Interview with Prof. Dr. Ashraf el-Bayoumi, member of the Anti-colonialist Anti-Zionist Committee, Vice-president of Alexandrian Association for Human Rights Advocating Q: You have been involved in the opposition movement in Egypt for many years, you were active in Kifaya and one of the main organizers of the First Cairo Conference, held in December 2002. What was the development of the opposition movement since then, what happened to Kifaya?El-Bayoumi: We have to ask ourselves, where the opposition movement is today. Before invasion of Iraq there was a nucleus of a movement and it was centered around lifting the sanctions against Iraq and there have been certain points, for example in 2002 we sent a plane to Iraq with food in spite of the UN restrictions. That was a symbolic gesture … [read more]

Beitrag von Aug und Ohr - GegeninformationsinitiativeDie Mobilisierung gegen den nunmehrigen US-amerikanischen Kriegsflughafen Dal Molin in Vicenza (übrigens benannt nach einem Renommier- und Vorzeigepiloten der faschistischen Diktatur, Tomm(m)aso Dal Molin, der vom damaligen Außenminister eine der höchsten Ehrungen des italienischen faschistischen Reiches erhielt, bevor er bei einem bedauernswerten Unglück im Gardasee absoff) ist konsequent aufgebaut worden, und zwar von unten.Es ist - in erster Linie - eine Bewegung der Bevölkerung von Vicenza, eine sogenannte "transversale" Bewegung, wie man in Italien sagt, also quer durch die politischen Bewegungen und Kräfte gehende Sammlungsbewegung, worin aber keineswegs auch nur der Ansatz eines systematischen Zusammenwirkens zwischen Links … [read more]

Update on actions to stop the execution of three Iraqi womenStatement by Hana Albayaty, Ian Douglas, Abdul Ilah Albayaty, Iman Saadoon, Dirk Adriaensens and Ayse Berktay (1 March 2007) On 14 February we launched an appeal to halt the summary execution of three Iraqi women. Hundreds signed our statement, including numerous organizations, and demonstrations have taken place in Istanbul, Ankara, Rabat, Berlin and Stockholm, among other cities. Wassan Talib (31), Zainab Fadhil (25) and Liqa Omar Muhammad (26) were reportedly sentenced to death on charges that amount to supporting the legitimate and legal popular resistance to occupation in Iraq. We issue this statement now to highlight that the situation in Iraq inaugurated and sustained by a defeated occupation and its local sectarian … [read more]

Upprop frà¥n Iraks Patriotiska AlliansEn internationell konferens till stöd för den irakiska motstà¥ndsrörelsen kommer att hà¥llas i Chianciano Terme, Italien, den 24-25 mars. Vi betraktar denna konferens som den första seriösa och verkliga ansträngningen att bryta de politiska sanktioner och den isolering som framtvingats av den amerikanska imperialismen mot det irakiska motstà¥ndet och det irakiska folkets kamp mot USA:s brutala ockupation. Vi betraktar ocksॠdenna konferens som det första steget i byggandet av en internationell front mot imperialismen. Den irakiska motstà¥ndsrörelsen kämpar inte enbart för att befria Irak utan ocksॠför att försvara alla nationer frà¥n den amerikanska imperialismens illdà¥d i dess strävan att fॠhela … [read more]

Chianciano Terme, Province of Siena, ItalySaturday 24 / Sunday 25 March, 2007Saturday morning (10,00 - 13,00)Introduction Leonardo MazzeiThe American offensive, the European subordination and the prospect of an international Anti-imperialist FrontFirst SessionTHE RESISTANCE OF THE PALESTINIAN AND LEBANESE PEOPLE AGAINST ZIONISM Presiding: Aldo Bernardini, professor for international law, university of Terramo- The Western sanctions are illegitimate: respect the democratic will of the Palestinian people- WALEED AL MODALLAL, professor for political science at the Islamic university of Gaza- The democratic solution of the Palestinian question- MOHAMMED HA ALISSA, journalist, exponent of the Palestinian left- Why Palestinians should never be asked to recognize Israel - AZZAM TAMIMI, writer … [read more]

Abdel Halim Qandil, leader of the left opposition movement Kifaya, speaking outInterview with Abdel Halim Qandil, coordinator for the national current for Kifaya, chief editor of the Nasserist Karama newspaper, about the general situation of the opposition in Egypt, the hesitation of the Muslim Brotherhood to join the radical forces, the impact of Saddam Hussein's execution and the war against Lebanon on the Egyptian opposition movement.Question: Could you give us a general idea about the situation of the opposition movement in Egypt today? There has been the impression that there was a reflux of the movement over the past months, especially Kifaya seemed to be troubled.Qandil: There are right now three different parts of the opposition. One part consists of the parties that are … [read more]

