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On July 26, a group of Nigerien soldiers led by General Abdourahamane Tiani announced the overthrow of the government of Mohamed Bazoum, the staunch ally - or rather lackey - of French imperialism in the region. The overthrow of Bazoum by military forces joins the list of other examples since 2020 such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. This way, a de facto bloc of four bordering countries is being formed to oppose France's imperialist grip on the region.
Le 26 juillet, un groupe de militaires nigériens, dirigé par Général Abdourahamane Tiani, ont annoncé le renversement du gouvernement de Mohamed Bazoum, l’allié – ou plutôt laquais – indéfectible de l’impérialisme français dans la région. Le renversement de Bazoum par des forces militaires se rejoint des autres exemples depuis 2020 comme Mali, Burkina Faso et Guinée. Ainsi, un bloc limitrophe de quatre pays se constitue pour s'opposer à l'emprise impérialiste de la France dans la région.
Αμέσως μετά τη σύνοδο του ΝΑΤΟ στο Βίλνιους της Λιθουανίας, το DIP (Επαναστατικό Εργατικό Κόμμα Τουρκίας) εξέδωσε την παρακάτω διακήρυξη.
Dünyanın en büyük ve kanlı terör örgütü NATO Vilnius zirvesinde toplanmıştır. Bu zirvenin ilk haberi Erdoğan’ın İsveç’in NATO’ya üyeliğini desteklemesi olmuştur. Bu karar hem dünya halklarının hem de Türkiye halkının aleyhinedir.
The greatest and most bloody organization of terror in the world, NATO, has gathered at the Vilnius Summit. The first news that came out of this summit is Erdoğan’s support for Sweden’s NATO membership. This decision is against the interests of the peoples of the world in general and of Turkey in particular.
L’assassinat, par la police, de Nahel, lycéen de 17 ans, a fait exploser la colère, partout dans les quartiers populaires du pays, des jeunes se révoltent et subissent une répression ultra-violente. L’ampleur de la répression est inédite : 875 personnes ont été interpellées par 40000 policiers, des forces de répression déployées sur le territoire, dont des unités du RAID, du GIGN ou de la BRI.
We are publishing here issue No.3 for the year 2023 (Issue No. 153) of Communist of Leningrad, the bi-monthly publication of the Russian Party of Communists in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
We are proud to present to our readers Issue No. 2 (17) for 2023 of Советское Возрождение. Бюллетень Ассоциации «Советский Союз» or in English Soviet Renaissance. Bulletin of the Association “Soviet Union”.
Με αφορμή την πραξικοπηματική ενέργεια της παραστρατιωτικής ιδιωτικής οργάνωσης μισθοφόρων Wagner, που έληξε προσωρινά με τη μεσολάβηση του προέδρου Λουκασένκο και “εξορία” (;) του αρχηγού της Γεβγένι Πριγκόζιν στη Λευκορωσία, το διαδικτυακό RedMed εξέδωσε την παρακάτω ανακοίνωση:
Rusya’da yaşanan ve ülkeyi bir iç savaşın eşiğine getiren kriz NATO’nun Rusya ve Çin devletlerine diz çöktürme stratejilerinin, bu rejimlerin restorasyoncu egemenleri tarafından durdurulamayacağını göstermiştir. Savaşa karşı savaşması gereken dünyadaki tüm ezilenler ve emekçilerle omuz omuza veren Rusya, Çin proletaryası ile enternasyonal proletaryadır.
La actual crisis en Rusia, que en cierto momento estuvo al borde de una guerra civil, ha demostrado que el impulso imperialista de la OTAN para llevar a los estados ruso y chino a la sumisión y servidumbre no puede ser detenido por las fuerzas dominantes de los regímenes restauracionistas. ¡Son las fuerzas del proletariado ruso, chino e internacional, junto con todos los trabajadores y los oprimidos del mundo los que tienen que hacer la guerra contra la guerra!
The current crisis in Russia, which at a certain point came close to the brink of a civil war, has shown that NATO’s imperialist drive for bringing the Russian and Chinese states to submission and servitude cannot be stopped by the ruling forces of the restorationist regimes. It is the forces of the Russian, Chinese and international proletariat, together with all laborers and the oppressed of the world that have to wage war against war!
