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We are proud to present to our readers Issue No. 4 (15) for 2022 of Советское Возрождение. Бюллетень Ассоциации «Советский Союз» or in English Soviet Renaissance. Bulletin of the Association “Soviet Union”.
It is the first embodiment of the dictatorship of the proletariat in the fullest sense, whereas the Paris Commune was a first approximation in that direction and, moreover, lasted only 72 days. The USSR embodied the minimal conditions that would serve for a transition from capitalism to classless society, political power wrested from the hands of the bourgeoisie and placed in those of the toiling masses with the proletariat at their head, the nationalisation of all the large-scale means of production and circulation, and the necessary mechanism of planning in the partial structure of the Goelro, which would then be followed by full-scale planning towards the end of the 1920s. In other words, this state had all the prerequisites for the disempowering and outlawing of the capitalist class as a ruling social force. In that sense, despite the increasing power of the bureaucracy that differentiated itself from the proletariat and the peasantry, it remained a workers’ state as long as it had these characteristics, in other words until 1991, when the entire structure was brought down from within.
World history is indelibly marked by the central role played by the Soviet Union in interacting and shaping global developments, from its revolutionary inception, following the world shaking 1917 October Socialist Revolution, to its disastrous collapse in 1991- and even beyond it.
Humankind still lives with the shock and implications of the disintegration of the USSR. The shadow of 1991, of what the French philosopher Alain Badiou had called “un désastre obscure”- an obscur disaster, still falls on world developments and prospects.. It has produced a generalized “disorientation of the world” until now, as the same philosopher rightly remarked. More the world is torn apart by its own contradictions and spreading conflicts in late 20th and as we advance in the 21st century, more confusing becomes.
La grande révolution socialiste d'octobre 1917., dans la littérature scientifique moderne, appelée la révolution ouvrière-paysanne et la grande révolution russe, a ouvert la voie à un nouvel avenir communiste de l'humanité, et est ainsi devenue la première phase de la révolution mondiale, qui a commencé et a remporté un certain nombre de victoires au XXe siècle, et la transition mondiale de la préhistoire de l'humanité à son histoire authentique. Seulement cinq ans plus tard, le 30 décembre 1922, les peuples libérés du joug du capital et du féodalisme de l'ex-Russie tsariste ont annoncé la formation de l'Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques, qui était basée sur l'idée d'une société juste, et pour la première fois dans l'histoire de l'humanité ont commencé à créer une société fondamentalement nouvelle dans laquelle les meilleurs idéaux de justice et d'humanité, de liberté réelle, d'égalité et de fraternité étaient incarnés dans la pratique.
The Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917, referred to in modern scientific literature as the Workers' and peasants' and Great Russian Revolution, opened the way to a new communist future of mankind, and thus became the first phase of the world revolution that began and won a number of victories in the twentieth century, as well as the worldwide transition from the prehistory of mankind to its true history. Only five years later, on December 30, 1922, the peoples of the former tsarist Russia, freed from the yoke of capital and feudalism, announced the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which was based on the idea of a just society, and for the first time in the history of mankind they began to create a fundamentally new society in which the best ideals of justice and humanity, genuine freedom, equality and fraternity were embodied in practice.
Великая октябрьская социалистическая революция 1917., в современной научной литературе именуемая рабоче-крестьянской и Великой русской революцией, открыла путь в новое коммунистическое будущее человечества, и, тем самым стала первой фазой мировой революции, начавшейся и одержавшей ряд побед в двадцатом веке, и всемирного перехода от предыстории человечества к его подлинной истории. Всего лишь пять лет спустя, 30 декабря 1922 г. освобожденные от ига капитала и феодализма народы бывшей царской России объявили об образовании Союза советских социалистических республик, в основе которого лежала идея справедливого общества, и впервые в истории человечества приступили к созданию принципиально нового общества, в котором на практике воплощались лучшие идеалы справедливости и человечности, подлинной свободы, равенства и братства.
امروز بیست وشش آذر 1401، شورش مردمی در ایران که به سمت یک بحران انقلابی گرایش پیدا کرده است سومین ماه خود را به پایان می رساند. ژینا (مهسا) امینی، زن جوان 22 ساله کُرد، در 22شهریور 1401 به دلیل داشتن حجاب "نامناسب" توسط پلیس ارشاد، که گاهاً از آن به عنوان پلیس اخلاق نیز یاد می شود، بازداشت و در 25 شهریور ماه در دوره بازداشت جان خود را از دست داد.
در26 شهریور مردم ایران درهای جهنم را شکستند!
