Demand An Exit Strategy
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USLAW 2009 National Assembly
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U.S. Labor Against the War
2009
National Labor Assembly
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"Why are we in Afghanistan?"
"Great job. Clear, concise and compelling. I hope
it gets shown widely!"
- Medea Benjamin,
CODE PINK and Global Exchange
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USLAW & IVAW Deliver Iraq Labor Rights Petitions to State Department
A
delegation composed of representatives of U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW),
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and the President of the Iraq Federation
of Oil Unions held an unprecedented meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 with
officials of the U.S. State Department to present them with a petition signed
by thousands of labor, antiwar and other social justice activists across the
country demanding that the U.S. government speak out forcefully in support of
labor rights for Iraqi workers.
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About our priorities . . . .
2800 times more people died from lack of health insurance than from terrorism in U.S. in 2009
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Iraqi Labor Leaders Interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
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Iraqi Labor Leaders Denounce US Occupation & Iraq’s Anti-Labor Laws
September 21st, 2009
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A group of Iraqi labor leaders were in the
U.S. to attend the AFL-CIO Convention and participate in events organized by U.S. Labor Against the War. They want to bring international attention to the lack of a
basic labor law in Iraq guaranteeing the right to unionize without
repression. Last week the AFL-CIO adopted a resolution defending Iraqi labor
rights. Amy Goodman interviewed two of the union leaders, Rasim Awadi and Falah Alwan.
[transcript]
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AFL-CIO Calls for "Speedy" Withdrawal from Iraq, Defends Iraqi Labor Rights
USLAW affiliates introduced resolutions,
USLAW supporters organized to win adoption
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Erbil Conference Launches New Iraqi Union Confederation
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Iraq Workers Take Strike Action to Demand Pay, Fair Treatment
Leather Workers
Claim Victory
Petrochemical workers organize protest
Textile, leather, petrochemical, oil pipeline and other workers take action to defend their conditions and demand fair treatment.
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Quote of the Day: The Truth Is ...
'America went to war against Iraq based
on a lie.
We were told back in 2002 that Iraq had weapons of
mass destruction.
The previous administration even pursued torture to try
to extract false confessions in order to justify the war.
It is time to tell
the truth.
- The truth is we should not have prosecuted a war against the
Iraqi people.
- The truth is the Democratic Senate could have stopped the Iraq
war in 2002.
- The truth is we Democrats were given control of Congress in 2006
to end the war.
- The truth is this bill continues a disastrous war, which
has cost the lives of thousands of our soldiers.
- The truth is the occupation
has fueled the insurgency.
- The truth is the Iraq war will cost
the American and the Iraqi people trillions of dollars and as many as a
million innocent Iraqis have lost their lives as a result of this
war.
'Don't tell the American people that you are ending the war by
continuing to fund the war.
Don't tell the American people that the war will
end when their plans leave 50, 000 troops in Iraq.
Don't tell the
American people that the way out of Afghanistan is to escalate our
presence.
'Get out of Iraq. Get out Afghanistan. Come
home America.'
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), speaking on a supplemental
appropriations bill that would continue to fund the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan
May 14, 2009
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It's OUR Money. See how Congress spends it!
How they tell us they spend it.
The Government
Deception
The
pie chart below is the government view of the budget. This is a distortion of
how our income tax dollars are spent because it includes Trust Funds (e.g.,
Social Security), and the expenses of past military spending are not distinguished
from nonmilitary spending. For a more accurate representation of how your
Federal income tax dollar is really spent, see the large chart
How they ACTUALLY Spend it!
Total
Outlays (Federal Funds):
$2,650 billion
MILITARY: 54% and $1,449 billion
NON-MILITARY: 46% and $1,210 billion
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The REAL PRICE
of Occupation
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Click on the image below to see a 10 minute slide show on the real price of the occupation for working people.
or click HERE to see a fully narrated 20 minute English version
0 haga clic para aquí ver un completamente narrado 26 minuto la versión española
Click HERE for information about this show and how to download it or order a copy on DVD (English and Spanish)
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Dividing Iraq
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Iraq: Before & After
Are Iraqis better off now than before the invasion?
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"Mission Accomplished" - Iraqi Oil to Flow into Coffers of Big Oil
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AFL-CIO and ITUC Challenge Iraqi Government
on Labor Rights
From the day the
dictatorship fell, Iraqi workers have demanded the right to organize their own
unions, free of government interference. They have demanded all of the rights
established by the International Labour Organization - foremost the rights to
freely organize, bargain and, when necessary, to strike. The new Iraqi
Constitution calls for the adoption of a basic labor law that recognizes and
codifies these rights.
The Maliki regime
has instead ordered labor elections in June in which workers are to designate
their unions and elect union leadership. However, workers in all public
enterprises (including the entire oil industry) are barred from voting, and the
government retains the right to disqualify union leaders chosen by the workers
in those elections. The elections will apparently result in only one
government-approved labor federation, rather than providing union pluralism
required by ILO standards (and already established in fact by the workers
themselves in the variety of labor organizations they created after the
overthrow of Saddam Hussein).
It
is in this context that John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO, and Guy Rider,
General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), have
written strong protests to Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
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Support the Labor Movement in Iraq
Donate to the USLAW Iraq Labor Solidarity Fund
Show your support for the emerging labor movement in Iraq by donating to the Iraqi Labor Solidarity Fund. Funds will be used to support the labor movement in Iraq and to support USLAW's international solidarity activities.
Here's how
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IRAQI OIL BELONGS TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE
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March 21, 2007
Big Oil makes a grab for Iraq's black gold. Bush tries to ram new oil law down the throats of the Iraqi parliament. If adopted, foreign oil companies would be able to negotiate control over Iraqi's oil (and the lion's share of the profits) for more then 30 years.
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