From 9011731o at student.gla.ac.uk  Sat Jan 29 05:10:41 2000
From: 9011731o at student.gla.ac.uk (9011731o at student.gla.ac.uk)
Date: 29 Jan 2000 05:10:41
Subject: Critique Conference
References: <bac1c849.AF40295E30@lms.student.gla.ac.uk>
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<underline><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>CRITIQUE CONFERENCE 2000

</underline>London<underline>

</underline>Conway Hall

Red Lion Square

Saturday, 26 February

10 am - 5.30 pm (registration 9.30 am)

10=A3 (5=A3)


<bold>CLASSICAL MARXISM and the CONTEMPORARY SCENE


</bold>10 am  

<underline>Political Economy

</underline>1. Hillel Ticktin - 'The stage we are in'

2. Peter Kennedy - 'The nature of control over the working class'

3. Bob Arnot - 'What is Russia and where is it today?'


11.45 am  

<underline>Workshops</underline>

1. Alan Horn - 'The philosophy of decline'

2. Tom O'Gorman - 'The current state of the US economy'

3. Ian Spencer - 'The Irish nurses strike'


1.15 pm

Lunch


2.15 pm

<underline>The Decline of Bourgeois Philosophy

and the Philosophy of Decline

</underline>With: 	Istvan Meszaros 

	Bertell Ollman

	Michael Savas-Matsas


4 pm

<underline>What is left of the left?

</underline>With:	Suzi Weissman

	Mick Cox


Further Information: 	Critique

			29 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS

			phone: 0141-330-4377

			e-mail: H.H.Ticktin at socsci.gla.ac.uk

		



From dwalters at lanset.com  Sun Jan  2 15:41:16 2000
From: dwalters at lanset.com (dwalters at lanset.com)
Date: 02 Jan 2000 15:41:16
Subject: [OWC] LABOR PARTY SLAMS "FREE TRADE"
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OWC CAMPAIGN NEWS - distributed by the Open World Conference in
Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F. Labor
Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to <owc at igc.org> or
<dwalters at lanset>. Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297.
(Please excuse any duplicate postings, and feel free to re-post.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------=20
-------------------

IN THIS MESSAGE:

1) Introduction

2) Labor Party Press (Jan.-Feb. 2000 issue) Promotes OWC

3) Presentation by Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Party national organizer, to=20
Nov. 28 LP reception in Seattle

4) Letter from Chuck Mack, Teamster's Union international vice=20
president, to Labor Party Reception in Seattle

5) Labor Party Platform Against "Free Trade": Resolution on Just=20
Trade adopted at the November 1998 First Constitutional Convention of=20
the Labor Party in Pittsburgh, Penn.

***************************

1) Introduction

On Sunday, November 28, the Seattle chapter of the Labor Party hosted=20
a reception attended by 200 LP members and supporters. The keynote=20
speaker was Tony Mazzocchi, national organizer of the Labor Party.

The Labor Party was founded in June 1996 at a conference that=20
gathered 1300 delegates from affiliated unions and chapters=20
representing a total membership of more than 1 million workers. In=20
November 1998, the Labor Party held its first constitutional=20
convention in Pittsburgh, with 1450 delegates in attendance=20
representing close to 1.5 million organized workers.

Last summer, the National Council of the Labor Party voted to endorse=20
and build the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union=20
Independence and Democratic Rights, which will be held in San=20
=46rancisco on Feb. 11-14, 2000. On this occasion, the Golden Gate=20
chapter of the Labor Party and Labor Party national co-chair Baldemar=20
Velasquez will be hosting a reception at the Cathedral Hill Hotel,=20
featuring leaders of the Labor Party from across the country.

We are publishing in this email message a series of documents dealing=20
with the Labor Party's support for the OWC and its clear and=20
principled stance against "free trade" and "globalization." All=20
subscribers to this email list are invited to learn more about the=20
Labor Party by contacting the LP national office at P.O. Box 53177,=20
Washington, D.C. 20009; Tel. (202) 234-5190 or fax (202) 234-5266.=20
You can also visit the Labor Party's website at: www.igc.apc.org/lpa/=20
=2E

Subscribers to this email list in the San Francisco Bay Area can=20
contact the Golden Gate chapter of the Labor Party at  P.O. Box=20
423047, San Francisco, CA 94142-3047, or tel. (650) 355-5329. The=20
GGLP chapter meets the first Thursday of every month at ILWU Local 6=20
(255 Ninth St. in San Francisco, between Howard and Folsom).  The=20
East Bay Labor Party chapter can be contacted at P.O. Box 826,=20
Berkeley, CA 94707, or tel. (510) 273-9219.

**********

2) Labor Party Press (Jan.-Feb. 2000 issue) Promotes OWC

"February 11-14, 2000 Open World Conference Takes On Free Trade"

(Note: The following article appears in the January-February 2000=20
issue of Labor Party Press, the official publication of the national=20
Labor Party which is published in Washington, D.C.)

Trade union leaders and activists from around the world will gather in San
=46rancisco February 11-14, 2000, for the Open World Conference of Workers i=
n
Defense of Trade Union Independence and Democratic Rights (OWC). The
conference, which has been endorsed by the Labor Party, along with trade
union federations, leaders, and activists in 74 countries, aims to develop
strategies to combat corporate-sponsored "free trade" and to preserve
workers' hard-won gains.

'Death Struggle'

"We are in a death struggle against NAFTA and its deprivations and against
the corporate 'free trade' agenda," says Jack Henning, Secretary-Treasurer
Emeritus of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, and one of the
conference's conveners. "These issues strike at the heart of the labor
movement." The OWC is an effort by workers and their organizations to "think
globally" about how to confront corporations that are pitting workers in one
part of the world against workers in another in an effort to drive down
wages.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union President Brian McWilliams, a
Labor Party founding member, supplies an example of how this
divide-and-conquer strategy works. Sugar and pineapple workers in Hawaii -
members of ILWU - were once "the best-paid agricultural workers in the
world," he says, producing the best product with the highest yield per acre.
"But the competition from cheap foreign sugar, produced for subsistence
wages with no environmental or labor standards and dumped on the world
market, drove most of the Hawaii producers out of business. And of course,
it sent thousands of workers into unemployment with no means of finding new
jobs in those rural communities. At the same time, those workers producing
sugar overseas do not have the opportunity to share in the wealth. Workers
on both sides lost."

Globalization with a Human Face?

President Clinton and other heads of state are pushing for what they call
"globalization with a human face." They are trying to get unions to endorse
their global trade schemes by promising "social pacts" or "roundtable
agreements" that at least nominally address worker rights issues. These
efforts are a "ploy to try to make trade unions responsible for carrying out
layoffs, downsizing, and the elimination of benefits," charges Labor Party
Co-Chair Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing
Committee.

The "social pacts" will be a key issue discussed at the Open World
Conference. The gathering will also discuss sweatshops, child labor, the
need to uphold the International Labor Organization's standards, and the
effect of IMF and World Bank policies on Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The conference is open to all. Those who can't attend are encouraged to send
a donation to help sponsor trade unionists from Africa, Asia, and Latin
America.

=46or more information, contact OWC co-coordinators Ed Rosario and Mya Shone
at 415-641-8616 or e-mail them at owc at igc.org <mailto:owc at igc.org> . Send
contributions to OWC, c/o San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin St.,
Suite 203, San Francisco, CA 94109.

- Mya Shone and Ed Rosario

**********

3) Presentation by Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Party national organizer, to=20
Nov. 28 LP reception in Seattle, just prior to the WTO Ministerial=20
meeting

Dear Sisters and Brothers:

I am glad to bring greetings from the national Labor Party to all the=20
sisters and brothers from the world over who have united, probably=20
for the first time in a very long time, to attempt to prevent this=20
apocalypse of global privatization and domination of everything that=20
exists in the world.

This week is incredible: It is the first time the American people=20
will have ventilated this organization -- the World Trade=20
Organization - about which they know very little.

The very existence of the WTO, with all its ramifications, is the=20
reason we need a Labor Party. I am consistently amazed that my=20
brothers and sisters in the American labor movement, after all that=20
has been done to them, continue to support the very politicians who=20
have brought this about. I never cease to be amazed by the=20
gullibility of folks who should know better.

As I have reflected many times, if we had gone to the bargaining=20
table with the same niceties with which we go as the labor movement=20
into the political arena we'd probably still be making a nickel an=20
hour. It's just incredible that organized labor still buys the=20
promises and exhortations of the existing political order, when it so=20
dramatically clear that this order is responsible for the dramatic=20
situation facing American workers.

This evening we can say as we look around us that this is the=20
beginning of a new movement to take back the country. And this goes=20
not only for us in this country, but for workers all around the world=20
who are fighting to take back their countries.

The events happening this week pose for us the need to peel back this=20
layer of obfuscation about what the WTO is all about. Our task is to=20
reveal to the American people all the implications that are in store=20
for them with the WTO.

I am also involved with the Committee for Responsible Genetics, which=20
very few people might know about in the labor movement though many of=20
us in labor have been connected with that committee.

We are dealing not only with the privatization of the world and its=20
economies, but as the Committee has pointed out, the WTO would allow=20
the privatization of life forms itself. When you realize that the WTO=20
can impact the very life forms, it's astounding. This is something=20
most of us never thought we would ever envision.

We have the opportunity today to work with the diverse groups that=20
have come together in Seattle to fight the WTO to really reveal the=20
nature of the political parties that exist, as well as their role in=20
supporting and pushing through this corporate globalization.

I look at this week as an opportunity to vigorously protest the very=20
existence of the WTO, but also to let workers know about the platform=20
of the Labor Party. The Labor Party has made it clear that we are not=20
for reforming the WTO; we're for the elimination of the WTO.

I applaud the letter by Brother Chuck Mack that was read by Brother=20
Ed Rosario of the San Francisco Labor Council just moments ago.=20
Brother Mack's letter pulls no bones in his critique of labor's role=20
in relation to the WTO. [See letter below.]

The Labor Party is the only political alternative today, the only=20
mechanism we have to organize working people politically. And working=20
people are ready.

If we don't do it, you know what the ugly options are: The Pat=20
Buchanans of the world are going to do it. And they, of course, are=20
not an option of any sort for working people.

I look forward to being on the barricades with you this week. I think=20
this is a very important moment. Seattle gave birth at other moments=20
in our history to other movements. Seizing the world back from the=20
global corporations - that shot that is going to be heard around the=20
world - is going to be fired here in Seattle.

- Tony Mazzocchi

**********

4) Letter from Chuck Mack to Labor Party Reception in Seattle

TEAMSTERS' JOINT COUNCIL No. 7
250 Executive Park Blvd, Suite 3100
San Francisco, CA 94134 * (415) 467-7768

November 30,1999

Ms. Mya Shone and
Mr. Ed Rosario, Co-Coordinators
Open World Conference of Workers
In Defense of Trade Union Independence
and Democratic Rights
c/o San Francisco Labor Council
1188 Franklin St. #203
San Francisco, CA 94109

Dear Sister Shone and Brother Rosario:

My apologies for not being able to attend the Labor Party's Reception=20
at the WTO, but the press of business on behalf of our membership=20
necessitates my remaining in the Bay Area. I look forward to joining=20
you in protest against the WTO on Tuesday, November 30.

Teamsters are resolute in their opposition to NAFTA, GATT, Fast Track=20
and the WTO. The common denominator in Free Trade is a reduced=20
standard of living for workers and environmental degradation. The=20
recent endorsement of Al Gore by the AFL-CIO and the endorsement by=20
John Sweeney of the Clinton Trade Policy objectives at this WTO=20
Meeting have raised concerns that Labor has abandoned the trade issue.

We can't let that happen. The Labor Movement must remain steadfast in=20
support of a fair trade agenda, one that considers the needs of=20
workers, one that considers the environment and one that strives for=20
a fair distribution of goods and services.

I'm also pleased to advise that our organization has endorsed the=20
Open World Conference of Workers in Defense of Trade Union=20
Independence and Democratic Rights that will be held in San Francisco=20
on February 11-14, 2000. It will afford a forum for Labor leaders and=20
other activists to join in opposition to the Free Trade Agenda being=20
pressed so hard by multinational corporations.

I wish you well at today's gathering. We appreciate the leadership
the Labor Party continues to provide on the Trade issue. I look
forward to seeing you soon.

Chuck Mack

President
Teamsters Joint Council No. 7

*******************

5) LABOR PARTY PLATFORM AGAINST "FREE TRADE"

(Note: Following is the Resolution Adopted by the Labor Party's First=20
Constitutional Convention (November 1998) in Support of Fair Trade)

WHEREAS, transnational corporations have the support of the two major=20
parties to push anti-worker trade policies, treaties and treaty=20
organizations like NAFTA, GATT, the World Trade Organization (WTO),=20
the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and Fast Track=20
Authorization;

WHEREAS, these trade agreements and policies are designed to help=20
multinational corporations gain access to the least expensive labor=20
around the world in order to pit us against the poor in the=20
developing world in a race to the bottom, competing over who will=20
accept the lowest wages and benefits and the most miserable working=20
conditions;

WHEREAS, we recognize that our fight is against multinational=20
corporations, not our brothers and sisters in other countries, and=20
that a fair trade policy can help both workers here and in developing=20
nations increase their standard of living;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Labor Party develop a new fair=20
trade policy and campaign that levels the playing field and makes=20
corporations, as well as governments, liable for adhering to the=20
following principles:

1. Rejection of NAFTA, WTO, MAI and all such "free" trade agreements .

2. Compliance by all governments and corporations with existing ILO=20
(International Labor Organization) conventions, particularly=20
Convention 138 banning child labor, Convention 87 on the right to=20
free and independent trade unions, and Convention 98 on the right to=20
collective bargaining.

3. No goods should enter this country unless the conditions of labor=20
producing those goods adhere to ILO conventions. For example, no=20
product should be allowed into the country that is made from child=20
labor. In addition, no product should be accepted into the country=20
that comes from countries or factories, in which workers do not have=20
the real right to organize or where those that do are intimidated,=20
threatened or coerced.

4. No goods should be allowed to enter this country unless they were=20
produced under conditions that adhere to a basic set of occupational=20
safety and health and environmental standards. We can't allow=20
products to enter the U.S that have been produced in ways that poison=20
workers or pollute the air,land and water.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the enforcement policy of the new fair=20
trade rules makes the corporation, as well as the government,=20
responsible and liable so that the corporation that owns the product=20
as it attempts to cross our borders should be made liable for how it=20
was produced - liable for the conditions of all the production and=20
subcontracting that went into the product. Not only would the goods=20
be confiscated, but also the corporations involved would be subject=20
to stiff fines.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these new rules must allow working people=20
to have the right to act so that we can become directly involved in=20
enforcement. Any group of workers or citizens should have to have the=20
right to investigate, present evidence and petition to remove goods=20
in violation.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we restate our commitment to promote a=20
strategy of international solidarity and cooperation with the labor=20
movement and labor parties in other nations through the exchange of=20
information, worker organizing, collective bargaining, and other=20
actions and strategies that demonstrate our commitment to work=20
together to confront the global attacks on our environment and living=20
and working conditions.

AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Labor Party develop the details=20
of such a policy and then wage a vigorous campaign of public=20
hearings, education among our constituent bodies, an intensive=20
training program for our cadres and that our education campaign be=20
extended to the community at large.

















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OWC CAMPAIGN NEWS - distributed by the Open World Conference in=20

Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F. Labor

Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.

To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to <<owc at igc.org> or=20

<<dwalters at lanset>. Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297.

(Please excuse any duplicate postings, and feel free to re-post.)=20

----------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-------------


IN THIS MESSAGE:


1) Introduction


2) Labor Party Press (Jan.-Feb. 2000 issue) Promotes OWC


3) Presentation by Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Party national organizer, to
Nov. 28 LP reception in Seattle


4) Letter from Chuck Mack, Teamster's Union international vice
president, to Labor Party Reception in Seattle


5) Labor Party Platform Against "Free Trade": Resolution on Just Trade
adopted at the November 1998 First Constitutional Convention of the
Labor Party in Pittsburgh, Penn.


***************************


1) Introduction


On Sunday, November 28, the Seattle chapter of the Labor Party hosted a
reception attended by 200 LP members and supporters. The keynote
speaker was Tony Mazzocchi, national organizer of the Labor Party.=20


The Labor Party was founded in June 1996 at a conference that gathered
1300 delegates from affiliated unions and chapters representing a total
membership of more than 1 million workers. In November 1998, the Labor
Party held its first constitutional convention in Pittsburgh, with 1450
delegates in attendance representing close to 1.5 million organized
workers.


Last summer, the National Council of the Labor Party voted to endorse
and build the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union
Independence and Democratic Rights, which will be held in San Francisco
on Feb. 11-14, 2000. On this occasion, the Golden Gate chapter of the
Labor Party and Labor Party national co-chair Baldemar Velasquez will
be hosting a reception at the Cathedral Hill Hotel, featuring leaders
of the Labor Party from across the country.


We are publishing in this email message a series of documents dealing
with the Labor Party's support for the OWC and its clear and principled
stance against "free trade" and "globalization." All subscribers to
this email list are invited to learn more about the Labor Party by
contacting the LP national office at P.O. Box 53177, Washington, D.C.
20009; Tel. (202) 234-5190 or fax (202) 234-5266.  You can also visit
the Labor Party's website at: www.igc.apc.org/lpa/ .


Subscribers to this email list in the San Francisco Bay Area can
contact the Golden Gate chapter of the Labor Party at  P.O. Box 423047,
San Francisco, CA 94142-3047, or tel. (650) 355-5329. The GGLP chapter
meets the first Thursday of every month at ILWU Local 6 (255 Ninth St.
in San Francisco, between Howard and Folsom).  The East Bay Labor Party
chapter can be contacted at P.O. Box 826, Berkeley, CA 94707, or tel.
(510) 273-9219.


**********


2) Labor Party Press (Jan.-Feb. 2000 issue) Promotes OWC


"February 11-14, 2000 Open World Conference Takes On Free Trade"


(Note: The following article appears in the January-February 2000 issue
of Labor Party Press, the official publication of the national Labor
Party which is published in Washington, D.C.)


Trade union leaders and activists from around the world will gather in
San

=46rancisco February 11-14, 2000, for the Open World Conference of
Workers in

Defense of Trade Union Independence and Democratic Rights (OWC). The

conference, which has been endorsed by the Labor Party, along with
trade

union federations, leaders, and activists in 74 countries, aims to
develop

strategies to combat corporate-sponsored "free trade" and to preserve

workers' hard-won gains.


'Death Struggle'


"We are in a death struggle against NAFTA and its deprivations and
against

the corporate 'free trade' agenda," says Jack Henning,
Secretary-Treasurer

Emeritus of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, and one of the

conference's conveners. "These issues strike at the heart of the labor

movement." The OWC is an effort by workers and their organizations to
"think

globally" about how to confront corporations that are pitting workers
in one

part of the world against workers in another in an effort to drive
down

wages.


International Longshore and Warehouse Union President Brian McWilliams,
a

Labor Party founding member, supplies an example of how this

divide-and-conquer strategy works. Sugar and pineapple workers in
Hawaii -

members of ILWU - were once "the best-paid agricultural workers in the

world," he says, producing the best product with the highest yield per
acre.

"But the competition from cheap foreign sugar, produced for
subsistence

wages with no environmental or labor standards and dumped on the world

market, drove most of the Hawaii producers out of business. And of
course,

it sent thousands of workers into unemployment with no means of finding
new

jobs in those rural communities. At the same time, those workers
producing

sugar overseas do not have the opportunity to share in the wealth.
Workers

on both sides lost."


Globalization with a Human Face?


President Clinton and other heads of state are pushing for what they
call

"globalization with a human face." They are trying to get unions to
endorse

their global trade schemes by promising "social pacts" or "roundtable

agreements" that at least nominally address worker rights issues.
These

efforts are a "ploy to try to make trade unions responsible for
carrying out

layoffs, downsizing, and the elimination of benefits," charges Labor
Party

Co-Chair Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing

Committee.


The "social pacts" will be a key issue discussed at the Open World

Conference. The gathering will also discuss sweatshops, child labor,
the

need to uphold the International Labor Organization's standards, and
the

effect of IMF and World Bank policies on Africa, Asia, and Latin
America.


The conference is open to all. Those who can't attend are encouraged to
send

a donation to help sponsor trade unionists from Africa, Asia, and
Latin

America.


=46or more information, contact OWC co-coordinators Ed Rosario and Mya
Shone

at 415-641-8616 or e-mail them at owc at igc.org <<mailto:owc at igc.org> .
Send

contributions to OWC, c/o San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin
St.,

Suite 203, San Francisco, CA 94109.


- Mya Shone and Ed Rosario


**********


3) Presentation by Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Party national organizer, to
Nov. 28 LP reception in Seattle, just prior to the WTO Ministerial
meeting


Dear Sisters and Brothers:


I am glad to bring greetings from the national Labor Party to all the
sisters and brothers from the world over who have united, probably for
the first time in a very long time, to attempt to prevent this
apocalypse of global privatization and domination of everything that
exists in the world.


This week is incredible: It is the first time the American people will
have ventilated this organization -- the World Trade Organization -
about which they know very little.


The very existence of the WTO, with all its ramifications, is the
reason we need a Labor Party. I am consistently amazed that my brothers
and sisters in the American labor movement, after all that has been
done to them, continue to support the very politicians who have brought
this about. I never cease to be amazed by the gullibility of folks who
should know better.


As I have reflected many times, if we had gone to the bargaining table
with the same niceties with which we go as the labor movement into the
political arena we'd probably still be making a nickel an hour. It's
just incredible that organized labor still buys the promises and
exhortations of the existing political order, when it so dramatically
clear that this order is responsible for the dramatic situation facing
American workers.


This evening we can say as we look around us that this is the beginning
of a new movement to take back the country. And this goes not only for
us in this country, but for workers all around the world who are
fighting to take back their countries.


The events happening this week pose for us the need to peel back this
layer of obfuscation about what the WTO is all about. Our task is to
reveal to the American people all the implications that are in store
for them with the WTO.


I am also involved with the Committee for Responsible Genetics, which
very few people might know about in the labor movement though many of
us in labor have been connected with that committee.


We are dealing not only with the privatization of the world and its
economies, but as the Committee has pointed out, the WTO would allow
the privatization of life forms itself. When you realize that the WTO
can impact the very life forms, it's astounding. This is something most
of us never thought we would ever envision.


We have the opportunity today to work with the diverse groups that have
come together in Seattle to fight the WTO to really reveal the nature
of the political parties that exist, as well as their role in
supporting and pushing through this corporate globalization.


I look at this week as an opportunity to vigorously protest the very
existence of the WTO, but also to let workers know about the platform
of the Labor Party. The Labor Party has made it clear that we are not
for reforming the WTO; we're for the elimination of the WTO.


I applaud the letter by Brother Chuck Mack that was read by Brother Ed
Rosario of the San Francisco Labor Council just moments ago. Brother
Mack's letter pulls no bones in his critique of labor's role in
relation to the WTO. [See letter below.]


The Labor Party is the only political alternative today, the only
mechanism we have to organize working people politically. And working
people are ready.=20


If we don't do it, you know what the ugly options are: The Pat
Buchanans of the world are going to do it. And they, of course, are not
an option of any sort for working people.


I look forward to being on the barricades with you this week. I think
this is a very important moment. Seattle gave birth at other moments in
our history to other movements. Seizing the world back from the global
corporations - that shot that is going to be heard around the world -
is going to be fired here in Seattle.


- Tony Mazzocchi


**********


4) Letter from Chuck Mack to Labor Party Reception in Seattle


TEAMSTERS' JOINT COUNCIL No. 7

250 Executive Park Blvd, Suite 3100

San Francisco, CA 94134 * (415) 467-7768


November 30,1999


Ms. Mya Shone and

Mr. Ed Rosario, Co-Coordinators

Open World Conference of Workers

In Defense of Trade Union Independence

and Democratic Rights

c/o San Francisco Labor Council

1188 Franklin St. #203

San Francisco, CA 94109


Dear Sister Shone and Brother Rosario:


My apologies for not being able to attend the Labor Party's Reception
at the WTO, but the press of business on behalf of our membership
necessitates my remaining in the Bay Area. I look forward to joining
you in protest against the WTO on Tuesday, November 30.


Teamsters are resolute in their opposition to NAFTA, GATT, Fast Track
and the WTO. The common denominator in Free Trade is a reduced standard
of living for workers and environmental degradation. The recent
endorsement of Al Gore by the AFL-CIO and the endorsement by John
Sweeney of the Clinton Trade Policy objectives at this WTO Meeting have
raised concerns that Labor has abandoned the trade issue.


We can't let that happen. The Labor Movement must remain steadfast in
support of a fair trade agenda, one that considers the needs of
workers, one that considers the environment and one that strives for a
fair distribution of goods and services.


I'm also pleased to advise that our organization has endorsed the Open
World Conference of Workers in Defense of Trade Union Independence and
Democratic Rights that will be held in San Francisco on February 11-14,
2000. It will afford a forum for Labor leaders and other activists to
join in opposition to the Free Trade Agenda being pressed so hard by
multinational corporations.


I wish you well at today's gathering. We appreciate the leadership

the Labor Party continues to provide on the Trade issue. I look

forward to seeing you soon.


Chuck Mack


President

Teamsters Joint Council No. 7


*******************


5) LABOR PARTY PLATFORM AGAINST "FREE TRADE"


(Note: Following is the Resolution Adopted by the Labor Party's First
Constitutional Convention (November 1998) in Support of Fair Trade)

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WHEREAS, transnational corporations have the support of the two major
parties to push anti-worker trade policies, treaties and treaty
organizations like NAFTA, GATT, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the
Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and Fast Track
Authorization;


WHEREAS, these trade agreements and policies are designed to help
multinational corporations gain access to the least expensive labor
around the world in order to pit us against the poor in the developing
world in a race to the bottom, competing over who will accept the
lowest wages and benefits and the most miserable working conditions;


WHEREAS, we recognize that our fight is against multinational
corporations, not our brothers and sisters in other countries, and that
a fair trade policy can help both workers here and in developing
nations increase their standard of living;


THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Labor Party develop a new fair trade
policy and campaign that levels the playing field and makes
corporations, as well as governments, liable for adhering to the
following principles:


1. Rejection of NAFTA, WTO, MAI and all such "free" trade agreements .


2. Compliance by all governments and corporations with existing ILO
(International Labor Organization) conventions, particularly Convention
138 banning child labor, Convention 87 on the right to free and
independent trade unions, and Convention 98 on the right to collective
bargaining.=20


3. No goods should enter this country unless the conditions of labor
producing those goods adhere to ILO conventions. For example, no
product should be allowed into the country that is made from child
labor. In addition, no product should be accepted into the country that
comes from countries or factories, in which workers do not have the
real right to organize or where those that do are intimidated,
threatened or coerced.=20


4. No goods should be allowed to enter this country unless they were
produced under conditions that adhere to a basic set of occupational
safety and health and environmental standards. We can't allow products
to enter the U.S that have been produced in ways that poison workers or
pollute the air,land and water.


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the enforcement policy of the new fair
trade rules makes the corporation, as well as the government,
responsible and liable so that the corporation that owns the product as
it attempts to cross our borders should be made liable for how it was
produced - liable for the conditions of all the production and
subcontracting that went into the product. Not only would the goods be
confiscated, but also the corporations involved would be subject to
stiff fines.


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these new rules must allow working people
to have the right to act so that we can become directly involved in
enforcement. Any group of workers or citizens should have to have the
right to investigate, present evidence and petition to remove goods in
violation.


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we restate our commitment to promote a
strategy of international solidarity and cooperation with the labor
movement and labor parties in other nations through the exchange of
information, worker organizing, collective bargaining, and other
actions and strategies that demonstrate our commitment to work together
to confront the global attacks on our environment and living and
working conditions.


AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Labor Party develop the details of
such a policy and then wage a vigorous campaign of public hearings,
education among our constituent bodies, an intensive training program
for our cadres and that our education campaign be extended to the
community at large.
















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MLUPDATE Vol.3, No. 1

CPI(ML) Condemns Police Firing in Ghazipur and Orissa

CPI(ML) has strongly condemned the brutal and unprovoked police firing on
the villagers at Khanpur in Ghazipur district of UP on 29 December 1999
killing Com. Ramesh, a CPI(ML) activist and Ram Jatan Bind, a local
villager. A Party delegation comprising Comrades Rajaram, Kumudini Pati, KK
Neogi and Himmat Singh met the NHRC on 3 Jan. 2000 and submitted a
memorandum demanding probe into the incident. The delegation also met the
Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh Government in Delhi on 4 Jan. and
handed over to him a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister of UP
demanding a high level enquiry into the incident, sacking of the Panchayati
Raj Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey, arrest of his cohorts Ramtej Pandey and
Pappoo Singh armed gang and also suspension and stern action against police
and administrative officials.

The Party has also strongly condemned the ghastly police firing on tribals
in Majhiguda village of Gajapati district in Orissa on 30 December 1999. A
two-member CPI(ML) investigation team led by Com. Dandapani Mohanti visited
the spot and found out that it was a case of land dispute between dalits
and adivasis, which was given communal colour by VHP and Bajrang Dal. In
the name of quelling the clash the police fired on the people killing 8 and
injuring 60. Party demanded a high level judicial enquiry into the firing,
suspension and arrest of police and administrative officials responsible
for the firing and proper compensation to the relatives of the killed
persons as well as to the injured.


>From Kargil to Kandahar: Exposure Trip of Shady Saffron Diplomacy

The hapless hostages and crew members of the hijacked IC 814 have finally
returned home. But the nation cannot forget the crisis by merely heaving a
sigh of relief. Close on the heels of the Kargil war, the Kandahar episode
has come as yet another classic example of the Vajpayee government's
comprehensive failure on the sensitive subject of national security.

What price has the country had to pay for securing this end to the
hijacking episode after one full week? The release of three top terrorists
is perhaps only the visible part of the deal. Among the invisible
components of the deal are the praises showered on the Taliban amounting to
a virtual recognition of the ruling establishment of Afghanistan. We can
also see the shadow of the invisible long hand of US imperialism. But
beyond the various cost components of the deal, the Vajpayee government has
also contributed to the shattering of several illusions concerning its
fabled strength and determination, and commitment to national honour.

The early bungling at the Raja Sansi airport of Amritsar exposed the
government's timidity to take on cross-country terrorism. By all accounts,
the hijackers were known not to possess any sophisticated weapon and any
government with necessary alertness and security preparedness could have
possibly prevented the hijackers from taking off from its own soil. For all
the rhetorics of Vajpayee and Advani about India's becoming a nuclear power
and an effective state under the saffron order, the hijacking has once
again exposed the vulnerability of the Indian state.

The humiliation of BJP's "proud and powerful" (nuclear-powered and
Hindutva-propelled!) nationalism at the altar of the much-demonised Islamic
terrorism was complete with the External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh
himself having to fly down to Kandahar to hand over the three released
terrorists (true to their characteristic hypocrisy, the saffron spokesmen
are of course claiming that he had gone there to receive the hostages!).
India's attempts to implicate Pakistan were also not taken seriously and
except routine low-key statements lamenting the hijacking India could not
enlist any global support in its so-called war against transnational
terrorism in spite of the fact that the hostages also included four
Japanese nationals and one US citizen. Clinton only chose this occasion to
remind the international community that Kashmir remained one of the most
dangerous issues in the new millennium! So much for India's claims to
success in the field of anti-terrorist diplomacy!

Having bungled at Amritsar and allowed the episode to linger for one full
week, the government was eventually left with little other option than
releasing three key terrorists including a British citizen, Ahmad Omar
Sayeed Sheikh. Had the government responded quickly it could have probably
secured an early end by releasing only the Harkat-ul-Mujahadeen cleric
Maulana Masood Azhar. But the government chose to await the American
response in the guise of UN intervention and the price only went up from
one to three terrorists. A humbled Vajpayee government is now trying to
cover up its unabashed display of wavering and weakness by mounting a
renewed jingoistic offensive against Pakistan. But given the cooperation
officially extended by the Pakistan's new regime and its declaration to
arrest the hijackers, India's anti-Pak campaign is unlikely to cut much ice
with the international community. Unfortunately, the opportunist Left has
taken upon itself the responsibility of advising the BJP government
precisely on how to intensify the campaign against Pakistan. The
revolutionary Left and other patriotic democratic forces must focus
primarily on pinning down the Vajpayee government on the many facets of its
internal failure and on the failure of its shady Kashmir diplomacy with the
United States.


State Wide Protest Against Ghazipur Police Firing

CPI(ML) observed state-wide protest day on 1st January 2000 against police
firing on villagers at Khanpur in district Ghazipur of UP on 29 December
1999, in which Party activist Dr. Ramesh and a villager Ram Janam Bind were
killed and several villagers were injured.

That day, around one hundred people led by Com. Akhilendra Pratap Singh
staged dharna at the office of DM Ghazipur. Similar dharnas was also there
at Chandauli, Varanasi and Ambedkar Nagar and also in front of the
Legislative Assembly in Lucknow, and at other places.

The incident that led to the police firing was murder of Dukhanti Bind of
Khanpur in Ghazipur district in UP by Harendra Singh of a nearby village
Belhari in the same PS. He was crushed under the motor cycle by Harendra on
26 December and died on 28 December. When on 29 December the dead body of
Dukhanti reached his village, Officer in Charge of Khanpur refused to enter
the FIR. The villagers placed the corpse on the road near the Police
Station and demanded arrest of Harendra Singh, who was roving over there.
The SDM present there told the villagers "stop the drama, take away the
corpse and you will get Rs.10,000.

Dr. Ramesh, 30, a Party cadre practising there, along with thousands of
villagers protested the SDM's offer. Belhari and Khanpur are Bind majority
villages who are under CPI(ML) influence. Infuriated with the protest the
OC of Khanpur PS caught Dr. Ramesh and started beating him. The villagers
protested and the police started lathicharge. By the time police belonging
to nearby Chakband P.S. of Jaunpur district had also reached. Together they
continued the lathicharged for two hours to chase away the villagers.

Then, suddenly the police opened fire, picking up Dr. Ramesh as its first
target. He was shot in the chest. He died while being taken away by the
villagers to the hospital. Another villager Ram Janam Bind also died on the
spot due to a bullet hit.

Before the firing, Ramtej Pandey, district representative of local BJP MLA
and Minister for Panchayati in UP Mahendra Nath Pandey, local mafia Pappu
Singh and his armed gang men had reached there. Ramtej Pandey provoked
police to open fire while riflemen of Pappoo gang fired along with the
police. Then again the police raided the house of Dr. Ramesh in the night
of 29 December, beat his pregnant wife and four brothers, broke the lockers
and took away the ornaments and other valuables from his house as well as
the houses of Dr. Ramesh's kinsmen. Villagers are being harassed even some
of them have left their home.

Now on the one hand a lie is being spread that police opened fire to save
the life of SDM, while the fact is that the police themselves set SDM's
jeep on fire. However, to quell further protest the police had to arrest
Harendra Singh on 30 December only to cover up their connivance with him.

A fact finding team led by Com. Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Party State
Secretary and comprising Party leaders Ambarish Rai, Ishwari Prasad, Mithai
Lal and Narendra Pandey visited the spot on 31 December. The same day an
all-party dharna was started before the office of District Magistrate,
demanding resignation of the main instigator of the firing Mahendra Nath
Pandey, Panchayati Raj minister of UP, immediate arrest of Ramtej Pandey,
his district representative and Pappoo singh along with his gang under
section 302. Police and administrative officials responsible for the firing
should be suspended and arrested and persecution of the villagers must be
stopped.

As the Govt. only proclaimed to institute judicial enquiry into the
incident, give off some compensation and suspend one or two policemen,
Party called for observing state-wide protest day considering these steps
as totally insufficient. Party has proclaimed to take joint initiative with
CPI and CPI(M) against police and feudal oppression and call upon all
anti-Congress anti-BJP forces to come forward against these forces.

The state level convention of Revolutionary Youth Association to be held on
18 January in Varanasi under the slogan "Dam bandho kam do" will also
discuss the steps to carry forward this movement.


AISA to Gherao
Parliament in April

To impart momentum to the nationwide movement against the saffron attack on
the education system, AISA will organise gherao of Parliament in April
2000. Thousands of students from colleges and universities in different
states will take part in it. Before this, conventions, seminars, marches,
dharnas and demonstrations will be organised in various universities in the
months of January, February and March. The decision to this effect was
taken at the National Council meeting held in Allahabad in December 1999.

In a major reorganisation decision, Com. Kavita Krishnan, student leader of
JNU was elected the new National President of AISA and Com. Sunil Yadav,
student leader of BHU was elected the new General Secretary. In another
decision, student leader of Bihar Com. Ranvijay was appointed national
secretary of AISA. The decision had to be taken because after providing
leadership to AISA for years, Com. V. Sankar and Com. Ranjit Abhigyan opted
to be relieved from their respective posts as National President and
General Secretary respectively. The two leaders will now take new
responsibilities in the political movement led by CPI(ML).

Workers' Rally in Mahu

Workers and employees brought out a bicycle rally on 26 December 1999 under
the banner of City Trade Union Council in Mahu in MP against price rise and
police terror. The rally passed through the main thoroughfares of the city
and ended in a meeting held at Kotwali Chowk, which was conducted by Com.
Suraj Dholi. Speakers called upon the workers to unite in the fight against
price rise and police terror.

RYA National Convention

Revolutionary Youth Association will hold a national convention on 21-22
January 2000 at Shaheed Chandrashekhar Hall in Ballia in UP under the
slogan "For Employment and National Dignity, Against Price Rise and
Communal Fascism". The conference will be inaugurated by Party General
Secretary Com. Dipankar Bhattacharya.


December 11 :

A New Awakening of the Working Class

(Below is the text of the editorial of ML Update Vol. I, No.17, published
on 16 December 1997. It was the last editorial Comrade Vinod Mishra wrote
for ML Update. It is being carried at the eve of the forthcoming AICCTU
National Executive meeting to be held on 15-16 January at Bokaro in Bihar.)

The national general strike sponsored by the Platform of Mass Organisations
was a resounding success in working class areas throughout the country. It
has even been described as the biggest political action of the workers
since independence. While this statement may be disputable, the
indisputable fact is that the working class solidarity and initiative on a
national scale was quite significant this time. In Delhi, thousands of
workers in Okhla industrial area marched under the banner of our trade
union centre AICCTU and ensured the success of the strike. Reports of such
initiatives are pouring in from other industrial centres as well.

