Basque solidarity movementBetween the 5th and 10th of January, more than 200 relatives and friends of Basque political prisoners are going to carry out a hunger strike in different European cities: Berlin, Geneva, Copenhagen, Brussels, Paris, Barcelona and Milan.This initiative has been organized by Etxerat, an association of the relatives and friends of Basque political prisoners. Through it we will try to get the attention of all types of social, political, humanitarian organizations, the media...and the international society in general so as to highlight the extremely harsh conditions of imprisonment that the Basque political prisoners suffer in Spanish and French jails along with torture, isolation, dispersion, etc.Nowadays there are nearly 700 prisoners dispersed throughout 90 jails … [read more]

Final resolutions of the Florence Symposium Dec 19-22FINAL RESOLUTION -1-WE ARE AGAINST ISOLATIONFrom 19-22 December 2003 an international symposium against isolation was organised by the International Platform against Isolation in Florence, Italy, which was attended by around 120 intellectuals and delegates of institutions and organisations from Italy, Turkey, Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Ireland, Germany, Lebanon, Palestine, West Sahara, Syria, Austria, Iran, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain and Greece.As delegates of the symposium which was held due to the International Days of Struggle against Isolation from 19-22 December, we took following decisions:-WE OPPOSE ISOLATION FROM THE HUMANITARIAN POINT OF VIEW, because it aims to keep human beings away from the societal and … [read more]

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by Kenji AsaiRepresenting the Movement for Democratic Socialism, MDS, and on behalf of the peace-loving people of Japan, I extend my deepest solidarity to all of you attending this historical gathering of the Second Cairo Conference.Just last Tuesday, on December 9, the Japanese government approved a basic plan to dispatch Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq. We strongly condemn this decision, which paves the way for the deployment of military units to combat zone for the first time of Japan`s history since World War II.According to the plan, up to 600 Ground SDF personnel will be sent to engage what the government calls humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in southern Iraq. However, this dispatch plan is never humanitarian nor for reconstruction. The troops, if sent, will … [read more]

Athens, 15/12/2003Solidarity to the Iraqi resistance for the defeat of the occupation forcesThe demonstration on Saturday 13th of December and the subsequent march through the streets of Athens, was a small but decisive step in the direction of what has to follow in order that the people of this country are able to express their solidarity to the Iraqi people.No one doubts that the working people and the youth of Greece remain solidly on the side of the people in Iraqi, as well as on the side of all the peoples who resist imperialism, with first and foremost those who resist USA, humanity´s biggest enemy. The fortnightly campaign, as well as the meetings which preceded the demonstration and had taken place in several major cities and in which featured a speaker who was a member of the … [read more]

After the arrest of Saddam resistance will intensify and unite even more, says Jabbar al KubaysiJabbar al Kubaysi is leader of the Iraqi Patriatic Alliance which strives to unify the Iraqi resistance movement into a common political National Resistance and Liberation Front.Anti-imperialist Camp: What are your comments on the arrest of Saddam Hussein?Jabbar al Kubaysi: It was obvious that Saddam was under the influence of drugs being given to him in blatant violation of basic human rights. According to my information Saddam had already been captured two weeks earlier. The occupying powers used the time to prepare him und to figure out the media spectacle we have been fed. Without the help of Iranian intelligence the arrest would not have been possible. Often Iranian servicemen appear in … [read more]

by Arab Cause Solidarity CommitteeStatement of the Arab Cause Solidarity Committee: The apprehension and incarceration of Saddam Hussein will not bring about the end of the Iraqi resistance (15-12-03)The apprehension and incarceration of Saddam Hussein will not bring about the end of the Iraqi resistance, which is the expression of the growing opposition of the majority of the Iraqi population to the occupation and to the project of the U.S. and its allies to bring about the neo-colonial domination of the country.Following the capture of Iraqi ex-President Saddam Hussein by U.S. troops, the Committee for Solidarity with the Arab Cause (Madrid) would like to make the following observations:1.The apprehension and incarceration of Saddam Hussein will not bring about the end of the Iraqi … [read more]

Report from the Iraqi resistance mobilisation in Rome, Dec 13, 2003On Saturday, 13th December, 2003 the first larger manifestation in Europe in emphatic support for the Iraqi resistance against the US empire took place. Nearly one thousand people participated and even the main Italian bourgeois paper, "Corriere della Sera", which was at the forefront of the media campaign against the mobilisation, had to admit the success. They spoke of 800 participants. The manifestation took place amidst a tremendous McCarthyist witch hunt not seen since the 70s. The supporters of the Iraqi resistance were attacked as "terrorists" and as "Islamo-Nazi-Communist block". The slander campaign was operated by a transversal front ranging from the far right (all the main Fascist organisations) to the far left … [read more]

The EEK (Workers Revolutionary Party) of Greece condemns unequivocally the slander campaign and the witch hunt against the Campo Antiimperialista waged by the right wing enemies both of the Iraqi people and of the Italian people.We express our full solidarity to you against the common enemies, the imperialists and their stooges.with internationalist greetingsSavas Michael, on behalf oh the CC of … [read more]

by Christopher C. BlackCHRISTOPHER C. BLACKBarrister-at-Law Mr. Hans Holthuis,December 12, 2003Registrar,ICTY,Churchillplein 1,2517 JW, The Hague,P.O. Box 13888,501 EW, The Hague, NetherlandsRe The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic and Vojislav SeseljDear Sir;The decision of the Deputy Registrar made the 11th of December, banning all but restricted contact between President Slobodan Milosevic and Vojislav Seselj and the outside world has unveiled before the whole world the political character and objectives of this tribunal. The decision is a blatant interference in the elections in Serbia by the United States and its satellites, including this tribunal. It is nothing less than an attempt to sabotage those elections, to impose the will of the United States on the people of Serbia, to … [read more]

