Archive 2006

ECHOES NEWSLETTER No.1

A newsletter of "Coallition to stop deportation to Iraq"

Dashty Jamal meets the President of the European Union

Wednesday 11 October 2006

 Jean Lambert an MEP for the Green Party and a member of the Coalition to Stop Deportations to Iraq (CSDI) arranged for a delegation from CSDI England and France to visit the European Parliament.  Jean arranged several meetings with MEPS of the European Parliament responsible for formulating a review of European asylum policy for Dashty Jamal (CSDI England founder of International Federation of Iraqi Refugees) Karen Johnson (CSDI England) Celine Pauvros (CSDI France) Nicolas Dessaux (CSDI France)........Read more

Saturday 7 October demonstration

For Migrant workers and asylum rights

NO ONE IS ILLEGAL

NO BORDERS, STOP DEPORTATIONS

LONDON DEMONSTRATION

Approximately Five Hundred plus people gathered at the Imperial War Museum at midday for the 7 October demonstration called by the Athens European social Forum to highlight the plight of migrant workers and asylum seekers.  The demonstration was made up of a mixed crowd of the usual lefties selling their newspapers, asylum campaigners and migrant workers and asylum seekers from many communities.........Read more

24 September is a dark day in the history of humanity

Statement by the Executive Committee Abroad of the Iraq Freedom Congress

It was on this day in 2002 that the US government decided to wage its bloody war against the Iraqi people. Clearly, it was not enough for the US to kill and maim thousands of people in the first, 1990-1 Gulf War and 12 years of catastrophic economic sanctions were followed by the barbaric war launched in March 2003.........Read more

An open letter to Mr. Kofi Annan

United Nations Secretary-General

Re: Deportation of Kurdish asylum seekers from Britain 

Dear Mr. Annan,

In violation of the Geneva Convention of 1951 and Human Rights Charter in regard to asylum seekers, the British government has forcibly deported 49 Kurdish asylum seekers to Iraqi Kurdistan.

On the night of November 21 2005, 15 Kurdish asylum seekers were flown handcuffed from London to Cyprus airport after being subjected to beating and humiliation. Later they were taken in a military airplane to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.........Read more

American Administration Created and Killed al-Zarqawi

Yesterday, the notorious terrorist known as al-Zarqawi was killed in a military operation conducted by American troops. Over last 3 years the US government has turned the Iraqi society through the war and occupation to a field for its terrorist war against political Islam. Tens of thousands of women, children and innocent people have lost their lives in this terrorist war.......Read more

Mansoor Hekmats' Booklets:

  1. The world after September 11

  2. Democracy: Interpretations and realities

  3. About the crisis in the Middle East

  4. Federalism is a reactionary slogan

  5. The gory dawn of the new world order       US war in the Middle East

  6. End of the cold war and prospects for worker-socialism

  7. Lessons from Lenin's approach to the revolutionary peasant movement

  8. Our diffrences

  9. Capital Punishment       The most deplorable of deliberate murder

  10. About the Manifesto       The invasion of the Iraqi regime and our tasks

  11. The international situation and state of communism

  12. Ending terrorism is our task

  13. Children first       International campaign for children's rights

  14. Marxism and the world today

  15. The rise and fall of political Islam

  16. People must choose

Iraq Freedom No. 2

Bi - weekly paper of Iraq Freedom Congress

On May Day, support the establishment of the Proletarian Army  in Iraq

All over the world, a fierce war is ongoing against workers. The producers of wealth and creators of life are not only forced into slavery living conditions, but are forced to engage in harsh struggle for survival. From America to France, from the UK to China and from the oil wells in the Persian Gulf to the gold mines in South Africa, despite the gigantic advances in all fields, today the workers have to fight on daily basis for the rights of citizenship, to defend the gains achieved fifty years ago and to secure wages enough to keep themselves and their families alive.........Read more

Support the fight of people in Kurdistan against PUK and KDP aggression

Like every other reactionary and outdated rule, the Kurdish nationalist parties; Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) resort to oppression as the only way to silence the masses of people.

Recently, Hawiz Hawizi, a freelance journalist was arrested for second time in the town of Koya and brutally tortured by the PUK thugs for criticizing few officials in this party’s authority.......Read more

A statement to the public opinion

KDP’s attacks on freedom of political activities and its political opponents

 In the four months ago, Kurdistan Democratic Party has oppressed people in the areas under its control. Besides, they committed crime and violation against the activists of our party. In December last year, Yousif Qadir, who is in charge of the administration of our party’s base in Arbil, has been detained twice..........Read more

Call from the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq- abroad representativeTo make International Women’s Day on 8 March a day of saying No to Islamic Sharia law in Iraq 

To all women’s, progressive, secularist and labour movement organizations

Iraqi women are facing a historic threat. The US/UK occupation has strengthened political Islamist groups, who now constitute a majority in the US-installed parliament and have a dominant position in the new constitution based on ethnic division and the principles of Islamic Sharia law.............Read more

A statement by organization of Women’s freedom in Iraq – abroad representative on International Women’s Day (8 March)

Make it a day to say No! To Islamic Sharia law in Iraq!     For secularism, equality and freedom!

The Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) sends its greetings for this historic day to women activists all over the world. For centuries women have been struggling for their rights and for equality and liberation in all parts of the world. Major changes have been won, but nowhere do we have real equality............Read more

Houzan Mahmud's interview on BBC Asian Network on The Demonstration in defence of freedom of expression

Civilised humanity must take a stand in defence of freedom of expression, against Islamists and racists

The recent controversy over some caricatures of Mohammed gave the Islamists an opportunity to wage a hysterical protest internationally. In many cases, this took a violent form and was clearly aimed at silencing those who dared to even portray Mohammed.

In these demonstrations - across the world and in London, the very heart of Europe - many of the banners on show were emblazoned with shameful slogans........ Read more

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