Report from the People`s Tribunal in New DehliThe TERROR of POTA and Other Security LegislationRelease of the Report of the People´s Tribunal on thePrevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and Other Security LegislationOn 13 – 14 March 2004, a People´s Tribunal was organized in New Delhi to document cases of gross misuse of POTA and other security legislation. Victims and family members spoke of the victimisation of juveniles, minorities, dalits, adivasis and industrial workers. They recounted stories of illegal custody, solitary confinement, torture, forced confessions, sexual and religious humiliation, encounter killings and disappearances. The dire predictions as to how this statute was likely to be misused have in fact been proven true. Will the UPA Government keep its promise?"The UPA … [read more]

Support Filipino people´s call to remove Filipino troops from IraqThe International League of Peoples´ Struggle stands in solidarity with the Filipino people as they wage a just struggle to save the life of overseas Filipino worker Angelo de la Cruz captured and taken hostage in Iraq. His captors demand an immediate withdrawal of Philippine troops or he will face death.The Filipino people have made it very clear through public mass actions such as vigils and protests of their demand that President Macapagal-Arroyo immediately withdraw Filipino troops sent to Iraq under the U.S. banner of "combating terrorism". We are one with the Filipino people in condemning the U.S.-Macapagal-Arroyo regime for waffling on the issue of withdrawing Filipino troops. Willfully endangering the life of … [read more]

We convey our greetings to the forthcoming Anti-imperialist Camp in Assisi, Italy, and wish your fruitful deliberations. Also us, we continue our struggle – according to our possibilities – against the NATO occupation forces in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia. We are about to create the conditions for a successful struggle. Count on us. We will not remain forever on the defence – the time will come to pay them back.For the Centar Tito, retired General of Yugoslavia Stevan … [read more]

Our organisations fight in Argentina against Yankee imperialism and the big economic groups which have forced our country into marginalisation and misery and which transformed it into an absolute desert.Accept our congratulations for being coherently anti-imperialist.We Argentineans know very well what repression means. Our 30,000 disappeared testify for that. Today we have some 3,500 social activists being tried by a judicial apparatus which is an accomplice of the powerful. They persecute those who resist with dignity against the forces of imperialist oppression."Martin Fierro" and the "Frente Barrial" express their solidarity with all the people which fight against imperialism by all possible means and which spare no effort to chase away the Yankee invader from their lands.We convey to … [read more]

Message of the Iranian-American Community to the Anti-imperialist CampAs we speak, the people of the world are rising up and organizing against what the Sandinista anthem so appropriately referred to as "Yankee, the enemy of humanity". Today, the American ruling class has plans to conquer the Middle East and its resources, destroy the sovereign nation of North Korea, surround and destroy China, and dominate Europe. Thanks to the Iraqi resistance, the US Imperialism has been stopped in its tracks. We must extend our full support to the Iraqi resistance to ensure that the US Imperialism is defeated in Iraq. We must also fully stand behind our Palestinian brothers and sisters and their struggles for "right of return" to build a free Palestine, for the struggles against US occupation and … [read more]

Release on bail for Luz Perly deniedIn another blatant act of violation not only of the elementary human rights but also of the disregard of the very Colombian judiciary, the prosecutor of the Anti-terrorist Branch, Moisà©s Grimaldo Arteaga, denied the appeals of Luz Perly Cà³rdoba Mosquera and Juan de Jesús Gutià©rrez Ardila to be released after 120 of detention. According to the decision of a regular court the two popular leaders should be released on bail after 120 days. Thus the anti-terrorist office of the public prosecutor, which is known to be closely linked to DAS, the Colombian Intelligence Service, repeatedly shows its disrespect of the legal framework.Luz Perly alongside with other peasant leaders has been arrested on charge of insurgency. However, her case is special. … [read more]

All they can do is resist the mighty Israeli war machine with their bare hands. The popular Intifada, for which the Palestinian masses are paying the highest price in lives, suffering and destruction of their country, produced a crisis of the racist regime and its plans to stabilize and perpetuate occupation. It is high time to show a positive alternative to the endless wars and destruction dictated by Zionism, to show the way to a free democratic Palestine.The multiple aspects of Zionist racismEthnic CleansingSince the beginning of Zionist colonialism in Palestine, its main goal was to expel the original inhabitants of Palestine, the Palestinian people, in order to establish a Jewish state. In 1948, supported by world imperialism, the Zionists took the major step to achieve their goal … [read more]

