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]

Int`l mobilisation for Florence on Nov 9For November 9 an international demonstration against the war on Iraq has been scheduled for Florence, Italy. The mobilisation has been called by the European Social Forum as well as several anti-imperialist forces. Unity in action has been possible on the base of the political agreement that the aggression against Iraq is being opposed even if some kind of UN resolution should legitimise it. However, a coalition of anti-imperialist forces which is just being constituted will close the demonstration in a separate rally calling not only against the war and for the lifting of the embargo but also to openly take the side of Iraq. A defeat of the US and its allies is the main condition of progress for the popular masses of the region as well as for … [read more]

The Scottish Republican Socialist Movement sends its revolutionary greetings and expresses it`s support for the international protest against the EU blacklist.With this list the ruling class of Europe seeks to halt the revolutionary demands of the oppressed peoples of the world for national liberation and socialism. We reiterate our solidarity with all those who stand in this struggle for the emancipation of humanity. At this time especially so with the martyrs of the Turkish Death Fast; with the Palestinian people in their fight against Zionism and Imperialism, with our comrades from Euskadi, and with the workers of Iraq threatened by the planet`s largest Terrorist threat.Unfortunately we have not the resources to send a delegation to Brussels but assure our comrades internationally of … [read more]

by the RCWP-PRC ob pesecution of communists in RussiaStatement of the RCWP-RPC secretaries of the Central Committee about the police attack on the Youth Communist League activistsOn the 15th of September Russian youth Communist organizations were holding a mass manifestation "Anticapitalism-2002" in Moscow.Moscow authorities caused various hindrances to the youth protest both in the preparatory stage, when they banned the youth march in the city streets as well as the final concert of musical groups, and also during the main meeting, when they detained and took to militia about 100 participants of the manifestation. In the time, when participants were gathering for the meeting, the authorities had deliberately created humiliating and harassing conditions for the people`s passing to the … [read more]

RCWP-RPC to support Brussels` protest against EU`s black list, recalling political prisoners in RussiaThe Russian Communist Workers` Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists (RCWP-RPC) entirely supports the international protest against the EU Black List. We consider this shameful document as an arrogant attempt to abuse the campaign against criminal murderers for the opposite -- a campaign against organisations and movements, seeking for their legitimate rights of self-determination and independence (as the PLFP or the PKK). There is no doubts, that if the glorious thinkers of Enlightenment, who inspired the ideals of democracy and freedom, would be absolutely disgusted, if they only could see this terrible degeneration of democracy into a system of oppression and exploitation, that … [read more]

Leila Khaled, symbol of the Palestinian military resistance of the 70ies and leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), grants her full support to the international mobilisation against the EU`s black list scheduled for October 26. Since the inclusion of the PFLP into the notorious "list of terrorist organisation" she is denied access to Europe and de facto declared persona non grata. "So I will address the demonstration by phone", she said today in Amman, … [read more]

program and new supportersProtest against the EU´s Black List and the war against IraqInternational day of action, October 26, 2002, BrusselsEU´s "Black List" to annul democratic rights – Let´s defend them!Let´s put the regimes in the service of imperialism on the black list of the peoples!Cancel the black list!Stop the war drive against Iraq! call 12.00: press conferencehotel Charlemagne, Bd. de Charlemagne 25/27, near the traffic circle SchumanKoldo Gorrostiaga, Basque Country, delegate of Batasuna to the European ParliamentPaul-Emile Dupret, Member of European Parliament PFLP, PalestineDHKP-C, TurkeyDogan Özgüden, editor in chief of the review Info-TürkBelgian Human Rights LeagueMoreno Pasquinelli, spokesman of the Anti-imperialist CampRio Mondelo, Committee to Defend Filipino … [read more]

Last Friday Professor J got free on bail. Professor J had been imprisoned in South Africa on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by the Chilean military justice after he had participated in the Anti-imperialist Camp in Assisi, Italy. The reason why Jaime got free is that the Chilean military justice was not able to present the documents demanded by the South African authorities in time. A new hearing will take place within a two-month period. According to his lawyer, Dr. Fulufhelo Ndou, an extradition of Jaime, who had offered resistance against the dictatorship of Pinochet, is very unlikely – also a partial success of the international solidarity campaign, which, nevertheless, has to go on.more … [read more]

Support for int`l demonstration Oct 26 BrusselsLet`s put invader fascist regimeson the black list of the peoples!In the age of cold war between NATO and WARSA, US and other imperialists created fundamentalism as a mental and material force against the development of Soviet Union and growth of democratic and Left movements in the third world specially in Islamic countries. Fundamentalist parties and the basis of Alqaida during resistance war against Soviet Union were established and supported in Afghanistan by the supporters of "anti terrorism campaign". During the resistance war fundamentalist parties rather repressed and undermined the democratic forces and the Left opposition current than any enemy. The Islamists who labeled terrorist just after Sept 11 event, have been terrorist, anti … [read more]

to the Government of South AfricaWe request that the extradition of Chilean citizen Jaime Yovanovic Prieto be refused, for the following reasons:1. Because the case is political in nature: the death of General Urzúa occurred in the context of the democratic fight of the Chilean people against the dictatorship of General Pinochet, which is agreed upon in global public opinion up to this day.2. Because the death penalty is available in this case against the accused: even though the death penalty was abolished in the civil legislation, it can still be applied by the military tribunals, a fact denounced by the human rights organization Amnesty International.3. Because the case will take place in the Second Military Tribunal in Santiago de Chile and up to this time, as is widely known, … [read more]