Throwing off the mask of swadeshi, the BJP government is exhibiting its
pro-multinational face and its decision to open up the insurance sector to
international financial sharks forced its own trade union organisation --
the BMS -- to stage a protest march in Delhi. Grapevine has it that the
opening up of the insurance sector is the outcome of the highly
confidential Jaswant Singh-Talbot talks and is part of a bigger clandestine
deal to get American sanctions lifted.

United working class action of December 11 was a class action and therefore
it opens the way for their politicisation on a grand scale. Social
democrats would try hard to corrupt this rising class-consciousness by
rallying them behind the UF kind of opportunist political configurations.
We must resist this and strive to raise the solidarity of the working class
to higher levels so that it can rise as an independent political force.


Students Protest in A.P.

About a two dozen students organistions including the left-led ones
protested against the 11th round of Chandrababu Naidu's much hyped
Janmabhoomi programme on 3 January 2000 to oppose his pro-World Bank bias.
The students said that the Government was harming the interests of
unemployed youth by refusing to fill vacancies arising out of retirement
from Government service. The boycott action was participated in by large
number of students in various cities of Andhra Pradesh. In Cuddapah, the
students detained two dozen government buses parked on the campus. In
Hyderabad, about 20 student leades who raised slogans before the State
Secretariat, were arrested for defying prohibitory orders.


Did you know it, Sir?

Ever since the advent of new economic policy, our economic wizards are at
pains to convince us about foreign investment being the only genuine engine
that could haul the development carriage. How could one think of
development without foreign investment, they wondered. More foreign
investment, more progress. This was the key mantra, a dictum beyond
question. Nobody knew that even accelerated foreign investments may act as
a drain on our resources. However, as Ex-President of India Mr. R.
Venkataraman revealed in an article appearing in the recent issue of
"Mainstream", this was precisely the case with India. "In 1997-98 foreign
investments amounted to 5025 million dollars but the outflow on foreign
investments was 5081 million dollars in the same year."

Coupled with new economic policy was the phenomenon of tax reform. Fiscal
experts filled pages upon pages arguing that India had one of the harshest
kind of tax structure, in which businessmen were compelled to evade taxes.
Now after reform, where do we stand? In the same article Venkataraman
reveals that "The income tax rate at the highest slab, namely 30%, coupled
with over 100 exemptions is one of the lowest in the world." "All receipts
from shares, mutual funds, etc. are income but we have exempted them from
income tax." And then, what has been the gain from this lowering of tax
rates? Has the net tax revenue really increased in comparison to GDP?
Listen to Venkataraman again: "Direct tax in India as a percentage to the
GDP is 3% as compared with 25% in the developing ASIAN countries."
Venkataraman also notes that "The highest slab rate of income tax is the
same as 30% whether the income is Rs.1.5 lakh or 1.5 crore." Is this kind
of tax structure really in consonance with the phrase "socialistic kind of
society" that has still not been erased from the preamble of our Holy
Constitution?


BJP's Chennai Declaration : Farewell to Swadeshi

The year end National Executive meeting of the main ruling party BJP
convened at Chennai was principally aimed at reassuring the big business
and multinationals that it had really thrown overboard  the Swadeshi
economic plank and fully geared up to speedily implement the economic
reforms to suit to its new role as a "natural party of governance". To this
end it had planned to steal the limelight by hijacking the Congress
Manmohanamical plank lock, stock and barrel. Unluckily however, as a
Karnataka delegate aptly said, "the conference was mentally hijacked" by
the hijackers of IC 814.

Secondly, convened as it was in the wake of Kalyan Singh's exit from BJP,
who tried to re-invoke the Ram temple issue for his political restoration,
and subsequent proclamation by the BJP Chief Minister of UP Ram Prakash
Gupta that construction of Ram temple was on his government's agenda, the
National Executive meet at Chennai was most likely to reiterate the
moratorium it had imposed over issues that are considered basic by this
saffron party and contentious by its allies. Therefore the Chennai
Declaration (and not resolution) adopted at the national executive meet of
the BJP on 29 December called upon all party activists to understand that
"the BJP has no agenda other than the common agenda of the NDA." And so, a
proposal to set up a "national advisory council" for coordination between
the party and the Government was rejected on the plea that it would be seen
as a super body not fit for a coalition government.

Now what is this agenda for governance? Something just contrary to what BJP
pretended as its stand while it was in opposition. If it had stalled
reforms in the insurance sector during Narsimha Rao-Manmohan days, now it
is asking for "speeding up of reforms in insurance, banking and other
financial areas" to help reduce the cost of capital for Indian industry and
business. The BJP has assured the business community to "restrict
government role as only a policy maker and facilitator of development in
all areas except the strategic sectors such as defence and nuclear"; to
remove all "unnecessary controls  and procedural hurdles in the path of
Indian industry". The declaration also clears the use the disinvestment
route for a speedy reduction in national debt. Only two years back BJP was
very critical of disinvestment, equating it to the act of "selling the
family assets to meet the monthly bill". Further, it has promised to
rationalise subsidies. However, the declaration is silent on the need to
restrict foreign investment in the high-tech or infrastructural areas.

There has hardly been a single party document relating to economic policy
which has not denounced globalisation and the forcing of an economic agenda
on Indian by the WTO deadlines. However, now in the Chennai declaration the
party has welcomed the "positive response" from the opposition in respect
of the recently passed economic bills and it looked forward to the
opposition extending this cooperation further, presumably to comply with
WTO conditionality.

The only remnant of Swadeshi in the Chennai Declaration is a reference to
the need for implementing schemes with "cattle wealth protection", meaning
that cow slaughter should be banned. And this is what Advani wanted to
convey by saying that BJP had not deviated from its basic ideology of
nationalism. India's nationalism, according to Advani, is not geographic or
political but cultural, and BJP continues to swear by it. Once again BJP
rejected the thesis that India was a multi-national entity and emphasised
on a single national identity. Thus whatever you call the two factions
within the BJP, hawks and doves or pro-changers and no-changers, they are
one on the question of their umbilical chord connection to RSS. If in order
to establish their moderate credentials Advani reminds that his outfit had
even merged with JP movement in 1977, one must forget that these people
severed their links with JP precisely on the question of retaining RSS
membership. Chennai Declaration is thus being rightly seen only as a
tactical retreat, and not a genuine change of policy.





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Germany:
Udo Eisner, Health sector, former municipal city councillor (SPD) East Berlin
Tina Hauptmann, HBV, city councillor (SPD)
Horst Raupp, President, DGB Unterzent

Spain:
Aracelia Ortiz, Executive committee member, Workers' Commission (CCOO)
Jos? Miguel Villa, Executive committee member, General Union of Workers
(UGT)

Great Britain:
Ken Cameron, General Secretary , Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
John Hillon, National Executive, Bakers Union (BFAWU)
Ted Chard, Deputy Secretary General, Printers' Union (GPMU)
Doreen Mac Nally,Secretary, Women of the Waterfront, Liverpool Dockers
Tony Nelson, Shop Stewards Committee, Liverpool dockers
Mick Rix, General Secretary, Union of Travel Agents (ASLEF)
Steve Donelly, Secretary, Shop Steward Committee, Delco (Liverpool)
Arthur Scargill, General Secretary, Miners Union

Italy:
Lorenzo Varaldo, organizer, Teachers Union, UIL

Romania:
Constantin Cretan, Miners' Union
Marian Tudor, Chemical Union

Russia :
Dimitri Lobok, Teachers Union
Tamara Vedernikova, Metal Workers Union

Sweden :
Eva Pauli-Arkemo, SKTF
Reza Mansouri, Representative, Workers Council of Iran (exiled)
Bj?rn A. Borg, Representative, Swedish Dock Workers Union
Annika Gyllfors, SKTF

Yugoslavia:
Jacim Milunovic, Union of Cacak  Hotel and Food Workers

France:
Bernard Goursaud, Vice-president, MODEF (small farmers organization)
Fran?ois Chaintron, National Secretary, National Federation of Education and
Culture (FNEC)
Joachim Salamero, Executive Commission, CGT-FO
Jean-Paul Neau, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Maine-et-Loire
Patrick H?bert, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Loire-Atlantique
Marie-Edmonde Brunet, General Secretary, National Union of High School and
College Workers, CGT-FO (SNFOLC)
Jacques Girod, General Secretary, Union of Press Workers, CGT-FO (Paris)
Daniel Gluckstein National Secretary, Workers Party and Coordinator, ILC
Fran?ois Grandazzi, Chemical Workers Division, CGT-FO
Decailleux, General Secretary, Chemical workers division, CGT-FO
Marc H?bert, General Secretary, CGT-FO, Finist?re
Roger Sandri, former Secretary-Treasurer, CGT-FO
Mich?le Simonnin, Secretary General, National Federation of Personnel and
Service Workers of Provinces and Regions, CGT-FO

South Africa:
Lybon Mabasa, President, Socialist Party of Azania
Patric Mkhize, General Secretary, Azanian Workers Union
Philipine Makoma, Coordinator, Women's Commission, SOPA

Algeria:
Amar Takdjout, Executive Committee, Textile Workers Union, UGTA
Sadek Mechti, General Secretary, National Federation of Social Security
Workers, UGTA
Nouredine Bouderba, General Secretary, Petroleum Workers Union, ENGT
Louisa Hanoune, National Deputy, Workers Party

Benin:
Gaston Azoua,  General Secretary, CSTB

Burkina Faso:
Tol? Sagnon, General Secretary, CGT-B

Burundi:
Paul Nkunzimana, President, Executive Committee, STUB

Cameroon:
Beno?t Essiga, General Secretary, CSTC

Central Africa:
Patrice Zakaria, General Secretary, SNESCASU

Comores:
Ibouroi Ali, General Secretary, USTC

C?te-d'Ivoire:
Marcel Ette, General Secretary, FESACI
Fran?ois Yao, General Secretary, SYNASEG
Flan Zran-Senan, General Deputy Secretary, SYNASEG

Gabon:
Jean-Pierre Omanda, Executive Committee, CGSL

Ghana:
Kwesi Pratt Jr, Vice President, Peoples Convention

Guin?e Conakry:
Ibrahim Fofana, General Secretary, USTG

Madagascar:
Robert Ramandrisoa, General Deputy Secretary, SEMPIMA

Niger:
Garo Gado, Executive Committee, USTN

Rwanda:
J.-M.V. Nzabakurana, human rights activist

Senegal:
D.r Iba Ndiaye Diadji, General Secretary, CSA

Chad:
Gami N'Garmadjal, General Secretary, SET

Togo:
Norbert T?t?vi Gbikpi-B?nissan, General Secretary, UNSIT
Claude Am?ganvi, spokesperson, Workers Party

Bangladesh:
Tafazzul Hussain, President, Bangladesh National Workers Federation
Fazlul Hoque Ripon, International Relations Secretary (BJSF)
Iqbal Majumder, General Secretary, BJSF

Chine:
Cai Chonggo, representative, China Labour Bulletin
Liu Qing, human rights activist
Liu Nianchun, human rights activist

India:
Nambiath Vasudevan, General Secretary, Union of Blue Star Workers (Bombay)
Professor Babu Mathew Nagarbhavi, (Bangalore)
Tarakeshwar Chakravarti, General Secretary, All India Bank Employees
Association (Calcutta)
Hariharan Mahadevan, Deputy General Secretary, All India Trade Union
Confederation (Delhi)

Indonesia:
Rekson Silaban, International Relations Secretary, SBSI

Pakistan:
Gulzar Ahmad Chaudry, General Secretary, All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
Rubina Jamil, President, APTUF; chair Working Women's Organization
Nasir Gulzar, President, Organization of Progressive Youth

Sri Lanka
Anton Marcus, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union
Sampath Predeep Vithanage, Representative, Association of Workers of the
Free Trade Zones
Vasudeva Nanayakara, member of Parliament

Vietnam:
Nguyen Binh, Representative, Committee for the Defense of Workers Rights

Brazil:
Julio Turra, Executive Committee, CUT
Renato Simoes, Deputy, Sao Paolo State (PT)
Ivo Jose, Deputy, Minas Gerais,  PT
Jose Dirceu de Oliveira, President, Workers Party-Brazil
Antonio Carlos Spis, Executive Committee, CUT
Jorge Luiz Martins, National Secretary for Union Politics, CUT
Nadia Raad Moreno, leader, Petroleum Workers Union-Rio de Janeiro
(Sindipetro)
Jos? Carlos Oliveira Costa, leader, Union of Professors, ABC (Sao Paulo)
Paulo Ostrosky, leader, Union of Professors, ABC (Sao Paulo)
Edison Cardoni, member of the  Brasilia leadership, Workers Party
Laercio Damaceno Barbosa, member of the  Rio Grande do Sul leadership,
Workers Party
Maristela Maffei, Municipal Councillor, Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), PT
Joao Clair Pereira, leader, Electrical Workers Union (Rio Grande do Sul)
Darci Juarez de Campos, Graphic Workers Union (Rio Grande do Sul)
Lourival Pereira, President, Union of Administrative Workers (Sagers) (Rio
Grande do Sul)
Juarez Pinheiro, Municipal Councillor,  PT, Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
Bia Pardi, member of the Workers Party leadership Sao Paulo

Guadeloupe:
Clavier Gaby, General Secretary, UGTG
Patrick Gustave, leader, Union of Peasants

Ha?ti
Ronald Saint-Jean, International Relations Secretary, CGT-H

Venezuela :
Pablo Medina, General Secretary, PPT, member of the Constituent  Assembly
Froilan Barrios, leader Constituent Front of Workers of Zuia, Constituent
Assembly

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From etehdachap at hotmail.com  Tue Jan 11 04:53:02 2000
From: etehdachap at hotmail.com (etehdachap at hotmail.com)
Date: 11 Jan 2000 04:53:02
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Join the protests against  the visit of Iran's foreign minister .

The British government is playing host to the foreign minister of Iran's 
Islamic Republic at a time when demonstrations and opposition to the regime, 
inside Iran are gaining momentum daily. On the 3rd  and 4th  January, 
residents of Charlangeh district in Islamshahr, a shanty town  south-west of 
Tehran, poor migrants from Iran's impoverished rural areas,  blocked the 
Tehran-Saveh highway in protest at poor living conditions, lack of drinking 
water, unemployment and poverty. On the 6th of Jan  in Ramhormoz  ( In 
Khuzestan province) crowds attacked a police station and government offices 
demanding basic services, such as clean water and jobs . On both occasions 
the Iranian regime's answer was to deploy  Islamic guards, the army and the 
police to suppress the demonstration.
In Tabriz the Azeri population , impatient of any amelioration of the 
situation in Iran are seeking refuge in nationalism, risking arrest and 
confrontation with the police on  the 6th and 7th of Jan  and in Tehran 
youth and the women are expressing their  anger at the constant interference 
of the religious establishment in their private lives. Last week thousands 
gathered to plea clemency for a 17-year-old accused of stabbing Islamic 
militiamen.  These protests are against various aspects of dictatorship 
imposed by a government of corrupt clerics , a regime whose 'reformist' 
faction has presided in the last year alone over at least 5 executions by 
death squads associated with its ministry of Intelligence.
Mr Kharazzi is foreign minister to a government whose ministry of 
Intelligence admits  the participation of its 'rogue agents '  in the 
activities of death squads then claims that the main suspect , a deputy 
minister of intelligence has "committed suicide" in prison , making it 
difficult for the government to pursue the matter further ! A year after the 
death of 5 Iranian intellectuals and writers ( Parvaneh and Daryush 
Forouhar, Pouyandeh, Mokhatari, Sharif) there is no sign of any progress in 
the "official"  investigation of these crimes.
As far as Iran is concerned , New Labour's "ethical foreign policy" has 
meant making economic deals with a criminal Islamic government  , turning a 
blind eye on human rights abuses by a medieval regime who on the first day 
of the new millennium intended to hang a17 year old boy  for refusing to 
obey its religious dictate.

Workers Left Unity Iran condemns the  invitation issued  to Kharazzi and 
reaffirms its call for an International independent tribunal of the leaders 
of the Islamic regime responsible for crimes against  the peoples of Iran.

Co-ordinating Committee of Workers Left Unity - Iran
10 Jan 1999
email  : info at etehadchap.com
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<br>Join the protests against&nbsp; the visit of Iran's foreign minister .
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<br>The British government is playing host to the foreign minister of Iran's Islamic Republic at a time when demonstrations and opposition to the regime, inside Iran are gaining momentum daily. On the 3rd&nbsp; and 4th&nbsp; January, residents of Charlangeh district in Islamshahr, a shanty town&nbsp; south-west of Tehran, poor migrants from Iran's impoverished rural areas,&nbsp; blocked the Tehran-Saveh highway in protest at poor living conditions, lack of drinking water, unemployment and poverty. On the 6th of Jan&nbsp; in Ramhormoz&nbsp; ( In Khuzestan province) crowds attacked a police station and government offices demanding basic services, such as clean water and jobs . On both occasions the Iranian regime's answer was to deploy&nbsp; Islamic guards, the army and the police to suppress the demonstration.
<br>In Tabriz the Azeri population , impatient of any amelioration of the situation in Iran are seeking refuge in nationalism, risking arrest and confrontation with the police on&nbsp; the 6th and 7th of Jan&nbsp; and in Tehran youth and the women are expressing their&nbsp; anger at the constant interference of the religious establishment in their private lives. Last week thousands gathered to plea clemency for a 17-year-old accused of stabbing Islamic militiamen.&nbsp; These protests are against various aspects of dictatorship imposed by a government of corrupt clerics , a regime whose 'reformist' faction has presided in the last year alone over at least 5 executions by death squads associated with its ministry of Intelligence.
<br>Mr Kharazzi is foreign minister to a government whose ministry of Intelligence admits&nbsp; the participation of its 'rogue agents '&nbsp; in the activities of death squads then claims that the main suspect , a deputy minister of intelligence has &quot;committed suicide&quot; in prison , making it difficult for the government to pursue the matter further ! A year after the death of 5 Iranian intellectuals and writers ( Parvaneh and Daryush Forouhar, Pouyandeh, Mokhatari, Sharif) there is no sign of any progress in the &quot;official&quot;&nbsp; investigation of these crimes.
<br>As far as Iran is concerned , New Labour's &quot;ethical foreign policy&quot; has meant making economic deals with a criminal Islamic government&nbsp; , turning a blind eye on human rights abuses by a medieval regime who on the first day of the new millennium intended to hang a17 year old boy&nbsp; for refusing to obey its religious dictate.
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<br>Workers Left Unity Iran condemns the&nbsp; invitation issued&nbsp; to Kharazzi and reaffirms its call for an International independent tribunal of the leaders of the Islamic regime responsible for crimes against&nbsp; the peoples of Iran.
<br>
<br>Co-ordinating Committee of Workers Left Unity - Iran
<br>10 Jan 1999
<br>email&nbsp; : info at etehadchap.com
<br>http://www.etehadchap.com
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In This Message:

1) We Need Your Assistance in Demanding that the White House and Justice
     Department Receive the International Delegation for Mumia Abu-Jamal

2) Revised first list of international participants in Open World Conference

3) Visit our new web page at: www.geocities.com/owc_2000 .

**********

1) Emergency Appeal to Support International Delegation Demanding a
    New and Fair Trial for Mumia

January 11, 2000
Washington, D.C.

Contact Persons: Jerry Gordon and Pam Africa=20


Members of parliaments and legislative bodies from several countries, joined
by union leaders and human rights activists, will assemble in Washington,
D.C. on January 12 as part of an international delegation to ask President
Clinton to stop the threatened execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mr. Abu-Jamal i=
s
 an African American radio journalist, who has been on death row in a
Pennsylvania prison for 18 years following his 1982 conviction for killing a
police officer.

The January 12 delegation includes the following people:

* Jean-Pierre Aranega (France, trade union official, Postal Workers Union)
* Jose Arbex (Brazil, Journalist, Herzog Award of Journalists)
* Roger Bareil (France, trade union official, National Energy Workers Union)
* Carla Boulboulle (Germany, Former Member of Parliament, Editor, Soziale
    Politik & Demokratie)
* Manuel Camara (Spain, Senator)
* John Conyers (United States, Member of U.S. House of Representatives)
* Jeremy Corbyn (Great Britain, Member of Parliament)
* Jean-Luc Ega (Martinique, Deputy-Mayor of Sainte-Anne)
* Walter Fauntroy (United States, Director, National Black Leadership
   Round Table)
* Daniel Gluckstein (France, Coordinator, International Liaison Committee)
* Dick Gregory (United States, Human Rights Activist)
* Georges Hage (France, Vice President, Foreign Affairs Commission,
   National Assembly)
* Carlsten Huebner (Germany, Member of Parliament)
* Martin Luther King III (United States. President, Southern Christian
   Leadership Conference)
* Joe Madison (United States, Radio Journalist)
* Patrick Mkezi (South Africa, President, Azanian Workers Union)
* Lindsay McLaughlin (United States, Legislative Director, ILWU)
* Rev. Randall Osborne (United States, Executive Vice President, Southern
   Christian Leadership Conference)
* Martha Osamor (Great Britain, Coordinator, Race Relations Committee,
   Trade Union Congress)
* Jean-Claude Roujeau (France, Professor of Medicine)
* Eduardo Suplicy (Brazil, Senator, State of Sao Paulo)
* Baldemar Velasquez (United States, President, Farm Labor Organizing
   Committee, AFL-CIO)
* Alisa Wilkins (United States, National Vice President, Lawyers Guild)

As of this writing, despite countless phone calls and letters to the=20
White House
and Justice Department by the delegation coordinators- and despite repeated
appeals from the Foreign Ministries of France and other countries -=20
there is still
no official confirmation that this high-level delegation will be received by
officials at the White House and Justice Department.

In the event that neither the White House nor the Justice Department receive
the delegation, members of the group from the United States are prepared to
take arrest at the White House. It is appalling that after weeks of=20
solicitation,
the administration has refused to receive these visitors, especially=20
when it has a
long-time record of welcoming delegations of bankers, corporation executive
and big political contributors. The delegation members from the United State=
s
believe they have no choice but to insist on being received by the White Hou=
se
and Justice Department -- to the point of being arrested.

What You Can Do to Help:

We urge all supporters of democratic rights to call the White House and
Justice Department to insist that they receive the delegation on January 12.

Please call:

White House:
Attention: Carrie Street
Executive Secretary
(202) 456-1414, extension 3

Justice Department
Attorney General's Office
Attention: Cheryl Montgomery
(202) 514-4195.

Please send us a note to inform us if you made this call. This is=20
very important. We
need to have a tally of the number of people who issued these protest=20
calls. Please send
your notes to <owc at igc.org>.

Thank you for supporting the efforts of this delegation. Together we will
make a statement that demonstrates how deeply the feeling is all over=20
the world  that a
terrible injustice is being committed here and that people of conscience mus=
t
speak out now to stop it.

=46or a New and Fair Trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal!
Stop the Execution!
Justice for Mumia!

**********

2) INITIAL LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS IN
OPEN WORLD CONFERENCE (REVISED)

Note: Following is the revised first list of international=20
participants in the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union=20
Independence and Democratic Rights, which will be held in San=20
=46rancisco on Feb. 11-14, 2000. This list is still incomplete. The=20
delegations from numerous countries have yet to send in their final=20
delegate lists. Among the countries that will be sending delegations=20
(and that are not listed below) are the following: Mexico, Canada,=20
Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Hungary, Ireland,=20
Norway, Finland

GERMANY:
Udo Eisner, Health sector, former municipal city councillor (SPD) East Berli=
n
Tina Hauptmann, HBV, city councillor (SPD)
Horst Raupp, President, DGB Unterzent
Elke Falk, Trade union, =D6TV (hospital sector), Berlin
Carla Boulboull=E9, Editorial board, SOPODE, former SPD Deputy, Land NRW
Karlheinz Gerhold, Trade unionist, =D6TV, Executive Board AfA-SPD in=20
Halle and the Land of Saxe-Anhalt
Heinz Werner Schuster, Trade unionist =D6TV, Executive Board AfA/SPD in=20
D=FCsseldorf
Michael Altmann, Steward =D6TV, Executive Board AfA/SPD in Land of Hesse

BELGIUM:
Olivier Horman, Trade unionist, public service sector

SPAIN:
Aracelia Ortiz, Executive committee member, Workers' Commission (CCOO)
Jos=E9 Miguel Villa, Executive committee member, General Union of Workers
(UGT)
Representative of the POSI


GREAT BRITAIN:
Ken Cameron, General Secretary, Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
John Hillon, National Executive, Bakers Union (BFAWU)
Ted Chard, Deputy Secretary General, Printers' Union (GPMU)
Doreen MacNally, Secretary, Women of the Waterfront, Liverpool Dockers
Tony Nelson, Trade unionist, Liverpool dockers
Mick Rix, General Secretary, Union of Travel Agents (ASLEF)
Steve Donelly, Secretary, Shop Steward Committee, Delco (Liverpool)
Arthur Scargill, General Secretary, Miners Union
Martha Osamor, Member of the Labour Party, Race Relations Committee=20
of the Trade Union Congress
John Handy, Labor attorney (lawyer for the families of the Paddington victim=
s)
Stefan Cholewka, Member of the Labour Party, editor of The Link
Jean-Pierre Barrois, University professor, International Liaison=20
Committee for a Workers' International

ITALY:
Lorenzo Varaldo, organizer, UIL teachers Union

PORTUGAL:
Manuel Batista, Trade unionist, SGLP teachers' union

ROMANIA:
Constantin Cretan, Miners' Union
Marian Tudor, Chemical Union

RUSSIA:
Dimitri Lobok, Teachers Union
Tamara Vedernikova, Metal Workers Union

Denmark:
Per Sorensen, Trade unionist

SWEDEN:
Eva Pauli-Arkemo, SKTF
Reza Mansouri, Representative, Workers Council of Iran (exiled)
Bj=F6rn A. Borg, Representative, Swedish Dock Workers Union
Annika Gyllfors, SKTF

SWITZERLAND:
Luc Delay, Trade unionist
Courvoisier, Deputy, Socialist Party
Michel Winter, Deputy, Socialist Party

SLOVAKIA
Milan Sidor, Trade unionist

CZECH REPUBLIC:
Ivan M=FCller, Trade unionist, university sector

YUGOSLAVIA:
Jacim Milunovic, Union of Cacak  Hotel and Food Workers
Pavlusko Imsirovic, Trade unionist


=46RANCE: (* for id only)
Bernard Goursaud, Vice-president, MODEF (small farmers organization) *
=46ran=E7ois Chaintron, National Secretary, National Federation of Education=
 and
Culture (FNEC) *
Joachim Salamero, Executive Commission, CGT-FO*
Jean-Paul Neau, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Maine-et-Loire *
Patrick H=E9bert, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Loire-Atlantique *
Marie-Edmonde Brunet, General Secretary, National Union of High School and
College Workers, CGT-FO (SNFOLC)
Jacques Girod, General Secretary, Union of Press Workers, CGT-FO (Paris) *
Daniel Gluckstein National Secretary, Workers Party and Coordinator, ILC
Marc H=E9bert, General Secretary, CGT-FO, Finist=E8re *
Mich=E8le Simonnin, Secretary General, National Federation of Personnel and
Service Workers of Provinces and Regions, CGT-FO *
Claude Fortin, Trade unionist, press sector
Jean-Charles Marquiset, Trade unionist CGT, editor of the Communist=20
Resistance bulletin
Christian Eyschen, General Secretary, Libre Pens=E9e
Philippe Besson, National leadership, Libre Pens=E9e
Olivier Doriane, Committee for the Abrogation of the Maastricht Treaty
Marc H=E9bert, General Secretary, CGT-FO Department of Finist=E8re *
Pierre Lambert, Workers Party
Mich=E8le Simonnin, General Secretary, National Federation of Public=20
Service Workers Union, CGT-FO *
Louisa Jan, Trade unionist, CGT
Nicole Lochouarn, Trade unionist, CGT
Patrice Sifflet, Trade unionist
Dan Moutot, Workers Party

SOUTH AFRICA/AZANIA:
Lybon Mabasa, President, Socialist Party of Azania
Patric Mkhize, General Secretary, Azanian Workers Union
Philipine Makoma, Coordinator, Women's Commission, SOPA

ALGERIA:
Amar Takdjout, Executive Committee, Textile Workers Union, UGTA
Sadek Mechti, General Secretary, National Federation of Social Security
Workers, UGTA
Nouredine Bouderba, General Secretary, Petroleum Workers Union, ENGT

BENIN:
Gaston Azoua,  General Secretary, CSTB

BURKINA FASO:
Tol=E9 Sagnon, General Secretary, CGT-B

BURUNDI:
Paul Nkunzimana, President, Executive Committee, STUB

CAMEROON:
Beno=EEt Essiga, General Secretary, CSTC

CENTRAL AFRICA:
Patrice Zakaria, General Secretary, SNESCASU

COMORES:
Ibouroi Ali, General Secretary, USTC

COTE D'IVOIRE (Ivory Coast):
Marcel Ette, General Secretary, FESACI
=46ran=E7ois Yao, General Secretary, SYNASEG
=46lan Zran-Senan, General Deputy Secretary, SYNASEG

GABON:
Jean-Pierre Omanda, Executive Committee, CGSL

GHANA:
Kwesi Pratt Jr, Vice President, Peoples Convention

GUINEA CONAKRY:
Ibrahim Fofana, General Secretary, USTG

MADAGASCAR:
Robert Ramandrisoa, General Deputy Secretary, SEMPIMA

NIGER:
Garo Gado, Executive Committee, USTN

RWANDA:
J.-M.V. Nzabakurana, human rights activist

SENEGAL:
Dr. Iba Ndiaye Diadji, General Secretary, CSA

CHAD:
Gami N'Garmadjal, General Secretary, SET

TOGO:
Norbert T=E9t=E9vi Gbikpi-B=E9nissan, General Secretary, UNSIT
Claude Am=E9ganvi, spokesperson, Workers Party

BANGLADESH:
Tafazzul Hussain, President, Bangladesh National Workers Federation
=46azlul Hoque Ripon, International Relations Secretary (BJSF)
Iqbal Majumder, General Secretary, BJSF

CHINA:
Cai Chongguo, representative, China Labour Bulletin
Liu Qing, human rights activist
Liu Nianchun, human rights activist

KOREA:
Serafina, Trade unionist

INDIA:
Nambiath Vasudevan, General Secretary, Union of Blue Star Workers (Bombay)
Prof. Babu Mathew Nagarbhavi, (Bangalore)
Tarakeshwar Chakravarti, General Secretary, All India Bank Employees
Association (Calcutta)
Hariharan Mahadevan, Deputy General Secretary, All India Trade Union
Confederation (Delhi)

INDONESIA:
Rekson Silaban, International Relations Secretary, SBSI

PAKISTAN:
Gulzar Ahmad Chaudry, General Secretary, All Pakistan Trade Union Federation
Rubina Jamil, President, APTUF; chair Working Women's Organization
Nasir Gulzar, President, Organization of Progressive Youth

SRI LANKA:
Anton Marcus, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union
Sampath Predeep Vithanage, Representative, Association of Workers of the
=46ree Trade Zones
Vasudeva Nanayakara, member of Parliament

VIETNAM:
Nguyen Binh, Representative, Committee for the Defense of Workers Rights

BRAZIL:
Julio Turra, National Executive Committee, CUT (Unified Workers Federation)
Renato Simoes, Deputy, Sao Paolo State (PT/Workers Party)
Ivo Jose, Deputy, Minas Gerais, PT
Jose Dirceu de Oliveira, President, Workers Party of Brazil (PT)
Antonio Carlos Spis, Executive Committee, CUT
Jorge Luiz Martins, National Secretary for Union Politics, CUT
Nadia Raad Moreno, leader, Petroleum Workers Union-Rio de Janeiro
(Sindipetro)
Jos=E9 Carlos Oliveira Costa, leader, Union of Professors, ABC (Sao Paulo)
Paulo Ostrosky, leader, Union of Professors, ABC (Sao Paulo)
Edison Cardoni, member of the  Brasilia leadership, Workers Party
Laercio Damaceno Barbosa, member of the  Rio Grande do Sul leadership,
Workers Party
Maristela Maffei, Municipal Councillor, Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), PT
Joao Clair Pereira, leader, Electrical Workers Union (Rio Grande do Sul)
Darci Juarez de Campos, Graphic Workers Union (Rio Grande do Sul)
Lourival Pereira, President, Union of Administrative Workers (Sagers) (Rio
Grande do Sul)
Juarez Pinheiro, Municipal Councillor,  PT, Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
Bia Pardi, member of the Workers Party leadership Sao Paulo
Teresa Lajolo, Representative, ILC-Brazil
Roque Ferreira, National Workers Federation
Jos=E9 Gomez, Forum in Defense of the ILO Conventions (Rio G. do Sul)
Milton Barbosa, MNU (Black Unified Movement)Luis. Eduardo Greenhalgh,=20
National Executive Committee, PT, Alternate Federal Deputy, SP


GUADELOUPE:
Clavier Gaby, General Secretary, UGTG trade union federation
Patrick Gustave, leader, Union of Peasants

HAITI:
Ronald Saint-Jean, International Relations Secretary, CGT-H

MARTINIQUE:
Jacqueline Petitot, Editor, Alliance ouvri=E8re et paysanne


VENEZUELA:
Pablo Medina, General Secretary, PPT, member of the Constituent Assembly
=46roilan Barrios, Executive Committee, Constituent Front of Workers of=20
Zulia, Member of the Constituent Assembly
Nicolas Maduro, Executive Committee, Metro Workers Union, Member 5th=20
Republic Movement, Constituent Assembly
Giuseppe Raspa, Executive Committee, Constituent Front of Workers of Zulia
Jacobo Torres, Executive Committee, National Workers Front

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Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F.
Labor

Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.

To UNSUSCRIBE from this list, send a message to <<owc at igc.org> or

<<owc at energy-net.org>. Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297

(Please excuse duplicate postings, and please feel free to re-post.)

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-------------------


<fontfamily><param>Times</param>In This Message:


1) We Need Your Assistance in Demanding that the White House and
Justice

     Department Receive the International Delegation for Mumia
Abu-Jamal


2) Revised first list of international participants in Open World
Conference


3) Visit our new web page at:
</fontfamily>www.geocities.com/owc_2000<fontfamily><param>Times</param>
=2E.


**********


1) Emergency Appeal to Support International Delegation Demanding a

    New and Fair Trial for Mumia


January 11, 2000

Washington, D.C.


Contact Persons: Jerry Gordon and Pam Africa                          =20
                                                                      =20
                   =20

                                                                      =20
     =20

Members of parliaments and legislative bodies from several countries,
joined=20

by union leaders and human rights activists, will assemble in
Washington,=20

D.C. on January 12 as part of an international delegation to ask
President=20

Clinton to stop the threatened execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mr.
Abu-Jamal is=20

 an African American radio journalist, who has been on death row in a=20

Pennsylvania prison for 18 years following his 1982 conviction for
killing a=20

police officer.


The January 12 delegation includes the following people:


* Jean-Pierre Aranega (France, trade union official, Postal Workers
Union)

* Jose Arbex (Brazil, Journalist, Herzog Award of Journalists)

* Roger Bareil (France, trade union official, National Energy Workers
Union)

* Carla Boulboulle (Germany, Former Member of Parliament, Editor,
Soziale=20

    Politik & Demokratie)

* Manuel Camara (Spain, Senator)

* John Conyers (United States, Member of U.S. House of
Representatives)

* Jeremy Corbyn (Great Britain, Member of Parliament)

* Jean-Luc Ega (Martinique, Deputy-Mayor of Sainte-Anne)

* Walter Fauntroy (United States, Director, National Black Leadership=20

   Round Table)

* Daniel Gluckstein (France, Coordinator, International Liaison
Committee)

* Dick Gregory (United States, Human Rights Activist)

* Georges Hage (France, Vice President, Foreign Affairs Commission,=20

   National Assembly)

* Carlsten Huebner (Germany, Member of Parliament)

* Martin Luther King III (United States. President, Southern Christian

   Leadership Conference)

* Joe Madison (United States, Radio Journalist)=20

* Patrick Mkezi (South Africa, President, Azanian Workers Union)

* Lindsay McLaughlin (United States, Legislative Director, ILWU)

* Rev. Randall Osborne (United States, Executive Vice President,
Southern=20

   Christian Leadership Conference)

* Martha Osamor (Great Britain, Coordinator, Race Relations Committee,

   Trade Union Congress)

* Jean-Claude Roujeau (France, Professor of Medicine)

* Eduardo Suplicy (Brazil, Senator, State of Sao Paulo)

* Baldemar Velasquez (United States, President, Farm Labor Organizing=20

   Committee, AFL-CIO)

* Alisa Wilkins (United States, National Vice President, Lawyers
Guild)


As of this writing, despite countless phone calls and letters to the
White House=20

and Justice Department by the delegation coordinators- and despite
repeated=20

appeals from the Foreign Ministries of France and other countries -
there is still

no official confirmation that this high-level delegation will be
received by=20

officials at the White House and Justice Department.


In the event that neither the White House nor the Justice Department
receive

the delegation, members of the group from the United States are
prepared to

take arrest at the White House. It is appalling that after weeks of
solicitation,

the administration has refused to receive these visitors, especially
when it has a=20

long-time record of welcoming delegations of bankers, corporation
executive

and big political contributors. The delegation members from the United
States

believe they have no choice but to insist on being received by the
White House

and Justice Department -- to the point of being arrested.


What You Can Do to Help:


We urge all supporters of democratic rights to call the White House
and

Justice Department to insist that they receive the delegation on
January 12.


Please call:


White House:

Attention: Carrie Street

Executive Secretary

(202) 456-1414, extension 3


Justice Department

Attorney General's Office

Attention: Cheryl Montgomery

(202) 514-4195.


Please send us a note to inform us if you made this call. This is very
important. We

need to have a tally of the number of people who issued these protest
calls. Please send

your notes to <<owc at igc.org>.


Thank you for supporting the efforts of this delegation. Together we
will

make a statement that demonstrates how deeply the feeling is all over
the world  that a=20

terrible injustice is being committed here and that people of
conscience must=20

speak out now to stop it.


=46or a New and Fair Trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Stop the Execution!

Justice for Mumia!


**********


<bold>2) INITIAL LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS IN

OPEN WORLD CONFERENCE (REVISED)


Note: </bold>Following is the revised first list of international
participants in the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union
Independence and Democratic Rights, which will be held in San Francisco
on Feb. 11-14, 2000. This list is still incomplete. The delegations
from numerous countries have yet to send in their final delegate lists.
Among the countries that will be sending delegations (and that are not
listed below) are the following: Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, El
Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Finland


<bold>GERMANY:

Udo Eisner</bold>, Health sector, former municipal city councillor
(SPD) East Berlin

<bold>Tina Hauptmann</bold>, HBV, city councillor (SPD)

<bold>Horst Raupp</bold>, President, DGB Unterzent

<bold>Elke Falk</bold>, Trade union, =D6TV (hospital sector), Berlin

<bold>Carla Boulboull=E9</bold>, Editorial board, SOPODE, former SPD
Deputy, Land NRW

<bold>Karlheinz Gerhold</bold>, Trade unionist, =D6TV, Executive Board
AfA-SPD in Halle and the Land of Saxe-Anhalt

<bold>Heinz Werner Schuster</bold>, Trade unionist =D6TV, Executive Board
AfA/SPD in D=FCsseldorf

<bold>Michael Altmann</bold>, Steward =D6TV, Executive Board AfA/SPD in
Land of Hesse


<bold>BELGIUM:

Olivier Horman</bold>, Trade unionist, public service sector


<bold>SPAIN:

Aracelia Ortiz</bold>, Executive committee member, Workers' Commission
(CCOO)

<bold>Jos=E9 Miguel Villa</bold>, Executive committee member, General
Union of Workers

(UGT)

<bold>Representative</bold> of the POSI



<bold>GREAT BRITAIN:

Ken Cameron</bold>, General Secretary, Fire Brigades Union (FBU)

<bold>John Hillon</bold>, National Executive, Bakers Union (BFAWU)

<bold>Ted Chard</bold>, Deputy Secretary General, Printers' Union
(GPMU)

<bold>Doreen MacNally</bold>, Secretary, Women of the Waterfront,
Liverpool Dockers

<bold>Tony Nelson</bold>, Trade unionist, Liverpool dockers

<bold>Mick Rix</bold>, General Secretary, Union of Travel Agents
(ASLEF)

<bold>Steve Donelly</bold>, Secretary, Shop Steward Committee, Delco
(Liverpool)

<bold>Arthur Scargill</bold>, General Secretary, Miners Union

<bold>Martha Osamor</bold>, Member of the Labour Party, Race Relations
Committee of the Trade Union Congress

<bold>John Handy</bold>, Labor attorney (lawyer for the families of the
Paddington victims)

<bold>Stefan Cholewka</bold>, Member of the Labour Party, editor of
<italic>The Link

</italic><bold>Jean-Pierre Barrois</bold>, University professor,
International Liaison Committee for a Workers' International


<bold>ITALY:

Lorenzo Varaldo</bold>, organizer, UIL teachers Union


<bold>PORTUGAL:

Manuel Batista</bold>, Trade unionist, SGLP teachers' union


<bold>ROMANIA:

Constantin Cretan</bold>, Miners' Union

<bold>Marian Tudor</bold>, Chemical Union


<bold>RUSSIA:

Dimitri Lobok</bold>, Teachers Union

<bold>Tamara Vedernikova</bold>, Metal Workers Union


<bold>Denmark:

Per Sorensen</bold>, Trade unionist


<bold>SWEDEN:

Eva Pauli-Arkemo</bold>, SKTF

<bold>Reza Mansouri</bold>, Representative, Workers Council of Iran
(exiled)

<bold>Bj=F6rn A. Borg</bold>, Representative, Swedish Dock Workers Union

<bold>Annika Gyllfors</bold>, SKTF


<bold>SWITZERLAND:

Luc Delay</bold>, Trade unionist

<bold>Courvoisier</bold>, Deputy, Socialist Party

<bold>Michel Winter</bold>, Deputy, Socialist Party


<bold>SLOVAKIA

Milan Sidor</bold>, Trade unionist


<bold>CZECH REPUBLIC:

Ivan M=FCller</bold>, Trade unionist, university sector


<bold>YUGOSLAVIA:

Jacim Milunovic</bold>, Union of Cacak  Hotel and Food Workers

<bold>Pavlusko Imsirovic</bold>, Trade unionist



<bold>FRANCE</bold>: (* for id only)

<bold>Bernard Goursaud</bold>, Vice-president, MODEF (small farmers
organization) *

<bold>Fran=E7ois Chaintron</bold>, National Secretary, National
=46ederation of Education and

Culture (FNEC) *

<bold>Joachim Salamero</bold>, Executive Commission, CGT-FO*

<bold>Jean-Paul Neau</bold>, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Maine-et-Loire
*

<bold>Patrick H=E9bert</bold>, General Secretary, CGT-FO/Loire-Atlantique
*

<bold>Marie-Edmonde Brunet</bold>, General Secretary, National Union of
High School and

College Workers, CGT-FO (SNFOLC)

<bold>Jacques Girod</bold>, General Secretary, Union of Press Workers,
CGT-FO (Paris) *

<bold>Daniel Gluckstein</bold> National Secretary, Workers Party and
Coordinator, ILC

<bold>Marc H=E9bert</bold>, General Secretary, CGT-FO, Finist=E8re *

<bold>Mich=E8le Simonnin</bold>, Secretary General, National Federation
of Personnel and

Service Workers of Provinces and Regions, CGT-FO *

<bold>Claude Fortin</bold>, Trade unionist, press sector

<bold>Jean-Charles Marquiset</bold>, Trade unionist CGT, editor of the
Communist Resistance bulletin

<bold>Christian Eyschen</bold>, General Secretary, Libre Pens=E9e

<bold>Philippe Besson</bold>, National leadership, Libre Pens=E9e

<bold>Olivier Doriane</bold>, Committee for the Abrogation of the
Maastricht Treaty

<bold>Marc H=E9bert</bold>, General Secretary, CGT-FO Department of
=46inist=E8re *

<bold>Pierre Lambert</bold>, Workers Party

<bold>Mich=E8le Simonnin</bold>, General Secretary, National Federation
of Public Service Workers Union, CGT-FO *

<bold>Louisa Jan</bold>, Trade unionist, CGT

<bold>Nicole Lochouarn</bold>, Trade unionist, CGT

<bold>Patrice Sifflet,</bold> Trade unionist

<bold>Dan Moutot</bold>, Workers Party


<bold>SOUTH AFRICA/AZANIA:

Lybon Mabasa</bold>, President, Socialist Party of Azania

<bold>Patric Mkhize</bold>, General Secretary, Azanian Workers Union

<bold>Philipine Makoma</bold>, Coordinator, Women's Commission, SOPA


<bold>ALGERIA:

Amar Takdjout</bold>, Executive Committee, Textile Workers Union, UGTA

<bold>Sadek Mechti</bold>, General Secretary, National Federation of
Social Security

Workers, UGTA

<bold>Nouredine Bouderba</bold>, General Secretary, Petroleum Workers
Union, ENGT


<bold>BENIN:

Gaston Azoua</bold>,  General Secretary, CSTB


<bold>BURKINA FASO:

Tol=E9 Sagnon</bold>, General Secretary, CGT-B


<bold>BURUNDI:

Paul Nkunzimana</bold>, President, Executive Committee, STUB


<bold>CAMEROON:

Beno=EEt Essiga</bold>, General Secretary, CSTC


<bold>CENTRAL AFRICA:

Patrice Zakaria</bold>, General Secretary, SNESCASU


<bold>COMORES:

Ibouroi Ali</bold>, General Secretary, USTC


<bold>COTE D'IVOIRE (Ivory Coast):

Marcel Ette</bold>, General Secretary, FESACI

<bold>Fran=E7ois Yao</bold>, General Secretary, SYNASEG

<bold>Flan Zran-Senan</bold>, General Deputy Secretary, SYNASEG


<bold>GABON:

Jean-Pierre Omanda</bold>, Executive Committee, CGSL


<bold>GHANA:

Kwesi Pratt Jr</bold>, Vice President, Peoples Convention


<bold>GUINEA CONAKRY:

Ibrahim Fofana</bold>, General Secretary, USTG


<bold>MADAGASCAR:

Robert Ramandrisoa</bold>, General Deputy Secretary, SEMPIMA


<bold>NIGER:

Garo Gado</bold>, Executive Committee, USTN


<bold>RWANDA:

J.-M.V. Nzabakurana</bold>, human rights activist


<bold>SENEGAL:

Dr. Iba Ndiaye Diadji</bold>, General Secretary, CSA


<bold>CHAD:

Gami N'Garmadjal</bold>, General Secretary, SET


<bold>TOGO:

Norbert T=E9t=E9vi Gbikpi-B=E9nissan</bold>, General Secretary, UNSIT

<bold>Claude Am=E9ganvi</bold>, spokesperson, Workers Party


<bold>BANGLADESH:

Tafazzul Hussain</bold>, President, Bangladesh National Workers
=46ederation

<bold>Fazlul Hoque Ripon</bold>, International Relations Secretary
(BJSF)

<bold>Iqbal Majumder</bold>, General Secretary, BJSF


<bold>CHINA:

Cai Chongguo</bold>, representative, China Labour Bulletin

<bold>Liu Qing</bold>, human rights activist

<bold>Liu Nianchun</bold>, human rights activist


<bold>KOREA:

Serafina</bold>, Trade unionist


<bold>INDIA:

Nambiath Vasudevan</bold>, General Secretary, Union of Blue Star
Workers (Bombay)

<bold>Prof. Babu Mathew Nagarbhavi</bold>, (Bangalore)

<bold>Tarakeshwar Chakravarti</bold>, General Secretary, All India Bank
Employees

Association (Calcutta)

<bold>Hariharan Mahadevan,</bold> Deputy General Secretary, All India
Trade Union

Confederation (Delhi)


<bold>INDONESIA:

Rekson Silaban</bold>, International Relations Secretary, SBSI


<bold>PAKISTAN:

Gulzar Ahmad Chaudry</bold>, General Secretary, All Pakistan Trade
Union Federation

<bold>Rubina Jamil</bold>, President, APTUF; chair Working Women's
Organization

<bold>Nasir Gulzar</bold>, President, Organization of Progressive
Youth


<bold>SRI LANKA:

Anton Marcus</bold>, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers
Union

<bold>Sampath Predeep Vithanage</bold>, Representative, Association of
Workers of the

=46ree Trade Zones

<bold>Vasudeva Nanayakara</bold>, member of Parliament


<bold>VIETNAM:

Nguyen Binh</bold>, Representative, Committee for the Defense of
Workers Rights


<bold>BRAZIL:

Julio Turra,</bold> National Executive Committee, CUT (Unified Workers
=46ederation)

<bold>Renato Simoes</bold>, Deputy, Sao Paolo State (PT/Workers Party)

<bold>Ivo Jose</bold>, Deputy, Minas Gerais, PT

<bold>Jose Dirceu de Oliveira</bold>, President, Workers Party of
Brazil (PT)

<bold>Antonio Carlos Spis</bold>, Executive Committee, CUT

<bold>Jorge Luiz Martins</bold>, National Secretary for Union Politics,
CUT

<bold>Nadia Raad Moreno</bold>, leader, Petroleum Workers Union-Rio de
Janeiro

(Sindipetro)

<bold>Jos=E9 Carlos Oliveira Costa</bold>, leader, Union of Professors,
ABC (Sao Paulo)

<bold>Paulo Ostrosky</bold>, leader, Union of Professors, ABC (Sao
Paulo)

<bold>Edison Cardoni</bold>, member of the  Brasilia leadership,
Workers Party

<bold>Laercio Damaceno Barbosa</bold>, member of the  Rio Grande do Sul
leadership,

Workers Party

<bold>Maristela Maffei</bold>, Municipal Councillor, Porto Alegre (Rio
Grande do Sul), PT

<bold>Joao Clair Pereira</bold>, leader, Electrical Workers Union (Rio
Grande do Sul)

<bold>Darci Juarez de Campos</bold>, Graphic Workers Union (Rio Grande
do Sul)

<bold>Lourival Pereira</bold>, President, Union of Administrative
Workers (Sagers) (Rio

Grande do Sul)

<bold>Juarez Pinheiro</bold>, Municipal Councillor,  PT, Porto Alegre
(Rio Grande do Sul)

<bold>Bia Pardi</bold>, member of the Workers Party leadership Sao
Paulo

<bold>Teresa Lajolo</bold>, Representative, ILC-Brazil

<bold>Roque Ferreira</bold>, National Workers Federation=20

<bold>Jos=E9 Gomez</bold>, Forum in Defense of the ILO Conventions (Rio
G. do Sul)

<bold>Milton Barbosa</bold>, MNU (Black Unified Movement)<bold>Luis.
Eduardo Greenhalgh</bold>, National Executive Committee, PT, Alternate
=46ederal Deputy, SP



<bold>GUADELOUPE:

Clavier Gaby</bold>, General Secretary, UGTG trade union federation

<bold>Patrick Gustave</bold>, leader, Union of Peasants


<bold>HAITI:

Ronald Saint-Jean</bold>, International Relations Secretary, CGT-H


<bold>MARTINIQUE:

Jacqueline Petitot</bold>, Editor, Alliance ouvri=E8re et paysanne



<bold>VENEZUELA:

Pablo Medina</bold>, General Secretary, PPT, member of the Constituent
Assembly

<bold>Froilan Barrios</bold>, Executive Committee, Constituent Front of
Workers of Zulia, Member of the Constituent Assembly

<bold>Nicolas Maduro</bold>, Executive Committee, Metro Workers Union,
Member 5th Republic Movement, Constituent Assembly

<bold>Giuseppe Raspa</bold>, Executive Committee, Constituent Front of
Workers of Zulia=20

<bold>Jacobo Torres</bold>, Executive Committee, National Workers Front
</fontfamily>

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From dhkc.bruxelles at chello.be  Wed Jan 12 05:21:50 2000
From: dhkc.bruxelles at chello.be (dhkc.bruxelles at chello.be)
Date: 12 Jan 2000 05:21:50
Subject: Hunger strike/death fast of the DHKP-C prisoners in German prisons
Message-ID: <bac1c849.20000112141544.A10189@big.ozgurluk.xs4all.nl>


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A summary of information about the hunger strike/death fast of the DHKP-C
prisoners in German prisons:

Since more than 10 month Ilhan Yelkuvan is in isolation.

The reason for the special prison regime against Ilhan Yelkovan, as stated
by  the 3rd Senate of the Regional Court of Appeal in Hamburg, was:
"Yelkuvan, in all probability, would try  to win his countrymen in the
prison of Hamburg for the view of the DHKP-C, if he was under normal
conditions".

Ilhan Yelkuvan will start his death fast on January  13, 2000, that means
on the 45th day  of his hunger strike.  He has been on unlimited hunger
strike since November 30, 1999.

Meanwhile 15 prisoners joined the hunger strike.

Furthermore, 5 prisoners of Germany  will turn their hunger strike into a
death fast.  

On Thursday, 06.01.00 Erdogan Cakir informed the prison administration,
that he will not take anything else than water.

Because the prison administration closed his account, dismissed him from
his job in the prison and prohibited shopping.  Now he is even not allowed
to make a phone call.  It was even difficult to speak for him.  His stomach
is Bleeding since Saturday.  He is spitting blood, while throwing up.  On
Saturday  he spitted blood, mixed with a green liquidity, since Monday
blood mixed with a yellow liquidity.  

Since Monday  he's got strong bleeding of the gums.  As this blood is
running to his stomach, it gives much pain.  Since Sunday  his body
doesn't except water anymore.  He is not allowed to receive any  visits
until January  17, 2000.  

Together with Ilhan, 4 other prisoners will start with the death fast:  Ali
Ekti (Thursday), Ihsan Ersoy  (Thursday), Nihat Durmus (next Monday), and
Erdogan Cakir (since Thursday).  

For 1 week also the prisoners of the DHKP-C in Belgium, Fehriye Erdal, Kaya
Saz, Musa Asoglu, all 9 DHKP-C prisoner in France, and all prisoners of the
DHKP-C in Turkey  will participate in the hunger strike.  i

If there is no solution in one week, all prisoners will start an unlimited
hunger strike.

The prisoners in different prisons of Germany, who started a hunger strike:

Ali Ekti (5.12.99)
Erdogan Cakir (7.12.99)
Mesut Demirel (8.-18. 12.99)
Inan Altun and Akin Aksoy (16.12.99)
Nihat Durmus (19.12.99)
Mehmet Ali Urludag (25.01.00)
Ihsan Ersoy (27.12.99)
Irfan G?ven (unlimited) and Osman Kocakafa (for 8 days) (03.01.00)
Mesut Demirel, starts again with a unlimited hungerstrike (03.01.00)
Imam H?r, sympathisant of the MLKP, starts a unlimited hungerstrike
(05.01.00)
Ali Kaya and another prisoners (name still unknown) (08.01.00)

Protest letters to following adresses:
3. Strafsenat des Hanseatischen OLG HH
Fax: (+49) 40 428.433.555
JVA Aachen
Tel: (+49) 241 91730
Fax: (+49) 241 917.32.73


Contact adress:

Trial monitoring groups of the DHKP-C trials
Postfach 3570 - 67623 Kaiserslautern
tel: +49 (0) 173/946 70 78 or
tel: +49 (0) 172/466 03 81
Fax: 0631/45722
e-mail: kisk at gmx.de


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DHKP-C: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc


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From ozgurlyk at xs4all.nl  Wed Jan 12 08:58:13 2000
From: ozgurlyk at xs4all.nl (ozgurlyk at xs4all.nl)
Date: 12 Jan 2000 08:58:13
Subject: Hunger strike by DHKC prisonners
Message-ID: <bac1c849.20000112175622.B10316@big.ozgurluk.xs4all.nl>

THE GERMAN STATE IS CONTINUING TO BE THE INHERITOR OF NAZIS REVOLUTIONARIES
ARE CONTINUING TO RESIST 1000 POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE IN HUNGER STRIKE TO
SUPPORT ILHAN YELKUVAN

Our comrade, Ilhan Yelkuvan, who was kept as isolated in Hamburg prison,
had started his hunger strike action on November 30th, 1999 and the action
is far beyond the 40th days.  Ilhan comrade is in hunger strike for 40 days
to cease his isolation and to protest the oppression and attacks against
revolutionaries and the DHKP-C supporters.  Ilhan Yelkuvan's demands are
rightful and legitimate.  On the other hand, the attacks of the German
state against revolutionaries, who struggle against fascism in Turkey, and
isolation of revolutionaries in prisons are illegitimate.

THE GERMAN STATE IS CONTINUING TO BE THE INHERITOR OF NAZIS!

In history, the German state has always shown its animosity  towards
revolutionaries and patriots of other countries.  This animosity  is not
only  belong to the Nazis'  era but it is continued with the same pace.
For the sake of its imperialist interests, it continued to be the inheritor
of Nazis and took part in massacring the peoples of the world.  Therefore,
it always has supported the fascist powers in neo-colonies and oppressed
revolutionaries at home by  even violating its own laws.

GERMANY IS RESPONSIBLE OF OUR SPILT BLOOD

For decades, Germany  has been one of the main powers who are behind the
attacks and policies of exploitation and tyranny  against our people.  It
is in their interests to keep our country  in the imperialist chain of
exploitation and, consequently, exploitation of our people.  Therefore
Germany  is the accomplice and the main supporter of fascism in Turkey.  It
supported fascism who commit crime against people by  providing weapons,
credit, technical investments and aids.  It encouraged fascism to intensify
the attacks.  It carries the responsibility  of each drop of spilled blood
in our country  by  supporting militarily  and economically.

GERMANY IS ACCOMPLICE OF MURDERERS!

Majority  of weapons and bullets which are used against our people are made
in Germany.  As if all these supports were not enough, most recently, with
the authorisation of the Federal Security  Council of Germany, they  are
trying to send the Leopard tanks to the fascist state in Turkey.  These
tanks are belong to the German monopoly  of arms, Krauss - Maffei Wegmann.
The fascism in Turkey  is one of the top customers of German monopolies of
arms.  We are asking:  Why  are you providing weapons for fascism in
Turkey?  Who do you wish that these tanks and cannons should be used
against?  So far these weapons were used by  fascism against the peoples of
Anatolia.  If it is the requirement of the interests of imperialist
masters, from now on, these weapons will be used against the peoples in the
region.  Imperialists provide weapons for the fascism of Turkey  to save it
against its fear of revolution.  But also, if it is necessary, they  will
use the fascism in Turkey  effectively  in the operations in the
strategically  important regions like Middle East, Balkans and Caucasus.
Therefore all their speeches on "democracy", "peace of the world" and
"human rights" are nothing but lies.  The interests of Germany  are
depending on the oppression, exploitation and massacre of the peoples of
Anatolia., Since Germany  stands at the top of the chain of exploitation,
our people are poor and on the verge of starvation.  Together with other
imperialists, the German monopolies also stole the wealth and manual labour
of our people and kept them in their safes.  This wealth is fed by  the
blood of our people.  And therefore the German monopolies support the
fascist state in our country  so that this exploitation will be able to
continue.  But whatever they  do we will break this chain.  We will
intensify  our fight for our independence, liberation of our people,
revolution and socialism.  Therefore our comrades do their works in every
area especially  in Germany  where many  of our people live.  The
accomplice of fascism in Turkey, the German state, are proven that they
are the inheritors of Nazis by  attacking the supporters of DHKP-C and its
legitimate institutions.  They  are so disturbed that they  even violate
their own rules.

GERMANY IS AFRAID OF REVOLUTION AND SOCIALISM!

Because DHKP-C and its supporters are representing socialism and revolution
which are announced by  imperialism as "dead".  They  are hoping that the
peoples of the world will forget socialism.  The German state is losing its
patience whenever it come across the DHKP-C.  Because the DHKP-C reminds
them socialism and revolution and that's why  our institutions were
attacked and our comrades were captured by  the German state.  They  think
that they  will submit our comrades by  arresting them by  using illegal
plots and keeping them in isolation.  But they  are wrong.  The oppression
and attacks of imperialism and its collaborators can never submit the
Party-Front supporters.  By  exceeding the 40 days long hunger strike,
Ilhan Yelkuvan comrade is answering back the German state and all the
enemies of people, once again, and by  contributing to the tradition of
free captives and determination of Party-Front.  We, free captives in
different prisons in Anatolia, support the hunger strike action of Ilhan
comrade with the exhilaration of believing in "one for all, all for one"
and therefore, commence the hunger strike of warning in January  11th,
2000.  We call upon all revolutionaries, progressives and those who lead a
dignified life to be in solidarity  with Ilhan Yelkuvan and protest Germany
by  all means.

We warn the German state;

- Ilhan Yelkuvan's demands must be taken into account and the isolation of
our comrade must be ceased.

- Germany  must stop supporting the fascism in Turkey  and quit of being
accomplice.

- The oppression on revolutionaries in Germany  and on their institutions
must end.

January  10th, 2000

DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS PARTISI - CEPHESI ORGANISATION OF CAPTIVES



From richard.newton at csc.mrc.ac.uk  Thu Jan 13 05:37:38 2000
From: richard.newton at csc.mrc.ac.uk (richard.newton at csc.mrc.ac.uk)
Date: 13 Jan 2000 05:37:38
Subject: AVRUPA FIVE
Message-ID: <bac1c849&l03130301b4a34e6618d8@[146.179.79.63]>

Please forgive my flaming but I hope you find this e-mail message important.

PRESS RELEASE

Turkish Cypriot Trade Unionists who have been arrested and are facing 75
charges from the Northern Cyprus authorities.

Since 1974, Northern Cyprus has been under military occupation by forces
from Turkey. In 1983, the area was declared an independent republic. Since
the invasion Turkish Cypriot journalists have faced constant oppression.
Arrest has become common place. In recent times, journalists opposed to the
regime have been targets on hit lists.

The AVRUPA newspaper has been one such target. During mid-December 1999 the
military charged AVRUPA journalists with 75 separate charges, each carrying
a 10 year sentence. The journalists are Ozker Ozgur, Ali Osman, Suzan
Karaman, Senner Levent, Kazim Deniza and Hassan Husseyin.

Large scale and repressive efforts are being made by the military to
silence papers such as AVRUPA. In one day 69 charges were levelled at
AVRUPA on top of 5 out standing charges. Some of these will be heard in
military courts while others will be held in civil courts. The question
must be asked - why are papers such as AVRUPA being singled out?

The issues raised in both civil and military courts are similar. AVRUPA is
charged with promoting hatred of the state, of building to bring down the
state and of opposition to the military. The reality is that AVRUPA is only
guilty of calling for peace between Turks and Greeks. All methods are being
used to attempt to gag such papers - from scare  tactics to trials in
military courts. There is no end to the methods which are being used.

Questions must be asked of the role of Ankara and Turkey in this
oppression. At a time when Turkey is pushing for EC membership such
oppression must not be forgotten.

The message from AVRUPA is that one General cannot silence the voice of
those calling for peace.

2. APPEAL FROM GREENWICH UNISON

21 December 1999

Defend the 'AVRUPA 5'

Dear Colleague,

Greenwich UNISON has over the last 3 years built up a relationship with
fellow trade unionists in Northern Cyprus. This primarily came about as a
result of our efforts around the European Year against Racism in 1997. We
have recently been contacted again by our colleagues who are facing an
absolutely dire crisis.

Our colleagues include 5 trade unionists who work as journalists at the
AVRUPA newspaper. They are to appear before military and civilian courts on
75 charges, all of which relate to opposition to the state and the military.

Each charge carries a jail sentence of 10 years.

The AVRUPA newspaper has consistently campaigned for peace. This action
against the journalists is being pushed by the Generals.

0ur colleagues now desperately need our help and support. Please pass the
model resolution attached below at your union branch/other organisation. If
you would like a speaker, or up to date information, please contact me at

Greenwich UNISON Office
Room 110
McBean Centre
McBean Street
Woolwich
London SE18 6LW
England
Tel 0181 854 8888 Ext. 5226
Fax 0181 317 3235
e-mail greenwich.l-gov at unison.org.uk

Yours Fraternally,
Onay Kasab.

3. Model UNISON resolution

This [union/organisation] notes:

The continuing occupation of Northern Cyprus by troops from Turkey. This has
continued since the invasion carried out by sea and airborne forces in 1974.
Northern Cyprus is at present little more than a satellite state of Turkey.

Any opposition to the regime in Northern Cyprus is dealt with ruthlessly. In
recent years, Greek protestors were shot and killed by the Turkish military
during protests which took place on border territory.

The issue of Northern Cyprus has once again come to the top of the agenda as
'proximity talks' took place in New York in December. Further, 1999 marked
the 25th anniversary of the invasion.

This [union/organisation] further notes that:

Recently, trade unionists in Britain, in the Greenwich local government
branch of UNISON, were contacted by trade unionists from Northern Cyprus who
are currently facing 75 charges, each of which carries a ten year sentence.
The charges have been brought by the military authorities. The crimes of
these trade unionists is that they have called for peace and for an end to
the role of the military.

Those charged are journalists with the AVRUPA newspaper. Their names are
Oker Ozgar, Ali Osman, Susan Karaman, Kazim Deniza and Hassan Huseyin. They
urgently need the support of the international trade union and workers'
movement.

This [trade union/organisation] agrees to:

Send messages of support to the AVRUPA five on the following fax number: 00
903 92 22 74585

We call on all trade unionists, journalists and democrats to raise this
issue and protest at these actions.

Send messages of protest to: President R Denktash
Fax number: 00 903 92 22 72 52

(The first nine digits of the numbers given are international codes from
Britain to Nicosia. Comrades should therefore use their own country's
international code for Nicosia.)

postal address for protests is as follows:

President R Denktash
Nicosia
Mersin-on-Turkey

At a time when proximity talks are taking place in New York it is important
to highlight the oppression which currently exists in Northern Cyprus.

Please note the first nine digits of the fax phone numbers given for both
messages of protest and solidarity include the international codes from
Britain to Nicosia. Comrades should therefore use their own country's
international code for Nicosia.

AVRUPA CAMPAIGN - URGENT FINANCIAL APPEAL

The AVRUPA campaign has started receiving messages of support which have
been much appreciated and which have shown that the spirit of International
solidarity is alive and well.

Those who have sent messages include Tommy Sheridan MSP in Scotland and Joe
Higgins TD in the Republic of Ireland.

Although the majority of charges have not yet been heard, the paper has now
been fined $250,000 therefore an urgent financial appeal has been lauched.
Cheques should be made payable to "Mehmet Levent" and sent to :

Greenwich UNISON Office
Room 110
McBean Centre
McBean Street
Woolwich
London SE18 6LW
England
Tel 0181 854 8888 Ext. 5226
Fax 0181 317 3235
e-mail greenwich.l-gov at unison.org.uk

An e-mail address for the campaign has now been set up : avrupa at ebim.com.tr


   Regards From Richie Rich



From dhkc at dircon.co.uk  Fri Jan 14 17:17:42 2000
From: dhkc at dircon.co.uk (dhkc at dircon.co.uk)
Date: 14 Jan 2000 17:17:42
Subject: 46th day of Death Fast
Message-ID: <bac1c849.20000115021253.B12389@big.ozgurluk.xs4all.nl>

URGENT ACTION IS REQUIRED
HUNGER STRIKERS ARE IN A CRITICAL SITUATION

TODAY IS THE 46TH DAY OF THE ACTION

6 HUNGER STRIKERS ARE ON A DEATH FAST, THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ARE ON  A
SUPPORT HUNGER STRIKE ACTION.
2 OF THEM ARE IN A CRITICAL SITUATION
GERMANY IS A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND HAS SIGNED THE CONVENTION ON
HUMAN RIGHTS. 
WHAT IS THE GERMAN STATE TRYING TO DO?
CAN  "Yelkuvan, in all probability would try to win his countrymen in the
prison of Hamburg to the view of the DHKP-C, if he was under normal
conditions" BE A REASON FOR THE ISOLATION OF A PRISONER?
IS THERE DEMOCRACY IN GERMANY?
DO THEY RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY, FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND
EXPRESSION?
THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS HUMAN BEINGS WITH HONOUR AND DIGNITY
CANNOT BE SILENT TOWARDS SUCH AN INJUSTICE. 
BE A VOICE AND PROTEST AGAINST THE ISOLATION OF REVOLUTIONARIES IN EUROPEAN
PRISONS. 
SUPPORT ILHAN YELKUVAN AND ERDOGAN CAKIR BY SENDING THEM SOLIDARITY
LETTERS.

REVOLUTIONARY PRISONERS ARE NOT ALONE, THEY ARE OUR HONOURS!
THE HONOUR OF BEING A HUMAN WILL DEFEAT TORTURE!



PROTEST LETTERS TO:
Bundeskanzler Gehart Schr?der Fax: +49 30 40001818 
Bundesminister des Innern Otto Schily Fax: +49 18 886812926 
Bundesministerin der Justiz Prof.Dr. Herta Daubler-Gmelin Fax: +49 30
20259525 
3.Strafsenat des Hanseatischen OLG HH: Fax: +49 40 428433555 
The prison where Erdogan Cakir stays: Fax: +49 241 9173273

SUPPORT LETTERS TO:
Ilhan Yelkuvan
JVA Hamburg
Holstenglacis 3 ? 5
20355 Hamburg
Germany

Erdogan Cakir
JVA Postfach 500142                                        
Buchnr. 48990 
52085 Aachen     
Germany                                               
Please send a copy of your protest and support letters to:
Trial monitoring groups of the DHKP-C trials
Postfach 3570 - 67623 Kaiserslautern
tel: +49 (0) 173/946 70 78 or +49 (0) 172/466 03 81
Fax: 0631/45722    
e-mail: kisk at gmx.de



From ozgurluk at xs4all.nl  Sat Jan 15 12:15:57 2000
From: ozgurluk at xs4all.nl (ozgurluk at xs4all.nl)
Date: 15 Jan 2000 12:15:57
Subject: Humgerstrike in Turkey/Europe/Germany - AFIB: Editorial and Press Cl
Message-ID: <bac1c849.200001152014.VAA13337@big.ozgurluk.xs4all.nl>


'WHY ARE GERMAN COURTS HELPING THE TURKISH REGIME?'
____________________________________________________________________

(Interview by Jorg Hilbert with Lawyer Ahmet Yuksel, Trial Observer At The
DHKP-C Proceedings In Germany; Published in 'junge Welt', December 30,
1999; Translated by Arm The Spirit)

Question: At the end of November 1999, Ilhan Yelkuvan, a member of the
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), was sentenced to
life in prison by a court in Hamburg, Germany on murder charges after a
questionable trial. Other trials against DHKP-C members in Germany are set
to get underway in the near future. Members are also facing repression in
other European countries. How did this situation come about?

At first, it seemed like the usual type of repression, but the reality soon
became clear. In the summer of 1997, Serafettin Gul, the head of the DHKP-C
in Germany, and two other comrades were arrested in Germany. Shortly
thereafter came a major sweep against DHKP-C supporters in France. Around
50 front members are facing charges in France at the moment. 10 party
members are in prison in France. In Germany, 9 DHKP-C sympathizers are in
prison.

Question: How is the situation in other European countries?

In the past, the authorities in other countries were more restrained. But
in France, there have been state attacks on the DHKP-C in the past. In
1994, the French police arrested the chairman of the front, Dursun Karatas,
and the people with him at a border crossing. A few months later, the
authorities were forced to let him go. After the chairman of the front fled
abroad, French courts charges dozens of followers with crimes. At this
time, German authorities were working very closely with the French police.
Step by step, the repression spread to other European countries. In
Switzerland, 1 member is in prison, in Belgium there are 4. Even in
Austria, DHKP-C supporters are threatened and intimidated by the state
authorities.

Question: Is a central strategy hidden behind this?

In France, imprisoned DHKP-C members have been jointly questioned by police
from France, The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. That shows an
international dimension. But it seems that everything is being directed by
Germany. In October, shortly after alleged DHKP-C functionary Nuri Eryuksel
was detained in Switzerland on a German arrest warrant, German intelligence
agents from the BND visited migrants from Turkey and tried to recruit
spies. The BND agents assumed that the entire leadership of the party was
now in custody and that the DHKP-C would be defeated.

Question: The involvement of the BND seems to suggest a possible
involvement by NATO as well.

The DHKP-C wages an armed struggle exclusively in Turkey. In other
countries, they abide by legal, democratic means. This point is emphasized
in many publications by the front. The German authorities know that this
party presents no danger to Germany's domestic security. The repression
against the DHKP-C is based on foreign policy interests. We assume that the
USA and Germany are waging repression against the DHKP-C in order to aid
their NATO partner Turkey.

Until the recent wave of repression, Belgium had no confrontations with
supporters of the DHKP-C. The DHKP-C is not banned in Belgium as it is in
Germany. Now, suddenly, public meetings have been banned without reason,
and people have been arrested. Belgium has seemingly been told to carry out
repression as well. There is a link between the repression against the
DHKP-C in Turkey and Europe and the trials in Germany. In charges drafted
by federal authorities in Germany, the front's struggle against the Turkish
regime is often mentioned. It goes so far as to legitimize the repression
being carried out by Turkish fascism.

Question: But here, only crimes which are said to have been carried out in
Germany are at issue.

That's the official reason for the repression, yes. Nuri Eryuksel, who was
arrested in Switzerland and is awaiting deportation to Germany, spent 11
years in prison in Turkey following the 1980 military coup. Now this nearly
blind man is being denied urgent medical care. Nuri Eryuksel is in
isolation custody in Switzerland, because the German federal authorities in
Karlsruhe have described him as very dangerous. And the DHKP-C's European
spokesman, Mesut Demirel, who is facing charges in Hamburg, has been
questioned by the court about his work in Turkey as editor of the newspaper
'Mucadele'. This journalist spent more than 10 years in prison in Turkey.
Now his legitimate political work as a leftist journalist and a
spokesperson are being defamed as "terrorism". That's absurd.

Question: Why is the DHKP-C facing such attacks in Europe at the moment?

The DHKP-C is part of the fundamental opposition. Despite heavy repression,
the movement has been able to further develop its struggle in Turkey and
has been gaining support among Turkish and Kurdish migrants in Europe.
Turkey is a neo-colony of the Western industrialized nations, who wish to
pursue their interests in the Middle East at all costs. Turkey is of
strategic importance as a bridge to the Near East and a launching pad for
possible NATO attacks in the Caucasus. That's why all revolutionary,
anti-imperialist perspectives in Turkey have to be crushed.

*****

AFIB Editor's Note: For decades, Turkish human rights activists and
opposition groups have documented the bloody trail of "mystery" deaths,
extrajudicial executions and "disappearances" leading to the highest levels
of the government. Turkey's "dirty war" against its Kurdish minority is but
one facet of a relentless extermination campaign against the left. In
November 1996, the state's repressive underbelly was exposed when an
armored Mercedes overturned in a traffic accident. The "Susurluk affair"
provided a glimpse at NATO and the CIA's anticommunist "Stay Behind"
networks that operated world-wide during the Cold War and which continue in
Turkey today. Schooled in US counterinsurgency doctrine, Ankara's secretive
National Security Council unleashed an army of dirty warriors linked to
organized crime and international fascist networks, the so-called
"contraguerrilla": an off-the-shelf "third force" waging brutal clandestine
war against all perceived enemies of the regime. The article below from the
Frankfurter Rundschau provides new details of the state's on-going cover-up
of one of the network's bigger fish, Alaatin Cakcici, a neofascist thug and
mafia kingpin. For further background see: Martin A. Lee, "On the Trail of
Turkey's Terrorist Grey Wolves," The Consortium, Arlington, VA, Vol. 2, No.
14, June 16, 1997; Ertugrul Kurkcu, "Turkey: Trapped in a Web of Covert
Killers," Covert Action Quarterly, Washington, D.C., No. 61, Summer 1997;
Press Agency Ozgurluk, a European-based, radical-left Turkish information
service: http://www.ozgurluk.org/

____________________________________________________________________

UNDERWORLD BOSS WITH CONTACTS IN HIGH PLACES
Alaattin Cakici delighted at prospect of extradition from France
____________________________________________________________________

FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU
Sunday, 26 December 1999
http://www.fr-aktuell.de/english/401/t401002.htm
By Gerd Hoehler

Athens - When convicted Turkish gangster Alaatin Cakcici, who has spent 15
months in a French jail, learnt that he was to be extradited to Turkey he
is said to have hugged his lawyer, Muhittin Yuzuak, in delight. Cakici, the
uncrowned king of the Turkish underworld, has every reason to feel
delighted. He could soon be a free man again.

