Statement of the Workers' Communist Party of Denmark (APK), February 26, 2002
For just one-tenth of this year's total military expenses in the world, all
the world's people could get access to water, adequate nutrition, ordinary health
service, education and a minimum income.
The US has granted 40 billion dollars alone for its terror war against the world's
poorest country, Afghanistan.
The US war is about oil and power everywhere, in Afghanistan, the Middle East,
Colombia, Asia or anywhere.
The military industry is very happy.
Denmark's rightist government has given a blank cheque for Danish war participation
just like the former Social Democratic government of Nyrup Rasmussen did. The
Danish governments are blindly following the war drums of the US, NATO and the
EU.
Bombing villages, killings and mutilations of civilians, destruction of housing
and fields are war no matter how many times they call these actions "humanitarian,
peace-keeping work".
The Danish government must refuse from its war participation:
Neither one cent nor one soldier to the war of the US and NATO - No to Danish
war participation!
Fogh Rasmussen's rightist government has enough and to spare when it comes
to increasing the military budget. For this field, granting billions of Danish
kroner is no problem. Nor are any expenses spared when it comes to increasing
the appropriations to the EU and big business, or to the police and intelligence
service in the name of the undemocratic terror legislation. On the other hand,
the rightist government's 2002 Budget proposal introduces cuts on education,
working environment, preventive health services, aid to developing countries,
and housing and environment. It also suggests additional lay-offs of tens of
thousands of public employees, and further reductions of the juridical rights
of immigrants and refugees and the social rights of people receiving cash benefit.
At the same time, the government is attacking the minimum wage and making women's
unequal pay increase further and with no limit.
What is most important? War or care for human beings?
March 8 brings into focus that women are still being underpaid, working
for free, getting lower pensions, having double work and being discriminated.
On International Women's Day 2002, demands for stopping the war and ensuring
social rights will be raised all over the world
The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Workers' Communist Party of Denmark (APK)