On the exportation of the revolution and the real socialism
Our people have finally decided to move, to be against the evilness of totalitarianism, capitalism and lies. Since the fall of Glezos’ regime the so called socialist regime led by Raptis moves more and more towards a totalitarian government in which he resembles more and more the features of the governments in the Mezhist Union than Carentania, the only difference being a socialist-like rhetoric.
The people of Tyrrhenia have risen up in revolt against this sacrilege. Their revolution from 1924 was stolen from them by Raptis and his lackeys who had the nerve to call their movement the Communist Party of Tyrrhenia. I am glad that now, the truth has finally surfaced, though it hurts that a famine and a civil war was necessary to see that both Raptis and Glezos are just opportunists who used the despair and anger of the people of Tyrrhenia to manipulate their ideals and dreams. This is the day in which our people who were called by historians as being the forefathers of Democracy, have finally taken up the arms and understood that the only way they can reach for their dreams is the take the destiny into their hands.
This thing is clear. Before starting the real revolution, the people had to pass through six years of horrible dictatorship and war which at least have matured us. It has shown us that entering the right path of socialism, towards communism is a heavy task that needs to be taken by a matured people. That is why, I believe that if our revolution now would be exported, it would have worse results for the image of communists compared to the construction of socialism only in the country where the revolution takes place. A people cannot force another people to start a revolution to reach for the next step of evolution. If the people of, let’s say Carentania has matured enough to be ready for the revolution, they can’t force it on the people of Jurzan, if they hadn’t matured enough to be ready for the revolution, for example. The same can be said about us and the neighboring countries.
If a revolution is forced on the people, history has shown us how dictators have managed to manipulate a still puerile nation and turn it into his and his family’s playground. Such actions can only give a bad reputation to socialist movements everywhere. Of course, those people would call themselves socialists, and their junta, society or party would call itself communist, because he uses this word for populist goals, but he will likely do anything and be against the real socialism. He would nationalize the enterprises but bring his own henchmen called “party secretaries” to act exactly like the capitalist. He would say that the state is democratic and would organize elections, but in those, his party would usually win 99% of the votes. He would do anything to develop heavy industry, to show how great the country is, but without consumer goods industry, the standard of living would lower continuously, until the people would live in worse conditions than in the capitalist society. That is no socialism. Nor the path towards communism.
A people has matured enough when in their revolution, they don’t simply have a dictator changed with another, when the capitalist is changed with the party secretary, when he knows that his vote doesn’t really count. A change will only take place when after the revolution, the people decide for themselves, respecting the rules of direct democracy. A matured working class will fight the capitalists and the so called “party secretaries” and start to auto-manage their enterprises. Socialism doesn’t mean subsistence agriculture after the disbandment of the old land plots of the nobles, nor does it mean forced collectivization. So that the state would actually act like the old landed noble.
No, socialism is voluntarism and mutualism. Socialism is respect for the human being and it does not mean that the individual must change itself to be like the rest from his social class. Only when full and real democracy is adopted, when the collectivization is voluntary but attractive for the peasants, when the factories are in the auto-management of the workers, when the standard of living rises and when the individual is respected, then we can finally say that we are living in a real socialist society, which progressively approaches communism. That is when a people are matured enough for a revolution and for a real change.
Long live the Tyrrhenian Revolution!
Agapios Iordanos
24[SUP]th[/SUP] of November 1930
Commune of Kastoria
Our people have finally decided to move, to be against the evilness of totalitarianism, capitalism and lies. Since the fall of Glezos’ regime the so called socialist regime led by Raptis moves more and more towards a totalitarian government in which he resembles more and more the features of the governments in the Mezhist Union than Carentania, the only difference being a socialist-like rhetoric.
The people of Tyrrhenia have risen up in revolt against this sacrilege. Their revolution from 1924 was stolen from them by Raptis and his lackeys who had the nerve to call their movement the Communist Party of Tyrrhenia. I am glad that now, the truth has finally surfaced, though it hurts that a famine and a civil war was necessary to see that both Raptis and Glezos are just opportunists who used the despair and anger of the people of Tyrrhenia to manipulate their ideals and dreams. This is the day in which our people who were called by historians as being the forefathers of Democracy, have finally taken up the arms and understood that the only way they can reach for their dreams is the take the destiny into their hands.
This thing is clear. Before starting the real revolution, the people had to pass through six years of horrible dictatorship and war which at least have matured us. It has shown us that entering the right path of socialism, towards communism is a heavy task that needs to be taken by a matured people. That is why, I believe that if our revolution now would be exported, it would have worse results for the image of communists compared to the construction of socialism only in the country where the revolution takes place. A people cannot force another people to start a revolution to reach for the next step of evolution. If the people of, let’s say Carentania has matured enough to be ready for the revolution, they can’t force it on the people of Jurzan, if they hadn’t matured enough to be ready for the revolution, for example. The same can be said about us and the neighboring countries.
If a revolution is forced on the people, history has shown us how dictators have managed to manipulate a still puerile nation and turn it into his and his family’s playground. Such actions can only give a bad reputation to socialist movements everywhere. Of course, those people would call themselves socialists, and their junta, society or party would call itself communist, because he uses this word for populist goals, but he will likely do anything and be against the real socialism. He would nationalize the enterprises but bring his own henchmen called “party secretaries” to act exactly like the capitalist. He would say that the state is democratic and would organize elections, but in those, his party would usually win 99% of the votes. He would do anything to develop heavy industry, to show how great the country is, but without consumer goods industry, the standard of living would lower continuously, until the people would live in worse conditions than in the capitalist society. That is no socialism. Nor the path towards communism.
A people has matured enough when in their revolution, they don’t simply have a dictator changed with another, when the capitalist is changed with the party secretary, when he knows that his vote doesn’t really count. A change will only take place when after the revolution, the people decide for themselves, respecting the rules of direct democracy. A matured working class will fight the capitalists and the so called “party secretaries” and start to auto-manage their enterprises. Socialism doesn’t mean subsistence agriculture after the disbandment of the old land plots of the nobles, nor does it mean forced collectivization. So that the state would actually act like the old landed noble.
No, socialism is voluntarism and mutualism. Socialism is respect for the human being and it does not mean that the individual must change itself to be like the rest from his social class. Only when full and real democracy is adopted, when the collectivization is voluntary but attractive for the peasants, when the factories are in the auto-management of the workers, when the standard of living rises and when the individual is respected, then we can finally say that we are living in a real socialist society, which progressively approaches communism. That is when a people are matured enough for a revolution and for a real change.
Long live the Tyrrhenian Revolution!
Agapios Iordanos
24[SUP]th[/SUP] of November 1930
Commune of Kastoria