Questions from a Turkish Journalist
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Below is the discussion so far. Feel free to add your own comments!The Turkish translation of this, together with answers to further questions about the Russian revolution, has now been published here:http://cdn.haberajanda.com.tr/contents/files/dergiler/sayi134/index.html#70It continues on pages 72-3 and 74.Anybody out there know Turkish to see what the introduction says? All I know is that the magazine's name "Ekim Devrimi" means"October Revolution".
Good morning Comrades, Below is an 'as is' translation of the intro (Turkish to English does not translate word for word or phrase for phrase. It’s not the UK that comes to mind in the first place when we are talking about socialism and communism. But still, this small island kingdom, has an important meaning for the history of socialism. Even though the Victorian era is named as the “liberal age” some of the most significant events in the history of world socialism (including the publishing of the first volume of “Das Kapital” some 150 years ago, in 1867) has taken place in Victorian Britain.Socialist politicians, especially those radicals, they never managed to get into power in the political arena of the kingdom. But the UK, once, being the most advanced capitalist country, and the country where workers were the most conscious of all of the working class among all, was the center of anticipation among the world Marxists, where the social revolution was expected to take place.Even though the Victorian emperorship did not grant a citizenship to this world renown socialist philosopher, presented a hometown for almost 35 years. We may not be sure if Karl Marx was as kind and polite a person as was depicted in Assassins Creed Syndicate, but we are certain that he is one of the few people who have influenced world history as much.The significance of 2017 is not solely being the 150th year of the first publishing of Das Kapital. Previous November was the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. In the memory of these two important dates, I decided to make an interview with one of the socialist parties in the kingdom.The great Britain Socialist Party, founded in 1904 (Socialist Party of Great Britain) has a significant role in the socialist movement in the UK. This party, without a leader and with a lateral organisational structure, also has ideas related to the world socialism and collective ownerhip. Members of this party claim that real socialism has never been practiced in any country yet, and those countries that declare themselves as socialist are in fact enforcing state capitalism somehow. Party, more than 100 years ago, was formed by the forerunning members of Social Democratic Federation (among which there was the daughter of Karl Marx, Eleanor Marx), but has opposing ideas to this movement, as being reformist and mild. In this issue, you will be reading my interview with Adam Buick of The Great Britain Socialist Party.
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I split the interview into two basic parts, first being those matters relating to socialism and UK politics, second part relates to questions on 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Cutting short, I now leave it to Adam Buick…Thanks. That doesn't sound too bad, i.e we could provide a link to it from the Turkish-language section of the WSM website?http://www.worldsocialism.org/türkçe
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