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Subject: DHKC statement 190
DEVRIMCI HALK
KURTULUS CEPHESI
Press Bureau
June 10, 2001 Statement Nr.: 190
STONE AGE!
Wolves prefer foggy weather. Imperialism prefers confused minds. It
tries to do its best to confuse minds.
We are living through an era in which those who carry out the greatest
massacres stand before the world as the defenders of democracy and human
rights. We are living
through an era in which the defenders of capitalist exploitation are
called �progressives� while those who defend socialism are called
�conservatives�. We are living through
an era in which freedom is identified with possessing a telephone card
and drinking coke� Under the banner of democracy, peace and prevention
of ethnic cleansing,
imperialist bombs rain down on the people. Imperialism prefers confused
minds. It wants barbarism and modernity, captivity and freedom�
everything to be mixed up. In
foggy weather, imperialism appears to be �modern�. Those who do not
surrender their minds to imperialism are presented as people from the
�stone age�.
Following the visit of a delegation from the European Parliament to the
F-type prisons, the newspaper headlines were about �the ideology of
DHKP-C� and not about the
conditions in the prisons. Because one of the delegates, �former
revolutionary Red Danny� [Daniel Cohn-Bendit] was commenting on our
party�s ideology, saying �these are
stone age thoughts, they are still talking about imperialism�. For the
bourgeois media this was more important than F-type prisons. Were not
the F-type prisons for
destroying revolutionaries and the DHKP-C? They had the opportunity.
They would prove how �reactionary� we were through this �former
revolutionary�!
Yes, comrade Sadi Ozbolat, as the representative of the resisting
captives and the ideology of our party, mentioned �imperialism� during
the meeting with the European
delegation. Without mentioning Sadi�s other comments, the former
revolutionary Red Danny said: �Stone Age�. Without any other information
the Turkish bourgeois media
said, �the DHKP-C is in the Stone Age�.
Yes, Sadi said �imperialism�. They talk about the Stone Age because we
are opposing the hegemony of the USA and the monopolies. If this means
being in the Stone
Age, we are proud of it. This honour belongs to the people like Sadi.
This honour belongs to the Death Fast fighters.
They say �No! We will not think the way you do, we will not accept the
hegemony of the monopolies!�
Remember the footage on TV channels after the massacre of December 19,
2000. In Bayrampasa prison, Sadi Ozbolat, Ercan Kartal and other captive
comrades had been
handcuffed, dozens of their comrades were massacred, they were
surrounded by the death squads and they were marching while chanting
slogans. They have been put
into isolation cells. Their slogans continue to be chanted in the IMF�s
isolation cells. The resistance against imperialism and oligarchy
continues. Massacre, torture and
isolation. People like Sadi are still living and their consciousness is
the same: �for independence against imperialism, for democracy against
fascism, for socialism against
capitalism�. People like Cohn-Bendit are astonished by these thoughts.
Do not be amazed. Recognise us. Neither massacres nor torture nor
isolation cells can make us abandon our thoughts. The power of force can
never be victorious against
the power of beliefs. History is the witness. Recognise us. We will
continue to declare our thoughts under al conditions.
THOSE WHO SAY "STONE AGE", WHAT ARE THEY
TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT DO THEY DEFEND?
They want the entire world to be under the hegemony of 3-5 monopolies.
They say they decide what we eat and wear, how we think and live, about
our language and
culture. They call all the other issues like demanding justice, equality
and freedom and all the willpower and beliefs standing against the
hegemony of monopolies �Stone
Age�.
Have a look at the following fact:
�The total wealth of the richest three people in the world is equal to
the national annual income of 48 countries� Have you seen the �modern
age�!
�The total wealth of the richest 227 people in the world is equal to the
wealth of 2.5 billion people - 45% of the world�s population.� What a
modern age! On one side 227, on
the other 2.5 billion people, that is half of the world�s population.
Who are these 227 people? They are the owners of the biggest imperialist
monopolies. They are the
masters of Cohn Bendit and Johannes Swoboda�s �modern age�. And we are
forced to accept this great, outrageous and savage injustice; this
unjust and illegitimate
hegemony. When we refuse: �Stone Age�!
