I must say that among those statements by Greek left-wing organizations
of which I am aware, the OKDE statement makes the best impression!
For those interested, here is an extended set of theses from our side on
this issue:
Turkey and the Growing Tensions in Eastern Mediterranean
Theses on the complex contradictions between imperialist and regional
powers, the Arab Revolution and the consequential tactics of Marxists
28 August 2020,
https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/turkey-and-the-growing-tensions-in-eastern-mediterranean/
<https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/turkey-and-the-growing-tensions-in-eastern-mediterranean/>
Am 08.09.2020 um 23:17 schrieb ioannis aposperites:
Στις 8/9/20 7:12 μ.μ., ο mkaradjis . έγραψε:
There is probably some underestimation of Turkey’s own aggressiveness
in the OKDE statement, even if there is some “justification” from a
“national” point of view as you explain well (and with Erdogan’s
current ally Bahceli from the fascist MHP making “war” noises all the
more dangerous).
Michael
Thank you for your comment. The statement of OKDE(Spartakos) is not an
analysis; it is rather a part of the discussion inside ANTARSYA and
the broader Greek left on how to respond to nationalism and warmongering.
We have indeed bent the stick towards the Greek aggressive policy.
This is because everybody else in the Greek left condemns the Turkish
aggressive attitude and the cowardice of the traitorous Greek
bourgeois government who is about to cede Greek sovereign rights to
the enemy!
Unfortunately, the whole intraleft dialogue in Greece is trapped on
the question of who is the aggressor, as if a, by definition,
aggressive bourgeois government would cease to be aggressive whenever
it is forced to a defensive stance. Turkish aggressiveness is real but
it is always up to the Turkish working class to deal with it. As for
the Greek working class, denouncing the Turkish aggressiveness
(without any objective possibility to fight it) and therefore
objectively siding with its own bourgeoisie against the Turkish
working class, is clearly not an option.
The right-wing Greek government has played the card of
ultranationalist narrative to cement the national unity around an
impossible claim, namely that Turkey must be excluded from east
Mediterranean sea. The map circulated by Greece is telling
https://www.onalert.gr/ellinotourkika/O_kathorismos_ths_ellhnikhs_AOZ_kai_o_asfairos_toyrkikos_mpampoylas/90725/
The situation in Greece is much the same as the so called "macedonian
issue" and the Prespa agreement. Back then New Democracy was
championing the ultranationalist narrative against the Macedonian
people both in Macedonian Republic and Greece. But then it was SYRIZA
willing to be the scapegoat that striked the Prespa agreement, which
the Greek bourgeoisie wanted and with which its main party, New
Democracy, eventually accommodated. But now there is no SYRIZA to take
on the sin! And obviously Turkey must take its share from this natural
gas Eldorado.
Two other statements not nationalist but still not good enough as they
stand in equal distance from Greece and Turkey, can be found at
http://eek.gr/index.php/announcements/6519-joint-statement-by-the-dip-of-turkey-and-the-eek-of-greece
and
https://www.emep.org/tr/sermaye-ve-emperyalizmin-planlarini-yenilgiye-ugratarak-bolgede-baris-istiyoruz-mucadelemiz-iscilerin-ve-halklarin-cikarlari-ve-sosyal-kurtuluslari-icindir/
in solidarity
JA
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