IFC Congratulates Iraqi People on Ending US Occupation, Dissolves

[Dan Clore]

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http://ifcongress.com/English/News/2011/1211/ifc-final-stat.htm

The concluding statement of the Central Council meeting of Iraq Freedom
Congress.

Iraq Freedom Congress congratulates the people of Iraq for the end of
the occupation and declares the end of its activities on this occasion

With the presence of a majority of its members and many of its activists
and supporters, the Central Council of Iraq Freedom Congress concluded
its meeting on December 2, 2011.

The meeting opened with a minute of silence in homage of those who
sacrificed their lives to the goals of IFC and to a free Iraq where
peace, security, freedom and equality prevail. Followed by a speech by
Samir Adil entitled “the world is changing around us and we must change
in order to influence the course of great transformations in the
contemporary world”

Samir talked about the global and regional political changes starting
with the local mass protests in the Arab world and the Middle East, the
global economic crisis, the escalating conflict between the
international and regional powers over the re-division of the world and
finally the emergence of the mass movement against poverty, unemployment
and hunger in the United States, Greece and Britain, which swept the
rest of the world. Samir had finalized his speech by saying, “organizing
a movement against poverty, corruption and sectarianism while
maintaining our ideology will need an immense effort, and we will have
to continue our fight that started on February 25, 2011 when the mass
protest first kicked off in Iraq.”

Following Samir’s speech, a slideshow representing IFC activities
throughout the years of the occupation was presented. The slideshow
demonstrated events, activities and leading figures of IFC. This segment
has affected the climate of the meeting and led to a standing ovation
for minutes in an appreciation of the history of IFC.

This segment followed by a discussion subject entitled “Arab spring and
its impact on our movement”. Samir explained how the mass protests in
the Middle East region greatly affected the regional and international
political equations, as well as our movement in Iraq. He mentioned that
these protests and changes have shown that a new political framework is
needed to catch up with such transformation. Samir added that the U.S.
withdrawal from Iraq is another factor which proves that the freedom
loving and revolutionary movement in Iraq, which IFC is part of, needs a
political and regulatory framework to be consistent with this new phase.

Samir concluded his discussion by stating that Iraq Freedom Congress
reached its final stage of its fight. Its goal of ending the occupation
has been achieved.

Followed by Samir’s discussion the attendees voted and approved
unanimously a statement about the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. This was
followed by messages of thanks and appreciation to the international
organizations that supported the people of Iraq and IFC against the
occupation and building a better world. These organizations are
represented by the Movement for Democratic Socialism in Japan, US Labor
Against the War, the American Friends Service Committee, AKCDF in the
Philippines and all freedom loving forces in the Philippines, South
Korea and all around the world.

In the resolution segment, a draft titled “ending the activities of IFC”
was submitted to the attendees. After lengthy and extensive discussions
around this subject, the attendees voted unanimously to dissolve Iraq
Freedom Congress.

Samir concluded the conference by saying “the dissolution of Iraqi
Freedom Congress does not mean abandoning the political activities.
This is a political decision for the benefit of our movement and for
that we can correspond to the needs of the new phase. I heard on the
break a lot of folks who have expressed their pain because of this
decision and some of the comrades said, where do we go? I set out here
that the draft of Iraq Freedom Congress was projected by the
Worker-Communist Party of Iraq [WCPI] and I was commissioned in February
2005 by the Political Bureau to work for the establishment of IFC and
during the past years WCPI was supporting IFC and supplying it with
political prospects. Today, I say that the Worker-Communist Party of
Iraq who built the framework of IFC can establish another one as well
that can respond to the needs of the current situation. I am still here
however I need to change as well so I can respond to the new changes and
make an impact on them, and I am with you. I ask everyone who agrees
with the WCPI agenda to join the party. For those who do not wish to
join, I must say that we will not give up on you or let you go, we
always value our comrades and we will continue working together despite
our disagreement. The upcoming chapter requires a new type of work,
effort and mechanisms, a new regulatory framework. An organization of a
mass movement against corruption, poverty and sectarianism is the new
phase in our fight.

I must say that I share with you this pain, but it’s a different one; it
is like the pain of a woman in labor to give birth to new child to live
in order to continue life”

A big round of applause and a poem by (Ali Issam) one of IFC activists
ended the Conference


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