Speech of the General Secretary of EDON for the International Seminar under the title "The role of youth against the imperialist interventions in Middle East" Wednesday
Dear President of WFDY,
Dear Vice President of WFDY,
Dear Executive Secretary of WPC,
Dear copatriots Turkish Cypriots,
Dear comrades delegates of foreign organizations,
On behalf of the Central Committee of EDON, I welcome you to Cyprus and to the International Seminar that is hosted by our organization and is under the title "The role of youth against the imperialist interventions in Middle East".
This seminar is organized within the framework of the 28th EDON's Pancyprian Festival of Youth and Students and the target is to exchange experiences and views in relation with the developments in the Middle East, expressing our international solidarity towards the peoples of the area where they militate against the imperialist's threats and the fight for the peace, the prosperity and the co operation between the peoples.
The control of the energy resources in Middle East, was always within the priorities of imperialism, off course this is something that gained greater dimensions due to the monopolies' competition which revealed even more keenly with the global capitalist crisis.
Though, what is the situation today in Middle East? The so called "Arabic Spring", is proved in reality as a heavy winter! The energy competition is consisted as the basic target of the imperialist interventions where they are extended until the area of east Mediterranean. In the suffering of the people of Palestine and Cyprus, of Iraq and Afghanistan, there are additions, with the peoples of Syria, of Libya, of Lebanon, of Yemen and Egypt where they experience of the imperialist aggressiveness for the control of the energy sources of the area. In the same time, fundamentalist organizations are used as repression teams with the Kurdish people of the area facing rapid attacks.
Middle East, continues to be consisted as a war field. With the people blood then, the borders are redrawn and the implementation of the imperialist plan for the creation of the so called "New Middle East" is brought forward. Israel and Turkey compete for the regional leadership. Israel, within the escalating of its murdering attacks and the colonization against the Palestinians, attempts to stem the efforts for the creation of an independent and sustainable Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as a capital and the borders of 1967. The people of Iraq experiences the misery and the trisection of its land, after 12 years of American occupation. The USA had make their military presence in Afghanistan as a permanent one and they extent their murderous attacks in Pakistan. In Syria,
The war in Syria, is influencing inevitably and the neighboring countries like Lebanon which continues facing the provocativeness of Israel. On the same time, the religious and sectarian conflicts are used by NATO and the allies like for example the Saudi Arabia that had contributed and is contributing in the mad war against the people of Yemen. The presence of NATO in the area is intensified and the EU has a leading role in the militarization of the area, on the name of the so called "energy security".
The nationalism - chauvinism, the religious fundamentalism, fascism and anticommunism are consisted as "useful" tools in the hands of imperialists for the imposition of their plans in the area. With those, they scatter the fear and terrorism, suppressing any form of the real popular reaction. For this reason, extremist organizations, like ISIS for example, are funded, while fascist and racist organizations are empowered. Those organizations, are based direct or indirect from the international establishment, between them and the EU, to change the regional or the local balance of powers, according to their goals. In effect, with their action those organizations are preparing the road for the imposition of new imperialist interventions. Also, the equalize of fascism with communism, consists a strategic choice for taking far the youth for the organized struggle.
The role of USA in the funding of the fundamentalism organizations in the area is more than clear according to the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of USA by the time, Hilary Clinton, where during 2009 was saying thet "the people where we fight today, we were funding them 20 years ago..... in order thet we can win the Soviet Union". Those organizations (for example like the "Islamic State") today they commit horrific crimes and they are used by the imperialists.
And let the West pretending that watches with fear and indignation. The fundamentalists are used then, either as accomplices or either as supposedly opponents. Those that suffer in every case, are the peoples of the area and the working class.
The youth that does not subordinate to imperialism, has a significant role to perform and struggle against the imperialist threats. To struggle together with the people for the overthrow of the presence situation. The reinforcement of our international solidarity, consists for EDON a basic action line and in this contributes and the honorary presence of our organization in the position of the presidency of WFDY. The youth are required to struggle for the protection of the international law and for the observance of the constitutional map of the UN, the abolition of NATO, the nuclear free of the Mediterranean Sea and the enlightenment of the youth in relation with the role of the reactionary, fascist and nationalist movements in the area.
In Cyprus, we have to play a significant role in the struggle against imperialism. Unfortunately, we experienced in depth the role of NATO in the creation of the coup d'État and the Turkish invasion of 1974, as the separation of the country and our people for 41 years now. All the people of Cyprus, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, are called today to reinforce their efforts for a peaceful solution of the Cyprus problem, for the withdrawal of the British military bases and the prevention of the incorporation of Cyprus in NATO and its organizations, like the "Partnership Coperation for Peace".
So there is great necessity of empowering our voices and to raise up even more tightly our fists.What is happening today in the area of Middle East is the stage of the implementation of NATO's plans for a broader geostrategic restructuring of the region within the frameworks of the interimperialist energy competition. Parallel, the struggle against extremism, the religious fanaticism and nationalism of the area is inherent with the struggle against capitalism, that generates and regenerates the poverty, the pauperization, the hunger, the wars and the unhappiness.
The massive and organized struggle of the youth against the imperialist plans in the area is imperative. Our youth organizations, that are incompatible with imperialism and occupation, are called to protagonist on national and international level towards the creation of a resistance front against imperialism, against the foreign and local reaction. A front of support of the peace movement against the occupation and fascism.
But the people have not said their last word yet. We will be always in the first line of the struggle to fight the war, the poverty and the unhappiness.
For the eruption of the hope and to reconstruct a peaceful future for all the peoples, a future that will ensure the freedom, the independence and the sovereignty. The future of the world of Socialism!
We welcome you again and we wish in that today's seminar will reinforce our international solidarity and our struggle against imperialism.
On behalf of the Central Committee of EDON
Charis Karamanos
General Secretary of the CC of EDON
08/07/2015