CPI(Maoist) continues to defy Banerjee’s threats

CPI(Maoist) continues to defy Banerjee’s threats

Posted by redpines on October 31, 2011

Tribal woman whose home was destroyed by Indian state forces

When Mamata Banerjee and her populist party, the Trinamool Congress, won elections in West Bengal last May, the bourgeois press claimed she would be good for the CPI(Maoist). Some outlets spread more direct disinformation, suggesting the two parties had some kind of secret alliance. The truth has been quite the opposite. Since her election, Banerjee has tried to undermine the Maoist influence in West Bengal through offers of talks, attempts to undermine Maoist-leddevelopment, and now, threats. The Maoists, for their part, have not been phased, continuing their program of building clinics, schools, infrastructure and insisting on self determination for tribal peoples. The following article from the Times of India gives a glimpse of the kind of political power the CPI(Maoist) holds in India’s fourth-most populous state. 

CM not serious about peace process: Maoists

Oct 30, 2011

MIDNAPORE: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s seven-day ultimatum has hardly had its desired effect on the Maoist guerrillas camping in Jangalmahal. Akash, the state secretary of the Maoists, said they will not seize to demand basic rights for the tribals. While this strong note is a major jolt in the peace process, jailed tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato’s wife Niyati Mahato, on the other hand, accepted talks offer floated by Trinamool leader Mukul Roy and assured to meet him on November 3.

“We want peace. But we can’t accept the peace proposal leaving the basic rights of the tribals and their right to self determination,” said Akash, who claimed his people are not afraid of the CM warning.

Simultaneously, Niyai has been invited by Roy to initiate talks. “Jaydeep Mikherjee from the legal aid forum had offered us talks with Roy. We are eager for the dialogue,” said Ashok Jiban, convener of the Santras Durnity Birodhi Committee, an umbrella outfit believed to be floated by the Maoists.

The Maoist state secretary claimed that since they offered the ceasefire, they did not involve in any violence despite several provocations and kept their word. But the state government failed to keep their word and continued their operation against the Maoists.

A young Indian speaks out in Defense of her Maoist parents

A young Indian speaks out in Defense of her Maoist parents

Posted by redpines on November 1, 2011

Kerala, India: Slums and Special Economic Zones in Kochi

This is the powerful story of a young woman, Ami, whose parents are urban Maoist revolutionaries in Southern India. Despite the difficulties she has faced, including repeated harassment and intimidation from the Indian state, Ami testifies to the urgency of revolution in India. In particular, she emphasizes the necessity of ending the oppression of women:

My papa told me that they have been in this struggle so that thousands of girls like me can walk freely and fearlessly in this country. It means that they are living and working for me too. To bring about an environment in which I and my sister can cross the road and go to a neighbour’s house alone even at night. If this is the objective of their life, I support them, and I am with them.

The article also provides a glimpse of the difficult and delicate work of Maoist organizing. Such work is especially precarious in urban locations far from the forest base areas in Central and Eastern India. The article originally appeared in Open Magazine.

Daughter of a Maoist

Terrorised by the police, bereft of parents, evicted from school—what it means to be a 15-year-old daughter of parents ‘wanted’ by the State

29 October 2011

by Shahina KK

I first met her when she was around 10 or 11 months old. Her mother Shyna was a friend and source. At the time, Shyna was an upper division clerk in the High Court. She was also an activist trying to set up a trade union in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kochi. As a TV reporter, I had frequent contact with Shyna. She often gave me story tips from the SEZ, to which the media didn’t have much access. Her little girl was called Ameranta. I found the name odd. Many of our common friends thought likewise. We advised Shyna to change the name. I remember telling Shyna that when the child grew up, she would dislike this name.

After 15 years, when I met the girl, she was not Ameranta but Ami. The name was changed when she started school. The repeated advice of her friends had made Shyna do it. I asked Ami whether she knew what her former name was. She said she knew and regretted not having that beautiful name. I shrank inside and did not say anything. When I returned home. I googled the name Ameranta and read the meaning. It was the ‘flower that never fades’.

