Int`l Conference, The Hague, 26 Feb 205First AnnouncementI n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c eThe Hague Proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic:Emerging Issues in International LawThe Hague, 26 February 2005The idea of international law – in particular international criminal law – is undeniably appealing to jurists and non-lawyers alike, as generations have sought to establish a permanent criminal jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes in the wake of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. Beyond the prosecution of the crimes that are committed in war, however, the Nuremberg precedent clearly articulates that the supreme international crime is the instigation of a war of aggression. Indeed, the Nuremberg Tribunal held that:"War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not … [read more]

Firstly we have to explain both the factors which allowed the temporary success of the anti-globalisation movement in unifying very diverse forces and its political failure to develop into an anti-imperialist resistance force. Secondly we have to outline the possibilities of going beyond the anti-globalisation movement towards a movement prepared to resist the central pillar of world capitalism in the next period, Yankee imperialism.Empire, globalisation and "trans-national" struggleEconomic globalisation and the global politico-military-cultural domination of the US are the two sides of the same medal. With the forced opening of the markets we are witnessing the transformation of the nation states – not only those of the oppressed countries but also of the European metropolises – … [read more]

Iraqi Patriotic AllianceIraqi Patriotic Alliance on the "election" Almost two years have now passed since the brutal imperialist war against Iraq was waged and the subsequent occupation of the country began. Both the administrations of Bush and Blair started this war by using the false pretexts that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and had terrorist links with Al-Qaida. This aggression has resulted in hundred of thousands of martyrs and wounded civilians and the total destruction of the infrastructure. It has resulted in the demolishment of the old and new civilization of Iraq, where national museums were looted and destroyed; libraries were burned and scientific institutions destroyed. The thirteen years of sanctions and the more than one and a half million dead Iraqis were … [read more]

Support to Iraqi ResistanceInvitation to a preparatory meeting to hold an international conferenceIn solidarity with Iraqi people´s resistance against imperialist occupation and plunderFebruary 13, 2005, Frankfurt, GermanyIn March 2003, the US and its imperialist allies under the pretext of "war against terror" and raising the bogus dangers of weapons of mass destruction, attacked and occupied Iraq. The attack against Iraq more than a policy of causing regime change was an attack against the people of Iraq and the region and was designed to advance US imperialist agenda in the Middle East.The ensuing rise in the resistance of the Iraqi people against occupation and rendering heavy blows against the forces of the US and its allies has severely hampered and blocked the advance of the US … [read more]

Solidarity delegation to PalestineIn September 2000, the second Intifada, a new uprising of the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation, broke out. Its immediate cause had been a provocation by today´s Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. However, it was the Palestinian´s people anger over the undelivered promises of the Oslo peace treaty that exploded in this uprising. Since then, the situation in Palestine has been aggravating. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands injured. Daily life means permanent curfews, closures and state of emergency, destruction of houses, schools and hospitals, land and plantations. On the other hand, the Palestinians´ ongoing resistance increasingly puts pressure on the Israeli government. In Europe, however, public opinion has been … [read more]

THE JARRAI-HAIKA-SEGI TRIAL DOSSIER0. - INTRODUCTIONThe aim of this report is to explain the judicial attack on the Basque Pro-independence revolu-tionary youth organisations Haika and Segi. The judicial measures taken against Haika and Segi respond to specific political aims, therefore, we believe it is necessary to explain the politi-cal reasons impelling the Spanish and French states, as well as the details of the judicial proce-dure.1. - CASE 18/98Baltasar Garzà³n, judge of the 5th court of the National High Court (Audiencia Nacional) initiated the case 18/98. Later, judge Garzà³n started some other cases using the same arguments. So, nowadays the Audiencia Nacional has some cases connected: case 18/98, case Jarrai-Haika-Segi, case Pro-Amnesty Movement,...The theory of Garzà³n … [read more]

Lars Akerhaug, NorwayAt the same time as the tsunami has ravaged societies and whole nations, the imperialist powers are utilizing the situation to spread their arms over south and south-east Asia. Warmonger Colin Powel sees this situation as a moment to "win the Muslim world". As soon as possible the US empire marched its forces to be deployed in the Indian ocean, where it already has bases and troops to support despotic and cruel governments like the Indonesian terrorist regime and the Arroyo regime of the Philippines (responsible of numerous massacres on workers, peasants and political activists only the recent years).In Aceh the plans for US dominance comes in the shape of supporting a band of "Islamists", government bands sent to the province of Aceh to suppress its citizens.One of … [read more]

All Indian People`s Resistance ForumAIPRF has been taking up relief work in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala for people affected in the Tsunami disaster that had struck South East Asia on 26th December, 2004. In India alone the casualties officially have crossed 15,000. Tsunami has caused a massive destruction of human life and sources of livelihood of millions of poor fisher folk and farmers on the coastal areas in three states.In Andhra Pradesh, hundreds of villages in Prakasam, Nellore and Godavari districts have been affected badly. Along the coastal line of Tamil Nadu and Kerala people were affected in a worst way. Unfortunately, our organisation is not in a position to work among the affected in Tamil Nadu where the devastation was the worst.It is impossible to fully restore the … [read more]

ILPS-Philippines ChapterJanuary 11, 2005The ILPS Philippines Chapter condemns the US for making political capital out of the catastrophic tsunami which engulfed a wide swath of Asia, including some parts of Africa, and killed 160,000 people.The ILPS Philippines Chapter denounces the crass opportunism expressed by US State Secretary Colin Powell when he said that the US military relief and aid that it is giving Aceh "should change the battered image of the US" around the globe after the its arrogant disregard of international public opinion against the invasion of Iraq. He likewise boasted that this aid is a manifestation of US "generosity" and "American values in action".Instead of sending skilled civilians, the US seized the opportunity to send an array of US warships, planes, … [read more]

Letter from Samir AminDear friends,On the eve of the fourth World Social Forum (Porto Alegre, January, 2005), I am calling your attention on some thoughts and proposals aimed at giving "the (alternative or anti globalization) movement" a greater actual impact.1. The "movement" already won a "moral" victory. "The world is not for sale". "Another world is possible" are not hollow slogans, but rather sound struggle watchwords that won over the sympathy of people´s opinion throughout the world.The "movement" in question is multifarious, and such specificity makes it strong, even though it makes it more difficult to focus on priority strategic goals. Winning important battles on specific issues, at national, regional and global levels, is the only way to make irreversible progress in the … [read more]

3rd Cairo Conference, 24-27 March 2005International Campaign against US and Zionist OccupationAnnouncement and call for participationto all activists, popular committees, social movements, civil society organizations, research centers, trade unions, political groups and parties, and friends struggling against globalization, imperialism, Zionism and occupation, in Egypt, the Arab region and worldwide:The organizational committee (Egypt) for the 3rd Cairo Conference of the International Campaign against US and Zionist Occupation announces the beginning of the preparations for the conference, which will take place between the 24th and 27th of March 2005, under the slogan "With the resistance in Palestine and Iraq, and against globalization, imperialism and Zionism". The objective of the … [read more]

Islamic militants denounced as army sponsoredPRESS RELEASERegarding the Islamic Defenders Front and the Indonesia Mujahidin Council in Acheh The government of Acheh in exile, the PNA/ASNLF, deplores the arrival in Acheh of members of the thuggish so-called Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the terroristic Indonesia Mujahidin Council (MMI). The introduction of these organizations into Acheh at this most critical time squanders scarce resources by the Indonesian government which is better allocated to the victims of the recent tsunami. The FPI and MMI are not welcome in Acheh and have never been supported by the Achehnese people, nor has their presence been requested. The FPI has been involved in sectarian killings in Maluku and Central Sulawesi and illegal attacks against non-Muslims and … [read more]

by Prof. Mohammed Al-Obaidi*Forty-seven Iraqi political parties met on 17 November and made the decision to boycott the coming Iraq election. The People`s Struggle Movement (Al-Kifah al-Shabi), which I represent, was one of those groups.After carefully studying Iraq`s situation, considering the military occupation as well as economic and national interests, we felt there were enough reasons for any patriotic Iraqi to boycott the proposed January election. It is a violation of all international laws. International charters that regulate the relationship between occupiers and occupied do not give occupying authorities the mandate to instigate a change in the country`s social, economic and political structure. The planned election will change the political composition of Iraq to suit the … [read more]

