From November 29 to December 1 an international meeting to prepare an anti-imperialist block against the summit of the European Union scheduled for June 18 to 20 took place in Greece. It was convened by numerous Greek anti-imperialist forces not participating in the Greek Social Forum. Several international delegation were present among them Palestinians, Colombians as well as a representative of the Anti-imperialist Camp.In the frame of three days about 1000 people participated in the meeting taking place in the university of Thessalonica. The discussions revolved around the international situation after September 11 and the terror war unleashed by the US, imperialism and Negri´s thesis on the Empire as well as the project of an joint international anti-imperialist mobilisation against … [read more]

By Anatolii Pizhov of Zaschita TrudaThe bourgeois authorities of Russia are engaged in an unprecedented campaign of repression against Vladimir Borovyov, one of the Co-Chairmen of the Interregional Association of Workers Unions of Russia ("Zaschita Truda").Vladimir Borovyov became one of the unquestionable leaders of the proletariat in Kuzbass already in the 90´s, during the campaign of struggle of the oppressed masses called the "railway war". The "railway war" was motivated by the extreme oppression exerted by the ruling bourgeoisie. Over the last few years his authority as a fighter for the interests of the oppressed masses is acknowledged in Russia and has surpassed the borders of our country.On August 20th of this year Vladimir Borovyov was arrested by the police in front of a … [read more]

Solidarity call by Euskal Herriko KomunistakWe call upon all to support our dear comrade Josà© Antonio Egido, Takolo, and his organisation of Basque Communists who have been forming part of the Anti-imperialist Camp since the very beginning. Josà© always has been in the first line in the struggle against imperialism defending the Yugoslav, the Palestinians, the Iraqi, the Afghan, the Colombians people against the Western aggression. He was also engaged in the struggle against the EU´ notorious black list of liberation organisations which he is no victim of.Send solidarity messages, call for protest action on front of Spanish embassies!***Call by Euskal Herriko Komunistak:Solidarity with TakoloOn November 21 the fascist judge Baltasar Garzà³n issued an order accusing various Basque … [read more]

by base21Since last Thursday, nearly daily protests have taken place in front of U.S. military bases all over South Korea in response to the recent acquittal of two U.S. soldiers involved in the deaths of two South Korean schoolgirls last June. The soldiers were tried in a U.S. military court, prompting calls for the removal of the United States Forces in Korea (USFK), who`s 37,000 soldiers post a dangerous threat to the peoples of both Koreas. The source of this new wave of anti-U.S. protests is a tragic accident on June 13th in Hyochon Village near Camp Red Cloud, 15 miles north of Seoul. Shin Hyo-soon and Shim Mi-sun were walking to a friend`s birthday party when they were struck and killed by a 45-ton armoured U.S. military vehicle. The extremely bloody pictures of the scene were … [read more]

Demonstration, 13.12.02To make sure that the present big global topics will be put on the agenda under the demonstrations connected to the EU-summit in Copenhagen the 12-14th of December, a number of individuals and organisations have founded the new initiative Copenhagen 2002-København2002.The initiative is planning a demonstration in Copenhagen Friday the 13th of December 2002, with Danish and international speakers under the slogans:Stop the terrorwar!No to imperialist globalisation!No to the EU of the capital!We hereby call on anti-war movements and peace organisations, anti-imperialists and solidarity-organisations, anti-globalisation movements, opponents of the EU and other progressive forces to join the initiative. It is possible to join only on the basis of one of the slogans. … [read more]

Solidarity movement partially successfulIn the aftermath twenty comrades of the anti-war protests of Nov 9 in Florence, Italy, have been taken into custody by the Italian state. Among them the leader of the South Italian anti-globalisation movement, Caruso, and several anti-imperialist, two belonging to the Anti-imperialist Camp.The charges brought up against them are purely political ones like:Political conspiracy to disturb the exertion of governmental functionsSubversive propagandaAttack of constitutional organsInstigation to disobedience to public orderTrespass against public buildingsResistance to state powerThe attack was design to hit the most consequent part of the movement. But should serve as a warning shot targeting at the same time the entire movement as these accusations … [read more]