تمامی مردم ایران، فارس ، کرد، ترک و عرب و بلوچ، خیابانها و میدانها را پر کردند. زنان پیشروان این حرکت بودند و همه مردم همگام با زنان با صدای بلند فریاد زدند: دیگر بس است و صبرمان لبریز شده است! از آن روز به بعد، ایران مانند کندوی زنبور عسل در هم همه وحرکت دائمی است. برای مردمی که می خواهد این رژیم را سرنگون کند افزایش شدت سرکوب ، قتلهای بیرحمانه به بهانه اعدام و برپا کردن چوبه های دار در سراسر کشور و حتی قبول خواسته ها راه چاره ای نخواهد بود. شورش مردمی با اشتیاق به راه خود ادامه داد و مردم به خانههای خود باز نخواهند گشت. زیرا مطالبه آنها سرنگونی رژیم است..
امروز بیست وشش آذر 1401، شورش مردمی در ایران که به سمت یک بحران انقلابی گرایش پیدا کرده است سومین ماه خود را به پایان می رساند. ژینا (مهسا) امینی، زن جوان 22 ساله کُرد، در 22شهریور 1401 به دلیل داشتن حجاب "نامناسب" توسط پلیس ارشاد، که گاهاً از آن به عنوان پلیس اخلاق نیز یاد می شود، بازداشت و در 25 شهریور ماه در دوره بازداشت جان خود را از دست داد.
Devrimci İşçi Partisi olarak, devrimci bir yükselişe doğru ilerleyen bu halk isyanının üçüncü ayını doldurması vesilesiyle İran halkını onurlu ve kahramanca mücadelesi dolayısıyla kutluyoruz. Büyük devrimci atılımı ile dayanışmamızı ilan ediyoruz. Bu hafta sonu Gerçek sitesi ve daha genel olarak medyamız İran’ın devrimci isyanını merkezine alan bir dosya yayınlayacak. İran halkının ve kadınının isyankâr ruhunu taşıyan yeni devrimci müziğin, Türkiye’nin başına çökmüş olan istibdadın her duyduğunda titrediği insanlığın o büyük sanatının örneklerini paylaşacağız.
Dosyamızı anlamlı bir adımla, İranlı bir kadın yoldaşımızın, Behnaz Tebrizi’nin yazısıyla açmıştık. Bugün Devrimci İşçi Partisi’nin bildirisi ile devam ediyoruz.
DIP, the Revolutionary Workers Party of Turkey, celebrates the heroism and dignity of the Iranian people on the occasion of the completion of three months of a people’s rebellion. It declares its solidarity with this great revolutionary striving. The DIP has prepared a special dossier that covers different aspects of the revolutionary rebellion of Iran.
We kicked off the dossier significantly with an article by our Iranian comrade Behnaz Tebrizi, who as a woman has had her share of the repression of the rights of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Today we are publishing the Statement of the DIP on the situation in Iran.
Today, 17 December 2022, the people’s rebellion in Iran tending towards a revolutionary crisis has completed its third month. Jîna Mahsa Amini, a 22-year old Kurdish woman, was taken under custody by the “Guidance Police”, sometimes referred to as the “morality police”, for wearing her hijab “improperly” on 13 September 2022 and died on 16 September while still under custody.
Bugün 17 Aralık 2022, İran’da bir devrimci kriz yaratan halk isyanının üçüncü ayı dolmuş bulunuyor. 22 yaşında bir Kürt genç kadın olan Jîna Mehsa Emini 13 Eylül günü, Türkçede yaygın olarak kullanılan adıyla “Ahlâk Polisi”, İran’daki özgün adıyla İrşad Polisi tarafından 13 Eylül’de gözaltına alınmış, 16 Eylül’de ise hâlâ gözaltında iken hayatını yitirmişti.
On yıllardır meydanlarda mücadele verenlerden çeşit çeşit özgürlük talebi çıkmaktadır: ifade özgürlüğü, siyaset yapma ve örgütlenme özgürlüğü, insanca bir yaşam için yeterli ücret ve sosyal devlet desteği, tesettür ve zorunlu örtünme uygulamalarının kaldırılması, nitelikli ve ücretsiz eğitime erişim, sosyal sigorta ve nitelikli ücretsiz sağlık hizmetlerine erişim ve daha düzinelerce başka insanî talep.
Supporting the oppressed people and condemning the killing of people in the cities of Kurdistan!
Noble and freedom-loving people
More than seventy days have passed since the new round of nationwide uprisings in most cities of Iran.
The widespread presence of men and women on the streets shows that the oppressed and deprived people in Iran have decided to stand up to get their demands.