In August 1998, Turkish plain clothes police, working alongside the German
BKA and the French secret police, tracked him down in Nice in the south of
France. Cakici, who fled from Turkey in 1987, is accused of complicity in
over 40 murders. Some of them he is said to have committed himself, others
to have ordered.

The victims included his wife Ugur. In a radio interview he boasted of
having had her shot while on a skiing holiday in 1995.

Cakici's contacts could prove even more explosive politically. For years
the suspected killer is said to have been on the best of terms with
politicians, senior civil servants, security officials and businessmen. Or
so wrote Turkish Probe news magazine back in 1998.

In a notebook that was found on him when he was arrested in Nice, the
police found the names and telephone numbers of high-ranking police
officers, Turkish secret agents and politicians. "This is even bigger than
Susurluk!" said Turkish police chief Necati Bilican at the time.

That was a reference to a car crash near Susurluk in November 1996 that
brought Turkish politicians' and security officials' contacts with the
Turkish underworld to light.

In an armour-plated Mercedes a killer and drug dealer who had been a wanted
man for years, a high-ranking police officer and a conservative member of
the Turkish parliament were injured.

The gangster, who was killed in the crash, was found to have a forged
passport on him issued personally by the then Turkish interior minister,
Mehmet Agar.

Will Cakici, who was deported from France on December 13, now shed light on
the underworld contacts of Turkish politicians? "If I talk," he said
immediately after he was arrested in France, "there will be an earthquake
in Turkey."

He claimed to have telephoned "at least ten times" with former Turkish
prime minister, now deputy premier, Mesut Yilmaz. "Woe betide us if he
spills the beans," wrote the mass-circulation Turkish daily Sabah.

Cakici may soon leave his cell in Kartal prison, Ankara, a free man. France
handed him over on the strict understanding that he must not stand trial in
Turkey for capital offences. So that leaves only two offences for which he
can be tried.

One was in connection with his alleged role in the 1994 attempt on the life
of Hincal Uluc, a journalist. That failed last Monday becauses the statute
of limitations was found to apply. The justice ministry had failed to meet
application deadlines.

He is now to stand trial for setting up a criminal association, an offence
that carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail. If his remand in
France is taken into account he would only have to serve about four months,
if found guilty and given the maximum sentence.

Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk says he cannot even be interrogated in
connection with any of his other offences, let alone stand trial for them.

Even Cakici's lawyer says the offences for which the Turkish authorities
applied for his extradition were the "most harmless" of the many
accusations levelled at his client. But that seems to suit everyone. He
will get off unscathed - and keep quiet.

Copyright Frankfurter Rundschau 1999


From kisk at gmx.de  Sat Jan 15 14:33:19 2000
From: kisk at gmx.de (kisk at gmx.de)
Date: 15 Jan 2000 14:33:19
Subject: Fwd: Solidarity from Italy
Message-ID: <bac1c849.11315.947945045@www14.gmx.net>

--- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message ---
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 05:32:18 +0100
From: "glr" <glr_y at iol.it>
To: kisk at gmx.de
Subject: Solidarity from Italy

> 
> Solidarity from Italy for your/our struggle
> 
> Giorgio Ellero    e-mail: <glr_y at iol.it>
> Circolo Antonio Gramsci
> Commissione informazione
> Redazione 'Il Lavoratore'
> Partito Rifondazione Comunista - Stranka Komunisticne Prenove 
> Trieste - Italia
> 
> 
> *  On:           12 Jan 00,    at 22:37
> *  Subject:   (None)
> *  DHKC-INFORMATION CENTER <dhkc at dircon.co.uk>   wrote:
> 
> To:              marxism-news at buo319b.econ.utah.edu
> From:            "DHKC-INFORMATION CENTER" <dhkc at dircon.co.uk>
> Date sent:       Wed, 12 Jan 2000 22:37:24 -0000
> Send reply to:   "DHKC-INFORMATION CENTER" <dhkc at dircon.co.uk>
> 
> > THEIR SITUATION IS CRITICAL 
> > URGENT ACTION IS REQUIRED!
> > 
> > 
> > THE GERMAN STATE IS CONTINUING TO BE THE INHERITOR OF THE NAZIS
> > REVOLUTIONARIES ARE CONTINUING TO RESIST
> > 1000 POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE TO SUPPORT ILHAN
> YELKUVAN
> 
> > THE GERMAN STATE IS CONTINUING TO BE THE INHERITOR OF THE NAZIS!
> 
> > GERMANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SPILT BLOOD
> 
> > GERMANY IS AN ACCOMPLICE OF MURDERERS!
> 
> > GERMANY IS AFRAID OF REVOLUTION AND SOCIALISM!
> 
> > We call upon all revolutionaries, progressives and those who lead a
> > dignified life to be in solidarity with Ilhan Yelkuvan and protest
> against
> > Germany. 
> 
> > We warn the German state; 
> > - Ilhan Yelkuvan's demands must be taken into account and the
> isolation of
> > our comrade must end. 
> > - Germany must stop supporting the fascism in Turkey and stop being
> an
> > accomplice. 
> > - The oppression against revolutionaries and their institutions in
> Germany
> > must end.   
> > January 10th, 2000
> > DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUS PARTISI - CEPHESI
> > ORGANISATION OF CAPTIVES
> > 
> > Together with Ilhan 4 other prisoners will start their death fast
> action:
> > Ali Ekti (Thursday, January 13th), Ihsan Ersoy (Thursday, January
> 13th ),
> > Nihat Durmus (Monday, January 17th ), Erdogan Cakir          
> (Thursday,
> > January 13th )
> > During this week all the prisoners of the DHKP-C in Belgium, Fehriye
> Erdal,
> > Kaya Saz, Musa Asoglu, all 9 DHKP-C prisoner in France and all
> prisoners of
> > the DHKP-C in Turkey will participate in the hungerstrike. If there
> is no
> > solution after one week, all the prisoners will start an unlimited
> > hungerstrike.
> > The prisoners in different prisons of Germany, who started a
> hungerstrike:
> > Ali Ekti (5.12.99),
> > Erdogan Cakir (7.12.99),
> > Mesut Demirel (8-18.12.99) and he restarted an unlimited hungerstrike
> on
> > (03.01.00), 
> > Inan Altun and Akin Aksoy (16.12.99), 
> > Nihat Durmus (19.12.99) in prison for being a member of the PKK , 
> > Mehmet Ali Urludag (25.12.99)
> > Ihsan Ersoy (27.12.99)
> > Irfan G?ven (unlimited) and Osman Kocakafa (for 8 days) (03.01.00)
> > Imam H?r, sympatiser of the MLKP, started an unlimited hungerstrike
> > (05.01.00)
> > Ali Kaya and another prisoners (name still unknown) (08.01.00)
> 
> > e-mail: kisk at gmx.de
> > 
> >      --- from list marxism-news at lists.econ.utah.edu ---
> 
> 

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From ozgurluk at xs4all.nl  Sun Jan 16 07:31:42 2000
From: ozgurluk at xs4all.nl (ozgurluk at xs4all.nl)
Date: 16 Jan 2000 07:31:42
Subject: Hungerstrike of POW's in Turkey and Europe
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-- 
Pressagency Ozgurluk.Org
In solidarity with the Peoples Liberationstruggle in Turkey and
Kurdistan http://www.ozgurluk.org
DHKP-C: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc


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Subject: Hunger strike "Fax Action"

PRISON WATCH INTERNATIONAL VIENNA
Stiftgasse 8
1070 Vienna
Tel: 0699 / 100 68 641
Fax: (01) 403 40 20/13

Ladies and gentlemen,

Concerns: HUNGER STRIKE IN GERMAN PRISONS!

Since November 30, 1999, several prisoners, sympathisers of the 
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party (DHKP-C), have been on hunger 
strike. In the mean time, sympathisers of other Turkish and Kurdish 
organisations in several prisons in Germany have joined. According to 
our information, 18 people are now on hunger strike. On Thursday, 
January 13, three prisoners started a so-called "Death Fast", referring to 
a tradition of resistance of opposition organisations in Turkish prisons. 
During the last "Death Fast" in Turkey, in 1996, 12 people died. The 
protests are directed against solitary confinement and the, according to 
their sympathisers, European wide criminalisation of the Revolutionary 
People's Liberation organisation.

ILHAN YELKUVAN (HOUSE OF DETENTION ? UHA - HAMBURG), 
ERDOGAN CAKIR (AACHEN PRISON ? JVA - ) AND ALI EKTI 
(F?HLSB?TTEL PRISON) ARE ON DEATH FAST!

Ilhan Yelkuvan has been in isolation for more than 10 months. According 
to our information, Ilhan Yelkuvan is in his cell 23 hours a day and has to 
do his yard walk alone every morning between 4 and 5 a.m. There are 
numerous restrictions regarding shopping, mail and visits. Ilhan 
Yelkuvan started the Death Fast on January 13, on the 45th. Day of his 
hunger strike, which started on November 30. 

In the mean time, 15 prisoners joined the hunger strike. Together with 
Ilhan, 4 other prisoners will start the Death Fast, or are already on it: Ali 
Ekti (since Thursday, 13.1), Ihsan Ersoy (starting Monday 18.1), Nihat 
Durmus (18.1), and Erdogan Cakir (since 13.1)

The health situation of ERDOGAN CAKIR, on hunger strike since 
December 7, has deteriorated considerably. Since Monday, he suffers 
from stomach bleedings, vomiting blood. On Saturday, he vomited blood 
mixed with a green fluid, since Monday with a yellow fluid. Since 
Monday, his gums are bleeding heavily. He is in considerable pain 
because this blood enters his stomach. His body does not accept water 
since Sunday. There will be no visits before January 17, there is no 
reason, according to the prison administration in Aachen. In effect, 
Erdogan Cakir has been isolated from the outside world.

THE FOLLOWING PRISONERS ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE:

08/18.12.99: Mesut Demirel, UHA HH;
16.12.99: Inan Altun and Akin Aksoy, JVA Hoechst;
19.12.99: Nihat Durmus, UHA Hamburg;
25.12.99: Mehmet Ali Urludag, JVA Dortmund;
27.12.99: Ihsan Ersoy, Berlin Moabit;
03.01.99: Irfan G?ven (unlimited) and Osman Kocakafa (8 days), JVA 
Fuhlsb?ttel);
03.01.00: Mesut Demirel starts again with the hunger strike (unlimited);
05.01.99: Imam H?r, starts the unlimited hunger strike in the UHA HH;
08.01.00: Ali Kaya and another prisoner (name unknown) in the JVA 
Fuhlsb?ttel;

Four more prisoners are said to be on hunger strike.

We appeal upon the public to do something for the prisoners on hunger 
strike!

Isolation detention, as a means to destroy the identity and the health of 
the prisoners involved, concerns all who, whatever the level, fight for a 
humane life!

PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING PROTEST NOTE BY FAX OR E-
MAIL TO THE ADDRESSES BELOW:

PROTEST NOTE

Quite concerned we have heard that Ilhan Yelkovan, imprisoned in 
Hamburg, has been in isolation for ten months now because it is said 
that he would pass on his political ideology to other prisoners.

As a protest against these prison conditions, he has been on an 
unlimited hunger strike since November 30, 1999, which he expanded to a 
Death Fast on January 13, 2000. Four other prisoners in Germany joined 
the Death Fast: Ali Ekti, Ihsan Ersoy, Nihat Durmus and Erdogan Cakir. 
Furthermore we have been informed that Erdogan Cakir is in a very bad 
health condition already. He suffers from stomach bleedings and his 
body can no longer contain water. Other prisoners have joined the 
protest action in the form of a hunger strike.

We are very worried about the health, and even the lives of the prisoners 
and we protest against the fact that the psychological torture method of 
isolation detention is practised in a democratic state of law as Germany!

We demand the immediate fulfilment of the prisoners' demands regarding 
the end of the isolation detention!

Please send your protests to:

The Court:
3. Strafsenat des Hanseatischen OLG HH
Deutschland
Fax: (+ 49) 40 428 433 555

The Justice Department: 
Justizministerium
Prof. Dr. Herta Daubler-Gmelin
Jerusalemer Str. 24-28
10117 Berlin
Fax: (+49)30 / 2025 95 25
Internet: http:// www.bmj.bund.de

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in your country.


Please send a copy of your protest to us as well:

Fax: (01) 403 40 20 / 13
And the 
DHKP-C Trial Monitoring Groups
Fax: 0631 / 45722




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From ats-l at burn.ucsd.edu  Sun Jan 16 18:40:02 2000
From: ats-l at burn.ucsd.edu (ats-l at burn.ucsd.edu)
Date: 16 Jan 2000 18:40:02
Subject: DHKP-C Hungerstrike In Germany Continues
Message-ID: <bac1c849.Pine.BSF.4.20.0001162134180.29848.100000@locust.etext.org>

Pressure On The Justice Authorities Increases;
Protests By Turkish And Kurdish Prisoners Continue;
Authorities Are Biding Their Time

The hungerstrike against isolation detention by Turkish and Kurdish
prisoners in German prisons is continuing. While the health of some
of the prisoners has declined dramatically, prison authorities are
trying to force an end to the strikes. But the political pressure on
the justice authorities and the courts is increasing.

PDS [Party of Democratic Socialism] member of parliament Ulla Jelpke
has issued a written statement in support of the prisoners' demands
to end isolation detention. In the statement, Jelpke says the system
of isolation detention "has correctly been referred to as 'white
torture'". She called on the justice authorities to "end their
reprisals against the prisoners and to improve their conditions".

Hans-Eberhard Schultz, a lawyer from Bremen who represents Ilhan
Yelkuvan, a prisoner on hungersrtike for 48 days now, is planning an
appeal to Germany's Constitutional Court. The court could order an
end to the isolation detention.

Sympathizers of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front
(DHKP-C) have been held in isolation for more than a year. This was
the cause for the nationwide hungerstrike, in which 15 prisoners are
now participating. During his pre-trial detention, Yelkuvan spent 23
hours a day in a cell painted entirely white. His one hour of
recreation time was between 4:00am and 5:00am, when the yard was
completely empty. A court has yet to rule on his lawyer's motion to
have him transferred to a normal block in another prison. [...]

The courts seem to be biding their time. But the hungerstrikers don't
have much time left. At least three prisoners participating in the
action are in serious condition. Erdogan Cakir, who joined the strike
on December 7 in Aachen prison, has been in the hospital for the past
four days. According to solidarity circles, authorities are trying to
break the strike by means of mistreatment. Guards are said to have
exposed one prisoner, who is suffering from tuberculosis, to cold air
for several hours during transportation to a hospital in Dortmund for
a checkup.

Nihat Durmus and Ali Ekti, who joined the hungerstrike in Hamburg,
are suffering from serious circulation problems and cannot walk
without assistance. Ekti's body is unable to ingest fluids. Prison
officials have threatened to start force-feeding Durmus. It's feared
that the prisoners will enter life-threatening conditions in the next
few days.

(Article by Jorg Hilbert; Published in 'Junge Welt' - January 17,
2000; Translated by Arm The Spirit)

correction: In our last posting about the hungerstrike, we mentioned
a raid on the Ilhan Yelkuvan's cell, which was "allegedly to look for
a weapon". This was a translation mistake. It should have read "to
look for a secret message". We apologize for this error.

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From: stk at xs4all.nl (stk at xs4all.nl)
Date: 17 Jan 2000 08:21:02
Subject: Turkey: Human Rights Group issues 1999 Report
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3.Human Rights Group issues 1999 Report
IHD ? Jan 2000

The Human Rights Association [IHD] has issued its "Balance Sheet of Human
Rights Violations" for 1999. According to their violation statistics, 205
people fell victim to unknown murderers during January and November 1999.

The following statistics are compiled by the IHD from data received from
daily and weekly press reports, IHD department reports, and written and oral
petitions requested from the association.

January-November 1999:

Murder cases, perpetrators unknown: 205
Death resulting from execution without a court decision, torture, and
detention: 199
Number of people who died in skirmishes: 837
Actions directed against civilians: 136 dead, 290 wounded
Number of people reported missing: 32
Number of torture cases and claims of torture: 523
Number detained: 48,095
Arrests: 2,056
Number of people who were attacked, exposed to pressure and threats: 641
Number of evacuated and burned villages-arable fields: 30
Assaults directed against those detained in prisons: 163
Violations against employment: 19,395 people were sacked
Number of places that were bombed and wrecked: 341
Number of mass organisations, political institutions, and press organs
closed: 158; raided: 262
Number of publications that were collected and banned: 267
Requested prison term and fine: 494 years and eight months, 6,000,000,000 TL
Decreed prison term and fine: 523 years and 11 months, 283,576,550,000 TL
Number of people imprisoned for "crimes of thought": 122.
Ozgur Bakis, 2 January.
HADEP offices raided, arrest 11
Turkish police raided the southeastern offices of HADEP on Tuesday,
arresting 11 party leaders and seizing documents and cassettes.
HADEP said police entered their offices Diyarbakir and in four other towns
in the mainly Kurdish province.

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REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION'S MEETING AT THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT ON THE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL CASE

Report of the meeting held Wednesday, January 12, 2000 at 1 p.m. at 
the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. between officials 
of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and 
members of the International Delegation on behalf of the 
International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

* Representing the International Delegation:

MANUEL CAMARA -- Spain; Member of the Senate and Trade Unionist

OSSIE DAVIS -- Actor; Director; Author; Political Activist

DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN -- France; Coordinator, International Liaison 
Committee for a Workers International

JERRY GORDON -- Secretary to the Delegation; Trade Unionist

ROXANNE GREGORY -- General Counsel, Southern Christian Leadership 
Conference and representing Martin Luther King III and the Reverend 
Randall Osborne

SAM JORDAN -- Director, Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Amnesty 
International USA

LINDSAY McLAUGHLIN -- Legislative Representative, International 
Longshore and Warehouse Union

MARTHA OSAMOR -- Great Britain; Coordinator, People of Color 
Coalition, Trade Union Congress

JACQUELINE PETITOT -- Martinique; Trade Unionist

RALPH SCHOENMAN -- U.S. Representative, International Committee 
Against Repression

BALDEMAR VELASQUEZ -- Coordinator of the International Delegation; 
Vice President, Ohio AFL-CIO; President, Farm Labor Organizing 
Committee

ALISA WILKINS -- Vice President, National Lawyers Guild

[Note: The number of participants was limited to 12 by the 
administration. These 12 persons spoke in the name of the delegates 
who remained outside, and of all who were bearers of the hundreds of 
thousands of endorsers of the Open Letter to President Bill Clinton.]

* Representing the U.S. Department of Justice:

STUART ISHIMARU -- Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights 
Division, United States Department of Justice

LORETTA KING -- Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights 
Division; Assistant to Bill Lee, Director of the Civil Rights 
Division, United States Department of Justice

AL MOSKOWITZ -- Chief of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights 
Division, United States Department of Justice


REPORT OF THE MEETING

STUART ISHIMARU:

The meeting opened with a brief statement by Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General Stuart Ishimaru. He said that the Civil Rights 
Division of the U.S. Department of Justice welcomed the delegation 
and was prepared to hear and consider all evidence of civil rights 
violations and breaches of federal law.

Ishimaru stressed that the Civil Rights Division operated under 
legislative and statutory requirements empowering it to act where 
such violations were established. He stressed that any evidence of 
such violations that we submitted had to be specific to the 
circumstances of the case in question, namely that of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

BALDEMAR VELASQUEZ:

Baldemar Velasquez set forth the concerns of broad sectors of the 
population, notably those of the labor movement. He spoke as the 
Coordinator of the International Delegation and also as the President 
of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (AFL-CIO) and Vice President 
of the Ohio AFL-CIO.

He stated that we wished to open the meeting with presentations by 
two attorneys who have expertise in the case and who would proffer 
precise legal assessments regarding the many violations of the due 
process and civil rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal. They would show how such 
breaches of his rights obligated the Justice Department to 
investigate and, upon finding the evidence probative, to intervene.

He mentioned that the International Delegation brought thousands of 
petitions which request a new and fair trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. 
These are but a small sample of the hundreds of thousands of 
signatures gathered on the "Open Letter to President Bill Clinton" -- 
and the volume grows daily. The signatures come from many countries 
-- from cities and towns, work places and centers of education -- and 
from people from all walks of life. They reflect the worldwide call 
for justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal.

[The members of the International Delegation introduced themselves, 
identifying the group or individual they were representing, and their 
concerns about this case.]

DELEGATION MEMBER: ALISA WILKINS

If Mumia Abu-Jamal's constitutional and civil rights were violated, 
he could not have had a fair trial and, therefore, the due process to 
which he is entitled, as is the right of every citizen. We ask the 
U.S. Department of Justice to examine the summary of the 29 
constitutional violations of the rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal, which are 
set forth in Clark Kissinger's memorandum.

You have in your hands the "Open Letter to President Bill Clinton." 
We are very concerned about respect for the constitutional rights of 
Mumia Abu-Jamal. You know that Mumia Abu-Jamal is on Death Row. Our 
first objective is to save him from execution and to open an 
investigation into the violation of his civil rights.

What is documented here is the sustained suppression of evidence, the 
fabrication of evidence, and the manipulation of evidence for the 
purpose of misleading and inducing conclusions known to be untrue by 
the police and prosecution.

The violations of rights include the manner and conduct of the trial 
by the prosecutors who concealed material evidence from the defense; 
and the manner in which the trial was conducted by Judge Albert Sabo, 
who denied Mumia Abu-Jamal the right to choose his own counsel, 
examine the jury, investigate the evidence against him, and 
effectively challenge the prosecution's case.

The selection of the jury revealed the denial to the defendant of the 
right to object and the arbitrary acceptance by the court of jurors 
who declared their hostility to the defendant and who were unable to 
be impartial. This constitutes judicial impropriety.

We shall give you a document which was prepared by Jim Lafferty of 
the National Lawyers Guild. This document shows why President Clinton 
must order a new investigation.

[At this point, Baldemar Velasquez presented copies of the documents 
prepared by Jim Lafferty and Clark Kissinger and placed them in the 
hands of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Ishimaru.]

We submit for the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice 
materials which document the mockery of the elementary rights 
manifest in this case. In so doing, we express the concerns of 
hundreds of thousands of people -- indeed millions -- across the U.S. 
and throughout the world.

DELEGATION MEMBER: ROXANNE GREGORY

I wrote to the Attorney General in my capacity as General Counsel of 
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and asked for immediate 
intervention by the U.S. Department of Justice.

In my letter, I cited numerous constitutional violations of a most 
serious nature. I set forth specific irregularities in the treatment 
of the defendant by the police, illegal acts by the prosecutor and 
his office, and gross irregularities in the conduct of the trial by 
the presiding judge, Albert Sabo.

These are clear and concrete violations of constitutional 
protections. This matter is so stark and compelling that it has 
commanded world attention. Attorneys knowledgeable about these 
systematic violations will submit further evidence to you. We ask and 
expect that all of our submissions will receive a fair and thorough 
examination, and that you will act appropriately.

These documents prove that there have been violations of Mumia 
Abu-Jamal's constitutional rights. If you examine this record 
seriously, you cannot fail to recognize these violations, and nothing 
will stand in the way of your decision to reopen the entire judicial 
process.

DELEGATION MEMBER: OSSIE DAVIS

I join in urging you to investigate the abundant record of the 
violations of the rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal. In doing so, I represent 
a tradition of artists and cultural figures who seek to give voice to 
a larger social conscience. We reflect a deep and broad concern about 
the injustice so clear and egregious in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. 
This case rises to a level symbolizing a history of such abuse. The 
fact that so many artists of prominence have raised their voices is a 
measure of the importance of this case.

DELEGATION MEMBER: SAM JORDAN

I am the Director of the Program to Abolish the Death Penalty for 
Amnesty International USA. I wish to point out that the Justice 
Department has already investigated the conduct of the police in many 
cities. Statistics concerning the death penalty establish that it is 
a weapon against the poor and overwhelmingly against African 
Americans and people of color.

The record shows that while only 4% of the population of 
Pennsylvania, excluding Philadelphia, are Black or Brown, 70% of 
death row inmates are Black or Brown. If Philadelphia is included, 
the percentage increases to 90%.

We also wish to point out that the U.S. Justice Department has 
obtained a Consent Decree in the wake of its investigation of the 
Pittsburgh Police Department. Other such Consent Decrees have been 
obtained by the Department of Justice where police brutality, 
corruption, and the violation of citizens' rights have been endemic, 
institutionalized, and sustained over years.

The evidence before the U.S. Department of Justice establishes a 
pattern revealing the targeting and persecution of Black and Brown 
citizens, the overwhelmingly poor, and the disadvantaged.

This clear pattern is itself a violation of the civil rights 
statutes. It requires a systematic investigation and it bears 
directly upon the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

These are the models for the investigation required here. We seek to 
make the case for U.S. compliance with its own strictures about the 
violation of basic rights which are present here.

DELEGATION MEMBER: RALPH SCHOENMAN

Our purpose is to present evidence specific to the breach of the due 
process and civil rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Indeed, the U.S. 
Department of Justice and the Attorney General have not merely the 
right but the obligation to enforce the law and to intervene where 
civil rights and due process rights of citizens are violated.

I am gratified to note that you have confirmed that the Civil Rights 
Division has a statutory mandate to do this.

We have submitted to you compelling evidence of specific violations 
in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. I wish to present to you now a 
videocassette of the Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia 
conducting a training instruction for prosecutors in his office. He 
directs them to keep African Americans from being on the jury and he 
instructs them on ways to remove African Americans from the jury. His 
language is not circumlocutory or circumspect. It is direct and 
explicit, with "in your face" racist characterizations concerning 
African Americans' crime rate, job stability, educational levels, 
dress, manner, attitude, and children born out of wedlock in 
Philadelphia.

Prosecutors are instructed that people with certain names and living 
in certain streets and locations, populated by African Americans, 
should be excluded. He then states that prosecutors should keep notes 
on the pattern of unemployment, children born out of wedlock, early 
school dropout histories, prior encounters with police and 
authorities, and family members in trouble.

The Assistant District Attorney states that Blacks are not supportive 
of law enforcement and must be kept off the jury if a case is to be 
won. He gives tips on how to remove Blacks from juries if peremptory 
challenges have been exhausted and they have survived the gauntlet.

Most important, the Assistant District Attorney states that targeting 
Blacks in this way violates federal law. He instructs them how to 
offset this by keeping a written record of other kinds of objections 
-- lack of education, steady employment, family stability, etc. -- 
using these notes to defend themselves in case they are challenged.

The official training session is basic to the conduct of jury 
selection in the trial record of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Assistant 
District Attorney's instructions were implemented to keep qualified 
Blacks off the jury. The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal is a manifestation 
of institutionalized racism which strips African Americans of their 
civil rights and their survival rights at the hands of the police, 
prosecutors, and courts, which target them as this training 
instruction so clearly confirms.

This goes to the heart of your mandate in the Civil Rights Division. 
That is what is at issue here. It bears directly and with ineluctable 
logic and inevitability on the prosecution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. It 
legitimizes such prosecution and it has a direct bearing on the 
unrelenting brutalization of Mumia Abu-Jamal at the hands of the 
police.

DELEGATION MEMBER: MARTHA OSAMOR

The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal has international implications. 
Throughout the world, people are anxious to hear that you have 
decided to reopen the judicial process which can pave the way for a 
new trial.

DELEGATION MEMBER: JACQUELINE PETITOT

I come from Martinique and I am the spokeswoman here for over 1,000 
people who signed the Open Letter to President Bill Clinton, among 
them Aime Cesaire, the great poet of Negritude, mayor of Fort de 
France and honorary MP of Martinique; for several Martinique MPs at 
the French Parliament; for local officials; and for a great number of 
students, pupils, artists, trade union and political leaders of our 
island. I also bring the endorsement of Georges Odlum, minister of 
the independent island of Saint Lucia, and of the general secretary 
of the National Workers' Union of Saint Lucia. Guadeloupe trade union 
leaders also endorsed the letter. The people of Martinique, 
Guadeloupe, Caribbean islands are more and more concerned by the 
situation of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

We wish you to know that African-Caribbeans and people of conscience 
in our region are anguished by this terrible injustice. We struggle 
for the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal and we appeal to you to defend 
democratic rights and the principle of equal justice before the law.

DELEGATION MEMBER: LINDSAY MCLAUGHLIN

I come here mandated by the rank and file membership of the 
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). This is not the 
result of resolutions passed, although there are many of these. This 
reflects a considered belief that an injustice is taking place here 
of the gravest nature.

A man who fights for the disadvantaged and who exposed police 
brutality and police corruption in Philadelphia has been singled out 
for reprisal in a replay of exactly what he himself so long exposed.

Members of the ILWU know what such injustice means. We have a long 
experience of it and a history of resistance to it. We know that 
those in positions of power use the authority of the legal system to 
attack the rights of working people.

A manifestation of our concern and our determination to see justice 
done in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal was the ILWU shut-down of the 
ports on the West Coast of the United States on April 24 of last 
year. I am here to tell you that this case touches working people and 
affects their vital interests. Our union will continue to take 
measures and to urge others to join us in demanding justice for Mumia 
Abu-Jamal.

STUART ISHIMARU:

I understand and we take note of the depth of your concerns.

LORETTA KING:

I am the deputy to Bill Lee, the Director of the Civil Rights 
Division of the Department of Justice. We are especially concerned 
with and interested in supervising and investigating patterns of 
police and official misconduct. We are mandated to do so by the Crime 
Control Act which was adopted by Congress.



I find it most interesting that you have been talking about 
Philadelphia. We have a special concern about police abuse in 
Philadelphia. We are authorized to act in such matters under the 
Civil Rights Act, 4214141. In fact, federal funds have recently been 
allocated specifically for our Division to investigate police and 
official misconduct.

I want you to know that I welcome any information and data which you 
can provide me regarding a pattern of misconduct under the color of 
authority. We have and we will pursue such evidence, subject to its 
review and evaluation.

We conducted such an investigation into the Pittsburgh police 
department and we obtained a Consent Decree concerning police abuse 
and misconduct entailing violations of citizens' rights.

We investigated racial profiling by the State of New Jersey and the 
State Police. We secured a Consent Decree regarding these practices.

We welcome particularly more information on police abuse in 
Philadelphia. Under Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act, we are able to 
investigate and to intervene. We have federal funding for the 
prosecution of such abuse and we can intervene.

Please give us any evidence, information and findings you develop 
from your own investigations.

AL MOSKOWITZ:

The Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department 
of Justice is mandated under Statute 18 USC 242 to bring criminal 
charges, as we did in the Rodney King case.

We can investigate as a criminal matter the use of excessive force by 
police officers or by police departments. We can bring criminal 
charges where the violation of bodily integrity of citizens has 
occurred at the hands of the police.

I have to tell you, however, that we are constrained by a five-year 
statute of limitations. There are specific circumstances which allow 
us to maintain jurisdiction, even if the limitation period has run. 
Our statute will enable us to act if there is evidence of a 
continuing conspiracy.

Where a capital case is involved, there are extensions in the statute 
which may allow us to proceed. We can and we will prosecute public 
officials for violation of the constitutional rights of defendants 
and citizens.

Our jurisdiction is defined by enabling statutes from the U.S. 
Congress. Within that framework we will act. We want to look at all 
your materials and we shall respond. If we have questions or if you 
have further information, we can maintain contact.

DELEGATION MEMBER: RALPH SCHOENMAN

In keeping with your comments, I wish to stress that Mumia Abu-Jamal 
was brutalized, tormented, and tortured by the police of 
Philadelphia. This defines the case and is a hallmark of all the 
other documented violations of his rights. It embodies a breach of 
the letter and spirit of rights which generations struggled to secure.

That is why this case compels you to act. This pattern of abuse 
continues to this day in the treatment of evidence and in the 
intimidation of witnesses. Perjury was suborned and, when exposed, 
the witnesses were subjected to police terror.

These are the ongoing facts and they are not nullified by a statute 
because they apply in each jurisdiction of judicial review.

We take note of what you have told us regarding your statutory 
mandate and we ask you to act in this case consistent with that 
mandate and to bring justice to bear for those to whom it has been 
systematically denied.

DELEGATION MEMBER: DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN

I should like to point out to you that over one million people in 
over 70 countries have signed petitions asking for a new and fair 
trial in this case.

I wish to ask you for a clear response because we must report back to 
the organizations which have been distributing the "Open Letter to 
President Bill Clinton."

I must ask you on their behalf: Is the Department of Justice of the 
United States prepared to examine the points raised here and the 
issues and evidence presented by Clark Kissinger and Jim Lafferty?

Will you give us a response to the points raised by them in the 
documents which we have made available to you?

STUART ISHIMARU:

We can not make a commitment here to act before we have reviewed your 
information.

DELEGATION MEMBER: DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN

Does the door remain open for that review and investigation, or not?

STUART ISHIMARU:

We can neither promise that the case will be reopened, nor the 
contrary. We cannot guarantee this in advance. We can only commit to 
examining carefully what you have provided us.

BALDEMAR VELASQUEZ:

Will you then give us your response to this material upon examining it?

STUART ISHIMARU:

I can only state that you will receive a separate answer to every 
question you pose and regarding every document which you submit to 
us. Alternatively, the response upon examination of this data may be 
global. Whatever the form, I commit myself to providing you a full 
response.

DELEGATION MEMBER: MANUAL CAMARA

I am a member of the Senate in Spain. I can assure you that our 
legislators no less than our public opinion are deeply troubled and 
aroused by this injustice. We are here to place on record the desire 
for justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal, which has galvanized our broad 
public opinion.

DELEGATION MEMBER: JERRY GORDON

I want to address the matter of the statute of limitations. Please 
note that Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild addresses this 
specifically in the document we have submitted to you.





Less than five years ago, a judge ruled that Mumia Abu-Jamal's rights 
as a prisoner have been abridged. It is clear that the violations 
have continued and that the statute continues to run.

 From time to time, the president of the United States condemns 
violations of human rights in other countries. Yet here is Mumia 
Abu-Jamal on death row for 18 years -- on the basis of such a 
sickening record of police abuse, falsified confessions, evidence 
suppressed, and a trial whose procedures and standards are a mockery 
of due process and equal justice before the law.

Were such things to occur in any other society, they would be decried 
by all in this country, officialdom included. Mumia Abu-Jamal was 
deprived of effective counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment 
rights. His appointed lawyer failed to investigate, or to meet with 
witnesses in advance of the trial, or to challenge the prosecution's 
evidence. This lawyer was demonstrably incompetent and wholly 
ineffectual.

Mumia Abu-Jamal was prevented from mounting challenges to jurors. 
Jurors, who admitted openly that they were influenced and biased by 
police declarations and, hence, could not be impartial, were kept on 
the jury panel.

Twenty-nine constitutional violations have been summarized by Clark 
Kissinger, based on the petition filed for a writ of habeas corpus. 
This is one of the worst instances of injustice and abuse of rights 
in the history of U.S. jurisprudence.

For this kind of trial, characterized by the suppression and 
fabrication of evidence, to form the basis of executing -- for 
murdering Mumia Abu-Jamal -- would constitute such a travesty, such 
an outrage, that it will resound through subsequent years and decades 
and beyond as a symbol of the miscarriage of justice in the United 
States.

This is the reality which has seized the imagination and fired the 
conscience of people throughout the world.

You cannot ignore the opinion, concern, and sense of moral outrage 
which infuses people from every walk of life. We ask you to act on 
the basis of this record.

STUART ISHIMARU:

I am very appreciative of all that you have said. I want to urge you 
to send us any and all data and I can assure you that it will receive 
serious attention. Here is how you can contact me directly at any 
time [provides address]..

DELEGATION MEMBER: RALPH SCHOENMAN

The abuse of the judicial process to violate the rights of the 
defendant is evident not only in the flagrant conduct of the trial 
judge, Albert Sabo, but also in the materials which we have submitted 
to you.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which has refused to acknowledge any 
of the gross violations documented beyond dispute, has upheld the 
death penalty conviction, opening the door for the imminent execution 
of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The Justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court who has taken the lead 
in this regard was former Philadelphia District Attorney Ronald 
Castille, who submitted the papers opposing Mumia Abu-Jamal's earlier 
appeals.

You will find Justice Castille's name on the video tape submitted to 
you, in which prosecutors are trained on how to remove Black jurors 
and how, precisely, to conceal the racial motivation.

When this conflict of interest was raised, Judge Castille refused to 
recuse himself. His reasons are instructive. He notes that all the 
other justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court were endorsed and 
funded by the Fraternal Order of Police, which has waged a wide 
public campaign for the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Judge Castille stated, "At the outset, I note that the very same 
Fraternal Order of Police which endorsed me during earlier electoral 
processes also endorsed Mr. Chief Justice John P. Flaherty, Mr. 
Justice Ralph Cappy [who wrote the Mumia Abu-Jamal decision for the 
Court], Mr. Justice Russell N. Nigro, and Madame Justice Sandra 
Schulz Newman. If the Fraternal Order of Police's endorsement 
constituted a basis for recusal, practically the entire court would 
be required to decline participation in this appeal."

It should be noted that this court refused to find a single error in 
the entire record before it, despite so many flagrant and patent 
violations of due process and constitutional rights.


CONCLUSION:

At the end of the meeting, the delegation gave an initial oral report 
to the people gathered in front of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The initial conclusions of the delegation were:

1] For the first time, the federal government, through the U.S. 
Department of Justice, has acknowledged that it has a statutory 
obligation to investigate and intervene if the evidence reviewed 
establishes the violation of the due process and civil rights of 
Mumia Abu-Jamal.

2] This is an important departure, since prior to this the federal 
government has consistently refused to consider any possibility of 
intervention in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal or helping to bring about 
a new and fair trial, despite the overwhelming record of the 
violation of Mumia Abu-Jamal's fundamental rights.