by Harsh ThakorOn November 4th is the10th anniversary of 8 landless peasant activists being sentenced to death. These landless peasants were avenging the atrocities of the upper caste Rajput Landlords They killed 44 members of Rajput Families in Dalechauk Baghera. This has historical significance as it depicts the hypocritical State policies which sides with the powerful and the landed. Bihar has a strong history of a revolutionary peasant movement. The Story of Bihar is an epic in the struggle of the toiling peasantry against the dark forces of oppression. The government has done everything to suppress the historic struggle of the peasantry by colluding with the big upper-caste landlords. In Bihar casteism is predominant and land divisions took place on caste lines. The upper caste … [read more]

by Harsh ThakorOn December 6th 1992 exactly 10 years ago an event took place which will be remembered in the annals of Indian history for ever. The Babri Masjid was demolished by the fundamentalist Vishwa Hindu Parishad,in the name of Hindutva and commemorating Ram`s birthplace. Hindutva means a philosophy of Hindu Revivalism in all walks of life .Forces propogating tried to influence all walks of life like education, philosophy and particularly used Hindu religious festivals as a platform. The political roots of this movement lay in he pre-Independence created R.S.S. It was the worst single communal act that took place in our country`s post-independence period. A chapter had been written which will always remain in the history books. With the communal onslaught today remembering this … [read more]

Defend Iraq, confront imperialismThere were times when peace followed war. Since the US have enthroned themselves to be the sole world ruler there is no more peace. War has become permanent, aggression a matter of daily administration.With Bush´s doctrine of "preventive war" the US arrogate themselves the right to crush any movement, any government, any nation, any alliance not ready to subjugate itself to the American tyranny. In its delirium of omnipotence the White House does not even bother to cover its strategy. They openly demand other peoples – first of all those belonging to the "Third World" – to subordinate to the national interests of the US. This is but pure imperialism as even Scott Ritter concedes, US marine and former arms inspector in Iraq. The poorest countries are … [read more]

Free the arrested militantsA step forwardIn the frame of the oceanic demonstration of November 9 against the impending aggression on Iraq the Anti-imperialist Camp has been organising a common anti-imperialist bloc together with other Italian and international forces. Our continent under the banner "On the side of Iraq – resist the attack" amounted to about thousand participants and in certain moments even more.Meanwhile this night the Italian police arrested more than a dozen militants of the movement – two of them belonging to the anti-imperialist forces, namely Vittoria Oliva (already 61 years old) and Antonio Rollo. Among those in custody is also Francesco Caruso, a leader of the movement in the Italian south. All of them are being accused to have formed a subversive organisation … [read more]

by Mina Sharma Tiwari, Editor SOLIDARITY At 7.30 a.m. of May 24, more than 13 armed security personal went my room at tyanglaphant of Kirtipur, Kathmandu and circled the location. I was with my children and making tea on that time. They ordered me to go with them. First they told me that I was going there for few hours about moe investigation. They forced to go in vehicle and closed my eyes with black clothes. I guessed that I was kept in `Ceda Hall` of Singhadurbar (the biggest administrative building of Nepal). They started to give me the mental torture and light physical torture. They didn`t give me the chances to see the location and chances of talks also. They made the sensitive environment there that the hall was the exact torture place. I heard t here that the voice of beaten … [read more]

by Che-Leila Youth Brigades, USAInterview of the Che-Leila Youth Brigades, USA, with the Anti-Imperialist Camp on Political Questions of the Day, and Anti-Imperialist Movement Building Q..Comrade Alfred, perhaps you could explain to the people of the United States of America, what the Anti-Imperialist Camp is, who it is, and what role it plays in the greater movement? For example, what sets it apart from other organizations, ideologically? A. The Anti-imperialist Camp has been founded in the mid 90ies in order to unify the dispersed anti-imperialist forces around the world in our common struggle against imperialism. It is not a party neither a front but so far a loose co-ordination of about hundred organisations from all continents. As our movement keeps ideologically fragmented the base … [read more]

Addameer Press Release, 4 November 2002Detainees Protest Attack and Continuing Human Rights ViolationsAddameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association is deeply concerned with the escalating violation of detainees` rights within Israeli prisons and detention centers. In particular, recent events in the Ketziot (Negev) Military Detention Center indicate an intensification of tensions between the military administration and detainees, and are a further affront to the rights of Palestinian detainees being held in the military detention camp.On Thursday 24 October 2002, the Ketziot military detention camp administration informed three prisoners from Section D/4 that they would be transferred from Ketziot to Nafha Prison, without informing them of the reason for their transfer. The … [read more]

