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Ассоциация марксистских объединений (сокращенно: АМО) была создана в 2005 г. по инициативе Первого секретаря ЦК РКП-КПСС Алексея Алексеевича Пригарина. Инициатива была тотчас поддержана Российской партией коммунистов (РПК) и рядом общественных и политических активистов, придерживавшихся марксистских взглядов, являвшихся членами РКП-КПСС и РПК, а также входивших и не входивших в другие левые политические партии и объединения. Замысел создания АМО заключался в объединении тех идейных и политических оппонентов режимов, возникших в России и других государствах, бывших республиках СССР, в бывших социалистических странах Центральной и Восточной Европы после контрреволюционных переворотов 1989-1991 гг., которые не отказались от своих убеждений, не опустили рук и не прекратили борьбы за воссоздание действительно обновленного, современного социализма. При этом они исходили из того, что возрождение подлинного социализма и восстановление СССР невозможно без развития подлинного марксизма и превращения его в действительно революционное руководство к действию.
Association of Marxist Communities (abbreviation in Russian: AMO) was established in 2005 at the initiative of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party - the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (abbreviation: RCP-CPSU) Alexey Alekseyevich Prigarin. The initiative was immediately supported by the Russian Communist Party (abbreviation: RCP) and a number of the public and political activists adhering to Marxist views, being members of the RCP-CPSU and RCP and also of some other left-wing political parties and associations as well as not being members of any organization. The idea of establishment of AMO consisted in the integration of certain ideological and political opponents of the regimes that arose in Russia and other states, either former republics of the USSR or members of the former communist block of Central and Eastern Europe after the counter-revolutionary coups of 1989-1991. These were people who did not renege on their beliefs, did not lay down arms and did not stop the fight for the reconstruction of a really updated, modern socialism. At the same time they recognized that the revival of original socialism and the restoration of the...
В заполненном до отказа театре Бейоглу Сес в Стамбуле 10 февраля 2019 состоялась прошедшая в атмосфере энтузиазма конференция под названием «Столетие Коммунистического Интернационала: от Коминтерна к Всемирной партии Будущего», организованная вебсетью RedMedи Балканским социалистическим центром «Христиан Раковский» совместно с DIP(Революционной рабочей партией Турции). Конференция собрала вместе социалистов из Аргентины, Греции, России, Франции, Болгарии, Сербии, Азербайджана, Македонии, Финляндии, Ирана и, разумеется, Турции. Перед самым открытием конференции её посетили рабочие компаний HTSolarи Cargill.
The conference titled “Centenary of the Communist International: From the Comintern to the World Party of the Future”, organized by the web network RedMed and the Christian Rakovsky Balkan Socialist Center and hosted by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party),was held with a crowd filling Beyoglu Ses theater in an enthusiastic atmosphere. The conference brought together socialists from Argentina, Greece, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Finland, Iran, and of course Turkey. HT Solar and Cargill workers left their marks at the very beginning of the conference.
The conference titled “Centenary of the Communist International: From the Comintern to the World Party of the Future”, organized by the web network RedMed and the Christian Rakovsky Balkan Socialist Center and hosted by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party),was held with a crowd filling Beyoglu Ses theater in an enthusiastic atmosphere. The conference brought together socialists from Argentina, Greece, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Finland, Iran, and of course Turkey. HT Solar and Cargill workers left their marks at the very beginning of the conference.
On 1st March, some hundreds of people started to march immediately after leaving the mosque in the wake of the Friday prayer, chanting against the candidacy of the incumbent president of the republic Aziz Bouteflika for a fifth time after 20 years in power, and in the wink of an eye were joined by thousands and later tens of thousands. The marches and protests continued on Saturday and Sunday, swelling to hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, according to the reports on international bourgeois mainstream media. Sunday even saw a demonstration late into the night. Considering that it is forbidden to demonstrate in the capital Algiers at all times (elsewhere, apparently, it is only permitted on Wednesdays) and that no night time rallies have been held in that city for at least two decades, the size of the movement is phenomenal.