Our task now is to broaden and deepen the international campaign to 
save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal with a focus on President Bill 
Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno, for that is where the true 
responsibility lies, given the facts of this case.

We must say to them: the evidence is in your hands. The time has come 
to act. Decide now to open the investigation into the violations of 
due process and civil rights which pervade the record.

It was the mass movement of millions fighting for justice for Mumia 
Abu-Jamal that opened the doors of the Justice Department for our 
January 12 meeting. Now, more than ever, an international 
mobilization, larger than any before achieved, is needed to save his 
life and, at long last, to secure his freedom.

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<bigger>REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION'S MEETING AT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT ON THE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL CASE


Report of the meeting held Wednesday, January 12, 2000 at 1 p.m. at the
U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. between officials of the
Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and members of
the International Delegation on behalf of the International Committee
to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal.


* Representing the International Delegation:


MANUEL CAMARA -- Spain; Member of the Senate and Trade Unionist


OSSIE DAVIS -- Actor; Director; Author; Political Activist


DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN -- France; Coordinator, International Liaison
Committee for a Workers International


JERRY GORDON -- Secretary to the Delegation; Trade Unionist


ROXANNE GREGORY -- General Counsel, Southern Christian Leadership
Conference and representing Martin Luther King III and the Reverend
Randall Osborne


SAM JORDAN -- Director, Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Amnesty
International USA


LINDSAY McLAUGHLIN -- Legislative Representative, International
Longshore and Warehouse Union


MARTHA OSAMOR -- Great Britain; Coordinator, People of Color Coalition,
Trade Union Congress


JACQUELINE PETITOT -- Martinique; Trade Unionist


RALPH SCHOENMAN -- U.S. Representative, International Committee Against
Repression


BALDEMAR VELASQUEZ -- Coordinator of the International Delegation; Vice
President, Ohio AFL-CIO; President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee


ALISA WILKINS -- Vice President, National Lawyers Guild


[Note: The number of participants was limited to 12 by the
administration. These 12 persons spoke in the name of the delegates who
remained outside, and of all who were bearers of the hundreds of
thousands of endorsers of the Open Letter to President Bill Clinton.]


* Representing the U.S. Department of Justice:


STUART ISHIMARU -- Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division, United States Department of Justice 


LORETTA KING -- Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division; Assistant to Bill Lee, Director of the Civil Rights Division,
United States Department of Justice 


AL MOSKOWITZ -- Chief of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights
Division, United States Department of Justice 



REPORT OF THE MEETING


STUART ISHIMARU:


The meeting opened with a brief statement by Deputy Assistant Attorney
General Stuart Ishimaru. He said that the Civil Rights Division of the
U.S. Department of Justice welcomed the delegation and was prepared to
hear and consider all evidence of civil rights violations and breaches
of federal law.


Ishimaru stressed that the Civil Rights Division operated under
legislative and statutory requirements empowering it to act where such
violations were established. He stressed that any evidence of such
violations that we submitted had to be specific to the circumstances of
the case in question, namely that of Mumia Abu-Jamal.


BALDEMAR VELASQUEZ:


Baldemar Velasquez set forth the concerns of broad sectors of the
population, notably those of the labor movement. He spoke as the
Coordinator of the International Delegation and also as the President
of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (AFL-CIO) and Vice President of
the Ohio AFL-CIO.


He stated that we wished to open the meeting with presentations by two
attorneys who have expertise in the case and who would proffer precise
legal assessments regarding the many violations of the due process and
civil rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal. They would show how such breaches of
his rights obligated the Justice Department to investigate and, upon
finding the evidence probative, to intervene.


He mentioned that the International Delegation brought thousands of
petitions which request a new and fair trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. These
are but a small sample of the hundreds of thousands of signatures
gathered on the "Open Letter to President Bill Clinton" -- and the
volume grows daily. The signatures come from many countries -- from
cities and towns, work places and centers of education -- and from
people from all walks of life. They reflect the worldwide call for
justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal.


[The members of the International Delegation introduced themselves,
identifying the group or individual they were representing, and their
concerns about this case.]


DELEGATION MEMBER: ALISA WILKINS


If Mumia Abu-Jamal's constitutional and civil rights were violated, he
could not have had a fair trial and, therefore, the due process to
which he is entitled, as is the right of every citizen. We ask the U.S.
Department of Justice to examine the summary of the 29 constitutional
violations of the rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal, which are set forth in
Clark Kissinger's memorandum.


You have in your hands the "Open Letter to President Bill Clinton." We
are very concerned about respect for the constitutional rights of Mumia
Abu-Jamal. You know that Mumia Abu-Jamal is on Death Row. Our first
objective is to save him from execution and to open an investigation
into the violation of his civil rights.


What is documented here is the sustained suppression of evidence, the
fabrication of evidence, and the manipulation of evidence for the
purpose of misleading and inducing conclusions known to be untrue by
the police and prosecution.


The violations of rights include the manner and conduct of the trial by
the prosecutors who concealed material evidence from the defense; and
the manner in which the trial was conducted by Judge Albert Sabo, who
denied Mumia Abu-Jamal the right to choose his own counsel, examine the
jury, investigate the evidence against him, and effectively challenge
the prosecution's case.


The selection of the jury revealed the denial to the defendant of the
right to object and the arbitrary acceptance by the court of jurors who
declared their hostility to the defendant and who were unable to be
impartial. This constitutes judicial impropriety.


We shall give you a document which was prepared by Jim Lafferty of the
National Lawyers Guild. This document shows why President Clinton must
order a new investigation.


[At this point, Baldemar Velasquez presented copies of the documents
prepared by Jim Lafferty and Clark Kissinger and placed them in the
hands of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Ishimaru.]


We submit for the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice materials
which document the mockery of the elementary rights manifest in this
case. In so doing, we express the concerns of hundreds of thousands of
people -- indeed millions -- across the U.S. and throughout the world.


DELEGATION MEMBER: ROXANNE GREGORY


I wrote to the Attorney General in my capacity as General Counsel of
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and asked for immediate
intervention by the U.S. Department of Justice.


In my letter, I cited numerous constitutional violations of a most
serious nature. I set forth specific irregularities in the treatment of
the defendant by the police, illegal acts by the prosecutor and his
office, and gross irregularities in the conduct of the trial by the
presiding judge, Albert Sabo.


These are clear and concrete violations of constitutional protections.
This matter is so stark and compelling that it has commanded world
attention. Attorneys knowledgeable about these systematic violations
will submit further evidence to you. We ask and expect that all of our
submissions will receive a fair and thorough examination, and that you
will act appropriately.


These documents prove that there have been violations of Mumia
Abu-Jamal's constitutional rights. If you examine this record
seriously, you cannot fail to recognize these violations, and nothing
will stand in the way of your decision to reopen the entire judicial
process.


DELEGATION MEMBER: OSSIE DAVIS


I join in urging you to investigate the abundant record of the
violations of the rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal. In doing so, I represent a
tradition of artists and cultural figures who seek to give voice to a
larger social conscience. We reflect a deep and broad concern about the
injustice so clear and egregious in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. This
case rises to a level symbolizing a history of such abuse. The fact
that so many artists of prominence have raised their voices is a
measure of the importance of this case.


DELEGATION MEMBER: SAM JORDAN


I am the Director of the Program to Abolish the Death Penalty for
Amnesty International USA. I wish to point out that the Justice
Department has already investigated the conduct of the police in many
cities. Statistics concerning the death penalty establish that it is a
weapon against the poor and overwhelmingly against African Americans
and people of color.


The record shows that while only 4% of the population of Pennsylvania,
excluding Philadelphia, are Black or Brown, 70% of death row inmates
are Black or Brown. If Philadelphia is included, the percentage
increases to 90%. 


We also wish to point out that the U.S. Justice Department has obtained
a Consent Decree in the wake of its investigation of the Pittsburgh
Police Department. Other such Consent Decrees have been obtained by the
Department of Justice where police brutality, corruption, and the
violation of citizens' rights have been endemic, institutionalized, and
sustained over years. 


The evidence before the U.S. Department of Justice establishes a
pattern revealing the targeting and persecution of Black and Brown
citizens, the overwhelmingly poor, and the disadvantaged.


This clear pattern is itself a violation of the civil rights statutes.
It requires a systematic investigation and it bears directly upon the
case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.


These are the models for the investigation required here. We seek to
make the case for U.S. compliance with its own strictures about the
violation of basic rights which are present here.


DELEGATION MEMBER: RALPH SCHOENMAN


Our purpose is to present evidence specific to the breach of the due
process and civil rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Indeed, the U.S.
Department of Justice and the Attorney General have not merely the
right but the obligation to enforce the law and to intervene where
civil rights and due process rights of citizens are violated.


I am gratified to note that you have confirmed that the Civil Rights
Division has a statutory mandate to do this.


We have submitted to you compelling evidence of specific violations in
the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. I wish to present to you now a
videocassette of the Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia
conducting a training instruction for prosecutors in his office. He
directs them to keep African Americans from being on the jury and he
instructs them on ways to remove African Americans from the jury. His
language is not circumlocutory or circumspect. It is direct and
explicit, with "in your face" racist characterizations concerning
African Americans' crime rate, job stability, educational levels,
dress, manner, attitude, and children born out of wedlock in
Philadelphia.


Prosecutors are instructed that people with certain names and living in
certain streets and locations, populated by African Americans, should
be excluded. He then states that prosecutors should keep notes on the
pattern of unemployment, children born out of wedlock, early school
dropout histories, prior encounters with police and authorities, and
family members in trouble.


The Assistant District Attorney states that Blacks are not supportive
of law enforcement and must be kept off the jury if a case is to be
won. He gives tips on how to remove Blacks from juries if peremptory
challenges have been exhausted and they have survived the gauntlet.


Most important, the Assistant District Attorney states that targeting
Blacks in this way violates federal law. He instructs them how to
offset this by keeping a written record of other kinds of objections --
lack of education, steady employment, family stability, etc. -- using
these notes to defend themselves in case they are challenged.


The official training session is basic to the conduct of jury selection
in the trial record of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Assistant District
Attorney's instructions were implemented to keep qualified Blacks off
the jury. The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal is a manifestation of
institutionalized racism which strips African Americans of their civil
rights and their survival rights at the hands of the police,
prosecutors, and courts, which target them as this training instruction
so clearly confirms.


This goes to the heart of your mandate in the Civil Rights Division.
That is what is at issue here. It bears directly and with ineluctable
logic and inevitability on the prosecution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. It
legitimizes such prosecution and it has a direct bearing on the
unrelenting brutalization of Mumia Abu-Jamal at the hands of the
police.


DELEGATION MEMBER: MARTHA OSAMOR


The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal has international implications. Throughout
the world, people are anxious to hear that you have decided to reopen
the judicial process which can pave the way for a new trial.


DELEGATION MEMBER: JACQUELINE PETITOT


I come from Martinique and I am the spokeswoman here for over 1,000
people who signed the Open Letter to President Bill Clinton, among them
Aime Cesaire, the great poet of Negritude, mayor of Fort de France and
honorary MP of Martinique; for several Martinique MPs at the French
Parliament; for local officials; and for a great number of students,
pupils, artists, trade union and political leaders of our island. I
also bring the endorsement of Georges Odlum, minister of the
independent island of Saint Lucia, and of the general secretary of the
National Workers' Union of Saint Lucia. Guadeloupe trade union leaders
also endorsed the letter. The people of Martinique, Guadeloupe,
Caribbean islands are more and more concerned by the situation of Mumia
Abu-Jamal.


We wish you to know that African-Caribbeans and people of conscience in
our region are anguished by this terrible injustice. We struggle for
the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal and we appeal to you to defend democratic
rights and the principle of equal justice before the law.


DELEGATION MEMBER: LINDSAY MCLAUGHLIN


I come here mandated by the rank and file membership of the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). This is not the
result of resolutions passed, although there are many of these. This
reflects a considered belief that an injustice is taking place here of
the gravest nature.


A man who fights for the disadvantaged and who exposed police brutality
and police corruption in Philadelphia has been singled out for reprisal
in a replay of exactly what he himself so long exposed.


Members of the ILWU know what such injustice means. We have a long
experience of it and a history of resistance to it. We know that those
in positions of power use the authority of the legal system to attack
the rights of working people.


A manifestation of our concern and our determination to see justice
done in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal was the ILWU shut-down of the ports
on the West Coast of the United States on April 24 of last year. I am
here to tell you that this case touches working people and affects
their vital interests. Our union will continue to take measures and to
urge others to join us in demanding justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal.


STUART ISHIMARU: 


I understand and we take note of the depth of your concerns.


LORETTA KING:


I am the deputy to Bill Lee, the Director of the Civil Rights Division
of the Department of Justice. We are especially concerned with and
interested in supervising and investigating patterns of police and
official misconduct. We are mandated to do so by the Crime Control Act
which was adopted by Congress.




I find it most interesting that you have been talking about
Philadelphia. We have a special concern about police abuse in
Philadelphia. We are authorized to act in such matters under the Civil
Rights Act, 4214141. In fact, federal funds have recently been
allocated specifically for our Division to investigate police and
official misconduct.


I want you to know that I welcome any information and data which you
can provide me regarding a pattern of misconduct under the color of
authority. We have and we will pursue such evidence, subject to its
review and evaluation.


We conducted such an investigation into the Pittsburgh police
department and we obtained a Consent Decree concerning police abuse and
misconduct entailing violations of citizens' rights.


We investigated racial profiling by the State of New Jersey and the
State Police. We secured a Consent Decree regarding these practices.


We welcome particularly more information on police abuse in
Philadelphia. Under Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act, we are able to
investigate and to intervene. We have federal funding for the
prosecution of such abuse and we can intervene. 


Please give us any evidence, information and findings you develop from
your own investigations.


AL MOSKOWITZ:


The Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of
Justice is mandated under Statute 18 USC 242 to bring criminal charges,
as we did in the Rodney King case.


We can investigate as a criminal matter the use of excessive force by
police officers or by police departments. We can bring criminal charges
where the violation of bodily integrity of citizens has occurred at the
hands of the police.


I have to tell you, however, that we are constrained by a five-year
statute of limitations. There are specific circumstances which allow us
to maintain jurisdiction, even if the limitation period has run. Our
statute will enable us to act if there is evidence of a continuing
conspiracy.


Where a capital case is involved, there are extensions in the statute
which may allow us to proceed. We can and we will prosecute public
officials for violation of the constitutional rights of defendants and
citizens.


Our jurisdiction is defined by enabling statutes from the U.S.
Congress. Within that framework we will act. We want to look at all
your materials and we shall respond. If we have questions or if you
have further information, we can maintain contact.


DELEGATION MEMBER: RALPH SCHOENMAN


In keeping with your comments, I wish to stress that Mumia Abu-Jamal
was brutalized, tormented, and tortured by the police of Philadelphia.
This defines the case and is a hallmark of all the other documented
violations of his rights. It embodies a breach of the letter and spirit
of rights which generations struggled to secure.


That is why this case compels you to act. This pattern of abuse
continues to this day in the treatment of evidence and in the
intimidation of witnesses. Perjury was suborned and, when exposed, the
witnesses were subjected to police terror.


These are the ongoing facts and they are not nullified by a statute
because they apply in each jurisdiction of judicial review.


We take note of what you have told us regarding your statutory mandate
and we ask you to act in this case consistent with that mandate and to
bring justice to bear for those to whom it has been systematically
denied.


DELEGATION MEMBER: DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN


I should like to point out to you that over one million people in over
70 countries have signed petitions asking for a new and fair trial in
this case.


I wish to ask you for a clear response because we must report back to
the organizations which have been distributing the "Open Letter to
President Bill Clinton."


I must ask you on their behalf: Is the Department of Justice of the
United States prepared to examine the points raised here and the issues
and evidence presented by Clark Kissinger and Jim Lafferty?


Will you give us a response to the points raised by them in the
documents which we have made available to you?


STUART ISHIMARU:


We can not make a commitment here to act before we have reviewed your
information.


DELEGATION MEMBER: DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN


Does the door remain open for that review and investigation, or not?


STUART ISHIMARU:


We can neither promise that the case will be reopened, nor the
contrary. We cannot guarantee this in advance. We can only commit to
examining carefully what you have provided us.


BALDEMAR VELASQUEZ:


Will you then give us your response to this material upon examining
it?


STUART ISHIMARU:


I can only state that you will receive a separate answer to every
question you pose and regarding every document which you submit to us.
Alternatively, the response upon examination of this data may be
global. Whatever the form, I commit myself to providing you a full
response.


DELEGATION MEMBER: MANUAL CAMARA


I am a member of the Senate in Spain. I can assure you that our
legislators no less than our public opinion are deeply troubled and
aroused by this injustice. We are here to place on record the desire
for justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal, which has galvanized our broad public
opinion.


DELEGATION MEMBER: JERRY GORDON


I want to address the matter of the statute of limitations. Please note
that Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild addresses this
specifically in the document we have submitted to you.






Less than five years ago, a judge ruled that Mumia Abu-Jamal's rights
as a prisoner have been abridged. It is clear that the violations have
continued and that the statute continues to run.


>From time to time, the president of the United States condemns
violations of human rights in other countries. Yet here is Mumia
Abu-Jamal on death row for 18 years -- on the basis of such a sickening
record of police abuse, falsified confessions, evidence suppressed, and
a trial whose procedures and standards are a mockery of due process and
equal justice before the law.


Were such things to occur in any other society, they would be decried
by all in this country, officialdom included. Mumia Abu-Jamal was
deprived of effective counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment
rights. His appointed lawyer failed to investigate, or to meet with
witnesses in advance of the trial, or to challenge the prosecution's
evidence. This lawyer was demonstrably incompetent and wholly
ineffectual.


Mumia Abu-Jamal was prevented from mounting challenges to jurors.
Jurors, who admitted openly that they were influenced and biased by
police declarations and, hence, could not be impartial, were kept on
the jury panel. 


Twenty-nine constitutional violations have been summarized by Clark
Kissinger, based on the petition filed for a writ of habeas corpus.
This is one of the worst instances of injustice and abuse of rights in
the history of U.S. jurisprudence. 


For this kind of trial, characterized by the suppression and
fabrication of evidence, to form the basis of executing -- for
murdering Mumia Abu-Jamal -- would constitute such a travesty, such an
outrage, that it will resound through subsequent years and decades and
beyond as a symbol of the miscarriage of justice in the United States.


This is the reality which has seized the imagination and fired the
conscience of people throughout the world. 


You cannot ignore the opinion, concern, and sense of moral outrage
which infuses people from every walk of life. We ask you to act on the
basis of this record.


STUART ISHIMARU:


I am very appreciative of all that you have said. I want to urge you to
send us any and all data and I can assure you that it will receive
serious attention. Here is how you can contact me directly at any time
[provides address].. 


DELEGATION MEMBER: RALPH SCHOENMAN


The abuse of the judicial process to violate the rights of the
defendant is evident not only in the flagrant conduct of the trial
judge, Albert Sabo, but also in the materials which we have submitted
to you.


The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which has refused to acknowledge any of
the gross violations documented beyond dispute, has upheld the death
penalty conviction, opening the door for the imminent execution of
Mumia Abu-Jamal.


The Justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court who has taken the lead in
this regard was former Philadelphia District Attorney Ronald Castille,
who submitted the papers opposing Mumia Abu-Jamal's earlier appeals. 


You will find Justice Castille's name on the video tape submitted to
you, in which prosecutors are trained on how to remove Black jurors and
how, precisely, to conceal the racial motivation.


When this conflict of interest was raised, Judge Castille refused to
recuse himself. His reasons are instructive. He notes that all the
other justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court were endorsed and
funded by the Fraternal Order of Police, which has waged a wide public
campaign for the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal.


Judge Castille stated, "At the outset, I note that the very same
Fraternal Order of Police which endorsed me during earlier electoral
processes also endorsed Mr. Chief Justice John P. Flaherty, Mr. Justice
Ralph Cappy [who wrote the Mumia Abu-Jamal decision for the Court], Mr.
Justice Russell N. Nigro, and Madame Justice Sandra Schulz Newman. If
the Fraternal Order of Police's endorsement constituted a basis for
recusal, practically the entire court would be required to decline
participation in this appeal."


It should be noted that this court refused to find a single error in
the entire record before it, despite so many flagrant and patent
violations of due process and constitutional rights.



CONCLUSION:


At the end of the meeting, the delegation gave an initial oral report
to the people gathered in front of the U.S. Department of Justice.


The initial conclusions of the delegation were:


1] For the first time, the federal government, through the U.S.
Department of Justice, has acknowledged that it has a statutory
obligation to investigate and intervene if the evidence reviewed
establishes the violation of the due process and civil rights of Mumia
Abu-Jamal.


2] This is an important departure, since prior to this the federal
government has consistently refused to consider any possibility of
intervention in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal or helping to bring about a
new and fair trial, despite the overwhelming record of the violation of
Mumia Abu-Jamal's fundamental rights. 


Our task now is to broaden and deepen the international campaign to
save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal with a focus on President Bill Clinton
and Attorney General Janet Reno, for that is where the true
responsibility lies, given the facts of this case.


We must say to them: the evidence is in your hands. The time has come
to act. Decide now to open the investigation into the violations of due
process and civil rights which pervade the record. 


It was the mass movement of millions fighting for justice for Mumia
Abu-Jamal that opened the doors of the Justice Department for our
January 12 meeting. Now, more than ever, an international mobilization,
larger than any before achieved, is needed to save his life and, at
long last, to secure his freedom.


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REPORT ON JANUARY 12 PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ORGANIZED 
BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL.

On Wednesday, January 12, a press conference was held at the National 
Press Club in Washington, D.C. to announce the efforts of the 
International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal to push 
for a new and fair trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Members of parliaments and legislative bodies from several countries, 
joined  by union leaders and human rights activists, assembled in 
Washington, D.C. to ask President  Clinton to stop the threatened 
execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal and to instruct the Justice Department 
to conduct an investigation into the violation of Mumia Abu-Jamal's 
civil and constitutional rights. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an African 
American radio journalist who has been on death row in a Pennsylvania 
prison for 18 years following his 1982 conviction for killing a 
police officer.

Following the press conference, the delegation marched to the White 
House and later to the Justice Department. [See official report-back 
from the delegation following their one-hour meeting on the afternoon 
of January 12 at the Justice Department.]

The press conference was chaired by international delegation 
coordinator Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor 
Organizing Committee (AFL-CIO) and vice president of the Ohio AFL-CIO.

The following people addressed the press conference in the name of 
the entire international delegation.

MANUEL CAMARA -- Spain; Member of the Senate and Trade Unionist

OSSIE DAVIS -- Actor; Director; Author; Political Activist

DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN -- France; Coordinator, International Liaison 
Committee for a Workers International

ROXANNE GREGORY -- General Counsel, Southern Christian Leadership 
Conference, representing Martin Luther King III and the Reverend 
Randall Osborne. (Sister Gregory read a statement from Martin Luther 
King III, who was unable to stay in Washington for the press 
conference.)

DICK GREGORY - Human rights activist

SAM JORDAN -- Director, Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Amnesty 
International USA

LINDSAY McLAUGHLIN -- Legislative Representative, International 
Longshore and Warehouse Union

MARTHA OSAMOR -- Great Britain; Coordinator, People of Color 
Coalition, Trade Union Congress

LOTHAR OTT -- A trade union official from the GEW teachers' union in Germany

ROMANCE - A university student from France, on behalf of hundreds of 
committees formed throughout Europe to demand a new trial for Mumia 
Abu-Jamal.

STEVE WISER - A member of Bruderhof and a close associate of Mumia 
Abu-Jamal, who introducted a taped message to the press conference 
from Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Following are the transcriptions of a few of the remarks presented at 
the press conference. Included below are the statements by Martin 
Luther King, III; Mumia Abu-Jamal (presented by audio tape from a 
phone interview with Steve Wiser); Daniel Gluckstein, and Romance (a 
university student from France). These are the statements that were 
available in print at the time of the press conference. The other 
remarks are in the process of being transcribed and will be available 
shortly. If you are interested in the complete report from the press 
conference, please contact us at <owc at energy-net.org>.

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STATEMENT BY MARTIN LUTHER KING III

(Note: Following are the remarks by Martin Luther King, III, 
president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to the 
press conference on January 12 in Washington, D.C., organized by the 
International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Brother 
Martin Luther King III was unable to remain in Washington D.C. for 
the press conference. His statement was read by Roxanne Gregory, 
general counsel for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.)

Conscience compels me to unite with Nelson Mandela, Catholic Bishop 
Thomas Gumbelton, elected representatives of the European Parliament, 
the Congressional Black Caucus, Amnesty International, Harry 
Belafonte, Paul Newman, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover, Arch Bishop 
Desmond Tutu, and millions of others around the globe to fight for 
the life of our brother in "the struggle," Mumia Abu-Jamal.

SCLC's commitment to justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal, dates back over a 
decade. We thank God for the energy of Ralph Schoenman, our board 
member Dick Gregory, and others, who have made today's international 
witness a reality.

First of all, at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference we are 
unequivocally opposed to capital punishment. The conductors of the 
evil system of injustice made Abu-Jamal a political prisoner and now 
they have planned his execution. As "consciousness-raising members" 
of the global society, we cannot afford to sit back and let an 
innocent man die.

The world must know that the judge purposely withheld "crucial 
evidence" from Abu-Jamal's case. Experts say this evidence alone 
could have brought an acquittal. We can no longer afford to allow 
bias in the criminal justice system to continue.

We must stand by Abu-Jamal's side just as we stood by the sides of 
Nelson Mandela, Angela Davis, Ben Chavis, and Joann Little. I do not 
believe it is incidental that I find myself protesting for the life 
of this innocent man, one month after my family and I received the 
verdict from a multicultural jury that said my father's assassination 
was part of a conspiracy. Martin Luther King, Jr. was brutally 
murdered because he spoke out against social injustices.

Today, almost thirty-three years after he was killed, we must unite 
together in the name of justice to stop the execution of Mumia 
Abu-Jamal, a young man who was respected in the community for 
reporting stories about economic and social injustices. My family was 
able to find out who killed my father because my brother, Dexter 
never gave up. He persevered in his search for the truth and our 
family let our faith sustain us until we found out who killed my 
father.

We must come together as a family in the spirit of my father who 
said, "the arc of the universe is long but is bent towards justice," 
and never give up until we save the life of our brother, Mumia 
Abu-Jamal.

Americans should know that the world is watching to see if she will 
do the right thing. Under the system of government dictated by our 
Constitution, the judicial system is the final repository of public 
power. It should be held inviolate from racism and other prejudices, 
which plague our society. We demand that all those with the power to 
intervene do so now in the name of justice -- do so now in the name 
of all that America holds, claims to hold, true and fair -- do so now 
in the name of humanity --do so now, in the name of all those who 
have already died to force America to live up to its motto of liberty 
and justice for all!

**********


STATEMENT BY MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

(Note: The following recorded message was sent by Mumia Abu-Jamal to 
the January 12 press conference at the National Press Club in 
Washington, D.C. The message was introduced by Steve Wiser, a close 
associate of Mumia, who recorded the taped message. Wiser stood 
holding a photo of Mumia as the recorded message was played to the 
packed audience at the press conference.)

A VIEW FROM DEATH ROW

Welcome international guests, and other human rights activists here 
assembled; I welcome you all: Ona Move!

Many are unfamiliar with the reality of death row, for the 
corporationist press paints a picture of death row as the abode of 
the worst of the worst, while a truer picture is of those who are the 
poorest of the poor, or even the weakest of the weak. How so, you ask?

Well, look: Of all the kinds of killings that people do, what can be 
more horrific than murder for hire? In Philadelphia alone, dozens of 
people have been slain in the streets as local Mafia wars raged over 
a decade. Which leads to another question: How many Mafia hit-men are 
on Pennsylvania's Death Row? The answer?: Zero. Not one.

How can this be, you ask, and the answer is simple. Real Mafia guys 
are able to afford the best lawyers that money can buy, while the 
poor schmuck is left with court-appointed lawyers, hardly the best in 
the craft. So, guess who goes to death row? Death row is the 
prerogative of the poor. This was shown by a 1992 article in the 
Philadelphia Inquirer which reported on capital cases, poor people, 
"represented by ward leaders, ward committeemen, failed politicians, 
the sons of judges and party leaders, and contributors to the judge's 
election campaign." (See Fredric N. Tulsky, "Big-time Trials; Small 
Time Defenses," Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 14, 1992, at A1, A8.) 
What emerges is the politics of death, that the well-to-do can afford 
to escape, and where one's poverty is the definitive aggravating 
circumstance.

I have written previously of the Fred Thomas case; of the diabetic 
grandfather whose witness in his defense was run out of court by cops 
later convicted in the infamous 39th District corruption scandal; of 
Jimmy Dennis, whose alibi defense was tossed aside by the courts; 
innocent men whose real offense was not being able to afford adequate 
defense lawyers---and I assure you, they are not alone.

Death Row is not just a poor place, but a predominantly black place, 
with most from Philadelphia. Again, we see the politics of death; of 
prosecutors and judges who seek political advancement on the basis of 
their fierce allegiance to the death penalty. These same actors in 
the containment system have treated the Batson case as a joke. What 
the case claims, and what the courts actually do, are two very 
different things.

Perhaps this group will begin the process of change. I, we, certainly hope so.

Thank you!
Ona Move!
Mumia Abu-Jamal, #AM 8335
175 Progress Drive
Waynesburg PA 15370

12 January 2000

**********

STATEMENT BY DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN

The decision to form this International Committee to Save the Life of 
Mumia Abu-Jamal was taken at a public rally held in Paris last 
October 15 that gathered thousands of people. This rally was 
organized to build support for the Open World Conference in Defense 
of Trade Union Independence and Democratic Rights (OWC), which will 
be held in San Francisco next February 11-14.

Our positions are simple and clear: We believe there can be no 
defense of working people anywhere in the world without the defense 
of independent trade unions. There can be no defense of working 
people throughout the world without the defense of any and all 
democratic rights. And there can be no defense of working people 
throughout the world without a common struggle against all forms of 
exploitation and oppression - against all forms of racism and 
injustice.

And that is why we decided to come together in this committee. Our 
aim was to call on the international labor movement, on the trade 
unions, and on political parties and activists the world over to 
support an Open Letter to President Clinton with the following 
message: "You, President Clinton, have the power to direct Attorney 
General Janet Reno to open an investigation into the violation of 
Mumia Abu-Jamal's civil and constitutional rights - an investigation 
that would pave the way for a new and fair trial!"

The response to the Open Letter that was issued last October 15 has 
been overwhelming, as others have stated here today. To date we have 
gathered close to 1 million signatures in more than 70 countries in 
support of this Open Letter to Bill Clinon. The signatories include 
members of parliament as well as political and trade union leaders 
and activists.

In my country alone -- that is, France - we gathered more than 
100,000 signatures on this Open Letter. Representatives of our 
committee in France were received officially by the French Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs. They were told that the French government 
supports our efforts on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The delegation today marks an important step. Let me tell you that 
whatever the outcome of our meetings today [at the White House and/or 
Justice Department] we are committed to expanding the mobilizations 
the world over until we achieve the victory of justice and democracy, 
which for us means a new and fair trial - and freedom for Mumia 
Abu-Jamal.

**********

STATEMENT FROM ROMANCE (a university student from France)

I represent thousands of youth who organized committees across France 
to demand a new trial for Mumia, and who have gathered hundreds of 
thousands of signatures in the high school and universities in 
support of the Open Letter to Bill Clinton.

My airplane ticket, like that of my sister from Martinique, was paid 
for by these thousands of youth, many of whom gave 1 or 2 francs so 
that we could be here today.

I want to tell you briefly about what's happening in other countries. 
I just received an email from Togo, which states:

"Even though the government has closed the university following a 
protracted student strike, the students in Lome have gathered tens of 
thousands of signatures and contacted the radio stations and media. 
They have decided to organize today, January 12, a student delegation 
to the U.S. Embassy."

Indeed, the youth movement in support of Mumia is expanding. On 
December 2 in Berlin, thousands of youth took to the streets in 
support of Mumia. Last April 24, in Philadelphia and San Francisco, 
tens of thousands of people - primarily youth - mobilized to demand a 
new trial and to stop the execution.

Youth throughout the world identify with Mumia and what he stands 
for. And young people know that Clinton can do something to save 
Mumia.

But if U.S. authorities were to ignore our appeal, if nothing were 
done to open the way for a new trial, you should know that we will 
redouble our efforts and broaden our protests. We will present 
report-backs from this delegation on the high school and university 
campuses of France and the world over.



 

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REPORT ON JANUARY 12 PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ORGANIZED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL.


On Wednesday, January 12, a press conference was held at the National
Press Club in Washington, D.C. to announce the efforts of the
International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal to push for
a new and fair trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal.


Members of parliaments and legislative bodies from several countries,
joined  by union leaders and human rights activists, assembled in
Washington, D.C. to ask President  Clinton to stop the threatened
execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal and to instruct the Justice Department to
conduct an investigation into the violation of Mumia Abu-Jamal's civil
and constitutional rights. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an African American radio
journalist who has been on death row in a Pennsylvania prison for 18
years following his 1982 conviction for killing a police officer.


Following the press conference, the delegation marched to the White
House and later to the Justice Department. [See official report-back
from the delegation following their one-hour meeting on the afternoon
of January 12 at the Justice Department.]


The press conference was chaired by international delegation
coordinator Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing
Committee (AFL-CIO) and vice president of the Ohio AFL-CIO.


The following people addressed the press conference in the name of the
entire international delegation. 


MANUEL CAMARA -- Spain; Member of the Senate and Trade Unionist


OSSIE DAVIS -- Actor; Director; Author; Political Activist


DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN -- France; Coordinator, International Liaison
Committee for a Workers International


ROXANNE GREGORY -- General Counsel, Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, representing Martin Luther King III and the Reverend
Randall Osborne. (Sister Gregory read a statement from Martin Luther
King III, who was unable to stay in Washington for the press
conference.)


DICK GREGORY - Human rights activist


SAM JORDAN -- Director, Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, Amnesty
International USA


LINDSAY McLAUGHLIN -- Legislative Representative, International
Longshore and Warehouse Union


MARTHA OSAMOR -- Great Britain; Coordinator, People of Color Coalition,
Trade Union Congress


LOTHAR OTT -- A trade union official from the GEW teachers' union in
Germany


ROMANCE - A university student from France, on behalf of hundreds of
committees formed throughout Europe to demand a new trial for Mumia
Abu-Jamal.


STEVE WISER - A member of Bruderhof and a close associate of Mumia
Abu-Jamal, who introducted a taped message to the press conference from
Mumia Abu-Jamal.


Following are the transcriptions of a few of the remarks presented at
the press conference. Included below are the statements by Martin
Luther King, III; Mumia Abu-Jamal (presented by audio tape from a phone
interview with Steve Wiser); Daniel Gluckstein, and Romance (a
university student from France). These are the statements that were
available in print at the time of the press conference. The other
remarks are in the process of being transcribed and will be available
shortly. If you are interested in the complete report from the press
conference, please contact us at <<owc at energy-net.org>.


***************


STATEMENT BY MARTIN LUTHER KING III 


(Note: Following are the remarks by Martin Luther King, III, president
of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to the press
conference on January 12 in Washington, D.C., organized by the
International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Brother
Martin Luther King III was unable to remain in Washington D.C. for the
press conference. His statement was read by Roxanne Gregory, general
counsel for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.)


Conscience compels me to unite with Nelson Mandela, Catholic Bishop
Thomas Gumbelton, elected representatives of the European Parliament,
the Congressional Black Caucus, Amnesty International, Harry Belafonte,
Paul Newman, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu, and
millions of others around the globe to fight for the life of our
brother in "the struggle," Mumia Abu-Jamal.


SCLC's commitment to justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal, dates back over a
decade. We thank God for the energy of Ralph Schoenman, our board
member Dick Gregory, and others, who have made today's international
witness a reality.


First of all, at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference we are
unequivocally opposed to capital punishment. The conductors of the evil
system of injustice made Abu-Jamal a political prisoner and now they
have planned his execution. As "consciousness-raising members" of the
global society, we cannot afford to sit back and let an innocent man
die.


The world must know that the judge purposely withheld "crucial
evidence" from Abu-Jamal's case. Experts say this evidence alone could
have brought an acquittal. We can no longer afford to allow bias in the
criminal justice system to continue.


We must stand by Abu-Jamal's side just as we stood by the sides of
Nelson Mandela, Angela Davis, Ben Chavis, and Joann Little. I do not
believe it is incidental that I find myself protesting for the life of
this innocent man, one month after my family and I received the verdict
from a multicultural jury that said my father's assassination was part
of a conspiracy. Martin Luther King, Jr. was brutally murdered because
he spoke out against social injustices.


Today, almost thirty-three years after he was killed, we must unite
together in the name of justice to stop the execution of Mumia
Abu-Jamal, a young man who was respected in the community for reporting
stories about economic and social injustices. My family was able to
find out who killed my father because my brother, Dexter never gave up.
He persevered in his search for the truth and our family let our faith
sustain us until we found out who killed my father.


We must come together as a family in the spirit of my father who said,
"the arc of the universe is long but is bent towards justice," and
never give up until we save the life of our brother, Mumia Abu-Jamal.


Americans should know that the world is watching to see if she will do
the right thing. Under the system of government dictated by our
Constitution, the judicial system is the final repository of public
power. It should be held inviolate from racism and other prejudices,
which plague our society. We demand that all those with the power to
intervene do so now in the name of justice -- do so now in the name of
all that America holds, claims to hold, true and fair -- do so now in
the name of humanity --do so now, in the name of all those who have
already died to force America to live up to its motto of liberty and
justice for all!


**********



<bold><underline>STATEMENT BY MUMIA ABU-JAMAL


</underline></bold>(Note: The following recorded message was sent by
Mumia Abu-Jamal to the January 12 press conference at the National
Press Club in Washington, D.C. The message was introduced by Steve
Wiser, a close associate of Mumia, who recorded the taped message.
Wiser stood holding a photo of Mumia as the recorded message was played
to the packed audience at the press conference.)


A VIEW FROM DEATH ROW


Welcome international guests, and other human rights activists here
assembled; I welcome you all: <underline>Ona Move</underline>!


