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Date Posted: Friday, September 23, 21:24:04
Author: Danielle Ni Dhighe
Subject: IRSCNA: Solidarity With Anti-War Demonstrations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

24 September 2005
Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America

Solidarity With Anti-War Demonstrations

On behalf of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement, the Irish
Republican Socialist Committees of North America send solidarity
greetings to the anti-imperialist contingent at today's anti-war
demonstration in Seattle, Washington, and to the participants in other
demonstrations taking place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and
Washington DC.

Around the globe, anti-imperialists are recognising that the battles
being waged in Iraq are central to their own struggles. The Iraqi
resistance to occupation shackles the armies of imperialism in place
in Iraq, limiting their ability to respond to challenges they confront
in Venezuela, Colombia, Iran, and elsewhere. The costs of the
occupation prohibit them from purchasing peace in the class war at
home through reformist measures. The successes of the resistance
fighters help to counter the propaganda image of the imperialists as
being impossible to challenge. Accordingly, anyone who opposes the
continuation of capitalism at home must support the resistance to
imperialism in Iraq.

At this moment in history, it matters little if one is Sunni or Shia,
Muslim or Christian or atheist, Arab or African or American. The
dividing line is simply this: are you for or against imperialism? All
those opposed to imperialism must defend the Iraqi resistance. It is
not sufficient to oppose the occupation. The occupation is a reality
that cannot be denied. What remains is to choose a side. To support
the armies of the occupation is to align oneself with imperialist
oppression, capitalist exploitation, violation of national
sovereignty, and brutality against humanity. The only option in
opposition to these evils is to support the resistance.

Irish republican socialists know full well what it means to be
oppressed by imperialism, and we stand in solidarity with all peoples
struggling against such oppression. Over the nearly thirty-one years
the IRSM has existed, members of the Irish Republican Socialist Party
and the Irish National Liberation Army have struggled against British
imperialism in Ireland, sometimes to their death. We stand in
solidarity with the oppressed, no matter who or where they are.

We demand an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq. Not slowly
withdrawing or waiting for some unspecified time in the future, but
immediately. We also demand full reparations to the Iraqi people for
the war and the years of harsh economic sanctions which preceded it,
as well as returning all economic resources to the Iraqi people.

Here at home in the US, the primary task is to pursue the class
struggle with vigor. That is the only way to defeat the capitalist
class and prevent future imperialist wars. The organisers of the
anti-imperialist contingent in Seattle have raised the slogan of
"Oppose Democratic Party hijacking of the anti-war movement!" We
concur. The Democratic Party is as much a party of the ruling class as
George W. Bush's Republican Party is, and while it may question a
particular war or how it is prosecuted, its ultimate interests are
those of imperialism. The only way to make war history is to make
capitalism and imperialism history. The American working class must
organise to achieve that goal.

In conclusion, we say no to more wars of imperialism and no to further
sacrifices of working class men and women in those wars. US out of
Iraq, Britain out of Ireland, and for the American working class: no
war but the class war!

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Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
PO Box 8266
Austin TX 78713-8266
USA
irscna@irsm.org
http://www.irscna.org/
http://www.irsm.org/irsm.html

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