المتحدث باسم الحزب الشيوعي العراقي - الكادرمع الأحداث 18 أسر صدام حسين.د نوري المرادي*(( ضَحَك الخليÙ?Ø© مسعورا، Ù?سايره خصيانه Ù?ÙŠ ضحكة الموت!))(( بعد هذه يا بوش بماذا ستتحجج؟! ))إثر معركة ضارية دامت يومين مع ما لا يقل عن 150 من أنصاره، … [read more]

Swedish Communist Party Marxist-Leninists (revolutionaries) support resistance demo in RomeFrom Communist Party Marxist-Leninists (revolutionaries) in Sweden wedeclare our solidarity with the anti-ocupation demonstration in RomeDecember 13 2003. The Iraqi resistance is fighting for a just cause, toget rid of foregin ocupation of Iraq. We wish the demonstration sucess.Communist Party Marxist Leninists (revolutionaries)Erik Anderson, internationally … [read more]

Call to boycott the Iraqi resistance demo in RomeSince the call for the demonstration in favour for the Iraqi resistance scheduled for December 13 has been launched, a transversal front from the Fascist movement to Rifundazione Comunista (PRC) passing by the two party regime has been trying to destroy it by all means.The PRC has been in the centre of the campaign against the resistance demonstration mainly launching the slander of "Fascist infiltration" into the demonstration. This accusation lacks any political substance as all the main Fascist organisations are supporting the Italian adventure in Iraq on the side of US imperialism. What political such an infiltration would make?They did not dare to give the real explanation for their aggressive anti-resistance stance as Itaky had seen a … [read more]

Swan song of the "historic left" – justifying "democratic" imperialism by an alleged "Islamo-Nazi-Communist block"During the Anti-imperialist Camp in Assisi, Italy, which took place in the first week of September 2003, some of the participants and guests launched a public appeal for a demonstration in support of the Iraqi resistance . The document affirmed not only the legitimacy of the resistance as stipulated by the UN charter, but also the chance offered by it to bring down the US attempt to erect an empire. The possibility of a new Vietnam is evoked: "The defeat of the Anglo-American occupiers would be a victory for everyone fighting for democracy and self-determination, for the freedom of the peoples refusing to submit under the imperialist yoke." The appeal ends not only to call … [read more]

Sierra Leone People´s Democratic League´s Solidarity Message to the Iraqi Resistance Demo in RomeThe National Executive Committee,Sierra Leone People´s Democratic League (P.D.L.)To the Anti Imperialist CampSolidarity Message to the Iraqi Resistance Demonstration in Rome, Italy12th December, 2003The Sierra Leone People´s Democratic League (PDL), an affiliate of the Green Charter International (GCI), for peace, human rights, freedoms and good governance salute the patriotic and freedom-loving Iraqi people in their just, moral campaign against the ongoing US led aggression, occupation and genocidal activities in their God-given home, Iraq.Much as we are concerned, the US led imperialist war against the Iraqi people is unmandated and unwanted to say the least, and its even constitute a … [read more]

by Wardah Hafidz, IndonesiaBeing triggered by the on-going evictions and confiscations of means of living belonging to the urban poor, the urban poor network held a mass protest in front of the governor`s office on 5th December. 800 protesters demanded the government to stop eviction/confiscation and to fulfil the rights of the urban poor. This protest was widely covered by the press.Despite this protest, the provincial government still sticks on eviction and confiscation policy. Sutiyoso, Jakarta governor, said to the press that, as a governor, he is responsible for making Jakarta a clean, orderly, and competitive city. He said that he would be wrong if he takes decisions that merely side with the poor (Kompas, 2nd December 2003). Further, he explained that such protests will not stop … [read more]

Danish Committee for a Free Iraq supports Rome demo in favour of resistanceI am in the Committee for a Free Iraq, and we would like to endorse the demonstration on December 13 in Rome. I can tell you that in Stockholm on Saturday as well there will be a pro-occupation demonstration organised by the ICP, the KDP, the PUK, the SCIRI and the Dawa Party among others, that is the whole Quisling swamp being in the puppet council. It is extremely disgusting, and I got even surprised by the incredible infamity of the five slogans. They are: No to terrorism! Yes to democracy!, Terrorists, remove your dirty hands from the Iraqi people!, Saddam Hussein and his terrorist regime is a weapon of mass destruction!, Solidarity with the Iraqi people in its struggle for a democratic, federal and pluralistic … [read more]

Damascus, Dec 10, 2003Fraternal greetings, This is to reconfirm our support to the demo in support of the Palestinian and Iraqi people in their struggle against the American occupation of Iraq, and the continous Israeli aggresion against our palestinian people. Best regards, … [read more]

اللجنة الشعبية لنصرة الشعب الÙ?لسطيني ومقاومة التطبيع مع العدو الصهيوني بتونسكولن باول Ù?ÙŠ تونس وقمة 5+5 : استهانة بمشاعر شعبنا الوطنية وتكريس للتّبعية تشهد تونس خلال الأسبوع الأول من شهر ديسمبر 2003 حدثين سياسيين يكتسيان … [read more]

الحزب الشيوعي العراقي - الكادر إلى الرÙ?اق Ù?ÙŠ الحزب الشيوعي المصري الأÙ?اضل!تحيةوبعدسمعنا الخبر المهزلة عن اعتقال رÙ?اق منكم بقصد تقديمهم إلى محاكمة بتهمة التآمر على الوطن!ومكمن المهزلة Ù?ÙŠ أمرين:أولهاأن الاعتقال … [read more]