By then Shyna and her husband Roopesh had become ‘wanted’ Maoists. They had both been active in trade union initiatives and organising workers in the SEZ. Both were on the watchlist of the Kerala police and central intelligence agencies for alleged Maoist connections. Shyna and her two children, along with a group of activists from Nandigram, were picked up by the police in January 2008 following the arrest of Maoist leader Malla Raja Reddy from Kerala. Later they were released, and the couple immediately went underground.

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Already: Accomplishments of Occupy Together

Posted by Mike E on October 26, 2011

Let’s be clear:

Occupy Together has shoved aside:

• The whole sensibility of 9/11

• The reluctant reverence for cop “heroes” of the Two Towers

• The bullshit of “America stands together”

• The fog of Tea Party radicalism

• The giddy illusion of “Change we can believe in.”

It’s over, and something else has started.

The whole world is watching….

Posted by kasama on October 26, 2011


Remind us again how the U.S. is different from Mubarak’s Egypt, or from Syria, or from the crumbling Troika running Greece? And how, after all is it the same?


Police are firing into the unarmed crowds — aiming their projectiles at the people.


None of us can say we don’t know. So the question becomes:


What are you doing? What are you saying? Where do you stand?

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The UN Vote… the Occupation of Palestine… and the Struggle for Liberation

Posted by Mike E on October 25, 2011

This essay appeared in the new blog Occupy Media. And note that this promises to be an importance source you will want to check out.

Around 2am word spread that riot police were massing in around the area where Occupy Oakland has been for more than two weeks. Hundreds of people gathered and began to make non-violent barricades at all the entrances to the plaza.At about 4:30am, riot police appeared on all corners of the encampment. There were roughly 500 to 700 riot police in total.

The entire plaza was completely barricaded on all sides, with palates, trash cans, chairs, a gigantic christmas wreath, police barricades from a neighboring street

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Student movement, Calcutta -1968, violent demonstrations

This is a fragment from the Louis Malle documentary Calcutta (1969). It shows Naxalite student organisations demonstrating and the Calcutta police firing on them. It also has some clips of the United Front student demonstration.

Important leap toward consolidating Nepal’s revolutionary forces

Posted by onehundredflowers on October 25, 2011

We are receiving reports that the revolutionary left forces within Nepal’s Maoist party may be moving to consolidate themselves and separate from previous Maoist leaders who have openly abandoned preparations for revolution.

This would obviously be an important development for the (the UCPN[Maoist]) — the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). And it would also be a major (even historic) event for South Asia’s hopes, and important on a world scale.

It is something that every revolutionary person should pay attention to, learn from, and help others understand. It is worth asking “What would it mean if the people of a country truly succeeded in creating a radical new socialist society? What would it mean for the world?”

The Mystery of Disappearances and Discovery of Mass Graves in Kashmir

http://sanhati.com/articles/4279/

October 25, 2011

Press Statement by PEOPLES UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES & PEOPLES UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS

PUCL and PUDR organised a meeting on 22 Oct, 2011 on “Enforced Disappearances and Discovery of Mass Graves in Kashmir”. Speakers included Khurram Parvez of International Peoples Tribunal on Kashmir (IPTK) and JKCCS, Paramjeet Kaur Khalra of the Khalra Mission from Punjab, and Supreme Court lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan, and were presided over by law researcher Usha Ramanatham. Interventions were made by Justice Rajender Sachar, Vrinda Grover, Pushkar Raj and Gautam Navlakha among others. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the issues of disappearances, unidentified and mass graves in Kashmir earlier brought to light by the IPTK and recently corroborated by the findings of the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission, so as to decide the lines of intervention that Indian rights groups could follow to take the issues forward. The attempt was to share and learn from the Punjab experience of the mass unidentified cremations discovered by Jaswant Singh Khalra and the subsequent struggle for justice being waged by Paramjeet Kaur and the Mission.

