The Iraq Solidarity Campaign was founded in 2003 and is led by British-born
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
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Hussein Al-Alak The group is active in protests against the Iraqi invasion and occupying in different locations throughout the world.
The reports of the Iraq Solidarity Campaign are regular features in the international media, with statements and articles having been published by various magazines including the UN Observer, Uruknet, the Global Research Institute, Palestine Chronicle, th
London Progressive Journaland the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq.
They also run the ''Iraqi Solidarity News'' (''Al-Thawra''), which is the online magazine of the Campaign and is not connected to the Al-Thawra news agency of either the Syrian or Iraqi Baath Parties.
In 2007, Iraq Solidarity initiated "In Defence of Iraqs Palestinians", which was an almagmation of over eighteen international organisations, including Al-Awda: the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition. This was aimed at drawing international attention to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Iraq but also helped to provide aid to displaced Palestinians along the borders with Iraq.
In 2008, the ISC also participated in the US elections by endorsing the
Party for Socialism and Liberation
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a communist party in the United States, established in 2004. Its members are active in a wide range of movements including the labor, anti-war, immigrants' rights, women's rights, and anti-police ...
and their slate of candidates which included
Gloria La Riva
Gloria Estela La Riva (born August 13, 1954) is an American perennial political candidate, and communist activist with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and the Peace and Freedom Party. She was the PSL's nominee and the Peace and Free ...
for President and
Eugene Puryear for Vice President. The Campaign also helped other US candidates in the elections, who were standing on social justice tickets, including that of US soldier and anti-war campaigner
Michael Prysner
Michael D. Prysner (born June 15, 1983) is an American political activist. He is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a Specialist. His duties in Iraq included ground surveillance, home raids and the interrogation of prisoners. According to P ...
.
Prior to the 2003 invasion, the organisation operated as the Coalition Against Sanctions and War on Iraq (CASWI), which formed as a result of a fusion between organisations which included the Campaign Against Repression and for Democratic Rights in Iraq (CARDRI),
CND
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nucle ...
,
Pax Christi and some Iraqi Opposition organisations.
The Campaign Against Repression and for Democratic Rights in Iraq was founded in 1979 and obtained the support of organisations including the
Iraqi Women's League
The Iraqi Women's League was an Iraqi women's organization, founded as League for Defending Iraqi Woman's Rights in 1952, which changed the name of Iraqi Women's League in 1958.
Saddam Hussein's 1979 rise to power resulted in a crackdown on membe ...
, the Iraqi Communist Party and was chaired by the current Special Human Rights Envoy to Iraq,
Ann Clwyd
Ann Clwyd Roberts (; born 21 March 1937) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cynon Valley for 35 years, from 1984 until 2019. Although she had intended to stand down in 2015, she was re-elected in tha ...
MP.
References
http://iraq-solidarity.blogspot.co.uk/ Iraqi Solidarity News (Al-Thawra)
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Anti–Iraq War groups
Political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom