Next IUSS Meeting Nov 19th

The next IUSS meeting will be on Monday November 19th, 7pm at 80 Oakfied Avenue, Glasgow.

Please see these websites and attachment below for information regarding the huge scale of the refugee crisis caused by the war in Iraq, and the lack of responsibility being taken for it by the US and UK governments:-
http://tinyurl.com/32rvce for informative Voices UK Newsletter
http://tinyurl.com/24g3ny for UNHCR statistics
http://tinyurl.com/24hfrg for an article about the host countries who receive refugees having been left in the lurch
http://tinyurl.com/ytjqx6 for an article from Amnesty International about millions of Iraqi refugees in flight.

Iraqi comrades from the ICP have sent this link which confirms our view about the war being in order for the US administration to gain control over Iraqs oil, its at www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n20/holto1_.html

Postings about Iran include the tragic news that Mansour Ossanlou of the Teheran busworkers union has received a 5 year jail sentence for his trade union activity. See
http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/1650 .

Also please see and sign the attached petition to release women prisoners who are sentenced to jail and flogging for their stance in upholding womens rights and for criticising the Islamic regime, the petiton is at www.petitiononline.com/maryam20/petition.htlm. Also see attachments from Iran about the seemingly imminent US war against the people of Iran and Womens Liberation.

If you have not already signed the letter to stop Aamer Anwar, the soliciter who defended Mohammed Siddique from being charged with contempot of court, please do so by going to www.sacc.org.uk/defendaamer

Aamer Anwar will be speaking at a meeting on Defending Civil Liberties on November 13th, 7.30pm at the Mitchell Theatre, Granville Street, Glasgow (doors open 7pm) organised by Scotland Against Criminalising Communities and Glasgow Stop the War Coalition.