Hong Kong Call To Action Against War

TNI

December 2005

We are social movements, trade unions, fishers and farmers organizations,
NGOs, women¹s groups, student organizations, and individuals who have
gathered here in Hong Kong to protest against the unfair and unjust trade
agreements being negotiated at the World Trade Organization ministerial.

We oppose the imposition of neo-liberal economic policies that prioritize
the interests of corporations and elites over people and that serve to
privatize all that belongs to humanity as a whole. We oppose these policies
anywhere in the world as imposed through whatever means whether by
institutions through the WTO or by the tanks of invading armies.

We therefore condemn the illegal invasion of Iraq, demand an end to the
occupation, and call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the
US-led occupation forces from Iraq.

No foreign military bases should be established in Iraq and all the laws and
measures privatizing Iraq¹s natural resources and state-owned companies and
liberalizing its economy should be abolished.

We demand reparations for the Iraqi people for all the damage the war has
caused and demand justice and accountability for those responsible for
planning, executing, and legitimizing the invasion and occupation.

Any help from the international community should be extended but only with
the consent of and at the terms set by the Iraqi people.

We join the call for a global day of actions and demonstrations against the
occupation on March 18-19, 2006, the third anniversary of the invasion of
Iraq.

The occupation of Palestine is related to the occupation of Iraq and is
integral to the United States¹ objective to dominate the Middle East and the
world. We demand an end to the occupation of Palestine and we call for
boycott campaigns.

We support the campaign of war resisters, military families and veterans
against the war, the campaign against military recruitment, the campaign
against foreign military bases, against militarization, against
dictatorships, and other campaigns to end war and social and economic
injustice anywhere in the world.

We commit to building concrete and practical links of solidarity with the
Iraqi people in support of their struggle against occupation.

SIGNED ( as of December 18):

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