January 16-18, 2009 Int'l Forum for Resistance, Anti-Imperialism, Solidarity between Peoples, and AlternativesComposition of workshopsI- Workshop on Supporting Resistance and LiberationII- Workshop on Anti- Imperialism and Solidarity between PeoplesIII- Workshop on Supporting Political AlternativesIV- The Parliamentarians WorkshopV- Workshop on solidarity between local communities and sectorsVI- Workshop on defending legal and civic rightsI) Workshop on Support for Resistance and Liberation There is no doubt that the resistance successes in Lebanon and its successes or resilience in Palestine and Iraq explain the ferocious attack targeting resistance on all levels, including the accusation of terrorism aimed at tarnishing the resistance image, misleading the international public … [read more]

Des Dalton, vice president of Republican Sinn Fà©in Following speech was held on a conference organised by the Anti-imperialist Camp in Vienna, Austria, on Oct 23, 2008.The road leading to the position in which the Provisionals occupy today did not begin in 1998 or indeed in 1994, it began in 1986 with the decision by an element within the Republican Movement to radically transform the direction in which the revolutionary movement was headed. The British Government were not blind to these developments and changes within the leadership of the Republican Movement and moved quickly and early to facilitate and ease the path of the Provisionals to its logical conclusion. Each step since then has seen the Provisionals ensnared further within the apparatus of British rule:1. The acceptance … [read more]

Thesis on Venezuela 1. Unlike most of the left, both in Venezuela and in other countries, we supported the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR). Later (in 1998) we welcomed the election of Hugo Chávez Frà­as as President of the Republic as an exceptional anti-imperialist victory and as the beginning of a new and positive step, not only for Venezuela but for all of Latin America.2. For the first time in decades, in a country which is decisive for the geopolitical balance of the continent, a leader had come to power who declared his radical hostility not only to imperialism, particularly US imperialism, but also to Venezuela's rotten, oligarchic two-party system, which is the expression of a corrupt and subservient capitalism. Chávez' anti-imperialism was not just for show. He was … [read more]

Message of solidarity to Republican Sinn Fà©in from the Anti-imperialist Camp The Anti-imperialist Camp sends warm greeting in solidarity to 104th Ard Fheis of Republican Sinn Fà©in! Your continued struggle in the 32 Counties of Ireland is an essential part of an anti-imperialist fight against the British colonial empire and worldwide imperialism. As the Iraqi and Palestinian resistance bears the potential of breaking the backbone of imperialism, your struggle is a direct stroke in the heard of imperialism as well. The Irish national liberation struggle is a symbol for Europe and the whole world for a continued und brave struggle against inhumanity in this world. We want to congratulate you for the successful "No-Campaign" against the Lisbon treaty which has played an essential … [read more]

Greetings to the Workers World Party In the name of the Anti-imperialist Camp we convey our warm and fraternal greetings to your conference, which takes place right at an important turn of the global situation. The U.S. Empire, as it has been built after the implosion of the USSR, is in decisive trouble. Its permanent war has been unable to suppress the popular resistances, which sprang up in across the world, especially in the Middle East. On the contrary, aggression has awakened increased resistance. This led to a situation in which the U.S. establishment has so far been unable to launch an attack on Iran, and which gave Russia the possibility to militarily defend the Caucasus as its sphere of influence. Without military intervention punishing its challengers, the American Empire … [read more]

On last October 4/5 an international conference took place in Stuttgart, Germany, to prepare the protests which issued the call below. The Anti-imperialist Camp not only endorses the call but urges everybody to massively participate.During the deliberations of the conference the Anti-imperialist Camp proposed to add following demands to the call in order to make it more concrete and to the point:x Withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistanx No to the extension of NATO to the Eastx End occupation and war in the Middle EastAlthough this seemed to be consensus among the participants it nevertheless was not reflected in the conclusive text. We will continue to fight for those slogans to be adopted by the movement. As Anti-imperialist Camp we, however, go much further as we … [read more]

