Solidarity Delegation to PalestineThe Solidarity Delegation will take place in the last two weeks of August 2005, i. e. August 14th to 28th. In the first week we have planned visits and meetings with representatives of political, cultural and social organisations of the Palestinian resistance movement as well as with anti-Zionist Jewish organisations; in the second week we´ve planned to work in a social structure for the Palestinian population.Draft Programme (subject to change):Bethlehem and settlements in the area:Tour of the city, surrounding settlements, refugee camp, the wall. Israel is building a ring of settlements around Jerusalem to systematically fracture Palestinian Territories and eventually incorporate them into the Jewish settlement areas. The Israeli settlement policy is … [read more]

Addameer"We kiss each other with our fingers"(Majed, Prisoner Manal`s son)"When they attacked us with water hoses, I hid my baby in my bosom and ran to the safest place in the cell to protect him as much as I could".(Prisoner Manal Ghanim)Addameer Prisoners` Support and Human Rights AssociationCAMPAIGN TO FREE MANAL AND NOUR LAUNCHED TODAYRamallah - 21 March 2005. Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer) today launched a campaign demanding that the Israeli government release Palestinian female prisoner Manal Naji Mahmoud Ghanim, 29 years old from Tulkarem, and her child Nour, 1 and a half years old, who have been imprisoned since 17 April 2003. Both Manal and Nour are being held in Telmond Prison. Manal, who suffers from Thalasemia, was arrested while she was … [read more]

  أطروحة من أجل حركة جديدة لمناهضة الأمبرياليةمن المنبر الاجتماعي إلى المنبر المناهض للإمبرياليةلا شك بأن حركة مناهضة العولمة قد لعبت دورا هاما Ù?ÙŠ العقد المتصرم كقوة معارضة للاحتكار الرأسمالي الذي تطور بعد … [read more]

CampoÙ?ÙŠ الذكرى الخامسة لانطلاقة الانتÙ?اضة لنبني تحالÙ?ا عالميا لدعم المقاومة العراقية !نحن الموقعون أدناه، ندعو إلى مؤتمرعالمي لدعم المقاومة العراقية Ù?ÙŠ شهر أيلول (سبتمبر) Ù?ÙŠ الذكرى الخامسة لانطلاقة الانتÙ?اضة. … [read more]

Ozgur DerThere has been a demonstration held by Ozgur-Der, in Taksim Square in Istanbul to mark the second anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. Despite the cold weather, a crowd of several hundred of people gathered to protest the USA. The demonstration has begun with the speech of Hulya Sekerci, the chairwoman of Ozgur-Der. "The hatred against the USA is growing all around the world. Hundreds of thousands people in different countries have been taking to the streets to denounce the imperialist policies of the US government. The longer those policies continue, the more people will hate the USA in the world." said Hulya Sekerci. Abdurrahman Dilipak, the columnist, mentioned that no soldier want to go to Iraq to take part in the troops because they are afraid of dying in a war which … [read more]

Friday 18th - Sunday 20th MarchLondon… Please help us to publicise this protest and highlight these cases!!!basquecampaign@yahoo.co.ukFrom Friday 18th to Sunday 20th March, Basques living in the UK have planned a protest to highlight the lack of justice for prisoners and for their country, and in solidarity with the only Basque held in a British prison, Iñigo Makazaga (HMP Belmarsh). The protesters will be doing a hunger strike in solidarity with Basque prisoners who are currently on their sixth protest. The weekend will also include talks on prisoners` resistance, Iñigo`s case, repression in the Basque Country and other relevant issues. The fact that this conference and protest are taking place on the same weekend of a national demo against the occupation of Iraq and when the use of … [read more]

24 March: comemorate Yugoslavia and IraqRussian anti-globalists are going to celebrate the Day of the Anti-globalist resistance on March 24. That date was the beginning of bombardments of Yougoslavia in 1999 - and at the same time the beginning of vehement protests all over the world. When anti-globalists were preparing to celebrate the Day for the first time the US and the UK troops attacked Iraq, so it was the day of protests. Now we are going to celebrate it for the third time. … This still is the day of solidarity of all forces that are struggling against the … new world order". We protest against aggressive politics of the Western countries, against the economic exploitation, against manpulation of conciousness in mass-media and advertising, agaist electronic total control. … [read more]

