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Rally against U.S.’ ‘imperialist policies’

Staff Reporter

KOLKATA: People from different walks of life, including peasants and workers, participated in a protest rally organised by the All-India Anti-Imperialist Forum (AIAIF) here on Tuesday against the ‘imperialist policies’ of the United States.

The rally comes ahead of an International Conference against Imperialism, Zionism and Occupation, being organised by the AIAIF on November 28 and 29. Delegates from countries such as the U.S., Russia, Canada, Palestine, Turkey, Lebanon, Nepal and Bangladesh will try to formulate a comprehensive action plan against ‘imperialist’ movements.

Exhorting people to get down and act, the former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, said Palestine and Iraq had become symbols of repression.

He was addressing a gathering at the rally’s conclusion near the U.S. consulate.

Mr. Clark, who has acted as counsel to those opposing the U.S., including the North Vietnamese Communists, the former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, and the former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, said: “We have to reverse U.S. President George Bush’s policy of enriching the rich and impoverishing the poor if we want to end poverty on this planet.”

The world was not safe as long as the U.S. invested heavily in weapons. On Nandigram, Mr. Clark said the “brutal aggression by the government” was a great tragedy.

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