Following deep political and ideological differences and often bitter political struggle, the international communist movement split after 1956.
During the last thirty-five years, we have witnessed the creation of a so-called Òpro-chineseÓ tendency, which itself has been divided into several sub-tendencies after the death of Mao Zedong. The Òpro-USSRÓ, majority tendency, split into numerous tendencies after the complete restoration of capitalism under Gorbachev. The Òpro-AlbaneseÓ tendency divided following the downfall of socialism in Albania. Since the sixties, a Òpro-cubanÓ tendency has appeared in Latin America. Some parties maintained an ÒindependentÓ position regarding all of these tendencies.
Whatever opinion one may uphold concerning the validity or even the necessity of these splits at a given moment in history, the necessity and the possibility to overcome them exists today.