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Meeting
of Communist and workers Parties in
East
Mediterranean
Syrian Communist Party
speech delivered by Dr. Ammar Bagdache, member of
political bureau of Syrian Communist Party, in Athens 5th
January 2008
Dear comrades,
At the
beginning, I'd like to express my deep thanks to the
comrades of Communist Party of Greece, for their
initiative to invite workers and Communist Parties in
East Mediterranean and their kind hosting to the
meeting.
Today, our
meeting to exchange opinions with the representatives of
fraternal parties and coordinating their stands to
challenge common enemy - the world imperialism, has a
special importance in terms of plots and imperialistic
expanding plans which are applied in our region. And our
region is one of the most significant parts, for the
intense challenge between world imperialism and world
liberating movement takes place in it.
The situation in
the region is distinguished by the continuation of
American invasion and direct occupation to Iraq. It
should be said that Iraqi patriotic resistance which has
directed and directs painful strikes to American forces
and to its local agents, did not change only the
situation in the region, but also the situation in whole
world. By virtue of this heroic resistance, the image of
the American Imperialism as an absolute power and not
confronted and must be kept pace with it, this image
fell down.
So the Iraqi
patriotic resistance strongly proved that the people who
aspire for its freedom, and willing to present all what
it has for the liberty of its country, can struggle
against the most forceful imperialist power, and cause
it tremendous losses.
We, Syrian
communists, supported and expressed our solidarity with
Iraqi national resistance since its appearance,
regardless of ideological contrasts with some of its
factions. However, according to our viewpoint, what
basically combines us is the opposition and resistance
against the main enemy; that is the American
Imperialism.
We wish if the
socialist stream is stronger in this resistance, and
this did not really happen because of the opportunist
and revisionist cancer, which affected the supposed
deliverer of this stream. Right now, we are with all
real patriotic powers in the region, backing up the
struggle of Iraqi patriotic resistance to defeat the
American occupation, and establishing the independent
democratic unified free Iraq, where the whole citizens
have equal rights.
Besides, there is a further
victory to liberation powers in our region, particularly
the defeat of Zionist Israeli aggression on Lebanon in
summer time 2006. As usual, this aggression had a
thoroughly American support; above all, it was mainly
incited by American administration, to kill civilians in
the inhabited places in such a brutal way and with
inconsideration to thousands of victims. In site of
that, the Lebanese national resistance and its striking
group’ Hezbollah’ courageously confronted to the
barbarian attack, and they defeated the troops of
Zionist aggression.
We, Syrian communists, raise a
high tribute to heroisms of Lebanese national
resistance. We also champion the struggle of Lebanese
patriotic powers irrespective of their ideology or
origin; seeking to defeat the huge plot which world
imperialistic centers fabricate it depending on their
local allies and agents, for the sake of transforming
Lebanon into imperialistic protectorate and as a centre
of conspiracy on the national liberation movement in the
region. Lebanese national powers strife to preserve on
the real independence for their country and national
sovereignty, they contribute a lot in the struggle of
world and Arab patriotic liberation movement.
As Zionist and imperialistic
plots persist to destroy the Palestinian issue. It
should be said that reactionaries Arab regimes and
Palestinian non- patriotic sections work hard to make
this huge conspiracy successful; and Annapolis
Conference was one of the recent scenes, which the
American administration called for the meeting in
coordination with Zionist Israel rulers, assistance and
support of world reactionary powers including the
flattering Arab regimes. Undoubtedly, one of temporary
objects of Annapolis Conference was to brighten up the
image of Bush administration in front of American public
opinion, as a temporary compensation of repeated defeats
or, rather, the immense failure of American Imperialism
policy in Iraq. More over, it is also to increase the
popularity of Olmert government inside Israel,
especially after Israeli troops in Lebanon were
defeated.
However, the objects of
Annapolis Conference were further of temporary objects.
Its objects were intending to draw the features and key
lines of destroying the Palestinian issue. So, Annapolis
Conference is a step to legalize’ the Jewish features’
to Israel state and the absolute negation to the
Palestinian refugees right of return which was
stipulated by the UN resolutions. And even furthermore,
to endorse the principle of ’ Israel's Judaism ’ is a
clear racial principle establishes a legally base
displacing the Arab citizens from Israel, that is to
say; applying the of ’ Transfer ’ scheme which the most
extremist parts openly proclaim it in the Zionist camp,
and practically prepared by what is called ’ Zionist
moderate powers ’ .
As working for
keeping the aggressive expanding characteristic of
Zionist Israel and developing it, there is no in the
Zionist camping. But disagreement is concentrated on the
best manner for applying this colonial racial scheme.
In addition to
that, Annapolis Conference aimed to confirm the category
that Palestinian state takes the shape of jelly like and
flabby weak entity; it is similar to ' Bantustan system
' which the racial governance in South Africa attempted
to apply in late of 20th century.
