United Communists of Europe

Because our Unity Statement is the basis for membership in the United Communists of Europe, we provide a short summary here that highlights the main points of unity of our organisation. This document is meant to help those who are interested clearly identify the primary political positions of the United Communists of Europe .  Necessity of a socialist revolution . The contradictions of capitalism have made all attempts to reform capitalist society impossible. Instead of participating in campaigns–whether electoral or social–to improve existing conditions, our organisation unites revolutionaries and prepares the subjective forces for socialist revolution. If workers manage to win higher wages through strike actions, we will not oppose them. Rather, we will point out that such victories do nothing to abolish the contradiction between capital and labour, which can only be overcome through a socialist revolution. Workers need to make a socialist revolution if they are really going to t...

The Central Committee of the United Communists of Europe sends its warmest May Day greetings to the working people of Europe. International Workers Day is a day to commemorate the struggles of the international working class in its struggle against the bourgeoisie. It is not just a workers holiday, but an international recognition of the class struggle and the irreconcilable differences between capital and labour, between oppressor and oppressed, between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. May Day is a day of international working class solidarity in its struggle against the imperialist bourgeoisie and monopoly capitalism. It is a day to make calls for socialist revolution and a communist future that puts an end to all forms of oppression.  On May Day, workers around the world will march through their cities in demonstrations often led by reformists and class collaborationists. In Europe, most of the trade unions are led by bureaucratic officials who prefer diplomacy, using strike...

In this article, we discuss the challenges of being a communist today. We argue that existing the Trotskyist and Stalinist organisations have little to offer the communist movement. While both Trotskyist organisations and the traditional Communist Parties have contributed something to Marxist theory and the labour movement, they are not satisfactory for building a revolutionary movement. We call on communists to form small collectives, study Marxist theory, participate in actions together, and link themselves with others through the United Communists of Europe.  Being a communist today can be a challenge. The existing communist organisations have little to offer the communist movement. Some of them have decent people, but a problematic theoretical grounding for their political work. They might have serious activists and alot of history behind them, but will be very weak on Marxist theory and have problematic positions on some of the key questions of the day. While one might find fr...