First report from the Social Forum and the Bolivarian Camp in VenezuelaOn January 24 the Polycentric World Social Forum of Caracas began. Simultaneously several Bolivarian rank and file organisations like the National Peasant Front Ezequiel Zamora, the Collective Alexis Vive, the Popular Coordination of Caracas, anti-imperialist movements from different countries, among them the Anti-imperialist Camp, are holding an International Bolivarian Camp dedicated to break the chains of imperialism.The streets of Caracas are full with anti-globalisation activists as we know it from earlier Social Forum mega events. The Forum of Caracas is characterised by the question which position the "social movements" should take in front of the new centre left government in Latin America. Among the galaxy of … [read more]

Palestinian people refuse collaboration with Zionist occupationThe great electoral victory of Hamas is first of all a clear message by the Palestinian people to the world: we will never give up our resistance against the occupation! The anti-imperialists of the world salute this steadfastness in a struggle David against Goliath. It will without doubt strengthen the global struggle against the threat of the US empire and its permanent war.The beaten Fatah represents first of all the Oslo agreements which legitimated Israel in return for the void promise of a separate Palestinian state - which Zionism never had the slightest intention to concede. What eventually came out is the ugly monster of the Palestinian Authority openly collaborating with Israel and thereby enriching itself to … [read more]

EU elites in perfect harmony with American EmpireFrench president Chirac could not find a more symbolic place than an atomic submarine to threat Iran with nuclear strikes if she would harm French national interest. Virtually nothing remains of the European elites' would-be opposition to the aggression on Iraq and the US imperial re-design of the world -- only that Chirac tries to cry even louder than his masters in Washington knowing well that an attack for "regime chance" will need the superior US war machine. This verbal brinkmanship should cover up for the fact that they tail the US crusade against the next "rogue state" in the visor. And also chancellor Merkel made it clear in her inaugural visit to Washington that Germany will participate in the war drive against Persia.It is obvious … [read more]

or the humanization of Israeli killers and the dehumanization of Palestinian civiliansby As'ad Abu KhalilAnd who is retaliating against whom in the Arab-Israeli conflict? THIS is the question. It reminds me of a line that George Carlin—yes, that Carlin—used to use in his comedy routine and went roughly like this: "why do "we" call Israeli terrorists commandos, and we call Palestinian commandos terrorists?" That line never got a laugh the two times I saw him use it with a live audience. The thrust of the Spielberg movie is simple, fanfare notwithstanding: Israeli killers are conscientious and humane people, while Palestinians are always--no matter what--killers. But a Spielberg movie about current affairs is like a Thomas Friedman's column about…Emanuel … [read more]

Chà¨res amies, Chers amis, Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à  une soirà©e exceptionnelle le jeudi soir 23 fà©vrier à  Paris, à  l'occasion d'un GRAND MEETING sur le thà¨me "NON A LA COLONISATION, EN PALESTINE COMME AILLEURS, AUJOURD'HUI COMME HIER", en prà©sence de personnalità©s que nous sommes trà¨s heureux d'accueillir en France, parmi lesquelles: ... - AZMI BISHARA, dà©putà© à  la Knesset et dirigeant du parti "Balad" - ILAN PAPPE, historien et enseignant à  Haïfa - HASSIB NASHASHIBI, militant pour les droits de l'Homme à  Jà©rusalem-Est - MANALE TAMIMI, fondatrice et responsable de l'association "Human Supporters Group" à  Naplouse - YOUSSEF HAJI, fondateur et responsable de "Darna", la Maison des Associations de … [read more]

by Palestinian Committee for the Right of ReturnAppeal to All Palestinians and Supporters of Democratic Rights(Appeal Issued by the Palestinian Committee for the Right of Return - French section)Elections, Democracy and the Right of Return of Palestinian RefugeesOn January 25, 2006, elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council will take place. This Council was created by the Oslo Accords of 1993 with the purpose of establishing a Palestinian Authority.According to these Oslo Accords - as per the will of the occupation force, that is, the state of Israel -- only Palestinians living in the territories occupied since 1967 -- Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem (an estimated 1.8 million people) will have the right to vote for the candidates of their choice in these elections.Prior to the … [read more]

by Anti-Globalist ResistanceDear comrades,We wish you success in the activity of the Bolivarian Camp.Our alliance "Anti-Globalist Resistance" (Russia) looks with hope at the attempts of people of Latin America to pave the way to the better life. The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez was proclaimed "The Anti-Globalist of Year 2005" by our supporters. Our website www.anti-glob.ru translates the news from Latin America into Russian. We hope, our solidarity will do away with "the new world order", with northamerican … [read more]

