english
nederlands
Indymedia NL
Independent Media Centre of the Netherlands
Indymedia NL is an independent free communication organisation. Indymedia offers an alternative approach to the news by using an open publishing method for text, images, video and audio.
> contact > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
Search

 
All Words
Any Word
Contains Media:
Only images
Only video
Only audio

Dossiers
Agenda
CHAT!
LINKS

European NewsReal

MDI's complaint against Indymedia.nl
Courtcase Deutsche Bahn vs. Indymedia.nl
Topics
anti-fascisme / racisme
europa
feminisme
gentechnologie
globalisering
kunst, cultuur en muziek
media
militarisme
natuur, dier en mens
oranje
vrijheid, repressie & mensenrechten
wereldcrisis
wonen/kraken
zonder rubriek
Events
G8
Oaxaca
Schinveld
Schoonmakers-Campagne
Help
Tips for newbies
A short intro into Indymedia NL
The policy of Indymedia NL
How to join?
Donate
Support Indymedia NL with donations!
Lawsuits cost a lot of money, we appreciate every (euro)cent you can spare!

You can also direct your donation to Dutch bank account 94.32.153 on behalf of Stichting Vrienden van Indymedia, Amsterdam (IBAN: NL41 PSTB 0009 4321 53)
Indymedia Network

www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa
ambazonia
canarias
estrecho / madiaq
kenya
nigeria
south africa

Canada
hamilton
london, ontario
maritimes
montreal
ontario
ottawa
quebec
thunder bay
vancouver
victoria
windsor
winnipeg

East Asia
burma
jakarta
japan
manila
qc

Europe
alacant
andorra
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
bristol
bulgaria
croatia
cyprus
estrecho / madiaq
euskal herria
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
lille
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
netherlands
nice
norway
oost-vlaanderen
paris/île-de-france
poland
portugal
romania
russia
scotland
sverige
switzerland
thessaloniki
toulouse
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia
west vlaanderen

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
brasil
chiapas
chile
chile sur
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso

Oceania
adelaide
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
oceania
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india
mumbai

United States
arizona
arkansas
atlanta
austin
baltimore
big muddy
binghamton
boston
buffalo
charlottesville
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
danbury, ct
dc
hampton roads, va
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
idaho
ithaca
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
omaha
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
seattle
tallahassee-red hills
tampa bay
tennessee
united states
urbana-champaign
utah
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
armenia
beirut
israel
palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
discussion
fbi/legal updates
indymedia faq
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
volunteer
Credits
This site is produced by volunteers using free software where possible.

The system we use is available from:mir.indymedia.de
an alternative is available from: active.org.au/doc

Thanks to indymedia.de and mir-coders for creating and sharing mir!

Contact:
info @ indymedia.nl
DECLARATION OF THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST STRUGGLE
DECLARATION OF THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST STRUGGLE - 03.07.2006 11:29

1) The discovery of oil and rise of its importance as a source of energy have turned the region into an important sphere of ongoing rivalry among the imperialist hegemonic forces. Having taken the role of gendarmerie of the capitalist world after the World War II, the US imperialism has become superior in the rivalry that they conducted with British and French imperialists over the Middle Eastern oil, and the US imperialism has gradually started to be the dominant power in our region. And today also, the US Imperialism is trying to strengthen and deepen its domination.

DECLARATION OF THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST STRUGGLE COORDINATION OF THE MIDDLE EAST

1) The discovery of oil and rise of its importance as a source of energy have turned the region into an important sphere of ongoing rivalry among the imperialist hegemonic forces. Having taken the role of gendarmerie of the capitalist world after the World War II, the US imperialism has become superior in the rivalry that they conducted with British and French imperialists over the Middle Eastern oil, and the US imperialism has gradually started to be the dominant power in our region. And today also, the US Imperialism is trying to strengthen and deepen its domination.

2) The US imperialism, who wants to own the world economy without any rival, tries to make ineffective its rivals through its military and economic superiority. But, despite its superiority, the American imperialism feels just behind its nape the rivalry of other rival imperialist powers. It is equal with dreaming to think that the prominent imperialist powers; the EU as a whole and the imperialist countries such as Germany and France within this economic integration, China, Russia or Japan would accept the unilateral US hegemony in the Middle East. These imperialist powers do want to have a word in the re-division of the world, and are trying to prevent the use of the region's energy resources against themselves by the USA. Therefore the inter-imperialist contradictions in our region are extremely sharpened.

3) The ongoing hegemonic fight upon the world markets and raw materials shows that the rivalry among the leading imperialist countries, the inner-imperialist contradictions is sharpened in certain regions: These regions are the Balkans, the Middle East and Caucasus/Caspian Basin and Latin America.