The popular insurgency in Sudan has now completed a full two months. The people of Sudan have been demonstrating on the streets of the country since 19 December 2018 to demand from the despot Omar al Bashir “tasqut bas” (“Just fall” or “Fall, that is all” as sometimes translated). More importantly, the demonstrations have turned from a popular rebellion that protested economic catastrophe and political brutality into a full-blown revolution that threatens the very foundations of the despotic Islamist dictatorship of al Bashir, who came to power three decades ago, in 1989. Not only has there been a gradual gathering of forces on the part of the movement that is fighting to bring down al Bashir, but growing fissures in the ruling bloc are showing that the regime is trying to preserve itself through dire measures that may even sacrifice the dictator al Bashir himself in order safeguard the interests of the socio-economic bloc that has been benefiting from the regime.
Tüm dünyadaki işçi sınıfı partilerini ve hareketlerini, sosyalistleri ve anti-emperyalistleri, Venezuela'daki emperyalist darbe girişimine karşı birleşmeye, Venezuela halkıyla dayanışma örgütlemeye ve Venezuela’nın işçilerinin krize karşı sınıf tabanlı bir çözüme ulaşmalarında yardımcı olmak için uluslararası düzeyde mücadele vermeye çağırıyoruz. Emperyalizmin yenilgisi, kitlelerin emperyalist komploya karşı seferber edilmesinin yanı sıra ülkelerimizdeki emperyalistlere ve onların işbirlikçilerine mümkün olduğunca fazla darbe indirmekten ve Latin Amerika’nın sosyalist birliğinden geçiyor.
Chiediamo a tutti i partiti e movimenti dei lavoratori, socialisti e anti-imperialisti del mondo di unirsi contro il tentato colpo di stato imperialista in Venezuela, di organizzare la solidarietà con il popolo venezuelano e di condurre una lotta internazionale per aiutare i lavoratori venezuelani a raggiungere una soluzione di classe alla crisi. Superare l'imperialismo significa mobilitare le masse contro la trama imperialista, infliggendo quanti più colpi possibili agli imperialisti e ai loro scagnozzi nei nostri paesi e per l'unità socialista dell'America Latina.
Llamamos a todos los partidos y movimientos de los trabajadores, socialistas y anti-imperialistas del mundo a unirse contra el intento de golpe imperialista en Venezuela, a organizar la solidaridad con el pueblo venezolano y dar un combate internacional para ayudar a los trabajadores venezolanos a llegar a una solución de clase a la crisis. Vencer al imperialismo pasa por la movilización de masas contra el complot imperialista, por asestar tantos golpes como sea posible a los imperialistas y sus secuaces en nuestros países y por la unidad socialista de América Latina.
Венесуэла сталкивается с попыткой путча, провоцируемого империализмом. Заговорщики уделяют мало внимания тому, чтобы скрывать его под демократической маской, конституционным требованием своей марионетки Гуайдо и «всеобщим избирательным правом». Этот путч поддерживается реакционными правительствами, в том числе и в Латинской Америке, в особенности фашистским знаменосцем Трампа на Юге: Болсонару. Мы, партии и организации, подписывающие эту декларацию, заявляем, что мы категорически против этой попытки путча, чтобы свергнуть Мадуро и правительство Венесуэлы!
We call all the working-class parties and movements, socialists and anti-imperialists around the world to unite against the imperialist coup attempt in Venezuela, organize solidarity with the Venezuelan people and give an international fight to help Venezuelan workers in reaching a class-based solution to the crisis. Defeating imperialism passes from mobilization of masses against the imperialist plot, from dealing as many blows as possible to the imperialists and their collaborators in our countries as well as from the socialist unity of Latin America.
The conference titled “Centenary of the Communist International: From the Comintern to the World Party of the Future”, organized by the web network RedMed and the Christian Rakovsky Balkan Socialist Center and hosted by DIP (Revolutionary Workers Party),was held with a crowd filling Beyoglu Ses theater in an enthusiastic atmosphere. The conference brought together socialists from Argentina, Greece, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Finland, Iran, and of course Turkey. HT Solar and Cargill workers left their marks at the very beginning of the conference.
La seguente è una dichiarazione politica proveniente dal Venezuela sul tentativo di colpo di Stato istigato dall'imperialismo e sulla minaccia di una guerra civile nel paese. La dichiarazione è stata scritta e ci è stata inviata da Opción Obrera (Opzione operaia, n.d.r.), gruppo marxista rivoluzionario, sezione venezuelana del CRQI. La Plataforma Revolucionaria de Lucha - Aragua (Piattaforma rivoluzionaria di lotta - Aragua), gruppo locale di militanti rivoluzionari in lotta nello Stato di Aragua nel Venezuela, ha condiviso la dichiarazione e aderito alle rivendicazioni contenute in essa.