by base21On the heels of the October 26th globally-coordinated anti-war demonstration and march from Insadong plaza to Jongmyo Park, a larger demonstration was organized last Saturday to protest the U.S. war plans in the Middle East.Approximately 400 protestors, mainly youth, gathered at Yeongdeungpo subway station. They loudly demanded an end to war preparations against Iraq and vehemently condemned Seoul`s expected support of their allies in Washington.Despite the icy cold weather, the rally moved to Yeoido, home of the National Assembly, where more people gradually joined the demonstration. Peace activists made speeches against the planned war and the presence of 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea. This was followed by revolutionary cultural performances. Kwon Yeong-gil, thepresidential … [read more]

hunger strike, protests and more arrestsLast Thursday, Kabir Uddin and Muhammad Bidduth, Equality Trade Union-Migrants Branch leaders who have been detained in Hwasong Immigration Processing Center for two months since a government crackdown on migrant workers, initiated a hunger strike to protest human rights violations inside the detention center.Last Thursday, Kabir Uddin and Muhammad Bidduth, Equality Trade Union-Migrants Branch leaders who have been detained in Hwasong Immigration Processing Center for two months since a government crackdown on migrant workers, initiated a hunger strike to protest human rights violations inside the detention center.Their demands are: release all migrant worker prisoners and stop the abuse of migrant workers, both inside and outside the center.One day … [read more]

International Appeal by DEFENDOn 28 October 2002, the Council of the European Union added Jose Maria Sison and the New People´s Army (NPA) of the Philippines to its list of …‘terrorist´ persons, groups and entities. This decision was taken by written procedure, without discussion or due process, without motivation whatsoever. Measures to be taken against the organizations and individuals on the list include "the freezing of funds and other financial assets or economic resources, as well as police and judicial cooperation". With this decision, the European Union toes the line of the United States. On 9 August 2002, the US State Department listed the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People´s Army as …‘foreign terrorist organizations´, asking other … [read more]

Anti-imperialist block in Florence, Nov 9In the Nov 9 mobilisation against the war on Iraq in Florence, Italy, the Anti-imperialist forces of Italy have decided to participate in a separate block. Their main front banner will read:Defend Iraq – down with the black listThey will have a separate anti-imperialist final rally where the anti-imperialist forces from around the world can raise their voice.We call upon all the anti-imperialist forces to give their support comrades-in-arms by endorsing the call, conveying greeting addresses and sending delegations.***Against the imperialist war, against the black lists!The resistance goes on!Militant support for the anti-imperialist forces around the worldThe imperialist war launched by the US, which – after Yugoslavia and Afghanistan – is … [read more]

by Committee DEFEND, 31 October 2002Utrecht, The Netherlands – The inclusion of Jose Ma. Sison in the list of the European Union of so-called "foreign terrorist persons, groups and entities" is a further violation of his democratic rights, criminalizes him as a terrorist without due process, and defames and endangers his life and liberty. The new EU listing (which included the New People´s Army, but not the Communist Party of the Philippines) gravely imperils the peace negotiations between the Manila government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.Thus stressed NDFP chief political consultant Prof. Jose Ma. Sison and NDFP peace panel chief negotiator Luis Jalandoni, in an emergency press conference held in Utrecht today after the European Union released the updated list … [read more]

By John Catalinotto, BerlinA demonstration of over 20,000 here in Berlin on Oct. 26 was only one of about 80 in Germany and hundreds around the world during the international day of protests to "Stop the war against Iraq before it starts."The international action, called by the U.S.-based ANSWER coalition during the summer, gained the support of the anti-war movement in countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America. These groups wanted to show solidarity with the U.S. anti-war movement at the same time they targeted the Bush government as the main threat to peace in the world.As a result of the strong response to this first International Day of Protest, groups around the world have begun to work together on this one essential task: stopping the U.S. aggression against Iraq. The center of … [read more]

In the frame of world wide protests against the impending Anglo-American aggression against Iraq about hundred anti-imperialist organisations from all around the world have called for a protest against the so-called "anti-terrorist lists" issued by the United States and the European Union. Among them the most of the enlisted organisations such as the Palestinian PFLP, the Turkish DHKC, the CPP of the Philippines and the Basque Batasuna all of which also spoke at the press conference. Support was granted by the Russian RKRP-RPK, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), CORREPI from Argentine, Abnaa el Balad from within the Green line in Palestine and the International Action Centre in the US (see list)."The war on Iraq and the persecution of the liberation movements are only two aspects … [read more]