Tribute to Leon Trotsky, 80 years since his assassination by Stalinism
From Idlib, Syria, intervention by Steif Abu Izen, correspondent for the paper "The Truth of the Oppressed"
"We need an institution in which we can coordinate and organize ourselves.
At the head we have to have revolutionaries with an international vision to be able to succeed in each country."
Greetings and thanks to all those present, to the revolutionaries from all over the world. Freedom to all political prisoners and honor to the revolutionary martyrs of the world!
We Syrians, from the free land of the Syrian revolution in Idlib, salute all the revolutionaries of the world. We have to be a single fist, striking against the same enemy.
I am one of the survivors of the 4-year siege on the city of Homs by the forces of the Russian regime, the Iranian regime, the Lebanese Hezbollah regime and of course the al-Assad regime. In this encirclement to Homs we had to dig and make our rooms underground in order to survive, and we had to eat even grass so as not to die of starvation.
Now, we revolutionaries denounce that they surrendered Syria, the leaderships of the revolution surrendered the liberated territories, such as Homs, Ghouta and others. 100% of the liberated areas were handed over to the regime, to Russia, to Iran, to Hezbollah. They handed over the cities that we revolutionaries had liberated with our blood. They gave up the fight for freedom from the beginning.
That is why we have to set up another leadership from the Syrian people, from the Syrian revolutionaries. Together with the revolutionaries of Chile, Iraq, Iran, France... We are all the same revolution, the same fist, we have to be together.
Today, the revolutionaries of the world have to unite under the same banner, the same program; the same international party to be able to coordinate all the revolutions that exist, from Chile to the Middle East.
We have seen how they have stood in solidarity with the Syrian revolution against the Assad regime. We are revolutionaries who fight for freedom, democracy, revolution. We need an institution in which we can coordinate and organize ourselves.
At the head we must have revolutionaries with an international vision to be able to succeed in each country.
Thank you.
After 10 years of revolution, you have seen that there are many countries intervening in Syria: Russia, Turkey, Iran, Hezbollah, the US, Egypt, and many other countries. Today we understand that it is the governments of Iran, Russia and Lebanon which were with the Assad regime, and not their peoples.
We revolutionaries also have to stand together and strike as one fist against the regime of al-Assad, of Iran, of Russia. It is a necessity, and it is the order of the day, to be able to coordinate. If they can do it, why can't we? We have to unite the revolutionaries of the world, under the same organization, under the same banner, for the martyrs, for the triumph of the revolution.
To finish, I'll give an example. Today we need to be a fist, the same flag, the same fight, as with the Chilean revolution. We are the same fight, the same fist. We could do this type of coordination in other parts of the planet and be the same revolution. We need to be the same revolution, as with Lebanon, with Europe, with the revolution of the martyrs in Iraq.To defeat all those who sold us, all those who sell the blood of the martyrs, today we have to fight the same revolution, with the same flag, together, a single fist.
For example, with the Chilean revolution, which raised the flag of the Syrian revolution and the Chilean flag was raised in Idlib. Today is the time to coordinate like this. Today it is the time to have this organization, under the same banner, to fight against those who attack and betray us.
Once again, I want to thank everyone who has supported the Syrian revolution, everyone who is witnessing this testimony today.
Thanks for all those who have stood up for the Syrian revolution, for the world revolution, for our martyrs, for the release of political prisoners.
Thank you very much, a huge greeting to this meeting.