US midterm elections took place on Tuesday November 8th, 2022. Midterm elections determine one third of the Senate composition and the entirety of the House of Representatives, as well as state governors. The result of this year’s election frustrated the wishes and predictions of both great parties. Votes are still being counted, but it looks like the Senate will remain in Democratic control with a slim majority, and the House of Representatives will go over to the Republicans, also by a slight margin. However, the Republicans are disgruntled, since they had imagined that inflation coupled with Biden’s inconsistent policies would fetch them an overwhelming victory. Especially the former fascist president Donald Trump looks pretty upset over the fact that his candidates lost in important states like Pennsylvania.
"The unceasing activity of the Iranian people, headed by women, especially the young generation and high school students, has completed its second month after the murder of the 22-year old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the so-called morality police. This extraordinary mass movement is now bearing its fruits in the form of the organising of the masses. We are here presenting two documents, one from the school system, where teachers and students are among the most active actors of the uprising, the other one from among the mothers of the youth for our readers to get a taste of the orientation of the movement."
The unceasing activity of the Iranian people, headed by women, especially the young generation and high school students, has completed its second month after the murder of the 22-year old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the so-called morality police. This extraordinary mass movement is now bearing its fruits in the form of the organising of the masses. We are here presenting two documents, one from the school system, where teachers and students are among the most active actors of the uprising, the other one from among the mothers of the youth for our readers to get a taste of the orientation of the movement.
گزارش دریافتی از پارسِ جنوبی عسلویه پیرامون اعتصاب کارگران پروژه ای نفت
Here we share the reports of Iranian petrochemical workers, detailing their experiences during the latest strikes. These reports were originally written in Persian by the workers themselves and were later translated by us.
Καθώς ο πόλεμος δια πληρεξουσίου που προκάλεσε το ΝΑΤΟ στην Ουκρανία εισέρχεται στον όγδοο μήνα μαζικής καταστροφής, μια νέα, απειλητικότερη κλιμάκωση της πολεμικής σύγκρουσης με τη Ρωσία βρίσκεται σε εξέλιξη.
Avrupa siyasetinde bir eşik aşıldı. Gerçek gazetesi, yıllardır Avrupa başta olmak üzere tüm dünya siyasetinde faşizmin ve ön-faşizmin hızlı yükselişine dikkat çekiyordu. Önce, İsveç’te faşist İsveçli Demokratlar partisi seçimlerden galip çıktı. Şimdi ise, Avrupa Birliği’nin en büyük üçüncü ekonomisi olan İtalya’da faşizm ezici bir zafer kazandı. Tehlikeyi küçümseyip, halkı kandıranlar utansın. Bu ülkelerde henüz faşizm kurulmamıştır ama artık faşistler iktidardadır.
Avropa siyasəti yenə öz əndazəsindən çıxdı. Nəşrlərimiz neçə zamandır Avropa başda olmaqla bütün dünya siyasətində faşizmin və protofaşizmin intensiv yüksəlişinə diqqəti cəlb edirdi. Əvvəla, İsveçdə faşist İsveçli Demokratlar Partiyası seçkilərdən əsil qalib kimi çıxmışdı. İndi isə Avropa İttifaqının ən böyük üçüncü iqtisadiyyatı olan İtaliyada faşizm müstəsna bir qələbə qazandı. Təhlükəyə biganə yanaşıb xalqı aldadanlar utansın. Bu ölkələrdə hələ faşizm bərqərar olunmayıb, amma artıq faşistlər hakimiyyətə gəliblər.
Un nouveau seuil a été franchi dans la politique européenne. Nos publications ont mis en évidence la montée rapide du fascisme et du proto-fascisme dans le monde entier. Tout d'abord, les ‘‘démocrates suédois’’ (parti fasciste) se sont avérés être les véritables vainqueurs des élections en Suède. Et maintenant, le fascisme a remporté les élections à une écrasante majorité dans la troisième plus grande économie de l'UE, l'Italie. Malheur à ceux qui ont sous-estimé cette menace et trompé les gens. Le fascisme n'est pas encore établi dans ces pays, mais les fascistes sont au pouvoir.
A new threshold has been crossed in European politics. Our publications have been pointing out the rapid rise of fascism and proto-fascism all over the world. First the fascist Swedish Democrats turned out to be the real winners of elections in Sweden. And now fascism won the elections overwhelmingly in the third largest economy of the EU, Italy. Woe to those who underestimated this threat and deceived the people. Fascism has not yet been established in these countries, but the fascists are in power.
