# World Anti-Imperialist Platform

The World Anti-Imperialist Platform (WAP or Platform) is a political organization formed in 2022, which describes itself as being opposed to American imperialism. Platform's membership is mostly composed of communist parties that adhere to the Marxist-Leninist philosophy. The organization has been criticized by some communist parties and groups for ignoring Russian imperialism and Chinese imperialism.
Platform claims that the United States and NATO are imperialist powers and that Russia and China are not imperialist nor neocolonial powers. Platform supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine and claim that the Russo-Ukrainian War is a proxy war against Russia by imperialist powers. Platform's stance sets it apart from the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP), which have characterized the war as inter-imperialist.

## History

On 14 October 2022, Platform launched its program in Paris, France with a "Paris Declaration", signed initially by 14 parties, including the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPGB–ML), as well as the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). This declaration represents the platform's stated foundational beliefs and goals. The document was initially signed by 25 parties. On 17 December 2022, the WAP organized protests again in Athens, against NATO and what they deemed "fascism in Ukraine".
On 22 December 2022, the WAP released its "Belgrade Declaration". On 4 March 2023, WAP hosted a conference with the São Paulo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, where it released a "Caracas Declaration". A demonstration was organized by the PSUV, and simultaneous demonstrations were held elsewhere. On 7 May 2023, the WAP organized a Victory Day procession in Athens, in conjunction with the group Revolutionary Struggle, and the Workers Revolutionary Party.
On 15 May 2023, WAP hosted a Seoul International Conference in South Korea, where it released a "Seoul Declaration", concerning what they stated as being the rising tide of global war in east Asia. The declaration was read by Joti Brar, WAP spokesperson and CPGB-ML vice-chair. The third congress of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) was held at the same time, receiving greetings from the Russian Communist Workers' Party, the PSUV, and the CPGB-ML. Members of the Platform, as well as the People's Democracy Party joined protests against the 49th G7 summit, held in Hiroshima between 19–21 May.
The Platform took part in an anti-NATO rally in Rome, on 27 and 28 October 2023.
On 17 November 2023, members of the platform participated in protests and demonstrations marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of the Regime of the Colonels, the right-wing dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.
On 26 November 2023, members of the platform released a "Palestine Declaration", in which the group declared Zionism a "genocidal ideology".
On 12–17 April 2024, the WAP, in conjunction with the People's Democratic Party of South Korea, organized protests in the cities of Gwangju, Incheon, Pyeongtaek, Seoul, Daejeon, Gongju, and Jeonju to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Uprising.
In May 2024, representatives of the WAP toured the Russian-occupied Donbas region of Ukraine. Members of the WAP attended a demonstration in Krasnodon and met with the former secretary of the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic, Boris Litvinov. Members also visited the East Ukrainian National University, and planned a student exchange program for Donbas youth.
On 3 June 2024, associates of the Platform Chris Helali, Dan Kovalik, and Jackson Hinkle held a press conference at the UN (sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation), which raised the issue of the Russian administration of the Donetsk Oblast, following the Platform's tour of Donbas in May 2024, which was carried out by the Union of Political Emigrants and Political Prisoners of Ukraine.
In July 2024, The Daily Worker (published by the Party of Communists USA) reported that the Platform planned to hold protests and the Platform's 6th international conference in Washington, D.C. between 7 July and 11 July, following the 2024 Washington summit. The Platform's international conference was attended by the Workers World Party, and the Black Alliance for Peace. Following the conference, the Platform announced its "Washington Declaration", which condemned the "NATO imperialist alliance", and called for the building of a "worldwide Axis of Resistance."
Between 26 October and 2 November 2024, the Platform organized its 7th international conference in Dakar, Senegal. The platform celebrated the 100th birthday of Amílcar Cabral, and released its "Dakar Declaration", which called for a global "strengthened anti-imperialist front"

