IRSP Statement of Solidarity to the Kurdish People
30 March 1996

The Irish Republican Socialist Party would like to convey our solidarity with the struggle of the Kurdish people, and with the PKK.

The Kurdish people's liberation movement is in its essence the movement of the Kurdish working classes against the imperialistic oppression and the injustice and against feudalism and its remnants. The liberation of Kurdistan is for the liberation of the working class from oppression, not for the enrichment of Kurdish captialism. Capitalism throughout the world has become an outdated and decadent system that is approaching its end; but at the same time it is becoming more vicious and it is persecuting the people who are not yet liberated with increasing violence. The barbaric brutality of the Turkish regime used against the Kurdish people is a crime against humanity.

As we continue to struggle for national liberation and socialism in Ireland, we find inspiration in the heroic struggle and tremendous sacrifice of the Kurdish people as they continue to strive for the liberation of their nation and the Kurdish working class. We extend greetings of solidarity to the PKK and to all those fighting for Kurdish national liberation, whether in territories occupied by Turkey, Iran, Iraq or Syria. Just as we remain confident that we will end the partition of Ireland, we are condfident that the Kurdish people will continue to fight on until all of Kurdistan is united and freed from occupation and imperialist exploitation.




Statement From the Republican Socialist Prisoners of War in Long Kesh

At this time of year we anticipate the coming of Easter. For Irish republicans, it is traditional for us to remember at Easter not only the heroic struggle of 1916, but the memory, not only of the martyrs of the Easter Rising, but of all those who died in the struggle for Irish national liberation. From their example and the memory of their sacrifice we draw the strength and inspiration to fight on ourselves.

So to do we take strength and inspiration from the more than 15,000 Kurdish martyrs who have died since 1980 as a result of the genocidal attacks by the Turkish government. We salute the Kurdish people in their just struggle and send greetings of our sincere solidarity with them.

Beir Bua!

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