So: If this is succesful, then it means the U.S. invasion was justified, a la Paul Berman and Hitchens? ******************************************************
If a hundred workers' councils spring up and thousands of workers take class conscious action, it would, to paraphrase Nietzsche, prove that what does not kill ALL of us, sometimes makes us stronger. The invasion was premised on finding weapons of mass destruction. I'd say workers' councils qualify for this designation in Capital's lexicon of horrors.
Regards, Mike B)
--- Mike Ballard <swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>
> Forming the first workers? council at Kirkuk Oil
> Company is a step forward for emancipation of
> humanity
> in Iraq
>
>
>
>
> On August 8, 2003, the workers of the North Oil
> Company in Kirkuk gathered at Arafa Park and chose
> their representatives in a direct and free election.
> This event is a great historic event not only for
> the
> oil workers and workers? movement in Iraq but for
> the
> whole of the Iraqi society.
>
> The oil workers have been always the backbone of the
> society, therefore the Baath regime had continued to
> oppress them and racially segregate them in order to
> prevent them from crushing the capitalist system.
> The
> history of the workers of the Oil Company in Kirkuk
> includes the famous Karobakhi strike, which shacked
> the Monarchy regime, and overthrown one of its most
> oppressive cabinets. Their history is unforgettable
> part of the history of the working class in Iraq for
> a
> better life.
>
> The Worker Communist Party of Iraq, which is the
> working class?s struggle tool to liberate the Iraqi
> masses, congratulates the workers of North Oil
> Company
> on finding their council and will continue to
> support
> them. This great event is the first step toward
> realizing the working class?s economic, social and
> political wishes and aspirations.
>
>
>
> Long live the oil workers
>
> http://www.wpiraq.org/english/
>
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