Final Statement of the International Conference of World Religious LeadersHeld on 19.06.2006, at the VIENNA GRAND HOTELKärntner Ring 9 1010 Vienna Austria The great faiths of mankind teach us of the dignity of all God's creatures. Each of us carries some small way the imprint of the One who made us. Yet, human dignity is not only realized by individuals. By our nature we also exist in groups, each based upon history memory and identity of varied sorts. Hence, in our falting attempts to protect the integrity of people we must also assert the concomitant continuity of peoples. This is often a difficult task as many groups have long existed in conflict with others and each finds it a daunting project to forgive, and, ultimately to respect the other. … [read more]

Anti-imperialist forces give voice to Awni al Kalemji of the Iraqi Resistance and join hands with Orthodox Jewish Anti-ZionistsThe Austrian people was not only angry for the state of emergency imposed on Vienna by more than a thousand US security agents to which the domestic authorities de facto ceded sovereignty. By great majority they refuse Bush and his imperial war drive which was indirectly even admitted by the US ambassador.A small scene can illustrate the situation. When Bush drove into downtown Vienna on June 22 in his armoured vehicle in the evening all life came to a standstill by road blocks. Activists of the Anti-imperialist Camp were uncoiling a huge banner reading "Bush go home" from the terrace cafà© of a multi-story building were Bush passing by could not other than … [read more]

Auftaktaktion gegen Apartheid-Mauer und Guantanamo, 19. JuniMontag, 19. Juni 2006, 12 Uhr Stephansplatz => BallhausplatzAm 21. Juni kommt der US-Kriegspräsident nach Wien. Er wird gebührend empfangen werden: mit einer Massendemonstration gegen seine Politik des Völkermordes.Zwei Tage davor findet am Stephansplatz eine Auftaktaktion zur Mobilisierung statt. Ein nachgebautes Stück der israelischen Apartheid-Mauer in Palästina und einige Guantanamo-Häftlinge sollen darauf hinweisen, wohin uns die Herrschaft der USA führt - nämlich in ein globales Gefängnis und den permanenten Krieg.Am Beispiel Palästinas zeigt sich die Perversion des Systems. Einem ganzen Volk wird das Selbstbestimmungsrecht verweigert, es wird vertrieben (doch niemand spricht von ethnischer … [read more]

Hamas MP impeded to come to Germany on Norwegian visaThe MP Yahya al Abadsa of the Hamas fraction in the Palestinian National Assembly has been invited to Oslo by the Palestine Committee. Already before the Norwegian authorities have been indirectly challenging the EU's Zionist line to refuse any contacts to the elected Palestinian government by granting visas to Hamas members and even accepting meetings with them. Also now Abadsa was granted visa to Norway even valid for the entire Schengen treaty states.Thus the Anti-imperialist Camp together with the Islamic "Human Dignity and Rights" Association (HDR) invited Abadsa to Germany. A meeting with a member of the German Bundestag, Hüsein Aydin, of the PDS was already scheduled.But Germany forced Norway to impede Abadsa's trip to Cologne. … [read more]

by Harsh Thakor1.INTRODUCTIONThE Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that was launched in China on May 16th 1966 wrote a historical epoch in the history of mankind. This was initiated by Comrade Mao Tse Tung to defeat the revisionists and create a ground for the ultimate triumph for Socialism. Mao discovered that even in a Socialist State there were capitalist elements who intended to turn the country to the capitalist road. From the example of the U.S.S R he learnt that a Socialist State can turn into a Social-Imperialist or Revisionist state and there can be a restoration of Capitalism. Stalin saved the Socialist State but he hardly made an effective attempt to democratize the Socialist State and initiate broad based mass movements. True there were great achievements for workers but … [read more]

Declaracià³n del Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores Unificados (PSTU) de BrasilUma manifestaà§à£o de cerca de 500 trabalhadores sem-terra do MLST (Movimento de Libertaà§à£o dos Sem-Terra) acabou em tumulto durante a tarde do dia 6 de junho em Brasà­lia. Os sem-terra aguardavam uma audiàªncia com o presidente da Cà¢mara, Aldo Rebelo (PCdoB-SP) na entrada do prà©dio quando, segundo eles, foram impedidos de entrar e agredidos pela seguranà§a do Congresso. Segundo o coordenador do MLST, Marcos Praxedes, o Congresso ouve reivindicaà§àµes de banqueiros, usineiros e empresários, mas nà£o querem ouvir os trabalhadores. ``Essa à© uma casa do povo, construà­da com dinheiro público, onde todos tem o direito de ir. Mas aqui os trabalhadores nà£o … [read more]

