Month: June 2005

Joint Statement by leaders of the Iraqi Labor Movement and U.S. Labor Against the War, June 26, 2005 Washington DC, USA (AJ)

Tonight, President Bush will speak to the nation about the situation in Iraq. It’s about time. I hope tonight he will address his words not just to us, and certainly not to Karl Rove or Donald Rumsfeld, but to a young American soldier in Iraq right now — the soldier carrying an M-16 in a dangerous place where he or she can’t tell friend from foe, the marine out on patrol at night who doesn’t know what’s coming around the next bend. America’s brave young men and women deserve to hear the truth.

The IFTU website reports the warm welcome given by the largest UK union to visiting Iraqi trade unionists at their annual conference in Glasgow.

Readers who have been appalled at the Mugabe governments so-called clearance programme may wish to get along to the vigil held every Saturday outside the Zimbabwe High Commission, 429 Strand, London, organised by the Zimbabwe Vigil Coalition

Need a fact about Iraq? Visit the free online encyclopaedia from Wikipedia (KW)

A US Aid worker describes a workshop on the Iraqi constitution and elections between Christians and Muslims.(MH)

Friends of Democracy sponsors internet workshops. Read how the new tool of web log communication is empowering the women of Iraq. (KW)

The IFTU website carries a useful report of the current Iraqi trade union tour of the USA.

The IFTU website also carries a fascinating report of a recent trade union delegation to Iraq.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman presents a candid and controversial assessment of the current impasse in Iraqi politics and security.