When the First World War broke out in 1914, the parties of the Second International adopted a reactionary attitude, each supporting their country’s bourgeoisie. This annihilated the founding purpose of the International, which was built on the basis of common interests of international working class. Only five years later, in 1919, the Third International, the Communist International (in abbreviated form the Comintern), was established in Moscow between the 2nd and 6th of March. It was established with the enthusiasm the October Revolution stirred, the first victorious revolution in history to establish a lasting proletarian power, as a beacon of hope for the whole working class of the world.
This is a political statement coming from inside Venezuela on the coup attempt instigated by imperialism and the threat of a civil war in the country. The statement has been sent to us by Opción Obrera, a revolutionary Marrxist grouping that is a sister organisation to the DIP and EEK, the parties behind RedMed. The Plataforma Revolucionaria de Lucha – Aragua (Revolutionary Platform of Struggle – Aragua) is a local group of revolutionary militants struggling in the State of Aragua in federal Venezuela. Opción Obrera is affiliated with this group and is in political agreement with the statement itself. This statement was earlier published on our web site in Spanish. This is the English translation of that text made by the authors of the document.
Venezuela is not a commodity
Let's avoid a bloody civil war
Este artículo es el editorial publicado en el número 113 del febrero 2019 del periódico Gerçek, órgano central del DIP (Partido revolucionario de los trabajadores de Turquía).
En Venezuela, el imperialismo estadounidense está tratando de derrocar a Maduro con un golpe de estado. Estados Unidos no solo dirige a su marioneta Guaidó detrás de la escena, sino que amenaza abiertamente a Venezuela con una agresión militar. El objetivo no es solo sobre Venezuela, sino doblegar en América Latina, toda resistencia al imperialismo. La amenaza americana previene a Cuba y a algunos otros países. La característica común de estos países es que son una espina para el imperialismo en América Latina, que los considera su patio trasero. Las flores artificiales del patio trasero de los Estados Unidos son los líderes reaccionarios y colaboracionistas de Colombia, Argentina, Perú y Paraguay y sobre todo Bolsonaro en Brasil que representa una tendencia fascista.
This article is the Editorial of issue No. 113, dated February 2019, of the newspaper Gerçek -the central organ of DIP (Revolutionary Workers’ Party, Turkey).
In Venezuela, US imperialism is trying to overthrow Maduro by a coup. The USA has not only played the puppet Guaidó, who declared himself president, behind the scenes, but also threatened Venezuela with a military attack. The aim is to force anyone who resists imperialism to capitulate not only in Venezuela, but in all of Latin America. A few countries, Cuba in the first place, have their share of the American threat. The common characteristic of these countries is that they are thorns for imperialism in Latin America, which the USA considers as a backyard. The artificial flowers of the USA's backyard are the reactionary and imperialist collaborator leaders of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay and especially the fascist-leaning Bolsonaro of Brazil.
Venezuela’da ABD emperyalizmi bir darbe ile Maduro’yu devirmeye çalışıyor. ABD, kendini başkan ilan eden Guaidóisimli kuklayı sahne arkasından oynatmakla kalmıyor, Venezuela’yı açıkça askeri saldırıyla tehdit ediyor. Amaç sadece Venezuela’da değil tüm Latin Amerika’da emperyalizme karşı direnç gösteren herkesi teslim almak. Amerikan tehdidinden öncelikle Küba ve ardından bazı başka ülkeler de nasibini almakta. Bu ülkelerin ortak özelliği ABD’nin, arka bahçesi olarak gördüğü Latin Amerika’da emperyalizm için birer diken olmaları. ABD’nin arka bahçesinin yapma çiçekleri ise başta Brezilya’nın faşist eğilimli Bolsonaro olmak üzere Kolombiya’nın, Arjantin’in, Peru’nun, Paraguay’ın gerici ve emperyalist işbirlikçisi liderleri.
This is a political statement coming from inside Venezuela on the coup attempt instigated by imperialism and the threat of a civil war in the country. The statement has been sent to us by Opción Obrera, a revolutionary Marrxist grouping that is a sister organisation to the DIP and EEK, the parties behind RedMed. The Plataforma Revolucionaria de Lucha – Aragua (Revolutionary Platform of Struggle – Aragua) is a local group of revolutionary militants struggling in the State of Aragua in federal Venezuela. Opción Obrera is affiliated with this group and is in political agreement with the statement itself.