Many are unfamiliar with the reality of death row, for the
corporationist press paints a picture of death row as the abode of the
worst of the worst, while a truer picture is of those who are the
poorest of the poor, or even the weakest of the weak. How so, you ask?


Well, look: Of all the kinds of killings that people do, what can be
more horrific than murder for hire? In Philadelphia alone, dozens of
people have been slain in the streets as local Mafia wars raged over a
decade. Which leads to another question: How many Mafia hit-men are on
Pennsylvania's Death Row? The answer?: Zero. Not one.


How can this be, you ask, and the answer is simple. Real Mafia guys are
able to afford the best lawyers that money can buy, while the poor
schmuck is left with court-appointed lawyers, hardly the best in the
craft. So, guess who goes to death row? Death row is the prerogative of
the poor. This was shown by a 1992 article in the Philadelphia Inquirer
which reported on capital cases, poor people, "represented by ward
leaders, ward committeemen, failed politicians, the sons of judges and
party leaders, and contributors to the judge's election campaign." (See
Fredric N. Tulsky, "Big-time Trials; Small Time Defenses," Philadelphia
Inquirer, Sept. 14, 1992, at A1, A8.) What emerges is the politics of
death, that the well-to-do can afford to escape, and where one's
poverty is the definitive aggravating circumstance.


I have written previously of the Fred Thomas case; of the diabetic
grandfather whose witness in his defense was run out of court by cops
later convicted in the infamous 39th District corruption scandal; of
Jimmy Dennis, whose alibi defense was tossed aside by the courts;
innocent men whose real offense was not being able to afford adequate
defense lawyers---and I assure you, they are not alone.


Death Row is not just a poor place, but a predominantly black place,
with most from Philadelphia. Again, we see the politics of death; of
prosecutors and judges who seek political advancement on the basis of
their fierce allegiance to the death penalty. These same actors in the
containment system have treated the <underline>Batson</underline> case
as a joke. What the case claims, and what the courts actually do, are
two very different things.


Perhaps this group will begin the process of change. I, we, certainly
hope so.


Thank you!

<underline>Ona Move</underline>!

Mumia Abu-Jamal, #AM 8335

175 Progress Drive

Waynesburg PA 15370


12 January 2000


**********


STATEMENT BY DANIEL GLUCKSTEIN


The decision to form this International Committee to Save the Life of
Mumia Abu-Jamal was taken at a public rally held in Paris last October
15 that gathered thousands of people. This rally was organized to build
support for the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union
Independence and Democratic Rights (OWC), which will be held in San
Francisco next February 11-14.


Our positions are simple and clear: We believe there can be no defense
of working people anywhere in the world without the defense of
independent trade unions. There can be no defense of working people
throughout the world without the defense of any and all democratic
rights. And there can be no defense of working people throughout the
world without a common struggle against all forms of exploitation and
oppression - against all forms of racism and injustice.


And that is why we decided to come together in this committee. Our aim
was to call on the international labor movement, on the trade unions,
and on political parties and activists the world over to support an
Open Letter to President Clinton with the following message: "You,
President Clinton, have the power to direct Attorney General Janet Reno
to open an investigation into the violation of Mumia Abu-Jamal's civil
and constitutional rights - an investigation that would pave the way
for a new and fair trial!"


The response to the Open Letter that was issued last October 15 has
been overwhelming, as others have stated here today. To date we have
gathered close to 1 million signatures in more than 70 countries in
support of this Open Letter to Bill Clinon. The signatories include
members of parliament as well as political and trade union leaders and
activists.


In my country alone -- that is, France - we gathered more than 100,000
signatures on this Open Letter. Representatives of our committee in
France were received officially by the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. They were told that the French government supports our efforts
on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal.


The delegation today marks an important step. Let me tell you that
whatever the outcome of our meetings today [at the White House and/or
Justice Department] we are committed to expanding the mobilizations the
world over until we achieve the victory of justice and democracy, which
for us means a new and fair trial - and freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal.


**********


STATEMENT FROM ROMANCE (a university student from France)


I represent thousands of youth who organized committees across France
to demand a new trial for Mumia, and who have gathered hundreds of
thousands of signatures in the high school and universities in support
of the Open Letter to Bill Clinton.


My airplane ticket, like that of my sister from Martinique, was paid
for by these thousands of youth, many of whom gave 1 or 2 francs so
that we could be here today.


I want to tell you briefly about what's happening in other countries. I
just received an email from Togo, which states:


"Even though the government has closed the university following a
protracted student strike, the students in Lome have gathered tens of
thousands of signatures and contacted the radio stations and media.
They have decided to organize today, January 12, a student delegation
to the U.S. Embassy."


Indeed, the youth movement in support of Mumia is expanding. On
December 2 in Berlin, thousands of youth took to the streets in support
of Mumia. Last April 24, in Philadelphia and San Francisco, tens of
thousands of people - primarily youth - mobilized to demand a new trial
and to stop the execution.


Youth throughout the world identify with Mumia and what he stands for.
And young people know that Clinton can do something to save Mumia.


But if U.S. authorities were to ignore our appeal, if nothing were done
to open the way for a new trial, you should know that we will redouble
our efforts and broaden our protests. We will present report-backs from
this delegation on the high school and university campuses of France
and the world over.




 

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From etehdachap at hotmail.com  Wed Jan 19 10:19:43 2000
From: etehdachap at hotmail.com (etehdachap at hotmail.com)
Date: 19 Jan 2000 10:19:43
Subject: Iranian workers News Bulletin number 6
Message-ID: <bac1c849.20000119181029.49661.qmail@hotmail.com>

This Bulletin can also be viewed from
http://www.etehadchap.com/worker

IRANIAN WORKERS' NEWS
SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN WITH IRANIAN WORKERS
Volume 1, Issue6       Jan 2000


              INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Nationwide Workers protests
Another sit-in in the Oil industry
GhaemShar textile workers
Work Environment, a death trap


Nation-wide protests by Iranian workers against the organisation for Social 
Security

The program of nation-wide demonstrations and sit ins by workers which was 
to take place on the 19th of Dec in front of Social Security offices and the 
offices of Khaneh Kargar (a workers' organisation ,set up by the government) 
in various cities, was declared illegal by the ministry of Interior and 
cancelled. However despite the ban imposed by the ministry and backtracking 
by the Islamic Labour councils who made the original call for the 
demonstration and who later announced that nation-wide protests are 
cancelled, workers protests took place in many cities including Tehran and 
Ghom.
Although the initial call for this nation-wide protest was made by the 
Islamic Labour Councils, in other words a workers organisation associated 
with the  regime   and the ONLY legal workers organisation in Iran, the 
subsequent protest was important from a number of aspects.
First- because it demonstrated that the conditions of  life and work of 
Iranian workers has been destroyed to such an extent that even workers 
organisations and structures dependent on the Islamic regime, find no way to 
justify the policies and programs of this regime. In fact as the centre of 
Islamic Labour Councils admits in its declaration cancelling the 
demonstration, workers are so angry of their disastrous state of work and 
life that " there can be no more any guarantees of controlling them ".
Second- From the point of view that even for the government workers 
organisation it has become obvious that the slogans of Khatami's government 
concerning democratic, political development and civil society are lies. In 
a country where peaceful demonstrations by a government workers 
organisation, the only legal workers organisation in the country are not 
tolerated, there is no room for claims of political and democratic 
development.
Third- this protest after the nation-wide protests of workers on the first 
of May against changes to Labour legislation and their approval by the 
Majles, was the second biggest nation-wide protest in Iran. Iranian workers 
have realised the essential point that without unity and nation-wide protest 
they cannot defend their rights, these two major workers protests, although 
initiated by pro government organisations such as Shorayeh Eslami Kar , show 
the level of dissatisfaction amongst workers. A dissatisfaction that has 
reached such a level that even pro government labour organisations have no 
alternative but to side with workers so that may be in this way they can at 
least control and limit the anger of the workers. On the other hand it shows 
that at a time when Iranian workers are deprived of any independent workers 
organisations and haven't got the right to strike, they can use the 
contradictions within the regime's factions to spread their protest.
Fourth- The importance of this nation-wide protest against the Social 
security offices is that has united for the first time various sections of 
workers from retired workers and those getting pensions,  contract workers 
and seasonal workers, to workers in employment covered by the Social 
Security organisation,  in a joint action. The major three demands of the 
protests were: increase in the salary and wages of retired workers and 
pension holders getting paid by the social security offices in line with 
inflation, protest against lack of work insurance for temporary and seasonal 
workers and protest at reduction of medical and pharmaceutical services 
provided by the Social security organisation.
Fifth- this major protest exposes the sham propaganda of the regime in its 
claim that 26 million Iranians are covered by the Social Security 
Organisation and that this cover will expand to every one.
The protest showed that not only this propaganda is false but also the 
regime intends to abolish even this limited cover of social security. In 
previous issues of this bulletin we have shown that in our country there is 
no such thing as social security and that the so called Social Security 
organisation refuses to respect its commitments even at the level of an 
insurance company. This organisation, in line with government economic 
policy, following the instructions of the World Bank and the IMF for ? 
structural readjustment ? has limited its commitment to those insured to 
such a level that even hospitals and medical centres belonging to this 
organisation (whose capital really belongs to workers) have been privatised, 
depriving the others of the most basic health services.


The Campaign in solidarity with Iranian workers condemns Iran's ministry of 
Interior for banning workers protests, condemns the anti worker policies of 
those responsible in the Social Security Organisation and calls on trade 
union organisations, workers organisation throughout the world to support 
Iranian workers.

News of workers Struggles
Protest gathering by Farsh Ekbatan workers: on Saturday the 4th of Dec, 250 
workers from Ekbatan carpet company in Alborz industrial town, near Ghazvin, 
gathered outside Tehran's Retirement organisation, in Fatemi square, to 
protest at the closure of the factory, lack of payment of their salaries and 
benefits for the last 8 months. The shares in this company belong to the 
National Industry Organisation and the Retirement Organisation .

Workers boycott factory meals in Bandar Abbas power plant :
More than 400 workers in Bandar Abbas power plant have refused to get any 
food at their work place since the second week of October in protest at lack 
of payment of salaries and other late payments.
Protest gathering by Passargard Darya contract workers : on Thursday the 
18th of Nov , workers in Passargard Darya who perform service tasks in Falat 
Ghareh oil company on the island of Kharg gathered outside the 
Administration offices of this company on Kharg Island to protest at lack of 
payment of their salaries. On a number of occasions the workers had 
protested about the issue of unpaid wages. According to the newspaper  
Islamic  Republic  of 20th Nov 99 security forces from Iran's ministry of 
Intelligence had gathered on a large scale to confront the protesters and 
dispersed their protest gathering. This paper adds that : in protest against 
unpaid salary of the last few months, the workers intend to gather the next 
few days . According to the same report the weakness of the management and 
lack of any  action by those responsible for Felat Ghareh Oil  company was 
one of the other complaints of the workers .
Protest gathering by Ataiyeh workers : on Monday 29th Nov 99  a group of 
workers from Ataiyeh company situated in Saveh, protested that the 
management of this company had paid them no salary and they gathered outside 
the Social services offices of this town . 240 workers have received no 
wages for the months of Oct and Nov 99.

Another sit-in by trainees in the Oil industry: More than 160 trainee 
employees in the technical and professional workshops of Iran's Oil Company 
staged a sit in from the early hours of the 20th Nov 99, for the second time 
in less than two weeks , protesting against unemployment and the fact that 
it is unlikely that they will be employees in the oil company. This sit in 
took place outside the main offices of the National Oil Company in Taleghani 
Street, Tehran. The authorities had promised to deal with the trainee's 
demands within ten days, however as the deadline passed and there was no 
progress, the trainees staged this second protest.
Most of the trainees have taken part in courses and practical studies 
starting in 1992 or 1994 in 4 training centres in Massjed Soleiman, Ahvaz, 
Amjadieh, Gachssaran in southern Iran and from more than 1100 trainees only 
400 have found employment in the oil industry, the rest are unemployed and 
left in suspense.
One of those in the sit in told reporters: "For two years we followed 
various courses and training and in fact we are now ready to work as skilled 
workers in the oil industry , they even told us go and do your military 
service your job will be saved. However they have not kept their promise." 
He added "It is nearly five years that we are struggling to get our rights , 
we have gone everywhere to voice our protest but there has been no result.

Sit-in and demonstration by textile workers in Gahem Shahr :

On saturday 25th Dec 99, hundreds of workers from Tabarestan textile plant 
in Ghaem Shahr , organised a sit in protest at lack of payment of salaries 
for 9 months , after the  sit-in the  workers demonstrated demanding their 
wages and bonuses. Ghaem Shahr textile plant is one of many textile 
factories in Iran facing a complete halt to production, more than 2000 
workers in this plant have lost their jobs and the current protest is one of 
many such protests this year , every time the local authorities make  
promises, however these are not kept.
In April 99, in their most important protest of the year, workers 
demonstrated in the town and blocked the main GhaemShar-Sari highway, 
demanding a resolution of their demands. According to a deal, the  Social 
Security offices were supposed to pay 80 percent of their salaries and the  
other 20 percent was supposed to be paid by the National Bank of Iran which 
owns 65% of the  shares of this company , however no money has yet been paid 
to workers.

Protest gathering by "Albass Nass" workers: On Sunday 28th Nov , tens of 
workers from "Albas Nass" clothes manufacturers in eastern Tehran, gathered 
in the factory grounds to protest at their expulsion form work and demanded 
that the factory should be reopened and they should be reinstated .The 
management of this plant which operates under the cover of Bonyad Mostazafin 
(an Islamic foundation), has made all 86 workers in this plant redundant , 
blaming recession. Although Tehran's provincial Labour offices have issued 
reinstatement orders for the workers, the management refuses to reinstate 
them and insists on closing down the plant and forcing the workers to 
destitution. From late September , the central heating system in this plant 
has failed , the transport to and from work was halted in late November and 
workers wages and bonuses have not been paid since Oct and finally on the 
4th of Nov , the workers were told to accept pay off  for their jobs. The 
management claims that if the workers accept two months salary for every 
year's work , they will get two months wages otherwise the factory will be 
dissolved and according to law , workers will get one month wages for every 
year of their work. This is at a time when those responsible in the plant 
have announced that for those workers who accept the deal , their wage sand 
benefits will be held in the trust for financial and credit and after this 
period they will get paid. Most of the workers in this plant are women who 
are sole wage earner in their household , leaving in rented accommodation.

Protest by Metro workers: Workers in Tehran Metro company ( which has over 
3000 employees) wrote an open letter complaining about lack of payment of 
their salaries. These workers wrote in their letter:" It looks as if 
delaying payment of salaries to Metro workers has become a tradition. It 
will not be an exaggeration to say that from the beginning of the operation 
of Tehran Metro , with the exception of a short period, every time the 
salaries of the workers in this company have been paid with months of delay 
. Currently , although it is mid November , we have still to be paid for 
September and October ." They add that those responsible for the company , 
have refused to give any answers to the workers . Before this protest  a 
group of Metro workers had gone to the offices of the paper "Akhbar 
Eghtessad" to protest at lack of payment of their salaries.

Protest by Pars Arian workers: the management of this company which comes 
under the cover of Imam's committee , have paid no salaries to workers and 
are putting pressure on the work force to accept pay off money , workers 
have protested at this. This company has 130 workers most of whom have 
worked for over 25 years in this plant.

Protest by textile workers Baresh: Workers in Baresh textile plant in 
Isfahan (Central Iran) in continuation of their protest against lack of 
payment of wages, imprisoned the factory management in the company . After 
this, security forces and police entered the site to free the mangers.
Protest by workers in the telephone sector: Workers in the information 
section of Mashad (North East Iran) telephone support  (known as the 118 
line) who have 8months to 3 years experience have written an open letter 
demanding that their problems should be resolved . In this letter they 
write: "... During this period our rights have been trampled upon time and 
time again by the contract company ( Mashad Sepand Assa) . For example 
according to the contract between the company and the communications bureau 
, the wages of a grade one operator is 38,000 tomans a month ( 38 pounds) 
this has now been reduced to 18,000 tomans (18 pounds) and the protests are 
to no avail" They add , the company Sepand Assa has 40 employees and so far 
18 have been sacked under various guises and given the current ad hoc 
practises of forced holidays , unpaid holidays , refusal to sign contracts 
with those who are working , getting signatures on blank letters , not 
paying salaries , conditions are intolerable.
Arrest of 12 workers in Tabriz Tractor factory: According to the Committee 
of Iranian political prisoners in exile, following a protest by workers in 
Tractor Factory Tabriz who had organised protests between the  3rd-6th Nov 
99 , police and security forces entered the  factory and arrested 12 workers 
. The  following are amongst those arrested: Mohamad Momtaz, Heydar 
Kadkhodaii, Ashraf Sadegh( who had previously served 4months in prison ) and 
Hekmast Fathiya.

Protest gathering by unemployed peddlers :   More than 300 peddlers  in 
Karaj  have become unemployed as municipality authorities in this town have 
forbidden them to sell on three main pavements. These peddlers gathered on 
the 30th of Nov in the previous bus terminal of the town and demanded that 
the authorities should deal with their problems. One of the representatives 
of the peddlers told a reporter from the paper Sobh Emrouz: "If they give us 
a piece of wasteland in the town we can pay it by loans or instalments." He 
added : "it is now months that we haven't worked and no one is giving us any 
answers".
Foka industry  facing closure
Foka industries producers of household utensils in Hamadan province is 
facing bankruptcy and the 185 workers in this plant are anxious of their 
future and their jobs.           In addition these workers have yet to 
obtain their wages for  October and November . This factory which was 
previously owned by the Foundation for the Martyrs ( a government 
foundation) was privatised in 1995.
Lack of payment of workers wages in Guilan province
In many factories in Guilan ( in the North of Iran) , like other regions, 
workers are not receiving any salaries . In units such as Assalem Wood, 
Guilan Paket, Ton manufacture, Iran Jeika, Northern Textile, Pasteurised 
milk , Ganjeh shoes, Porsan , Guilan Lifts and many other units workers have 
not been paid for 6 to 24 months. Many other units such as Alomeks, Iran 
Wood Industry Company, Guilan spare parts , Arya Moket are facing closure 
and their closure will lead to unemployment for hundreds of workers joining 
the already swollen mass of the unemployed
Uncertainty for workers in Iran Wood Industry Company
300 workers in this factory have faced uncertainty about their future for 
nearly two years, throughout this period they have not been paid a penny. 
The National Wood industry of Iran was founded in 1975 by a man called 
Abdollahi and as he fled the country following the Feb uprising in 1979 and 
immigrated to the US , this plant was transferred to the Nationalised 
sector. In 1997 the plant was returned to its original owner Abdollahi , 
however after 5 months he declared the company bankrupt and returned to the 
United States. Workers in this plant have complained time and time again 
over the last 20 months about their plight, demanding that efforts should be 
made to save the plant.
Workers in Tabass face redundancy
With recession in most  production units in Tabass ( A town in western Iran) 
industrial sector more than 100 workers in these units are facing 
unemployment.
Lack of payment of salaries in Ahvaz Industry
Workers in this section have received no salaries for  over 6 months and 
over the last three months the factory has had no output because if shortage 
of raw materials.

Closure of Chai Jahan company
Chai Jahan company (tea industry) in the town of Rey ( South of Tehran) has 
closed down and 40 workers in this factory are jobless . It is thought that 
uncontrolled import of foreign goods is one of the reasons behind this 
closure.

Discrimination in payment  of salaries to men and women
A woman worker wrote a letter to the paper Atiyeh , published 30th Nov 99 in 
Tehran : salaries paid to men and women workers differs in most work places, 
this is for equal work and equal hours of work . In most of these places 
women's wages are lower than men and whenever the issue of this discrepancy 
is raised we are told : given the family responsibility of men it is fair 
that men workers earn more (c)   This claim is made while women who work 
also take on family responsibilities and in society and this discrimination 
between men and women's wages is not fair. The other problem is that if  a 
women worker dies her family  are not paid anything . This way the 
retirement contribution paid by women is cut after their death and their 
just wages are not given to her child or children while women workers who 
have worked all their life have given their life to society. In practise 
such discriminations exist.
Sangrood Loshan mine created another accident
On Tuesday 6th of Dec there was another tragic incident in Sangrood Loshan 
mine(in Northern Iran) , 13 workers were poisoned by monoxide carbon and 
methane gas. According to reports by the journal Etella'at International, 10 
workers were taken to Manjil hospital to be treated and 3 workers were 
transferred to a hospital in Rasht.
Publishing this news on the 9th of Dec the paper adds: These workers were 
working in tunnel number 5 when they became victims of gas pollution and 
closure of the tunnel.
On the  23rd of June 98 in a similar incident , 30 workers lost their lives 
in this mine and more than 50 workers were injured. According to experts, 
that incident was caused by excess amount of methane gas, insufficient air 
conditioning systems , shortage of gas evacuation compressors and lack of 
control of gas in the  mine by the safety  committee.
In 1990 the Sangrood mine was transferred from the ministry of Mining and 
Industry to a private company "Faraz". The owners of this company sold the  
safety and protective equipment of the  mine and refused to listen to the  
protests of the  workers. Today more than two and half years after that 
tragic incident there are no official statistics of the  deaths or a report 
into the  causes of the incident.

Horrific death of 6 miners
The  collapse of a mine tunnel in Sharood (north eastern Iran) coal mine 
lead to the death of 3 miners. In another incident 3 workers in "Alang" coal 
mine , one of the borrows of Gonbad , died from gas asphyxiation and the  
collapse of the  tunnel lead to another 12 deaths.

Workers victims of privatisation policies of the Islamic Regime
(continued from page1 )
work places , killing thousands of workers. Although there are no accurate 
figures of victims of accidents at work in Iran, Alireza Mahjoub ( the  
director of the Khaneh Kargar, a government organisation) said last April 
that every year there are some 150,000 accidents in workshops, factories and 
mine in Iran causing the  death of some 10,000 workers . Seeking high 
profits leaders of Iran's Islamic regime  and short sided capitalists have 
made workplaces a dangerous hazardous place for workers , risking their 
lives and damaging their health, without providing any security for their 
future or their children's future. In recent years , in addition to the  age 
of the  equipment , absence of any standards, lack of security, protection 
and health facilities ,absence of any inspection regarding safety at work, 
privatisation of factories and mines , have all contributed to an addition 
of incidents at work.
For example the Loshan mine, which lead to the  death of 30 miners, was 
clearly cause by lack of safety equipment ,including equipment to get rid of 
poisonous gases, all this after the  private owners decided to make savings. 
According to the  admissions of the person responsible for house of labour 
in Kerman: " Directors of some of the  mines, including Coal mines in 
Kerman, pay no attention to safety at work and these mines have become death 
traps. Every day we witness accidents at these units and in many cases 
workers grapple with death and unfortunately a few days ago a worker who was 
not familiar with safety and who didn't have the right equipment died during 
work.
( newspaper Kar va Kargar 26/11/99) .
To oppose the tragic working conditions in Iran and death at work , from 
workers who were trapped to death in a mine to workers who loose their arms 
or legs in workshops , there is a need to unite and fight and  remind 
everyone of these conditions. The struggles of workers against lack of 
safety at work can only be achieved once there are independent workers 
organisations, and when the workers themselves, supervised by workers 
organisations decide safety regulation. However it isn't just up to the  
workers to struggle against these horrific deaths in the  work place. Human 
solidarity , calls on those who consider themselves humane to oppose these 
tragedies that engulf so many workers . One cannot be humanitarian and 
remain silent in the  face of such condition







About the campaign
The Campaign in Solidarity with Iranian workers has been set up to seek the 
support of International organisations, trade unions and workers 
organisations throughout the world for the struggles of the Iranian working 
class against job losses, to obtain their wages on time,  to demand pay 
increases, to  obtain the right to set up their own independent 
organisations,  the right to strike , the right to social security and 
insurance and all other basic workers rights. With this in mind, the 
Campaign considers providing  regular information about the struggles of 
Iranian workers as its most important task.






>From this issue we have changed the title of the bulletin to Iranian Workers 
News , so that it reflects better the contents.
The Campaign has now been established in a number of European countries and 
the  bulletin is published every month in English, German and  Swedish.
Please note the following contact and email addresses:


	      Solidarity Campaign with Iranian workers
http:\\www.etehadchap.com\worker
SCIW
email: iwo35 at hotmail.com
Po Box  23734   London  SW5 9GB
Sweden: c/o Iran Solidaritet Box 52067
40025 Gbg Sweden
Email:Irarb90 at hotmail.com


Germany: Post fach
103817 60108 Frankfurt Germany
Email: i.w.n at t-online.de


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From dhkc at dircon.co.uk  Wed Jan 19 16:39:39 2000
From: dhkc at dircon.co.uk (dhkc at dircon.co.uk)
Date: 19 Jan 2000 16:39:39
Subject: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BUILDING OCCUPIED
Message-ID: <bac1c849.200001200003.AAA05322@mailhost2.dircon.co.uk>

19th January 2000

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BUILDING OCCUPIED

WE PROTEST AGAINST THE GERMAN COURTS DENYING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AND IN
ORDER TO BE IN SOLIDARITY WITH ILHAN YELKUVAN WE ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE

16TH JANUARY 2000. 

TODAY IS THE 51ST DAY OF ILHAN YELKUVAN'S DEATH FAST. 

We have appealed to Amnesty International to raise this issue. We have
received their reply. They say that "your query appears to fall outside the
mandate of Amnesty International." !!!

Ilhan Yelkuvan has been in solitary confinement because the German
authorities fear that if he is allowed to communicate with other prisoners
he might influence them. This means that he is not allowed freedom of
expression.

Does freedom of expression fall outside the mandate of Amnesty
International? 

We occupied Amnesty International's central office  in London for 3 hours
to impress on them the seriousness of Ilhan's situation.

Our actions will continue until all deaf  ears can hear, blind eyes can see
and the mute develop the power of speech. 

FREEDOM OF THOUGHT FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN!
END ILHAN YELKUVAN'S SOLITARY CONFINEMENT!
LET'S NOT LEAVE ILHAN YELKUVAN TO DIE!


THE ILHAN YELKUVAN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE
BRITAIN









FREEDOM OF THOUGHT FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN!

TODAY IS THE 51TH DAY OF HIS DEATH FASTIn order to support  fascism in
Turkey, German state is telling Ilhan Yelkuvan to change his thoughts.
On the other hand, Ilhan says "I would rather die than change my thoughts" 


Ilhan Yelkuvan was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in Turkey because he
wants an independent, democratic and free Turkey. He came to Germany in
1996 and sought political asylum. And he never promised the German state
that he would renege on his political identity and change his thoughts. 
Germany wants us to forget our own identity, culture and motherland and
turn us into imitation Germans.  For the last 30 years they called us
"black heads", they exploited and used us. Our children were pushed into
drug addiction. They looked down on us and when they were finished with us,
we were deported. 
Ilhan Yelkuvan, on the other hand, did not ignore the problems our people
have in Germany and in Turkey. He did not forget his motherland, village,
family, children and his entire people. He always stood by his people
against starvation, poverty, injustice, contra-guerrillas, disappearances,
massacres and fascism. 
He could have forgotten his people like others have and become merely a
selfish immigrant who chooses to live only for his own sake. 
But he did not choose this.
He did not turn his back on his people and country.
He did not give up his thoughts.
The German state wants to create citizens who are silent, do not struggle
for their rights and are imitation Germans. Therefore it launches attacks
to destroy revolutionaries like Ilhan as well as the ideas that they hold.
It imprisons dozens of revolutionaries and sees them as potential
criminals. 
Ilhan's only crime was to love his people and country so much that he was
prepared to die. 
The German state supports fascism in Turkey by selling it chemical weapons
and Leopard tanks. It is a lie that there is democracy in Germany and the
German state is law abiding.  In order to support fascism, Germany put
Ilhan in solitary confinement. 
For the last 10 months, llhan Yelkuvan has been alone in a cell in Hamburg
prison, unable to talk to other prisoners. He is only allowed to take his
exercise period at 4.00 in the morning to prevent him seeing the other
prisoners. When he was approaching the 40th day of his hunger strike, he
was subjected to a brutal search on the way to exercise and all his pockets
were ripped off. By using the excuse of searching his cell, all his CDs
were broken and his own drawings and writing implements were confiscated.
One of his legal representatives was arbitrarily dismissed by the court. 
For all these reasons, Ilhan Yelkuvan has been on an unlimited hunger
strike since 30th November 1999 and on 13th January 2000 he turned this
into a Death Fast. 
His demands are to have the same rights that the other prisoners have and
be allowed out of solitary confinement.
To support Ilhan Yelkuvan's Death Fast; 

IN GERMANY
ALI EKTI: (Hamburg Prison, DHKP-C trial) On unlimited hunger strike since
5th December 1999.
ERDOGAN CAKIR: (Aachen Prison, DHKP-C trial) On unlimited hunger strike
since 7th December 1999. Since 6th January 2000 the prison authorities have
denied him sugar. He suffered internal bleeding in the stomach because of
only being able to take water. His body is starting to reject water. His
condition of health is critical. 
MESUT DEMIREL: (Hamburg Prison, DHKP-C trial) He was on hunger strike
between 8 and 18th December 1999. Since 3rd January 2000 he is on an
unlimited hunger strike. 
INAN ALTUN: (Frankfurt Prison, DHKP-C trial) On unlimited hunger strike
since 16th December 1999.
AKIN AKSOY: (Frankfurt Prison, DHKP-C trial) On unlimited hunger strike
since 16th December 1999.
MEHMET ALI URLUDAG: (Dortmund Prison, DHKP-C trial) On unlimited hunger
strike since 25th December 1999.
NIHAT DURMUS: (Hamburg Prison, PKK trial) On unlimited hunger strike since
19th  December 1999.
IHSAN ERSOY: (Berlin Prison, common law prisoner) On unlimited hunger
strike since 27th  December 1999.
OSMAN KOCAKAFA: (Hamburg Prison, common law prisoner) He was on support
hunger strike for 8 days since 3rd January 2000.
IRFAN GUVEN: (Hamburg Prison, common law prisoner) He was on support hunger
strike for 8 days since 3rd January 2000.
IMAM HUR: (Hamburg Prison) On unlimited hunger strike since 5th January
2000.
ALI KAYA and another common law prisoner are on unlimited hunger strike in
Hamburg Prison.

IN BELGIUM

FEHRIYE ERDAL, KAYA SAZ and MUSA ASOGLU (DHKP-C trial) They are on a
week-long support hunger strike starting 14th January 2000. 

IN FRANCE

SEFIK SARIKAYA, DOGAN AYDIN, EMRAH DEMIR, ALI AYYILDIZ, ERDAL KOCAMER,
ISMAIL SENER, EROL GUNES and VELI BAHSI ( DHKP-C trial) are on a week-long
support hunger strike.

IN TURKEY

1000 Political prisoners of DHKP-C are on a warning hunger strike of
3-days' duration starting 11th January 2000. 
Political prisoners of TKP-ML and TKP(ML) are on a warning strike of
2-days' duration starting 11th January 2000.
Political prisoners of TKEP-L in Sagmalcilar (Istanbul) Prison are on a
2-day support long hunger strike.

FREEDOM OF THOUGHT FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN!
END ILHAN YELKUVAN'S SOLITARY CONFINEMENT!
LET'S NOT LEAVE ILHAN YELKUVAN TO DIE!

WE CALL UPON ALL THOSE WHO DEMAND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT TO SEND PROTEST
MESSAGES TO THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES AND SOLIDARITY LETTERS TO ILHAN
YELKUVAN. 

Court, Fax: +49 40 428 433555
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Fax: +49 1888 6812926
Ministry of Justice, Fax: +49 1888 5824525


Ilhan Yelkuvan 
UHA HamburgHolstenglacis 3-5
20355 Hamburg
Germany 

  
      
WHAT IS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT?
Ilhan Yelkuvan can describe it:

"My cell is in the most remote corner of the prison where you can see no
sunlight, nor can you hear any other voice.  I am kept in a space just big
enough for my bed. In the neighbouring cells are lodged psychopaths who
spend the whole day screaming until by nightfall they are too tired to
scream anymore. I was deliberately put in amongst them. 
Despite my cell being in the basement there are at least four curtains in
the window like glass at least a century old, a sheet of perforated metal,
an iron curtain,?etc.!
Even my meals and other needs are provided by the same guards all the time.
It is forbidden for me to see anyone else. On every second day my cell is
searched so thoroughly that it is turned upside down. All my defence
documents and personal items are plundered. 
Some nights at identical intervals a very loud gong is sounded. These
sounds remind me of Chinese water torture. 
As it is mentioned in the medical report, because of the solitary
confinement, I developed an infection of the inner ear. Sometimes I was
completely unable to concentrate?"    






 


From tburghardt at igc.apc.org  Thu Jan 20 00:40:36 2000
From: tburghardt at igc.apc.org (Tom Burghardt)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:40:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (AFP) Leading Turkish leftist militant, three aides nabbed in Czech
Message-ID: <bac1c849&l03130300b4ac05156366@[165.121.98.159]>

Leading Turkish leftist militant, three aides nabbed in Czech Republic

Agence France-Presse
Thursday, January 20 3:42 AM SGT

PRAGUE, Jan 19 (AFP) - A 36-year-old Turk believed to be a member of a
"terrorist organisation" has been captured in the Czech Republic and is to
be extradited to Turkey to face murder and armed robbery charges, a Czech
police spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The spokeswoman, Ivana Zelenakova, said the man -- whom she did not name --
was grabbed near the German border Monday on the basis of an international
arrest warrant.

Earlier, the Turkish news agency Anatolia quoted Turkish interior ministry
officials as identifying the suspect as Suleyman Sahin, who is believed to
be the head of the armed wing of the leftwing extremist Turkish Workers'
and Peasants' Liberation Army (TIKKO).

Sahin faces charges of "attempting to forcefully overthrow the
constitutional order" in Turkey being a member of an armed outlawed
organization and committing murder and armed robbery on its behalf,
Anatolia added.

The militant had evaded arrest in several European countries since 1993
when he managed to flee a prison in Turkey's southeastern province of
Malatya.

Zelenakova said three other Turks travelling with the arrested man had been
briefly detained for an identity check then released.

TIKKO, an outlawed Maoist organization, is fighting to set up a communist
regime in Turkey and is believed to be cooperating with rebels of the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Copyright ? 2000 AFP. All rights reserved.


From andreas.stalidis at ic.ac.uk  Thu Jan 20 12:01:12 2000
From: andreas.stalidis at ic.ac.uk (andreas.stalidis at ic.ac.uk)
Date: 20 Jan 2000 12:01:12
Subject: ***Turkey Plans to Produce Nuclear Weapons***
Message-ID: <bac1c849.Pine.LNX.3.96.1000120181630.4314B.100000@blair.ma.ic.ac.uk>


What you can do about it, follows the article. Please, read below.

-------------------------------------------------------
Taken from:  http://www.asbarez.com/aol/1998/980805.htm

1. Turkey Plans to Produce Nuclear Weapons 

OTTAWA, According to a piece published in the July 26 edition of the
Ottawa Citizen, the Turkish government has ordered the Turkish Nuclear
Energy Commission to prepare a report detailing prospects of making Turkey
a stronger nation due to its nuclear capabilities, by producing nuclear
weapons.

Turkey has expressed interest in buying two Candu reactors from Canada,
stated the Turkish Ambassador to Canada Omer Ersun in an extensive
interview with the Ottawa Citizen, the entire text of which will be
published in the Weekend Edition of Asbarez.

The newspaper reported that Canadian nuclear energy experts have deemed
the Turkish venture extremely dangerous.

According to the Istanbul-based Marmara Armenian newspaper, Turkey is
ready to pay $4 billion to acquire the new reactors, which will be
stationed at Akkuyu Bay, on the Turkish Mediterranean coast, in order to
establish its own nuclear plants.

Marmara added that while the price of uranium on the common market fairly
inexpensive, Turkish officials have stated that Turkey would produce its
own plutonium, which call into question Turkey's motives for such a
venture.

An announcement from the Turkish Nuclear Energy Commission stated that the
new plants would have a strategic and economic importance. 

A release from the Atomic Energy of Canada opined that Turkey was planning
to produce its own weapons, thus it does not want to purchase the needed
uranium from the common market.

"The recent nuclear bomb tests by Pakistan and Indiaboth having Candu
reactorshave added new urgency to this concern," stated the Ottawa
Citizen.

Several experts at Toronto University stated that the operation and
construction of the proposed nuclear plants at Akkuyu Bay was extremely
dangerous since Akkuyu rested on an earthquake fault. 

Ambassador Ersum decried such evaluations, stating that comments about
fault-lines and other deterring aspects were merely "Anti-Turkish" 
propaganda, stressing that country needed the nuclear plants to move
toward the 21st century.

Ersum also defended Turkey's excessive military spending by saying that
Syrians, Greeks and Armenians had territorial demands from Turkey. 

--------------------------------------------------------

************IMPORTANT NOTES***************

What is asked from you now, that will take you less than 2 minutes, is to:

1. Visit this site:
http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear/emailtofax.htm
and simply send a free fax to Canadian officials (PM and some MPs)
[The letter is included in this email]

Alternatively, read all the news in Greek and again send the letter, here:
http://www.phantis.com/nuclear.awareness

2. Visit this site and raise your voice with that of Greenpeace:
http://www.greenpeacemed.org.mt/nonukes.html
and simply send an email to the Turkish PM
[That letter is also included in this email]

Please, note that the deadline of October 15, has been given
an extension of February 1, 2000 and could be possible to be
given another one. But, harry up please!

Thank you in advance,

Andreas Stalidis.

PS: This email is being sent to many people and various lists. My
apologies for the inconvenience caused by the cross-posting that might
result in receiving it twice. Please forward... 


Letters included:

1. 
From:

To:

The Right Hon. Jean Chretien
Prime Minister of Canada
House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A6


Dear Prime Minister Chretien,

I am very concerned about Canada's proposal to export two CANDU reactors
to Turkey for a nuclear plant at Akkuyu Bay. I am aware of the
extraordinary economic, environmental and proliferation risks of this
proposed nuclear deal with Turkey.

Canadian taxpayers will have to provide a $1.5 billion loan to Turkey, and
take the risk of default -- a significant risk given the political and
economic instability in Turkey today. A subsidy of about $200 million a
year from Canadian taxpayers to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has
helped to pay for the multi-million cost of this ill- advised deal,
including the maintenance of an AECL office in Ankara.

