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Antrim - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Belfast Protest: End The Occupation Of Iraq & Afghanistan
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Monday September 11, 2006 21:57 by >>>>> - Socialist Youth socialistpartyni at btconnect dot com 13 Lombard Street, Belfast, BT1 1RB 02890 232962

Join the Anti-War Rally
Sat 23rd Sept
2pm outside Tesco's, Royal Avenue Belfast
Called by Socialist Youth as part of a Global Day of Action
For more info contact 07821058319
 Youth Against The War For Workers' Unity & Socialism
An international day of action against the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan has been called on Saturday 23rd September. When Bush and Blair carried out the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, they claimed to be bringing democracy and stability to the region. The reality in these countries today is much different. The Western forces and the sham Afghan government control only a tiny area around the capital, Kabul. The rest of the country and its population has been left under the control of corrupt warlords. A strict curfew is in place in Helmand province, and gatherings in the street of 5 or more people are shot on sight by occupying troops.
Over 3 years after the removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, the country's infrastructure still has not recovered from the invasion. Even in Baghdad, poverty, electricity cuts and lack of public services are the reality for most Iraqis. This is despite corporations being handed contracts worth billions by the Western powers. An estimated 100,000 Iraqis have been killed since the invasion, as well as thousands of American and British soldiers. The desperate conditions faced by the Iraqi people and the 'divide and rule' policies of the occupying forces have provided a basis for the rise of sectarian and fundamentalist groups based on dividing the Iraqi people causing the country to spiral towards civil war.
The so-called 'war on terror' is a sham. These invasions were carried out to remove two regimes hostile to Western imperialism and replace them with compliant puppets. Also, the occupation of Iraq was an attempt to open up the country's huge oil reserves to corporations linked to the Bush and Blair governments. However, this has backfired on the occupying powers and they are currently being sucked into a quagmire that they cannot escape from.
We call for the immediate withdrawal of all occupying troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. However, this in itself is not enough to solve the crisis facing the people of these countries. To end the occupation, cut across sectarian conflict and provide a decent living standard for all, a united, multi-ethnic resistance based on the working class and poor masses is urgently needed. This resistance could also fight for the wealth and resources to be put into democratic public ownership on the basis of a socialist planned economy to develop the economy and provide essential public services to all.
Those opposed to the war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan need to continue to make their voices heard. The vast majority of people opposed the invasion and the anti-war movement involved millions of people. However, we explained that protests alone would not stop the war. The movement needs to link up the trade union movement, who have the power to hit the government and big business through strike action.
Join the Socialist Youth rally on 23rd September! End the slaughter in the Middle East!
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11A true effective Anti-Imperialist Movement cannot be built in Ireland while many left wing groups forget about the Imperialist occupation of the 6 North Eastern Counties of Ireland.
Ógra Shinn Féin are consistent in our Anti-Imperialist message. End The Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Ireland.
Would we in Ireland take any Iraqi, or Palestinian serious if they campaigned exclusively about the occupation in other countries and ignored the occupation of there own, ofcourse we would not. We must be consistent in our messge.
The Imperialist War Machine must be dismantled across the world, and that includes Ireland.
End The Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and IRELAND
Is this yet more Belfast 'socialist' partitionism like that emanating from the IAWM in Belfast (BAWM)??? What about the national demo in Dublin on 23rd September?
I know the AWI crew in Belfast are coming to Dublin; the BAWM people are going to Manchester; the Socialist Party (NI) are staying in Belfast.
What about the rest of youse? Is partitionism this embedded?
Not everyone is able to get to Dublin or Manchester on the day so a protest in Belfast is a good idea.
Will there be a protest in Galway, Derry or Cork or should they all be in Dublin?
But obviously some people don't believe in such things. Whatever.
I find it quite shocking that someone has complained about Socialist Youth organising a protest in Belfast as part of the international day of action. Surely you recognise that protests should be as widespread as possible, and it is not possible for everyone to make it to Dublin for the national demo? This gives more people from Belfast to raise their voices against the occupations and imperialist intervention in the Middle East.
And to Ogra Shinn Fein, the Socialist Party opposed the sending of British troops into the North from the outset as they would be used to oppress united movements of the working class, whereas Sinn Fein welcomed them as peacekeepers, there to defend the Catholic community.
However, there is a fundamental difference between the occupation of the North and the partition of Ireland and the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. There, the vast bulk of the population are totally opposed to Western troops on their soil. In the North, the largest religious community generally supports the presence of British troops, primarily because of the tactics of the Provos over the last 30 years.
We do support the withdrawal of British troops from the North. Look at the 'What We Stand For Column' on the back of our paper. However, because of the support the troops' presence has, we do not take it up as a primary issue or in the way that OSF does, which only alienates the Protestant working class.
Instead, we aim to unite workers across the sectarian divide on class issues that unite them, such as water charges and attacks on public services (which SF presided over when they were in the Assembly Executive). We do this to try to build a united movement of all workers in the North to fight capitalism and create a democratic, socialist Ireland where the legitimate fears of the Protestant community are answered. This is the only kind of movement that can win the support of Protestant workers to remove British troops from the North.
And the OSF writer seems to baulk at the idea of a voluntary socialist federation of the British Isles as a step towards a socialist world. Does the idea of unity with British workers disgust him so? Are they the oppressors or another section of the oppressed? Do Sinn Fein recognise that socialism can only be built internationally or are they calling for, as Stalin did, 'socialism in one country'?
Do you also use the terms Londonderry and the Mainland?
A very political retort. I'm glad you took up the points I raised and didn't quibble over a formation of words.
It was a 'political' retort if you can see beyond the superficial. Your focus on Britain (you're a branch of a British organisation, after all) is highlighted by your terminology. Worse, you can't see this yourself. You and your organisation are colonial socialists, always looking to Britain.
As for your general points, Ogra SF can speak for themselves. They're of no interest to me.
We are not a branch of a British based organisation, we are the Irish section of a democratic centralist Marxist international with groups in 40 countries, and all of them represented in its democratic bodies.
I thought Sinn Fein were calling for the implimentation of the "Good Friday agreement" in its entirety. Surely part of that was the 6 counties would remain part of the UK until the democratic wish of the majority of people in those counties wanted a change. As with all the political parties in this sad little part of the world SF are just as selective with their reading of the agreement.