Iraq
Content about workers' struggles, war and events in Iraq.
US snipers see trouble brewing
"The reason why they're fighting us is not Osama bin Laden. They're fighting us because we're here. . . . They don't want us here. They just want us to leave."
"I guess that would be a victory for them,'' he said. "As far as I can see there's not going to be any victory for us."
By Tom Lasseter
Oil Wars and World Orders - Old and New
Aufheben analyse the 2003 invasion of Iraq in the context of US foreign policy and geopolitics since the 1980s.
While the American-led interventions in Bosnia and Kosovo during the 1990s were presented as ‘humanitarian wars’, it was hard to disguise the fact that the invasion of Iraq was primarily motivated by a drive to reassert American power, and in particular its control over the world’s oil supplies.
Iraqi workers' armed strike threat
Iraqi oil workers win pay increases with strikes and threats to take up arms.
The solidarity of oil sector workers in Kirkuk, Baaji and Baghdad's Daurra was key in achieving the victory. Coalition authorities are currently dependant on SOC - Iraq's biggest and most lucrative oil company - for supplies following the breakdown of Iraq's northern fields, which have suffered continuous attacks on their pipelines and stations.
Iraq: workers take strike action and beat up boss
Ewa Jasiewicz reports on Umm Qasr workers who have taken strike action and beaten up their boss infront of the Minister of Transport.
January 27th 2004
Umm Qasr Occupation Lock-Out, IPA Chief Gets a Kicking (again), 25 Answers
