On his recent visit to
the USA the newly elected Israeli premier, Ehud Olmert, made some
very belligerent speeches which raise the spectre of the use of
nuclear weapons in the Middle East. It is in the interests of all
workers in the region, Jewish, Arab, Kurdish, Iranian... to come
together in an international struggle to overthrow the oppressors of
all these peoples.
Recent armed clashes between Fatah
forces and newly formed Hamas security forces reflect
behind-the-scenes manoeuvres of imperialism to divide the Palestinian
people with the hope of overthrowing the newly elected Hamas
government. They are playing with fire.
With slogans such as "Employment, employment, is our obvious right; job
security is our main demand" and "Unity, unity, workers, unity" Iranian workers came on the streets of Tehran on May Day. The workers from Qom were
walking at the front of the rally and carried a large placard with
"Temporary contracts must be revoked" and "End slavery" written on it.