The EEK (Revolutionary Workers’ Party) of Greece and the DİP (the Initiative for the Revolutionary Workers’ Party) of Turkey, both sections of the CRFI in their respective countries, note with disgust the outrageous statement by the Turkish actor Atilla Olgaç concerning his deeds during the Turkish military intervention in Cyprus in 1974. During this statement, made during a TV show to millions of incredulous spectators, the actor confessed to shooting on the forehead  and killing a 19-year old Cypriot prisoner of war whose hands were tied after the latter spat at him and his superior. He went on to say that he killed nine other Cypriots, not elaborating on the details of these cases. Having defended his remarks to Turkish papers during interviews the next day, he then made a turnabout to retract his confession, claiming that he had mixed up the truth with the events he had imagined for a script he was writing. The question of whether the retraction was made under the pressure of Turkish authorities or as a result of the actor’s own embarrasment should not overshadow the immense significance of his previous confession.
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CRFI:n kannanotto:

Koko historiallinen maisema on muuttunut. Viime vuonna räjähtänyt kapitalismin kriisi, joka kärjistyi syys-lokakuussa 2008, on saanut ennalta arvaamattomat mittasuhteet ja uhkaa romahduttaa maailman pörssimarkkinat, kansainvälisen pankkitoiminnan, teollisuusjätit, sekä ajaa lukuisia valtioita konkurssin partaalle.

Maailmanlaajuinen romahdus on jo tapahtunut. Pörssien pääomitus on puolittunut, tappiot ovat nyt lähes 3000 miljardia dollaria velassa mitattuna ja velkaantuminen jatkuu väistämättä; läntisen maailman pankkijärjestelmä on lähes hajoamassa (Financial Times 28/10/08), huolimatta ennenäkemättömistä valtioiden väliintuloista.
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Resolution of the International Secretariat of the CRFI

1.     The entire world historic landscape has changed. The exacerbation in September-October 2008 of the world capitalist crisis that exploded last year takes unprecedented dimensions driving to collapse the world stock markets, the international banking system, gigantic industries and a growing number of States on the edge of default.

The global crash has already taken place. The capitalization of world stock markets has halved; losses on debt instruments now amount nearly $3 trillion, and debt destruction inexorably continues; there is a “near-disintegration of the western world’s banking system” (Financial Times, 28/10/08) despite unprecedented State interventions. Lue lisää »