Apart from reserving all our criticism towards Maduro and his party, we support Maduro’s decision to cut all ties with the USA calling US diplomats to leave the country. Turkey’s government seems to support Maduro by word, because Venezuela processes close to one billion dollars’ worth of its gold in Turkey, so because of economic interests. We are at a point where words fail and actions gain value. The only meaningful support to Latin America from our region will be Turkey leaving NATO and closing all the US military bases starting with Incirlik.
This is the second of two articles on the “yellow vests” movement and the world situation. The first article (“The ‘Yellow Vests’: La République en marche arrière”) was published yesterday.
2018 was a year of inflection.
A bolt out of the blue?
It is interesting that the uprising of the gilets jaunes is almost exclusively discussed within the French context. Of course, the fallout in other countries is mentioned from time to time, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Lebanon, most importantly Tunisia, where the vests have changed their colour into red. In Turkey the “yellow vests” are very popular within the working class and a true source of fear in government circles.
Questo è il primo di due articoli che trattano del movimento dei gilet gialli in Francia e movimenti simili in tutto il mondo dal punto di vista di un generale inquadramento mondiale del fenomeno.
This is the first instalment of two articles taking up the “Yellow Vests” movement in France and similar movements around the world and situating these in a general characterisation of the world conjuncture. The second article will be published on the first day of the new year.
World Revolution / Revolución Mundial
For the refoundation of the Fourth International / Por la refundación de la Cuarta Internacional
Born of the decision at the International Conference called by the Partido Obrero of Argentina, the Partido de los Trabajadores of Uruguay, the EEK of Greece, and the DIP of Turkey in Buenos Aires in April 2018, the ambition and aim of our international theoretical-political organ World Revolution is to become an international reference point of militant Marxism for principled debate, political clarification, programmatic demarcation, theoretical re-arming with revolutionary materialist-historical dialectics as a guide of action, regrouping and unification of the revolutionary vanguard fighters now dispersed internationally in fragmentary struggles.
Our battle cry is: for the Permanent Revolution and communism, build the International of world socialist revolution!
Il brutale omicidio di Jamal Khashoggi nel Consolato dell’Arabia Saudita ad Istanbul, avvenuto con modalità che susciterebbero l’invidia di un regista di film horror, rappresenta un di per sé un campanello d’allarme. Questo omicidio mostra la natura reazionaria del sistema statale saudita, insieme ai suoi stretti alleati nel Golfo come il Kuwait, gli Emirati Arabi Uniti, il Bahrein, l’Oman e, nonostante le sue ovvie contraddizioni attuali con l’Arabia Saudita, il Qatar.
The brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Istanbul Consulate of Saudi Arabia in a way that would arouse the envy of the most professional horror movie director is, on its own, nothing but a wake-up call. This murder shows the reactionary nature of the state system constituted by the Saudi state, along with its close allies in the Gulf such as Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, and, despite its obvious current contradictions with Saudi Arabia, Qatar.
From the Great French Revolution to the 1880s, that is for a full century, until the Russian revolutionary movement began to stand on its feet, Marx and Engels continuously emphasized that Russia was the was the primary source of reaction in Europe. What Russia was to 19th century Europe, Saudi Arabia is to the Arab world in the 21st century.
Finalmente è stato ammesso che il giornalista saudita Jamal Khashoggi è stato ucciso nel consolato dell’Arabia Saudita a Istanbul, dove era stato visto per l’ultima volta. L’annuncio è stato fatto dall’agenzia di stampa Saudi Press Agency su quanto dichiarato da funzionari sauditi. Con questa confessione l’Arabia Saudita cerca di addossare la colpa di questo omicidio ad alcuni agenti dell’intelligence. Sono stati fatti i nomi di 18 sospettati. Non c’è dubbio che il principe ereditario Mohammad bin Salman, che controlla l’intero apparato militare e di intelligence e che elimina i suoi avversari utilizzando ogni mezzo possibile, sia il mandante di questo crimine. E ora hanno trovato il modo di coprirlo: “King Salman ha ordinato la ristrutturazione dell’agenzia di intelligence”. E chi sarà a capo del comitato responsabile di questa ristrutturazione? Il principe ereditario Mohammad bin Salman in persona!
