[Marxism] Historic Statement of Solidarity Between US and Iraqi Trade Unionists

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Iraqi & U.S. Trade Unionists Sign Joint Declaration
               June 26, 2005
A Message From US Labor Against the War
About an Historic Statement of Solidarity
Between US and Iraqi Trade Unionists

Sisters and Brothers:

What follows is an historic document, a joint statement drafted by the leaders 
of three of Iraq?s main labor organizations and leaders of US Labor Against the 
War. The statement is the culmination of a sweeping tour of the US by the 
Iraqis who spoke eloquently in opposition to the occupation of their country.  
They spoke to their audiences of the threat and likely consequences of 
privatization of their national resources and industries and the importance of 
establishing free trade unions in Iraq.

The tour inspired thousands of trade unionists in the US to intensify the 
campaign against the war and occupation in Iraq.  It brought hope and 
encouragement to the Iraqis who recognized that they had genuine support among 
the people of the occupying power. The statement, in English and Arabic, will 
be distributed throughout the US and Iraq as well as internationally and will 
be posted to the USLAW website. We hope that it will encourage unions 
everywhere to take a stand against the occupation and in support of the 
courageous Iraqi labor movement.

The English language version of the statement is posted 
HERE.http://uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/Iraqi%20USLAW%20Joint%20Statement.English.pdf

The Arabic language version of the statement is posted HERE.
http://uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/Iraqi%20USLAW%20Joint%20Statement.Arabic.pdf
We encourage you to distribute this widely throughout your unions and 
organizations, and put it in your organization?s newspaper and on your web 
pages.

P.S.:  It is not too late to make a contribution to help defray the costs of 
the tour and to provide ongoing support to the Iraqi labor movement.  Make 
checks payable to ?USLAW Iraq Labor Solidarity Fund? and send them to USLAW, 
1718 M Street, NW, #153, Washington, DC 20036.



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