About us

“Communist Prometheus” is a group of revolutionary Marxists who view their activity as part of the worldwide movement of the working class for the overcoming of capitalism. We are grounded in the programmatic core of the “Manifesto of the Communist Party” and proceed from the position that communism is neither a utopia nor an abstract ideal, but a historical necessity arising from the very development of modern society.

We are convinced that capitalism has fulfilled its historical role. Having created the world market and gigantic productive forces, it has at the same time sharpened contradictions to a global scale — from economic crises to imperialist wars. The contemporary era confronts humanity with an alternative: either the preservation of a system that breeds exploitation, inequality and destruction, or its revolutionary overcoming — communism or barbarism.

We share the fundamental thesis of Marxism: the emancipation of the working class can only be the act of the working class itself. Neither reforms, nor a change of ruling groups, nor the expansion of the “social state” eliminate the basis of exploitation. The abolition of private property and of commodity production cannot be replaced by nationalisations, state regulation or the search for a “third way” between capitalism and communism. Either society remains within the framework of the capitalist system, or it moves to the directly social organisation of labour.

We reject all forms of so-called “real socialism”, because they preserved commodity production, wage labour, money and the state apparatus — that is, the foundations of the capitalist mode of production. Stalinism, Maoism and similar ideologies were variants of state management of capital and accompanied the modernisation of backward countries, not the transition to communism. The substitution of the abolition of private property by its statisation disoriented the working class and compromised the very idea of socialism.

The contemporary working class makes up the majority of society but is deprived of political independence, since the dominant ideas remain those of the bourgeoisie. Through the media, education, culture and everyday practices capitalism reproduces itself as a “natural” order, instilling in wage workers illusions of national unity, social partnership and individual success. It is therefore necessary to foster the transformation of spontaneous discontent into a conscious class position directed against the capitalist mode of production itself. We must take part in every form of the struggle of wage workers, generalise their experience, and link particular conflicts to the revolutionary perspective.

We do not regard ourselves as the already-existing world communist party, nor do we claim the role of its sole nucleus. Our task is to contribute to its formation as the political organisation of the world proletariat. The party must not replace the class — it must grow together with the class, generalise its experience, link disparate forms of struggle and give them a conscious direction. Emancipation is possible only as the collective action of the working class itself; the party only gives this action a more organised and integral character, without separating itself from the historical movement of which it is part.

Capitalism inevitably produces wars. Competition between capitals and between states, the struggle for markets and resources — these are not aberrations but the logic of the system. In the current era, the majority of inter-state conflicts have an imperialist character, regardless of the slogans used to justify them.

Faced with the wars of contemporary imperialism, communists do not choose the “lesser evil” and do not side with any of the warring bourgeoisies. No matter who fired the first shot, each side defends the interests of capital, dividing markets and spheres of influence. Our position therefore remains revolutionary defeatism: the transformation of imperialist war into a struggle against one’s own ruling class. We thus remain faithful to the slogan of the German Spartacists: “The enemy is in our own country”. The worker’s chief opponent is not on the other side of the front line but in their own capital, in their own state, in their own government.

We live in a period in which the conditions for future social upheavals are maturing. For all the weakness of the revolutionary movement in the world’s centres of capital, the system’s objective contradictions are mounting. This calls not for sectarian withdrawal but for consistent, patient work: the propagation of Marxist theory, participation in real struggle, the formation of cadres able to unite revolutionary theory and practice.

Real emancipation is possible only as the collective act of the world’s class of wage workers. After capitalism there will be neither exploiters nor exploited — only the free association of people organising production and social life on the basis of common needs.