The ideological offensive of the bourgeoisie is directed against socialism. Through a furious mud-slinging of socialism's historical experiences in general and of communism as a political movement in particular, the capitalists are trying to counteract the socialist altemative. We communists categorically repute these bourgeoisie lies. No mud-slinging campaign can hide the gigantic leaps forward that socialism accomplished in those countrics where it broke through. It is vital that we enter into an alliance with revolutionary and progressiva forces in other countries.
Imperialism knows no boundaries.
All over the world workers and poor people are afflicted by the capitalistic offensive, and all over the world people are resisting. The so-called globalisation, which is only a euphemism for the capitalistic offensive, has not only united the capitalists, but also makes it necessary for the wor kers of the world to unite against the common enemy. In the late 1900's the main focus of the revolutionary struggle has again shifted to the heart of capitalism, to the most developed capitalistic countries, where capitalistic revanchism all the more clearly places class against class. This constitutes a deadly threat to capitalism, since a revolutionary break-through at the center of the developed countries would bring it closer to the brink of destruction than if the countries in the periphery would revolt. The class struggle is international in its content but national in its form.