Environmentally, nuclear power has major problems that include the still
unresolved problem of radioactive waste management. A nuclear plant at
Akkuyu Bay on Turkey's Mediterranean coast will also face the serious risk
of damage from earthquakes. The claim by AECL and Turkey that the Akkuyu
site is safe is based on 20 year-old studies. Recent research indicates
that there may be an active fault line close to Akkuyu. A catastrophic
accident at Akkuyu, similar to Chernobyl, could be an ecological disaster
for countries such as Greece, Cyprus, Syria, and Israel, as well as Turkey
itself.

The risk of nuclear weapons proliferation is also a very real concern.
Although Turkey has signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), other
signatory countries such as Iraq, have simply ignored and violated their
NPT treaty obligations. Turkey has demonstrated its willingness to ignore
international law with the invasion and continued illegal occupation of
Cyprus. Providing nuclear reactors will very likely help Turkey to enter
the nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Canada's nuclear aid to India
and Pakistan (which contributed to those countries developing nuclear
bombs) should serve as a good lesson -- please do not make the same
mistake again.

Mr. Prime Minister, I strongly urge you to stop the proposed sale of
nuclear reactors to Turkey and other countries around the world. The costs
are too high and the risks are too great.

Sincerely, 




2. 
For almost 35 years, governments in Turkey have dreamt of building nuclear
reactors. Despite the fact that the country is ideal for wind, solar and
geothermal energy and energy efficient technologies, no investments in
these clean energy sources have been officially planned. Instead the
government has invited international nuclear companies to submit their
bids for an investment of 2000 Megawatts. Akkuyu Bay in the southeastern
Mediterranean coast of Turkey was licensed for the proposed nuclear
reactors 23 years ago. 

Greenpeace has long been campaigning globally to stop the military and
civil use of nuclear power. At the verge of the 21st century, nuclear
energy is a dying industry. The dangers involved have, with few
exceptions, led to a global phase out of nuclear energy. However, Turkey
is going against the trend in the western world, and still insists on
buying nuclear reactors that other countries are refusing.

The recent earthquake in Marmara (see Press Release 990906) , which killed
tens of thousands of people, has painfully reminded the Turkish people
that Turkey lies in one of the most seismically active regions of the
world. Turkey and its neighbours cannot afford to test any nuclear reactor
with an earthquake. 

The consequence of a nuclear accident in the Akkuyu region would be a
cloud of lethal radioactivity, contaminating the region including: Turkey,
Cyprus, north Africa, the Middle East and ex-Soviet republics like
Ozbekhstan and Kazakhstan.

The deadline for the international tender is the 15th of October. We have
prepared a letter that you can send to the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr.
Bulent Ecevit, to ask him to abandon the project, and to go for efficiency
and renewable energy instead:


Please make sure that you type in your name and home country before
sending the message and please use polite and respectful language when
writing your own text. 



Or type in your email address in the box below and hit the 'Click to send
button. This letter will be automatically sent to Mr. Ecevit

                  
Email address :  


Thank you very much for your support! 




Relevant interesting sites:

http://www.phantis.com/nuclear.awareness  only in greek; action site
by Phantis
http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear action site by Diaspora
http://www.greenpeacemed.org.mt/nonukes.html action site by Greenpeace
http://www.ccnr.org/turkey_syndrome.html by the Campaign for Nuclear
Phaseout
http://www.cnp.ca/issues/turkey-nuclear-background.html by the Nuclear
Awareness Project
http://cns.miis.edu/research/wmdme/flow/turkey/index.htm by the Centre of
Non-Proliferation Studies
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/monkseal.htm 
even Whales live in Akkuyu Bay! 






From dwalters at lanset.com  Thu Jan 20 14:08:25 2000
From: dwalters at lanset.com (dwalters at lanset.com)
Date: 20 Jan 2000 14:08:25
Subject: Important Breakthrough in Mumia Defense Effort: Urgent Request for F
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Important Breakthrough in Mumia Defense Effort: Urgent Request for Funds

**********

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Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F. Labor
Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.
To UNSUSCRIBE from this list, send a message to <owc at igc.org> or
<owc at energy-net.org>. Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297.
Visit out website at: http://www.geocities.com/owc_2000 .
(Please excuse duplicate postings, and please feel free to re-post.)
_______________________________________

IN THIS MESSAGE:

1) Report on Repercussions of the Jan. 12 Delegation for Mumia and 
Urgent Appeal for Funds

2) Coupon: Fund Appeal for January 12 International Delegation

3) Letter from Jeff Mackler, co-coordinator of the Mobilization to 
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, to Jerry Gordon, secretary of the International 
Delegation

4) Article on delegation in Toledo Blade (Jan. 13)

**********

1) Report on Repercussions of the Jan. 12 Delegation for Mumia and 
Urgent Appeal for Funds

Dear Friends,

We have sent you two reports on the important International 
Delegation on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal that was received on January 
12 by high-ranking officials at the Justice Department in Washington, 
D.C.

We just received word from Jerry Gordon, secretary of the 
International Delegation, that (1) this effort was reported in some 
of the mainstream press and, more important (2) the delegation itself 
appears to have contributed to an important breakthrough in the legal 
efforts pursued by Leonard Weinglass, Mumia's lead attorney.

Brother Gordon reports that 25 media representatives attended the 
press conference on January 12. The Associated Press sent three 
people: a reporter, a photographer, and a TV person. Reuters was 
there, as were the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the Toledo Blade [see 
reprint below]. A number of African American reporters and camera 
people were present. So were foreign journalists and TV people from 
Australia, Egypt, Great Britain and Germany.

Concerning the immediate impact of the delegation, Brother Gordon writes:

"There has been a major development on the legal front in the fight 
to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal. I talked with Abu-Jamal's lead 
attorney, Leonard Weinglass. Here is the situation:

"Under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, enacted by 
Congress with Clinton's aggressive backing in 1996, federal judges 
are required to accord a presumption of correctness to the factual 
findings of state judges.

"Here's an example of how that was working in Mumia's case. As we 
know, witnesses who testified against him at the trial at which he 
was convicted came forward later and recanted their testimony. They 
testified before Judge Albert Sabo, who presided at the original 
trial, in a hearing on a motion for a new trial that they had been 
intimidated and threatened by police into giving false testimony 
against Mumia. Judge Sabo, in a finding of fact, decided these 
witnesses at the hearing on the motion for a new trial were not 
credible witnesses. In the federal proceeding on the petition for a 
writ of habeas corpus, the Pennsylvania District Attorneys argued 
that the federal judge, William Yohn, was bound by that finding, as 
well as the other Sabo findings of fact. Until Friday, January 14, 
the federal judge agreed, meaning he would not review the entire 
record of the case.

"Suddenly, this situation changed dramatically. On Thursday, January 
13, Weinglass, while in New York, was summoned by the judge to appear 
at a hearing in Philadelphia the following morning. This hearing took 
place in chambers. The judge informed attorneys on both sides that he 
will now accept papers and hear arguments challenging the correctness 
of Sabo's findings of fact. This means he will review the entire 
record of the case, something the Mumia attorneys had been arguing 
from the beginning that he should do (which he can do since 
presumptions in the law can be overcome with strong evidence). This 
is a major breakthrough in the case!

"The timing of all this is striking. On Wednesday, January 12, the 
International Delegation met with three Deputy Assistant Attorneys 
General at the Justice Department. On Thursday, January 13, an 
article about the International Delegation appeared in the 
Philadelphia Daily news. On that same day, the federal judge called 
Weinglass and directed him to appear in court the following day."

There can be no doubt that the International Delegation contributed 
to this important breakthrough on the legal front. It is 
extraordinary for a judge to summon a lawyer in this way with no 
notice.

Unfortunately, the funds raised to date to organize this 
International Delegation are insufficient to cover our costs. We have 
been left with a debt of $2150, which we must pay off as soon as 
possible. The money we owe is to pay for the banner at the press 
conference, the rental of the press conference hall, the use of a 
wire-service agency to get out the press releases, telephone and 
copying expenses, and some travel costs.

Many of you already have contributed to this initiative, and we thank 
you deeply for your support. In addition, 84 individuals and 
organizations among you sent us a message to let us know you called 
the White House and Justice Department to urge them to receive the 
delegation. Your efforts played a major part in convincing the 
Justice Department that they would pay too high a political price if 
they did not receive the International Delegation.

We are now calling on all supporters of democratic rights -- all 
supporters of Mumia's fight for a new and fair trial -- to help us 
pay off our debt. We know we can count on your support.

Please fill out the coupon below and return it to <owc at igc.org> to 
let us know that you will be sending us a contribution -- large or 
small -- toward this fund appeal. You should send your check or money 
order to OWC, c/o San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin St. 
#203, San Francisco, CA 94109. PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECKS PAYABLE TO 
"WHC/MUMIA DELEGATION." All funds raised beyond our $2150 debt will 
be turned over to the national Mumia coalition's fund drive.

We wish to thank you in advance for your kind support to this effort. 
The legal breakthrough that has been won should give all supporters 
of the struggle greater hope that the ultimate victory can be won and 
that Mumia will be freed.

In Solidarity,

Alan Benjamin,
on behalf of the Planning Committee of the
International Delegation of January 12

************************

(2) COUPON: PLEASE SUPPORT THE FUND APPEAL OF THE JANUARY 12 
INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON, D.C. HELP US PAY OFF OUR DEBT!

NAME

ADDRESS

CITY

STATE

ZIP

TEL

EMAIL


[  ] I will forward a contribution of $ ____ to help defray the cost 
of organizing
this delegation. (Funds for this effort should be sent to: OWC, c/o 
San Francisco
Labor Council, 1188 Franklin St. #203, San Francisco, CA 94109. Please make
checks payable to "WHC-Mumia Delegation".)

(Send your filled-out coupon to <owc at igc.org>. Note: All funds should be sent
by mail to the OWC office address listed immediately above.)

***********

3) Letter from Jeff Mackler


Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
3425 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA. 94110
415-695-7745  Fax: 415-821-0166

Dear Jerry,

Congratulations on a job well done in the service of justice and for 
Mumia's freedom. Please convey our thanks to all those involved.

In the short time you had, you mobilized an impressive group of 
prominent human rights supporters from several countries... with an 
equally impressive result.

You opened yet another front in the struggle.

The presentations before the Justice Department officials were first 
rate as were the materials Jim and Clark prepared for the meeting.

I will present your report to this Saturday's Mobilization meeting in 
San Francisco and otherwise help to publicize your effort.

Thanks again for your fine work and let's continue our collaboration 
in this historic fight..

In solidarity,

Jeff Mackler,  Co-Coordinator

**********

4) Article on International Delegation in January 13 Toledo Blade

FLOC Chief Seeks Probe of Condemned Man's Case

January 13, 2000

BY KAREN MacPHERSON
BLADE NATIONAL BUREAU

WASHINGTON - An international coalition of trade unionists and 
civil-rights activists yesterday urged President Clinton to order a 
federal investigation into the case of death-row inmate Mumia 
Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.

Led by Baldemar Velasquez, head of the Toledo-based Farm Labor 
Organizing Committee, coalition members met with attorneys at the 
U.S. Department of Justice. In the hourlong session, Mr. Velasquez 
urged the attorneys to recommend a federal inquiry into alleged 
civil-rights violations during Abu-Jamal's arrest and trial.

  "We made it very clear that this is a case of global concern," Mr. 
Velasquez said later. "After they have reviewed all the documents we 
gave them, they will give us a written response."

  Mr. Velasquez called the meeting "a big breakthrough" in his group's 
efforts to persuade the Clinton administration to take action on the 
case, which has attracted attention from people ranging from French 
President Jacques Chirac to Hollywood actors Ossie Davis and Ed Asner.

  The meeting with Justice Department officials was set up hastily 
late Tuesday, after Mr. Velasquez publicly announced that his group 
planned to commit acts of civil disobedience in front of the White 
House to protest the refusal of administration officials to meet with 
them about Abu-Jamal's case.

  Justice Department officials didn't set a date for giving their 
response to the group's call for a federal investigation. But Mr. 
Velasquez said his group will keep pushing for a quick response 
because Abu-Jamal could be executed in a matter of months.

  Abu-Jamal, who is on Pennsylvania's Death Row, was scheduled to be 
executed last month. But he was granted a stay while a federal judge 
decides whether to grant him a new trial.

  Abu-Jamal maintains that he is innocent of the shooting death of 
police officer Daniel Faulkner. His supporters claim that Abu-Jamal 
was framed because he was at the scene and had used his journalist's 
job to spotlight civil-rights violations by the Philadelphia police 
department.

  Opponents, among them Maureen Faulkner, wife of the slain police 
officer, contend that Abu-Jamal is a cold-blooded killer who has 
manipulated the media and others into believing he is a political 
prisoner.

  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has twice upheld Abu-Jamal's 
conviction and death sentence.

  Before meeting with Justice Department officials, Mr. Velasquez and 
a dozen other union members and activists from several countries held 
a news conference on Abu-Jamal's case. Among those present were Mr. 
Davis, the actor, and comedian Dick Gregory.

  At the news conference, the group played a tape recording of 
Abu-Jamal greeting his supporters. The tape was made clandestinely 
over the weekend at the maximum security prison near Waynesburg in 
Greene County, Pennsylvania, and featured a confident-sounding 
Abu-Jamal criticizing the disproportionate number of poor and 
minority prisoners on Death Row.

  "Death Row, it seems, is the prerogative of the poor," he said.

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Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F.
Labor

Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.

To UNSUSCRIBE from this list, send a message to <<owc at igc.org> or

<<owc at energy-net.org>. Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297.

Visit out website at: http://www.geocities.com/owc_2000 .

(Please excuse duplicate postings, and please feel free to re-post.) 

_______________________________________


IN THIS MESSAGE:


1) Report on Repercussions of the Jan. 12 Delegation for Mumia and
Urgent Appeal for Funds


2) Coupon: Fund Appeal for January 12 International Delegation


3) Letter from Jeff Mackler, co-coordinator of the Mobilization to Free
Mumia Abu-Jamal, to Jerry Gordon, secretary of the International
Delegation


4) Article on delegation in Toledo Blade (Jan. 13)


**********


1) Report on Repercussions of the Jan. 12 Delegation for Mumia and
Urgent Appeal for Funds


Dear Friends,


We have sent you two reports on the important International Delegation
on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal that was received on January 12 by
high-ranking officials at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. 


We just received word from Jerry Gordon, secretary of the International
Delegation, that (1) this effort was reported in some of the mainstream
press and, more important (2) the delegation itself  appears to have
contributed to an important breakthrough in the legal efforts pursued
by Leonard Weinglass, Mumia's lead attorney.


Brother Gordon reports that 25 media representatives attended the press
conference on January 12. The Associated Press sent three people: a
reporter, a photographer, and a TV person. Reuters was there, as were
the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the Toledo Blade [see reprint below]. A
number of African American reporters and camera people were present. So
were foreign journalists and TV people from Australia, Egypt, Great
Britain and Germany. 


Concerning the immediate impact of the delegation, Brother Gordon
writes:


"There has been a major development on the legal front in the fight to
save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal. I talked with Abu-Jamal's lead
attorney, Leonard Weinglass. Here is the situation:


"Under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, enacted by
Congress with Clinton's aggressive backing in 1996, federal judges are
required to accord a presumption of correctness to the factual findings
of state judges. 


"Here's an example of how that was working in Mumia's case. As we know,
witnesses who testified against him at the trial at which he was
convicted came forward later and recanted their testimony. They
testified before Judge Albert Sabo, who presided at the original trial,
in a hearing on a motion for a new trial that they had been intimidated
and threatened by police into giving false testimony against Mumia.
Judge Sabo, in a finding of fact, decided these witnesses at the
hearing on the motion for a new trial were not credible witnesses. In
the federal proceeding on the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the
Pennsylvania District Attorneys argued that the federal judge, William
Yohn, was bound by that finding, as well as the other Sabo findings of
fact. Until Friday, January 14, the federal judge agreed, meaning he
would not review the entire record of the case.


"Suddenly, this situation changed dramatically. On Thursday, January
13, Weinglass, while in New York, was summoned by the judge to appear
at a hearing in Philadelphia the following morning. This hearing took
place in chambers. The judge informed attorneys on both sides that he
will now accept papers and hear arguments challenging the correctness
of Sabo's findings of fact. This means he will review the entire record
of the case, something the Mumia attorneys had been arguing from the
beginning that he should do (which he can do since presumptions in the
law can be overcome with strong evidence). This is a major breakthrough
in the case!


"The timing of all this is striking. On Wednesday, January 12, the
International Delegation met with three Deputy Assistant Attorneys
General at the Justice Department. On Thursday, January 13, an article
about the International Delegation appeared in the Philadelphia Daily
news. On that same day, the federal judge called Weinglass and directed
him to appear in court the following day."


There can be no doubt that the International Delegation contributed to
this important breakthrough on the legal front. It is extraordinary for
a judge to summon a lawyer in this way with no notice. 


Unfortunately, the funds raised to date to organize this International
Delegation are insufficient to cover our costs. We have been left with
a debt of $2150, which we must pay off as soon as possible. The money
we owe is to pay for the banner at the press conference, the rental of
the press conference hall, the use of a wire-service agency to get out
the press releases, telephone and copying expenses, and some travel
costs.


Many of you already have contributed to this initiative, and we thank
you deeply for your support. In addition, 84 individuals and
organizations among you sent us a message to let us know you called the
White House and Justice Department to urge them to receive the
delegation. Your efforts played a major part in convincing the Justice
Department that they would pay too high a political price if they did
not receive the International Delegation.


We are now calling on all supporters of democratic rights -- all
supporters of Mumia's fight for a new and fair trial -- to help us pay
off our debt. We know we can count on your support.


Please fill out the coupon below and return it to <<owc at igc.org> to let
us know that you will be sending us a contribution -- large or small --
toward this fund appeal. You should send your check or money order to
OWC, c/o San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin St. #203, San
Francisco, CA 94109. PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECKS PAYABLE TO "WHC/MUMIA
DELEGATION." All funds raised beyond our $2150 debt will be turned over
to the national Mumia coalition's fund drive.


We wish to thank you in advance for your kind support to this effort.
The legal breakthrough that has been won should give all supporters of
the struggle greater hope that the ultimate victory can be won and that
Mumia will be freed.


In Solidarity,


Alan Benjamin,

on behalf of the Planning Committee of the

International Delegation of January 12


************************


(2) COUPON: PLEASE SUPPORT THE FUND APPEAL OF THE JANUARY 12
INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON, D.C. HELP US PAY OFF OUR DEBT!


NAME


ADDRESS


CITY


STATE


ZIP


TEL


EMAIL



[  ] I will forward a contribution of $ ____ to help defray the cost of
organizing 

this delegation. (Funds for this effort should be sent to: OWC, c/o San
Francisco 

Labor Council, 1188 Franklin St. #203, San Francisco, CA 94109. Please
make

checks payable to<underline> "WHC-Mumia Delegation"</underline>.)


(Send your filled-out coupon to <<owc at igc.org>. Note: All funds should
be sent

by mail to the OWC office address listed immediately above.)


***********


3) Letter from Jeff Mackler



Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

3425 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA. 94110

415-695-7745  Fax: 415-821-0166


Dear Jerry,


Congratulations on a job well done in the service of justice and for
Mumia's freedom. Please convey our thanks to all those involved.


In the short time you had, you mobilized an impressive group of
prominent human rights supporters from several countries... with an
equally impressive result.


You opened yet another front in the struggle.


The presentations before the Justice Department officials were first
rate as were the materials Jim and Clark prepared for the meeting.


I will present your report to this Saturday's Mobilization meeting in
San Francisco and otherwise help to publicize your effort.


Thanks again for your fine work and let's continue our collaboration in
this historic fight..


In solidarity,


Jeff Mackler,  Co-Coordinator


**********


4) Article on International Delegation in January 13 Toledo Blade


FLOC Chief Seeks Probe of Condemned Man's Case 


January 13, 2000


BY KAREN MacPHERSON

BLADE NATIONAL BUREAU 


WASHINGTON - An international coalition of trade unionists and
civil-rights activists yesterday urged President Clinton to order a
federal investigation into the case of death-row inmate Mumia
Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.


Led by Baldemar Velasquez, head of the Toledo-based Farm Labor
Organizing Committee, coalition members met with attorneys at the U.S.
Department of Justice. In the hourlong session, Mr. Velasquez urged the
attorneys to recommend a federal inquiry into alleged civil-rights
violations during Abu-Jamal's arrest and trial.


 "We made it very clear that this is a case of global concern," Mr.
Velasquez said later. "After they have reviewed all the documents we
gave them, they will give us a written response."


 Mr. Velasquez called the meeting "a big breakthrough" in his group's
efforts to persuade the Clinton administration to take action on the
case, which has attracted attention from people ranging from French
President Jacques Chirac to Hollywood actors Ossie Davis and Ed Asner.


 The meeting with Justice Department officials was set up hastily late
Tuesday, after Mr. Velasquez publicly announced that his group planned
to commit acts of civil disobedience in front of the White House to
protest the refusal of administration officials to meet with them about
Abu-Jamal's case.


 Justice Department officials didn't set a date for giving their
response to the group's call for a federal investigation. But Mr.
Velasquez said his group will keep pushing for a quick response because
Abu-Jamal could be executed in a matter of months.


 Abu-Jamal, who is on Pennsylvania's Death Row, was scheduled to be
executed last month. But he was granted a stay while a federal judge
decides whether to grant him a new trial.


 Abu-Jamal maintains that he is innocent of the shooting death of
police officer Daniel Faulkner. His supporters claim that Abu-Jamal was
framed because he was at the scene and had used his journalist's job to
spotlight civil-rights violations by the Philadelphia police 
department.


 Opponents, among them Maureen Faulkner, wife of the slain police
officer, contend that Abu-Jamal is a cold-blooded killer who has
manipulated the media and others into believing he is a political
prisoner.


 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has twice upheld Abu-Jamal's conviction
and death sentence.


 Before meeting with Justice Department officials, Mr. Velasquez and a
dozen other union members and activists from several countries held a
news conference on Abu-Jamal's case. Among those present were Mr.
Davis, the actor, and comedian Dick Gregory.


 At the news conference, the group played a tape recording of Abu-Jamal
greeting his supporters. The tape was made clandestinely over the
weekend at the maximum security prison near Waynesburg in Greene
County, Pennsylvania, and featured a confident-sounding Abu-Jamal
criticizing the disproportionate number of poor and minority prisoners
on Death Row.


 "Death Row, it seems, is the prerogative of the poor," he said.


		- 30 -




  
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From: dwalters at lanset.com (dwalters at lanset.com)
Date: 20 Jan 2000 17:17:29
Subject: OPEN WORLD CONFERENCE COUNTDOWN: REGISTER TODAY!
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Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F. Labor
Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.
To UNSUSCRIBE from this list, send a message to <owc at igc.org> or
<owc at energy-net.org>. Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297.
Visit out website at: http://www.geocities.com/owc_2000 .
(Please excuse duplicate postings, and please feel free to re-post.)

**********************************************************************


OPEN WORLD CONFERENCE OF WORKERS COUNTDOWN

There are only 21 days remaining until the OWC.

REGISTER NOW or you'll miss this unique and exciting opportunity!

New workshops have been added to the OWC. Here is the updated list
of workshops:

* Women and Globalization
* The Struggle for Peace and Self-Determination
* The Struggle against Racism and Oppression
* Civil Society and NGOs
* Labor and the Environment
* Privatization and Deregulation of Public Services
* Organizing Against Sweatshops
* Labor and Immigration
* Labor-Management Cooperation Programs
* Conference Declaration Commission

(list of workshop panelists is being assembled)

The OWC brings together trade union leaders from Europe,
Asia, Africa Latin America and the United States with
rank-and-file activists and members of community
organizations that defend workers' rights. The purpose
of the conference is to discuss how we can combat together
the corporate "free trade" agenda and defend the hard
fought for gains of the workers' movement.

The conference is structured with ample plenary time
for both selected reports and contributions by
participants. The workshops include panels and discussion
and are an opportunity to craft international campaigns
and supportive actions.

We've planned the lunch break to include meetings
specific to issues and upcoming activities.

Pre-register by email now. Deadline for registration is January 28!

Don't delay!

Join the ILWU, Teamsters Joint Council 7, the Labor Party, FLOC, the
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), Pride at Work,
Global Exchange, Alliance for Democracy, International Forum on
Globalization, Campaign for Labor Rights, United Students Against
Sweatshops and countless other union locals and organizations
throughout the world in forging an international fightback.

We hope you, too, will participate in the OWC and encourage others to
join us in San Francisco.

Students interested in volunteering for the conference should please
contacts us as soon as possible.

This conference is financed exclusively by those who support its
objectives. We urge you to send a contribution, even if you cannot
attend. This will help bring international labor delegates from such
places as Bangladesh and South Africa to the OWC. Together, we can
make a difference!

Also, make sure you visit our webpage at:
http://www.geocities.com/owc_2000

In Solidarity,

Ed Rosario and Mya Shone
OWC Co-coordinators

***********


CONFERENCE PROGRAM

=46riday, February 11, 2000

* Registration    12  noon to 7 p.m.
* Banquet Dinner and Rally     7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
=46or the OWC  Organizing Committee: Jack Henning, Secretary-Treasurer
Emeritus, California Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and
Daniel Gluckstein, Coordinator, International Liaison Committee for a
Workers' International
Introduction of delegations by continents by leaders of the U.S. and
international trade union movements

Saturday, February 12 and Sunday, February 13

Plenaries include reports and contributions from participating delegates

* Morning Plenary    9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Inaugural Presentations by:
a U.S. trade union leader
Roger Sandri, former Secretary-Treasurer., CGT-Force Ouvri=E8re (France)
* Lunch    12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
* Afternoon Plenary    2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
* Dinner    6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
* Evening Panels/Workshops    7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Initial List of Reports include:

The Struggle Against Child Labor - Helio Bicudo, member, Human Rights
Commission, Organization of American States and convenor, 2nd Session
of the International Tribunal against Child and Forced Labor

The Fight Against Sweatshops, Delocalizations, in Defense of Labor
Codes and ILO Conventions - Rubina Jamil, chair, All Pakistan Trade
Union Federation and coordinator, Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity
Links

The Fight Against IMF/World Bank Structural Adjustment Plans and the
Struggle to Cancel the Debt  - South African trade union leader

The Independence of Trade Unions in Relation to New Regional
Structures - the Case of the ETUC - Patrick H=E9bert, General
Secretary, CGT-FO, Loire Atlantique Region, France
In Defense of Free and Independent Trade Unions - a leader of the
independent trade union movement in China

Report on the International Tribunal on Africa - Norbert
Gbikpi-Bennisan, General Secretary, National Federation of
Independent Unions of Togo

Workshops/Panels (initial list) in relation to the independence of
trade unions:

[see full list above]


Monday, February 14

* Morning Plenary:    9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Report of Commission on Conference Declaration *  Reports from
Panels/Workshops * Campaigns/Activities

*******************

REGISTRATION and HOTEL COSTS

* Registration Fee:    $100 USD includes banquet, conference
bulletins and packet.

* Hotel Rates per person/per night (includes tax):    Single-$125
Double-$62      Triple-$49     Quad-$37

* Registrations will be accepted till Jan. 28 of the year 2000
(but please do not wait till the last moment).

*******************

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND COUPON


(Please Copy and Send by regular mail to OWC, c/o San Francisco Labor
Council, 1188 Franklin St. #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.
PLEASE SEND US A COPY BY EMAIL SO THAT WE CAN KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT
YOU HAVE REGISTERED OR SENT A CONTRIBUTION.)

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Address

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State

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Phone

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[    ]   I am enclosing the registration fee of $100 USD per person.

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[    ]  I cannot attend, but would like to receive conference
publications and reports.

Make checks payable to the WHC. Send your Endorsement/Registration to
OWC c/o San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin Street, San
=46rancisco, CA 94109  tel: 415-641-8616  fax: 415-440-9297  email:
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Labor

Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.

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OPEN WORLD CONFERENCE OF WORKERS COUNTDOWN


There are only 21 days remaining until the OWC.


REGISTER NOW or you'll miss this unique and exciting opportunity!


New workshops have been added to the OWC. Here is the updated list

of workshops:


* Women and Globalization

* The Struggle for Peace and Self-Determination

* The Struggle against Racism and Oppression

* Civil Society and NGOs

* Labor and the Environment

* Privatization and Deregulation of Public Services

* Organizing Against Sweatshops

* Labor and Immigration

* Labor-Management Cooperation Programs

* Conference Declaration Commission


(list of workshop panelists is being assembled)


The OWC brings together trade union leaders from Europe,

Asia, Africa Latin America and the United States with

rank-and-file activists and members of community

organizations that defend workers' rights. The purpose

of the conference is to discuss how we can combat together

the corporate "free trade" agenda and defend the hard

fought for gains of the workers' movement.


The conference is structured with ample plenary time

for both selected reports and contributions by

participants. The workshops include panels and discussion

and are an opportunity to craft international campaigns

and supportive actions.


We've planned the lunch break to include meetings

specific to issues and upcoming activities.


Pre-register by email now. <underline>Deadline for registration is
January 28!</underline>


Don't delay!


Join the ILWU, Teamsters Joint Council 7, the Labor Party, FLOC, the

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), Pride at Work,

Global Exchange, Alliance for Democracy, International Forum on=20

Globalization, Campaign for Labor Rights, United Students Against=20

Sweatshops and countless other union locals and organizations=20

throughout the world in forging an international fightback.


We hope you, too, will participate in the OWC and encourage others to

join us in San Francisco.


Students interested in volunteering for the conference should please=20

contacts us as soon as possible.


This conference is financed exclusively by those who support its

objectives. We urge you to send a contribution, even if you cannot

attend. This will help bring international labor delegates from such

places as Bangladesh and South Africa to the OWC. Together, we can

make a difference!


Also, make sure you visit our webpage at:=20

http://www.geocities.com/owc_2000


In Solidarity,


Ed Rosario and Mya Shone

OWC Co-coordinators


***********



CONFERENCE PROGRAM


=46riday, February 11, 2000


* Registration    12  noon to 7 p.m.

* Banquet Dinner and Rally     7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

=46or the OWC  Organizing Committee: Jack Henning, Secretary-Treasurer

Emeritus, California Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and

Daniel Gluckstein, Coordinator, International Liaison Committee for a

Workers' International

Introduction of delegations by continents by leaders of the U.S. and

international trade union movements


Saturday, February 12 and Sunday, February 13


Plenaries include reports and contributions from participating
delegates


* Morning Plenary    9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Inaugural Presentations by:

a U.S. trade union leader

Roger Sandri, former Secretary-Treasurer., CGT-Force Ouvri=E8re (France)

* Lunch    12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

* Afternoon Plenary    2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

* Dinner    6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

* Evening Panels/Workshops    7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.


Initial List of Reports include:


The Struggle Against Child Labor - Helio Bicudo, member, Human Rights

Commission, Organization of American States and convenor, 2nd Session

of the International Tribunal against Child and Forced Labor


The Fight Against Sweatshops, Delocalizations, in Defense of Labor

Codes and ILO Conventions - Rubina Jamil, chair, All Pakistan Trade

Union Federation and coordinator, Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity

Links


The Fight Against IMF/World Bank Structural Adjustment Plans and the

Struggle to Cancel the Debt  - South African trade union leader


The Independence of Trade Unions in Relation to New Regional

Structures - the Case of the ETUC - Patrick H=E9bert, General

Secretary, CGT-FO, Loire Atlantique Region, France

In Defense of Free and Independent Trade Unions - a leader of the

independent trade union movement in China


Report on the International Tribunal on Africa - Norbert

Gbikpi-Bennisan, General Secretary, National Federation of

Independent Unions of Togo


Workshops/Panels (initial list) in relation to the independence of

trade unions:


[see full list above]



Monday, February 14


* Morning Plenary:    9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Report of Commission on Conference Declaration *  Reports from

Panels/Workshops * Campaigns/Activities


*******************


REGISTRATION and HOTEL COSTS


* Registration Fee:    $100 USD includes banquet, conference

bulletins and packet.


* Hotel Rates per person/per night (includes tax):    Single-$125

Double-$62      Triple-$49     Quad-$37


* Registrations will be accepted till Jan. 28 of the year 2000

(but please do not wait till the last moment).


*******************


REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND COUPON



(Please Copy and Send by regular mail to OWC, c/o San Francisco Labor

Council, 1188 Franklin St. #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.=20

PLEASE SEND US A COPY BY EMAIL SO THAT WE CAN KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT=20

YOU HAVE REGISTERED OR SENT A CONTRIBUTION.)


Name


Address


City


State


Zip


Country


Union/Organization (if any)


Phone


=46ax


email



[    ]   I am enclosing the registration fee of $100 USD per person.


[    ]   Enclosed is _____________  for hotel expenses for ___________

nights.

            Hotel cost per night:  Single - $125      Double - $62

Triple - $49      Quad - $37


Credit cards accepted for hotel portion only-(card

will be used to reserve space, charges only appear when

you check in) - send us:

type

name as appears

expiration date

number


[    ]   Here's a contribution of $ ___________________ toward

conference expenses.


[    ]  I cannot attend, but would like to receive conference

publications and reports.


Make checks payable to the WHC. Send your Endorsement/Registration to

OWC c/o San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin Street, San

=46rancisco, CA 94109  tel: 415-641-8616  fax: 415-440-9297  email:

owc at igc.org =20

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From ncadc at ncadc.demon.co.uk  Thu Jan 20 23:39:33 2000
From: ncadc at ncadc.demon.co.uk (ncadc at ncadc.demon.co.uk)
Date: 20 Jan 2000 23:39:33
Subject: Treatment of UK Immigration detainees condemned
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National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC)
110 Hamstead  Road
Birmingham B20 2QS
Phone: 0121-554-6947  Fax:  0870-055-4570
E-mail ncadc at ncadc.demon.co.uk 
Web site:  http://www.ncadc.demon.co.uk/

Treatment of UK Immigration detainees condemned

Report damns  Rochester/Detention prison as a 'disgrace'

Rochester/Detention prison: Described as "filthy" and "impoverished"

An official report on Rochester/Detention prison in Kent, has 
described it as "a disgrace" and warned some of its practices could 
be illegal.

Chief Inspector of Prisons Sir David Ramsbotham said 
Rochester/Detention Prison was guilty of "institutional neglect", and 
particularly criticised the treatment of asylum seekers, "illegal" 
immigrants and young offenders.(on average there are 190 immigration 
detainees in Rochester/Detention prison).

Almost half the population at Rochester Prison are asylum seekers, 
"illegal" immigrants or other foreign nationals.

Many of them speak little or no English, but Sir David said they were 
required to sign documents they do not understand with no proper 
translation facilities.

They are given no written explanation of why they are being held in 
prison or how long they will be there, the report said.

It highlighted the case of one new arrival from Albania who was put 
in a cell with a Pole who had been told to pass on the rules of the 
prison "because both names ended in an "i"," when they had no shared 
language.

And it questioned the legality of the practice of forcing prisoners 
to take drug tests, and punishing them if they refuse.

Sir David said the Prison Service needed to appoint an official to 
take responsibility for making sure foreign nationals were properly 
looked after.

Sir David said he would be returning in a year to monitor progress.

BBC news online
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-----------------
Immigration detainees over the years have not taken lightly the 
inhuman conditions that have been imposed on them in 
Rochester/Detention prison. There have been many protests since 1995 
when Rochester was officially declared a Detention prison.

January 1997:
Immigration detainees in Rochester/Detention prison began a four week 
hunger strike against conditions with in the prison.

Statement of the detainees, interned in Rochester Prison, who went on 
Hunger Strike, 6 January 1997

   "We have clearly noted all previous unsuccessful attempts to 
resolve our unlawful imprisonment without trial, hearing or due 
process, which should allow us the right to a fair and prompt 
hearing.  Instead the prison authorities hide behind the excuse that 
they answer to immigration authorities who in turn use the judicial 
process as their reason for our continued unlawful imprisonment. We 
in turn remain imprisoned under the prison regime answering to prison 
discipline and orders without having committed crimes and answering 
to a system in which we have no VOICE. . . . . .
Numerous suicide attempts, hunger strikes and official complaints 
have gone unheard. The response of the prison authorities and 
immigration is the forceful removal of the individual to the 
segregation unit, placed under prison regulations without hearing or 
trial pending removal to another prison. In some extreme cases 
individuals are removed to hospital without their consent so as to 
shift the prisons responsibility for action. . . . .
We are therefore left with no option but to go on mass hunger strike 
indefinitely"

May 1997:Rochester
There was trouble at Rochester Prison on Saturday and Sunday 17 &18 
May. The detainees were planning to start a sit down protest on the 
19 May. The prison authorities found out about it and decided to lock 
the detainees in their cells and brought in the prison riot police, 
several detainees were injured. Attached is  the statement released 
by the detainees.

Statement from detainees held at rochester Prison:

   "We The Detainees and Asylum seekers on Delta and Echo wing once 
again want to bring your attention to what seems to be a deliberate 
inaction of the authorities to our continued unlawful imprisonment 
without trial in Rochester prison.
   Not only has our number risen , also the jail conditions are 
deteriorating daily, coupled with a "GET TOUGH" Prison regime 
designed to break us Psychologically and emotionally. Many of us are 
visibly cracking up after serving two years. We are trampled over by 
the Iron fist of Injustice and Oppression. Several suicide attempts, 
hunger strikes and peaceful protests by individuals were met with an 
open defiance by the prison authorities.
   Nevertheless we will continue to express our burning resentment of 
unlawful imprisonment without trial under a tough prison regime. We 
are therefore starting a sit down protest with effect from the 19th 
May 1997, keeping Mass Hunger strike as the next possible option. The 
media and human rights organisations have been informed and have 
indicated interest to follow through their own legitimate ways.

