We, Italian workingmen, dissociate ourselves from
every responsibility of the military aggression that Bush and his allied are
waging against Iraq.
We, Italian workingmen, don't want, by any means, be party to the bombing and
the massacres that are being carried out against you.
We will make any possible effort, any kind of struggle, in order to stop this
war, in order to denounce the support that Berlusconi and the Italian government
have provided to USA, Great Britain and Spain.
We have not believed any of their lies about terrorism, about weapons of mass
destruction.
Besides, they have imposed to the Iraqi Army to disarm while there were concentrating
several hundreds thousands soldiers at the border, soldiers equipped with the
best weapons, these really of mass destruction. An unheard arrogance.
We know very well that the aim of this aggression is the robbery of Iraqi oil,
and the transformation of Iraq into an American military base instrumental to
the USA imperialism in that area.
It is not concern of Imperialist governments to judge your government, to judge
Saddam.
Imperialist governments do not have a clean record. . These governments lead
countries based on the exploitation of workingmen, they are involved in corruption,
in the robbery of the people all over the world, in bombing, cannot say anything
about Iraqi government.
Governments of masters that, for their profits, are pushing millions of workingmen
toward destitution and misery. , Can they say anything credible about Iraqi
government? Certainly not.
It is your task, workingmen and people of Iraq, to deal with Saddam. You are
the only ones that can do something without serving the interests of the masters
and governments who sparked off this aggression. We don't even trust the European
governments that nowadays oppose war. Their only matter is how to get their
share in the division of the Iraqi booty.
The only positive fact is that the contrast among the different governments
has prevented the aggressors to get the UN legitimation of their war in the
name of the general interest of humanity.
The attack of Berlusconi and Bush against the pacifists' protest has taught
us something.
The fact that all these demonstrations against war, American ones included,
has not modified at all the conduct of the governments in the Iraqi war, have
taught us something.
What we learnt is that to be effectively on your side we can't but fight against
our governments, against our masters assiduously.
Since they use only the language of force, they will understand only the force
of workingmen' strikes and the force of workingmen' protest, all over the world,
in all the countries.
We can stop them in the factories, in the transportations, in the streets, we
will do everything we can, you can believe it
"A people oppressing another people cannot be free"
Workingmen and Union delegates of the following
factories