By Attorney Muhammad Abu-Raia from Sakhnin, of the "Prisoners Friends Association"Report on visit at Shata (Gilboa) Prison on à¾2004–07–07On July 7, 2004, I visited the Gilboa Prison and met Yasser Abu-Bakr from Nablus at cell-block 2, Muhammad As´ad Kannane from Arabe in the Gallillee at cell-block 1, Amjad Husni Abu-Khaled from the village of Kufr-Thilth in the Qaliqiliya district at cell-block 4, who reported the following. Amjad Husni Abu-Khaled reported that on the morning of Teusday, July 6, at 9:05 AM, in an eruption resulting from the prison managements constant degradation and humiliation of the prisoners, the prisoner Murad Abu-Rukab of cell-block 4, who had just been returned to the cell-block from a punishment of solitary confinement, spilt hot water on the security … [read more]

From Atilim (Weekly revolutionary socialist newspaper)Istanbul, the capital town of our revolution, did not only witness the NATO Summit of imperialist barbarians, but also the strong resistance of the anti-imperialist people on 28th-29th of June.Istanbul is the heart of the "Greater Middle East" and the NATO killers wanted to intimidate the peoples of the region by making their Summit in this city. What was on their agenda weas the invasions of Iraq and Afganistan, along with new imperialist plans named under the title "Greater Middle East Project".The resistance against NATO Summit began as early as the 1st of May, when the labourers in Istanbul abolished with their action, the prohibitions of the fascist Turkish state on the matter of "place of demonstration". The state only gives … [read more]

by Carsten Kofoed, Danish Committee for a Free IraqThe trial against Saddam Hussein is a show trial By Carsten Kofoed, Spokesman of the Danish Committee for a Free Iraq, July 2, 2004The so-called trial against Saddam Hussein and 11 other leaders of the former regime in Iraq has started. Just like the transfer of power, this trial is also a farce from end to end, even though there is being talked about an "indictment" in order to give the show trial in which the accused have been denied access to lawyers just a bit of credibility. The sentence against Saddam Hussein has already been pronounced in Washington. Not even his detention can the "sovereign" Iraqi government handle itself.The trial is illegal because it is a result of the illegal war against Iraq that has led to an US-installed … [read more]

India: protest rally on 12th July, Dhenbad, JharkhandJan Garjana RallyOn 12th July, 2004, Dhanbad, JharkhandNo to …‘Reforms´ with or without a Human Face!Repeal POTA, Lift ban on MCCI and CPI (ML) People´s WarIsolate and Smash Hindutva Fascism!Save Five Peasants of Bihar Facing Death Penalty!Dear friends! United Progressive Alliance! Another facade to deceive people. This time around they openly declare that their agenda is …‘reforms with a human face´. All these years in various countries, people told their rulers, …‘do not deceive us with your imperialist reforms´ with a human face´. But our rulers now openly say that they came to power with a package of masquerading reforms! Despite clear verdict of the people against the Globalisation policies, Manmohan Singh as Prime … [read more]

The meeting against the USA policy and the Hague Tribunal for former Yugoslavia took place in Moscow on June 28. It was organized by the Antiglobalist Resistance and was attended by 3 deputies of the State Duma, by representatives of the communist, patriotic and youth organisations. The resolution of the meeting expresses the protest against the USA politics in Iraq and all over the world, the genocide of Serbs in Kosovo and demands the liberation of the President Milosevic and other political prisoners all over the world. Elena Borisova, … [read more]

Report from the rally against Norwegian troops in Iraq and the continuing occupation of Iraq26th of June, close to 1,000 made clear their opposition to the continued employment of Norwegian troops in Iraq, and the continued occupation of Iraq after the so-called "power-transfer" originally due 30th of June.The rally, march and following party in a public park was organized by the "Bring-the-soldiers-back" campaign. Among the speakers were past-80 year old writer with a conservative background: Ebba Hasslund, Labour MP Trond Giske and Vice Chair of the General Trade Union Organization, Finn Erik Thoresen. The main attraction was maybe still the tearing down of a six-meter "statue" of Bush, dragged by people dressed as Guantanamo prisoners and toppled outside the fortress-like American … [read more]

