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]

Declaration of the Georgian Peace Committee Once more Georgia was launched into a situation of chaos and bloodshed. A new fratricidal war exploded with renewed strength on Georgian soil.To our great disappointment, the alerts of the Georgian Peace Committee and of progressive personalities of Georgia on the pernicious character of the militarization of the country and on the danger of a pro-fascist and nationalist policy had no effect.The authorities of Georgia once again organized a bloody war,feeling the support of some western countries and of regional and international organizations. It will take decades to cleanse the shame poured by the current holders of the power over the Georgian people.The Georgian army--armed and trained by U.S. instructors and using also U.S. … [read more]

Dà©claration du Comità© de la Paix de Gà©orgie Une fois de plus la Gà©orgie a à©tà© projetà©e dans une situation de chaos et d'effusion de sang. Une nouvelle guerre fratricide a explosà© avec une force redoublà©e sur le sol gà©orgien. À notre grande dà©ception, les mises en garde du Comità© de la Paix de Gà©orgie et de personnalità©s gà©orgiennes progressistes sur le caractà¨re pernicieux de la militarisation du pays ainsi que sur le danger d'une politique pro-fasciste et nationaliste n'ont eu aucun effet. Les autorità©s de Gà©orgie, ont organisà©, à  nouveau, une guerre sanglante, se sentant appuyà©es par certains pays occidentaux et par certaines organisations rà©gionales et internationales. La honte versà©e, par les dà©tenteurs … [read more]

في ذكرى ثورة 23 يوليوتظاهرة تضامن مع انتفاضة عمال المحلّةتظاهرة تضامن مع عمال مصرالزمان: الخميس 24 تموز (يوليو)ØŒ الساعة الثالثة والنصفالمكان: أمام مقر السفارة المصرية Hohe Warte 50-54, 1190 Wien ØŒ نهاية خط الحافلة 37 لم يستوعب نظام مبارك درس … [read more]

The Egyptian authorities in Rafah are refusing entry of the medicines to Gaza and are now demanding that Khalil and Linda drive the van away from their destination towards El Arish. They are threatening to load the van onto a truck and impound van and medicines. Khalil and Linda, who have overcome may obstacles on the road from Scotland to Rafah to deliver these medicines, are refusing to drive the medicines away from the gate through the Wall into Rafah.Please text and call with your support for Linda (00 44 7958673840) and Khalil 00 44 796 00 87 000Also write and/or callEgyptian Prime Minister:Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed NazifPhone: (202) 7958014/35/36Fax: (202) 7356449 - 7958016Website: http://www.cabinet.gov.egEmail: primemin@idsc.gov.egEgyptian Interior MinisterGeneral Habib … [read more]

Interview with Norman Paech, international spokesman of the parliamentary fraction of the German party "Die Linke" (The Left) and professor emeritus for law in Hamburg. Q: You and your party oppose the NATO mission in Afghanistan and the German participation. Why?We do not believe that peace can be brought to Afghanistan by military means. The German involvement is highly problematic as it follows the US objective of a Greater Middle East. The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan constitutes a violation international law.Q: What does the German public opinion think?The German population is not convinced at all, and as a matter of fact a significant majority is opposed to the presence of German troops in Afghanistan. The situation in the country has deteriorated over the last six … [read more]

Initial Report By Yoav Bar (*)Sort of ApologyFriday and Saturday, 20-21 of June, 2008 - after a year of dreaming and working for it to happen - the Haifa conference was such a great success that we hardly believed it was real… But on Saturday night, as we made the 5 minutes drive from elMidan back home to Hallisa, a poor, mostly Arab, neighborhood in east Haifa, the racist and un-democratic state of Israel was clearly and vigorously there - the streets were filled with police and special "anti riot" units, stopping people and beating them at random. We spent the next week collecting evidence and organizing a demonstration against police violence…All of you who tried to follow the preparations to the conference, or who are concerned to see the results, might have been frustrated with … [read more]