Draft statement by Jaime Yovanovic Prieto compiled from notes made at a consultation for the purpose of informing the minister of justice, Dr. Penuel Maduna, and the director of public prosecutions (wld) and not to be used as evidence in court proceedings.1. I am a Chilean citizen by birth. I was born on 5 January 1948.2. In September 1970 Mr Salvador Allende was democratically elected as the president of Chile.3. I was a student at the time at the Catholic University in Valparaiso, Chile.4. I campaigned for and supported the election of Mr Allende to the presidency and immediately volunteered my services to non-governmental organisations that got together to thwart any attempts by the military to overthrow our democratically elected president Allende.5. I carried out this voluntary work … [read more]

reports from the European demonstrationsHamburgFrom 11.00 till 17.00 a protest action took place in the inner city with music, culture and political speeches. ViennaSome hundred people gathered in spite of the pouring rain in the inner city for a demonstration leading to the US embassy. The several speeches that were held at the demonstration were mainly held by representatives of the anti-imperialist left, the Palestinian community and anti-fascist fighters which had already offered resistance against the Nazi-regime. Marseille Around 10.000 people gathered on the Place de la Joliette and the demo started at 15h, and walked through the city. More than 100 organisations from everywhere in France, and also from Spain and Italy were there. Around 19h, Ramallah was joined on the phone, and … [read more]

The Palestine Monitor, September 28th, 2002More than 1,914 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers, settlers or police since September 2000. Also counted among these are those who died as a direct result of the Israeli occupation, i.e. those denied access to life saving medical treatment when ambulances were stopped and turned away at checkpoints, and the unborn babies who died when their mothers could not reach hospital because of closure or curfew:…· 71 Palestinians have died after being prevented access to medial treatment, 21 of those were children, 13 were newborn babies.…· 169 have died in extra judicial assassination attacks, of these 31 were bystanders at the time and 44 were "unintended" victims killed as they were with the victim. 22 were children.…· 22.5% … [read more]

by NSSPNeeded sooner than laterAt long last after a most horrendous 20-year-long war between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a new peace process has nen set in motion with a 3-day preliminary talks between the two sides that commenced on 16.09.2002. Of course there is just no other way out for the United National Front (UNF) G0vt. led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, UNP leader, who grabbed the hand extended by LTTE leader, Velupillai Pirabakaran, symbolised by the ceasefire unilaterally declared by the latter, effective from December 24, 2001, barely 3 weeks after Wickramasinghe assumed office after the defeat of the People`s Alliance ( PA) led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga in the December 5 General Elections. … [read more]

by Revolutionary Communist League JapanDear comrades in the Anti-Imperialist Camp: In response to your call in August, we express our solidarity with the international protest action against the US `war on terrorism` for September 28 on the occasion of the anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada.The Zionist Sharon government, fearing the bold resistance of the Palestinians, has imprisoned Arafat, destroying the chairperson`s office in Ramallah. Now he has denied any existence of the Palestinian government. Burning with anger at the Israeli government and its military controls imposed in the name of `eradication of terrorism`, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank dared to stage mass demonstrations, breaking the curfew. We fight in solidarity with Palestinians struggling for the … [read more]

by KOMUNISTAK InternationalAt the start of 2002, Euskal Herriko Komunistak-The Communists of the Basque Country (EHK) denounced the self-inflicted coup d`etat that the Spanish bourgeoisie was carrying out in order to implant a dictatorship with a democratic mask. The Basque People are beginning to experience this self-inflicted coup: suspension of a representative political force, closure of its offices by the police, arrests of young left-wing patriots followed by denunciations of torture, prohibition of the right to demonstrate.This is only the beginning of an offensive which aims not only to crush the Patriotic Left and prevent it from standing in elections, but also to suspend the autonomy statute that is in force, defeat bourgeois nationalism, silence the voice of the popular sectors … [read more]

Buenos Aires, 30 August 2002Esteemed and Respected Nelson Mandela:I wrote you, to implore that you intercede on behalf of Chilean comrade Jaime Yovanovic Prieto (Professor J), so that he is not extradited.He was arrested in Italy and deported to the Republic of South Africa, and is being held in a Johannesburg prison.Your word and presence will surely provide protection for our friend.Awaiting your invaluable help, receive my regards.Hebe de BonafiniPresident of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association*****************linked articles: "Thorn in their side" - by Professor J from the prison cell Freedom for Jaime Yovanovic … [read more]

Statement of the NDFP Executive Committee, September 21, 2002The National Democratic Front of the Philippines vehemently condemns the United States for its designation of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People`s Army as "foreign terrorist organizations" and of Comrade Jose Maria Sison as "terrorist." This move is part and parcel of the US plan to deepen its military intervention in the country as the armed revolutionary movement for genuine national freedom and democracy resurges.After using the Abu Sayyaf as pretext to directly engage in combat operations, the US now has trained its guns on the revolutionary forces such as the CPP and NPA as well as patriots like Comrade Sison because of their firm opposition to long standing US domination in the country.The US has … [read more]

Let´s defend them!Since September 11th the US supported by the EU have been creating a climate of "terror psychosis" with the goal to attack the right of free expression and to get rid of not only the opposition in the "Third World" but also in the metropolises themselves.The US are leading a demagogic campaign against terrorism and the preparations for war against all the people opposing their dominance is in full swing. The aim of the war mongers, who destroyed Afghanistan and have announced a war against Iraq, is to secure their global supremacy and to smash and permanently suppress the forces of resistance.The West used the call for security following September 11 to take severe measures supposedly against "terrorism" but actually used to attack and restrict democratic rights. Three … [read more]