İnsani Müdahale mi, Emperyalist Savaş mı?

Kızıl-Yeşil Alternatif: İnsani Müdahale mi, Emperyalist Savaş mı?

İstanbul, 8 Temmuz 2012

Halkların bombalanmasını “insani” bir eylem olarak nitelemek, rezil bir ikiyüzlülüktür.

Özellikle, NATO'nun Suriye'deki gerilimi yükseltme stratejisinden rahatsızız.

Bu müdahalelerin ana amacı, kaynakların (petrol, su vb) ve yeni marketlerin ele geçirilmesidir.

Kimyasal, biyolojik ve nükleer silahlar, insanlığı tehdit ediyorlar. Bunların uluslararası gözetim altında yok edilmeleri gerekmektedir.

Hükümetler, iç barışı sağlamak için, halkların kimliklerine, taleplerine ve özyönetimine saygı duymalıdır. Etnik veya ulusal farklılıklar, devlet baskısına bahane oluşturmamalıdır.

Diktatörlükler ve totaliter rejimler, demokrasiye ve dengeye izin vermezler. Ancak biz, diktatörleri savunmak ve askeri müdahale arasında tercih yapmayı kabul etmiyoruz.

Barış dayanışma ister, silah değil.

Humanitarian Intervention or Imperialist War

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RAGA DECLARATION: HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION OR IMPRIALIST WAR

Istanbul 8 July 2012

It is a shameful hypocrisy to call bombing people a “humanitarian” act.

In particular we are alarmed at NATO’s strategy of escalation of tensions with Syria.

The purpose of these interventions is mainly the appropriation of resources (oil, water, etc) and of new markets.

Chemical, biological and nuclear weapons are a threat to humankind. They must be destroyed under international supervision.

Governments must respect peoples’ identities, demands and self government to achieve internal peace. Ethnic or national difference should not be a reason for repression by the state.

Dictatorships and totalitarian regimes do not allow democracy and stability. However, we do not accept a choice between supporting dictators or military intervention.

Peace requires solidarity not weapons.

L'Alternative Rouge et Verte 2012

Outcomes of Workshops

Here are the outcomes of some of the workshops:

- Social Banking

- Alternative Energy Supply

- Coup d'Etat

- Shale Gas / Schiste Gas

- Political Situation in Turkey

- The Struggle of Laz Language

- Privatizations and Cuts

- Anti-Nuclear Struggle

- Compost for the City

- Useless Projects

- Hydroelectric Power Plants in Brazil and north of Turkey

- Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century

Report: Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century

The outcome of Struggles and Attacks in the 21st Century - Ekoloji Kollektifi, part1

Is the problem capitalism or industrialism?
Industrialism in “socialist” was still based on the capitalist model. It is capitalism that inevitable destroys the environment.

What solutions are proposed within capitalism and why are these not viable
a) A market in “permits to pollute”: ineffective and treats climate as a commodity
b) A green “new deal”: still depends on growth
c) Techno-fixes like carbon capture & storage or African solar farms: too big and often imperialist
Capitalism will not allow ecological solutions because og its need for growth and its short term pursuit of profit.

Are there viable alternative solutions
A complete model of the solution, a green socialist society, is not possible. Principles include:
sustainability, , no delibeate obsolescence, lowing down, common ownership, no profit motive, localism, direct democracy, self government. Solutions cannot be mediated by money.