Revolution is
the midwife of every old society, which is pregnant with a new one. The
grassroots movement in Iran that is entering its 5th day is an
expression of the rejection of the totality of the criminal mafia in
power; a power that is not accountable to the people and is trying to
squeeze the life out of the poverty-stricken masses.
This is a
movement of wisdom against ignorance, a movement against poverty,
unemployment, corruption, multi-milliard dollars embezzlement by the
officials, looting of the meager savings of the millions of working
people, and political repression. This is the cry of anger of millions
of people who have waited patiently for years and are now challenging
the regime of the Islamic Republic and are shaking its base.
The recent
uprising is expression of the accumulated anger and dissatisfaction of
the masses from the neo-liberal economic policies of the regime. This
anger has built up during the past several decades.
The regime of
the Islamic Republic has intensified the implementation of the dictates
of the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, and
the World Bank. Consequently, the economic condition of the masses has
declined rapidly, the level of poverty has risen, inflation has
skyrocketed, the cost of living has sharply increased, the purchasing
power of the general population has declined, the price of water,
gasoline, electricity, and other fuel has increased.
In the past
several years, especially in 2017, there were many strikes,
demonstration and protests by different sectors of the society; workers,
teachers, retirees, unemployed, nurses, many thousand individuals who
are the direct victims of looted bank savings, etc. It was expected that
a general protest will develop in response to this condition.
Adding to this
is the intensification of the inner fight between the factions of the
regime of the Islamic Republic. The protesters used this fight in their
own service and targeted all factions of the regime of the Islamic
Republic.
All social and
political sectors of the society are participating in these protests,
from communists to revolutionaries, from ordinary masses to organized
forces, from the monarchists to reactionary and
pro-imperialist Mojahedeen and to individual agents of Zionists and
imperialists. This uprising is spontaneous, mainly by the youth, does
not have an organized leadership at this moment. Despite all
shortcomings, this uprising is a genuine expression of discontent of the
general population from four decades criminal rule of the Islamic
Republic. The protest movement started with economic demands and is
moving forward towards political issues.
The Party
of Labour of Iran (Toufan) hails the just and bold movement of Iranian
people against the Islamic Republic that has ruled for
nearly forty years using repression and extreme violence. We insist on
the unity of the masses and on a clear and sharp stand against the
aggressive imperialist powers and their agents who try to derail the
movement.
There is not
yet sign of an increase in the number of workers in the streets. A
general strike will force the regime to retreat and will provide the
opportunity for the street demonstrators to continue protesting with a
lower cost. The unbalanced class forces, the lack of political
organization and leadership, and the exhaustion of the street protesters
will not produce a condition in favor of the movement.
In the Middle
East, the U.S. imperialists and Israeli Zionists are trying to penetrate
any movement against the regimes that do not bend to their dictates.
This is particularly true about Iran. The presence of agents and lackeys
of the US imperialists and Israeli Zionists in a movement does not
necessarily express the nature of the movement. In the present uprising
in Iran, the role of these agents is not dominant. This is a spontaneous
movement from bottom-up and not from top-down. At the same time, the
communists, left, and progressive forces must be very vigilant and
analyze the erroneous slogans and stands that are expressed in the
marches and expose the nature of them to the masses.
If the demands
“bread, job, housing, liberty, social justice, and the republic” are
more clearly expressed, if the slogans in support of the overthrown old
order – the hereditary monarchy- and the slogans that compromise with
faction of the regime are rejected from the ranks of the movement, then
one can hope, with the rise of revolutionary forces in particular the
Marxist-Leninists who are the true representatives of most radical
social demands and who are strongly opposed to imperialist
interventions, that the movement will achieve its goals.
The Party
of Labour of Iran calls on the masses in the streets to be vigilant and
avoid the premature violence. The agents of imperialists and Zionists
and the sel-out circles do not value the human life. They only look for
their interest. Every call on the masses should be
carefully examined and its source be investigated.
The rights to
formation of independent guilds, the right to employment and housing and
unemployment insurance, the freedom of association and assembly, the
separation of religion from the state and education, the abolition of
gender segregation and compulsory veils and dress code, and the freedom
of all political prisoners are part of the demands of the street
demonstrators. The Party of Labour of Iran gives its whole hearted
support to these demands and believes that no faction of the Islamic
regime has the will to fulfill these just and popular demands of the
masses.
The Party of Labour of
Iran ( Toufan) strongly condemns the brutal killings of the protesters
and calls on the fraternal Parties and Organizations in the
” Internatinal Conference of the Marxist Leninist Parties
and Organizetions” and on the revolutionary and progressive forces and
individuals to condemn the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran for
its crimes and to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all
detained street protesters.
The remedy for the workers and the working people is unity and organization!
The Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan)
January 1, 2018
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