Protests spread throughout the countryIn the recent Tragedy 76 garment workers dead body were found but reality more. In that factory NGWF had 39 members and associate workers on which 5 dead and 12 injured. From the beginning we are very much involve and active. In the first stage we had 2 urgent things : hand over the dead body to their families, take care about the treatment of the injured . We did it and doing according to our capacity. Second thing was spontaneous protest. In the mean time NGWF organized 2 press conferences along and jointly. 3 central demonstrations in capital city Dhaka. 2 demonstrations in SAVAR. 5 demonstrations in our garment industrial districts and areas.Day before yesterday NGWF took decision to stronger this protest, bring the protest in whole country ( … [read more]

HAITIAN GRASSROOTS WOMAN ACTIVIST & LABOR LEADERS ARRESTED, HARASSED BY POLICE The situation in Haiti continues to be critical. Since the US backed coup of February 29, 2004 followed by the occupation of Haiti first by US Marines and then by UN forces, approximately 10,000 Haitians have been killed and over one thousand jailed. Grassroots leaders and other supporters of President Aristide are under constant threat. Your help is urgently needed to oppose the most recent arrest and harassment of grassroots labor leaders, an attack clearly aimed at undermining and silencing grassroots resistance to the occupation, attempting to halt the right to travel outside of Haiti, as well as stifling international solidarity. This harassment violates the protections of the right to organize workers … [read more]

An appeal to protect fundamental rights of POTA victims in GujaratCivil Liberties express its deep concern over the condition of POTA victims of gujrat, detained in Sabarmati jail Ahmadabad, though POTA review committee visited the Ahmadabad and conducted its review work, but this all process are not satisfactory, because the modi set to all measures to sabotage the hearings of PRC.The committee which is headed by Rtd justice sagar chand jain and with two other members conducted enquiry in such a manner that the Advocates and the accused did not present their cases properly , the Advocates/victims and the relatives are not satisfied with this proceedings. Civil liberties strongly feel that committee it self under the pressure of Modi´s crime branch officials. The crime branch of … [read more]

Fight Back Barbaric State Massacres of Revolutionaries in Andhra PradeshDear friends and comrades,Over the past one year, the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre has been unleashing brutal repression on people´s movements all over India. As if to show its true face, on the eve of the completion of one year of the Manmohan-Sonia regime, a specially arranged Chief Ministers´ meet under the chairmanship of the Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil held on 15th April 2005 declared that internal security of the country arising from the growth of Naxalite Movement is the main threat that the Government has to deal with. The proceedings of this high-level meet that was addressed by the so-called soft-spoken Prime Minister in the harshest of words, clearly indicates a major shift in policy … [read more]

The case of Fadi Madi exemplifies Germany´s role on the side of the USHaving gone along completely with the wishes of the Zionist movement and U.S. imperialism, the German government refused to allow brother Fadi Madi back into Germany despite a decision by a German court absolving him of all charges brought against him by Zionists. His expulsion came on the heels of a German decision to prevent the First Arab Islamic Conference in Europe from taking place in Germany a few months ago due to Zionist pressure, especially from Simone Weisenthal Center and its allies. The Arab Islamic Conference was being organized primarily by Fadi Madi.The Anti-US and Israeli Globalization and Hegemony Movement insists thereof that it will continue its struggle in support of the steadfastedness of our … [read more]

Invitation to observe a trial by the "Platform against Isolation"On May 16 in Istanbul, a mass trial of the accused arrested in the April 1 operation will take place. On April 1, 2004, raids were carried out simultaneously in five countries. It was presented as an operation against the illegal DHKP-C. The operations in Holland, Belgium and Germany were based on a proposal by the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a close friend of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and were carried out as part of EU police cooperation. Around 100 persons were arrested in Turkey alone.On the pretext of storming terror cells of the DHKP-C, what actually happened were raids against democratic and legal institutions which had permission to exist from the Ministry of the Interior. … [read more]

Delegation of SCOSI to IraqA delegation of the Spanish Campaign against the Occupation of Iraq and for the Iraqi Sovereignty (SCOSI) travels to IraqSCOSI, Informative NoteIraqSolidaridad (www.nodo50.org/iraq)April 18, 2005"The SCOSI wants to highlight, through this new initiative, the need and the solidarity compromise of the international movement against the war and the occupation to maintain open wide the communication channels with the Iraqi people and the political and social organizations who are demanding the immediate withdrawal of the occupation forces, the whole restitution of their sovereignty and the establishment of a democratic and non-sectarian system, which fully respects the political, social and economical rights of the Iraqi population."A delegation of the Spanish … [read more]

Norwegian Free Iraq Committee9th of April 50 people gathered in Oslo to commemorate the two-yearanniversary of the seizure of Baghdad and the yearly anniversary ofthe Nazi occupation of Norway."What unites Iraq and WWII is the lies", said more than 90-year oldwar veteran Roald Halvorsen, who was a part of the communistresistance in Norway against the German occupation. The war heroaddressed the public in a strong speech, explaining how the bourgeoisand the reactionaries always will try to portray resistance againstfascism in lies, as happened in Norway as well as in Iraq today.Further the seminar was addressed by Jon Børge Hansen from The UnitedNations Association of Norway (UNA Norway) who explained why theresistance in Iraq is a legitimate resistance and how the securitycouncil is … [read more]