Stop occupation and warIn June 2007, the eight biggest capitalist powers will meet in Germany, in the city of Heiligendamm. These G8 meetings have assumed a symbolic character representing the imperialist policy all over the world: While the world's mightiest are enjoying their cheerful get togethers, dinner parties and cocktails, their armies are bombing innocent people, fighting repressing and torturing civilians, crushing legitimate resistance elsewhere in the world. Their corporations are looting resources belonging to other peoples in other parts of the world, their companies are exploiting the world's poor and undefended to satisfy their masters' greed. Their diplomacies are pressurizing sovereign countries in order to make them subjugate under imperialist interests.This is what G8 … [read more]

The Iraqi Resistance is fighting not only to liberate Iraq but also to defend all nations from the evil of U.S. imperialism which is trying to seize all the world. We are looking forward with deep hope that all progressive groups and friends of the Iraqi people will support this conference by participating in its activities or through sending letters to the conference. We assure all those who struggle for peace, freedom and equality, that we will continue our resistance against occupation and there is no doubt that we will defeat all occupation forces. Together with all progressive powers, hand in hand, we continue our brave struggle for the best of the humanity. Best greetings and regards, Abdul-Jabar Al-Kubaisy President of the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance - … [read more]

Anti-Western sentiment dominant among popular massesThe last Serbian elections showed a net polarisation. On one side there are the anti-Western forces led by the Radical Party (SRS) which remains by far the strongest party. Then there is still the Socialist Party (SPS) which could once again surpass the 5% threshold. Together they represent the popular classes. On the other had there is the pro-Western governmental so-called "Democratic" bloc which led the counter-revolution against the Milosevic government in the interest of imperialism. The main result of the election was that within the Western bloc the completely pro-Western Democratic Party (DS) gained to the detriment of the bourgeois nationalist Kostunica. The profiteers of neo-capitalism and neo-colonialism - and those who hope … [read more]

Lawyer calls for solidarity actionThe Supreme Iraqi Criminal Court sentenced three women to death by hanging on charges of complicity in the murder of Iraqi policemen loyal to the occupation and participation in what the Court considered to be terrorism. According to a source from within the Iraqi Lawyers Union the three women are:Wacen Taleb (31 years): charged for killing five police officers by participation in a gunfire attackZainab Fadhel (25 years): charged for attacking a joint patrol of the Iraqi the American army last September with her husband and her cousin in Baghdad.Lika Omar Muhammad (26 years): charged for participating in the killing of officials in the Green Zone with her husband and her brother Walid Hayali, lawyer and member the Iraqi Lawyers Union, said the Court … [read more]

Internationell konferens Chianciano Terme, Sienaprovinsen, Toscana, Italien Lördag 24 och söndag 25 mars, 2007Den nationella organisationskommittà©n tog under sitt möte förra söndagen i Florens beslutet att slutligen genomföra den internationella konferensen: "Mot ockupationen, med motstà¥ndet - för en rättvis fred i Irak, Libanon och Palestina." Efter den kamp som fördes under 2005, dॠden italienska regeringen pॠorder av USA hindrade konferensen frà¥n att genomföras, och efter den lyckade kampanjen för visum som denna gà¥ng ser ut att beviljas, och med det förnyade intresset frà¥n olika delar av den arabiska motstà¥ndsrörelsen, är tiden nu mogen att genomföra detta viktiga internationella konvent. Den 24-25 mars kommer en bred samling … [read more]

With the Resistance, for Just Peace in the Middle EastInternational ConferenceMarch 24/25, Chianciano Terme, ItalyArab speakers' listIraqAyatollah al Sayyed Ahmed al Baghdadi, religious patriotic leader against occupation and imperialismAbdul Jabbar al Kubaysi, secretary general of the Iraq Patriotic Alliance, member of the Patriotic National Islamic FrontYoussif Hamdan, university professor, leader Communist Party (Ittihad Alshaab), member of the Patriotic and National and Islamic FrontDr. Fadhil M Hussain, university professor, journalist Dr. Ibrahim Sulman Rizk, medical doctorNouri N. Abd, leader of student and youth organisationsAsrar-A-Abdullatif, leader of the Iraqi Communist party (Central Command)Mohamed al Khuzai, spokesman of Ayatollah al Hassani, Shiite religious movement … [read more]

Interview with Saham Idriss on the pro-US forces to instigate a civil war, the difficulties of the popular opposition and the bias of the UNIFILQ: The conflict between the pro-American government of Fuad Siniora and the opposition led by Hezbollah keeps increasing and has claimed its first dead. Will it grow into a civil war?A: The conflict may indeed grow into an all-encompassing civil war or small local civil wars. People like me who have witnessed the beginning of the last civil war will not find a new civil war an impossible outcome; what is lacking now is a mere bus, similar to the one that the Phalange attacked on April 13, 1975, killing many Palestinian refugees. Tensions are now extremely high, both on the sectarian and political levels; poverty prevails; youth constantly … [read more]

