The International Association of Filipino Patriots (Montreal) expresses its support to In Struggle! in organizing this conference to achieve unity among Canadian Marxist-Leninists. The consolidation of the advanced elements of the Canadian working class is of crucial importance to the struggle against bourgeois repression as well as to the anti-imperialist struggles of third world countries.
We from the Philippines value highly the support given by the Canadian working class to our struggle for national liberation. At this stage the Philippine struggle is a struggle for national democracy involving three main tasks: to oppose and overthrow the US-Marcos dictatorship, to liberate the Philippines from imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism, and to establish a coalition government based on a truly democratic system of representation.
With the support of the Canadian working class and those of other capitalist countries, anti-imperialist struggles of third world countries cannot but triumph.
Long live the unity between the Canadian working class and the oppressed peoples of the third world!
Victory to the national democratic struggle in the Philippines!