Only the Working Class and the Freedom-loving Mass can annul the KDP’s Plot of Political Oppression!

Workers, freedom-loving people!

It is apparent that the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP’s) rule has been known for oppression and despotism wherever it had control in Kurdistan. This party, the first nationalist ruling party, has a plan to impose its mere ruling over the areas it controls and widen its reach to the other areas. The KDP, its institutions and organisations have been like secret police and spying agencies to the extent that people have to obey them just to be able to live and ironically be sure about the future of their children. An immense income from the budget, oil trade and the profits of various companies which flows to the pockets of the KDP officials has been made a source to support and strengthen the oppressing forces and the spying and watching bands. This despotism had been carried out through reviving political reactionism, cultural backwardness, a nationalist ideology, and sanctifying the nationalist and religious symbols. Furthermore, they have censored and clamped down on protest and criticism against them. They continuously revenged upon those who do not adhere to this red line.

The KDP’s agenda in the last months; overt and secret threats against those who criticise them and journalists; terrorising and assassinating those who criticise them; plotting to liquidate others; mobilising the reactionary and backward tendencies in society and using the mosques to coerce the others, shows that the relatively free situation in Kurdistan is under threat. It is worth mentioning that the relative free political situation in Kurdistan which continued from the uprising in 1991 up till now has been the result of the struggle of the masses, the communists and the freedom-loving people on one side. On the other side, another factor for the continuation of the status quo is that the power has not been peremptory by one force and the Kurdish nationalism has had different fractions. Today as the balance between the militia forces of the KDP and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is changed for the benefit of the KDP, this relative free political situation becomes narrowed.

The despotism by the KDP and its attack against political freedom, freedom of expression and criticism should be seen within the economical and political changes and the class gap between the working class and the toiling masses on one side and the minority of the capitalists on the other. The minority needs this despotism to continue accumulating capital and oppressing the working class and the deprived masses of Kurdistan. It is clear that the KDP as a traditional representative of the Kurdish bourgeoisie is itself a reactionary and anti-freedom force and even in its internal relations is like a military and spying foundation rather than a political party. In this party every power goes to a narrow tribal circle and all the decisions are made by the head of the tribe. The danger is that the despotism of the KDP is directly coherent with the economical and political needs of the Kurdish bourgeoisie against the majority of the society, who are the workers and the toiling masses. The KDP and the family of Barzani whatever individual purposes they have in this despotism, they are about to resolve this need of bourgeoisie and to continue their power and political oppression. The main condition for production and reproduction of capital in Kurdistan is cheap labour force and silent and obedient worker. The Kurdish bourgeoisie, as a social class, cannot fulfil this condition except by political oppression and imposing political reactionism and oppressing freedom. In addition, the notion that the bourgeoisie strata can be freedom-loving is just null and void. Therefore the attack of the KDP’s despotism and having super power over Kurdistan cannot only be done by the financial and military power of the mentioned party but also through the direct or indirect support of the capitalist class to impose this oppression. The compliance of the PUK and Talabani, the wordlessness of Gorran and the opportunistic support of the Islamists to the threats and the red lines of the KDP, should be seen in this context.

The workers, deprived masses and the freedom-loving people have nothing rather than their forces to depend on in their struggle to gain freedom. The only guarantee to face the attacks against political freedom, freedom of expression and criticism is to mobilise and organise the working class and its coming to the fore front as a political force to defend unconditioned freedom and the civil freedoms.

Taking the above in consideration, the central committee of the Worker-Communist Party of Kurdistan (WPK) condemns the despotism and the historical hostility of the KDP against political and civil freedoms. At the same time we definitely support any effort against despotism and the reactionary plans of the KDP. We call upon the working masses, the deprived and toiling masses to stand against the KDP’s attacks on freedom. The freedom supporters and the freedom-loving people in Kurdistan can only face the reactionary attacks of the KDP and the Barzani clan through organising themselves with the working class and its party, the WPK.

Long live unconditioned political freedom!

The Seventh Plenum of the Central Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan

August 2010

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