## Reception and criticism
### Marxism–Leninism

Marxist–Leninist critics, including the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), argue that WAP lacks a Leninist understanding of imperialism. They allege that WAP distorts reality by declaring that Russia and China are not imperialist powers. They also accuse WAP of being selective in its anti-imperialist stance, focusing more on the form rather than the nature of imperialism. Following the WAP's Paris Declaration, the Communist party of Greece dissolved the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE) after several member parties attended the WAP's first congress. The establishment of the WAP exposed and intensified existing ideological differences within INITIATIVE, particularly on the nature of imperialism and the correct stance on global conflicts. INITIATIVE, founded in 2013, struggled with internal disagreements and inactivity among its members. These issues were exacerbated by the differing perspectives on the war in Ukraine. Some members supported one side of the conflict, while others, like the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), condemned all imperialist actions, viewing the war as driven by bourgeois interests on both sides. This lack of consensus effectively paralyzed the ECI's activities, leading to its official dissolution in September 2023.
Academic Vittorio Caliguri notes that shortly after the reviewed English translation of Ruy Mauro Marini's "The Dialectics of Dependency" was published, revitalized discussions on the nature of imperialism arose in Marxist circles around the same time as the creation of the WAP and dissolution of INITIATIVE. The World Anti-Imperialist Platform and the Communist Party of Greece have both engaged with Marini’s work to support their respective views on the importance of international solidarity versus national sovereignty in the struggle against imperialism.
Ivan Pinheiro, former General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), criticized WAP as a well-funded effort to legitimize powers competing for world hegemony. He said:
   [T]he evidence that all the airfare and accommodation costs of the delegates from the organizations attending these meetings are fully covered by their main stakeholders[,] and the frenetic pace of a world event on average every two months, on different continents, should serve as food for thought and study as to what the primary reason is for the creation and financing of this platform, which is oriented against Marxism-Leninism and in uncritical and unrestricted defense of the strategic interests of powers competing for world hegemony in the imperialist chain, of which they are a part.
The Communist Party of Mexico (PCM) criticized WAP for allowing non-communist parties into its membership, such as the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). The Communist Party of Sweden reprinted the condemnation by the Communist Party of Mexico in their newspaper RiktpunKt, and labeled organizers and supporters of the WAP as a "motley crowd". Chairman of the Communist Party of Sweden, Andreas Sörensen, called the Platform opportunist and chauvinist. The Communist Party of Germany (KPD) accused the WAP of defaming the KKE and that some members are "bourgeois, partly nationalist and racist parties", and criticized the separation of imperialism from capitalism in their program. The Communist Youth of Denmark (DKU) has criticized the WAP for "distorting Marxist–Leninist principles" and "aligning with opportunistic and imperialist forces" under the guise of "anti-imperialism". It argues that WAP simplifies global conflicts into a binary struggle, misleadingly categorizing countries as either "victims" or "resistors" of "US–EU–NATO imperialism".
The Communist Revolutionary Party of France (PCRF) criticizes the World Anti-Imperialist Platform for advocating support of Russia in the Ukraine conflict, based on a binary view of imperialism where Russia opposes a "stronger" EU-NATO axis. They argue that this perspective oversimplifies global relations into two confronting camps and incorrectly equates contemporary Russian actions with the anti-fascist alliances of the Soviet Union during World War II. The New Communist Party of the Netherlands accused the WAP and its member parties of being Reformists, as well as Reactionaries, due to member parties' "racist anti-immigration positions... homophobic, transphobic and reactionary views on the role of women and the family"
The Revolutionary Communist Youth Union (Russia) notes that some post-Soviet members of the WAP incorrectly define the Lukashenko regime in Belarus as "almost socialism," which is making the transition to socialism modeled on China.

### Other

Trotskyist critics, including Socialist Appeal, have criticized WAP for ignoring the class struggle and contradictions within capitalist systems, as a result of WAP's over-focus on the "primary contradiction" as between the US-led NATO and humanity.
Academics Ford and Svensson have used the Platform as an example of how contemporary networks of social movements and parties can embody the principles of critical pedagogy and revolutionary imagination. The authors argue that these platforms demonstrate the actuality of global revolutionary struggles and the persistence of utopian visions in real-world activism. Specifically, they use the Platform to illustrate how collective organizing and mobilization in an internationalist context can inspire and sustain a radical imaginary necessary for revolutionary change.