Press Release The World Commission for the Solidarity with POWs and detainees in Iraq (WCSPD) will be holding a press conference in Brussels-Belgium, Tuesday November 4th, at 10:30 a.m. The following Iraqi intellectuals and activists will participate & speak at the press conference:Mr. Abdul-Jabbar Suleiman Al-KubaisyMr. Qais Mohammed Al-NoriMr. Ahmed KarimMr. Sobhi TomaMr. Baqir Al-SarrafMr. Awni Al-QalamchiMr. Saad KiryakosMr. Sammi AllaaDuring the conference films and documents will be showing to reveal the brutal practices of the American occupation authorities and the practices of the Vichy-like Iraqi government security apparatuses. Also, the participants will unveil the hideous torturing methods to which the Iraqi POWs and detainees are subjected to. The conference will be … [read more]

1) it wounded to death the puppet Saakashvili, whom, from 2003, had made Georgia the vanguard of the euro-atlantic alliance in Caucasus; 2) it destroyed the myth of "coloured revolutions" and therefore put an and to the Western imperialism's pretension to bring its puppets to power thanks to the "democratic" mobilization of the masses; 3) it put an and to the euro-american pretension to mutilate Russia's geopolitical power by widening NATO towards the East (Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia); 4) therefore, it undermined in a fatal way the Northern American imperial and unipolar plan.But the new balance of power which came out from the Russian victory is fragile, and exposed to a certain Northern American counter-offensive. The United States, taken by surprise by the Russian strike, are … [read more]

Interview with Lasha Shavdia, Anti-war Movement Georgia Q: Did Georgia's president Saakashvili emerge from his war of last summer weakened or strengthened?Definitely weakened. It is a tragic mistake to believe that the territorial integrity of our country can be resorted by military means, a mistake to be paid for by the Georgian people. The defeat was predictable. Russia had repeatedly declared that it will rush to the defense of South Ossetia - different to 1990.Q: Many signs indicate that a majority wants to follow their president into NATO.This is not true. In early 2008 a referendum was held where supposedly 79% voted for the accession to NATO. But these are no real figures, especially after the war. The war demonstrated that the assumption, that NATO could secure the territorial … [read more]

"مجزرة"مجزرة صبرا وشاتيلا في رواية القتلة الزمان: الساعة السابعة من مساءالجمعة 10 تشرين أول (أكتوبر) 2008المكان: المركز الثقافي العربي النمساوي، Gusshausstrasse 14 / 3 ØŒ 1040 فييناعقب الغزو الصهيوني للبنان في عام 1982ØŒ صدمت العالم المجزرة … [read more]

Based on the right to resistance as a principle, choice and culture, inspired from its confrontation of both the American and Zionist occupation, in appreciation of its great sacrifices, human heritage, and achievements in defending the right to liberation, freedom, independence, and to contribute to the elimination of the illusion of peoples' oppression and humiliation; Based on the experiences of Anti-Imperialism, Solidarity between Peoples defending their legitimate rights and supporting the vulnerable in facing occupation and invasion. Also based on alternative experiences of refusing the intellectual and cultural stereotyping, refusal of marginalization and wasting rights together with the experiences of production-solidarity networks, and the reorganization of land and local … [read more]

Message from Afghanistan to German mobilisations against the military presence on September 20, 2008 To the brave Anti War CampaignersTo the Anti Militarization Demonstrators in Germany Dear comrades and friends,Please accept our heartily greetings and friendly salute from Afghanistan, a country under barbaric US/NATO military occupation. Your brave anti war campaign and your strong anti occupation and militarization demonstrations in Germany give energy and hope to our popular anti occupation resistance in Afghanistan. We know that the German government does not represent the will and desire of the German citizens but wants to please US imperialism by playing an important military role in Afghanistan. These actions of the so-called democratic countries like Germany, France, Canada, … [read more]

The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish passed away on the 9th of August 2008 while undergoing heart surgery. Politically very debatable, as a poet though, he was one of the most senior, modern Arab poets. With his death also died a symbol character of the Arab world, but most of all died the Palestinian cultural movement. Born in the year 1941 in Barwe, in northern Palestine, Darwish experienced the Nakba of 1948 as a child, during the creation of the Zioninst state, in which a million people were forced out of their land. His family fled to Lebanon, but came right back to Palestine using secret paths. The destructed village Barwe was not allowed to be rebuilt thus Darwish had to grow up as a "refugee in his own land".As a second class Arab citizen in Israel, he joined the Israeli … [read more]

