The anti-communist campaign, as an essential component of the ideological "crusade" launched by the US administration against the socialist countries, the world communist and liberation movement, has acquired unprecedented proportions in Latin America. Its goal is to discredit the ideas of Marxism-Leninism, denigrate real socialism, and undermine the communist, labor, and anti-imperialist movement.

The scientific and practical conference "Anti-Communism and the Ideological Struggle in Latin America", organized by the Institute of Latin America (ILA) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, was held in Moscow in November 1984 to analyze and expose the ideological offensive of imperialism. The conference was opened by the Director of the Institute, corresponding member. Academy of Sciences of the USSR V. V. Volsky. The conference was attended by representatives of the ILA, the Academy of Social Sciences (AON) under the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Institute of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU, the All-Union House of Political Education under the Central Committee of the CPSU, the International Department of the All-Union Center for Political Education, the Institute of General History (IVI) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University, Peoples ' Friendship University, the Military-Political Academy named after V. I. Lenin, the Volgograd State University university. The conference was attended by Adviser to the Embassy of Cuba in the USSR V. Rodriguez and second secretary of the Embassy H. Marti, Soviet journalists, as well as correspondents of the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba newspaper " Granma "and the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Argentina magazine"Que pasa?".

In the ranks of the ruling classes of Latin American countries, it was emphasized in the speeches of A. F. Shulgovsky and A. V. Shestopal, the influence of the ideology of neoconservatism is growing, the essence of which is reduced to attempts to construct a "special model" of the state, which would combine the features of "Anglo-Saxon democracy" with authoritarian corporatism. At the same time, anti-communist ideologists use the difficulties and failures of left-wing reformist regimes and movements to discredit the socialist ideal.

Adapting to the specific conditions of Latin American countries, anti-communism often seeks to update the arsenal of its ideological influence, in particular, to substantiate its concepts with historical material (A. F. Shulgovsky, N. M. Lavrov). In this regard, attempts are being made to give a new interpretation of the historical path of Latin America, while "omitting" those periods that do not fit into the theoretical constructions of anti-communist ideologists. This distorts the nature of the historical process. Propaganda of the ideas of Pan - Americanism and the desire to present it as supporters of outstanding Latin American thinkers, progressive political figures of the past-S. Bolivar, A. Bello, J. Marti-occupy a considerable place.

In a number of speeches (A. F. Shulgovsky, T. V. Goncharova, V. F. Titov), it was pointed out that the effective fight against this kind of interpretation of Latin American history is damaged by the views of those non-Marxist ideologues who, under the banner of "Latin Americanization", Mark-

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The socialists, in fact, deny the world-historical significance of the ideas of Marxism-Leninism, contrasting it with various regional "socialist models". Bourgeois ideologues extol the role of Western civilization, while socialist ideology is declared an "imported product" that is "inapplicable" to Latin American conditions. Statements about the" local limitations "of communism, about its "inapplicability" for most non-European peoples are also characteristic of the historical and philosophical concepts of the" original development " of Latin American countries.

One of the main directions of anti-communism, emphasized L. V. Veselovsky, Yu. I. Vizgunova, B. M. Merin, is attempts to exert ideological influence on the Latin American labor movement in order to "integrate" it into the capitalist system, damage its alliance with the communist parties and other progressive forces, and seize control over the workers organizations. A significant role in this is played by the ideological expansion of the AFL-CCP in the Latin American trade union movement.

An important place in the conference was occupied by the analysis of the struggle of the Communist parties of Latin America against the ideology of anti-communism (K. M. Obyden, V. M. Davydov). Communists are making great efforts to counter bourgeois-reformist and anti-communist theories with a comprehensive and in-depth elaboration of the problems of the Latin American revolution from a Marxist perspective. At the same time, Communists adhere to a differentiated approach to non-Marxist political trends.

Special attention was paid to exposing the anti-communist campaigns of US imperialism against socialist Cuba, Sandinista Nicaragua and the whole revolutionary process in Central America (L. S. Poskonina, I. M. Bulychev, Yu. P. Babich, S. A. Obolensky, T. S. Manaenkov). It was emphasized that anti-communist theories are particularly characterized by theses that deny the applicability in the conditions of Cuba of the general laws of building socialism developed by Marxism-Leninism and creatively used by the Communist Party of Cuba in the specific conditions of its country. Bourgeois authors interpret Soviet-Cuban relations as Cuba's "dependence" on the USSR, and slander the internationalist foreign policy of the Island of Freedom. The conference exposed the ideological sabotage of the United States against Nicaragua, aimed at distorting the content of democratic transformations, distorting the true meaning of the revolution.

Much attention was paid to the disclosure of the international illegality of anti-communist actions (M. I. Lazarev).

Its connection with the policy of Zionism in Latin America was revealed (I. M. Pakhomov), the speakers showed the peculiarities of the manifestation of anti-communism in representatives of bourgeois nationalism of various directions, emphasizing that the most aggressive type of anti-communism is inherent in representatives of right-authoritarian nationalism (Ya. G. Shemyakin, V. M. Nikitin, E. E. Litavrina).

The conference participants analyzed the methods of influence of anti-communist ideology and propaganda on the mass consciousness of various segments of the population, as well as on such institutions as the church and the army (V. P. Andronova, T. V. Evgenieva, S. A. Baburkin, V. N. Grishin). The article examines the activities of bourgeois mass media aimed at forming anti-communist and anti-Soviet stereotypes in people's minds, eliminating anti-imperialist and patriotic sentiments (T. L. Vladimirskaya, V. P. Khalina, V. V. Sbruev). The conference also criticized bourgeois interpretations of the essence of Soviet-Latin American relations (A. I. Sizonenko), American bourgeois historiography of the Cuban Revolution (I. N. Lopushansky), the revolutionary process in Guatemala (A. M. Kubyshkin, Volgograd), the political development of Argentina (A. M. Gorbunov, Volgograd), and analyzed the nature of anti-imperialist processes on the continent (Yu. N. Korolev).

During the discussion, the conference participants formulated a number of practical conclusions and recommendations. In order to increase the effectiveness of the ideological struggle against anti-communism, it is necessary to base it even more on fundamental scientific research on the cardinal problems of Latin America. Criticism of the concepts of anti-communism should be combined with an analysis of the entire complex of issues of both the current development of the countries of the continent (the role of the peoples of Latin America in the world revolutionary process, in the struggle against imperialism, for peace and democracy), and their history. Such problems as the growing influence of the ideas of Marxism-Leninism on the progressive, democratic social thought of the countries of the continent, the role of the socialist tradition in the history of ideas, and the nature of popular movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, which have not yet been sufficiently studied in Marxist historiography, need to be elaborated. Special attention was drawn to the need for a reasoned criticism of the anti-communist falsification of the experience of real socialism and its peaceful foreign policy, the belittling of the role of the working class and communist parties in the revolutionary processes on the continent, and the concepts of the alleged "inapplicability" of Marxism-Leninism to Latin America.

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