The International Solidarity Committee of the World Social Forum is supporting the preparation of the first Iraqi Social Forum, scheduled to take place in Baghdad on 26-28 September 2013.
One of the key aims of the ISF (Iraqi Social Forum) is to build peace and justice and overcome all forms of violence in Iraq. The very fact that the ISF is still scheduled to take place in the face of the current wave of bombings is in itself not only a challenge, but a way of defying this violence and proving that peace and security in another Iraq are possible.
As International Solidarity Committee, we strongly condemn all the current acts of violence, just as we have always condemned imperial wars imposed on civilians, who always pay the highest price. We particularly condemn attacks on human rights defenders and journalists, and those heinous acts that in Iraq have recently targeted children and youth practicing sport and other peaceful activities.
Name |
Organization |
Country |
Ismaeel Dawood |
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative | international |
Martina Pignatti Morano | Un ponte per... | Italy |
Judith Hitchman and Sergio
Cordeiro? |
Babels |
Ireland, France, Spain |
Sabiha Ben Ammar |
Confédération
Générale Tunisienne du Travail (CGTT) |
Tunisia |
Feroz Mehdi? |
Alternatives International |
international |
Mireille Fanon-Mendes | Frantz Fanon Foundation |
France |
Elena Laurenti and Nicola Visconti | A.D. Sport Against Violence | Italy |
Pierre George | WSF IC Communication Commission | France |
Mboirick Mohamed | Gathering of Young Mauritania for Development | Mauritania |
Olfa Mohamed? |
Tunisian League of Women Voters |
Tunisia |
Ahmad Jaradat? |
Alternative Information Center |
Palestine/Israel |
Gershom Kabaso? |
Zambia Social Forum |
Zambia |
Terry Kay Rockefeller? |
September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows |
USA |
Felipe Daza? |
NOVACT |
Spain |