarchy that would like to
rule the capital of the world communisty by the power of the weapon.
The NATO enlargement
NATO is present every where, where the government structures call NATO
for there presence in order to stay longer in position to rule with
support of NATO and USA. Nobody ask the citizens of that country for
their opinion.
We the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia, and we believe the
majority of the citizens of other countries vote for peace, democracy
and respecting of human rights.
We vote NATO out of the Balkans because it is and organization that
instead of peace, every where produces war and breaking human rights.
There is no democracy.
NATO dictates the program of TV stations - bombing of Yugoslav national
television.
NATO dictates changes of the constitution (Republic of Macedonia
constitution)
NATO with its bombs pollutes the environment. That is why we say - NATO
out of Balkans.
The Cyprus question
The future of Cyprus should be in the hands of the people in that
country. Thirty years ago they were living in peace, together and witout
problems. They should be left to chose their future, alone, without any
pressure.
We respect and we support the people of Cyprus.
With respect,
Communist Party of Macedonia
Andon Andonovski
Member of the Republic Committee
*End*
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P.O. Box 66
00841 Helsinki
Phone +358-40-7177941
Fax +358-9-7591081
http://www.kominf.pp.fi
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From:Communist Party of Greece , Sat, 06 Apr 2002
mailto: cpg@... , http://kke.gr
=======================================================
Dear Friends,
We forward you a solidarity message by the "Balkan Anti
NATO Centre" (BAN c), an initiative backed by more than 25
political parties, youth organizations and movements from
Balkan countries.
In solidarity,
The International Section of CPG
...........................................................
Balkan AntiNATO Coordination Center BAN c
Views and actions of Balkan movements
Tel: [+3]0310 286580,[+3]010 2592298 Fax: [+3]0310
286581,[+3]010 2592298
e mail:bancenter@... havatzas@...
SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE AND THE ANTI WAR FORCES IN ISRAEL
The Israeli regime is continuing its criminal acts against
the decisions of the UN Security Council, against the
heroes of the Palestinian people, and against the
Palestinian National Authority and its President, with the
aim of silencing the voice of truth, and the fair demand
for establishing the independent Palestinian state with
Jerusalem as its capital.
The Israeli forces are brutally attacking the progressive
and anti war movement in Israel, members of foreign
parliaments, trade unionists, journalists, citizens and
organizations acting in solidarity with the Palestinian
people.
This grave escalation demonstrates the clear failure of
the policy of the Israeli government which is hostile to
peace and international legitimacy, and the failure of its
hollow promises to provide security for Israelis at the
expense of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
As a result of the military acts committed by the Israeli
government backed by the USA and the tolerance of leading
countries in the EU, hundreds of people have been killed
and injured, and many properties and homes of innocent
civilians have been destroyed. These acts have also opened
the door for an endless cycle of acts of retaliation and
counter retaliation, thus threatening the security and
peace of the Palestinian and Israeli people, all peoples of
the region and the world.
We call upon young people, all free and peace loving people
in the Balkan countries and the patriotic forces, to rise
against the new wave of evil led by Sharon, to express
solidarity, in all effective forms, with the struggle of
the peace loving forces in Israel, with the Palestinian
people, their courageous uprising and their fair demands,
and thus to join the emerging strong movement of
solidarity in all European countries.
Solidarity with the Palestinian people in this moment is an
important contribution to the efforts of
the Balkan peace movements and of the strong solidarity
movement in all European countries, for international
relations according to the international law, without NATO
and the use of military forces and aggression.
We salute all the actions in this respect and we stress the
important impact for our efforts of the international
meeting of solidarity with Palestine, organized by AKEL in
Nikosia. We send our warmest greetings to all the
participants and best wishes for success.
Thessaloniki, 5th April 2002
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CP of Greece, Address by the General Secretary of the CC of
the CPG, Aleka Paparigha, to the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan
AntiNATO Center, Thessaloniki 23 24 March 2002
From: Communist Party of Greece, Fri, 5 Apr, 2002
http://www.kke.gr , mailto:cpg@...
===========================================================
BALKAN ANTINATO CENTER
Tel: (031) 286580, Fax: (031) 286581, e mail: bancenter@...
Address by the General Secretary of the CC of the CPG
Aleka Papariga
To the 3rd Meeting of the Balkan Anti NATO Centre,
Thessaloniki on 23 24 March 2001
The fire of war flamed up in the Balkans, having as its
centre the FYROM does not constitute, as far as the CPG is
concerned, a thunder bolt in a clear sky. This is not the
time for historical analysis. However, the Balkan peoples
must never forget by whom the fuse of war was lit, in the
early nineties. It must not be forgotten that Germany and
all the member states of the EU, the Greek government
included, decided in cold blood the dissolution of
Yugoslavia. A decision that opened the well known USA
appetite to enter the Balkans itself , to assume a leading
role in the distribution of spoils by all means, by war and
uranium, by lies, blackmail, sanctions, by special
tribunals.
