Speech presented by Hugh Stephens at the Conference on Communism and Europe organized by Movimento per la Pace e il Socialismo in Rome on February 28, 1988. The paper discusses the corruption of labour movements by imperialism, the importance of anti-imperialist struggles of oppressed nations for revitalizing communism in Europe, the role of national minority communities in Britain, the significance of revolutionary armed struggle, and prospects for communist unity including the 1989 World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang.