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Larry Pinkey - Barack Obama more of same - only worse !

After the Democratic Party Republicrats so-called election euphoria and celebrating is over, the Obama / Biden Republicrat regime will get down to the business of placing the ongoing exploitation of the every day people of this nation on fast track.

The masses of Black Americans, along with the oppressed and exploited Brown, Red, Yellow, and White peoples of this nation will learn first hand that, notwithstanding the deceptive Obama rhetoric, exploitation nationally and internationally will be intensified.

The “clash between those who want freedom, justice, equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation” about which Malcolm X referred, will be intensified under Barack Obama, with Obama representing the interests of the oppressors. The political contradictions in this regard will also be increasingly obvious.

Those so-called leftist and progressives who were and are collaborators with U.S. Empire will, for a time, try to pretend that their support of Barack Obama was not a sell out, and that they simply need more time to persuade the U.S. Empire’s colored corporate emperor to do the right thing. Meanwhile, Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, and White peoples will be enduring an unprecedented rate of economic and social suffering.

The anger of the people will ultimately peak and explode, as a result of having bought into false hope and raised expectations. This is precisely why the U.S. corporate government has already made military contingency plans to contain and massively quash dissention within the United States. Barack Obama will serve to provide his corporate / military masters with colored political cover for political repression in this nation; and he will have already provided a small respite of wiggling room for them in this regard.

Nevertheless, as brutal reality forces the proverbial scales of blindness to drop from eyes of the masses, it will become crystal clear that the supposed “change” to which Barack Obama referred in his campaign rhetoric, was nothing more than a vicious ruse of double-speak by him, backed by his corporate and military handlers.

Indeed, the emperor will be shown to “have no clothes.” But what of the fate of millions of Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow peoples inside the U.S.? How many horrible sacrifices will have been, and will yet need to be made by the people in order to get the boot of economic blood-sucking and political repression off their / our necks?


Extract from an article by Larry Pinkey in Black Commentator.com, he is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Thanks to Kasama for publishing full article and bringing to our attention.

No reconstituting of special committee: Deputy PM Gautam

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bam Dev Guatam, who heads the special committee for army integration, has said the panel will not be reconstituted as demanded by some parties including the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC).

Speaking at the Reporters Club Tuesday, Gautam said even though the government is not ready to reconstitute the special committee it would try to bring the NC into it because the involvement of the NC would be significant to ensure the army integration process goes smoothly.

He also made it clear that the committee would go ahead with its work even if the NC refuses to join it. He said the peace process would no produce desired results if the army integration process goes wrong.

Expressing confidence that army integration process would be completed without hassle, he said the Maoist combatants would be integrated with the Nepal Army and other security agencies under the existing recruiting standards.

Apart from integrating them with security bodies, the Maoist combatants would be given career choices in other sectors, Gautam added.

Similarly, the Deputy Prime Minister defended his controversial drive against Kathmandu's night restaurants and street shops and said he was determined to give a sense of security to the general public.

He also called for dismantling of the youth wings of the Maoists and the CPN (UML).

"Youth Force [of UML] and Young Communist League should be dissolved immediately because they are taking law into their hands," Gautam, who is a standing committee member of the UML, said.

According to him, the Prime Minister has given him direction and authority to act tough against the unruly activities of YCL and YF.

Defend the new Italian Communist Movement

Party of the Committees to Support Resistance – for Communism (CARC) - Italy

Via Tanaro 7, 20128, Milano

Tel. +39 0226306454

e-mail resistenza@carc. it

website www.carc.it

3 November 2008

Open letter to individuals, groups, organizations, parties who struggle against imperialism, for defending the rights of the people masses and for the new birth of the communist movement

Dear comrades,

On 5th November in Ancona ( Italy ) it will be held the preliminary hearing for the Tenth Judiciary Proceeding the Italian Authorities framed up against the “caravan” of the (new) Italian Communist Party.

The public prosecutor Marco Pucilli of Ancona leads the inquiry. Comrades of the Party of the Committees to Support Resistance -for Communism (P- CARC) and of the Association for Proletarian Solidarity (ASP) are charged with “slandering the Public Prosecutor Paolo Giovagnoli”, because they called him with his true name, the “new Torquemada”.

The judiciary proceeding the Public Prosecutor Marco Pucilli frames up goes with the appeal to the Supreme Court the judge Giovagnoli did against the “non – suit” judgement of the Judge for the Preliminary Hearings Rita Zaccariello on 1st July. Also the General Attorney of Bologna did an appeal as regards the matter, and this is a deed absolutely exceptional and extraordinary.

This attack brings into question all Communists’ freedom of political activity. It is an attack to the entire communist movement of our country, to all opponents, to all the people who rebels and struggles against the Berlusconi’s gang, the Vatican and US imperialists for defending the rights of people’s masses, for conquering other ones and breaking up once and for all the capitalist system and building a world led by workers.

Communists’ persecution is the core of the struggle between people’s masses and imperialist bourgeoisie: only the Communists who act as true Communists are able to direct the working class and the other people’s masses in the struggle for breaking up the present state of things and establishing socialism, that is the only other possible world.

The persecution of Communists in Italy , and particularly the persecution against the caravan of the (new)PCI, is an operation aimed to prevent the people's masses from defending themselves facing the attack the imperialist bourgeoisie moves against their rights, their conquests and also their elementary vital needs, the more the present crisis goes on. It is an operation aimed to transform this defence in attack, in struggle for making the revolution in an imperialist country.

The imperialist bourgeoisie does not let to the people's masses either the right to defend themselves. What happened at Rome some days ago testifies it. For many weeks in Italy a movement for defending the State education, involving millions of people, is going on. At Rome , in Navona Square , people were demonstrating for defending State education. The police let enter a camion of fascists, armed with beats and bars, and let them go wild against the protesters. It intervened only when the protesters organized themselves and counter-attacked. So it is for decades against the caravan of the (n)PCI, because for decades it has worked for organizing people's masses starting from the defence of their interests, for making Italy a new socialist country.

An international answer to this repressive attack is important, because it means to defend the rights the Resistance against Nazi fascism conquered, and these conquests belong also to the international communist movement, because their importance goes beyond Italian borders.

An international answer to this umpteenth attack is even more of a defence of our patrimony. It is a sign of the new birth of the world communist movement.

We call you:

·for taking a public stand and making take a public stand against Communists' persecution,

·for signing and making sign the call “No to Communists' persecution”

·for sending and making send the fax to the Judge for Preliminary Hearing Paola Murreddu of Ancona (Republic Attorney of Ancona Tribunal, fax 0039 (0)71.50.62.252 , e-mail procura.ancona@ giustizia. it)

·for sending messages to adhere to the demonstration our Party and the Association for Proletarian Solidarity are organizing on 5th November, in front of the Ancona Tribunal.

We also call you for sending messages to adhere to the demonstration we shall hold at Rome in front of the Supreme Court of Appeal, in solidarity with the antifascists who on 11th March 2006 at Milan opposed a Nazi - fascist parade, who on that day are on trial, and against the appeal to the Supreme Court did by Giovagnoli and the General Attorney of Bologna.

Ruling Nepali communist parties form coordination committee

KATHMANDU, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The two ruling communist parties in Nepal on Sunday formed a high-level coordination committee to ensure better coordination between them and advise the government on important issues.

Senior leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), led by its chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda", and the coalition party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML), held a meeting on Sunday and decided to form the 12-member committee with senior CPN-M leader Mohan Baidya, also known as "Kiran" and former CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal as coordinators, local news website Nepalnews.com reported.

"A joint coordination committee has been formed to hold discussions on mutual relations between the two parties and to advise the government," another local news website eKantipur quoted CPN-M spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara as saying after the meeting.

"We decided to further discuss the issues relating to government operation tomorrow," said CPN-UML leader Bhim Rawal.

Besides the formation of the committee, the ruling partners have formed two separate investigation committees to look into the clashes between their cadres erupting recently.

The cadres of CPN-M youth front Young Communist League (YCL) and the CPN-UML's Youth Force have been engaged in frequent clashes in various parts of the country recently.

They also discussed the inclusion of the opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) representative into the special committee for army integration. They have agreed to take measures from their side to persuade the NC to join the committee.

The Nepali government formed a five-member special committee on Oct. 28 to oversee the management, integration and rehabilitation of the CPN-M combatants monitored by UN. The committee has still one seat vacant, which was assigned to the opposition party, NC.

Prime Minister and CPN-M chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" and CPN-UML general secretary Jhala Nath Khanal were also present at the meeting.

Top leaders of the two parties will again meet on Monday to further discuss ways to resolve their differences on a number of issues including the tricky issue of army integration, leaders said.

Prachanda was elected the prime minister on Aug. 15, and the republic cabinet got its final shape on Aug. 31.

Nepal to get $36 ml World Bank aid

The World Bank plans to provide $36 million aid package to Nepal to enhance its anti-poverty programme, including access to food and basic needs for vulnerable households in the impoverished nation.

The World Bank pledged to provide $19 million grant assistance and $17 million soft loan totaling $36 million financial aid package to the Maoist-led government to enhance its access to food and basic needs for vulnerable households in food insecured districts.

Lakhs of people in the impoverished nation, particularly those living in western Nepal, have been facing acute food shortages over the last few months due to poor crops production.

The situation of food shortage has been made worse due to poor accessibility and communication system in the Himalayan nation that has made delivery of relief difficult.

The WB assistance, being provided in three phases under the social safety net project, will be utilised mainly to purchase fertilizer, seed and food grains.

World Bank's Country Director for Nepal Susan G Goldmark inked a memorandum of understanding in this regard with Nepal's Finance Secretary at the Finance Ministry.