Greek Initiative for Solidarity to Iraqi ResistanceCall for Co-ordination Against the so called electionsAgainst the legalization of occupationSolidarity and support until the final victory of the Iraqi ResistanceThe operation "general elections" organized by American and British forces of occupation on Sunday 30 January in Iraq, using their puppet representative Alawi but mainly using barbarous means of extermination as we sow recently in Falutza is another attempt for legalization of the imperialist invasion and occupation of Iraq.At this critical moment, the anti-war movement in Europe and all over the world, which flooded in millions the planet demonstrating against the invasion must stand overtly beside the Iraqi resistance. All anti-war activists have to condemn the farce of … [read more]

by Harsh Thakor1. Introduction.Being a semi-colonial and semi-feudal Country feudalism is the principal contradiction in India which is not a neo-colony like Latin American Countries.In India we have plain areas,forests big cities and towns and though there is capitalist development ,especially after the globalisation era the mode of production is principally semi-feudal True India has characteristics different from China and a military line has to be developed unique to it´s own conditions.However conditions exist whereby the Thought of Mao Tse Tung can be applied taking into account the co-relation of forces between the rural areas and he towns and big cities.Here is an essay principally explaining the deviations within the Revolutionary Camp in India,explaining the left sectarian … [read more]

Call to the anti-imperialist wing of the anti-globalisation movementDespite the fact that the leadership of the World Social Forum (WSF) failed to support the Iraqi resistance, their representatives together with activists of the solidarity movement will be present.We go to Brazil in order to address the consequent parts of the anti-globalisation movement demanding their active and decided support for the resistance of the Iraqi people against the Anglo-American invaders. The battle raging in Iraq is of utmost historic relevance not only because the legitimacy of the struggle for national self-determination against imperialist occupation. Actually in Iraq the very American Empire is at stake, for the war waged against the embargo-torn country is the empire`s inauguration. If the … [read more]

International appeal against the methods of extermination employed by the occupants in IraqThe Iraqi people is resisting the US-led occupation by all means. According to authoritative sources, like for example the medical review "The Lancet", more than 100.000 Iraqis have been killed since the beginning of the aggression. It is an announced blood bath, a massacre which recently climaxed in the extermination of Falluja, the martyr city, on which the US has inflicted a new Hiroshima.Despite this systematic terror of the occupation the Iraqi people does not give up its tenacious resistance. Sooner or later the occupants will be defeated and will have to leave. History will give reason to those who struggle for their own dignity, for their liberation. The Iraqi resistance is raising the … [read more]

In Israeli prison for "assisting the enemy"On Sunday December 26, 2004, Tali Fahima was indicted in a Tel Aviv District Court on the following charges:"Assisting an enemy in wartime; passing information to the enemy and for the latter´s benefit, contact with a foreign agent, illegal handling of a weapon, supporting a terrorist organization, and violating a legal order."These menacing charges, which if "proven" can lead to a sentence of years in prison, are based on the suspicion that Tali translated and explained the contents of an IDF document to activists with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs´ Brigades in Jenin Refugee Camp. The document, left behind by the IDF after a military incursion into the camp, detailed an operation aimed at arresting and/or killing the "wanted" men named in it. "In light … [read more]

by International Action Center, U.S.Although the local governments had no real warning, the U.S. government did, and it failed to pass along the information. Within minutes of the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia, U.S. scientists working with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) suspected that a deadly wave was spreading through the Indian Ocean. They did not call anyone in the governments in the area. Jeff LaDouce, an official in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that they e-mailed Indonesian officials, but said that he wasn´t aware what happened after they sent the e-mails.In this day of instant communications, controlled in a large part by the U.S., it is possible to communicate within minutes to every part of the … [read more]

by Nada Al-Rubaiee, Iraqi Patriotic AllianceAbduljabbar Suleiman AlKubaysi born in 1943 in AlKubays district in AlRumady province in Iraq. After finishing his secondary school and joining Ba´ath party (in 1960) AlKubaysi got a scholarship to study oil engineering in the American university in Beirut/ Lebanon. After finishing his study in Lebanon he went back to Iraq and started working in the southern and medium areas in oil-rich provinces. During that, he was getting higher positions in the Ba´ath party until the party was divided in 1966. AlKubaysi joined the left part of the Ba´ath, which was a reason to arrest him in 1970. In 1976 AlKubaysi left Iraq to Egypt and then to Syria where he took the responsibility of the National Leadership of the Ba´ath party (Iraq section) in … [read more]