Cumhurbaşkanlığı ikinci tur oylaması ile sona eren seçim sürecine damgasını vuran gerçek, sınıf çelişkilerinin üstünün örtülmesi ve kimlik temelli saflaşmanın hâkim olmasıdır. Ekonomik krizin yakıcı şekilde yaşandığı, geniş kitlelerin hayat pahalılığı karşısında giderek yoksullaştığı bir süreçte Erdoğan ve müttefiklerinin dikkatlerin sınıfsal sorunlardan başka yerlere çekilmesinde çıkarı olduğu açıktır. Millet İttifakı etrafında kümelenen muhalefet de sermayenin sınıf çıkarlarına bağlı olduğu için istibdad cephesiyle aynı oyunu oynamıştır. Bundan avantaj sağlayan tabii ki istibdad cephesi olmuştur.
The concealment of class contradictions and the dominance of identity-based polarizations have marked election process that ended with the run-off of Presidential Elections. That Erdoğan and his allies have vested interests in distracting the people from class issues in a time period where economic crisis is felt burningly and large masses are increasingly impoverished in the face of rising costs of life is obvious. The opposition that has grouped around the Nation Alliance, bound to the class interests of capital as they are, played the same game as the front of despotism. This of course proved advantageous for the latter.
Οι «πιο σημαντικές εκλογές της χρονιάς» (τάδε έφη The Economist, αμέσως μετά το δεύτερο γύρο των Τουρκικών εκλογών) τελείωσαν. Στο τέλος του δεύτερου γύρου ο Ρετζέπ Ταγίπ Ερντογάν κέρδισε με αρκετές ποσοστιαίες μονάδες (52 τοις εκατό έναντι 48 τοις εκατό) τον Κεμάλ Κιλιτσντάρογλου (θα συντομεύσουμε και τα δύο ονόματα, το πρώτο ως RTE και το δεύτερο ως KK, και οι δύο συντομογραφίες είναι πολύ κοινές στην τουρκική λαϊκή πολιτική). Ο KK παραδέχτηκε την ήττα του περίπου τέσσερις ώρες μετά το κλείσιμο των εκλογικών τμημάτων. Αυτό υποδηλώνει ότι η αντιπολιτευτική Εθνική Συμμαχία που υποστήριξε τον KK, ηγέτη του Ρεπουμπλικανικού Λαϊκού Κόμματος, για Πρόεδρο της Δημοκρατίας δεν θα υποβάλει ένσταση για σοβαρές παρατυπίες. Τέτοιες παρατυπίες έχουν γίνει οικογενειακή υπόθεση στη διάρκεια της 21χρονης διακυβέρνησης του ΑΚΡ και έτσι η ανακάλυψη κάθε είδους επώδυνων σημείων δεν πρέπει να εκπλήξει τις επόμενες ημέρες. Ωστόσο, φαίνεται ότι τουλάχιστον προς το παρόν, δεν υπάρχουν κραυγαλέες νοθεύσεις του τύπου που συνέβησαν, για να αναφέρουμε το πιο διάσημο παράδειγμα, κατά το συνταγματικό δημοψήφισμα του 2017.
El siguiente artículo es la traducción al inglés del texto de un discurso pronunciado en nombre de la Liga Marxista de Trabajadores (MTL) de Finlandia en una reunión organizada por la MTL el 21 de mayo tras la reciente adhesión de Finlandia a la OTAN.
El video de esa reunión está disponible (tanto en inglés como en finlandés) en el canal de YouTube de la MTL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IqPvcudmU
This is the English translation of the text of a speech made on behalf of the Marxist Workers’ League (MTL) of Finland at a meeting organised by the MTL on 21st May upon the heels of the recent accession of Finland to NATO.
The video of that meeting is available (in English as well as Finnish) on the youTube channel of the MTL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IqPvcudmU
This article is the text of a speech made on behalf of the Marxist Workers’ League (MTL) of Finland at a meeting organised by the MTL on the 21st May upon the heels of the recent accession of Finland to NATO. The English translation is also being published on RedMed.
This article was first published on the web site of the MTL, http://mtl-fi.org/2023/05/09/2846/.
