Speech by Iraqi oil union president now translated
naftana | 12.01.2006 10:21 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Workers' Movements
The IFOU is an anti-occupation, anti-privatisation and politically independent federation of Iraqi oil workers, who are fighting to resist both the corporations and the US/UK occupation forces. It is a non-sectarian federation that aims to unite all oil workers in Iraq, and has also worked to expel oil company bosses who were supporters of Saddam Hussein.
Dear friends and supporters of the IFOU,
the speech that president Hasan Juma'a gave at the Stop the War Coalition peace conference (10th Dec 2005) has been translated into English and posted on the IFOU website (www.basraolunion.org).
In this speech he affirms the themes of anti-privatisation and
anti-occupation that are a central part of IFOU policy and also calls for international solidarity.
Extract:
"1. Occupation forces must leave the country immediately and unconditionally.
2. We will stand firmly and resolutely against all those who want to tamper with the security and power of the Iraqi people.
3. We condemn terrorist attacks against our people and stress the importance of respecting human rights.
4. We support the honorable resistance that targets and strikes at foreign military forces and seeks to drive the occupiers out.
5. We will not allow the intrusion of foreign companies [in the oil sector] and production sharing agreements, and we will stand with all our force against monopoly firms such as Halliburton, KBR, Shell, and others.
6. We ask the patriotic forces, the antiwar movement and peace-lovers to support our Union in its campaign against privatization and PSAs.
7. We demand the unconditional cancellation of Iraq's [foreign] debts, as these debts never benefited the Iraqi people but served the buried regime."
the speech that president Hasan Juma'a gave at the Stop the War Coalition peace conference (10th Dec 2005) has been translated into English and posted on the IFOU website (www.basraolunion.org).
In this speech he affirms the themes of anti-privatisation and
anti-occupation that are a central part of IFOU policy and also calls for international solidarity.
Extract:
"1. Occupation forces must leave the country immediately and unconditionally.
2. We will stand firmly and resolutely against all those who want to tamper with the security and power of the Iraqi people.
3. We condemn terrorist attacks against our people and stress the importance of respecting human rights.
4. We support the honorable resistance that targets and strikes at foreign military forces and seeks to drive the occupiers out.
5. We will not allow the intrusion of foreign companies [in the oil sector] and production sharing agreements, and we will stand with all our force against monopoly firms such as Halliburton, KBR, Shell, and others.
6. We ask the patriotic forces, the antiwar movement and peace-lovers to support our Union in its campaign against privatization and PSAs.
7. We demand the unconditional cancellation of Iraq's [foreign] debts, as these debts never benefited the Iraqi people but served the buried regime."
naftana
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Homepage:
http://www.basraoilunion.org