The Resistance shows the way to peaceIt is shameful that while the US Democrats and even some Republicans, who are the designers of the war project in Iraq, start to voice opposition against aggressive neo-colonialism in Iraq and speak of the withdrawal of the occupiers' troops, their servants in Italy still defend the tragedy in Iraq to be continued. Certainly any conscious and civilized person on the world cannot accept around hundred dead daily in Iraq induced by the foreign occupation, except those who have been suffering from mental disease or sadism.Some people might simply have judged that Saddam and his partners were sentenced for killing around two hundreds people in Iraq. But the master of the Italian American party, G.W Bush, like Berlusconi and company have been killing … [read more]

occupations forces under attackWhen the US proxy invasion in Somalia by Ethiopian troops brought down the popular Islamic government in Mogadisho, we were neither astonished nor disappointed. For the time being the forces of popular resistance against the US empire do not have the capacities to withstand an all out attack in form of a regular war and to defend a state apparatus. This is true for Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and now also Somalia. But on an irregular level, in the asymmetric war the resistances have shown their capacity to hit the empire. This will be true also for Somalia.As always Washington and its proxies, this time Addis Abeba, have cried victory and promised a swift pacification. But also this time this is nothing than wishful thinking. They hope that the can … [read more]

Vi fortsätter stödja motstà¥ndsrörelsenLà¥t oss tala klartext: Den sunnitisk-shiitiska konflikten i Irak har under det senaste halvà¥ret växt till en sà¥dan styrka att man kan tala om nà¥got slags inbördeskrig. Det hjälper föga, att endast förklara bort detta med bara peka pॠallt detta är ett resultat av splittringsmanövrar och manipulationer av USA och sionismen - som mà¥nga av và¥ra vänner i den irakiska motstà¥ndsrörelsen brukar göra. Visst har USA i hög grad bidragit till denna konflikt, utan att det var deras avsikt frà¥n början. För inbördeskriget indikerar pॠinget vis nà¥gon framgà¥ng för Washington, tvärtom visar det pॠdess fiasko, därför att de fullständigt förlorat kontrollen över situationen. Man kan … [read more]

US to open military baseThe KSM has filed an action against this violation of fundamental democratic rights which is a part of a huge anticommunist campaign in the Czech Republic. The conflict will continue in the court. The KSM is still expecting the reply of the court and beginning of the trial. We also want to inform you that the KSM in spite of the witch hunt exerted against this youth organization continues its activities! The KSM is for example an active part of a growing movement against a plan to place a U.S. military base in the Czech Republic. The KSM was the FIRST organization that started struggle against this plan and was later joined by otherorganizations. [...]The situation in the Czech Republic is very complicated and we expect that it will deteriorate. After 7 months of … [read more]

Interview with Samah IdrissWas the general strike called by the opposition a success?The opposition succeeded in paralyzing the country. Areas under the control of Hizbullah and Amal were closed. However the same cannot be said about those under Jumblatt, and those divided between Ja'ja', Aoun and Franjieh. So will the Siniora government withdraw?No, the government, under US and French pressure, is not willing to accept the kind of participation the opposition wants, the "guaranteeing third". What will happen next?The President of the Republic, Emile Lahoud, could declare the government "resigned", after which a new cabinet will be formed, but the "original" one will not accept. We might have two governments in that case. Members of the Parliament from the opposition may resign too. Is … [read more]

Authorities allow inmates to meetBehic Asci removed to the Medical Faculty of Capa Following a positive development in the F-type prisons issue, lawyer Behic Asci as well as the mother of two daughters, Gulcan Goruroglu, interrupted their death fast protest.So far it has not been possible to establish direct contact to female prisoner Sevgi Saymaz, who is continuing her death fast action since 1st of May, 2006 at the E-type prison of Usak. On January 22nd the Turkish Ministry of Justice released an official letter concerning the F-type prison issue in Turkey. The letter says, among others, that up to 10, maybe 20, prisoners will be allowed to met and interact in future. Gulcan Goruroglu who continued her resistance at her house in Adana/Sakirpasa made following statement regarding the … [read more]

We continue to support the resistanceWe speak plain language: the Sunni-Shiite conflict in Iraq has grown in the course of the last six months into a sort of civil war.It helps little, to simply argue against this position by pointing out that all this has been caused by the machinations of the USA and of Zionism - as many of our friends in the resistance like to do. Surely the USA contributed substantially to this split, without however carrying this on their banner from the outset. For the civil war does not indicate by any means the success of Washington, but its total fiasco, its complete loss of control of the situation.One can take part in the search for the historical context of the conflict. But it was not inevitable that the conflict had to come so far. Or to put it differently: … [read more]