Japanese Anti-War Movement Hosts Iraqi Civil Resistance
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Bill Weinberg
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A letter of Appreciation from the Central Council of Iraq Freedom Congress TO US Labor Against the War (USLAW)
Brother Michael Eisenscher, National Coordinator of USLAW Brothers of USLAW Steering Committee All members of USLAW
Greetings from Baghdad... From IFC Central Council's sixth meeting we send our greetings and at the same time we express our deepest appreciation for your support to IFC and the entire libertarian movement. Your continuing support to IFC will advance our movement to end the occupation, expulse ethnic and sectarian gangs and build a secular non-ethnic government that defines people in Iraq on the basis of humanity. We believe that our common struggle for a better world is the only way to achieve security and peace in Iraq and in the United States of America. Our continuing effort is to strengthen ties between Iraqi and US people. Our satellite TV (Sana) played a significant role towards this direction and showed the viewers in Iraq and the region that there is a humanitarian front in the United States who supports Iraqis cause and struggle and works to put the US Administration under pressure to withdraw its troops from Iraq. Broadcasting "Meeting Face to Face" was one of the means to show the extent of solidarity between Iraqi and US workers who denounce and reject war. In fact this film enlightened the Iraqis of the existence of a third movement in the society that is not sectarian or ethnocentric We in Iraq Freedom Congress believe that the libertarian movement represented by labor, women, youth and students movements are the only ones who are able to form the humanitarian identity in Iraq. We were able to bring the workers together and unite them against the draft Oil Law by forming the Anti Oil Law Front. The workers are the ones who fought for this abhorrent draft and we were able to force the government and the National Assembly to back down from passing it till this very moment. Also by raising the slogan "No Shiite ... .. No Sunni, humanity is our identity" we were able to block all efforts that aimed to allow planting a wedge between workers to kill each others. At IFC first convention, which was held forty days ago and was attended by delegates from various cities such as Baghdad, Basra, Kut, Nasirya, Kirkuk, Mosul, Hilla, Diwanya and Ramadi we proved that sectarian and ethnic identity is nothing but false identity that was imposed by the sectarian and ethnic factions to divide power and wealth among themselves. In fact, these divisions are imposed by the occupation forces on Iraqi society through its inhumane policy. Killing a human, whether in Iraq, in the United States or anywhere else in the world is a heinous and unforgivable crime. Ending the occupation through the withdrawal of all forces would pave the way to turn the page of human killing, whether in American uniform or innocent Iraqi once and for all... The victory you have achieved in defeating the Republican Party in the mid-term elections in November 2006 was a victory for us in Iraq. We are certain that defeating the occupation projects such as the oil Law and sectarian divisions are victories for our front in the US... Therefore struggling together will lead us to defeat Bush, Dick Cheney, Rice and all other killing supporters.
Once again thank you and our appreciation to your efforts. Long live US Labor Against the War Long live international solidarity IFC Central Council's sixth meeting
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Samir Adil President of Iraq Freedom Congress
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