The video of that meeting is available (in English as well as Finnish) on the youTube channel of the MTL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IqPvcudmU
Erdoğan seçimi kazanmasına kazandı ama depremin enkazının üzerine bir de ekonomik enkaz ekledi. Uyguladığı seçim ekonomisi krizin belirtilerini ertelemeye yönelikti. Ölümcül hastaya ağrı kesici ya da düpedüz morfin vermek gibi. Hastalığın belirtileri geçici olarak hafifletildi ama hastalığın kendisi ilerledi. Erdoğan’ın emekçi halka ödetmeye hazırlandığı kabarık bir fatura bizleri yani işçileri, emekçileri, küçük esnafı ve köylüyü bekliyor. Tahsilat memuru olarak emperyalist finans çevrelerinin gözdesi ve bizzat kendisi de İngiliz vatandaşı olan Mehmet Şimşek çoktan göreve çağrıldı.
Erdoğan may have won the elections, but he still has in his hands an economy in ruins, on top of the ruins from the recent earthquake. We, the workers, toilers, small businesses and peasants, will be burdened with the price that Erdoğan gets ready to make us pay. The debt collector is already recruited: a darling of imperialist financial circles and a British citizen to boot, Mehmet Şimsek.
So, the “most important election of the year” (dixit The Economist) is over. At the end of the second round, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won by several percentage points (52 per cent to 48 percent) against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (we will abbreviate both names, the former as RTE and the latter as KK, both abbreviations being very common in Turkish popular political writing.) KK conceded defeat around four hours after the polling stations closed. This suggests that the opposition Nation Alliance that supported KK, the leader of the Republican People’s Party, for president of the republic, will not file for grave irregularities. Such irregularities have become a household matter under the 21-year rule of the AKP and so the discovery of all kinds of sore spots should not surprise in the coming days. However, it seems that, at least for the moment, blatant rigging of the type that occurred, just to cite the most famous example, during the constitutional referendum of 2017 are not present.
The May 14th elections were conducted under an oppressive regime that manipulated election laws and used state resources to suppress the opposition. Despite the regime's advantages, it failed to secure a majority, indicating a decline in approval for the ruling party. However, the opposition aligned with the status quo and lacked a strong class-based approach, preventing a complete break from the ruling front. The regime's economic policies and propaganda were effective in dividing the masses. The absence of a political force based on the working class remains a crucial factor. Socialists' support for the opposition resulted in a reactionary bloc entering parliament, endangering democratic principles. The Revolutionary Workers Party emphasizes the need for class politics and warns against delaying its implementation for the sake of the status quo.
Sovyet Kızıl Ordu’sunun Nazizm karşısındaki Zafer Günü olan 9 Mayıs 1945, ezilen ve sömürülen insanlık için, bilhassa da her nesilden faşizme, emperyalizme ve kapitalist barbarlığa karşı mücadele eden militanlar için ilelebet bir ilham kaynağı olacaktır.
Uluslararası “Hristo Rakovski” Sosyalist Merkezi, şanlı Zafer Günü’nü selamlar ve Ekim’in ülkesinin SSCB’yi faşizme karşı korumak ve insanlığı bir felaketten kurtarmak için 25 milyon Sovyet vatandaşının canı dahil olmak üzere her şeyini feda eden tüm kahramanlarının sonsuz onuru ve aziz hatırası önünde saygıyla eğilir.
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Mε ανακοίνωσή τους το Διεθνές Σοσιαλιστικό Κέντρο Christian Rakovsky και το διαδικτυακό RedMed απευθύνθηκαν στη διεθνή εργατική τάξη για την εργατική Πρωτομαγιά:
Η 9η Μαϊου 1945, Ημέρα της Νίκης του Σοβιετικού Κόκκινου Στρατού κατά του ναζισμού θα παραμείνει για πάντα πηγή έμπνευσης για την ανθρωπότητα που υφίσταται κάθε μορφής εκμετάλλευσης και καταπίεσης, ειδικά για όλες τις γενιές αγωνιστών κατά του φασισμού, του ιμπεριαλιστικού πολέμου και της καπιταλιστικής βαρβαρότητας.
