Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 1312.2024
According to the Stalinist front in Israel-Hadash, their sister party in Turkey opposed the revolution in Syria. It is not difficult to understand that the TCP has been on the side of Assad, the butcher. They say: “Due to the fall of Assad, Syria will suffer deeper chaos.” It is not surprising as the Stalinists in Syria supported Assad.
“The Turkish Communist Party stated that “Syria will not achieve stability and peace” following the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime. The party warns against “the beginning of an era of barbarism in a country that has suffered massacres, whose territories have been occupied, whose resources have been looted and whose conflicts are incessant. Due to the fall of Assad, Syria will suffer deeper chaos.”[i]
They spread the lie that Israel and the USA are behind the revolution. They write: “The jihadist movements work in cooperation with Israel to dismember Syria and take over the state. The victory of Israel is the victory of American imperialism.”
You have to be an idiot to believe it, as Israel is attacking Syria under the rule of the rebels.
“The Turkish communists believe that Israel is the main winner in the newly created situation: “Once again, it has been proven that the conflict in the Middle East is not religious. The jihadist movements work in cooperation with Israel to dismember Syria and take over the state. The victory of Israel is the victory of American imperialism. ‘. But bloody conflicts will likely break out between the groups of the ‘winners,’ and the USA may be able to impose its wrath on them.”[ii]
In addition, they equated the imperialists with the rebels. They write:
“Security in Syria will only be achieved with the defeat of imperialism and the Jihad groups.”
“The Turkish communists point out that “Bloody conflicts always accompany Pax Americana. Peace, stability, and security in Syria will only be achieved with the defeat of imperialism and the Jihad groups. We make it clear to the citizens of Turkey: what is happening in Syria is not child’s play. If our country and its future are dear to us, we must stand up and renounce barbarism and act accordingly. What is happening now in Syria is the result of sectarianism, religious fanaticism, nationalism, and dependence on foreign forces.”[iii]
They call themselves Communists, but their politics is anti-revolutionary. Abd El-Krim announced the creation of the Rif Republic in September 1921 and introduced sharia law in the territories he controlled. The French and Spanish colonialists attacked the Rif Republic. What was the position of the revolutionary French Communist Party at that time? Did they attack the Rif, calling it barbarism, or stood with the Rif?
Unlike the Stalinist Turks and Israelis, the French Communist party that at that time, was part of a revolutionary International stood with the Rif.
“Only the French Communist Party (PCF) – initially accused by the Komintern of being ambiguous about colonial matters and supported by intellectuals including the Surrealist “Claret” group – organized mass protests against the war, and particularly against the sending of troops to Morocco. At the end of 1924, the PCF also wrote “a pro-Rif manifesto” and sent a telegram of support to Abd el-Krim105 that would be read before the National Assembly.”[iv]
To hell with the traitors of the revolution in Syria!
For a revolutionary constituent Assembly of the workers and the poor peasants in Syria!
For workers backed by the poor peasant’s government in Syria!
Expropriate all the big capital under workers’ control!
For land reforms!
Endnotes:
[i] https://hadash.org.il/%d7%94%d7%91%d7%a2%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%a2%d7%94-%d7%a2%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a4%d7%a1%d7%a7%d7%aa-%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%94-%d7%94%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%a1/
[ii] Ibid
[iii] Ibid
[iv] https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/the-rif-war-a-forgotten-war-923