Irish Republican Socialist Solidari

[kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu]

From: Arm The Spirit <ats at locust.cic.net>
Subject: Irish Republican Socialist Solidarity With The Kurdish People

Irish Republican Socialist Party Statement Of Solidarity With The
Just Struggle Of The Kurdish People

March 30, 1996

     The Irish Republican Socialist Party would like to convey
our solidarity with the struggle of the Kurdish people, and with
the PKK.
     The Kurdish people's liberation movement is in its essence
the movement of the Kurdish working classes against the
imperialistic oppression and the injustice and against feudalism
and its remnants. The liberation of Kurdistan is for the
liberation of the working class from oppression, not for the
enrichment of Kurdish captialism. Capitalism throughout the world
has become an outdated and decadent system that is approaching
its end; but at the same time it is becoming more vicious and it
is persecuting the people who are not yet liberated with
increasing violence. The barbaric brutality of the Turkish regime
used against the Kurdish people is a crime against humanity.
     As we continue to struggle for national liberation and
socialism in Ireland, we find inspiration in the heroic struggle
and tremendous sacrifice of the Kurdish people as they continue
to strive for the liberation of their nation and the Kurdish
working class. We extend greetings of solidarity to the PKK and
to all those fighting for Kurdish national liberation, whether in
territories occupied by Turkey, Iran, Iraq or Syria. Just as we
remain confident that we will end the partition of Ireland, we
are condfident that the Kurdish people will continue to fight on
until all of Kurdistan is united and freed from occupation and
imperialist exploitation.

Statement From The Republican Socialist Prisoners Of War In Long
Kesh

     At this time of year we anticipate the coming of Easter. For
Irish republicans, it is traditional for us to remember at Easter
not only the heroic struggle of 1916, but the memory, not only of
the martyrs of the Easter Rising, but of all those who died in
the struggle for Irish national liberation. From their example
and the memory of their sacrifice we draw the strength and
inspiration to fight on ourselves.
     So to do we take strength and inspiration from the more than
15,000 Kurdish martyrs who have died since 1980 as a result of
the genocidal attacks by the Turkish government. We salute the
Kurdish people in their just struggle and send greetings of our
sincere solidarity with them.

Beir Bua!


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