Solidarity message of FWCUI to ILC conference in Madrid -18 &19.March 2005

Dear Friends

In charge of all Iraqi Workers

In charge of Federation of Workers Council land Union in Iraq we send our Solidarity greeting to the leadership and members of International Liaison Committee for Workers and People- ILC and all participants in this conference of ILC.

First of all we would like to express our great appreciation to ILC which started with us and with progressive trade Unions like USLAW …ect an international campaign to end the occupation and to defend labour rights in Iraq. Hundreds of labour activist, trade Unions and progressive groups supported our compliant to ILO to implement fully ILO conventions 87 and 98 in Iraq. Right of freedom and organise are critical demands of labour movement in Iraq. Still our campaign thank to all forces  who stood strongly with us is continuing until we succeed to cancel the decrees Nr. 16 of the Iraqi governing council and interim government which  violated these international conventions of ILO by recognising a group  as official and only  representative of  workers in Iraq.

It has been two year and Iraq is still an occupied country; since two years Iraq has been transformed into a battle field between two harsh poles of terrorism; the American and occupying forces and their right wing policies on one side and the political Islam gangs’ terrorism, the remnants of the former regime, and their armed militias on the other side. Each pole vies with the other in killings and violations of not only human rights but even human existence. It has been two years of blood shedding, man slaughtering on TVs, ruthlessness, organized crime, gangs and mafias. It has been two years of insecurity, the violations of the most basic rights, depriving the people’s right to decide their political destiny. It has been two years of daily women’s abductions, rapes and killings. It has been two years of reviving the most rotten trends of ethnocentrisms, religion, tribalism and sectarianism. Their first attempts have been to impose the law that deprive the workers from right to organize, and the reinstatement of the “capital punishment”. To pass its project in Iraq, USA has orchestrated the farce of elections, which is no more than a scenario to mock the people in Iraq. That election has resulted in establishing the rule of the most reactionary trends of sheikhs, sectarians and plunderers. More than 100000 casualties of armless civilians has been the “present” of the American democracy to the masses in Iraq.

Occupation of Iraq was not outcome of a miscalculation of Bush and American administration Occupation and war are the perspective of the American polices and its new world order.  War and occupation of Iraq, occupation of Afghanistan, creation of crises and conflicts in the world, are the outcome of the capitalist policy and the forms of deep crises of the existence of capitalism .This reveals again that capitalism could not survive without exploitation, creation of wars and crises.

This environment of terrorism, militarism, wars, and arrogance, which America tries to spread all over the world, should come to an end. No goal could be achieved if we all do not align to a radical libertarian humane pole. This pole should have its clear goals. We should differentiate our front from all those who want to get benefit from “the civilized world” just to continue on their projects, which are none but to stand against humanity and the human values. Neither America is the liberator of the people nor are political Islam bands the representatives of the struggle of the masses in Iraq. Both terrorist poles, in spite of their enmity to rule, stand side by side against the masses’ expectations and alternatives. These two poles are ready to commit the most ferocious crimes against the civilians to reach their dirty ends behind this war. The arrogance of the right wing ruling in USA is more obvious than ever.

The masses in Iraq and workers are living under a nightmare and a dark scenario. We are struggling and working under the shadow of these reactionary forces and we are confronting with killing and kidnapping at any moment.

 We need your support. The escalation of your struggle and pressure on America to end its occupation is a necessity to end this catastrophic situation and eradicate the political Islam, which America has given, through this war, more stamina. Our progressive labour movement in Iraq is the candle in the nights of the dark scenario. Your support to this humane front in every way possible is inevitable to liberate the society and re-establishing civility to it.

We demand an immediate end of occupation of Iraq.

We demand separation of religion from the state.

We demand a no ethnic and non religious state in Iraq.

We demand unconditional political freedom.

We demand full equality between men and women.

We demand equal rights and social basic rights for all Iraqi people.

We demand a progressive labour law in line with international labour standards.

The forces of Left, progressive and labour movement are not yet a serious force in this balance of forces in Iraq.

The victory of the right wing forces in Iraq is the defeat to all freedom loving and progressive movements’ world wide.

The victory of the freedom and progressive movement in Iraq is the victory and historic change in Iraq on behalf of the left worldwide.

Our movement in Iraq tries to play this important role in Iraq and to transform the labour movement to an essential power in the actual conflict in Iraq

The Progressive front in Iraq should has this political power in this international conflict in Iraq .The resistance front against the occupation and for freedom of Iraq should be leaded by the left and secular and freedom movement and not in the hand of the  reactionary political Islam  and remnant of the former Iraqi regime  .

We demand immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces from Iraq as a critical condition for building a progressive society and to achieve unconditional political freedom .A society respects the human being and its needs and its willpower.

The Labour movement in Iraq has demonstrated through its massive strikes in the last few months that it’s a strong and serious force to end the occupation and for a better future of Iraqi people.

Our victory will be a defeat of right wing ruling in USA and worldwide.

Let’s create our Model in Iraq, model of the progressive labour movement with our deeply rooted humanitarian perspectives.

Let’s broaden the dimension of our movement.

We want to change the world to a world of freedom and equality.  Let’s stand with each other

We have chosen this way and we must step forward

Support the progressive labour movement in Iraq

Support secularism and freedom

Support t our social and political alternative for a better future in Iraq.

Finally we hope you a successful conference in Madrid .Because of difficulty to get visa and to fly to Madrid from Amman, our delegation failed to be among you today in Madrid and returned back to Iraq.

In Solidarity 

Long live freedom and equality

Long live willpower of the Iraqi masses to determine their political and social future

No to war, occupation and militarism!

Thank you very much.

Falah Alwan,

President of Federation of Workers Council and Unions in Iraq-FWCUI

Aso Jabbar,

Abroad representative of FWCUI

18. March 2005