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Learning from comrades Writing in the Times today, LFIQ Joint President Dave Anderson MP says the international community should have intervened in Iraq earlier Ten years ago, I was utterly opposed to the invasion of Iraq. At the time I was President of... [more] Iraq - ten years on The following letter appears in a truncated form in this week's New Statesman. It is my personal view of the coverage in that paper of the 10th anniversary of the anti-war march and the intervention. Those who founded LFIQ in... [more] Workers' rights in Basra Despite warm words when LFIQ met the Iraqi PM in Baghdad in 2008, the position of the independent labour movement in Iraq (there are differences in the Kurdistan Region) continues to alarm those who favour trade unions, alongside other independent... [more] Why Labour people should back the campaign to recognise the Genocide against the Iraqi Kurds Luke Akehurst at LabourList explains and links to e petition... [more] Freedom of Expression is Indispensable for Building Democracy National Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Iraq A number of news agencies, websites and Iraqi newspapers have published a document issued by the Iraqi Intelligence Service (Directive No. 3061, dated 20 February 2012) that requested pursuing activities... [more] Campaign to officially recognise the Genocide against the Kurds of Iraq e petition... [more] Abdullah Muhsin outlines the plight of the independent trade union movement in Iraq Nine years after the end of Saddam’s regime, and more than two months since Iraq gained its full national sovereignty, the country is experiencing a state of political chaos at best and extreme disintegration at worst. This has unfortunately allowed... [more] The Arab Spring is a courageous stand for freedom and decent work Trade union leader Diana Holland hails the Arab Spring here... [more] Son of Babylon film on those still missing in Iraq Following last month's landmark Iraqi Parliamentary screening of the powerful, highly acclaimed film “Son of Babylon ” which has initiated a parliamentary review of Iraq ’s missing person's laws there is a UK Parliamentary screening. The film will be screened... [more] >>> More news |
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