Felhà­vás a palesztinai szolidaritási delegácià³ra2000 szeptemberà©ben kitört a második Intifáda, egy új felkelà©s az izraeli megszállás ellen. Ariel Sharon, izraeli miniszterelnök közvetlen provokácià³i idà©ztà©k elൠaz esemà©nyt. A palesztin nà©p felkelà©se a elhallgatott osloi bà©keszerzàµdà©sek miatt robbant ki. Azà³ta a Palesztin helyzet súlyosbodott. Több ezren haltak à©s több tà­zezren sà©rültek meg. A mindennapi à©lethez hozzátartozik a tartà³s tilalom, a mentàµk feltartà³ztatása, a házak, iskolák, kà³rházak, termàµföldek lerombolása. Másrà©szràµl a palesztin ellenállás folyamatosan nyomást gyakorol az izraeli kormányra. Az eurà³pai közvà©lemà©ny và©lemà©nye folyamatosan változik a … [read more]

by Pedro Rojo and Carlos VareaExcerpt from the the article:La familia de al-Kubaysi informa del lugar y condiciones de detencià³n del dirigente de la Alianza Patrià³tica Iraquà­. La cifra de iraquà­es presos por vinculacià³n con la resistencia aumenta tras las elecciones hasta casi 10.000Pedro Rojo y Carlos Varea, March 3rd, 2005(...)Last week the brother of Abduljabbar al-Kubaysi, Ibrahim, a doctor in the public hospital of Abu Ghraib, told the Campaign Against Occupation and for the Independence of Iraq (CEOSI) in the Spanish state, that the leader of the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance had been able to send a letter to his family via the International Red Cross, in which he confirms that he is alive, but conditions in Camp Cropper are extremely poor concerning food and sanitation … [read more]

Copenhagen: demonstration in front of the Turkish EmbassyDemonstration for Sandra Bakutz on March 9, 2005 It was a small but strong demonstration in front of the Turkish Embassy in a rich villa district north of Copenhagen. A banner in grey and red was carried saying Free Sandra – No to isolation and torture. Music by the political Turkish band Yorum was played during the whole demonstration, interrupted by the two speakers who spoke about the case of Sandra and cried FREE SANDRA FREE SANDRA - In the embassy on the other side of the street the personnel were listening through the open windows. There were two speeches who talked about the case of Sandra, the brutality of the Turkish police in Istanbul etc. The speaker from International Forum said among others: ……" Sandra is … [read more]

رسالة من اليسار ولجنة مناصرة العراق Ù?ÙŠ أوربا وإسكندناÙ?يانداء شبه عاجلإلى المقاومة الوطنية العراقيةإلى أحرار العراق ننقل إليكم أدناه، رسالة من اليسار ولجنة مناصرة العراق Ù?ÙŠ أوربا وإسكندناÙ?يا إخواننا الأبطال Ù?ÙŠ … [read more]

by IAC, John Catalinotto11-03-2005The International Action Center in the USA would like to send a greeting of solidarity to the organizers of the International Iraq Conference – Occupation, Resistance, International Solidarity set for March 12, 2005, in Berlin. This perfectly legitimate conference has come under attack from a narrow array of pro-government forces in Germany that are attempting to vilify and attack the right of the Iraqi people to defend their country from an illegal war and illegitimate occupation.The United States government waged an aggressive war against Iraq, telling lie after lie and changing the story regularly in an attempt to justify the bombing and invasion and occupation of that sovereign. This is the crime. Without this occupation there would be no need for … [read more]

السÙ?ير اللبنانية : : 2005-03-14 غسان أبو حمد انتهى ØŒ الذي انعقد Ù?ÙŠ برلين أمس الأول، بسلام برغم الأجواء المشحونة التي سبقت انعقاده، والمبارزات الكلامية التي هيمنت على أجوائه، خاصة بين العراقيين المؤيدين للاحتلال الأميركي … [read more]

