The long
years of suffering and deprivation of millions of black workers forced by the
apartheid government in South Africa has not been replaced by elimination of poverty
and freedom.
Not only the
economic neoliberalism has not been eliminated, but also its determination to
plunder and exploitation was renewed and refreshed. The government in South
Africa carries out the exploitation of people and resources of these people,
even on a wider scale and more intense than the apartheid government. Earlier
the Apartheid regime destroyed millions of lives in South Africa and the
neighboring countries and now the brutal local and global capitalism follows its
footsteps.
The imperialism,
in the guise of neoliberalism, is now defending the industrial, agricultural
and mining companies all over South Africa. A recent example of it is the
massacre of miners.
As long as
these workers bowed down to the employers and were silent, the government
talked about democracy and freedom, but immediately after the workers outcry against
deprivation and hunger came out of the 300 meter depths, the neoliberal,
economic apartheid opened fire on workers. More than 30 dead miners and over
100 disabled workers was the answer of local and global acting companies to
their demands.
The
mascaraed imperialism and its media on one hand and the pro capitalist
government on the other hand try to escape the judgment of they did, but the
angry people will not allow to fade this brutal act into obscurity. The miners
in all capitalist countries have experienced numerous atrocities. They have
died deep in the earth, on strikes or protests or suffered pain and poverty. We
remember examples in England, China, Spain, Chile and Africa.
Today the
situation in South Africa is worse than the apartheid era, unemployment and
poverty still exists. Slums are filled with women, children and the disabled, real
wages are falling; there is no social welfare services and education for a vast
number of people. The previous domestic and foreign landlords, mainly white, own
the economic power. But black, other skin colored, and even some ordinary white
people live in full financial emergency.
This time
the repressive apparatus was based in front of the mines and
the lives of suffering black workers.
We, the
prisoners in the defense of human rights, freedom and justice for all people of
the world in section 350 of Evin-Prison in Tehran, are angered by this act
against the humanity. This is the only way we can express our indignation, while we are even prevented to
support the workers in our country, who are facing unemployment, massive
inflation, wages way below minimum and have no right to build their own
organizations.
We call with
all the worker and freedom loving people around the world and pay tribute to
the victims. We express our solidarity and deep sympathy with the victims of
this crime against humanity.
Evin-Prison,
Tehran, Iran
Fariborz
Reis Dana, Saeed Matin Pour, Reza Shahabi, Fraydon Seydy Rad, Saeed Jalali Far,
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh.
