'World should move to Marxism'

Athapattu BANDARA

The capitalist structure has created an economic crisis in the world and to study the root cause of the crisis, the world should go to Marxism, Senior Minister for Human Resources Dew Gunasekara said.

He was delivering a lecture on "The politics of globalization and its new trends" at the 94th anniversary of the Great October Revolution at the Communist Party head office at Sugeeswara hall, Borella yesterday.

'The historic revolution changed the face of Russia and led to the birth of a beginning of transition from capitalism to communism.

'The theories which were presented in the Das Capital are in demand and the world is moving towards its philosophy on economy more than ever, he said.

'Some segments of the JVP are running after its founder Rohana Wijeweera to restructure its party but they should go after Karl Marx if they need a true change, he said. The minister appreciated the government's far-sighted policies on the economy as they have helped in the growth of agriculture, rural economy, entrepreneurship and overall development in each sphere of the country. The manner the government faced the global crisis is commendable," he said.

The minister said if the UNP government had been in power during the crisis the second riot would have started in the country. The UNP is a party with least reading on Marxism, he said. After the Soviet Union ceased in 1991, the bipolar system ended paving the way for the unipolar system to be crucial in the world. The neo-liberal economic policies became the regulatory power of the economy.

'America has been in crisis for years and they have no way of getting rid of the crisis. China, India, Brazil , Russia and South Africa has become the emerging economies in the world and Asia has become the controller of world economy, he said. 'Imperialist countries led by American aimed at Asia to find places to survive when they cannot afford the possible changes of the world.

'They come out in the guise of human rights and war crimes to suppress other countries in lieu of this inevitable cause.