NCADC Newsletter 6 and 7




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<div>National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC)<br>
110 Hamstead&nbsp; Road<br>
Birmingham B20 2QS<br>
Phone: 0121-554-6947&nbsp; Fax:&nbsp; 0870-055-4570<br>
E-mail ncadc at ncadc.demon.co.uk&nbsp;<br>
Web site:&nbsp; http://www.ncadc.demon.co.uk/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Treatment of UK Immigration detainees condemned</div>
<div><br>
Report damns&nbsp; Rochester/Detention prison as a 'disgrace'<br>
<br>
Rochester/Detention prison: Described as &quot;filthy&quot; and
&quot;impoverished&quot;<br>
</div>
<div>An official report on Rochester/Detention prison in Kent, has
described it as &quot;a disgrace&quot; and warned some of its
practices could be illegal.</div>
<div><br>
Chief Inspector of Prisons Sir David Ramsbotham said
Rochester/Detention Prison was guilty of &quot;institutional
neglect&quot;, and particularly criticised the treatment of asylum
seekers, "illegal" immigrants and young offenders.(on average
there are 190 immigration detainees in Rochester/Detention
prison).<br>
<br>
Almost half the population at Rochester Prison are asylum seekers,
"illegal" immigrants or other foreign nationals.<br>
<br>
Many of them speak little or no English, but Sir David said they were
required to sign documents they do not understand with no proper
translation facilities.<br>
<br>
They are given no written explanation of why they are being held in
prison or how long they will be there, the report said.<br>
<br>
It highlighted the case of one new arrival from Albania who was put
in a cell with a Pole who had been told to pass on the rules of the
prison &quot;because both names ended in an &quot;i&quot;,&quot; when
they had no shared language.<br>
<br>
And it questioned the legality of the practice of forcing prisoners
to take drug tests, and punishing them if they refuse.<br>
<br>
Sir David said the Prison Service needed to appoint an official to
take responsibility for making sure foreign nationals were properly
looked after.<br>
<br>
Sir David said he would be returning in a year to monitor
progress.<br>
<br>
BBC news online<br>
-----------------------------------------<span
></span>-----------------------------------------<span
></span>-----</div>
<div><b>Immigration detainees</b> over the years have not taken
lightly the inhuman conditions that have been imposed on them in
Rochester/Detention prison. There have been many protests since 1995
when Rochester was officially declared a Detention prison.<br>
</div>
<div><b>January 1997</b>:</div>
<div>Immigration detainees in Rochester/Detention prison began a four
week hunger strike against conditions with in the prison.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Statement of the detainees, interned in Rochester Prison, who
went on Hunger Strike, 6 January 1997<br>
<br>
&nbsp; "We have clearly noted all previous unsuccessful attempts to
resolve our unlawful imprisonment without trial, hearing or due
process, which should allow us the right to a fair and prompt
hearing.&nbsp; Instead the prison authorities hide behind the excuse
that they answer to immigration authorities who in turn use the
judicial process as their reason for our continued unlawful
imprisonment. We in turn remain imprisoned under the prison regime
answering to prison discipline and orders without having committed
crimes and answering to a system in which we have no VOICE. . . . .
.<br>
Numerous suicide attempts, hunger strikes and official complaints
have gone unheard. The response of the prison authorities and
immigration is the forceful removal of the individual to the
segregation unit, placed under prison regulations without hearing or
trial pending removal to another prison. In some extreme cases
individuals are removed to hospital without their consent so as to
shift the prisons responsibility for action. . . . .<br>
We are therefore left with no option but to go on mass hunger strike
indefinitely"<br>
</div>
<div><b>May 1997:Rochester</b><br>
There was trouble at Rochester Prison on Saturday and Sunday 17
&amp;18 May. The detainees were planning to start a sit down protest
on the 19 May. The prison authorities found out about it and decided
to lock the detainees in their cells and brought in the prison riot
police, several detainees were injured. Attached is&nbsp; the
statement released by the detainees.<br>
<br>
Statement from detainees held at rochester Prison:<br>
<br>
&nbsp; &quot;We The Detainees and Asylum seekers on Delta and Echo
wing once again want to bring your attention to what seems to be a
deliberate inaction of the authorities to our continued unlawful
imprisonment without trial in Rochester prison.</div>
<div>&nbsp; Not only has our number risen , also the jail conditions
are deteriorating daily, coupled with a "GET TOUGH" Prison regime
designed to break us Psychologically and emotionally. Many of us are
visibly cracking up after serving two years. We are trampled over by
the Iron fist of Injustice and Oppression. Several suicide attempts,
hunger strikes and peaceful protests by individuals were met with an
open defiance by the prison authorities.<br>
&nbsp; Nevertheless we will continue to express our burning
resentment of unlawful imprisonment without trial under a tough
prison regime. We are therefore starting a sit down protest with
effect from the 19th May 1997, keeping Mass Hunger strike as the next
possible option. The media and human rights organisations have been
informed and have indicated interest to follow through their own
legitimate ways.<br>
<br>
NCADC Newsletter 6 and 7<br>
<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
</div>
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From owc at energy-net.org  Fri Jan 28 17:09:42 2000
From: owc at energy-net.org (owc at energy-net.org)
Date: 28 Jan 2000 17:09:42
Subject: URGENT APPEAL: FREE TOGOLESE TRADE UNION LEADERS!
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URGENT APPEAL: FREE TOGOLESE TRADE UNION LEADERS!

**********

OWC CAMPAIGN NEWS - distributed by the Open World Conference in
Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F. Labor
Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.
To UNSUSCRIBE from this list, send a message to <owc at igc.org> or
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(Please excuse duplicate postings, and please feel free to re-post.)
___________________________________________

  January 28, 2000

Dear Sisters and Brothers:

We received earlier today a fax from the National Federation of 
Independent Unions of Togo (UNSIT) informing us that UNSIT General 
Secretary Tetevi Norbert Gbkpi-Benissan and Pierre Allaga-Kodegui, 
general secretary of the Togolese Teachers Federation (FETREN), were 
arrested in their homes at the crack of dawn this morning by armed 
agents of the Judicial Police (DPJ).

Brother Gbikpi-Benissan is one of the coordinators of the 
International Tribunal on Africa, which will take place in Los 
Angeles on February 5-6. In addition, he was slated to present the 
report from this Tribunal to the Open World Conference in Defense of 
Trade Union Independence and Democratic Rights, which will be held in 
San Francisco on February 11-14.

The fax from UNSIT Deputy-General Secretary Pierre Vissiou Senouvo 
calls on all working people to send protest faxes to the president 
and prime minister of Togo demanding the immediate release of these 
two detained trade union leaders.

The UNSIT faxed packet includes a letter of protest signed by Bill 
Jordan, general secretary of the 125-million-member International 
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), urging the release of 
brothers Gbikpi-Bennisan and Allaga-Kodegui. [See Bill Jordan's 
letter below. The original letter, which was addressed to Togolese 
President Eyadema, was in French. The translation into English is by 
the OWC staff.]

The two detained trade unionists are charged, on the basis of 
fabricated evidence, with spearheading "an international plot against 
the Togolese state, institutions and people" - an extremely serious 
charge in Togo.

WHAT ARE THE FACTS:

The UNSIT appeal explains the reasons for these detentions:

Beginning last October, the secondary school teachers in Togo -- all 
of them members of FETREN, a union affiliated with UNSIT -- went out 
on strike to protest the government's refusal to pay them four months 
of back wages. The union also raised a series of additional demands 
concerning the teachers' increasingly precarious conditions of work.

On December 7, 1999, a high school student was arrested at a peaceful 
demonstration organized by the student associations in support of the 
striking teachers. The student was later assassinated by armed goons 
after she was released from police custody.

The following day, a major peaceful demonstration in downtown Lome, 
the country's capital, drew tens of thousands of protesters who were 
angered by the assassination of the high school student and the 
refusal of the government to meet the legitimate demands of the 
striking teachers. The support by the UNSIT and FETREN for the 
peaceful protest incurred the wrath of the authorities -- hence the 
charge of staging a "plot" against the state.

It is no coincidence, moreover, that the arrest of these two trade 
unionists comes three days before the opening of a trial initiated by 
the UNSIT and FETREN against the Togolese authorities for their 
involvement in the assassination of the high school student and their 
campaign of defamation against the teachers and their unions.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

The letter from UNSIT Deputy General Secretary Senouvo urges all 
supporters of trade union and democratic rights to send letters of 
protest to Togo's president and prime minister.

The faxes should be sent to:

Mr. Etienne Gnassingbe Eyadema
President of Togo
Lome, Togo
Fax: 011-228-21-1898 or 21-3204

and/or

Mr. Eugene Koffi Adoboli
Prime Minister of Togo
Lome, Togo
Fax: 011-228-21-3753 or 21-2040

Please send copies of your faxed letters to OWC, c/o San Francisco 
Labor Council at Fax No. (415) 440-9297.

We would like to thank all of you in advance for your attention to 
this urgent matter.

In Solidarity,

Alan Benjamin,
on behalf of the Organizing Committee
of the Open World Conference


**********

ATTACHMENT: LETTER FROM ICFTU GENERAL SECRETARY BILL JORDAN

___________________
ICFTU _ CISL - IBFG - CIOSL
Brussels, Belgium
___________________

January 28, 2000

Mister Etienne Gnassingbe Eyadema
President of the Republic of Togo
Lomo, Togo
Fax: 228-221-897/213-204

Dear Mister President,

Re: Arrest of  Trade Union Leaders

I am writing this letter on behalf of the International Confederation 
of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), which represents 125 million unionised 
workers worldwide, including Togo.

This morning we were informed that Tetevi Norbert Gbkpi-Benissan, 
General Secretary of one of our two affiliated trade union 
organisations in Togo, UNSIT, and Pierre Allaga-Kodegui, General 
Secretary of the Teachers Federation, FETREN, were arrested.

The ICFTU has followed closely since last October the strike led by 
the UNSIT, FETREN and college and high school students to demand 
payment of back wages, numerous other union demands and changes 
regarding the Togolese educational system as a whole. We firmly 
condemn the police and army violence used against peaceful gatherings 
of trade unions and students, the arrest of students, and the ban on 
the student assemblies.

We urge you to immediately free these two trade union leaders. We are 
very concerned about their personal safety, particularly in the 
aftermath of the assassination on August 29, 1998, of Brother Liman 
Doumongue, who was the UNSIT Deputy-General Secretary and General 
Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Workers Union.

Further, we call upon you to respect international norms regarding 
Human Rights, including the rights of freedom of speech and 
association contained in Togolese legislation. We call upon you to 
pay all back wages to the teachers and to open a dialogue with the 
trade union and student organisations regarding their legitimate 
demands.

Finally, let me inform you that I am writing a letter today to ILO 
General Director Juan Somavia urging him to join our effort to free 
both of our trade union brothers in Togo.

signed/
BILL JORDAN
General Secretary
ICFTU


cc: Juan Sornavia, ILO, Geneva
Sir Kwassi Klutso, Prime Minister
Sir Sizing Akawilou Walla, State, Safety and Decentralization Secretary
UNSIT, Lome
FETREN, Lome
Education International (EI), Brussels
ICFTU-ORAF, Nairobi
Republic of Togo Embassy, Brussels

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Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, c/o S.F.
Labor

Council, 1188 Franklin St., #203, San Francisco, CA 94109.

To UNSUSCRIBE from this list, send a message to <<owc at igc.org> or

<<owc at energy-net.org>. Phone: (415) 641-8616   Fax: (415) 440-9297.

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(Please excuse duplicate postings, and please feel free to re-post.)

___________________________________________


 <fontfamily><param>New_York</param>January 28, 2000


Dear Sisters and Brothers:


We received earlier today a fax from the National Federation of
Independent Unions of Togo (UNSIT) informing us that UNSIT General
Secretary Tetevi Norbert Gbkpi-Benissan and Pierre Allaga-Kodegui,
general secretary of the Togolese Teachers Federation (FETREN), were
arrested in their homes at the crack of dawn this morning by armed
agents of the Judicial Police (DPJ).


Brother Gbikpi-Benissan is one of the coordinators of the International
Tribunal on Africa, which will take place in Los Angeles on February
5-6. In addition, he was slated to present the report from this
Tribunal to the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union
Independence and Democratic Rights, which will be held in San Francisco
on February 11-14.


The fax from UNSIT Deputy-General Secretary Pierre Vissiou Senouvo
calls on all working people to send protest faxes to the president and
prime minister of Togo demanding the immediate release of these two
detained trade union leaders.


The UNSIT faxed packet includes a letter of protest signed by Bill
Jordan, general secretary of the 125-million-member International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), urging the release of
brothers Gbikpi-Bennisan and Allaga-Kodegui. [See Bill Jordan's letter
below. The original letter, which was addressed to Togolese President
Eyadema, was in French. The translation into English is by the OWC
staff.]


The two detained trade unionists are charged, on the basis of
fabricated evidence, with spearheading "an international plot against
the Togolese state, institutions and people" - an extremely serious
charge in Togo.  


WHAT ARE THE FACTS:


The UNSIT appeal explains the reasons for these detentions:


Beginning last October, the secondary school teachers in Togo -- all of
them members of FETREN, a union affiliated with UNSIT -- went out on
strike to protest the government's refusal to pay them four months of
back wages. The union also raised a series of additional demands
concerning the teachers' increasingly precarious conditions of work.


On December 7, 1999, a high school student was arrested at a peaceful
demonstration organized by the student associations in support of the
striking teachers. The student was later assassinated by armed goons
after she was released from police custody.


The following day, a major peaceful demonstration in downtown Lome, the
country's capital, drew tens of thousands of protesters who were
angered by the assassination of the high school student and the refusal
of the government to meet the legitimate demands of the striking
teachers. The support by the UNSIT and FETREN for the peaceful protest
incurred the wrath of the authorities -- hence the charge of staging a
"plot" against the state.


It is no coincidence, moreover, that the arrest of these two trade
unionists comes three days before the opening of a trial initiated by
the UNSIT and FETREN against the Togolese authorities for their
involvement in the assassination of the high school student and their
campaign of defamation against the teachers and their unions.


WHAT YOU CAN DO:


The letter from UNSIT Deputy General Secretary Senouvo urges all
supporters of trade union and democratic rights to send letters of
protest to Togo's president and prime minister.


The faxes should be sent to:


Mr. Etienne Gnassingbe Eyadema

President of Togo

Lome, Togo

Fax: 011-228-21-1898 or 21-3204


and/or


Mr. Eugene Koffi Adoboli

Prime Minister of Togo

Lome, Togo

Fax: 011-228-21-3753 or 21-2040


Please send copies of your faxed letters to OWC, c/o San Francisco
Labor Council at Fax No. (415) 440-9297.


We would like to thank all of you in advance for your attention to this
urgent matter.


In Solidarity,


Alan Benjamin,

on behalf of the Organizing Committee

of the Open World Conference



**********


ATTACHMENT: LETTER FROM ICFTU GENERAL SECRETARY BILL JORDAN


___________________

ICFTU _ CISL - IBFG - CIOSL

Brussels, Belgium

___________________


January 28, 2000


Mister Etienne Gnassingbe Eyadema

President of the Republic of Togo

Lomo, Togo

Fax: 228-221-897/213-204


Dear Mister President,


Re: Arrest of  Trade Union Leaders


I am writing this letter on behalf of the International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), which represents 125 million unionised
workers worldwide, including Togo.


This morning we were informed that Tetevi Norbert Gbkpi-Benissan,
General Secretary of one of our two affiliated trade union
organisations in Togo, UNSIT, and Pierre Allaga-Kodegui, General
Secretary of the Teachers Federation, FETREN, were arrested.


The ICFTU has followed closely since last October the strike led by the
UNSIT, FETREN and college and high school students to demand payment of
back wages, numerous other union demands and changes regarding the
Togolese educational system as a whole. We firmly condemn the police
and army violence used against peaceful gatherings of trade unions and
students, the arrest of students, and the ban on the student
assemblies.


We urge you to immediately free these two trade union leaders. We are
very concerned about their personal safety, particularly in the
aftermath of the assassination on August 29, 1998, of Brother Liman
Doumongue, who was the UNSIT Deputy-General Secretary and General
Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Workers Union.


Further, we call upon you to respect international norms regarding
Human Rights, including the rights of freedom of speech and association
contained in Togolese legislation. We call upon you to pay all back
wages to the teachers and to open a dialogue with the trade union and
student organisations regarding their legitimate demands.


Finally, let me inform you that I am writing a letter today to ILO
General Director Juan Somavia urging him to join our effort to free
both of our trade union brothers in Togo. 


signed/

BILL JORDAN

General Secretary

ICFTU



cc: Juan Sornavia, ILO, Geneva

Sir Kwassi Klutso, Prime Minister

Sir Sizing Akawilou Walla, State, Safety and Decentralization
Secretary

UNSIT, Lome

FETREN, Lome

Education International (EI), Brussels

ICFTU-ORAF, Nairobi

Republic of Togo Embassy, Brussels  
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From democrite at starnet.fr  Sat Jan 29 21:15:28 2000
From: democrite at starnet.fr (democrite at starnet.fr)
Date: 29 Jan 2000 21:15:28
Subject: [Fwd: ***Turks publicly admit going for nuclear bombs!***]
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Andreas Stalidis a ?crit :

>  "..The MHP (the National Movement Party) declared that it supports the
> Canadian AECL bid because it promises technology with a follow up of the
> atom bomb..." noting that the MHP is the second biggest party in Turkey
> and particpates in the present government.
> Read below the entire article from Cumhuriet on 17/1/2000:
>
> The Turks have no ethical problem of admitting publicly that they really
> want an atomic bomb, even though thay are party to the NPT
> (Non-Proliferation Treaty).
>
> Only last Saturday, more than 100 people have sent email-fax to
> Canadian PM, please, don't forget to raise your voice too with them:
> http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear/emailtofax.htm
>
> and an email to the Turkish Prime Minister:
> http://www.greenpeace.org/~nuclear/reactor/turkey/
>
> Let's flood them with emails and faxes NOW!
>
> Read all about that issue here please:
> 1. http://www.phantis.com/nuclear.awareness
> 2. http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear
>
> The following is an update from Dave Martin of the Nuclear Awareness
> Project
>
> Andreas Stalidis
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Re: Akkuyu update -- nuclear weapons connection
> From: Dave Martin, Research Director, Nuclear Awareness Project
>
> I have attached a June 17, 2000 article from Cumhuriyet, a respected
> progressive daily newspaper in Turkey. The National Movement Party is
> reported to be strongly supporting the bid by Atomic Energy of Canada
> Limited (AECL) to build the Akkuyu nuclear plant largely because they
> believe that the CANDU reactor will be more effective for the construction
> of nuclear weapons, and because AECL will provide more "nuclear technology
> know-how". The article also confirms that the Turkish state electrical
> utility TEAS also supports the AECL bid.
>
> By way of background, there are three political parties in Turkey's
> current government coalition (in order of their strength in parliament):
>
> Demokratik Sol Parti (DSP -- Democratic Left Party led by Prime Minister
> Bulent Ecevit)  Milliyetci Hareket Partisi (MHP -- National Movement
> Party, led by Devlet Bahceli)  Anavatan Partisis (ANAP -- Motherland
> Party, led by former PM Mesut Yilmaz)
>
> The MHP is an extreme right-wing nationalist party, formerly associated
> with the street thugs known as the Gray Wolves. The MHP has almost as many
> seats as the DSP, so it is the second- most powerful political force in
> the country.
>
> Prof. Tolga Yarman (quoted in the article as opposing nuclear weapons
> applications of nuclear power) is also one of the country's most prominent
> independent opponents of the Akkuyu nuclear plant. He is a professor of
> nuclear engineering at Isik University in Istanbul.
>
> I have made some insertions in the article in [square brackets].
>
> *** STATUS OF BIDDING PROCESS***
>
> On December 30, 1999, Turkish Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer stated that
> the selection of a vendor for the Akkuyu nuclear plant would "most
> probably"  be announced before the end of January (Reuters, "Turk minister
> says atom tender probably in January", December 31, 1999).
>
> There has been an unconfirmed report that all three nuclear consortia have
> informed TEAS (the state electrical utility) that their bid prices could
>
> only be guaranteed until the end of January. This may indicate that the
> Akkuyu decision may finally be made this month.
>
> SEND A MESSAGE OF PROTEST
>
> The Right Hon. Jean Chretien Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0A6 FAX: 613-957-5571 E-mail: pm at pm.gc.ca
>
> For a form letter & automatic forwarding...
> http://www.diaspora-net.org/nuclear/emailtofax.htm
>
> Please include your full snail-mail address with e-mails & copy
> nucaware at web.net
>
> FREE NEWSLETTER OFFER
>
> For a free copy of "Nuclear Awareness News" (newsletter of Nuclear
> Awareness Project), please send your snail-mail address to
> nucaware at web.net
>
> "Nuclear Awareness News" is available only in hard copy.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Cumhuriyet January 17, 2000
>
> NUCLEAR BIDS ARE TIED IN A KNOT by Ebru Toktar
>
> As the government remains unresolved as to which consortium to choose, [to
> build the Akkuyu nuclear plant] MHP (the National Movement Party)
> declared that it supports the Canadian AECL [Atomic Energy of Canada
> Limited] bid
>
> because it promises technology with a follow up of the atom bomb.
> Apparently, before he died a few years ago, the former leader of MHP
> (Alpaslan T?rkes) had told an ex-president of TEAS [the Turkish state
> electrical utility building Akkuyu] that his preference was the Canadian
>
> consortium. MHP is now trying to fulfill the will of its [former] leader
> and is trying its best to ensure that the Canadian consortium will get the
> bid.
>
> On the other hand, Mesut Yilmaz, president of ANAP [the Motherland Party]
> points out that there are different political interests for different
> parties concerning nuclear reactors, and says that each political party
> supports the consortium that reflects its interests. It has been stated
> that in the list of the TEAS Bidding Assessment Committee, NPI [Nuclear
> Power
>
> International] of France-Germany ranks highest, whereas ANAP supports
> Westinghouse and MHP, AECL. TEAS says it finds NPI technically and
> pricewise very satisfactory, but politically Westinghouse and AECL stand a
> better chance. The executive board of TEAS has turned into a nuclear arena
> for western countries. TEAS says AECL is popular because it promises
> nuclear
>
> technology know-how as well. MHP is lobbying intensively for AECL.
>
> An ex-member of the Advisory Board for Atomic Energy of the Prime
> Minister's office and Nuclear Security Committee Prof. Tolga Yarman says
> Turkey should close its eyes and ears to the nuclear arms race. Unable to
> hide his amazement to the fact that the subject of nuclear energy plants
> has been
>
> reduced to nuclear weapons, he reminds everyone of the 1981 NPT Agreement
> [the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which Turkey acceded to in 1980 and
> came into force in 1981] and the 1997 Agreement [Comprehensive Test Ban
>
> Treaty] which Turkey has signed as well. He also commented on the fact
> that the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] will very carefully
> control the plutonium from nuclear weapons. Pointing out the extreme
> difficulties in processing plutonium, Yarman said even the USA avoids this
> and has adopted the burial of wastes as its nuclear policy. Yarman also
> commented that the dangers of the nuclear arms race of the 1950s were only
> recognized in the 1970s.

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From dhkc at dircon.co.uk  Sat Jan 29 21:38:42 2000
From: dhkc at dircon.co.uk (dhkc at dircon.co.uk)
Date: 29 Jan 2000 21:38:42
Subject: No Subject Given
Message-ID: <bac1c849.200001290226.CAA05600@mailhost1.dircon.co.uk>

MARCH FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN


TODAY IS 
THE 61ST  DAY HIS DEATH FAST
In order to support  fascism in Turkey, 
German state is telling Ilhan Yelkuvan to change his thoughts.
On the other hand, Ilhan says;
"I would rather die than change my thoughts" 

"For the last 10 months, llhan Yelkuvan has been alone in a cell in Hamburg
prison, unable to talk to other prisoners. He is only allowed to take his
exercise period at 4.00 in the morning to prevent him seeing the other
prisoners. When he was approaching the 40th day of his hunger strike, he
was subjected to a brutal search on the way to exercise and all his pockets
were ripped off. By using the excuse of searching his cell, all his CDs
were broken and his own drawings and writing implements were confiscated.
One of his legal representatives was arbitrarily dismissed by the court?" 
Ilhan Yelkuvan has been on an unlimited hunger strike since 30th November
1999 and on 13th January 2000 he turned this into a Death Fast. 
His demands are to have the same rights that the other prisoners have and
be allowed out of solitary confinement. 

FREEDOM OF THOUGHT FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN!
END ILHAN YELKUVAN'S SOLITARY CONFINEMENT!
LET'S NOT LEAVE ILHAN YELKUVAN TO DIE!

WE CALL UPON ALL THOSE WHO DEMAND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
TO JOIN US ON THIS MARCH

ASSEMBLE
30TH JANUARY 2000, SUNDAY 12:00
PEOPLE'S CULTURAL CENTRE
84 BALLS POND ROAD, N1 DALSTON 

NEAREST TUBE: HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON
STATION: DALSTON KINGSLAND
BUSES: 30,38, 277,149, 243, 67, 76


From tburghardt at igc.apc.org  Sun Jan 30 16:50:08 2000
From: tburghardt at igc.apc.org (Tom Burghardt)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 08:50:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [AFIB] Germany-Repression: Political Prisoners Lives in Danger
Message-ID: <bac1c849.0.1300002121.327083294.951758591.949105771@topica.com>

_______________________________

ANTIFA INFO-BULLETIN
News * Analysis * Research * Action
_______________________________

SPECIAL EDITION
- January 28, 2000 -

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ROTE HILFE HAMBURG
Postf. 306 302
20329 Hamburg
Germany
Fax (+49)40.4327.4620
E-mail: sven.b at mail.nadir.org
- Friday, 28 January 2000 -

-----
____________________________________________________________________

Germany-Repression
URGENT ACTION! POLITICAL PRISONERS' LIVES ARE IN DANGER!
____________________________________________________________________

Ilhan nearly two months on hunger strike - he and his supporters in
critical state of health - end his isolation confinement NOW!

Dear friends and comrades,

Political prisoner Ilhan Yelkuvan, imprisoned in Hamburg/Germany, has been
on a hunger strike since November 30th. His strike is supported by at least
14 comrades in German prisons and several others in Turkey, France, Austria
and England. Today, on the 59th day of Ilhan's hunger strike, his state of
health has worsened dramatically. We fear for his life and the life of his
supporters!

Ilhan has been in isolation confinement for more than a year now. With his
hunger strike he fights against this special treatment, which international
organizations such as the UN and Amnesty International have banned as
"white torture".

The isolation confinement was justified [?] by the judge as a "necessary
means" to prevent Ilhan from "indoctrinating" fellow inmates with the
ideology of the Turkish organization DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's
Liberation Party - Front).

On Friday, January 21st the court offered Ilhan to end his detention if he
agreed with being prevented from contact with any other Turkish fellow
prisoner. Ilhan then announced that from the 60th day of his hunger strike
he will only drink water, without any added sugar (other sources report
Ilhan will start a thirst strike on Saturday, January 29th).

Ihsan Ersoy, member of DHKP-C and imprisoned in Berlin, who has been on
hunger strike since December 27th, has announced that he, as well, will
start a thirst strike on Saturday. Ihsan already has difficulties in
consuming water, since he is very weak as he has been suffering from
influenza during the hunger strike.

Ali Ekti, imprisoned in Hamburg and on hunger strike since December 7th,
also is in a critical state of health. He is vomiting blood and has
difficulties standing upright or walking.

THE LIVES OF THESE PRISONERS ARE IN ACUTE DANGER!!

It is absoutely necessary to give them all support we can! Please write
protest letters to the German authorities who are responsible for the
situation. Please fax to the following addresses:

- Court and judge in Hamburg:
3. Strafsenat des OLG Hamburg
z.Hd. Albrecht Mentz
Fax (+49) 40.428.433.555

- German chancellery:
Bundeskanzleramt
Fax (+49) 30.4000.1818, 1819 or
Fax (+49) 1888.400.2357

- Federal minister of justice
Bundesjustizministerium
z.Hd. Prof. Dr. Herta Daeubler-Gmelin
Fax (+49) 30.2025.9525 or
Fax (+49) 1888.582.4525
E-Mail: poststelle at bmj.bund.de

- Federal minister of the interior
Bundesinnenministerium
z.Hd. Dr. Otto Schily
Fax (+49) 1888.681.2926
E-Mail: poststelle at bmi.bund400.de

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From dhkc at dircon.co.uk  Sun Jan 30 08:51:15 2000
From: dhkc at dircon.co.uk (dhkc at dircon.co.uk)
Date: 30 Jan 2000 08:51:15
Subject: MARCH FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN
Message-ID: <bac1c849.200001290226.CAA05600@mailhost1.dircon.co.uk>

MARCH FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN

TODAY IS THE 61ST  DAY HIS DEATH FAST

In order to support fascism in Turkey,  German state is telling Ilhan
Yelkuvan to change his thoughts.  On the other hand, Ilhan says;  "I would
rather die than change my  thoughts" 

"For the last 10 months, llhan Yelkuvan has been alone in a cell in Hamburg
prison, unable to talk to other prisoners.  He is only  allowed to take his
exercise period at 4.00 in the morning to prevent him seeing the other
prisoners.  When he was approaching the 40th day  of his hunger strike, he
was subjected to a brutal search on the way  to exercise and all his
pockets were ripped off.  By  using the excuse of searching his cell, all
his CDs were broken and his own drawings and writing implements were
confiscated.  One of his legal representatives was arbitrarily  dismissed
by  the court?"  Ilhan Yelkuvan has been on an unlimited hunger strike
since 30th November 1999 and on 13th January  2000 he turned this into a
Death Fast.   His demands are to have the same rights that the other
prisoners have and be allowed out of solitary  confinement.  

FREEDOM OF THOUGHT FOR ILHAN YELKUVAN!
END ILHAN YELKUVAN'S SOLITARY CONFINEMENT!
LET'S NOT LEAVE ILHAN YELKUVAN TO DIE!

WE CALL UPON ALL THOSE WHO DEMAND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
TO JOIN US ON THIS MARCH

ASSEMBLE
30TH JANUARY 2000, SUNDAY 12:00
PEOPLE'S CULTURAL CENTRE
84 BALLS POND ROAD, N1 DALSTON 

NEAREST TUBE: HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON
STATION: DALSTON KINGSLAND
BUSES: 30,38, 277,149, 243, 67, 76


From dhkc at dircon.co.uk  Sun Jan 30 16:57:53 2000
From: dhkc at dircon.co.uk (dhkc at dircon.co.uk)
Date: 30 Jan 2000 16:57:53
Subject: PRESS RELEASE,ILHAN YELKUVAN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE, JANUARY 30, 2000
Message-ID: <bac1c849.20000131015556.I19439@big.ozgurluk.xs4all.nl>


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PRESS RELEASE,ILHAN YELKUVAN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE, JANUARY 30, 2000

Today was the 62nd day of Ilhan Yelkuvan's heroic Death Fast action. Ilhan
is in solitary confinement in Hamburg Prison, Germany, after being jailed
for being a member of a revolutionary organisation, DHKP-C (Revolutionary
People's Liberation Party-Front) from Turkey. Despite his being held in
solitary confinement, today the demands of Ilhan were brought onto the
streets of London. All of the peoples of Turkey, revolutionaries,
anti-imperialists, progressives and democrats united in a show of
solidarity with Ilhan Yelkuvan in a march by around 400 people. The route
of the march took in parts of North London heavily populated by Turks, 
Kurds and other peoples of Anatolia. En route anumber of people came out
of shops to join the march, and others applauded. 

A number of the marchers were and are on a solidarity hunger strike ? two
since January 16, 2000,while others have carried out rotating hunger
strikes for three-day periods. 

The march was headed by four people carrying a large banner with the
portrait of Ilhan on it. Also in another banner it was stating that " The
German state, the leftover from the Nazi period, is massacring patriots in
their prison cells" Slogans were chanted in English and Turkish in support
of Ilhan. There was a significant police presence, which was unnecessary
given the nature of the demonstration. When the march reached Turnpike
Lane, there was a rally in a nearby park. Speeches were given in support by
the Ilhan Yelkuvan Solidarity Committee (Britain). A speaker outlined the
nature of Ilhan's struggle. "Ilhan was taken captive because he did not
abandon his ideas, and because he would not,he was judged on the basis of
a show trial? They are afraid. Afraid of an Anatolian revolution and of
socialism? The German state supported fascism in Turkey while we paid a
heavy price for resisting it. The solitary confinement Germany is now using
was employed by the military junta in Turkey in the past, but they could
not make us accept it. The German authorities will also fail to make us
accept it." At the end of rally a Nazi flag was burnt and the slogan of
"Down With Fascism, Down With Imperialism" was shouted.

CONTACT NUMBER: 0799 057 1894 (ERDEM)  or  0171 9232095 (GURKAN)



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Pressagency Ozgurluk.Org
In solidarity with the Peoples Liberationstruggle in Turkey and
Kurdistan http://www.ozgurluk.org
DHKP-C: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc


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From ozgurluk at xs4all.nl  Mon Jan 31 04:57:55 2000
From: ozgurluk at xs4all.nl (ozgurluk at xs4all.nl)
Date: 31 Jan 2000 04:57:55
Subject: Hungertrike update: 62nd day
Message-ID: <bac1c849.E12FGED.0006UP.00@smtp1.a2000.nl>

Kaiserlautern, January 30th, 2000

DEATH FAST, 62nd.  Day

400 people participate in a demonstration in Cologne for the life of the 
Turkish prisoner Ilhan Yelkovan who is on a death fast 

Health situation  of some prisoners on hunger strike deteriorates further 

No denial  concerning the force feeding of Ihsan Ersoy  (at present in
Moabit-Prison)

DEMONSTRATION OF 400 PEOPLE IN COLOGNE - HEALTH  SITUATION OF THOSE ON
HUNGER STRIKE

On Saturday  29-1, 400 people rallied in Cologne for the life of Ilhan 
Yelkovan and for the complete removal of the special imprisonment 
conditions against him.  The demonstration, which started at 12 o'clock, 
went on peacefully, despite the presence of a strong police force.  The 
day  before, supporters of Ilhan Yelkovan - now on the 62nd day  of his 
death fast for pushing through his demands - pointed on his situation by  
occupying a tower of the Dome of Cologne.  To express the urgency  of  his
demands, he and two other prisoners went on a hunger and thirst  strike
last Friday  (the prisoners stopped taking any  fluids since that day).  
The other prisoners are Mihat Durmus (like Ilhan Y.  in the prison of 
Holstenglacis) and Ihsan Ersoy  who was transferred to the sickbay  of  the
Moabit Prison on Friday  after a longer period of unconsciousness).  
According to the latest announcements of the lawyer of Ihsan E., it is  now
most likely  that he is being force-fed.  Because nobody  was allowed  to
him, because of the weekend, and visits and telephone calls are being 
denied, we should, for the time being and until he is able to make a 
statement, start from the assumption he is being fed by  force.  But the
situation is becoming tenser for other prisoners as well.  For  example,
Ali Ekti (F?hlsb?ttel Prison) - who joined the hunger strike on  December
7, 1999, can no longer walk independently.  Furthermore he is  throwing up
blood for some days now and can no longer take water.

HIGH COURT HAMBURG KEEPS TO ITS HARSH VIEW:  Despite this  increasingly
tense situation, the 3rd.  Penal Chamber of the High Court  Hamburg
confirmed its hard stand regarding the demands of Ilhan  Yelkuvan in
another decision on January  28.  The court, as it formulates  in it
decision, still assumes that a contact between Ilhan Yelkovan and  other
Turkish prisoners would endanger the security  and order within  the prison
institutions because he would propagate the goals of the  DHKP-C
(Revolutionary  People's Liberation Party-Front), to which Ilhan  Y.  and
many  of the other prisoners on hunger strike belong.  The minister  of the
Interior of that time, Kanther, banned the DHKP-C in 1998.  Most 
generously, he is allowed to keep his views, but he is not allowed to pass 
them on.  The implementation of this court decision would in practice  mean
a ban on political discussions among prisoners, which could be  applied, to
other unwanted prisoners at any  time.  Therefore, Ilhan Y., like  the
other prisoners on hunger strike in Germany, Belgium and France,  rejects
this court decision.

BIGGEST PROTEST AGAINST ISOLATION AND SPECIAL  IMPRISONMENT CONDITIONS
SINCE THE SEVENTIES:

Behind the prisoners on hunger strike, 14 in Germany  and 12 in France  and
Belgium, an international front of protest developed during the last 
weeks, organising protest actions and civil disobedience on an almost 
daily  basis in several West European countries.  There were occupations 
in London (central office of Amnesty  International and the Goethe-
Institute), in Rotterdam (Goethe-Institute as well), Hamburg and Berlin 
(SPD central offices), at the border between Germany  and Holland in  Venlo
(occupation of the highway), Cologne (Dome), et cetera, as well as 
numerous manifestations and demonstrations (in Cologne, Hamburg,  Berlin,
as well as Vienna and London- in front of the German embassies).  
Furthermore, 1300 prisoners of the DHKP-C in Turkey  are on a solidarity  
hunger strike.  Hunger strikes ? and death fasts ? , waged in a  consequent
manner unseen in Europe, have a long and identity  giving  tradition among
many  organisations of the revolutionary  left in Turkey.   In 1996, 12
prisoners died in a 69 day  lasting death fast, directed against  the
forced transportation of individual prisoners to the newly   constructed
isolation prisons.  Therefore it must be assumed that the  Turkish
prisoners here will fight with the same consequence against  isolation
detention and special imprisonment conditions.

SILENCE IN THE GERMAN PRESS:

Despite the many  protests, largely  peaceful, neither the bourgeois press 
in Germany, nor the major part of the critical press, shows any  reaction 
regarding this large and internationally  carried protest against isolation
and special imprisonment conditions in Western Europe.  With concern,  we
had to accept that the information service of the German press  agency
DPA, OTS-News Aktuell, does not pass on our daily  press  statements.  In
an email message of Friday, January  28, they  informed us  that they  have
no use for our press statements.  We vehemently  protest  against these
methods of the news agency  DOA to ignore information  that does not fit
the political views of the time.  Apparently  it must be  prevented that
the situation of the political prisoners in Germany   becomes an item on
the daily  agenda once again.

STOP THE ISOLATION AND ALL OTHER SPECIAL CONDITIONS  AGAINST ILHAN YELKUVAN
AND ALL OTHER POLITICAL  PRISONERS!

ACT!

Trial groups against the DHKP-C trials