Watch a new system emerge. The
world is heading there whether the current ruling class likes it or not. Representational
democracy represents one thing, money. Wealth is politics. Poverty, local and
global, can never be solved by a political system that is a slave of business. In a period of economic crisis, that is, 2008
to today, both the number and net worth of billionaires rose by almost 50%. At
whose expense? Everyone else, in particular the poor. People are driven from
their land. Resources are controlled by a small group of political and
corporate elite. Politics is not representative of real people. How many people
determined that Ekmelledin Ä degreeshsanoÄ?lu
would be the candidate to represent the interests of those supporting the
secular, democratic republic founded by Atatà ¼rk? One. Kemal KÄ ±lÄ ±Ãƒ §daroÄ?lu. He
knew best. A new system must come. But first the old one must self-destruct.
Join hands. Who knows when this will
happen? But we see the cracks appearing everywhere. The overwhelming arrogance
that presented the Turkish people with a rigged, phony election should be the
inciting incident that leads on to victory over the imperial powers now
besieging Turkey. And remember, the enemy remains without a clue about the
origin of and reasons for the Gezi Park movement, as do the opposition parties.
A new generation of Turks must lead. Help them!
CONCLUSION
We are passing from the sphere of that historical time of Atatà ¼rk's revolution against the forces of backwardness and imperialism. It's youthful vigor while he lived gave great hope to the people. But it's long-term, continuing debilitation after his death left the revolution incomplete and vulnerable. Dangerous flirtations with imperialist powers led to disastrous military coups. Hence now the current state of siege by imperial powers, aided by a treasonous government that has destroyed most aspects of secular democracy. This counter revolution will culminate with the rise to full presidential power of an obvious enemy of secular democracy, aided by the naà ¯ve treachery of the incompetent political opposition.
All of the democratic
institutions of government have been spoiled by the religious-fascist meddling
of the ruling party. The Turkish Army appears lost. Its generals bow their
heads to political hacks. There are no longer secure borders. Vast regions in
the east operate independently and with impunity. The government actively
supports terrorist organizations inside and outside Turkey. The Turkish
government lacks independent sovereignty. Foreign imperialist powers control
the destiny of the Turkish people. All seems lost.
Still, there is a chance
that this catastrophe will lead to the consolidation of a massive source of
intelligent, patriotic political power long-ignored and long-suppressed. In a
word, the relentless power of YOUTH.
Impatient, honest, courageous, vigorous, this is the genuine vanguard of the
fight to save secular Turkey. It is the future. The full flower of young
manhood and young womanhood will sweep aside the political debris that so
contaminated the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatà ¼rk. We have seen the young people
in action. And they were splendid.
Now is the time to show again how a great people,
whose national course was considered finished, regained its independence. Now is
the time to show how it recreated a national and modern State founded on the
latest results of science. Now is the time to rid the land of imperialists and
their agents.
Now is the time to engage the enemy on all fronts,
domestic and foreign.
Enough is
enough! Now is the time to fight!
Let it
begin!
James (Cem) Ryan
http://www.brighteningglance.org/on-turkey.html
Istanbul
18 July 2014
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