Occupy Wall Street and the Celebrity Economists by Michael D. Yates

The Occupy Wall Street movement has transfixed the nation.  In just a few weeks, it has spread from Manhattan to hundreds of towns and cities, and it has now taken root in other countries.  It has focused the widespread anger that we feel toward a tiny group of extraordinarily rich individuals (the 1%) who have destroyed our communities, eliminated our jobs, taken control of our government, and done everything they can to make us (the 99%) as insecure as possible.  Whatever we have, they want.  Whatever we aspire to, they would deny us.

Why We Occupy, What We Know by John Bellamy Foster

Occupy Eugene rally, 15 October 2011

We are here as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which in a few short weeks has become a global movement in hundreds of cities around the world.  We are part of the 99 percent not only in this country but the world.

I have been reading the mainstream, corporate media.  I have been listening to the pundits, the power brokers, the politicians.  They criticize our movement, saying we don't really know why we are here.  They claim that we are simply angry; that all we are is an "emotional outcry."  House majority leader Eric Cantor calls us "a growing mob."

Wall Street bankers interviewed by the New York Times say that we are "fringe groups"; that we will "thin out" and disperse when the weather gets colder.

A New York Times article reported yesterday that we were confused "liberal activists" fed up with partisan politics but with no real ideas of your own.  An editorial in the same paper said we were just protestors, with no clear demands.  We are well meaning, they conceded, but it is the politicians, not the people in the street, who have the job -- so they say -- of determining the future course of things, not us, not the 99%.

Foreign Affairs magazine, the publication of the Council on Foreign Relations, writes that Occupy Wall Street is critical of Wall Street, but not of capitalism; they say that we do not question the system itself.

They are wrong.  We are part of the growing army of the Occupy Wall Street movement worldwide.  And we know why we are here.

NATO Has Assassinated Gaddafi -- Now the Puppets Can Dance by Boots Riley

NATO has assassinated Gaddafi.  Now the puppets can dance.  This is not about democracy, as the "new" leaders are a combination of his ex-cabinet officials and ex-Mujahideen who took out the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan in the 80s and installed the Taliban for the CIA.

Pro-Gaddafi protests in Tripoli have been met with "rebel" gunfire -- evenmainstream media reports this.  Not about democracy.  Not about what the people wanted.

Under Gaddafi, at least they had a 2,000-people General People's Congress and 468 local Basic People's Congresses.  Hundreds of thousands participating in decision making in a country of 6 million.  The people voted Gaddafi's proposals down constantly over the years.  It was not a dictatorship.  It was not a revolutionary people's state, but much better than what we have here.

Women were part of his government, and women were encouraged to get degrees and jobs of their own.  Equal rights for women was part of the discussion that was constantly on the table.  The ex-Mujahideen folks are not down for any of this.

The Libyan people had the highest standard of living in Africa and of most Arab nations.  Libyans were the most well-traveled people in all of Africa, because of the wealth.  This is even though there were sanctions against Libya for years!  They had free health care and free education.  1/5 of the workforce were intellectuals due to this.

Wikileaks documents show that the U.S. knew that Gaddafi lived a meager lifestyle, especially compared with most other leaders in oil-producing nations, but his sons misused funds on their trips for frivolous things.  If you look at pictures of his home, there are a gang of houses in the Oakland hills that are way more luxurious and much bigger.  This was all covered up in order to gain support for this NATO action.

This was not about stopping a "massacre," that has been debunked -- it didn't happen and wasn't gonna happen -- it's a rumor repeated by the media with no back-up.

However, the "rebels" have disappeared 10,000 Black Libyans from the town ofTawergha.  Men, women, and children.  They're not in jail, they can't be found.  And the city of Sirte is obliterated by NATO bombs and NTC surface-to-air missiles used on apartment buildings, with at least tens of thousands of men, women, and children dying there.

All signs point to the fact that more people supported Gaddafi than the NTC.  They will now have to rule with even more draconian measures to stay in power.  These are your massacres.  Libya was not perfect, but this is a retrograde step.

