Workers and their families in Iraq have endured incredible hardships and suffering in the last decades as repression, wars and invasions have destroyed one of the most industrialised countries in the region. The rise of the Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq is a product of these years of injustices that have created widespread anger, desperation and violence. The recent announcement that the USA will lead a new ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to fight terrorism by bombing Iraq and Syria will only lead to greater destruction. These countries are intervening for their own political and economic advantage and not to save lives. Worker organisations and left groups in the region are taking the lead in opposing this renewed onslaught.
Workers and their families in Iraq have endured incredible hardships and suffering in the last decades as repression, wars and invasions have destroyed one of the most industrialised countries in the region. The rise of the Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq is a product of these years of injustices that have created widespread anger, desperation and violence. The recent announcement that the USA will lead a new ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to fight terrorism by bombing Iraq and Syria will only lead to greater destruction. These countries are intervening for their own political and economic advantage and not to save lives. Worker organisations and left groups in the region are taking the lead in opposing this renewed onslaught.