Vienna: demo on the 15th anniversary of the first attack on IraqNo to war, occupation, genocide, embargos and torture17 January 2006 marks the 15th anniversary of the attack on Iraq by the West in 1991. The resulting embargo led to the worst food crisis, killing around 2 million people according to the United Nations. Despite being a small minority, we demonstrated every year. The recent and illegitimate war in Iraq and the open claim for sole dominance turned the majority against the US-manipulations. Nevertheless the Austrian government keeps siding with Washington.Torture prisons in Poland and Romania, secret air transports of prisoners over Europe - including Austria -, and the rejection to allow Haj Ali, the most prominent torture victim, entry into Austria; the list of the obvious … [read more]

Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) of Turkey and Northern Kurdistan declared that it gathered "Ist Kurdistan Conference". The Conference was done by "MLKP Kurdistan Organization", which is the Kurdistan Section of the party."We will beat colonialism!Worker, oppressed, labourer brothers!MLKP Ist. Kurdistan Conference was done successfully between the 4th and 11th of November. The Conference, which was gathered by MLKP Kurdistan Organization -the Kurdistan Section of our party- began with a commemoration stand for all the martyrs of freedom and socialism of the world. The Conference opened with marches "Ey Raqip" (Kurdish national anthem, tn.) and International. After opening speeches in Kurdish and Turkish, the formation of conference council and the determination of Conference … [read more]

Letter to Anti-imperialist CampWFTU WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS40, ZAN MOREAS STREET117 45 ATHENS GREECE Dear combatants of the Anti-imperialist Camp The World Federation of Trade Unions has a firm position against the United States Government aggression to Irak. In our 15th Congress, recently ended, a Resolution in this sense was adopted. Therefore, we support all those who like us, reject Irak's invasion by the aggressive policy that Bush administration is impelling. Particularly we appreciate the struggles of the forces that inside United States oppose to the violent attitude of its government. We are with you in the struggles you organize to push forward resistance to imperialist wars. We demand that your action is not stopped by the government of the USA and we demand … [read more]

Suite à  la rà©union prà©paratoire qui s'est tenue au Caire au mois de mars 2005 et aux dà©bats sur la nà©cessità© de crà©er une structure de coordination pour les activistes et les organisations populaires arabes, fidà¨les aux intà©ràªts de leurs peuples, qui refusent catà©goriquement les thà¨ses dà©faitistes et opportunistes et s'opposent aux projets impà©rialistes et sionistes, nous lanà§ons cette invitation ouverte pour participer au congrà¨s constitutif de l'Alliance populaire arabe de rà©sistance et sur la base des conclusions de la rà©union prà©paratoire.Date et lieu du congrà¨s : le Caire du jeudi 20 avril 2006 au samedi 22 avril 06Appel à  une Alliance populaire arabe de rà©sistance Sur la base de la nature des luttes dans le monde … [read more]

Interview with Abduljabbar al Kubaysi after his release from US custody in Iraqby Kulu al-Arab *Basra, December 28, 2005 IraqSolidaridad (www.iraqsolidaridad.org), January 3, 2006Translation from the Arabic for IraqSolidaridad by Houmad al-Kadiri Translation from the Spanish for the International Action Center by John CatalinottoKulu al-Arab (K al-A.): Can you summarize for us your period of imprisonment?Abdel Jabbar al-Kubaysi (A al-K): I was imprisoned for 16 months in the jail located in Baghdad International Airport at Camp Cropper, which is also the largest U.S. base in the country. At the beginning of my imprisonment, the U.S. interrogators showed folders to me that they said contained information on me starting from 1960. My interrogation lasted six months and, taken overall, was … [read more]

Despite being acqitted in a political process he remains imprisonedThe National Council of Arab Americans ("NCA") strongly urges US authorities to respect the verdict and immediately release Dr. Sami Al-Arian who has been rightfully acquitted of the most serious of terrorism-related charges. The NCA notes the jury declared "Not Guilty" eight times and did not return a single guilty verdict on any of the charges after a lengthy trial that included more than 80 witnesses and 400 transcripts of intercepted phone conversations and faxes. The jury verdict, despite a government-imposed adversarial atmosphere, makes it clear that Dr. Al-Arian's speech in support of the legitimate human rights of Palestinians, as reaffirmed by the United Nations and countless international bodies year after year, … [read more]

by Lars Akerhaug, International Officer, Red Electoral AllianceThe campaign for Boycott of Israeli Goods reaches new heights in Norway. 15.12.05 the Regional municipality of Sør-Trøndelag, in the mid-north of Norway, decided to boycott Israeli goods. The decision reads "boycott goods from Israel". The decision reads: "Now an international campaign is being set forth to boycott Israel. The Apartheid in South Africa was condemned by a whole world and this helped it come to an end. The Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and Golan has been condemned in the UN. In addition, the settlements on occupied territories are a violation against international court. The construction of the wall has been sentenced as illegal by the international court in Haag and the refugees are still waiting … [read more]