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Boots Riley is the front man and producer of The Coup as well as the front man for Street Sweeper Social Club.  This article was first published on his Facebook page on 20 October 2011; it is copyedited and reproduced here for non-profit educational purposes.

The Assassination of Gaddafi by Horace Campbell

The news of the killing of Colonel Gaddafi in the battle to take Sirte marked one more episode in this NATO war in Libya and North Africa.  The killing has all of the hallmarks of a coordinated assassination, synchronised between NATO aircraft and forces on the ground.  The reports are that Gaddafi was attacked when he was attempting to leave Sirte in a convoy.  The convoy was attacked from the air, the National Transitional Council has announced that the war is over but the very nature of this execution guarantees that this uprising will not end soon.

This execution comes one day after the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of the United States openly called for the political assassination of Col Gaddafi, the Libyan leader: 'We hope he can be captured or killed soon.'  This statement guaranteed that although Gaddafi was captured alive he was killed while injured.

The very management of the news of this execution represented efforts to influence the continued political/military struggles within the divided forces.  The hijacking of the body and its transportation to Misrata was one more indication of the internal struggles in the NTC and Libya.

It is still urgent that the African Union and the United Nations work for the demilitarisation of Libya and for the work to organise an inclusive government in Libya.  The execution of Gaddafi comes in a week of heightened military action in parts of Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and the Horn.

This remilitarisation of Africa and new deployment of Africom is a new stage of African politics.

Peace and justice forces must work harder to end wars, plunder and western military interventions in Africa.

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Horace Campbell is professor of African-American studies and political science at Syracuse University.  His Web site is <horacecampbell.net>.  This article was first published by Pambazuka News on 20 October 2011 under a Creative Commons license.  Cf. "Obama disdains not only international law but the rule of law, like his mentor, the sinister Bush. . . .  State terrorism has reasserted itself" (Samir Amin, "Immediate Reaction to the Assassination of Gaddafi," Pambazuka News, 20 October 2011).

This Is My Will by Muammar Gaddafi

This is my will.  I, Muammar bin Mohammad bin Abdussalam bi Humayd bin Abu Manyar bin Humayd bin Nayil al Fuhsi Gaddafi, do swear that there is no other God but Allah and that Mohammad is God's Prophet, peace be upon him.  I pledge that I will die as Muslim.

Should I be killed, I would like to be buried, according to Muslim rituals, in the clothes I was wearing at the time of my death and my body unwashed, in the cemetery of Sirte, next to my family and relatives.

I would like that my family, especially women and children, be treated well after my death.

The Libyan people should protect its identity, achievements, history, and the honorable image of its ancestors and heroes.  The Libyan people should not relinquish the sacrifices of the free and best people.

I call on my supporters to continue the resistance, and fight any foreign aggressor against Libya, today, tomorrow, and always.

Let the free people of the world know that we could have bargained over and sold out our cause in return for a personal secure and stable life.  We received many offers to this effect but we chose to be at the vanguard of the confrontation as a badge of duty and honor.

Even if we do not win immediately, we will give a lesson to future generations that choosing to protect the nation is an honor and selling it out is the greatest betrayal that history will remember forever despite the attempts of the others to tell you otherwise.

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Muammar Gaddafi was the leader and guide of the revolution of Libya.  He died a martyr to the noble cause of the independence and sovereignty of his country, assassinated on 20 October 2011 by traitors in the service of NATO.  This English translation of his will was published by BBC on 23 October 2011; it is reproduced here for non-profit educational purposes.  Note: In Islam, the body of a martyr is to be buried unwashed, like those of the followers of Muhammad who died at the Battle of Uhud, fighting against the Meccan army.

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Party decision not to sign BIPA says General Secretary Badal, action to be taken against Bhattarai

Picture Comrade Badal

Kathmandu, 24 October: General Secretary of UCPN-Maoist Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ has said that UCPN-Maoist had decided not to sign on the agreement BIPA, which was sure to be proposed by Delhi. The then party standing committee had decided not make any agreement on BIPA if India wanted.

