Industrial Workers of the World

Solidarity Letter and Call To Stop the War in Gaza

The end of 2008 showed a new wave of violence against humanity with the Israeli war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza strip. The attack by Israel occupation forces starting on the 27th of December– under the pretext of a war against Hammas - have already killed hundreds of Palestinians and injured thousands peoples, many of them are women and children. The war in the Gaza strip is destroying houses, schools, hospitals and also Palestinian farmland.

Palestinian people in the Gaza strip are currently facing a lack of medicines, water, accommodation and food. Meanwhile, Palestinian farmers are not able to produce their own food. The situation is getting more tragic day by day. In our fight for human rights and against war, our international peasant's movement condemns the brutal military strikes by Israel.

La Via Campesina sees this war as an act of extreme violence against humanity that must be ended immediately. La Via Campesina as an international solidarity movement of peasants, small farmers, landless and indigenous peoples would like to express our deep concern and solidarity with the Palestinian farmers and Palestinian people who suffer death and suffering in this war. We call Via Campesina members and others progressive and solidarity movements to take maximum efforts to end the war and give support to the Palestinian Farmers and all peoples in Palestine in their plea for

1 The organization of marches of solidarity with the Palestinian people and demand the world to intervene to stop Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people.

2 To expedite the provision of financial support and in-kind for the benefit of the Gaza Strip. (see the Palestinian Farmers Union below)).

Let’s join hands and fight to end the war and violence in Palestine.

Globalize hope – Globalize Struggle In Solidarity,

Henry Saragih General Coordinator of La Via Campesina

Address of International Operative Secretariat (IOS): Jln. Mampang Prapatan XIV No. 5 Jakarta Selatan, Jakarta 12790 Indonesia

Phone : +62-21-7991890

Facs : +62-21-7993426

E-mail: viacampesina@viacampesina.org

Website: http://www.viacampesina.org

An Appeal for help from the Palestinian Farmers Union for all living consciences of the world

At the time we try to pull together our wounds, our voices are calling for help and support. we in the Palestinian Farmers Union appeal to all our brothers in the farmers and peasants Unions, we also appeal to all international organizations and solidarity with Palestinians organizations to work to stop the massacre, to stop the siege and to help and assist the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, for what they are facing steadfastly of Barbarian fierce attack by the Israeli occupation forces, as this aggressive bombardment reached children, women and the elders and even trees and stones. we are in the provinces of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are living these days, a state of panic and shock to the size of the heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupying authorities against the defenseless Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and what we appeal to the brothers and friends in the world is to work on:

1. The organization of marches of solidarity with the Palestinian people and demand the world to intervene to stop Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people.

2. To expedite the provision of financial support and in-kind for the benefit of the Gaza Strip. It is essential that right will win at the end and injustice will vanish. your brothers and friends in the Palestinian Farmers Union

http://www.pafu.ps/pafu/

info@pafu.ps

Court St. Ramallah In front of Al-Zeen Halls Al-Rabea Building,

Fifth Floor West Bank, Palestine

Tel: 02-2971354 Fax: 02-2971358

white phosphorous bombs used on Palestinians

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/01/09

It's the rulers who tell the people to fight each other. And for what? For the greater glory of the nation.....an abstraction which conveniently covers the rulers' faces and the increase in wealth and power they get from our deaths and our murders of people behind the borders of the other nation. Workers! Turn your guns around and kick all the generals out on their ass and watch your brave rulers run for their lives.

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One nationalist

will kill another

all in the name

of their bosses' wars

can't get enough

of their killing days

we turn our blind eyes

toward murdering ways

and morally condemn

the other guys

as they bomb and shoot

bloodstained paths of glory

Mike B) www.iww.org.au