SUNDAY BEFORE WAR
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SUNDAY BEFORE WAR
Whitechapel, East London 13-1-'91.
Rattling, clatt'ring, reverberating echoes roar
And bounce along the streets outside the hospital,
Iraq
USA retreats on "State of Forces Agreement" for Iraq
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The USA has admitted defeat, for now, in its attempt to impose a "State of Forces Agreement" which would give the US military the powers of a parallel government in Iraq for many years to come.
"Anti-imperialism" in Iraq: a response to debate
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Comment on the web discussion provoked by the Solidarity 1/134 article, Self-determination for Iraq!.
Self-determination for Iraq!
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Imagine a foreign politico-military encampment in the capital city, covering an area roughly equivalent to the whole space between Parliament Square, Charing Cross, and Buckingham Palace, or the offices round Whitehall plus St James’s Park.
Defend the Iraqi oil union!
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On 2 June, Hassan Juma’a, president of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU), made an appeal for support to the world labour movement.
US dockers strike against occupation
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25,000 dockers at all 29 ports across the West Coast of the USA staged an 8-hour strike on 1 May calling for an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq.
US tries to “harden” Iraqi army
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At the start of May, US troops blockaded Sadr City, the huge mainly-Shia district of Baghdad where two and a half million people live and is the stronghold of Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army.
Troops, militias and slogans
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Comrades from all sides of the AWL’s debate on Iran/Iraq summarise what they they thought of the debate, what they think were the important arguments in the discussion and where they think the discussion can now go.
Iraqi dockers strike on May Day
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May Day Message from the General Union of Dock Workers in Iraq to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the United States: Dear Brothers and Sisters of ILWU in California,
The courageous decision you made to carry out a strike on May Day to protest against the war and occupation of Iraq advances our struggle against occupation to bring a better future for us and for the rest of the world as well.
Iraqi labour movement's May Day statement to the workers of the world
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May Day 2008 Statement from the Iraqi Labour Movement To the Workers and All Peace Loving People of the World