Το Διεθνές Σοσιαλιστικό Κέντρο «Κρίστιαν Ρακόφσκι» χαιρετίζει τη Μεγάλη Ημέρα της Νίκης και αποτίει φόρο τιμής και αιώνια δόξα στη μνήμη όλων των ηρώων της Γης του Οκτώβρη που θυσίασαν τα πάντα, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των ζωών 25 εκατομμυρίων Σοβιετικών πολιτών, για να υπερασπιστούν την ΕΣΣΔ από τον φασισμό και να σώσουν την ανθρωπότητα από την καταστροφή.
9 мая 1945 года, День Победы Советской Красной Армии над нацизмом, навсегда останется источником вдохновения для всего угнетенного и эксплуатируемого человечества, особенно для всех поколений борцов с фашизмом, империалистической войной и капиталистическим варварством.
Международный социалистический центр “Кристиан Раковский” приветствует Великий День Победы и отдает дань вечной славе и памяти всем героям земли Октября, которые пожертвовали всем, включая жизни 25 миллионов советских людей, чтобы защитить СССР от фашизма и спасти человечество от катастрофы.
The 9th of May 1945, the Day of the Victory of the Soviet Red Army against Nazism will remain forever a source for inspiration for all oppressed and exploited humanity, especially for all generations of fighters against fascism, imperialist war, and capitalist barbarism.
The International Socialist Center “Christian Rakovsky” salutes the Great Day of Victory and pays tribute to the eternal glory and memory of all heroes of the Land of October who have sacrificed everything, including the lives of 25 million Soviet people, to defend the USSR from fascism and to save humanity from catastrophe.
El 9 de mayo de 1945, Día de la Victoria del Ejército Rojo Soviético contra el nazismo seguirá siendo para siempre una fuente de inspiración para todos los oprimidos y la humanidad explotada, especialmente para todas las generaciones de luchadores contra el fascismo, la guerra imperialista y la barbarie capitalista.
El Centro Socialista Internacional “Christian Rakovsky” saluda el Gran Día de la Victoria y rinde homenaje a la eterna gloria y memoria de todos los héroes de la Tierra de Octubre que lo han sacrificado todo, incluidas las vidas de 25 millones de soviéticos, para defender a la URSS del fascismo y salvar a la humanidad de la catástrofe.
Fue la mayor victoria después de la victoria del Gran Revolución Socialista de Octubre de 1917. el comienzo de la época de transición al socialismo mundial y al comunismo.
We are publishing here issue No.2 for the year 2023 (Issue No. 152) of Communist of Leningrad, the bi-monthly publication of the Russian Party of Communists in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
The International Socialist Center Christian Rakovsky and the RedMed web network celebrate the common day of solidarity and struggle of the international working class and its allies. From Havana to Calcutta and from Paris to Cape Town, workers of all countries unite today in their effort to create a better world for all who labour in order to stay alive. The final end of all this struggle is the world socialist revolution and total emancipation for all those oppressed.
Σε μια πολύ κρίσιμη καμπή βρίσκεται και πάλι ο αγώνας της ΒΙΟΜΕ. Οι εργάτες του κατειλημμένου εργοστασίου βρίσκονται άλλη μια φορά αντιμέτωποι με έναν κύκλο πλειστηριασμών για το ξεπούλημα των εγκαταστάσεων της εγκαταλελειμμένης από την εργοδοσία επιχείρησης. Οι ημερομηνίες των πλειστηριασμών έχουν οριστεί για τις 19/9 και τις 24/10 και είναι καθήκον του κινήματος για άλλη μια φορά να τους μπλοκάρει και να τους οδηγήσει σε αποτυχία.
Há uma década, VIOME tem sido a única fábrica auto-gerida na Grécia onde o controlo da produção é praticado pelos trabalhadores. É um nó na continuidade das lutas globais de dignidade rebelde contra a ofensiva capitalista que está a varrer o planeta: de Rojava a Chiapas, dos Coletes Amarelos de França a Vidas Negras Importam nos EUA, das fábricas ocupadas da Argentina aos sem terra no Brasil e na África do Sul, das revoltas no Irão e no Chile às lutas omnipresentes contra a privatização dos bens comuns e a espoliação da natureza.
