A-Infos (en) Turkey, AKI.: The first assessment on May Day 2007

Despite of the continuing threats of the state for weeks, despite the 
imposition of Dolmabahçe as a meeting place by DISK (Revolutionary Trade 
Unions’ Confederation), despite the fact that transportation from the Anatolian 
side of Istanbul was made impossible and Istanbul was under blockade with 
thousands of police and soldiers coming from other cities… Despite all of these 
obstacles 3 thousand people were able to arrive to Taksim Square and the others 
transformed the entire city to May Day places. May Day 2007 was the 30th year 
after the May Day 1977 massacre which was one of the highest points of the 
civil and official fascist terror leading to the military coup of 1980. This 
decisiveness was the best response to all class enemies - especially the coupists.

While nationalism has been provoked, class collaborationism heightened and 
pro-coupist ideas were put as a solution, this answer was a consequence of 
class solidarity and revolutionary decisiveness in spite of its deficiencies 
and mistakes. The state recognized this and showed his real face. The 
demonstrators were attacked at every place they met, about 900 people were 
taken under custody and tens were injured.

As a part of this rage Anarchist Communist Initiative was on the streets from 
Bes,iktas, to Kabatas,, from Taksim to Okmeydan? at the day of the struggle of 
labor. Let us increase the class struggle with the same spirit and decisiveness 
against those who are using nationalist hysterias to cover the anger of the 
workers against neoliberal policies, misery, imperialism and the competition to 
catch a share from the imperialist destruction.

Freedom Will Come With Fighting Workers!
If One of Us is Not Free, We All Are Captives!

Anarchist Communist Initiative

http://www.anarsistkomunizm.org/aki
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