>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 10:48:34 EST >Subject: Urgent Appeal - Support Russian Wkrs Antiwar Demo >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >URGENT APPEAL - Militant Russian Workers Demonstrate Against the War in >Chechnya! Your Support Needed Now! > >RUSSIA INFO-LIST >from International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - ISWoR >*********************************************************** >If you appreciate receiving this mail please distribute it to your friends and >post it to internet forums; if not, send a "no more" message to: >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >*********************************************************** >ISWoR web-site - http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/index.html >*********************************************************** >URGENT APPEAL - Militant Russian Workers Demonstrate Against the War in >Chechnya! Your Support Needed Now! >January 2000 > >In mid-February this year there will take place the first Russian workers' >rally against the war in Chechnya- on the basis of ���Stop the War Against >Chechnya!��� > >The organisers recognise very well the danger of ultra-nationalism which >diverts workers from combatting their true enemy, the rich bosses, and leads >them to support senseless murder and violence against fellow workers, >farmers, poor people who happen to be of another culture, nationality or >religion. > > The collective of organisations participating in the Moscow demo includes >Zaschita Trade Union (Defence), the only militant trade union that exists >throughout Russia, as well as several other working-class organisations who >have supported the militant struggles of the last two years. > > These trade unionists and militant activists have been involved in the >famous Yasnogorsk (Tula) occupation, which won unprecedented gains, the >struggle in Astrakhan last year, where workers conducted a mass blockade of >the town's main avenue until they had won back-pay and forced and a say in >the running of their firm; the "rail wars" of the 1998 where unpaid miners >and their supporters organised continuous blockades of the major Russian rail >arteries; and more recently the Kusbass Chernigovets mine struggle and Vyborg >Paper Mill, where workers faced down several armed police assaults including >one in which two workers were shot. > The anti-war movement needs to be very broad based, including students >and youth in danger of being conscripted, the various local soldiers' mothers >committees, and all those genuinely opposed to the war and for peace. The >major question now is whether the anti-war movement in Russia comes under the >umbrella of the US-CIA and European Union funded fronts - or if through >international labour solidarity a genuine mass opposition to war is allowed >to flourish. > > What unites these activists for the picket/demo in mid-February is not >only their commitment to militant workers struggle, but also their opposition >to racism, patriotism and ultranationalism. That is why they are staging this >unprecedented demo - we urge you all to give them your maximum support. > >Funds are urgently needed to pay for leaflets, publicity etc of the demo in >Russia. ISWoR has already send money to this from London, and the Transport >and General Workers Uniom (TGWU) Camden branch deserve a special mention >here. Please give generously and ask your trade union or other progressive >organisation to send a greeting to this demo. > >Contact International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - ISWoR >Box R 46 Denmark Hill , London SE5 8RZ >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/index.html >Cheques payable to "ISWoR", specifying it is for antiwar demo. (Supporters >outside Britain: an ordinary cheque drawn on your own bank is fine, please >post to British address above.) >*********************************************** >The anarchist organisation MPST in Moscow has produced and distributed >leaflets against the Chechen war. Please contact ISWoR for details of how you >can support their activities. >************************************************ > >*********************************************************** >The RUSSIA INFO-LIST >puts out information and analysis from a wide range of sources. Messages >posted to Russia Info-List do not necessarily reflect the views of ISWoR. > >If you have something you would like to distribute on Russia Info-List, or >want to help in our practical solidarity work, contact: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]< >Box R, 46 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RZ, England >*********************************************************** > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