But, PM Bhattarai against the party decision signed on the traitorous treaty BIPA. GS Badal has expressed this reality in Chitawan gathering of intellectuals. He said that action will be taken over Bhattarai because of breaching the party decision. According to him, BIPA has been signed against party decision.

Before GS Badal, standing committee member and party whip Dev Gurung had said in the media that the treaty BIPA was decided not to sign and PM Bhattarai was ordered not to do. According to him, BIPA is more dangerous and traitorous than the treaty of 1950 signed by the then PM Mohan Samsher Rana.

India: Maoists ignore ultimatum, issue demands

Posted by Harry Sims on October 24, 2011

Indian Maoists

The following comes from theTimes of India.

India: Maoists ignore ultimatum, issue demands

Ignoring the ultimatum set by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Maoists on Sunday (October 23) issued a new set of demands. Maoists posters were found in various parts of Goaltore in West Midnapore.

According to the posters, the Maoists highlighted that pre-poll promises were not kept by the state government. Setting two specific demands, the Maoists called for the removal of Joint Forces and also demanded the list of 52 political prisoners to be released, which Mamata Banerjee had announced a few months ago.

A bandh was called by Maoists in districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura on Saturday — the same day Chief Minister’s deadline ended where she asked Maoists to give up arms.

Meanwhile, with increasing threat perception from Maoists following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s tough stand against them, the administration has decided to step up security at the state secretariat, her residence and convoy.

Three metal detectors would be installed at the entrance to the Chief Minister’s Office to keep a tab on the high security zone, secretariat sources said today.

One metal detector would be installed between the CMO and Press Corner and the remaining two near the state Home Secretary’s office. The three metal detectors would be installed next week to keep a tab on those entering the high security zone. Frisking at the VVIP gate at the state secretariat have also been introduced, they said.

Security of the convoy of the chief minister, who does not use an official car and whose car stops at all traffic signals though she is ‘Z-Plus’ category, would be strengthened, the sources said. Security at her residence at Kalighat in south Kolkata where a Maoist surrendered and was arrested yesterday would also be strengthened, the sources said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has also reportedly stressed on the need for stepping up the security of the chief minister by assigning National Security Guard (NSG) commandos. Steps were also being considered to not allow people to come close to the chief minister at any place and at public rallies and meetings.

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Kashmir - Lies about sanctions under AFSPA

Press Statement by JAMMU KASHMIR COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY

Over the last 22 years in Jammu and Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Cr.P.C. 197 has provided absolute legal impunity to the armed forces and Jammu and Kashmir police.

The Government of India claims that despite the imposition of AFSPA, mechanisms of justice are functional and deliver whenever anyone is found indulging in human rights abuses, but facts provided by the state institutions contradict the claim of the Indian state.

In a reply to an application under Right to Information Act by Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), the State Home Department of the Jammu and Kashmir government on 6th September 2011 claims that from 1989 to 2011, they have applied for sanctions for prosecution from Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home Affairs under section 7 of AFSPA in 50 cases only. Out of these 50 cases, 31 pertain to Ministry of Defence and 19 others have been sent to Ministry of Home Affairs.

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Maoists Call for General Strike on October 22nd

Posted by Harry Sims on October 23, 2011

The following comes from theHindustan Times.

Maoists call bandh in Junglemahal on Oct 22

Virtually throwing a challenge to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who has given a seven-day deadline to them to lay down arms, the Maoists on Wednesday called a 24-hour bandh in Junglemahal on October 22, the day the deadline ends. “Make the bandh in Junglemahal on Saturday a success against the injustice meted out to the people of the area,” Maoist state committee secretary Akash, who escaped a raid by the joint forces on Tuesday in West Midnapore district, said in an open letter.

Akash, also the Maoist spokesman, alleged the state government was “unleashing terror” in the name of peace in Junglemahal.

