International Solidarity Commission of the IWW resolution on Gaza
Submitted on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 2:42pm
Saturday 10 January 2009
The International Solidarity Commission (ISC) of the Industrial Workers of
the World (IWW) condemns in the strongest possible terms the military attack by
the Israeli state and IDF on the 1.5 million Palestinian people living in the
Gaza strip. This attack has included sustained indiscriminate aerial bombing of
urban population centers, schools, mosques, hospitals and other civilian
infrastructure. Hundreds of civilians have been killed and injured, and homes
have been destroyed. This attack is a form of collective punishment by the
Israeli state against the people in Gaza. This attack on the people in Gaza is
barbaric and represents an attack on the working class in all countries.
The ISC condemns the 18-month siege against the population in Gaza which
has prevented food, electricity, medical supplies, and other basic necessities
from reaching the people of Gaza and crippling the economy. This form of
collective punishment against the people of Gaza is barbaric and represents an
attack on the working class in all countries.
The ISC condemns rocket
attacks fired into southern Israel by various factions in Gaza. These attacks
have killed and injured Israeli civilians. This form of collective punishment
against the people of southern Israel represents an attack on the working class
in all countries.
The ISC recognizes the urgency and massive scale of
the current attacks and mass murder against the people of Gaza by the Israeli
state.
It is estimated that 850 Palestinians in Gaza and 13 Israelis have
died so far.
The IWW is a revolutionary international industrial union
that works to build unity of workers and working class people across all
borders, occupations, industries, religions, races and nationalities. The IWW
stands, and has always stood against all wars. Wars are caused by capitalist
governments, and anti-working class leaders and movements, for the economic and
political benefit of the ruling elites. We the working class are made to fight
each other against our own interests.
The working class and the
employing class have nothing in common.
The working class have no
borders. An injury to one is an injury to all.
The ISC extends our total
and unflinching support to the people of Gaza and will work within and without
the IWW to organize and mobilize support against this military aggression. The
ISC will do all in our power to find ways to provide practical assistance to the
people of Gaza.
We extend our hands of class solidarity to all our
brothers and sisters in the region in occupied Palestine, Israel, and
everywhere.
The ISC will continue to build links of solidarity across
the region so that we may all help each other in our local struggles.
Only when we unite together, and shake off the chains of oppression and
injustice that divide us from each other, can we build a world with no bosses
and no masters.
All wars are bosses wars. Victory to the workers and
people of the world!