§. oldal KANADAI MAGYAR MUNKÁS 1962 február S PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE STRUGGLE This Í8 the second article tekén from the PBOGRAAOIE OF THE COMmjmSTrPAnTV OF "SHE aovms unión, wMch Is now called the Second Ckttnmnnlst BJantfesto.- SOCIAIilSM has offered mankind the only reasonahle piinciple of maintaining relatlona between States at a time wh^n the world is dlvided into two systems — the prlnciple of the peaceful coexist-ence of states with different social oystems. put foiward by Lenin. Peaoeful coexistence of the so-cialist and cápitalist countries is án objective necessity for the deve-lopment of hunian society, _War eannot and must not servo as a means of settling International dis-putes. Peaceful coexistence or dis* astrous war — such is the altér-native offered by history. Should the imperialist aggressors never-theless venture to start a new World war, the peoples will no lon-gér tölerate a system which drags them into devastating wars. They will sweep imperiálism away and bury it. Peaceful coexistence implies re-nünciation of war as a means of Qettling intemational disputes, and their solution by negotiation; ©quálity, mutual understanding and trust between countries: consldera-tion for each other's interests; non-Interference in internál affairs; re-cognition of the rlght of every people to solve alI the problems of their coüntry by themselves; strict respect for the soverelgnty andter-ritprial integrity of all countries; promotion of economic and cultur-al co-operation on the basis of com-pleté equality and mutual bene-fit. Peaceful coexistence serves as a basis for the peaceful competltion between socialism and capítalism on an intemational scale and con-atitutes a specific form of class etruggle between them. As they consistently pursue of peaceful coexistence. the socialist countries are steadily stréngthening the positions of the world socialist system in its competition with capi-talism. Peaceful coexistence af-fords more favourable opportuni-ties for the struggle of the work-Ing class in the cápitalist countries and facilitates the struggle of the peoples of the colonial and depend-ent countries for their liberation. Support for the principle of peaceful coexistence is also in keeping with the interests of that section of the bourgeoisie which realises that a thermonuclear war would not spare the ruling classes of cápitalist society either. The i)olicy of peaceful coexistence is in accord with the vitai interests of all msm-kind, except the big monopoly magnates and the militarists. Tha Soviet Union has consistently pursued, and wiU continue to pursue. the poUoy of the peaceful coexistence of states with different social sytems. The Communist Party of the Soviet Uni