Communist leaders to debate on global "capitalist crisis"

Communist leaders from 50 countries would put their heads together to debate on the global "capitalist crisis" and the role of the working class movement when they meet here for three days from Friday.

Over 85 leaders of 60 parties would be attending the 11th International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties, being held in India for the first time with the CPI(M) and CPI playing the hosts.

Announcing that a declaration would be adopted on the final day of the meeting, CPI(M) Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said it would be "a communist analysis of the global capitalist crisis and recession and how to resolve it and influence the course of its resolution."

While the capitalist governments were trying to resolve the crisis by "imposing greater burden on the people and putting profits before the people, our solution will be to put people before profits," Yechury told a press conference.

He said that on the basis of this understanding, "we will strengthen popular struggles against such anti-people policies all over the world, evolve alternative paths of development and the role to be played by the communist and workers' parties."

Besides general secretaries of CPI(M) and CPI, Prakash Karat and AB Bardhan, five delegates each from both the parties would be attending the conference. West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee would be a noticeable absentee.