تقرير أولي عن مؤتمر حيفا لأجل حق العودة والدولة الديمقراطية العلمانية في فلسطينإعداد: يوآف بار(*)عن الانجليزية: رجاء زعبي عمري(**)نوع من اعتذار...في يومي الجمعة والسبت (20 Ùˆ21 حزيران 2008)ØŒ وبعد سنة من الحلم والعمل على إنجازه، كان … [read more]

لاقت الفعالية الناجحة لحركة "الحرّية لغزّة" التي كسرت فيها سفينتان شراعيتان Ø§Ù„حصار الإسرائيلي على قطاع غزة صدى عالمياً، ففي وقت يكاد فيه التجويع عن طريق الحصار والهجوم اليومي على الفلسطينيين يصير بديهياً، حتى أنه … [read more]

by Yoav Bar * This paper is written as a contribution to the discussion in the Anti Imperialist Camp about perspectives for work within the imperialist countries. The situation in Palestine is very different from that of Europe or the US. Since the beginning of the Zionist colonization of Palestine, some 130 years ago, Jews in Palestine were a small enclave of settler population in the midst of the Arab homeland. Colonialism is not external expansionism of some imaginary "western-capitalist Israel", but the essence of Israel's existence. Palestine is an occupied colonized country, where the real center of political life is the struggle against the occupation. Any progressive struggle within the Jewish community in Palestine should be part of the perspective of Palestinian liberation.From … [read more]

U.S. to be blamed for massacre in Tskhenvali, but warning against Russian imperial appetites By Serguei A. NovikovThe first power to blame is the USA as they were behind Georgia trained and armed Saakashvili and actually blessed him and gave him their support even after the terror in Tskhenvali.Russia is to blame for a very late reaction that resulted in the massacre in Tskhenvali and cost hundreds of lives, while all the local people had known about this bloody Georgian adventure at least a week before and started to leave this city.Georgia is to blame for the massacre -- for the attempt to gain the "territorial integrity" of Georgia by iron and blood in the first day of the Olympic Games and in August, when most of the officials are on holidays. Saakashvili showed himself as a … [read more]

The Western media keeps pounding us with a Russian aggression against tiny helpless Georgia. The very facts speak, however, a different language. The Western media keeps pounding us with a Russian aggression against tiny helpless Georgia. Georgian propaganda to mobilise its population like the story of an imminent attack on the capital Tbilisi as well as comparisons with the invasion of Afghanistan or Czechoslovakia simply were reproduced by the cooperate media.The very facts speak, however, a different language. It was the extremely pro-imperialist Georgian president Saakashvili to order the attack on South Ossetia. The invasion of the Georgian troops into the province's capital Tzinvali left at least several hundreds if not thousands civilian dead and caused a mass flight of … [read more]

Call from Policharkhi Prison Following call was passed on to the Anti-imperialist Camp by the underground revolutionary anti-imperialist movement in Afghanistan which is participating in the popular resistance movement against the U.S.-led Western occupation. It was smuggled out from Policharkhi which even according to CNN "is the most notorious prison in Afghanistan" (Feb 26, 2006). The Western installed regime together with the occupation forces keep an unknown number of political prisoners belonging to the various trends of the resistance. Most of them originate from the Islamic movement but some also belong to the leftist movement. One should not forget that under the new "democratic" regime affiliation to a communist organization is threatened by capital punishment.We are … [read more]

The aircraft carriers USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Ronald Reagan, along with the USS Iwo Jima, an Amphibious Assault Ship are sailing toward the Persian Gulf to reinforce the US strike forces in the region, along with a British Royal Navy carrier battle group and a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine.This move follows the ominous Operation Brimstone, a massive military exercise involving more than a dozen warships from the US, England, and France in the Atlantic Ocean in preparation for a possible confrontation with Iran. The USS Roosevelt, which participated in the just-concluded exercise, and the USS Ronald Reagan will join two US naval battle groups in the area: the USS Abraham Lincoln with its Carrier Strike Group Nine ; and the USS Peleliu, and Amphibious Assault Ship … [read more]