The Maoist leader, in his letter, made no reference to his earlier offer of cessation of arms for a month on condition that the joint forces were withdrawn.

The letter, instead, raised the issue of suspension of seven India Reserve Battalion personnel for staging a hunger-strike in their camps against posting in hazardous areas and alleged apathy of the authorities.

It said the chief minister had suspended some and transferred 400 of them without addressing their problems. “What kind of democracy is this?”

Yesterday, at a meeting with government-appointed interlocutors, Banerjee had asked why killings were still taking place in Junglemahal even after cessation of operations by the joint forces and had made it clear that the government would not succumb to terror tactics.

Banerjee, during a visit to Jhargram in West Midnapore district on October 15, had lambasted the Maoists saying they followed no ideals or “isms” and were “supari killers”, while giving a seven day ultimatum to them to lay down arms.

The Maoist leader also said, “Apart from the injustice against the IRB, we protest against the rape of a housewife and shelter given to the ‘Bhairav Bahini’ (alleged armed Trinamool Congress cadre) in the camps of the joint forces.”

Akash said Banerjee had protested against the atrocities of the armed cadres of the CPI(M) and alleged that her own party cadres were now doing the same.

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Herman Cain, Booker T. Washington, and Barack Obama by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA Revolution #248, October 23, 2011

Herman Cain, the "Black conservative" candidate for President, calls to mind Booker T. Washington. Washington was promoted as a "responsible Negro" by the powers-that-be—and was actually the darling of open, aggressive white supremacists—during the period of Jim Crow segregation and Ku Klux Klan terror, because Washington insisted that Black people should not fight their oppression but should work to "better" themselves by accepting and working within their horribly oppressed conditions. Cain today, in this era of New Jim Crow and supposedly "colorblind" oppression, is treated as a serious political contender, and is a favorite of the—yes, racist—"Tea Party," because Cain acts the part of a 21st century Minstrel Show clown, posturing and proclaiming: that he made it all by himself...that America is the greatest country, and there are no racist barriers, no racist oppression to be angry about...And if you don't have a job and aren't rich—blame yourself.

And then there is President Obama, who uses his "blackness" to help enforce and "justify" the "modern-day" enslavement of the masses of Black people, along with the deepening divide between the haves and have-nots, the violation of the environment, the robbing of the future from the youth, the wars, torture and assassinations, and other abominations carried out by the ruling class of this country, and its machinery of violent repression, death and destruction, all around the world as well as "at home."

From Booker T. Washington to his "successors" today...from second-class servant of the system to actual or wannabe commander-in-chief...it's all about perpetuating a capitalist-imperialist system based on exploitation and oppression—committing countless crimes against humanity.

The masses of people, and humanity as a whole, must and can do better.

Taking the Reality of "Stop and Frisk" to Occupy Wall Street (Revolution received the following from a revolutionary communist who has been at Occupy Wall Street:)

Revolution #248, October 23, 2011

Last night Carl Dix with the Revolutionary Communist Party came to speak to us at Liberty Square about the day to "STOP Stop and Frisk" on Friday October 21. On this day Cornel West, Carl Dix and others will be carrying out non-violent civil disobedience to STOP Stop and Frisk. There are plans for high school students in New York to walk out.. People will be converging in Harlem at 125th and Adam Clayton Powell. Dix spoke about how the NYPD is on a pace to stop 700,000 people this year—that's 2,000 people a day, 75 an hour. He brought out how people at Occupy Wall Street (OWS) need to be in Harlem at 1 pm this Friday to support those carrying out nonviolent civil disobedience and for those who choose to, to join with them, to stand in support of our brothers and sisters who face this every day because this is illegal, unjust and unacceptable. He brought out how the police brutality against people at OWS, the peppers spray in women's faces, the cop punching a protester, was just a glimpse of what many people every single day in their daily lives and in their communities.