Demonstration to protest the farcical transfer of power on 30th June, 2004 to the Iraqi puppet regime. We appeal to all concerned citizens and activists to attend the protest demonstration and extend their solidarity to the Iraqi people.US must quit Iraq unconditionally!Support the Iraqi people`s struggle for national liberation!Venue: Churchgate Station (opp. Western railway office)Date: June 30, 2004Time: 5 pmYashwant Chavan (convenor), Vasudevan, Bajaj, A. D. Golandaz, Feroze H. Mithiborwala and Jatin DesaiForum against war and … [read more]

Report of the delegation of the Anti-imperialist on the mobilisations against the ANTO summitOne day before the beginning of the NATO summit in Turkey a broad alliance of leftist and some Islamic forces staged a great protest demonstration. About some 50,000 people took to the streets although the authorities did their best to obstruct the mobilisation.Some of the slogans shouted were "Bush go home", "Down with American imperialism" and "Turkey will be your grave". Also to be heard was "Freedom for Palestine and Iraq".While the NATO conference will take place on the European side of the 15 million metropolis, the demonstration was only allowed on the Asian side tens of kilometres away. All the main streets including the bridge over the Bosporus were closed. Also the ferry traffic was shut … [read more]

Organisations:1. Co-ordination Simon Bolivar, Venezuela2. Democratic Communist Current Iraq 3. Abna elBalad, Palestine within the Green line4. Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)5. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)6. People`s Democratic League (PDL), Sierra Leone7. Communist Mazdor Kisan Party (CMKP), Pakistan8. Revolutionary People´s Liberation Front (DHKC International), Turkey9. Left Front, Hungary10. Popular Base Movement, Venezuela11. National Front for a Renewed Chad (FNTR)12. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)13. Muslim Parliament of Great Britain14. Anti-imperialist Camp15. International Leninist Current (ILC)16. Popular Democratic Left (IDP), Mexico17. Basque Movement for Amnesty18. Colictivo Libertad, Mexico19. United Peoples, USA20. Revolutionary … [read more]

Report of the conference "The Left in front of Europe" in the Basque CountryAdhering to the call of the socialist and independentist organisation Batasuna, numerous organisations of the anti-capitalist left, independence movements and revolutionary groups from other continents were uniting from the 17th to the 19th of June to discuss common perspectives facing the project of the European Constitution. The conference was taking place in Urruña, Basque territory in the French state, as Batasuna was illegalised in Spain in the year 2002 – a severe violation of democratic rights.The political situation in the Basque Country is characterised by the recent illegalisation of the electoral platform of the Basque left "Herritarren Zerrenda" (HZ) victim of the totalitarian practise of the … [read more]

Revolutionary movement challengedAfter the bloody military coup d´à©tat of 1980 backed by NATO, Turkey gradually evolved as the most important stronghold of imperialism in the Middle East besides Israel. Since the establishment of the modern Turkish state the military has been playing the pivotal role within the political regime – a feature which Kemalism inherited from the Ottoman empire.After the military had inflicted a historic defeat on the revolutionary movement and on the entire left and had been ruling with an iron fist for some years as on overt oligarchic military regime, they tried to gradually rebuild a democratic cover allowing for the establishment of political parties and the holding of elections. However, they never left the reins out of hands. Everybody knew that … [read more]

by the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance (IPA)Within the frame of a scandalous and unveiled theatre the occupation forces announced the creation of a new "Iraqi" government. This step represents an even more dangerous link in the chain of manoeuvres and tactical tricks employed by the occupying forces in order to legalize the occupation and to continue their crimes against our country; all this now takes place under a "national" guise. The new government is nothing else than a copy of the Governing Council which has fallen into disrepute as it served as an instrument of occupation. The government does in no way reflect the patriotic aspirations of our people striving for the liberation of our occupied territory as well as the realisation of full sovereignty and national independence. Facing the … [read more]

From People´s March, Voice of the Indian RevolutionDuring the build up to the two programmes there were a number of articles from the M-L camp that opposed holding an alternative event. These attacks came both from the …‘left´ and also the right within the ML camp. There were also other attacks from the non-Marxist WSF circles, which were mostly scurrilous and superficial. In this polemic we shall only deal with the attacks from the M-L circles and not from those outside the M-L camp. The approach put forward by the MR (Mumbai Resistance-2004, Against Imperialist Globalisation and War) was that it was not correct to either participate in the WSF (World Social Forum) or to boycott. They said the correct attitude would be to politically intervene, both internally and externally, where … [read more]

