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Subject: "The Revolution In Kurdistan Is A Necessity"

"The Revolution In Kurdistan Is A Necessity"

A Report On The 4th National Conference Of The Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK)

     From May 1-15, 1996, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) held
its 4th National Conference. During the conference, important
political and military decisions were reached in order to
facilitate the struggle.
     The first PKK national conference was held in 1981, the
second in 1982, the third in 1994, and now the fourth has been
held, following a series of individual conferences in the various
regions of the struggle, especially in the war regions of
Kurdistan itself.

Ocalan's Political Report

     The final session of the 4th National Conference of the PKK
was organized following months of preparation during the winter
months, as well as a series of regional meetings and conferences.
Delegates were present from the various regions of the struggle,
including the Kurdish provinces of Botan, Garzan, Amed, Serhat,
Dersim, Erzurum, as well as South Kurdistan, Europe, and other
areas. The President of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, sent a
comprehensive political report to the 15-day conference. In this
report, he analyzed the current political situation, the status of
the leadership, the party, and the army, the ideological-political
development of the PKK, the situation in the liberated
territories, as well as other themes.

"We Live The Congress Every Day!"

     In a written message sent to the conference, the President of
the PKK stated the following:

     "Everyone has by now become accustomed to the congresses,
conferences, and other gatherings organized by our party. These
are no longer classic examples of congresses or conferences.
Rather, we are in a constant state of being in Congress. For us,
every day is the Congress! Most recently, this 4th National
Conference can be seen as the result of the past two years of our
work.
     "What work was this? We began with the ideological content of
the PKK and progressed through military and cultural developments,
and these have been very significant developments. These have been
solidified in important solutions and decisions. We have spoken of
the most important day-to-day tasks which confront us. What are
these? The vanguard role of the PKK, the character of militants of
the PKK.
     "Who are militants of the PKK? What are their special traits?
How must they recognize and fulfill their role? I think that the
unique character of our militants has reached an unprecedented
level of strength and determination. Now the PKK has reached a
level where it can no longer be turned back or stopped."

The Developing Vanguard Role Of Asia

     Throughout the entire conference, the significance of the
vanguard role of Asia and the Middle East in the developing
struggle against the militarist policies of the
imperialist-capitalist system under the name of the "New World
Order", as well as the increasing importance of the PKK in
opposition to these counter-revolutionary attacks, were analyzed.
     In the report which PKK President Abdullah Ocalan prepared
for the conference, the following was stated concerning
developments in the Middle East and the present formation of
blocs: "We have reached a phase today where the international
reality and the reality of Kurdistan influence one another, where
politicization and the necessity of a solution can be felt. The
system of real-existing socialism has collapsed, and the
capitalist-imperialist system, which proclaimed a "New World
Order", has developed into dead-end problems and contradictions
rather than a clarity of fronts. This has sharpened the formation
of blocs; that is the international reality."

The Name Of Consciousness: PKK

     In his political report, PKK President Abdullah Ocalan
describes the role of the PKK in the Middle East and in this new
formation of blocs as follows: "In this new phase of bloc
formation, the PKK will remain strong in consciousness and
position, so that it can react to unforeseen developments in a way
that can make them useful. The revolution in Kurdistan will
advance just as swiftly and play just as important a role as the
dawning revolution of all humanity."
     The conference pointed to the significant roles played in the
Middle East and the Caucasus by countries such as Russia, China,
Iran, and Syria. It was stated that Russia is standing firm
against attacks from the West and has concluded a new partnership
with China, which amounts to an Asiatic union. It was stressed
that this Asiatic union could develop into a union of states which
could play an important role as a line of defense against
imperialist-capitalist attacks.
     It was also stated that within this structure, regional
unions have been created to ward off imperialist attacks in the
Middle East, and that these unions, under the leadership of Syria
and Iran, could prove quite significant. All Arabs and Iran stand
together against the regional partnership of Turkey and Israel.
     Throughout the entire conference, analyses were made as to
what role the revolution in Kurdistan can play within these
developments in the Middle East and Asia and what significance
these building of blocs has for it.

"We Have Important Work To Do!"

     During the 15-day 4th National Conference of the PKK, it was
stressed that there are important tasks to be carried out at the
present time. It was stated that the strategy of the PKK is in a
constant state of development, and that there are no problems with
the strategy, rather that day-to-day tactics need to be developed,
and that it's necessary to expand the revolutionary tactics of
struggle in South Kurdistan, that the emphasis on the revolution
in South Kurdistan is of great significance at both the
international and national level, and that all military,
political, and economic goals in South Kurdistan must be
fulfilled.
     It was stressed that the revolution in South Kurdistan plays
an important role within the bloc formations of the Middle East,
because South Kurdistan is such a strategic region for Kurdish
unions with Iran as well as the Arab states. It was declared that
this revolution is important for the democratization of Iraq as
well as for the creation of a new union which strives for the
equality and freedom of all peoples, and that this is very
significant and offers the possibility of acting as a positive
influence over Iran and the Arab states.
     The negative role of Turkey in this respect was analyzed,
namely the fact that Turkey can rely on NATO forces to back her
up, and that although this negative role has largely been made to
fail, there still has not been a complete victory in this field
and that one of the most significant tasks for the coming phase is
to achieve this victory.

The Revolution Must Be Carried Into Turkey

     The 4th National Conference of the PKK concluded that the
chance is now at hand to carry the revolution into Turkey, that a
phase has broken out where the Turkish people are no longer able
to live without revolution, and that the ultimate success of the
revolution in Kurdistan also depends upon a successful revolution
in Turkey. The Turkish Special War is experiencing a great defeat,
and not even the new pact between Turkey and Israel can save it.

A Solution Without The PKK Is An Illusion

     The conference stressed that the revolution in Kurdistan has
reached international dimensions, and that a solution without the
PKK is nothing more than an empty illusion. "To be a Kurd without
the PKK is just as impossible as democracy without the PKK or
politics without the PKK; this is not only true for Kurdistan, but
also for Turkey and the neighboring countries as well; in all
parts of Kurdistan, politics are developing under the influence of
the PKK."

Comprehensive Decisions Reached

     During the PKK conference, important military and political
decisions were reached. These include: centralizing the activities
of the political front with respect to the specific conditions of
the region, separating these from the military activities, and the
carrying out of political activities under general points of
reference; the realization of people's democracy in Botan-Behdinan
and the creation of red power; expanding the preparations for the
National Congress and the activities of the Parliament into South
Kurdistan; developing organs of administration and models for
liberated territories; the realization of these in concrete plans
and projects.

(Translated by Arm The Spirit from Kurdistan Rundbrief #13/96;
Original source: Ozgur Politika, June 10, 1996)

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