Furthermore, Annapolis leaders were wholly concerned by
orchestrating to fuel the Palestinian civil war, for
carrying out Zionist and imperialistic objects by
Palestinian hands.
And one of the
long-termed objects of Annapolis is to quicken the
normalization process between Zionist Israel and Arab
rulers, as achieving the Zionist imperialistic plan for
setting up the ' New Big Middle East plan ' , this means
to set up an imperialistic centre in the region, led by
Israel and under the American imperialistic custody.
And we realize that the
first priority of Arab patriotic liberation movement
with all its factions is to foil the imperialistic
Zionist plan, which aims to spoil completely the
national sovereignty of Arab countries, and fully
enslaving to its peoples and national wealth.
Dear comrades,
Syria constitutes
a major difficulty in challenging the total application
of imperialistic and Zionist hegemony plan in the
region. It rejects the submission to Imperialistic
dictations. It also states about its solidarity with
struggle of Arab national powers, which are fighting
Zionism and imperialism.
Syria is
subjected to different blackmails and plots because of
its national stand, and threatened by the military
direct invasion. Not to mention, Zionist Israel
frequently makes limited aggressive operations,
represented by air striking to a certain Syrian
locations with various pretexts. Imperialistic powers
want from Syria to give up its backing to patriotic
powers, factions and the resistance in the neighboring
Arab countries; it is like an introduction to wage a
comprehensively attack on Syria, in order to topple the
current regime and replacing it with traitorous and
reactionaries regime. And we, Syrian Communists, find
that the support of Syrian national steadfastness is an
international, patriotic, class and sacred duty.
Syrian communists
daily work hard to strengthen all the factors of Syrian
national steadfastness, through out motivating the will
of resistance of Syrian people masses, deep-rooted by
national traditions, and promoting the ties of allying
between Syrian patriotic powers, especially between
Syrian Communist Party and Arab Socialist Baath Party.
Pressures on Syria are not only
restricted by external threats and plots, but also
reactionary powers and representatives of Comprador
Bourgeoisie which works to exhaust Syria economically in
order to strike it politically. Our party steadily
challenges the directions of economic liberalism; it
realizes the seriousness on the Syrian national
steadfastness and on the living standard of people. And
it must be said that this battle is difficult because
its national feature is not clear to the people, and
reactionary powers are trying to restrict it within the
economic field.
However, we Syrian communists
conceive that when we struggle for defending the
national production and its progress, we defend the
backbone of this production that is public sector, which
constitutes the largest national funds in the country,
and defending all other forms of national production
starting from funds up to small goods projects. We also
protect the interests of working laborers, farmers and
persons with little earnings up to national Bourgeoisie.
We do not only find it as social – economic struggle,
but it is also considered a highest level of national
struggle.
The struggle of Syrian communists depends
on the following three pillars of the policy party:
1 – To cooperate with all patriotic and
progressive powers in the country.
2 – To defend the independent view point
of the party in the principled and serious political
cases.
3 – Constant fixed struggle for the
interests of the popular mass.
We see in our struggle that we
take part in the world struggle of liberation powers
against Imperialism. And it exactly harmonize with the
great slogan ' For Anti - Imperialism World Front'
Dear comrades,
All indications demonstrate that
there is a strong periodical crisis striking all the
Imperialism centers. Such crisis usually leads to
several outcomes:
In one hand, they pointedly show
Capitalism's contradictions and destabilization of the
current balance of powers, on the other hand the ruling
monopolist Capitalism in imperialistic countries, so it
stirs up its external aggressive expanding feature to
over come its crisis, and it resorts to black
reactionaries governments to attack the movement of the
toiling masses, or to democratic socialist governments
for appeasing social tension. At any rates, we,
communists, should be in the front of class and
patriotic struggle within these critical circumstances.
And there is an essential point in our
international struggle; we have to draw our attention to
importance of facing the danger of world Zionism.
Thus, Zionism is a racial
reactionary movement having a fascistic feature which
represents the interests of financial Jewish capital
that is in the absolute characters. But its
extraordinary danger lies in how much it is able to
adapt with objective circumstances, changing its shape
and practices as well. So it has a remarkable influence
on the main Bourgeoisie movement in the world, beginning
with Neo-cons and ending with Social- Democrats. And it
finds that one of its top missions is to devastate the
Communist Parties through out creating and encouraging
opportunist and revisionists orientations in them. For
this reason, the relentless struggle against Zionism is
one of the priorities of general struggle for communists
all over the world.
Dear comrades,
Communism Movement has enormous fighting
tasks. And dangerous fierce enemy attacks us, and
humanity never ever recognizes like this enemy even the
days of Fascism. Consequently, humanity depends a lot on
the communists' struggle, for saving it from the
imperialistic enemy which holds all barbarianism and
destruction to life on our planet.
Any way, we will inevitably win together.
Thanks for your listening |