U.S. backed warlords defeatedTuesday, June 06, 2006To: United Nations Political Office in Somalia, UNDP Resident Representative, The League of Arab Nations, African Union, Organization of Islamic Countries, IGAD, European Union, Department of State, United States Government, United States Embassy in Nairobi, Italian Embassy, French Embassy, British Embassy, German Embassy, Djibouti Embassy, Norwegian Embassy, Swedish Embassy, South African Embassy, Egyptian Embassy, Nigerian Embassy, Saudi Embassy, Yemen Embassy, Sudan Embassy.Date: June 5, 2006The Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, have decided to break the silence between us and the international community. We made this decision in order to clarify the situation in Mogadishu and to bring the true picture of the conflict in the … [read more]

Pro-zionist left splits mobilisationWar president Bush, scheduled to come to Vienna on June 21, will face protest action also in Austria as in nearly any other place in the world he is coming to. The amplitude and resonance of the mobilisation reflects the widespread popular feeling against the American Empire imposing its rule by the permanent war.The most important element is, however, not quantity but quality. The coalition of forces organising the protests invited Awni al Kalemji, the spokesman of the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance, as one of the main speakers. This means that the Iraqi Resistance, in favour of which al Kalemji will speak, has gained a lot of terrain in comparison to the past years. We just want to remember the vicious campaign of isolation and criminalisation not only the … [read more]

by the Left Radicals of AfghanistanThe shocking massacre by US and coalition forces in Kandahar last week is not yet forgotten and the blood of innocent people is not washed away, and the tormented people of Afghanistan are drowned in an ocean of blood by US forces in the north of Kabul once again.On 29 May 8:00 AM, a military convoy of the US coalition forces on the way from Bagram military base to Kabul crushed and demolished more than 30 private vehicles and dozens of people along both sides of the jam-packed road in Khairkhana Kotal. It is worth to mention that due to the concentration of more than three million people in Kabul and outdated traffic system, narrow roads and on the other hand about half of the roads of the middle of the city are being blocked by US embassy, US related … [read more]

by Mohammad Basirul Haq Sinha Country has observed the largest garment worker uprising in Bangladesh from 22 to 24 May'06. Although this sector earns 80% of the foreign currency the laborers do not have proper employment contract, standard working hour (8 hours per day), weekend, leisure hour,! break to drink water or pee, proper toilet facilities, medical leave etc. Whether one likes it or not things have turned even nastier and more violent than it was 35 years ago. The well-to-do upper classes' indifference to the growing chaos and suffering of the poor much more noticeable in Bangladesh than what prevailed during the turbulent days of 1966 or 1969. It is shocking and sickening that while the deaths of five students by police firing on February 21, 1952 stirred up the entire … [read more]

by "Left Radicals of Afghanistan", JalalabadYes, ISAF is imperialist type cooperation!Last week the US and coalition forces under the name of "ISAF" (Assistance and Cooperation) heavily air attacked civilian in Panjwai district of Kandahar province. The air attacks launched after the armed opposition started their military operation against invader forces led by US in Kandahar. Following the heavy deadly fighting, that imposed numerous casualties to the imperialist forces and local government, made the USA and coalition forces wrathful to take revenge in the area where the attacks were carried out. So, they turned fire on poor villages of Panjwai where according to US and local government resources around one hundred are dead and according to people and witnesses that reported to the … [read more]

Final declaration of DiyarbakirThe 5th International Conference Against Disappearances, was gathered in Diyarbakır in between May 16th and 20th, under the main title "War and Occupation: Human Rights Violations, Torture and Disappearances". 300 delegates from the countries; Argentina, Chile, Canada, India, Sri Lanka, Spain, France, Bulgaria, Germany, England, Palestine, Switzerland, Holland, Colombia, Greece, Finland, South Korea, Turkey and Northern Kurdistan attended the Conference. We believe that gathering this conference in Diyarbakır, an opening gate to the Middle East, where war and occupation creates great human rights violations and a city located in the center of Kurdish geography where the people have been suffering disappearances/deaths under arrest, extra judicial … [read more]

Že leta izkoriÅ¡Ä?ajo politiki in "domovini zveste/a" skupine/združenja (kaj je boljÅ¡e) situacijo slovenske manjÅ¡ine za izražanje politiÄ?ne moÄ?i. Neredko celo provocirajo državno pravo in prezirajo odloÄ?be ustavnega sodiÅ¡Ä?a. Po avstrijski državni pogodbi naj bi bil Ä?len 7, ki med drugim zagotavlja slovenski manjÅ¡ini dvojeziÄ?ne topografske napise že davno izpoljnen. Prej ali slej si moramo staviti vpraÅ¡anje, Ä?e po temtakem nahujskano prebivalstvo sme odloÄ?ati o izvedbi manjÅ¡inskih pravic.ZAHTEVE KSÅ Å D-ja SO:- postavitev manjkajoÄ?ih dvojeziÄ?nih krajevnih napisov na podlagi spoznanja avtrijskega ustavnega sodiÅ¡Ä?a (2001)- pripoznanje slovenskega jezika kot deželni jezik- izolacija KHD-ja ter KAB-jaDvojeziÄ?ni krajevni … [read more]