STOP "Stop & Frisk" "I will join Cornel West and Carl Dix…"

Revolution #248, October 23, 2011

The following letter was read at a program around Stop "Stop and Frisk" at Revolution Books in New York City:

Dearest family, friends, and supporters:

On October 21st I will join Cornel West and Carl Dix in a civil disobedience action targeted at stopping the illegal, unconstitutional "Stop and Frisk" policy by the NYPD. 600,000 stops and frisks per year; 1,900 stops per day; 85% of which are Black and Latino; we're talking about a policy implemented by the NYPD that deliberately absolves 4th Amendment rights from whole sections of the population, and criminalizes an entire generation of youth because they "fit the description." This is the other end of police brutality, the pipeline to prison—the slow, relentless obliteration of entire communities.

Call to Photographers: Capture History on October 21

Revolution #248, October 23, 2011

Friday, October 21, Cornel West, Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party, and others will be carrying out a nonviolent civil disobedience action in Harlem to "STOP Stop and Frisk." Every day, the NYPD "stop and frisk" more than 1,900 people. More than 85 percent are Black or Latino. They are humiliated, brutalized, or worse. It's wrong, illegal, and intolerable.

Revolution newspapercalls on photographers to document this important civil disobedience protest. People around the U.S. and the world need to see this courageous action against this great injustice. You can play an important role in this history-making event. Think of the Freedom Riders in the early 1960s who stepped forward, in the face of violent reactionary attacks, determined to bring an end to Jim Crow segregation—and think of how these photographs from the Civil Rights Movement woke up, inspired, and mobilized people all over the world to be part of changing the course of history.

Time/location:

1 pm rally at the Harlem State Office Building, 163 West 125th St., just east of Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.

1:30 pm march to NYPD 28th Precinct at West 123rd and Frederick Douglass Blvd.

We also call on you to take photos at the October 22 National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and Criminalization of a Generation, which is taking place in many cities across the U.S.

Check time/location info for the various cities at october22.org or revcom.us.

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How to get photos to Revolution:

1. Zip your photos and email to revcomphotos@yahoo.com. Pick your best photos, or send them in several emails, to deal with the limits on email sizes.
2. Load your photos up on sites such as Flickr or Photobucket, and notify us atrevocomphotos@yahoo.com about how to access them.

Photo requirements:

Optimal size for each image is about 1.5 mg. If you want to rez down your files, please let us know in an attached note that larger sizes are available and how and when you can be reached to provide them. Cell phones do not produce images with high enough resolution to print.

Please make sure that we have a way to contact you (email and/or phone) and, if we publish your photos, how you would like us to credit them. Please provide caption information, including date, location, and what is happening in the picture. This info can be sent in a text file enclosed with a zipped file of photos, and/or in a separate email.

"Part of the human saviors of humanity"

Revolution #248, October 23, 2011

Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund received the following letter:

"Us prisoners, along with all the unemployed, the homeless, the starving are the 'human waste material' that Bob Avakian mentions in BAsics 3:16."

4 October 2011

Dear PRLF,

Revolutionary Greetings! I hope this letter finds all your staff doing well and full of revolutionary energy.

I just received Issue No. 246 (25 Sep. 2011) of Revolution newspaper. I was waiting anxiously for this issue last week. When I didn’t receive it I suspected that there must’ve been some mention of the California prisoners’ hunger strike which resumed on September 26. The prisoners who participated in this righteous act of solidarity here in this prison (SATF-Corcoran) began eating after a few days, but we are aware that this is a continuing struggle. Apparently prison staff decided to withhold this issue until after we started accepting food so that we wouldn’t feel encourage by the support that we are receiving from the outside.

Thousands Join Occupy Protests in San Francisco and Oakland

Revolution #248, October 23, 2011

Oct 16 - SF Bay Area. Thousands took to the streets in San Francisco and Oakland on Saturday, October 15, as part of an international day of protest. In San Francisco a crowd estimated by the local Pacifica station to be about 3,000 walked from the Occupy encampment in front of the Federal Reserve Bank to the Civic Center where a rally was held. In Oakland, the rally of several hundred at the City Hall plaza included the mayors of Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond as well as actor and activist Danny Glover.

