Final resolution of the Anti-imperialist Camp Assisi, 2001The struggle against globalisation must become a popular and anti-imperialist one – a global Intifada is necessaryThe Anti-imperialist Camp schedules international actionsto support the Palestinian and Colombian peoples in their just struggle against imperialismAt Assisi, representatives of popular anti-imperialist forces have been meeting from July 28 to August 4 with the support of more than a hundred organisations from all around the world. This genuine counter-summit of the oppressed and exploited peoples together with anti-imperialists of the West took place only one week after the massive anti-globalisation mobilisation against the G8 in Genoa. As an integral part of the movement, we, the anti-imperialist forces of the … [read more]

Co-ordinationgroup for support the People`s Resistance in IndonesiaHereby, we support warmly the Anti imperialist camps initiative with the International meeting that take place at Assisi in Italy, July 28 to August 5, 2001. CSVI/GPDI belief that this International meeting will be success because is very importance to strengthen of International Unity with the anti-imperialist forces from the oppressed and exploited peoples.The Globalisation of Capitalist - Imperialist regime has to show the real mask of his military aggression to use violence in these case events of Genoa. That was to legitimate of all human Rights violations on the civil society. Especially for us that for Indonesian people are getting more and more conscious of abuses of exploitation of Imperialist collaboration that … [read more]

Address of the RPC Russia to the Anti-imperialist CampThe revolutionary Party of Communists (RPC) welcomes your Camp and supports its main idea of revolutionary struggle against the contemporary imperialism in the epoch of globalisation of capital, which destroys today not only rights, freedoms and welfare of millions of working people in both imperialist and developing countries, but also the basis of the very life on Earth. We quite agree, that the revolt against this world of injustice, growing inequality and terrifying absurd is not only fair, but necessary. The proof of it we see in the fact, that in Russia as well as in many other parts of the World more and more people are raising in arms (not only military, but also political, scientific and cultural arms of critique), … [read more]

Report of the DHKC on the Summer Camp 2001The main issue for the delegation of the Revolutionary People`s Front (DHKC) from Turkey at the Antiimperialist Camp has been the heroic struggle of the political prisoners in Turkish prisons. On October 20, 2000 they started their death fast to protest against their transfer to the new F-type prisons, which actually mean solitary confinement. On Dec 19, the police stormed three prisons and within the next three days tortured and murdered prisoners most brutally. 28 prisoners lost their lives in the murderous attack cynically called "Operation `Back to Life`". The police used hundreds of teargas and nerve gas grenades as well as innumerable fire bombs and guns. Their words were: "We came to kill you". The plan behind this action was to end the … [read more]

The Russian Maoist Party speaks at the campThe discussion with the representative of the Russian Maoist Party lead to a controversy on the nature of the Russian state today and its role in the New World Order. While members of the audience held the position that Russia, despite its undemocratic and bourgeois regime, has proven that it can oppose the Western domination in some way, this was more or less denied by the speaker although according to his analysis Putin can develop in this way.He gave also information on the situation of the political prisoners in Russia and the movement for bourgeois democratic rights which the RPM … [read more]

Report on the plenary session with Senideak and the Confederation of Sardinian CommunistsThe Sardinian movement is one of the most forgotten fights for national self-determination in Europe. The position of the island is for strategic importance not only for Italy but for the criminal wars of the NATO. Therefore Sardinian nationalists often refer to their homeland as "the swimming aircraft carrier". In his speech the comrade from the Confederation of Sardinian Communists referred to the exploitation of the country for the purpose of tourism and the role environmentalists play in taking the land out of the hands of the people. Senideak, an organisation of the relatives of political prisoners in the Basque country, stressed the point that the national struggle in their country is and always … [read more]