Jose Maria Sison versus council of European Union, case t-47/03 about "terrorist listing" before the European court of first instanceOn Tuesday 30 May 2006 from 9 :30 a.m. onward, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities will examine the legality of the antiterrorist list adopted by the Council of the European Union in the case of Filipino professor Jose Maria Sison. Can the Ministers of the 25 European countries qualify a person as a terrorist and exclude him from economic life with neither evidence nor due process? The stake is crucial for all the defenders of fundamental rights in Europe.On 28 October 2002, the Council of the European Union adopted the decision 2002/848/EC by which Mr. Jose Maria SISON as a natural person and the New People's Army (NPA) as a group or … [read more]

The article by a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-American Amir Taheri, was initially published in Friday's edition of Canada's National Post, which ran alongside the story a 1935 photograph of a Jewish businessman in Berlin with a yellow, six-pointed star sewn on his overcoat, as required by Nazi legislation at the time. The Post subsequently issued a retraction. Taheri's story, however, was reprinted by the New York Post, which is owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, and picked up by the Jerusalem Post, which also featured a photo of a yellow star from the Nazi era over a photo of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Another neo-conservative publication, the New York Sun, also noted the story Monday, claiming that the specific report that … [read more]

A first balance sheet of the International Anti-imperialist Anti-capitalist MeetingFrom 4-7 May, 2006 the "International Anti-imperialist Anti-capitalist Meeting" (IAAM) took place in Athens, Greece. It was organised in parallel to the European Social Forum (ESF) intending to propose alternatives to latter's neo-reformism and civilism. From the very beginning of the anti-globalisation movement the Anti-imperialist Camp together with various other fraternal forces have been contesting the movement's paradigm embodied by its former icon Toni Negri: "Globalisation does away with the nation state and also with imperialism. Thus another world is possible within or beyond (which is synonymous) this capitalist world."The American imperial war drive has falsified all these assumptions and Negri … [read more]

18 November 2006On Saturday, November 18, 2006, the association Oproer ('Rebellion', Denmark) is hosting an international conference in Copenhagen on European anti-terrorist legislation, democratic rights and international solidarity. Our specific intention is to challenge the 'terrorist list' of the European Union, and to defend the principles of internationalism and solidarity which are threatened by the so-called 'global war on terrorism'. The Copenhagen Conference seeks to implement the International Appeal addressed by 'Rebellion' (Denmark) in May 2005 to a large number of international solidarity organisations. In this appeal, we urge the organisations to challenge the increasing erosion of political rights within the European Union. Through present legislation, European states … [read more]

Condemn the Genocidal Fascist Attacks going on in the name of 'Salwa Judum' in Bastar!International Appeal by Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), IndiaIn the government action going on in the name of Salwa Judum in Bastar region of Chhathisgarh, India, not only have hundreds been arrested, tortured, murdered, gang-raped, but their entire economic lifelines have been smashed. Through brutal terror the government's aim is to extinguish the sparks of revolution taking place in the very heart of India. Over the last 25 years the people of the region have witnessed a great awakening.Over the past 25 years of struggle the Naxalites, as Maoists in India are known, awakened these tribals to a life of self-respect, smashing the cruel and brutal authority of the state machinery and establishing … [read more]

Conclusion of the Anti-imperialist Anti-capitalist MeetingWe, the undersigned, mass peoples organizations, students' and trade unions, antiwar and antiimperialist initiatives, parties and collectives, that met in IAAM in Athens from the 4th to the 7th of May and all those that participated in the organized debates and activities and in the great anti-imperialist, antiwar and anti-EU demonstration on Saturday 6 May, marching towards the US Embassy, the EU headquarters in Athens and the Greek Parliament, send our warm militant greetings to all anti-imperialist forces, to all toilers and youth, to the resistance and liberation movements, to the peoples revolutionary movements and to the progressive people all over the planet.We especially send a message of solidarity to the struggling Iraqi … [read more]

by Lars Akerhaug, Oslo, NorwayRefugee minister Atef Adwan speaks in Oslo amidst a Palestinian political crisis After three days of meetings with politicians and organisations in Norway, the refugee minister of the Palestinian Authority closed his visit to Norway speaking to 200 people in a public meeting in Oslo. The visit comes as a part of a tour that also included Sweden. Adwan was also to go to Germany, Italy and Austria, which he eventually had to cancel. "I wanted to make as much as possible of my visit to Sweden and Norway" the minister explained. During his speech Adwan stressed the contradiction of the EU and USA pushing for the Palestinians to hold democratic elections, while when democratic elections were being held the USA and EU punished the Palestinian people. "They punished … [read more]