## Signatories

The organizations and parties below have signed WAP's Paris Declaration, which was first released in 2022 and has gathered additional signatories:
| Country | Native Name | English Name | Abbreviation | Ideology |
| United Kingdom | Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) | Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) | CPGB-ML | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| South Korea | 민중민주당 | People's Democracy Party | PDP | Communism |
| Belgium | Communistische Partij van België / Parti Communiste de Belgique | Communist Party of Belgium (1989) | CPB / PCB | Marxism–Leninism |
| Belgium | 조선과의 친선협회 | Korean Friendship Association (Belgian Branch) | KFA | Juche |
| Kyrgyzstan | Коммунистическая Партия Киргизстана | Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan | KPK | Marxism–Leninism |
| Kyrgyzstan | Кыргызстан Коммунисттеринин Партиясы | Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan | PKK | Marxism–Leninism |
| Hungary | Magyar Munkáspárt | Hungarian Workers' Party | MM | Marxism–Leninism |
| Italy | Partito Comunista | Communist Party (Italy) | PC | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Italy | Partito Comunista Italiano | Italian Communist Party (2016) | PCI | Communism |
| Italy | Comitati di Appoggio alla Resistenza per il Comunismo | Committees to Support the Resistance for Communism | CARC | Marxism–Leninism Maoism |
| Italy | Resistenza Popolare | Popular Resistance | RP | Marxism–Leninism |
| Swiss | Partito Comunista | Communist Party (Switzerland) | PC | Marxism–Leninism |
| Spain | Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España | Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain | PCPE | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Spain | Vanguardia Española | Spanish Vanguard | VE | Gustavo Bueno Thought Unitarism Republicanism Post-capitalism |
| Spain | Iniciativa Communista | Communist Initiative | IC | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Spain | Union Proletaria | Proletarian Union | UP | Marxism–Leninism |
| Europe | Eastern Initiative | Eastern Initiative | EI | Socialism |
| Europe | Antiimperialistische Koordination | Anti-Imperialist Camp [de] | AIK | Anti-imperialism |
| Serbia | Нова комунистичка партија Југославије | New Communist Party of Yugoslavia | NKPJ | Marxism–Leninism |
| France | Pôle de renaissance communiste en France | Pole of Communist Revival in France | PRCF | Marxism–Leninism |
| France | Association Nationale des Communistes | National Association of Communists | ANC | Communism |
| Chile | Partido Comunista Chileno (Acción Proletaria) | Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) | PC(AP) | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Croatia | Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske | Socialist Labour Party of Croatia | SRP | Democratic socialism |
| Greece | Επαναστατική Ενοποίηση | Revolutionary Unification | | Communism |
| Peru | Partido Comunista del Perú – Patria Roja | Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland | PCdP-PR | Marxism–Leninism Mariáteguism |
| Peru | Partido Comunista Peruano | Peruvian Communist Party | PCP | Marxism–Leninism Mariáteguism |
| Panama | Partido del Pueblo de Panamá | People's Party of Panama | PPP | Marxism–Leninism |
| Montenegro | Nova komunisticčka partija Crne Gore | New Communist Party of Montenegro | NKPCG | Marxism–Leninism |
| Venezuela | Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela | United Socialist Party of Venezuela | PSUV | Socialism of the 21st century |
| Lebanon | الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني | Lebanese Communist Party | LCP | Marxism–Leninism |
| United States | Center for Political Innovation | Center for Political Innovation | CPI | Socialist patriotism |
| United States | American Communist Party | American Communist Party | ACP | Marxism–Leninism Socialist patriotism |
| Mexico | Movimiento Comunista Mexicano | Mexican Communist Movement | MCM | Communism |
| Africa | Dynamique Unitaire Panafricane | Pan-African Unitary Dynamics | DUP | Pan-Africanism |
| Belarus | Kamunistyčnaja partyja pracoŭnych Bielarusi | Workers' Communist Party of Belarus [zh] | BKPT | Communism |
| Belarus | Белорусская республиканская организация КПСС | Belarusian Republican Organization of the CPSU | BRO CPSU | Marxism–Leninism Pro-Lukashenko |
| Quebec | l'Action Socialiste de Libération Nationale | Socialist Action for National Liberation | ASLN | Marxism–Leninism Quebec sovereigntism |
| Russia | Всесоюзная коммунистическая партия большевиков | All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (1991) | VKPB | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Russia | Российская коммунистическая рабочая партия в составе Коммунистической партии Советского Союза | Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | RCWP-CPSU | Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Russia | Левый фронт | Left Front | LF | Communism |
| Pakistan | مزدور کسان پارٹی | Mazdoor Kisan Party | MKP | Marxism–Leninism |
| Kenya | Chama cha Kikomunisti cha Kenya | Communist Party Marxist – Kenya | CPMK | Marxism–Leninism Maoism |
| Georgia | სოციალისტური პლატფორმა | Socialist Platform | SP | Marxism–Leninism |
| Turkey | Türkiye Komünist Emek Partisi/Leninist | Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist | TKEP/L | Marxism–Leninism |
| Ireland | Páirtí na nOibrithe | Workers Party of Ireland | PO | Marxism–Leninism |
| Ukraine | Об'єднання «Боротьба» | Borotba (Association "Struggle") | B | Marxism–Leninism |
| Ukraine | Союз політичних емігрантів та політичних в'язнів України | Union of Political Emigrants and Political Prisoners of Ukraine | UPEPPU | Donbas Separatism |
| Basque Country | Bultza Herri Ekimena | Push Public Initiative | BHE | Abertzale left |
| Netherlands | Vereniging van Anti-Fascistische Oudverzetsstrijders Nederland / Bond van Anti-fascisten | Antifascist Former Resistance Fighters Netherlands / Association of Antifascists [nl] | AFVN | Anti-fascism |
| Syria | الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد) | Syrian Communist Party (Unified) | SCP(U) | Marxism–Leninism |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Parti Communiste Congolais | Congolese Communist Party [ru] | P.C.CO | Marxism–Leninism |
| Galicia | Partido Comunista do Pobo Galego | Communist Party of the Galician People | PCPG | Galician Independence Marxism-Leninism |
| Catalonia | Crida Communista | Communist Call | CC | Catalan independence Marxism-Leninism |
| Armenia | Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն | Armenian Communist Party | HKK | Marxism–Leninism Russophilia |
| Tanzania | Jukwaa La Wajamaa Tanzania | Tanzania Socialist Forum | TASOFO | Socialism |
| Guinea-Bissau | Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde | PAIGC | Democratic socialism |
| Comoros | Parti Juwa | Juwa Party | PJ | Anti-imperialism Secularism |