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Statement of the Irish Republican Socialist PartyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 March 2003 Irish Republican Socialist Party Out of Iraq! Out of Ireland! The IRSP totally condemns the illegal, immoral and unjust imperialist war by the USA inspired alliance against the people of Iraq. This is an imperialist war waged for both strategic and material interests. It is about oil. It is about saving Saudi Arabia and OPEC from falling under the control of Muslim fundamentalists. It is about carving up huge chunks of the Middle East for British and USA economic interests. Forget talk about just war. Forget talk about a brutal dictatorship. Imperialist interests fostered and nurtured the likes of Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden. They trained, armed and encouraged these people to carry out acts that were in the interests of the imperialists. War is a direct product of the capitalist system. In the vicious pursuit of profit, Corporate America is prepared to stage war, cause untold death, create ethnic divisions and turn continent against continent. There can be no question of republican socialists or anyone else not taking sides in the war now been waged. The IRSP are on the side of the Iraqi masses, support the overthrow of Saddam by the Iraqi masses and call for the creation of a world wide anti-war movement that will boot Blair and Bush from office. Unlike a spokesperson for the Northern Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on Radio Ulster, the IRSP does not support the troops. Those are not "our boys" in the desert! Those soldiers are the agents of imperialism, the same imperialism that brought so much destruction and division to Ireland. What can be done in Ireland? Take to the streets! Turn the struggle against the war into a struggle against the collaborationist regime in the South. In the North, while the war lasts, the IRSP call on Sinn Fein, the SDLP, the Women's Coalition and any other so called progressive forces to refuse to meet with any representatives of the British imperialist government while the imperialist occupation of Iraq continues. Nor should they meet with any representatives of the USA administration. Tell Bush and Blair to go take a hike. Is the restoration of Stormont reason enough to collaborate with imperialist warmongers? It is nothing compared to the sufferings of the Iraqi people. The IRSP say: Stop the war! Stuff Stormont! Yankee and British imperialists out of Ireland and Iraq! ### Republican Socialist Publicity Bureau 392 Falls Road, Belfast, BT48 6DH, Ireland Tel: 028 90 321024 Fax: 028 90 330786 http://www.irsm.org/irsm.html |