Le 6 septembre 2022, une contre-offensive ukrainienne a débuté dans la région de Kharkov, entraînant avec succès une retraite majeure des forces russes et l'occupation de villes d'importance stratégique telles qu'Izyum sur le fleuve Donets. La réponse des dirigeants russes a été de déclarer le 21 septembre une "mobilisation partielle" de 300 000 nouveaux soldats et de convoquer un référendum du 23 au 27 septembre dans les républiques populaires de Donetsk et de Lougansk ainsi qu'à Kherson et Zaporijya pour leur intégration dans la Fédération de Russie. Comme prévu, les résultats du référendum ont été très largement favorables à l'adhésion à la Fédération de Russie, qui a été célébrée solennellement à Moscou le 30 septembre et ratifiée par les chambres basse et haute du Parlement russe les 3 et 4 octobre.
El 6 de septiembre de 2022, comenzó una contraofensiva ucraniana en la región de Kharkov que condujo con éxito a una importante retirada de las fuerzas rusas y a la ocupación de ciudades de importancia estratégica como Izyum en el río Donets. La respuesta de los líderes rusos fue declarar el 21 de septiembre una “movilización parcial” de 300.000 nuevas tropas militares, y convocar un referéndum del 23 al 27 de septiembre en las Repúblicas Populares de Donetsk y Lugansk, así como en Kherson y Zaporizhzhya para su integración en La Federación Rusa. Los resultados del referéndum, como era de esperar, fueron abrumadoramente favorables a la adhesión a la Federación Rusa, y esto se celebró solemnemente en Moscú el 30 de septiembre y fue ratificado por las cámaras alta y baja del Parlamento ruso los días 3 y 4 de octubre.
On September 6, 2022, a Ukrainian counter-offensive started in the Kharkov region having successfully led to a major retreat of the Russian forces and occupying cities of strategic importance such as Izyum on the Donets river. The Russian leadership’s response was to declare on September 21 a “partial mobilization” of 300.000 new military troops, and to call a referendum on September 23-27 in the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as well as in Kherson and Zaporizhzhya for their integration in the Russian Federation. The results of the referendum, as was expected, were overwhelmingly in favor of joining the Russian Federation, and this was solemnly celebrated in Moscow on September 30, and ratified by the lower and upper chambers of the Russian Parliament on October 3rd and 4th.
We are proud to present to our readers Issue No. 3 (14) for 2022 of Советское Возрождение. Бюллетень Ассоциации «Советский Союз» or in English Soviet Renaissance. Bulletin of the Association “Soviet Union”.
The "Hijab" or headscarf is often the first thing that comes to mind about Iran. The widespread fear of "Will Turkey become like Iran" mostly points to the mandatory headscarf practice in Iran. Those who proclaim "everything was better under Shah" immediately follow this up with "women could walk on the streets with mini-skirts and no headscarves". Just like this, the Iranian opposition itself points to the dress codes of women as the primary arena of freedom. But what are the practices of the Islamic Republic regarding the "hijab" and the real demands of the Iranian people? Here we will provide a short history.
‘Hicap’ ya da başörtüsü, İran ile ilgili birçok kişinin aklına gelen ilk kavramdır. Özellikle AKP döneminde ‘Türkiye İran olacak mı’ endişesinin büyük kısmı kadınların başörtü zorunluluğunu ima eder. ‘İran şah dönemi daha iyiydi’ diyenler hemen arkasından ‘kadınlar mini etekle başörtüsüz gezebiliyorlardı’ der Türkiye’de, hatta İran’ın kendi muhalefeti de ‘özgürlük’ diye kadınların kılık kıyafetini ilk hedef olarak gösterir. Ama ‘hijap’ meselesinin kısa tarihi, İslam cumhuriyetinin bu konudaki yıllara yayılmış tutumu ve İran halkının bu konudaki tepkileri gerçekte nedir?
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Milli Məclisində 28 sentyabrda siyasi partiyalar haqqında yeni qanun layihəsi ilə bağlı ictimai müzakirələr aparılacaq. Ukraynada davam edən NATO-Rusiya müharibəsindən sonra keçmiş Sovet məkanında (Tacikistan və Qırğızıstan arasındakı münaqişələrdən əlavə) digər bir müharibə dinamikası da Azərbaycan və Ermənistan arasında alovlanmışdı.
Azerbaycan Meclisi, 28 Eylül’de yeni siyasi partiler yasasını tartışmak üzere toplanacak. Ukrayna’da devam eden NATO-Rusya savaşından sonra, eski Sovyet coğrafyasında bir diğer savaş dinamiği de (Tacikistan ile Kırgızistan arasındaki çatışmalara ek olarak) Azerbaycan ile Ermenistan arasında baş göstermişti. Savaş bu yazının doğrudan konusu değil, ama Azerbaycan devleti ve İlham Aliyev iç siyasette Ukrayna Cumhurbaşkanı Volodimir Zelenskiy’den belli ki ilham alıyor!
