The March 31 local elections in Turkey are being held against the backdrop of the threat of nuclear conflict, exacerbated by NATO’s escalating imperialist war against Russia in Ukraine, Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and preparations for war against Iran, and an emerging international movement of the working class.
The May 14 Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections are being held against the backdrop of the danger of a nuclear world war amid NATO's escalating war against Russia in Ukraine.
The ISL and Vernyk’s trade union are actively encouraging their members to join the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine, the official umbrella for hundreds of paramilitary detachments that are now playing a major role in fighting the Russian army on behalf of NATO and the Ukrainian state.
For revolutionary internationalists, the determining question is not “who fired the first shot,” but rather what is the general character of a given war and the social forces behind it.
This is the preface to a volume of writings of Halil Celik published by the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu of Turkey, three years after Comrade Halil’s untimely death of cancer.