A Call for a Week of Action in Support of Iran’s Labour Movement

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Saturday November 17, 2007 16:52

by Archie Heron

info at workers-iran dot org

An International week in solidarity with Iranian Workers is being organised for November 24-30, 2007. This action is support of the Iranian People and against the Capitalist Iranian Government but is also against the US Capitalist Warmongers.

The recent wave of oppression against activists of workers' organizations in Iran and other social movements is not a new incident but a routine practice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). This wave of repression nevertheless has caused the radicalization and development of class-based labour protests. These conditions have jeopardized the entirety of Islamic Republic of Iran. Social and economic crises are rapidly escalating. It is a proven fact that the promises of the capitalist regime of Iran are false and that this regime has brought nothing but the continuous oppression of working people. This regime has caused ever-increasing poverty and misery for working class.

The threat of military action and the economic sanctions imposed by the warmongering, US-led capitalist states pose a serious threat to the people of Iran, especially the poor and the deprived masses. At the same time, these threats have been used by IRI to severely suppress and silent the workers' movement and all other social struggles.

The IRI uses the crisis against the people of Iran to its advantage. It deceitfully acts as if the pressures from the imperialist countries are the cause of protests inside Iran, and attempts to depict the protesters as the agents of 'foreigners'. That is why false accusations such as "acting against national security" have been declared against activists and detainees throughout the last few months. The capitalist regime of Iran combines intimidation with arrests and imprisonment to crush all struggles for independent organizations of workers, women, students, teachers, writers and oppressed ethnic communities, as well as the struggles of other social and legal rights' advocates.

We, the activists of Iranian workers' movement abroad, wish not only to expose the inhuman and reactionary nature of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but also to strongly condemn any war, militarist policy or economic sanctions imposed by the capitalist states of the world, which would have catastrophic consequences for the workers and the disadvantaged people of Iran. We further emphasize that the claims made by the capitalist and the imperialist states that they intend to support progressive movements such as the Iranian labour movement are totally false and that we will strive to expose their true intentions.

We believe that solidarity with the imprisoned workers and the struggle to free all political prisoners who are jailed because they have been striving towards workers' liberation is an ongoing responsibility of all genuine defenders of progressive social movements around the world. We encourage all labour and trade union activists as we all as all labour, socialist and progressive organizations and parties around the world to participate actively in a week of action in solidarity with the Iranian workers' movement, especially with the workers behind bars.

Long Live Workers' International Solidarity!

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http://www.workers-iran.org/News/Week%20of%20Action,%20...7.htm

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Call to send a message of hope to trade unionists imprisoned in Iran

by pat c

Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:22

The ITF is joining in with Amnesty this year to highlight the cases of Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi. You can get more details at the link below.

The International Transport Federation is calling on transport unions to send a message of hope to Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, who remain in detention in Iran for their trade union activities.

The federation is backing Amnesty UK’s annual greetings card campaign, which takes place between November and the end of January, during which activists send thousands of cards with messages of support to those who are imprisoned or victimised for exercising their human rights.

This year Amnesty is highlighting the cases of Mansour Osanloo, President of the trade union representing workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company and Mahmoud Salehi, founding member of the Saqez Bakery Workers’ Association and of the Coordinating Committee to Form Workers’ Organisations. They have faced repeated persecution and periods of imprisonment for their efforts to establish free trade unions and to represent their fellow workers.

The ITF is joining the action and is asking affiliates to ensure that Mansour and Mahmoud, and their families, receive an overwhelming message of solidarity.

Full details of the greeting card campaign are available at:

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=352

including labels with home addresses, labels with a suggested solidarity message in Farsi, and other practical information.

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