In both places the crowds were diverse—all ages, nationalities and professions. People were excited that so many people had come out for the day. For many it seemed to be their first time at a protest or march. The emphasis on the international character of the day brought out people from other countries—France, Italy, Germany, Iran. One Iranian woman said she hears so many stories of people losing their homes through foreclosures, getting laid off after working many years, increasingly difficult situations around getting health care and mental health care. She commented that this bad picture is "not in accordance at all with what the government says this system is about—freedom and justice for all." The whole idea that there is a way out of this through revolution and there is a leader to get us there really moved her. She got a copy of BAsics to begin learning about this leader and wants to be part of the movement for revolution we are building.

Nepal: Maoist Central Committee to Meet

Posted by hetty7 on October 20, 2011

This is from myrepublica

The following statement is from “Nepal’s Crossroads: Without a People’s Army, the People Have Nothing” by Eric Ribellarsi and Mike Ely from Kasama.

“For over twenty years, the impoverished and isolated peoples in the southern Himalayan foothills have risen up to remake themselves and their world. Now, after the sacrifices of a whole generation, the future of their movement and society hangs in the balance:

Will the revolutionary sections of the people be able to carry through the struggle to create the radically new Nepal they have dreamed of? Or will the accomplishments of their struggle so far be consolidated into something that falls short of liberation.”

Dahal Backs Down

Post B Basnet

Kathmandu, Oct. 13: Giving into the party hardliners’ demand, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday cancelled the scheduled national gathering of party cadres and instead called a meeting of the Central Committee for Nov. 3rd to take up disputed issues in the party.

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On the repressive situation in Jangalmahal - reports, statement

Press Statement from Committee of Democratic Rights Organizations

Will Mamata Learn from the Past?

17th October 2011

CDRO strongly condemns the statement made by Mamata Banerjee on 15th October denouncing Maoists as ‘supari killers’ and giving them a week to surrender their arms. The announcement coming on the heels of raids and arrests of local activists, beating up of organizers, harassment and detention of fact finding members including doctors and, sealing of Jangalmahal with a gag order on public demonstrations, is a clear indication of the opportunistic attitude of the Trinamool Congress towards people of Jangalmahal.

‘Ka Roger leaves perpetual flame to hearts and minds of urban revolutionaries!’--- CPP-MMRPC

CPP National Capital Region (Regional Committee)

October 18, 2011

The Communist Party of the Philippines-Metro Manila Regional Party Committee (CPP-MMRPC) joins the entire revolutionary movement in mourning to the death of CPP and New People’s Army (NPA) spokesperson, Gregorio ‘Ka Roger’ Rosal. The entire ranks of revolutionaries, activists and mass members of various formations in Metro Manila send our highest salute to Ka Roger’s unwavering service to the oppressed and to the revolutionary movement in the past four decades.

During our close encounter with the late revolutionary leader during a regional Party conference inside an NPA camp at the Southern Tagalog region in time of the fulfilment of our organization’s rectification movement on 1998, we had the chance to see the soft side of the great strong warrior. We witness how Ka Roger is strongly attached to peasants and comrades in the area in just a short span of time when he warmly hosted the said meeting.

Stand up and give the Red Salute to Ka Roger!

 Inauguration of Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal to the Filipino people's Hall of Heroes and Martyrs

Communist Party of the Philippines

October 15, 2011

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Today, the Filipino people usher Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal into their Hall of Heroes and Martyrs. Today they engrave Ka Roger’s name onto the granite wall next to those of such great working class heroes as Andres Bonifacio, Macario Sakay, Crisanto Evangelista, Amado V. Hernandez, Felixberto Olalia, Crispin Beltran and many others.

Like them, Ka Roger led a full life of service to the Filipino peasants, workers and other ordinary people and helped in advancing their revolutionary struggle for national and social liberation.