It has finally been admitted that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Istanbul consulate of Saudi Arabia, where he was last seen entering. The announcement was made by the Saudi Press Agency, based on the declaration of Saudi officials. This confession of Saudi Arabia seeks to put the blame of this murder on some intelligence agents. 18 Saudi suspects are mentioned. There is no doubt that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who controls the whole military and intelligence apparatus and who eliminates his opponents by any means possible, is the instigator of this crime. And now they have found the way to cover up for him: “King Salman has ordered the restructuring of the intelligence agency.” And who will lead the committee in charge of this restructuring? Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman himself!
Il 30 settembre, il popolo di un piccolo pacifico paese dei Balcani ha mostrato la sua resistenza contro la politica ricattatrice delle più grandi potenze imperialiste e il loro intervento per piegarlo ai propri interessi: l'ingresso della Repubblica di Macedonia nella alleanza NATO. In questo giorno, macedoni, albanesi, turchi, valacchi, serbi, Rom, bosniaci e membri di tutte le altre etnie della repubblica - in solidarietà attraverso un massiccio e organizzato boicottaggio del referendum illegale - hanno dimostrato unità nella resistenza all'imperialismo e alle élite corrotte che conducevano queste politiche.
Nonostante i forti sforzi di politici di tutto il mondo, come il cancelliere tedesco Angela Merkel, il segretario alla Difesa degli Stati Uniti James Mattis, e il primo ministro austriaco Sebastian Kurz, che ha visitato il nostro paese il mese scorso, e la costosa e manipolativa campagna governativa per la presunta prosperità che il nostro paese avrebbe avuto nella alleanza NATO, non è stata spezzata la resistenza del popolo contro i politici corrotti del paese e di tutto il mondo.
On the 30th of September, the people of one small peaceful country from
the Balkan showed their resistance against the blackmailing politics of
the biggest imperialist powers and their intervention to force their
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Combattere l'imperialismo e la guerra con la rivoluzione socialista internazionale!
Avanti verso l'Internazionale rivoluzionaria!
1. La dottrina di Trump "Make America Great Again" è una dichiarazione di guerra contro l'Unione Europea, la Russia, la Cina, l'Iran e il resto del mondo, compresa, infine, l'America stessa.
Questo è diventato cristallino, anche tra i più scettici, con l'ultimo viaggio del Presidente degli Stati Uniti in Europa l'11-16 luglio 2018, che è stato giustamente descritto come "cinque giorni di carneficina diplomatica".
La 56a Assemblea internazionale contro la guerra, organizzata dalla Federazione giapponese delle associazioni studentesche autonome (Zengakuren) e dalla Lega comunista rivoluzionaria giapponese (JRCL), si è tenuta a Tokyo e in altre sei città giapponesi il 5 agosto 2018, appena un giorno prima dell'anniversario del brutale attacco nucleare dell'imperialismo americano a Hiroshima. Anche se i messaggi di solidarietà delle organizzazioni riflettono approcci diversi alla questione della guerra e dell'imperialismo, l'evento stesso è stato un incontro importante per la discussione sulla possibilità di una nuova guerra mondiale e sulle sue conseguenze. Due membri del Christian Rakovsky Center, DİP (Turchia) e EEK (Grecia) hanno inviato messaggi di solidarietà all'evento. Entrambi possono essere letti qui sotto.
Messaggio del Partito rivoluzionario dei lavoratori (EEK)
Cari compagni,
The 56th International Antiwar Assembly, organised by the All-Japan Federation of Students’ Self-Governing Associations (the Zengakuren) and the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (JRCL), was held in Tokyo as well as six other Japanese cities on the 5th of August 2018, just one day before the anniversary of the brutal nuclear attack of US imperialism to Hiroshima. Even though the solidarity messages of the organizations reflect different approaches to the issue of war and imperialism, the event itself was an important meeting for the discussion of the possibility of a new world war and its consequences. Two members of the Christian Rakovsky Center, DİP (Turkey) and EEK (Greece) sent solidarity messages to the event. Both can be read below.
