Unity & Struggle" has been created as a result of the collective resolution of the Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations which met at the International Conference in Quito (Ecuador) in July 1994.
The First International Conference of the Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations approved publishing a theoretical review as its organ of expression. A review in order to intervene in the debate that the communists must deliver towards the different currents of thinking which express themselves in the present world, moderating the fight of opinions between the communists and revolutionaries, contributing to the mutual exchange of experiences and to the circulation of the political fight in every country, offering answers to the phenomena which, in this or that manner, affect the lives of the proletariat and of the peoples.
"Unity & Struggle" is, at the same time, a result of the steps of unity that the Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations have decided to strengthen and reassume. It is an instrument to guarantee this unity on the basis of proletarian internationalism. It assesses and collects the work for the unification and coordination we Marxists-Leninists have effectuated in other moments and gives it continuity and projection.
We strive for a unity in view of the proletariat and the peoples. A unity which will permit us to give the labour movement and the different popular sectors cohesion. A unity which connects the fight for socialism with the struggles for national liberation and democracy. A unity which serves us to formulate our tasks in the revolutionary political action and to refer to the wide spectrum of democratic, anti-imperialist and anti-fascist forces. A unity which is strange to the spirit of a sect, firm in the principles and, at the same time, impregnated by the spirit of innovation of the Marxist-Leninist theory.
Today when the crisis, with major strength, strikes the majority of population, when the neo-liberal proposals of imperialism and of the bourgeoisie show their limits, when the protest and fight of broad sectors show their effects in many countries, illuminating the next rises in the revolutionary fight and when new searches in direction of conquering a better world are expressed, the communists' obligation is the more important. The proletariat and the peoples need alternatives which are able to respond to their desires and interests. "Unity & Struggle" wants to be a tribune from which we Marxist-Leninists offer our alternatives.
It is in our higher interest to reach a broad distribution of the review in each country. We also want to express our appeal to join this activity and to support our proclamation at the Conference to all Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations which have not participated in it so far.
"Unity & Struggle" is an effort of all who we have agreed to convert the unity of the Marxist-Leninists into a concrete reality. Its life and its results as well as its quality, continuity and distribution depend on the efforts we make.