Workers' Liberty

FRIDAY 28th APRIL, 7PM

Arthur Johnson Room, YMCA Shakespeare Street

Speakers:
ALAN SIMPSON MP
SAM AZAD (Iranian Socialist)
JASEM GHAFORE (Iraqi Socialist)

Iran has a repressive, clerical regime and a militant workers and democratic movement. In December 2005 the government arrested several members of the ‘Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company’ following strikes over pay and conditions. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tehran on 2 January to call for their release. The regime has hit back by freezing bank accounts, stopping wages and initiating a crackdown on trade unionists.

At the same time we see the Iranian president, Ahmedinejad, asserting Iran’s regional power status by restarting nuclear programs. All this has led to thinly veiled threats of US action against the country.

We state now our opposition to both military attacks on Iran and the oppressive government. We condemn the attacks on the Iranian workers movement and offer solidarity to those within the country who seek to replace the existing regime by a mass, democratic action.

see http://www.iraqunionsolidarity.org and http://iraniraqworkersol.blogspot.com