Article from the March 2006 issue of the Socialist
newspaper of the Socialist Party, Irish section of the CWI

18 March anti-war protests

On 18 March Socialist Youth will be taking to the streets North and South as part of the International Day of Action against the occupation of Iraq.

In over 50 cities around the world, demonstrations will take place demanding the removal of all foreign troops from Iraq. The dangers of which the anti-war movement warned before the invasion, of US and other “coalition” armies becoming bogged down in an un-winnable war, have been borne out. The threat of a sectarian civil war now hangs over the Iraqi people.

In the US, Bush’s support is at an all-time low. There is growing support for troops to be withdrawn. The anti-war movement needs to be rebuilt to demand the immediate withdrawal of all imperialist troops. At the same time, the anti-war movement needs to oppose the sectarian fundamentalists who threaten to unleash civil war in Iraq. Instead, solidarity should be built for working class unity in Iraq.

Socialist Youth will be intervening in protests and organising anti-war activity on 18 March to explain the need for a socialist resistance to the occupation which can unite the Iraqi working class from all religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Contact Socialist Youth at Belfast 90232962 or Dublin 6772592 to get involved.