We are publishing here issue No.4 for the year 2022 (Issue No. 148) of Communist of Leningrad, the bi-monthly publication of the Russian Party of Communists in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
"Pour en venir à l'Italie, le pays est en proie à une dépression économique au niveau national depuis le début du nouveau siècle, c'est-à-dire avant même que la dépression mondiale ne commence en 2008. Son PIB est aujourd'hui inférieur à ce qu'il était au début du millénaire ! C'est le pays qui a la dette la plus élevée d'Europe (2,6 trillions de dollars, soit 150 % de son PIB). Diverses formules de coalition ont été essayées entre les différents partis depuis les élections de 2018, mais toutes se sont effondrées au bout d'un moment. (...) C'est pour cette raison qu'un gouvernement "technocratique" sous la direction de Mario Draghi, jusqu'à récemment le gouverneur de la Banque centrale européenne, a été formé, les partis donnant également des ministres au gouvernement.
A certain event that happened during the 1917 October revolution has always been a bit of a mystery for historians. After the Bolsheviks brought down the provisional government and handed power over to the highest organ of the Soviets, the revolutionary soldiers descended into the wine cellars of the Winter Palace, went to the wine collection of the Tsar, each bottle of which was a fortune, and got drunk for days. We need to point out the contradiction here. Russian workers and peasants do not drink wine, their national beverage is vodka. Wine was the beverage of choice for snobbish royals and their imitators such as the up-and-coming bourgeoisie, politicians whose whole career was to protect their interests and as such lived in their close proximity, and army generals. Despite all these, the peasants and workers who had likely never drunk wine, and certainly not French wine, before drank bottles upon bottles of them.
“Coming to Italy, the country is in the grip of an economic depression at the national level since the beginning of the new century, i.e. even from before the worldwide depression started in 2008. Its GDP is lower today than it was as at the beginning of the millennium! It is the country with the highest debt stock in Europe (2.6 trillion dollars or 150 per cent of its GDP).
С начала «Специальной военной операции» России на Украине прошло более 5 месяцев, и многое стало очевидным. В частности, становится понятным, что вопреки некоторым первоначальным прогнозам война будет долгой. Однако многое так и остается скрытым, непонятным и, как выражаются политкорректно в российских радио и телеэфирах приглашенные эксперты и сами ведущие, вызывает вопросы. Так, никто не берется предсказать, когда и чем закончится война на Украине. Единственное, что ясно всем, так это то, что война не закончится до тех пор, пока одна из сторон не потерпит в ней поражения. В российских СМИ ежедневно повторяется как заклинание, что спецоперация может и должна закончиться только победой. Об обязательности поражения России как стратегической задаче и цели открыто говорят медийные западные политики. Верховный представитель ЕС по иностранным делам и политике безопасности Жозеп Борель заявил о том, что ситуация на Украине должна быть решена на поле боя, а не дипломатическим путем (1).
More than five months have passed since the beginning of Russia's "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine, and much has become obvious. In particular, it becomes clear that, contrary to some initial forecasts, the war will be long. However, much remains hidden, incomprehensible and, as the invited experts and the presenters themselves express themselves politically correctly in Russian radio and television broadcasts raises questions
Plusieurs syndicalistes ont été arrêtés et envoyés en prison à Piacenza, en Italie, pour une simple activité syndicale ! Le procureur régional considère que leur lutte réussie pour arracher aux patrons de l'industrie de la logistique des augmentations de salaire supplémentaires après la fin du processus officiel de négociation collective est une ‘‘extorsion’’, criminalisant ainsi la lutte des classes. L'EEK de Grèce et le DIP de Turquie ont envoyé un message de solidarité aux syndicalistes persécutés. Nous publions ci-dessous ce message.
İtalya’nın Piacenza kentinde bir grup sendikacı, yalnızca sendikacılık yaptıkları için tutuklanıp hapse atıldı! Bölge savcısı, taşımacılık sektörü işçilerinin toplu sözleşme pazarlıkları tamamlandıktan sonraki aşamada patronlarından daha yüksek bir zammı söküp alabilmek için yürüttükleri başarılı mücadeleyi “gasp” diye adlandırarak sınıf mücadelesini suç saydı. Yunanistan’dan EEK (İşçilerin Devrimci Partisi) ve Türkiye’den Devrimci İşçi Partisi (DİP), suçlanmakta olan sendikacılara bir dayanışma mesajı yolladı. Aşağıda bu mesajı yayınlıyoruz.