By Attorney Muhammad Abu-Raia from Sakhnin, of the "Prisoners Friends Association"Report on visit at Shata (Gilboa) Prison on à¾2004–07–07On July 7, 2004, I visited the Gilboa Prison and met Yasser Abu-Bakr from Nablus at cell-block 2, Muhammad As´ad Kannane from Arabe in the Gallillee at cell-block 1, Amjad Husni Abu-Khaled from the village of Kufr-Thilth in the Qaliqiliya district at cell-block 4, who reported the following. Amjad Husni Abu-Khaled reported that on the morning of Teusday, July 6, at 9:05 AM, in an eruption resulting from the prison managements constant degradation and humiliation of the prisoners, the prisoner Murad Abu-Rukab of cell-block 4, who had just been returned to the cell-block from a punishment of solitary confinement, spilt hot water on the security … [read more]

From Atilim (Weekly revolutionary socialist newspaper)Istanbul, the capital town of our revolution, did not only witness the NATO Summit of imperialist barbarians, but also the strong resistance of the anti-imperialist people on 28th-29th of June.Istanbul is the heart of the "Greater Middle East" and the NATO killers wanted to intimidate the peoples of the region by making their Summit in this city. What was on their agenda weas the invasions of Iraq and Afganistan, along with new imperialist plans named under the title "Greater Middle East Project".The resistance against NATO Summit began as early as the 1st of May, when the labourers in Istanbul abolished with their action, the prohibitions of the fascist Turkish state on the matter of "place of demonstration". The state only gives … [read more]

by Carsten Kofoed, Danish Committee for a Free IraqThe trial against Saddam Hussein is a show trial By Carsten Kofoed, Spokesman of the Danish Committee for a Free Iraq, July 2, 2004The so-called trial against Saddam Hussein and 11 other leaders of the former regime in Iraq has started. Just like the transfer of power, this trial is also a farce from end to end, even though there is being talked about an "indictment" in order to give the show trial in which the accused have been denied access to lawyers just a bit of credibility. The sentence against Saddam Hussein has already been pronounced in Washington. Not even his detention can the "sovereign" Iraqi government handle itself.The trial is illegal because it is a result of the illegal war against Iraq that has led to an US-installed … [read more]

India: protest rally on 12th July, Dhenbad, JharkhandJan Garjana RallyOn 12th July, 2004, Dhanbad, JharkhandNo to …‘Reforms´ with or without a Human Face!Repeal POTA, Lift ban on MCCI and CPI (ML) People´s WarIsolate and Smash Hindutva Fascism!Save Five Peasants of Bihar Facing Death Penalty!Dear friends! United Progressive Alliance! Another facade to deceive people. This time around they openly declare that their agenda is …‘reforms with a human face´. All these years in various countries, people told their rulers, …‘do not deceive us with your imperialist reforms´ with a human face´. But our rulers now openly say that they came to power with a package of masquerading reforms! Despite clear verdict of the people against the Globalisation policies, Manmohan Singh as Prime … [read more]

The meeting against the USA policy and the Hague Tribunal for former Yugoslavia took place in Moscow on June 28. It was organized by the Antiglobalist Resistance and was attended by 3 deputies of the State Duma, by representatives of the communist, patriotic and youth organisations. The resolution of the meeting expresses the protest against the USA politics in Iraq and all over the world, the genocide of Serbs in Kosovo and demands the liberation of the President Milosevic and other political prisoners all over the world. Elena Borisova, … [read more]

Report from the rally against Norwegian troops in Iraq and the continuing occupation of Iraq26th of June, close to 1,000 made clear their opposition to the continued employment of Norwegian troops in Iraq, and the continued occupation of Iraq after the so-called "power-transfer" originally due 30th of June.The rally, march and following party in a public park was organized by the "Bring-the-soldiers-back" campaign. Among the speakers were past-80 year old writer with a conservative background: Ebba Hasslund, Labour MP Trond Giske and Vice Chair of the General Trade Union Organization, Finn Erik Thoresen. The main attraction was maybe still the tearing down of a six-meter "statue" of Bush, dragged by people dressed as Guantanamo prisoners and toppled outside the fortress-like American … [read more]

