Statement of the Press Office of the CC of KKE
Condemnation of the murderous attack on the striking workers in Kazakhstan
The information
arriving from the city Zhanaozen in Kazahstan refer that police authorities
opened fire against a demonstration of strikers, who have been striking
for 7 months struggling for their rights which are being violated by
the Kazakh-Chinese oil company “Qarazhanbasmunai” and the bourgeois
state of Kazakhstan.
On 16th
December the day of Kazakhstan’s “independence” the striking workers
took to the streets of Zhanaozen town demanding the satisfaction of
their demands, the release of their imprisoned comrades, the exemplary
punishment of those who use repressive measures against the strike,
the unimpeded activity of their militant trade unions and the political
parties as well the nationalization of the natural resources of the
country.
The police forces opened fire
on the crowd and sought to repress the demonstration leading, according
to press reports, to a large number of victims which still remains
unclear.
The KKE condemns
this new crime of the authorities of Kazakhstan against the workers.
This incident, 20 years after the overthrow of socialism and the dissolution
of the USSR, shows what kind of “democracy” and “freedom” has
been imposed on the peoples of the former USSR. It is the freedom and
aggressiveness of big capital which is accompanied by exploitation,
by the oppression of the working class, unemployment, poverty and repression
of the people’s struggles.
We call on the
Greek working class to express its solidarity with the heroic strikers
of Kazakhstan!
ATHENS 16/12/2011
THE PRESS OFFICE
OF THE CC OF THE KKE
e-mail:cpg@int.kke.gr