The title above does not belong to me, but to Assoc. Prof. Fikret Başkaya, whom I like/admire very much.
When analyzing the situation of the world and the Middle East today, Fikret Hodja focuses more on the capitalist system and capitalism, and he also emphasizes that the way out is “from communism” that he is.
Of course your exit/survival “from communism” that there is no such thing.
Without going into Fikret Hodja's analysis, it is necessary to look at how the conditions for intervention were created, even if the reason for the war waged by the US-Israel against Iran over the last month is capitalism or the realization of imperial ambitions.
The leftists, nationalists, conservatives and some democrats in our country are the apostles of democracy, and they are strongly opposed to the US-Israeli war, especially the one that Israel is waging today. “death penalty law”Iran has been executing its own people for the last 50 years, massacring thousands of people, and especially hanging dissidents without question.
Why doesn't he want to?
Because it comes down to the Kurds.
Anyway, in this country, when any issue touches the Kurds, all religious, irreligious, right-wing and left-wing people rise up as one, with the exception of democrats and dignified people like Fikret Başkaya.
These people, who today are the apostles of democracy and lion democrats, have never had a problem with Iran's relentless repression of Kurds and dissidents, the brutal executions, the thousands of people executed during protests.
While massacres were committed against Kurds in Aleppo with the support of the Turkish state in Rojava, the religious, the right-wing, the left-wing and the nationalist ignored or even approved of these massacres.
Those who cry for the children in Palestine and Gaza ignore the Kurdish children freezing to death in the besieged Kobane, just as they have never seen the expulsion of 200 thousand Kurds in Aleppo in the middle of winter and snow.
Sorry, but this hypocritical and hypocritical attitude cannot be ignored by the Kurds.
I will not go into how Iran is subjecting Kurds to massacres, especially with its barbaric execution laws, but it is necessary to look at how US imperialism prepares the conditions for intervention before intervening in Iran, Iraq, Syria and other states of the world.
The leaders of the Middle East are cruel, authoritarian and never fair, they oppress their own people, they steal, they steal, they reign on the blood of the people as much as possible.
And where do they get this power?
Of course from imperialist states like the US.
Therefore, all problems and analyses must be handled impartially, fairly and objectively. The fact that the US is an imperialist does not negate the fact that Iran is a tyrannical country that slaughters its own people.
This also needs to be seen...
Fikret Başkaya's analysis;
“The savagery and cruelty of this race called Christianity against the peoples they have been able to subjugate all over the world is unparalleled by any other race in any age, no matter how savage, no matter how crude, no matter how ruthless and shameless”. It starts with the William Howitt quote.
“War is the continuation of politics by other means” With Carl von Clausewitt “Just as dark clouds carry the storm, capitalism carries the war”It continues with a quote by Jean Jaurès.
Fikret Hodja
“The truth is that people live in a capitalist society, but they don't know, nor are they curious, what a messy system capitalism is. In fact, it is not only ordinary people who don't know, but also the highly educated. On the contrary, they do not fail to legitimize capitalism. But capitalism is a fundamental deviation that threatens life on this earth.
With each passing day, our beautiful planet is becoming more and more uninhabitable... Moreover, this miserable situation is being celebrated in the name of “growth”, “development”, “progress”, in the name of “catching up with and surpassing the contemporary civilization”... But in the first place, capitalism owes its existence to colonialism (colonialism).
Capitalism is a system with the tendency and dynamics of unlimited growth, expansion and expansion, which makes continuous growth necessary for every capitalist enterprise to survive in conditions of fierce competition. To put it another way, the dilemma of growth or extinction no capitalist/capitalist business‘that's enough for me, I'll stop here’ He cannot say...
Otherwise, they will be swallowed up by the powerful and thrown off the stage... In fact capitalism is war Because the existence of every capitalist enterprise depends on neutralizing its competitors... When contradictions cross a certain limit, politics comes into play, and the competition between them inevitably turns into a hot war...
Since the 16th century, when capitalism appeared on the stage of history, there has not been a single day without war... If anyone knows, tell me... In the past five hundred years, genocides, mass killings, atrocities and wars were the rule, not the exception...
History tells us shows that war is a key instrument of capitalist expansion. In times of crisis, the great capitalist powers resort to war on the grounds of “security and stability” for the benefit of big business... In this sense, the “competition” between states” It becomes a means of accessing resources and markets... The toll of war on humanity and nature: the death of innocent people, displacement and forced migration are becoming commonplace...
In short, Zionist Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people is not an exception...
The imperialists have no difficulty in coming up with “excuses” to wage war... Remembering the justifications for war that have emerged in the last 30 years makes it clear enough what I mean:
Here “’rogue state“, ”liberating people from tyrannical rule“, ”obligation to protect“, ”bringing democracy“, ”threatening world peace', etc... What is the justification for going to war against Iran?
Why has the entire “Middle East” been dragged into an endless war? They caught a pirate and brought him before Alexander the Great. When Alexander said “how can you disturb the peace of the world, how can you destroy stability”, the pirate said “I have a small ship and they call me a pirate, you have a huge navy and they call you an emperor”... In short, imperialists have no difficulty in creating justifications for war...
Capitalism cannot do without imperialism, imperialism cannot do without war, hegemony cannot do without enemies... Because capitalism is imperialism... A small number of capitalist-imperialist states exploit the rest of the world, plunder its resources, massacre its people, leave them hungry and helpless, while the profits of the big capitalist monopolies continue to grow. The imperialist countries control of the world's population but of the earth's resources...
The US, the undisputed hegemonic power after the second inter-imperialist war, has lost the power of unilateral imposition. There is now a ‘crisis of hegemony”... It has to face strong rivals...
Russia, which ceased to be an effective actor with the collapse of the Soviet system, has managed to regain its strength over time, and China, which is developing rapidly, has also we're in. he says, now There is no unipolar world... But that's not all, now cursed of the earth more and more people are realizing that the justifications for war have no credibility...
While imperialist states increase their war budgets and military expenditures, the coffers of the big arms producing monopolies (Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics’ and others) continue to fill up... In short winning the war Whatever the outcome of the wars, the arms manufacturers and traders“ ”profits are certain..."
As long as capitalism and imperialism continue to exist, it will never be possible to prevent wars... It was inevitable that the “peace struggles” failed to move the stone in the past period...
Looking for something where it does not exist has no equivalent... To speak of peace in the absence of a categorical perspective of exiting capitalism is absurd and can never have any reality... Why couldn't the Gaza genocide and the Ukrainian war be stopped? War is for capitalism Necessity because it is
With the economy dominated by capitalist monopolies and states in the service of finance capital, it will never be possible to stop the atrocities of war...
So what should we do? Go to the root of the problem, coming to terms with the capitalist system, the creator of war... That work is also for the working class and the working class as a whole, which creates all the wealth of this world but does not get its rightful share of what it creates, and is exploited, humiliated and deprived of what is necessary for life. to the cursed of the earth Are these hands going to keep picking pears forever?... How long will a handful of thugs who have turned this beautiful world into hell determine the fate of humanity and darken the future of civilization?
Without liberation from ideological slavery It is not possible to come to terms with any ‘fundamental problem’... This includes wars... Two things then:
1 - Freedom from ideological slavery and 2. To build an organization that will change the course of things...
There is no obstacle to this... Is this something beyond human will? Why can't we assert the will to live as people of dignity? Is there no end to this damned “respectable spectatorship”? In short, there is no future but communism! It must be time to call things by their name... For nothing “telling the truth is a revolutionary act” We don't say...” says Fikret hoca...