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Plan to form anti-imperialist body

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KOLKATA: The former U.S. Attorney-General, Ramsey Clark, on Saturday announced plans for the formation of a new organisation – the ‘International Anti-Imperialist and People’s Solidarity Co-ordinating Committee (IAPSCC).’

The new body will forge a combined worldwide struggle against imperialist aggression, occupation and the evils of globalisation.

Addressing a press conference here on the conclusion of a two-day international anti-imperialist conference, he said that with the participation of 1,500 delegates from India and abroad the conference was a huge success. “It is unthinkable in the United States.”

While Mr. Clark will be the president of the new body, there would be representatives from the U.S., France, Germany, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Palestine, India and Nepal. Countries that would be approached included Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran and Iraq.

Deal opposed

The conference also adopted several resolutions, including one opposing the India-U.S. nuclear deal. It called upon the Indian people to struggle not only against the U.S. imperialist machinations, but also against imperialist cravings and designs of the Indian state.

Stressing the need for a people’s movement across countries facing the U.S. aggression, Mr. Clark said that such movements had already begun and gaining momentum.

Muhammad Kassem, a delegate from Lebanon, said that globalisation was not an evil in itself, especially when it improved the lives of the poorer people. But when an industry tried to use this tool to conquer a country, it became an aggression which needed to be fought.

Referring to Nandigram, Mr. Clark said the highest punishment should be given to people who had violated the rights of citizens of that place. “We heard that Dow Chemicals among others was interested in putting up a project there against the wishes of the local people who would be displaced. This is one of the most basic intrusions of globalisation,” he said.

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