Iraq War Blogswarm: The solution is apparent, it is not capitalism

The end of the Baathist regime in Iraq was meant to liberate the country from a repressive regime, as well as neutralising a perceived threat by that regime to the world. Years on, people are more oppressed than ever, as living standards have deteriorated and many still fear for their lives upon leaving their door, and the dangers posed by the terrorism which has found a home in Iraq are more real than ever.

Ethnic and religious divisions continue to divide the country, in politics, in daily life, in every manner of being, Shiite and Sunni find themselves somehow at odds with their neighbour. The tactics of divide and rule utilised by the Hussein clique certainly accomplished its goals: to create two opposing sides, creating the illusion of a privileged class and an oppressed majority. The reality of the situation is that all Iraqis, regardless of their religious preference, are under attack from Western Imperialism as well as the native bourgeois, their rights and livelihoods and standards of living being stolen from them, while reactionary elements of both sides fuel the fires of sectarian hatred and distract the workers from the real situation.

Kurds in the north are genuinely worried about their territorial integrity, with the issue of Kirkuk still looming large, and many other questions of competencies still in a grey area, the Kurdish Regional Government has taken responsibility for the North of Iraq. Separatist feelings are strong, and the break up of Iraq seems imminent to some. The truth is that like their Arab Shiite neighbours to the south, Kurds too have suffered under the Baath regime under an Arab-majority-Sunni regime, and so now are mistrusting of the large Arab population of Iraq, and its central government in Baghdad.

The answer to Iraq's problem is a workers democracy based with an economy that operates by and for the people, uniting all Iraqis in the fight to build a prosperous nation. Oil revenues must be expropriated from the foreign companies which took advantage of the chaos of the country and snapped up the wealth so quickly. Food prices must be regulated, health and common welfare guaranteed, and the free enterprise initiatives of ordinary people should be utilised to build sustainable sources of income. Only in a socialist Iraq will the barriers that divide Iraqis upon such superficial lines will come down, and allow each community to live freely and have an equal opportunity in a harmonious nation.

Libellés : Guerre, Pauvreté et développement

par Abdul-Rahim à 11:35

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