Message to the Florence ConferenceMessage to the International Meeting Against the Black ListingFirenze, Italy, 12 June 2004BAYAN International Europe joins the organizers and participants in this meeting to expose and oppose the "black list". This blacklisting of suspected enemies of imperialist state has unfortunately targetted and victimized so many innocents, most especially migrants, refugees and peoples of color. This terrorist witchhunt is now backfiring among its most vicious implementors, namely, the US and the European Union states. The international media and many prestigious human rights organizations and concerned individuals have stood up and exposed the blatant violations of the rights of the victims of these modern-day witchhunts. Not only are the violations of the civil … [read more]

Shraga ElamShraga Elam, Israeli journalist and activist for a democratic state and peace in Palestine. Elam was born 1947 in Palestine as a son of a Jewish refugee, served in two wars and left the country for political reasons in 1978. He lives since then in Switzerland. He specializes in historical researches about the role of Jewish organizations and Switzerland during the Nazi era. He is scheduled to speak at the Anti-imperialist Camp 2004 in Assisi, Italy.There can be no argument that Judeocide (1) during World War II played and continues to play a major role in the Arab/Israeli conflict. On the one hand, it is a commonly held Arab position that Judeocide is merely one of many bogus Zionist postures to manipulate world public opinion. On the other hand, most Zionists believe that this … [read more]

Gegen den Nato-GipfelIn Istanbul wird vom 28. bis 29. Juni 2004 ein Gipfeltreffen der Nato stattfinden, an dem sich auch Bush beteiligen wird. Das wahre Ziel dieses Gipfels ist es, im Namen des Imperialismus die Vorherrschaft der Nato Angriffsmacht im Mittleren Osten und in Asien zu sichern. Recep Tayyip Erdoan und George W. BushGemeinsam mit den anderen imperialistischen Staaten wollen die USA das "Große Mittelost-Projekt" umsetzen, um ihre Vorherrschaft in den Regionen des Mittleren Ostens, Afrikas und Asiens zu sichern. Mit Unterstützung der imperialistischen Staaten, die sich auf dem G-8 Gipfeltreffen im US-Bundesstaat Florida einfinden werden, soll das Mittelost-Projekt im Juni auf dem Nato-Gipfel in der Türkei die Tagesordnung bestimmen. Die heutige Politik der NatoUm die … [read more]

Italian Resistance Demo June 4, 2004Today Bush, the big war criminal, arrives in Rome. Thus our demonstration is a utmost symbolic value. The "Ulivo", the centre left coalition aspiring to take over office from Berlusconi, is showing its fidelity to the emperor. Their open Americanism pushed them to de facto boycott the mobilisation against Bush. The Italians and the world should now understand what the centre left´s game of yes-no-yes-no with regard to the withdrawal of the Italian troops from Iraq is all about –to win the election and then to continue the be slave of Washington.Even the left wing allies of the Ulivo, the Party of the Communist Refoundation (PRC) which is preparing to enter the government on the ticket of the centre left, fear the manifestation because of its … [read more]

Permanent War – Torture – Black Lists – Repression – Construction of an "Inner Enemy"What has remained of democracy and international law after September 11 and after the White House has declared its infinite war? This is the question that many ask themselves in Italy as well as in the whole West.…• To punish those intransigent movements that refuse to bow their head in front of the the compilers of the "black lists" (USA and EU) have abrogated themselves tyrannical powers, often in contradiction to the juridical basis of the member states.…• The American doctrine of "preventive war", and its practical application in Iraq, have swept aside all that remained of international law. …• The torture committed against Iraqi prisoners are the direct consequence of the criminal … [read more]

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by Sanjay Barbora, AssamOn December 15, 2003 the Indian media began to speak of reports of a tactical strike against armed resistance groups of the Seven Sisters´ region, by the Royal Bhutan Army. Very soon, it was apparent that these were not just "tactical strikes", but a full scale war operation jointly mounted by the Indian Army and the Royal Bhutan Army, against rebels from Northeastern India. The Royal Bhutan´s actions came at a time when its government and senior officials, including the King, had been carrying on negotiations with the leaders of rebel groups who had taken shelter in the country. The armed onslaught claimed many lives and it is still unclear as to whether many more have died. In short, it was a supremely effective exercise in "covering up" something as grave and … [read more]