Letter of thanks for participating in the campaign for saving the life of comrade Narayan Sanyal alias Bijoy alias Prasad by the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF)Dear friends,Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF) expresses its gratitude to all those democrats who have assisted in exposing the illegal detention of the Indian Maoist leader comrade Narayan Sanyal (Prasad/ Bijoy) who was detained by Andhra Pradesh police in Raipur, Chattisgarh for seven days.Finally comrade Narayan Sanyal was produced in a court in Kothagudem in Khamam district in Andhra Pradesh at 3 pm on 3rd January 2006 and sent for judicial remand for 15 days to Warangal Central prison. 22 criminal cases have been imposed on him, all of them are false and fabricated, which include Jehanabad Prison (Jail) breaking and … [read more]

Caracas, 23-30 January 2006The bolivarian and anti-imperialist forces meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, on the occasion of the Social Forum of the Americas, invite all revolutionary, anti-imperialist, bolivarian and popular forces as well as individuals to join the internationalist meeting taking place in Caracas in the historical working-class district "23 de Enero". The participating forces will share their experiences of anti-imperialist resistance against the US Empire and , focusing on the bolivarian process in Venezuela, discuss how to build a new socialism of the XXI century. The participant will also work to find ways for common structures for the coordination of activities to counter the imperial strategy of domination and oppression of the USA with an … [read more]

'Rebellion' has been charged on two counts with breach of 114 a (2) of the Danish criminal code by allegedly supporting "groups having the intent of committing terrorist acts".3 January 2006Confiscation and criminal charges against Danish association Update from the association 'Rebellion' (Denmark) 'Rebellion' is charged with the transferral of approximately 14000 Euro to FARC (Colombia) and PFLP (Palestine) in October of last year, whereas the second charge concerns a statement on Danish Radio/TV on 1 August 2005 by a spokesperson for 'Rebellion', announcing that it was in the process of collecting further funds in support of organisations on the EU 'terrorist list', and that it had appealed to democratic and solidarity organisations in the European Union to similarly challenge … [read more]

Greetings to the Freedom Socialist Party USA to its 40th Anniversary Convention scheduled for January 13-16, 2006, in Portland, OregonDear Freedoms Socialists,We highly appreciate your steadfast anti-imperialist position which brings you to the unconditional support of the anti-imperialist struggles against imperialism led by your own country, for example the support to the Iraqi resistance. We know and we have seen that this means to be courageous as the right to express this view within the US is under sever attack.But for us anti-imperialism is not only a basic principle for communists it has become a strategic choice after the big historic defeat the communist movement suffered globally. In a certain sense it is the detour we have to make to reach the proletariat. The Western … [read more]

by Harsh Thakor, Mumbai, India On January 8th the Revolutionary world bows in memory of the Great Comrade Zhou En Lai, on his 30th death anniversary. His life story is a legacy in revolutionary history. Today the reactionary revisionist regime on China hypocritically use his name to discredit the Cultural revolution. The Chinese revisionists particularly utilized his name when they were carrying out the 4 modernisations programme.Sadly, today in the Maoist Revolutionary Camp several organizations discredit Comrade Zhou and term him a capitalist roader in Mao's time. The Revolutionary Communist Party of United States of America, is the chief promoter of this and in all their journals on the Cultural Revolution period blame comrade Zhou En Lai for the defeat of the Maoist forces. Similarly … [read more]

A step away from EuroAmericaThe Norwegian government has decided to drop their support to the EU terrorist list! I must admit it, because it does not happen very often, but today, I am totally happy with the government's decision. This is of course very important, as the EU terrorist lists are one of the most important tools that are used against progressive and revolutionary forces, a striking example of many others being the case of Jose Maria Sison. This does not come from any kind of mass movement. Probably, the motivation here is that the Norwegian government, also during the last rightwing period, has seen problems in combining it's support for the EU terrorist lists and it's involvement in peace processes, most interesting here probably being the negotiations between the Gloria … [read more]