Common statement of Left organizations and movements against war, imperialism and nationalism

EVERYONE TO THE ANTI-NATO RALLIES ON 11 JULY!

It is obvious that we are going through a period, when the “war clouds” are gathering dangerously, not only above our area, but also above our country. The continuous episodes of the recent time period, the increase of war rhetoric and nationalism (one significant example are the nationalist rallies on the subject of “Macedonia”) confirm these risks.

On the ground of capitalist crisis, the antagonism of the imperialist forces, of the bourgeoisie and the multinational companies all over the world is escalating. The intensity of the antagonism drives the bourgeoisie and the main political forces to enforce nationalism and patricopia, to cultivate hate among peoples, while they massacre the rights of the working majority of the society, to enforce racism against the victims of war. The war shelters are multiplying, war equipment are developing everywhere (even in the indebted Greece) , the risks for armed conflicts are increasing.

The antagonisms are taking place in more and more fronts, and, above all, at the flashpoint of the Middle East. The withdrawal by the US from the nuclear agreement with Iran and the recent slaughter of Palestinians at the Gaza Strip by the state-terrorist of Israel are the latest episodes of a course, that shows that the danger of a generalized war is really close!

In our country, the government SYRIZA- ANEL continues their dangerous alignment to the NATO and the EU politics, seeking on the one hand, their support to overcome crisis at the working class’ expense and and on the other hand the financial and geopolitical upgrade of the Greek ruling class, the arrogation of the energy resources and their transport route in the area. They construct the aggresive and reactionary axis of Greece-Cyprus-Egypt-Israel. It arrogates to contribute to the euro-NATO completion of the Balkans and, under these circumstances, it negotiates with the neighbor-states. They have already initiated the purchase of war equipment, mainly by the US and the EU. Due to all these, it antagonizes more and more dangerously with the Turkish capitalism.

The recent agreement between Tsipras and Zaev is a part of these politics. We are against this agreement and against the whole governmental politics in the area, which is targeting to incorporate the neighbor country to the euro-NATO regime in the Balkans, and the enforcement of the importance of the Greek capital in the area. Our “NO” stands for peace, solidarity, anti-imperalist struggle, respect of peoples, in total opposition to the nationalists-patricopians. The “NO” of the extreme right-wing, which means war, hate, fascism, based on “Macedonia is Greek”, is actually a “YES” to the NATO, the EU, the Greek upper class.

On the other side of the Aegean, the Turkish government of Erdogan formulates more and more openly the war threat, talking about even the occupation of grounds. They have launched reactionary military interventions outside their borders (Syria/Afrin Iraq, etc.). They have constructed an extreme reactionary regime inside their borders mainly against the workers’ movement, the Left wing, the democratic rights and conquest, they oppress terribly the Kurds, at the same time with their huge weapon equipment purchase from Russia.

The Left wing, the workers’, popular and youth movement in Greece, Turkey and all the countries in the Balkans had to scream out loud:

The defence of peace and the prevention of a generalized war, the benefits of the peoples of the area and, above all, the right to live are not, at all, related to the benefits and the antagonism of the ruling classes. This antagonism is reactionary on both sides of the Aegean. The peoples will not be driven to slaughter about whether the EEZ will be exploited by NOBLE, or ROSNEFT, by Greek or Turkish capitalists.

Therefore :

The need of a unitarian, anti-war, anti-imperialist, internationalist movement is urgent!

A movement of prevention of a generalized war and the defence of peace, for the prevention of war and every warmongering opportunism, against the politics, the benefits and the antagonism of the imperialist forces, ruling classes and multinational companies. A movement which will struggle for the common interests of workers of all the countries of the area and will aim against the system of exploitation, which gives birth to memorandums, war, refugees.

The basic goals of this movement are:

1. Exit from the NATO and the euro-army, “No” to new military bases, closure of all the existing ones. Independence from imperialist organizations and their plans. “No” to the imperialist operations in the Balkans, the Middle East and the area. No participation- no (in)direct involvement of Greece. Return of all the Greek army out of the country.
2. We struggle against the reactionary antagonism between Turkey and Greece and the imperialist re-drawing of the borders. No tolerance to patricopia, nationalism and war rhetoric. The antagonism of ruling classes on the EEZ, oil and the ducts, their economic upgrade, that try to deceive the peoples, in the name of “common national benefit”, that are always mentioned to the “responsibility of the other state”, hiding “ours”, aiming to the escalation of conflicts, is an antagonism that is not ours. It brings wars and tragedies to peoples.