4) The hegemonic imperialist powers such as the USA, the EU (Germany and France at first), and other imperialist powers are mercilessly competing with each other to dominate the world markets and, at the same time, they are acting in common against the peoples and oppressed nations who resist them, who do not yield to the occupation and fight for national independence, and trying to take them under their yoke.

5) Because of their energy resources, the Middle East and Caspian Basin are essential regions for the imperialist powers. The geopolitical fictions that were/are prepared yesterday and today for the world hegemony suggest the occupation of these regions. We see that the world hegemony passes from the occupation of these regions in the recent geopolitics of Germany, Britain and France, in the current geopolitics of the USA and other imperialist powers and in the statements made by the most prominent geo-politicians.

6) The contradictions among the main imperialist countries are not yet sharpened at the level of turning into a direct war with each other. But, as the last 10-15 years have shown, they carry out their invasions serving their own strategies by forming coalitions or by benefiting from other's weaknesses. This hegemonic row, contradictions and conflicts will keep the Middle East face to face even for many years with new relations and balances of power, new alliances and separations, new conflicts and wars. Imperialists will not leave until the peoples of the region would kick them out.

7) The national liberation struggles did not lose their importance and rightness. The oppressed nations and peoples are continuing with their fight against the imperialist occupation, war, repression and plunder. The resistance of the Palestinian people against Zionism and imperialism, of the Iraqi people against the imperialist occupation and of the Kurdish nation against national yoke represent an experiment for all oppressed nations and peoples.

8) However its strength is, the imperialism is not invincible and it is not omnipotent. This is proven by the anti-imperialist resistances, the national liberation struggles of the oppressed nations and the social liberation struggles of the peoples and the proletariat. It has been shown by Vietnam in the past. And now Iraqi and Palestinian resistances are proving it. The announcement of organisations that fight for national liberation as "terrorists" by the imperialist forces does not chance anything in the essence of the problem. The revolution in Nepal, the resistance in Iraq, the Intifada in Palestine, the Serhildans and the guerrilla of Kurdistan are inevitable and legitimate.

9) Nowhere the occupiers have been welcomed as they had hoped for and no one has considered them as liberators. This however is very meaningful. Occupation means being dependent of the foreign will-power. Occupation means being honourless. Therefore the peoples and nations who do not obey and who do not accept national dishonour have chosen and are still choosing the path of fighting against the occupiers together with their workers, peasants, youth and elderly, their dynamic forces in all.

10) Imperialism unites the struggle of the working class, labouring masses and the oppressed nations. Whatever its appearance may be, imperialism means reaction, aggression, occupation, war and plunder. Everywhere the peoples of the world are exposed to reaction, aggression, occupation, war, exploitation and plunder. These all show that our struggle is an international struggle and it is, therefore, a necessity to organise it commonly.

11) Our first task is to create Anti-imperialist Coordinations that would prove and produce itself within the struggle in practice, and would be capable of centralizing and leading anti-imperialist struggle in the Balkans, Middle East, Caucasus/Caspian Basin and Latin America which are the regions where the inter-imperialist contradictions have been sharpened at most. There exist the material conditions to form such coordination in all of the aforementioned regions. And such coordination has already been established in the Balkans.

12) Doubtlessly there exist anti-imperialist organisations, centres of resistance and platforms those who are active on the international and regional level. But, as life has shown, they are not in the position to practice the mission that they drew as their aim. The task to change the situation downs at first on the regions' progressive, anti-imperialist, revolutionary and communist forces. In this meaning; the creation of a regional coordination is again a necessity for revolutionary and communist forces to realize an active intervention to these platforms. As proven by the political developments in our region, this task can only be served through creation of a regional Anti-imperialist Coordination.

13) It is inevitable for the peoples of our region to act together to liberate the Middle East -the region where inter-imperialist contradictions sharpened at most and which involves both the occupation and the resistance- from the imperialist occupation and plunder, and to expel imperialism. Yes, this is an obligation, because the problems of the peoples, the Turks, Kurds, Arabs and Persians, have become the same.
The Middle East is continuing to occupy the world agenda through the oil, the rivalry and aggression upon the oil pipe lines; the occupation of Iraq, threatening of Iran and Syria by the USA and coalition forces; the Lebanon, Palestine and Kurdish questions; the anti-imperialist struggle, Islamic movement, and etc. And each of these problems is affecting the countries of the region directly or indirectly. In that case it is inevitability for each progressive and revolutionary party of our region to be prepared for a struggle on a regional level with an increased spirit of solidarity.

14 It is the common problem of our peoples to make occupants leave our region. The common problem makes necessary the common struggle and organisation among our peoples.
The dynamics and opportunities of turning the anti-imperialist, revolutionary struggle on the regional level into a material force are growing; its political and social conditions are getting matured more and more. This situation points out the task to coordinate the progressive, anti-imperialist and revolutionary forces' fight against imperialism, and to continue with it as a united struggle. Therefore, the Anti-Imperialist Struggle Coordination of the Middle East is a tool serving this purpose. The parties and organisations which are fighting against imperialism and their collaborators in our region should participate in this Coordination and support it.