Urgent call from the International League of Peoples´ Struggle (ILPS) Memik Horoz, the deputy chairperson of the International League of Peoples´ Struggle (ILPS), a journalist of many years and his niece Serap Horoz, were arrested on June 18, 2001 in Cemberlitas, Istanbul by the Turkish state security forces. Memik Horoz is currently in detention and has been transferred to the Tokat City Gendarmerie headquarters - a special counter-insurgency unit. It is claimed that a complaint has been filed against him. We call on all participating organizations of the ILPS and all democratic and anti-imperialist forces throughout the world to urgently raise their voice of protest against the Turkish regime and the captivity of an officer of the ILPS. Given the track record of the Turkish state in … [read more]

Delegations on the Summer Camp co-ordinate common actionEventually possible activities to increase world-wide support to the Palestinian people´s right to self-determination are being discussed. One proposal is to organise a big international delegation to visit the occupied territories on the first anniversary of the outbreak of the new Intifada, September 28. The delegations commit themselves to co-ordinate common action like demonstrations on the same day in many places of the world. The need for an international co-ordination to carry out the tasks ahead is expressed which should be the result of the … [read more]

Report on the speech by the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)The Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) re-iterates the necessity of a communist party after the break-down of the Soviet Union. Regarding the reactionary capitalist Spanish state the PCPE defends the right to self-determination of the different nationalities like Basques, Catalans and others although it will try its best to preserve the unity of the … [read more]

Report by the Afghanistan Liberation Organisation (ALO)A lot of attention is dedicated to the speech of the Afghanistan Liberation Organisation (ALO). Their representative who is fighting under extreme conditions affirmed that the brought majority of the Afghan popular masses have turned against the barbarous Taliban regime. Only the fact that they still get massive Pakistani support (that includes American backing) keeps them in power. Although the masses are tired and exhausted after twenty years of civil war ALO will continue its struggle both in Afghanistan and the refugees camps to which millions and millions of their compatriots have been forced to seek … [read more]

Dr. Denise Malasi from Congo and Dr Bashir Kurfi from the Nigerian Liberation Movement speak outAddressing the main forum Dr. Denise Malasi, who cooperates closely with the Kabila government, is urging the European public not to believe the lies about the genocide in Africa, which are being spread by the Western press. Actually it has been the Western powers that instigated the genocide in Rwanda in order to take over the control of the region of the big lakes. As they have done in so many other places they created a "humanitarian catastrophe" to justify a political and military intervention. When imperialism realized they were losing control of Congo when Laurant Kabila took over power, the reactionary regimes of Uganda and Rwanda under the command of the US tried to oust Kabila from … [read more]

Resistance against dollarisation and the American free trade zoneThe representative of the PCMLE (Marxist Leninist Party of Ecuador) held a detailed speech about the total social crisis, which was imposed on the Ecuadorian people by more than 20 years of neoliberalism. This social crisis has deepened in the 90ies: 8 million of the 12 million inhabitants of the country live in poverty, in 1995 the number was 3,7 millions. 80 percent of the working people suffer from unemployment and under employment.The PCMLE is the leading the people in the resistance fights against the recent attacks on its living conditions: dollarisation of the economy und the American free trade zone, which was negotiated at the last summit of American governments in Quebec. Not taking part in mobilisations there, the … [read more]

by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)This year for the first time in the history of the Anti-imperialist Summer Camp, delegations from Afghanistan attended the meeting. Among them is the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), an independent revolutionary women´s organisation.In the forum that RAWA held, the dramatic situation of women in the Taliban-ruled country was reported. Through the help of a video, the participants could witness the unbelievable cruelty of the reactionaries in power. Images of public executions in Afghan sport stadiums were shown, where thousands of people are forced to watch these brutal slaughters every week. Social Centres for WomenBecause films and photographs are forbidden in Afghanistan, the members of … [read more]

Yesterday, July 28th, the Anti-imperialist camp was inaugurated paying tribute to our comrade Carlo assassinated by imperialism in the mobilisation against the G8 summit in Genoa. About 150 people welcomed 30 delegations and more than 100 organisations support this meeting of the anti-imperialist forces from all around the world are making it a counter summit to G8. For the first time in the eleven year´s of history of this meeting a strong delegation from Africa (Nigeria, Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad) is present, the continent most devastated by capitalist globalisation. Special greetings were transmitted to the Palestinian delegation granting the full support to the new and heroic Intifada. Representatives from the struggle from the most diverse countries from Turkey to … [read more]

