EDON, on the occasion of the brutal murder of George Floyd by police forces in the United States, once again expresses its solidarity with all the victims of racist and xenophobic behaviour. At the same time, we must emphasize that racism, by its very nature, does not manifest itself in the same way in people of different social classes.
Racism and racist attitudes are not only about the colour, race and religion of a person, but also with the place that this person has in society. At the same time that millions of African-American workers are being victimized by institutional racism and oppression, there is also that small portion of African-Americans belonging to golden boys and big business who are being treated differently.
In Cyprus, on the one hand we have the examples of foreign millionaires who receive a grand reception even with the concession of Cypriot citizenship. On the other hand, the persecuted, refugees and migrants, who have been stacked for weeks in refugee camps such as Pournara. These two practices, the cold-blooded killing by repressive forces and the gradual impoverishment until the slow death of the refugees, are as different from each other as the gas chamber from the electric chair.
The real source of racism is the same as the source of all the suffering that humanity causes itself. It is the capitalist system that produces and reproduces poverty with all the evils that accompany it. Humanity cannot sincerely hope for the elimination of racism as well as wars, fascism and so many other “diseases”, until it is finally free from this system.
As EDON, we call on all the youth who carry honest anti-racist feelings to join the big struggle for the liberation of humanity from capitalism. Let us all fight for another superior society, where colour and race will no longer be a source of fear. All together and organized, because no matter how much indignation and anger such phenomena cause, without organization and constant struggle, every opportunity to be victorious at the end, is lost!
International Relations Office
Of the CC of EDON
29/05/2020