Worker-communist Party of Iraq
Worker-Communist Party of Iraq الحزب الشيوعي العمالي العراقي | |
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The Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (
communist groups.[1]
They opposed both
Ba'athist regime, the group was persecuted, and so operated primarily in the Kurdistan region, and overseas in the United Kingdom and Australia (where they were among the founders of the Socialist Alliance
).
The party was also persecuted in Kurdistan and went underground in 2000 after numbers of attacks by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.[3]
They are involved in the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq, the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq and the Union of the Unemployed in Iraq. They have produced a newsletter called Iraq Weekly' and an English newspaper called Forward.
It is a sister party of the
Worker-Communist Party of Iran - Hekmatist. In March 2005, members of the WCPI, along with members of other groups and other individuals, formed the Iraq Freedom Congress
with the purpose of forming a secular and democratic Iraq.
Published works
- ISBN 0-86356-520-4
- Salucci, Ilario. A People's History of Iraq: The Iraqi Communist Party, Workers' Movements and the Left 1923-2004. Haymarket Books (2005) ISBN 1-931859-14-0
See also
External links
- Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (in English)
- Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (in Arabic)
- Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (old website)
- The Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq
References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2588651.stm | BBC profile of the Party
- ^ http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/communism_in_iraq.htm | April 9, 2003 Statement
- ^ http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/21947 | 2000
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