Peace and solidarity

Responses to September 11 attacks.

Some issues are clear: this must not be allowed to become the basis for anti-Arab and anti-immigrant attacks, nor for a call to retreat or give up on the many vital ongoing struggles for peace and justice. That these terrible acts may lead to escalating violence and war is a real danger that concerns many people. And, of course, for everyone, in addition to shock and horror there is the question of why and how such a thing could happen. We shouldn't shy away from discussing the roots of, and reasons for, terrorism, but this is a long term question. Yesterday's events will profoundly shape our world, and have many dimensions we will have to examine and think through.

The Communist Party of India expresses its shock and horror at the coordinated and massive terrorist attack on sensitive civilian and official sites in the U.S., which has led to the death of several thousand lives, caused vast destruction, and spread panic and fear among people, not only in the U.S.A., but elsewhere in the world. We express our heartfelt condolence to the people of the United States in this hour of grief.

We are writing to express our deep sorrow at the recent terrorist acts perpetrated against US workers and their families. The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Ireland, on behalf of the entire membership of the party, expresses condolences to the families of the deceased and offers sympathy to the injured and their families.

We condemn these attacks as they are counterproductive in the development of the needed solutions for those political and social problems facing us all. At the same time such attacks are a result of the politics of the United States Government which has in the past supported terrorist activity in many parts of the world, such as in the Near East or in the Balkan region.

Hijacked civil aircraft on September 11 crashed into the World Trade Center building in New York and the U.S. Department of Defense Building (Pentagon) in Washington D.C. These incidents, in which many people were killed and many more injured, are brutal acts of terror without precedent. Whatever the reasons, such indiscriminate killing of people is a crime which is absolutely unjustifiable. With anger and in the name of international justice and humanity, the JCP condemns the terrorist attacks.

The Palestinian People's Party warns of the scheme of Sharon's government which is trying to exploit the bombing operations with planes that targeted the World Trade Center in New York and the US Defense Department in order to settle accounts with the Palestinian leadership and people through forming the so-called "international front to fight terrorism" that offers a cover up for more acts of aggression against the Palestinian people and against the other peoples of the world who are struggling to reinforce their independence and right in self determination.

The World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its shock and horror at the immense loss of lives and huge material damage caused by the inhuman, premeditated attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and government buildings in Washington on 11 September.

The tragic attack which has killed people and destroyed US symbols must be severely condemned, as we have always condemned and will irreducibly condemn any act of terrorism against defenceless women and men. Thousands of lives have been disrupted by an absurd and criminal suicide strategy.

The position of Cuba against all kind of terrorist actions is well known. We cannot forget that for over 40 years our people has been victim of such actions, promoted from the territory of the United States itself.

Our desire to elevate this work is not born out of a moral obligation alone; it is born out of necessity. For there is no struggle for bread and butter issues at home, for decent housing, for better education for better wages that will be won if we do not also struggle for peace and disarmament.

We, the members of the Communist Party USA, seeing the ongoing occupation of and attacks against the Palestinian people by the Israeli state, hereby resolve that...

We call on the National Convention of the Communist Party USA to join with the people of the world in demanding the immediate cessation of the US Government Blockade of Cuba, and all the legislation that bars free exchange between the two nations as well as US respect for the rights and sovereignty of the Cuban people.