15) The world reality facing us is increasing the level of international organisation and struggle of the anti-imperialist struggle. There is no doubt that the best one is to create an international anti-imperialist front. Formation of regional Anti-imperialist Co-ordinations, however, is a necessary step that should be taken from today in order to build such international coordination or front.

16) The 1st Middle East Conference has successfully been realized on 11-12 June, 2006. Thus, the patriotic, revolutionary and communist forces of the Middle East have taken the first step on the way to advance the anti-imperialist struggle in our region. The next task for the pro-independence, anti-imperialist, revolutionary and communist forces of Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Kurdistan, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Egypt or, to put it a nutshell, all countries considered in the Greater Middle East Project, are to take part in this platform; to increase the united and consistent anti-imperialist political struggle.

17) The anti-imperialist struggle, support and solidarity must be taken out from abstract, general and verbal levels and must be conducted with concrete, actual and practical task and goals and go beyond only protesting against something. It must target the militarist, political, economic and institutional presence of the imperialist forces. As well as actions against IMF, WB, G-8 and NATO, this could also be carried out in the form of organising militant actions to prevent the visits of imperialist chiefs to various countries, and the sale and transportation of weapons.

18) The anti-imperialist, anti-war struggle must be combined with the fight against the neo-liberal attacks. It is because the imperialist aggression and occupation reflect to the imperialist countries in the form of unemployment, restriction of freedoms, racism and chauvinism. The economic crisis, unemployment and cuts on the social rights in these countries are predicated on the existence of immigrants, and are being made a pretext for the new anti-terror laws and fascist-reactionary institutionalisations.

19) There are serious political and ideological illusions about anti-imperialist struggle in the world. For example, some "leftist" forces consider that the resistance and actions based on Islamic motives are not part of the anti-imperialist struggle. Or in the struggle against imperialist war, they avoid targeting NATO. A strong anti-imperialist struggle is making inevitable also the struggle against such understandings.

20) The anti-imperialist struggle cannot be considered without the anti-capitalist struggle. But the two are not the same and identical. Regarding their components, the anti-imperialist platforms are more flexible and require diversity and colourfulness.

21) There is no doubt that the anti-imperialist struggle will benefit from indirect reserves. But it shall take as the main its own power and inner dynamics.

22) Regional Anti-imperialist Coordination means a strong coordination of the regional struggle.

23) The Anti-Imperialist Struggle Coordination of the Middle East will help to strengthen and advance the anti-imperialist struggle on a national and international level.

24) Through the Coordination, both the resistance is going to reach active internationalist support in the region and the steps of developing a consistent and united anti-imperialist struggle are going to be taken.

25) It is going to end the estrangement among the revolutionary and communist parties, and cause them to come closer by intervening within the political developments.

26) It is going to develop an active intervention in various platforms that are established on international scale -such as the ESF and WSF- through a revolutionary centre.

27) The Coordination will practice a principled stance against the anti-imperialist illusions, chauvinism and social chauvinism and the reactionary forces in the process of fight against imperialist war and occupation, and will undertake an influential political and ideological struggle.

28) In order to convert the anti-imperialist struggle in our region in a real force, to "Middle Easternize" the anti-imperialist fight, a secretariat must be founded for the Coordination.

29) A central bureau has to be found in a country which is considered as appropriate. The bureau should be equipped with necessary technology in order to ensure communication, and friends who know different languages should be placed there.




12 June 2006
Middle East Conference of the Anti-imperialist Struggle

Maoist Communist Party (Turkey/Northern Kurdistan)
Communist Party of Turkey-Spark
Marxist Leninist Communist Party (Turkey/Northern Kurdistan)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan)
Arab Platform in Berlin

 
supplements
DECLARATION OF ANTI-INDYMEDIA-SPAM STRUGGLE 
lezer - 03.07.2006 12:42

Hierbij verklaar ik dat ik een hekel heb aan mensen die op zoveel mogelijk indymedia-sites en andere open-nieuwssites in de wereld hun schrijfsels posten zonder ze te voorzien van een korte vertaling of inleiding die duidelijk maakt waarom deze tekst relevant is voor het lezerspubliek van de site in kwestie.

Uiteindelijk werkt dit averechts want je maakt jezelf niet populair.
supplements
> indymedia.nl > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
DISCLAIMER: Indymedia NL uses the 'open posting' principle to promote freedom of speech. The news (text, images, audio and video) posted in the open newswire of Indymedia NL remains the property of the author who posted it. The views in these postings do not necesseraly reflect the views of the editorial team of Indymedia NL. Furthermore, it is not always possible to guarantee the accuracy of the postings.