İZMİR - Stating that neoliberal ideology is looking for a way out of its crisis through wars, Writer Sungur Savran said: "Proletarian revolutions will end the imperialist war."

 

While neoliberalism is no longer possible to get out of the crisis that capitalist modernity is in, imperial states are preparing for a new order with regional conflicts and wars. The rivalry between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Russia and China, which started with the Syrian civil war, flared up again in Ukraine, and flared up with the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, brings the world to the brink of a new war. In addition to these, China-Taiwan tension, Azerbaijan's occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the coup in Africa and Latin America, and popular movements also trigger inter-polar tensions.

 

In addition to all these economic and political tensions, the working class and national popular rebellions that are developing and growing in the world also show themselves. While the labor movements, which have been going on for a long time in European countries, have manifested themselves in Bangladesh on an economic basis in the last week, workers are also standing against the war. While workers in Spain, England, Australia and Italy have recently gone on strike in ports and factories to prevent arms shipments to Israel, unions in India have been taking action for days against the idea of sending workers to Israel to work.

 

'FROM THE CRISIS TO WAR'

 

Stating that they talked with Marxist writer and Revolutionary Workers' Party Chairperson Sungur Savran about the crisis that capitalist modernity has fallen into, the wars and the position of Marxists against them, Savran said: "We have been trying ways of national liberation for a long time because the crisis of neoliberalism could not be solved at the international level. This was due to the onset of a depression that had a deep impact on the real economy after the 2008 world financial crisis. These crises are no longer crises that can be solved only by economic means for the capital. Trump, with his protectionism, his harsh relations with other capitalist countries, and his view that always advocates putting America's interests first, are the products of this. Le Pen in France, AFD in Germany In Italy, Prime Minister Meloni and his deputy Salvini focus on their own capital interests on a national scale. In other words, we have entered another phase. Capitalism cannot fully manage the new productive forces. A planned, centrally subordinated economy is now required; therefore, war comes into play as a solution. War, all kinds of ideological turmoil and the rise of fascism are on the agenda."

 

'MARXISM STILL CONTINUES TO BE RELEVANT

 

Emphasizing that the third world war has been on the agenda of humanity for a long time, Savran said: "The Ukrainian and Israeli-Palestinian wars are evidence of a trend on this path. This outcome is inevitable if humanity cannot stop this aggression of capitalism through revolutions. Marxism is still up to date and can put a stop to wars despite the collapse of the Soviets and China's internal surrender to capitalism. Unlike postmodernist and left-liberal views, Marxism opposes the view that capitalist development will provide permanent peace; therefore, these movements and the political struggle programs that are their products are actually movements that lead to a dead end. If an alternative to capitalism is needed, Marxism still continues to be relevant. It is about to join the world federation. It is the main theory and program of the struggle to be waged because the only class that has no interest in central planning is the working class and has no relation with property. Class struggle has been seriously increasing everywhere recently. This makes Marxism important."

 

WAR AGAINST WAR

 

Underlining the need for a struggle program to prevent the war and to defeat the imperialist countries and liberate the oppressed peoples during the period when the war stopped, Savran continued: "Revolutions ended both world wars. This is a very clear fact. The question 'How did the first world war end?' The answer to the question is 'We were considered defeated because the Germans were defeated.' But how the Germans were defeated is not discussed. The revolution defeated the Germans. On November 9, Karl Liebknecht declared socialist Germany with tens of thousands of workers in the emperor's palace. On November 10, an armistice was signed. Germany gave up fighting at that moment because Wilhelm II, the leader of the war, was no longer there. In the Second World War, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece were on the socialist and national liberation path as a generation in Europe, and as China, Korea, Vietnam and Indonesia in Asia. The struggle of other countries that took steps ended the world war; therefore, the revolutions of the proletariat ended both wars. The realistic thing today is not to say 'let's not fight' but to wage war against war. In other words, to go to revolution. History teaches us this lesson."

 

UNITY OF THE WORKING CLASS AND THE KURDISH PEOPLE

 

Commenting on the Turkish side of the developments, Savran said: "There are not only this development, but also double problems in Turkey. While the 1980 fascist coup could not only suppress the rebellion of the Kurdish people, it suppressed the struggle of the working class on the Turkish side. Now the socialists seem to raise their heads a little, but they are also among the working class. They are not organized. In order for there to be real socialism, a working class party is needed that will join hands with the Kurdish people and the Alevis and ensure their unity. Marxism, as it was embodied early in the program of Lenin's Bolshevik party, is the ideological movement that has the most serious approach to the national question. The offer of Marxism is this: together in the future Let's live, develop together and establish a federation where nations merge. In order for the working class to take power, it must be able to make all the oppressed segments its allies. A very important element of total liberation in Turkey is the struggle of the Kurdish people, which even the 1980 counter-revolution could not crush. Despite today's appearance, this struggle is with the working class. If it prioritizes the alliance strategically, Marxism can increase its importance in the country. This may have important consequences in terms of liberation both in the West and in Kurdistan."

 

MA / Tolga Güney