Yes, it is �Stone Age�. Yes, Sadi said �imperialism�.
Let�s continue to have a look at the consequences of �our age� which the
bourgeois Cohn-Bendit is trying to market as �modern and contemporary�:
�Almost one billion people are unemployed, the daily income of three
billion people is under 2 USD. 1.3 billion of these people receive less
than 1 USD in a day. This is
lower than the poverty level.
�800 million people are malnourished and every year between 20 to 30
million of people die of starvation. 880 million people are illiterate.
1.9 billion people lack clean
drinking water. Out of 1000, every 297 under-five children die of
starvation, diseases and lack of care. Instead of education, 250 million
children work like slaves.� This is the
�Stone Age�. Did we create this world? Did we cause the starvation and
unemployment. What do those who call us �stone age� say about this
situation? Do you know what
is needed to save the lives of 20-30 million people who are dying of
starvation? Only, 40 Million tons of cereal crops. And those richest
5-10 persons of the world can
provide this easily. But they do not. Because it is already a modern
age! It is the age of not caring. The age of �let them die� This vulgar,
primitive and savage way of
thinking did not exist even in the Stone Age.
Let �s see what else happens in the age of imperialism. The monopolies,
under the leadership of US imperialism, are bombarding Iraq and
Yugoslavia, killing tens of
thousands of people and wiping out cities and towns because they refuse
to accept the New World order. They are dividing the Balkans. Inciting
hatred in the Caucasus.
See �the modern age� of Cohn-Bendit! Such a barbaric and savage age has
not been witnessed before. This is the age of imperialism. Or to use
their own description, the
era of �globalisation�. Or the age of New Banditry! The present bandits
are calling those beliefs, which oppose banditry, the beliefs of the
�Stone Age�. If we accepted this
miserable and depraved system and the hegemony of monopolies that bear
the main responsibility for this injustice, we would be considered to be
�modern�. We reject
such �modernism�.
QUESTION YOUR WAY OF BEING A DEMOCRAT AND A HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER; NOT
OUR BELIEFS AND RESISTANCE!
1.He was a revolutionary once upon a time... Now, he hsad become a
"member of the bourgeois parliament". This is what Cohn-Bendit said.
When he became a
bourgeois politician he began to become the spokesperson of the
monopolies. And the monopolies say that they will decide every aspect of
human life. But despite
this fact, people like Cohn-Bendit introduce themselves as the
defenders of democracy and human rights. Then we ask; what kind of
democracy and rights and
liberties are these when people are thrown into isolation cells and
the �bourgeois democracy� of Europe is suggesting it? They suggest to us
models for prisons.
How about our will and our thoughts? According to people like
Cohn-Bendit and Swoboda, �this is not important!� Where is your
democracy, your defence of freedom
of thought and democratic participation?
2.You say, you have thrown us into isolation cells and it is not
worthwhile resisting. What rules of democracy have you used to create
those cells? How do you know
that the best option is the isolation cells and according to whom
is that the case? Have you asked the people through a referendum? Have
you consulted with those
who would have live in those cells? No, you have done none of this.
But you say �these cells are built for us and we should accept them� The
meaning of imperialism
is clearly understood here. It is despotism. And you call those who
oppose this despotism �Stone Age�!
3.What have you done as a delegation? In order to throw us into those
cells you even ignore the massacre of over 50 of our comrades. We have
buried 54 of our
people. You even refuse to discuss it. Where is your commitment to
democracy? Did you not say that human life is sacred? 54 people have
been massacred by
these policies. Stop providing financial credits. Freeze your
relations. Then we would be able see that you are protecting human
lives, that you are a democrat and a
defender of human rights. But no, you cannot do this because of
your interests and the interests of the monopolies. You cannot give up
your interests. Your
commitment to democracy only goes as far as serving the monopolies�
interests.