The crude lie and slander, the pretexts used by the
imperialist forces, without a trace of shame, in order to
justify the war and intervention, accusing the Balkan
peoples for local nationalism, for a tendency towards
religious divisions, must not be forgotten either.
Irrespective of the specific planning by NATO, USA, the
leading EU forces for the region, irrespective of whether
each side feels vindicated as to its particular aims, it is
certain that all those succeeded in the promotion of a
major aim: The installation of multinational military
forces, battalions of war kindling, an occupation army.
Besides and over and above the distribution of spoils the
interest was to militarise the Balkans and place them under
military rule, with or without the change of borders, so as
to test the «new doctrine» of NATO in this region, to
utilise it further for the imperialist policy against
Russia and the other states created by the dissolution of
the USSR.
The Balkans have also proven as an area of exporting the
contradictions and antagonisms which mark the relations
between the imperialist unions, between the leading
imperialist forces.
In our estimation, things are twice as dangerous for the
peoples today. Shortly before and during the War of '99 the
imperialist forces attempted to unite the Balkan countries
against Yugoslavia, particularly against Serbia. They
succeeded in this with the assistance of the Greek
government, which appeared convincing, trading upon its
traditionally good relations with united Yugoslavia.
Now things take such a turn, so that a Balkan war waged
among Balkan forces, can not be ruled out.
If the people of the Balkans do not intervene today,
demanding NATO's withdrawal, if they do not exert stifling
pressure on their governments, then we will find ourselves
very close not only to the tragic partition of FYROM, but
to a struggle by all means between the neighbouring
countries, with Greece's involvement as well.
No relaxation of vigilance and no confidence is warranted
in the hypocritical statements by USA, NATO, who assure
that they do not want a change in the borders and the
dissolution of FYROM. No confidence in the alleged friendly
stand by the Europeans towards FYROM. No confidence in the
Greek government which declares in the first place that it
does not wish any new dispatch of Greek military forces.
We are not going to stop supporting the non dispatching of
military forces by Greece to FYROM, even if its leadership
declares that it considers it as protection. Our country as
a member of NATO will apply policies serving the interests
of this organisation, the interests of Greek plutocracy, in
other words the interests of all those who do not see
anything else but profits sticking at nothing.
We are told that, if NATO leaves the Balkans, then the
peoples will be involved in even bitter war among
themselves. This is a lie, it is a pretext. Of course the
deep wounds of the region will not be healed by magic,
issues will not be solved from one day to the other.
However, the road will open for their solution and in any
case the difficulties will be milder than those associated
with the presence of foreign military forces. The all kinds
of nationalist forces, the all kinds of war mongers will
not have the means and the courage to provoke, if they do
not have the political and material support of
imperialists. Besides, this position of ours, is combined
totally with the need of disarming the UCK, in all its
forms and its variations.
The borders will be guarded by the national army of each
country, and especially the Serb army will be called upon
to guard the Serb borders, which include Cossovo. To guard
them not only formally and symbolically, but essentially.
As long as NATO and KFOR remain in the region, the Serb
army, the border armies will have only a marginal role.
The answer is not to be found in the artificial dilemma
«military involvement by NATO inside FYROM or diplomatic
negotiations». In both cases NATO, USA and the leading
countries of the EU will be in a position to impose their
will. The «policy of diplomacy», which seems to be
preferred at present, has only one purpose:
To gain time so as to prepare, in the peoples'
consciousness, the new cycle of NATO intervention, or to
start a new cycle for an agreement, having first created
fait accompli to Serbia's and FYROM's detriment. In other
words a final Rambouillet far worse than the previous
international agreements concerning the region.
On the occasion of today's quite important meeting we wish
to put a question to the Greek people, in the broad sense,
and the other political forces who support with various
arguments the necessity for the presence of multinational
military forces in the Balkans.
When did the Greek people live peacefully regarding its
northern borders, before the early 1990's or today? We are
certain that only a few will claim that things are better
today than yesterday.
If in the post war period we did not have joint borders
with the Balkan socialist states, developments in the
Greek Turkish relations, internal developments in Greece
itself would be far worse. It is possible that certain fait
accompli would have been created.
I wish your deliberations give a new impetus to the joint
Balkan peoples' struggle, shed light more collectively and
on many sides of the emerging events and tendencies. We
have to create the prerequisites, as soon as possible, for
the imperialist intervention, NATO's new doctrine, to be
punished in the Balkans. If it hasn't happened so far it
does not mean that we can't succeed it now, tomorrow.
End
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