Message of the communist Party of Greece (ML)Hereby, the P.C.G. (m-l) wishes to Camp Anti-imperialism success with the international meeting that will take place at Assisi in Italy.After the events of Genoa, the existing situation of the movement will change in order to claim from any revolutionary force to stand up for the situations.From one side, the dangers of a deviation through the "militarism" of political action and also from the other side, the dangers of the retire of the movement towards to more legalistic and reformist illusions are distinctive. Against all these dangers, the only reply is an ideological and political clarification and an organizing upgrade of the movement.Especially for us that we live in the area of the Balkans, we have the belief that the war, which keeps … [read more]

Dear Friends,We support varmely the Antiimperialist camp`s effort to defend oppressed peoples right to self- determination, namely Palestinan People`s rightto constitute his independent and sovereign state. Unfortunately we cannot participate at the meeting of the international solidarity coalition for Palestine in Assisi,July 28 to Augusti 5, 2001. We wish plenty of succes for the meeting.Sincerly Yours.Ebrahim- Ranjbaran Party of IranB0x 1047162 12 Vällingby- … [read more]

The Experience of Filipino Migrants in EuropeThe propagandists and implementors of imperialist globalization have promised the world a paradise. But, it is a short-term paradise and is only for the handful monopoly capitalists and their political representatives.For the rest of humanity, imperialist globalization has meant hell -- the loss of jobs, homes, communities, livelihood, poverty, starvation and crises.What we see now is the more rapacious, greedier, more exploitative and oppressive political, economic and social world order that has brought forth violent social tensions, conflicts and wars, since the end of the last capitalist world war.This imperialist scheme has attacked the rights and conditions of the working class, and peoples all over the world, manifested in massive … [read more]

Letter by RPK to the Anti-imperialist Camp Following we publish a letter to the Anti-imperialist Camp by the Revolutionary Party of Communists, Russia on the situation of Russian political prisoners. We call upon all democratic and anti-imperialist forces to join the solidarity actions in support of the Russian political prisoners stated below.To the International Chairman of the Anti-Imperialist CampRespected comrade!For more than a year there have been kept in FSB (the Federal Service of Security) custody members of the Youth Communist League (Komsomol): Nadezhda Raks (arrested on the 23rd of February 2000), Tatiana Sokolova (arrested on the 3rd of March 2000), Larisa Romanova (arrested on the 6th of March 2000), Andrey Sokolov (arrested on the 20th of June 2000). Yet before non-party … [read more]

Assisi, July 28 - August 5The Anti-imperialist Camp is taking place on the camping site Camping Fontemaggio (via Eremo delle Carceri n°8). Assisi can be reached by both car and train: 1 – by train from Rome from Florence from AnconaOnce arrived at the train station in Assisi (located in the village Santa Maria degli Angeli) one can reach the very town Assisi (located on a hill) by one of the freqent public buses. The last stop, where one has to get off, is Piazza Matteotti. To reach the Camping site the indications saying "Monte Subasio" have to be followed. The Camping site is located immediately outside medieval Assisi, ca. 400 metres from the bus stop. 2 – by car:Follow the indications on the map; in Assisi (take the main road which goes up the hill) follow the indications to … [read more]

By Arab Cause Solidarity Committee, Madrid, 14 July 2001 The draft produced by Emma Nicholson, Vice-president of the Committee, is plagued with falsehoods and distortions concerning the situation in Iraq A preliminary report by the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Parliament backs the most interventionist and aggressive positions of the new Bush Administration against Iraq On 25 June 2001 the preliminary draft (document 2000/2329, INI) of a report commissioned by the British Baroness, Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, Vice-president of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Parliament (EP), and member of the Liberal Democratic Party, entitled "On the situation in Iraq … [read more]