4.The living witnesses to the massacre and the tyranny known as
forcible medical intervention were within your reach. But you did not
visit them. You did not visit the
hospitals-turned-torture centres. You did not visit to the almost
50 living dead. How about those who have been released from prisons and
who are continuing their
Death Fast action? And those who are participating in the
resistance, in the struggle for rights and liberties, even though they
are not prisoners. Despite the fact that
you were invited, you did not visit them either.
5.You have become accustomed to seeing the collaborationist rulers as
your servants. You have become accustomed to seeing the praise of those
who have great
admiration for Western Europe. And our comrade Sadi said
�imperialism� in front of you. When your reality is exposed in front of
your face, you feel ashamed and
start your demagogy about the �Stone Age�. Do not be surprised. Try
to recognise us. We will never bow down before you. But if you are
talking about human rights,
democracy and liberties, we will demand from you that you do what
is required of a democrat and a defender of human rights. You will
either openly declare that you
are a defender of the monopolies� hegemony or you will do what is
required of a defender of human rights. If you are really for human
rights, then you will start by
opposing isolation in your countries� prisons.
6.�Your attitude is, you are neither taking the side of the Turkish
government nor that of the captives� No, you take the side of the state
which massacred us and has
thrown us into isolation cells. This is very clear. You call us
�Stone Age� How about the state? Why do you not call them fascist? You
cannot. It is against your
interests. It is against your self-created �progressive, democrat�
balloon. If you call the state fascist, then you can not explain how you
credited the state with being
crystal clear. You said �for the first time their (the Turkish
state�s) attitude is clear� Did they tell you about how they burnt six
women prisoners alive in Bayrampasa
prison? How clear were they when this matter was mentioned? Or
maybe you never asked a question on this matter? Do not play games. If
you came to legitimise
the F-type prisons, you can do this openly. If you say you came to
Turkey because you were concerned about democracy and human rights, then
you cannot avoid
massacres, torture and isolation.
WE ARE LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE WILL DECIDE HOW TO LEAD OUR LIVES.
Yes, comrade Sadi said �imperialism�. He said, imperialism�s claim that
it is defending human rights and democracy is a deception. He said that
imperialism plunders and
exploits countries like ours through its IMF and World Bank, it decides
the starvation of our workers and peasants and, in order to prevent
people from opposing this
robbery, it ordered the elimination of revolutionaries in our country.
He said that the F-type prisons are a part of the IMF�s programme and
they are constructed by US and
European imperialism.
And these delegates are going to Turkey, sure of being the masters of
the world and no one can resist them, and they hear this voice which
challenges imperialism and its
collaborators, questions their attitude and holds them responsible. This
voice is the voice of Sadi and the DHKC captives. This voice is the
voice of revolution, socialism
and our party. This voice is shouting that we will never surrender to
imperialism. It shouts that we will shake the world, once again, from
Turkey and end the hegemony of
imperialism and oligarchy, the IMF and the US Empire. You will keep
hearing the voice of the people like Sadi, and the DHKC captives, saying
that they will not be able to
make us surrender, we will live with our own command, determination,
decisions, organisation and beliefs.
Ps. Besides the �Stone Age� issue, there were many manipulations and a
lot of false information concerning the meeting of the delegation with
the captives. Some of these
derive from the European delegation while others are the manipulation of
the bourgeois media.
Comrade Sadi �zbolat said that "We take the decisions about
prisons. The political and strategic decisions are made by the party�.
Their interpretation was that
�the decisions are made in Brussels� This is a lie. Sadi never
mentioned Brussels in his talk.
According to the media, it was said that "nobody wanted to go back
to the beginning". No. None of the captives have posed the problem this
way. Of course, the
captives do not want dormitories for 80-90 people. The captives did
not build these dormitories anyway. The state built them. They built and
demolished them. The
paradox of a choice between �the old prisons or F-type prisons� was
manufactured to legitimise isolation. We want to live collectively. We
want to live with our own
thoughts. Human beings are social creatures. Revolutionaries are
human beings who live collectively. This is very clear.
DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS CEPHESI
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