Depuis une décennie, VIOME est la seule usine autogérée en Grèce, où s'exerce le contrôle ouvrier de la production. VIOME est un nœud dans le continuum des luttes mondiales contre l'assaut capitaliste qui balaie la planète : du Rojava au Chiapas, des Gilets jaunes de France aux Black Lives Matter aux États-Unis, des usines récupérées d'Argentine aux agriculteurs sans-terre du Brésil et d'Afrique du Sud, des soulèvements en Iran et au Chili aux luttes omniprésentes contre la privatisation des biens communs et le pillage de la nature.
For a decade now, VIOME has been the only self-managed factory in Greece, where workers control the production process. It is a node in the ongoing global struggle for rebellious dignity against the capitalist onslaught that sweeps across the planet: from Rojava to Chiapas, from the Yellow Vests in France to Black Lives Matter in the USA, from the occupied factories in Argentina to the landless movements in Brazil and South Africa, from the uprisings in Iran and Chile to struggles everywhere against the privatization of the commons and the pillaging of nature.
Seit einem Jahrzehnt ist VIOME die einzige selbstverwaltete Fabrik in Griechenland, in der die ArbeiterInnenkontrolle der Produktion praktiziert wird. Sie ist ein Knotenpunkt in einer Kette globaler Kämpfe revoltierender Menschen, die ihre Würde verteidigen gegen den kapitalistischen Frontalangriff, der über den Planeten hinwegfegt: von Rojava bis Chiapas, von den Gelbwesten Frankreichs bis zu Black Lives Matter in den USA, von den besetzten Fabriken Argentiniens bis zu den Landlosen Brasiliens und Südafrikas, von den Aufständen im Iran und Chile bis zu den allgegenwärtigen Kämpfen gegen die Privatisierung der Gemeingüter und die Plünderung der Natur.
Per un decennio, la VIOME è stata l'unica fabbrica autogestita in Grecia, dove viene praticato il controllo della produzione da parte dei lavoratori. È un nodo nel continuum delle lotte globali di dignità insorgente contro l'invasione capitalista che sta investendo il globo: dal Rojava al Chiapas, dai gilet gialli della Francia al “Black Lives Matter” negli Stati Uniti, dalle fabbriche occupate dell'Argentina ai senza terra del Brasile e della Sudafrica, dalle rivolte in Iran e Cile alle onnipresenti lotte contro la privatizzazione dei beni comuni e il saccheggio della natura.
Вот уже десять лет ВИОМЕ является единственной самоуправляемой фабрикой в Греции, где практикуется рабочий контроль производства. Это узел в континууме глобальной борьбы повстанческого достоинства против капиталистического посягательства, охватившего земной шар: от Рожавы до Чьяпаса, от французского движения «желтых жилетов» до Black Lives Matter в США, от оккупированных заводов Аргентины до безземельных рабочих Бразилии и Южной Африки, от восстаний в Иране и Чили до повсеместной борьбы против приватизации общин и ограбления природы.
Desde hace una década, VIOME es la única fábrica autogestionada en Grecia, donde se ejerce el control obrero de la producción. Es un nodo en el continuo de luchas globales de dignidad rebelde contra la embestida capitalista que barre el planeta: Desde Rojava hasta Chiapas, desde los Chalecos Amarillos de Francia hasta Black Lives Matter en EEUU, desde las fábricas recuperadas de Argentina hasta los sin tierra de Brasil y Sudáfrica, desde los levantamientos en Irán y Chile hasta las ubicuas luchas contra la privatización de los comunes y el saqueo de la naturaleza.
This article was originally written in Turkish and published in the special issue No. 50 of Devrimci Marksizm, the Turkish-language journal of theory and politics published by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party) of Turkey in a special dossier dedicated to the critique of postmodernism. It was then translated by the author himself into English and published in the English-language annual selection of the same journal, Revolutionary Marxism 2022. Later this version was used to translate the article into Spanish by our comrade José Capitán. We are now making all three versions available to the readers of RedMed.
This article was originally written in Turkish and published in the special issue No. 50 of Devrimci Marksizm, the Turkish-language journal of theory and politics published by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party) of Turkey in a special dossier dedicated to the critique of postmodernism. It was then translated by the author himself into English and published in the English-language annual selection of the same journal, Revolutionary Marxism 2022. This Spanish translation was done by our Venezuelan comrade José Capitán on the basis of the English version. All three versions are now being made available to the readers of RedMed.