Sliding towards the acceptance of the status quo"Renmin Ribao", April 1, 2005www.english.people.com.cn/200504/01/eng20050401_179010.html20 Iraqi diplomats arrive in Beijing for related trainingTwenty Iraqi diplomats will arrive at the Beijing Capital International Airport at noontime today, and will begin to receive a 30-day diplomatic courses training from tomorrow at China Foreign Affairs University.Iraqi ambassador to China said during an interview with the press that this is the first time postwar Iraq sent diplomats abroad for training.On December 14, 2004, Chinese Ambassador Yang Honglin to Iraq, and president of the Iraqi Foreign Affairs Institute signed on behalf of their respective governments the exchange of notes on China training diplomats for Iraq. According to the aforesaid … [read more]

All Indian People´s Resistance ForumIn the ever increasing repression on people´s movements in Andhra Pradesh, there have been two disturbing developments in the last couple of days.The state police machinery began repression in the form of denial of permission to public meetings and unveiling of memorial statues, indiscriminate arrests, tortures, raids on villages and combings just after the first round of talks between the government and the CPI-Maoist and CPI (ML) Janashakti. The spate of encounter killings also started in January and within less than 90 days after the first "encounter" on January 6, the state police, particularly the infamous criminal force Grey Hounds, have killed more than 50 activists including a couple of persons working legally in public life.This growing … [read more]

This is not a statement for collecting signatures. The target of this call is to mobilize Arab and international organizations and militants on the basis of clear and principled militancy, and to form a Resistant Arab People`s Alliance which will be launched after a conference dedicated to this purpose about 6 months from now, and gathers all organizations and individuals who agree on the fundamentals mentioned in the call to discuss mechanisms of action and coordination. This is a call for action on a clear and principled basis regarding Arab popular militancy locally and globally, especially after the infiltration of defeatist currents (through NGO frame works and foreign-funded organizations) that are falsely portraying themselves as "the people`s choice" and in reality, they are far … [read more]

Sheikh Hassan Al Zargani, foreign affair office of Moqtada SadrQ: Can you give us an update on the situation in the south of Iraq and especially the current of Moqtada Sadr?Our movement started with the fall of the Saddam regime. We took over the responsibility for the medical, food and fuel supply as the Iraqi state was absent. The same applies for the security. We are organizing the people around the mosques guaranteeing security and ending plunder. We even are regulating the traffic.The Sadr movement looks back on a long tradition and is part of the conscience of the Iraqi people. It exists since the 70ies with the first Sadr and continued with the Second Sadr who was martyred in 1999. Now it is carried on under the leadership of Moqtada Sadr after the death of his father, his brother, … [read more]

The case of Lynne Steward"I am here not because the government wanted to put me in jail for 40 years, but because I have fought for justice in the United States for 40 years." -Lynne StewartThe case of Lynne Stewart, a civil rights attorney in the U.S. convicted on four counts of aiding terrorists, is a clear attempt to link the American left wing with terrorism, while continuing to destroy civil liberties and criminalize dissent. Stewart was convicted of relaying a message from her jailed client Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who is serving a life sentence on terror-related charges, to followers in Egypt through a press release read to Reuters. She faces 40 years in prison. Convicted with Stewart were her co-defendents Ahmed Abdel Sattar, a paralegal who is facing a life sentence, and … [read more]

Austrian citizen Sandra Bakutz remains in Turkish prison – EU adopts the Turkish junta´s democratic standards On February 10, 2005, Sandra Bakutz was arrested upon arrival on the Istanbul airport. She had flown to Turkey in order to observe a political mass trial of about 80 activists accused of being terrorists. Among those arrested on April 1, 2004, in a concerted operation with several European governments are artists, lawyers and journalists working for legal associations also according to Turkish law. The evidence produced even led the regime press to voice severe doubts (1).For several days the Turkish authorities did not give any explanation for the arrest. Only after repeated interventions of the Austrian diplomatic representation the accusation was revealed: "membership in … [read more]

29.03.05 12:00 : Lunch in the building of Temel Haklar dernegi (association for basic rights) Ankara 13:00-13:30: information about the trial of Sandra 15:00-18:00 Common meeting with KESK (trade-union), DISK (trade-union), TMOB(Chamber of the architects and engineers Turkey) ,TTB (Medical council Turkey), CHD (association of the contemporary judges) and Mazlum-Der (human right organization) 18:00: Genclik dernegi (Youth association). The youth will depict their obstacles in the fight for democracy, human rights and right of co-determination in the universities. Afterward littleness to eat and tea or coffee 19:00-20:00 Visit of the TAYAD families in Abdi-Ipekci parc 30.03.05 10:45 Trial of Sandra Bakutz Afterwards a press release in fromt of the court room. 12:30-13:30 There will … [read more]

The second anniversary of the Anglo-American aggression on Iraq saw once again an impressive international mobilisation for the withdrawal of the occupation troops from Iraq. See the list of places where protest actions took place below (1).Important to notice not only that despite the unavoidable reflux and outright political crisis the movement remains a substantial force; but also that it experienced a clear polarisation which is an expression of a certain maturation. For example in many places like in Rome, Italy, the political platform of the demonstration affirmed the legitimacy of the Iraqi resistance.On the other side the social-democratic character of the leaderships of the Social Forums becomes clearer and clearer. They insist on the reactionary formula "neither war nor terror" … [read more]

On March 10 the European Parliament approved with a big majority a resolution declaring the popular and anti-imperialist Lebanese movement Hizbollah a "terrorist organization". They thus followed the US which has included Hizbollah already to their "black list". The declaration calls upon the European Council to take the necessary steps against this organization. This has been said only a few days after the giant demonstration organized by Hizbollah against the imperialist interference. Nearly 30% of the population took to the streets of Beirut which are according to the European parliament all terrorists.This resolution shows the recovered unity between the US and the European imperialists. As usually in the name of "democracy" they commonly call for the withdrawal of the Syrian troops … [read more]

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]