د نوري المراديهكذا تحتضر الخنازير يوم التاسع من شباط الجاري وعلى موقع صوت كلاب العراق الذي يحرره مالك الحزين، نشر تصريح لمن أطلق على Ù†Ù?سه تسمية (نادي الراÙ?دين Ù?ÙŠ برلين) يعقب Ù?يه على مؤتمر العراق العالمي الذي سينعقد Ù?ÙŠ … [read more]

Int`l Platform Against IsolationBrussels, March 8, 2005 Let us not abandon Sandra Bakutz! Let us support Sandra! Sandra Bakutz flew to Turkey on February 10, 2005 to observe a trial. It was no ordinary trial. Instead it was a trial known as the "April 1 Trial". At the request of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a close friend of Turkey`s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, democratic institutions and the homes of progressive people were raided in Germany, Belgium and Holland. But the actual operation took place in Turkey and Italy. In the operation of April 1, 2004 in Turkey, over 100 persons were arrested. After the raid the police claimed to have seized diskettes but in reality they prepared these diskettes themselves. The state in Turkey arrested all those who fight for … [read more]

06.03.2005FASCIST STATE ATTACKED REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE WHO WERE CELEBRATING MARCH THE 8TH The fascist system´s representatives who always talk about democracy and human rights, attacked revolutionary democratic people that came together for celebrating March the 8th in Ístanbul. At 11 o´clock this morning, police forces attacked without any warning, with gas bombs in Sarachane Park in Istanbul. Many people including our comrades from New Democrat Youth and Partisan and a activist of ILPS were arrested, many others were injured. Later, at 12 o´clock, revolutionary democratic organizations met again in front of the University of Istanbul. For an hour the 8th of March was celebrated. At the end of the meeting, police again attacked people who were leaving the meeting, many … [read more]

Protest directed to Turkish and Austrian embassyDemonstration for Sandra Bakutz Wednesday March 9 at 4 pm by the Turkish and Austrian Embassy in CopenhagenThe coming Wednesday is organized a demonstration for the release of Sandra Bakutz in front of the Turkish and Austrian embassies. The demonstrationsays:RELEASE SANDRA BAKUTZNO TO ISOLATION AND TORTURE - FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERSArranged by the Comittee for the release of Sandra … [read more]

"Solidarity of People Movement for Aceh" asks for cease fireJoint Statement onThe Decision Made by the Government´s Coordination Meeting on Politics, Law, and Security to Continue the Joint Operation in AcehGovernment´s decision to continue the civil emergency status and the joint operation (security recovery operation) in Aceh is actually a part of civil emergency in Aceh. This was stated by the Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security – Widodo AS – after leaving from the coordination meeting on politics, law, and security.Whatever ground used by the government to extend the civil emergency and/or the joint operation of which the substance is but a military operation, is a form of dualism policy by the Indonesian government. Such dualism is more apparent after the … [read more]

Mobilisation against Armed Forces Special Powers Act continuesThe state police today foiled an initiative of Amnesty International India and the Imphal based People´s Right Organisation to hold a peaceful human-chain protest near the western gates of the Kangla against the continued imposition of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in the state.Around 150 students from schools located in the city area were dispersed at around 11.45 am today by the state police who refused permission to hold such demonstrations in the area which has been declared a hypersensitive security zone.In the meantime, Munindro Waikhom, member Amnesty International India and campaign in-charge for Manipur while speaking to the media appreciated the overall restraint shown by the police force in … [read more]

Iraq, February 15, 2005In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionateThe anti-occupation Iraqi patriotic forces met in Um al-Qura Mosque on February 15, 2005 to discuss the present situation and its implications on all levels. The participants discussed proposals aiming at restoring Iraq`s full independence, unity and sovereignty. The participant forces proclaim that they deal with the national reconciliation, which they were the first to call for since the beginning of the occupation, and with the writing of the constitution, on the basis of what follows:1) A clear, precise, public, and binding under international guarantees, timetable for the withdrawal of the occupation troops from Iraq in all their aspects and forms.2) Abolition of the principle of repartition according to … [read more]