Text of Call for the International Vietnam Conference

The strugrle of the Vietnamese people is fundamental for the internatiom1] labour movement. A decisive confrontation between international revolution and counter-revolution is taking place in Vietnam. Imperialism, supported by its own international orranisations all ovér the world (e.g. NATO) is trying desperately to prove that it is capable of. a:nihilating every revolutionary movement. The victory of the Vietnamese people would mean a most valuable encouragement to all revolutionary moverents that are now fighting against imperialism and its accomplices, The tack of every revolutionary is not to ask for a compromising peace but to work with all his strength for the victory of the Vietnamese revolution, Imperialism is aiming through its arpression in Vietnam, Latin America, Greece, etc., to change the international reletionship of forces in its own favour, It is trying to put an end to the development of the worldrevolution and to endan-er the conquests of the labour movement, The task of revolutionary youth organisations all over the world is to attack imperialism in every place and with all means in order to weaken the international counter-revolution, The American aggression against Vietnam is a direct concern of the European working class in its fight for sccialism. Because of this, Western Europe must not become a tranquil zone for imperialism but must become a decisive field for anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist struggle. The European working class movement and the vanruard socialist youth movement have decisive tasks of international importance; the present objectives of this battle are: - the fight against the Atlantic Pact and NATO; - the intensification of class struggle which must refuse every form of interration of the socialist movement and must pose the problem of the conquest of power; ae: - the combatting of scocial-democratic ideology which plays the role of accomplice to imperialism and which neutralises the socialist moverent. The OLAS conference has built up a revolutionary strategy of armed strur.:le, for Latin America, OLAS represents a fundamental help to the Vietnamese revolution and to all those who oppose imperialism and who have not abandoned the obiectives of socialist world revolution. This strategy is expressed in Guevara's. words: "Let us create two, three or more Vietnams." This conception revives effectively the idea of proletarian internationalism. All organisations that have decided to fight arainst imperialinu must build a united front to obtain the final victory of the Vietnamese revolution. It is for this reason that the undersigned orranisations have decided to organise an international meeting and demonstration in West Berlin on February 17/18, 1968 They call on all youth organisations which agree with this appeal to take part in she meeting and demonstration, Signed: Belgium:Jeune Garde Socialiste Belge, Etudiants Socialistes Belges; Italy: Federazione Giovanile Socialista 'PSIUP), Falcemartello; France: Etudiants Socialistes Unifies, Jeunesse Cormuniste Revolutionaire; Great Britain: Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, Rebel, Mitcham LPYS; Holland: Politeia; West Germany: Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund,. Editorial note: For fu.ther information write toInternational Vietnam Conference, c/o Gerhart Rott, 1 Berlin 30, Keithstr. 36/8, Germany,