Demonstration to protest the farcical transfer of power on 30th June, 2004 to the Iraqi puppet regime. We appeal to all concerned citizens and activists to attend the protest demonstration and extend their solidarity to the Iraqi people.US must quit Iraq unconditionally!Support the Iraqi people`s struggle for national liberation!Venue: Churchgate Station (opp. Western railway office)Date: June 30, 2004Time: 5 pmYashwant Chavan (convenor), Vasudevan, Bajaj, A. D. Golandaz, Feroze H. Mithiborwala and Jatin DesaiForum against war and … [read more]

Report of the delegation of the Anti-imperialist on the mobilisations against the ANTO summitOne day before the beginning of the NATO summit in Turkey a broad alliance of leftist and some Islamic forces staged a great protest demonstration. About some 50,000 people took to the streets although the authorities did their best to obstruct the mobilisation.Some of the slogans shouted were "Bush go home", "Down with American imperialism" and "Turkey will be your grave". Also to be heard was "Freedom for Palestine and Iraq".While the NATO conference will take place on the European side of the 15 million metropolis, the demonstration was only allowed on the Asian side tens of kilometres away. All the main streets including the bridge over the Bosporus were closed. Also the ferry traffic was shut … [read more]

Organisations:1. Co-ordination Simon Bolivar, Venezuela2. Democratic Communist Current Iraq 3. Abna elBalad, Palestine within the Green line4. Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)5. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)6. People`s Democratic League (PDL), Sierra Leone7. Communist Mazdor Kisan Party (CMKP), Pakistan8. Revolutionary People´s Liberation Front (DHKC International), Turkey9. Left Front, Hungary10. Popular Base Movement, Venezuela11. National Front for a Renewed Chad (FNTR)12. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)13. Muslim Parliament of Great Britain14. Anti-imperialist Camp15. International Leninist Current (ILC)16. Popular Democratic Left (IDP), Mexico17. Basque Movement for Amnesty18. Colictivo Libertad, Mexico19. United Peoples, USA20. Revolutionary … [read more]

Report of the conference "The Left in front of Europe" in the Basque CountryAdhering to the call of the socialist and independentist organisation Batasuna, numerous organisations of the anti-capitalist left, independence movements and revolutionary groups from other continents were uniting from the 17th to the 19th of June to discuss common perspectives facing the project of the European Constitution. The conference was taking place in Urruña, Basque territory in the French state, as Batasuna was illegalised in Spain in the year 2002 – a severe violation of democratic rights.The political situation in the Basque Country is characterised by the recent illegalisation of the electoral platform of the Basque left "Herritarren Zerrenda" (HZ) victim of the totalitarian practise of the … [read more]

Revolutionary movement challengedAfter the bloody military coup d´à©tat of 1980 backed by NATO, Turkey gradually evolved as the most important stronghold of imperialism in the Middle East besides Israel. Since the establishment of the modern Turkish state the military has been playing the pivotal role within the political regime – a feature which Kemalism inherited from the Ottoman empire.After the military had inflicted a historic defeat on the revolutionary movement and on the entire left and had been ruling with an iron fist for some years as on overt oligarchic military regime, they tried to gradually rebuild a democratic cover allowing for the establishment of political parties and the holding of elections. However, they never left the reins out of hands. Everybody knew that … [read more]

by the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance (IPA)Within the frame of a scandalous and unveiled theatre the occupation forces announced the creation of a new "Iraqi" government. This step represents an even more dangerous link in the chain of manoeuvres and tactical tricks employed by the occupying forces in order to legalize the occupation and to continue their crimes against our country; all this now takes place under a "national" guise. The new government is nothing else than a copy of the Governing Council which has fallen into disrepute as it served as an instrument of occupation. The government does in no way reflect the patriotic aspirations of our people striving for the liberation of our occupied territory as well as the realisation of full sovereignty and national independence. Facing the … [read more]

From People´s March, Voice of the Indian RevolutionDuring the build up to the two programmes there were a number of articles from the M-L camp that opposed holding an alternative event. These attacks came both from the …‘left´ and also the right within the ML camp. There were also other attacks from the non-Marxist WSF circles, which were mostly scurrilous and superficial. In this polemic we shall only deal with the attacks from the M-L circles and not from those outside the M-L camp. The approach put forward by the MR (Mumbai Resistance-2004, Against Imperialist Globalisation and War) was that it was not correct to either participate in the WSF (World Social Forum) or to boycott. They said the correct attitude would be to politically intervene, both internally and externally, where … [read more]