05.09.2007

Latest signatories

Support for the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign continues to grow, writes Steve Cooke

Recent new signatories to Hopi's founding statement include Stephanie Merritt, novelist and journalist with The Observer; Suzanne Radford, editor of the Gnostics.com website; Nick Blount, technical manager at the Soho Theatre; Leigh Richards, a Swansea-based member of the Green Party; and Rod MacGregor, a Scottish Socialist Party member.

The campaign demands, to which all the above have signed up, are:

l No to imperialist war

l No to the theocratic regime

lThe immediate and unconditional withdrawal of US-UK troops from the Gulf region

l Opposition to Israeli expansionism and aggression

l Support to all working class and progressive struggles in Iran against poverty and repression

l Support for socialism, democracy and workers' control in Iran

l For a nuclear-free Middle East in a nuclear-free world

The full founding statement can be found on Hopi's website at www.hopoi.org.

If you would like to add your name to the list of supporters, you can sign up via the website or by emailing your name, position/affiliation and contact details to office@hopoi.info.