Message of the Workers Revolutionary Party (EEK)
Dear Comrades,
Il 15 settembre partiti socialisti e organizzazioni rivoluzionarie da tutti i Balcani si sono riuniti a Dojran, Macedonia. All’evento ospitato da Levica hanno partecipato EEK, NAR, OKDE, SEK, DEA dalla Grecia, DİP e EMEP dalla Turchia e Marks21 dalla Serbia. Pubblichiamo la dichiarazione di solidarietà con il popolo di Macedonia e Levica che è stata firmata durante l’evento
15 Eylül Cumartesi günü Makedonya’nın Doyran şehrinde Balkanların farklı ülkelerinden sosyalist partiler, devrimci örgütler bir araya geldi. Levitsa’nın ev sahipliğinde yapılan toplantıya Yunanistan’dan DİP’in kardeş partisi EEK’in yanı sıra NAR, OKDE, SEK, DEA, Türkiye’den DİP ve EMEP, Sırbistan’dan Marks21 katıldı. Toplantıda Levitsa ve Makedonya halkıyla dayanışma amacıyla imzalanan bildiriyi yayınlıyoruz:
18 Haziran'da, Makedonya ve Yunanistan hükümetleri iki ülke arasındaki ilişkileri 25 yılı aşkın süredir etkileyen isim tartışmasına çözüm olarak sundukları bir antlaşmayı imzaladılar. Bu antlaşmanın, iki taraf için de ulusal sorunu çözmek ve iki etnisite arasındaki dostluğu geliştirmek yönünde gerçek bir niyetin sonucu olmadığı, Batı emperyalizminin kurumlarınca, özellikle de NATO ve AB tarafından dayatılmış bir hamle olduğu şüphe götürmez. Bunun başlıca kanıtı, Makedonya hükümetinin isim meselesinin çözümünü Makedonya'nın AB'ye (ve NATO'ya) girişiyle ilişkilendirdiği bir referandum düzenlemeye karar vermesidir.
On 15th of September socialist parties and revolutionary organizations from around the Balkans gathered in Dojran, Macedonia. EEK, NAR, OKDE, SEK, DEA from Greece, DİP and EMEP from Turkey and Marks21 from Serbia participated in the event hosted by Levica. We publish the statement of solidarity with the people of Macedonia and Levica that was signed during the event:
Η 4η Ευρω-Μεσογειακή Συνδιάσκεψη τον Μάη του 2017 έδωσε έμφαση στις συνέπειες του πρώτου ταξιδιού του Τραμπ έξω από τις ΗΠΑ στην Σαουδική Αραβία και το Ισραήλ: τον σχηματισμό ενός φιλο-ιμπεριαλιστικού πολεμικού άξονα από το Ισραήλ, την Σαουδική Αραβία, τα Ενωμένα Αραβικά Εμιράτα, την Αίγυπτο και το Σουδάν, ενάντια στο Ιράν και τους συμμάχους του στην περιοχή, πρώτα από όλα την Χεζμπολάχ στον Λίβανο και το Συριακό καθεστώς του Μπασάρ Άλ Άσσαντ.
Αναπόφευκτα ο πρώτος στόχος και θύμα μιας τέτοιας ανίερης συμμαχίας είναι ο Παλαιστινιακός λαός, τα δικαιώματά του στον εθνικό αυτοπροσδιορισμό, περιλαμβανομένου του δικαιώματος στην Επιστροφή όλων των Παλαιστίνιων προσφύγων.
Support the struggle of the Palestinian people against imperialism and Zionism for a free Palestine!
The 4th Euro-Mediterranean Conference in May 2017 had emphasized the implications of the first trip of Trump outside the US in Saudi Arabia and Israel: the formation of a pro-imperialist war axis of Israel, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Sudan aimed against Iran and its allies in the region, first of all Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad.
Inescapably the first target and victim of such unholy alliance is the Palestinian people, their rights of national self-determination, including the right to Return of all Palestinian refugees.
On May 14, the United States opened its new embassy in Al Quds/Jerusalem. Thereby the US imperialism made definitive its recognition of Al Quds/Jerusalem as the capital city of the occupier state. The Palestinian people’s unarmed Great March of Return in Gaza was attacked by the Zionist forces, who killed dozens of civilians, injuring and arresting thousands, thus leading one of the most violent attacks against the Palestinians since the 2014 Gaza War. At the same time thousands of Palestinian political prisoners are in the Zionists’ prisons, without trial, for years.