Two Nepali Women by Harry Powell

Today I visited Patan, the ancient town adjoining Kathmandu, to look at the sights. By the temples I was approached by two girls, selling bags, who talked to me about the significance of the different buildings. They seemed to know a lot about the temples so I asked them to be my guides.

One girl is a Hindu aged 15 and the other a fourteen year old Christian. The children here look to Western eyes a lot younger than they really are because a poor diet limits their growth. These two looked more like ten to eleven year olds to me. They were cleanly and attractively dressed. Both are living independently. In the first case her mother died and her father remarried but she was badly treated because her father is an alcoholic. So she left home. The younger one’s father is very old and is unable to look after her. She was living in Terai with her mother but some armed bandits came and demanded possession of their house. Her mother resisted and was shot dead. Then her daughter came to Kathmandu.


Both girls spoke good English which they had picked up from tourists and one knew some Spanish (more than I do!). However, their reading and writing is limited. They would like to go to school but even at the state schools fees must be paid. They cannot afford the fees because they have to spend their time earning money on the streets. (The new Maoist-led government is abolishing school fees up to the eighth grade but it is too late for them.) They do spend some time learning to paint religious Thanka art because the tuition is free. Both rent a room for which they pay 1,500 rupees a month rent (about 14 pounds sterling). Most of the time they manage to earn enough to pay rent and buy food but sometimes they go hungry.

I asked them about how they saw their futures. Would they get married and have children? Both were emphatic that they would not marry nor have children. They explained that they saw husbands, often drunk, treating their wives badly and they did not want to be confined to the home looking after a succession of young children. They hoped to find regular jobs and live independent lives. I said to them, “You are feminists”, but it is a word they did not know. I explained to them what it meant and they concurred. Although they look like little children, these girls are in fact mature women.

Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries and child poverty is particularly bad. The streets of Kathmandu are teeming with urchins begging and hustling. Yet there is a very positive side to these children. Compared with their Western counterparts – being driven to and from school by parents, etc. – these children have had to learn to be resourceful and self-assured. In terms of the university of life they are way ahead of children in the imperialist countries.

Given the right conditions and opportunities these children could constitute an immense creative resource for building a better life for the people of Nepal. In trying to improve the lot of children I hope that the new government does not simply copy the standard Western model of education but develops something new and different which learns from and builds upon the knowledge and skills that the children acquire in the course of their struggle to stay alive

Nepalese Government recalls envoys from India, US

The government has recalled the ambassadors from India and the United States.

According to reports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a letter, Monday, recalling them.

Currently, Durgesh Man Singh is posted as the Nepalese ambassador to India while Suresh Chalise is posted as the Nepalese ambassador to the United States.

Both Singh and Chalise are said to be close to the Nepali Congress (NC) party, which is now in opposition. They had been appointed as ambassadors ten months ago after they cleared the parliamentary hearing process.

In the past also, governments use to recall envoys after change in central government as many of the ambassadors are political appointees.

The UN Mission in Nepal to stay beyond January 2009

The UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), the political wing of the UN that is supervising the arms and army of the Maoists, will stay on in Nepal, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday, while ending his 22-hour visit to Nepal.

Ban said during his talks with Nepal’s Maoist prime minister Prachanda, foreign minister Upendra Yadav and ceremonial president Dr Ram Baran Yadav, it was agreed that UNMIN would be given an extension after its tenure ends in January 2009 though the details were yet to be worked out.

The UN secretary-general also said that the UN was ready to offer additional support including bringing to Nepal the experiences of other countries should there be a request

Obama- A Contradictory Phenomenon

Democracy and Class Struggle publishes an extract from a statement of the Central Committee of the Poor Righteous Party of the Black Nation US Marxist Leninist Maoists exposing the Obama Imperialist makeover project of the US Empire.

"Contradiction, Comrade Huey P Newton taught is the ruling principal of the universe. No where is this as true as in the case of Obama, an contradictory or dialectical phenomenon He embodies, all in one place the very real contradictions of the current world system.

Within Obama are the contradictions both Black national and imperialist Amerika in scope. Yet even though there is an internal struggle between opposites at any given time, there is an main aspect of the contradiction that gives shape and direction to the overall development of the contradicton.

This aspect we call the principal aspect of the contradiction. What is principal aspect of the contradiction in Obama? We say it is moribund Western capitalism, US imperialism which is principal in Obama. Obama is not so much an individual but a social force, a alliance of classes under the leadership of one. Who does Obama represents? Obama represents the ascendant faction of the liberal fascist bourgeoisie that has gained mastery in the recent accumulation process–New Money.

In the secondary aspect Obama represents the maturation of the growing alliance of between the right-wing of the national bourgeoisie in alliance with the US imperialist bourgeoisie. This alliance is necessary in order to consolidate the long term growth of Black comprador class at the service of the reactionary intercommunalists, a la Colin Powell, Condalezza Rice, 50 cent etc. The growth of the comprador bourgeoisie weakens the old civil right national bourgeois and create a strong neo-colonial buffer between the white oppressor nation and the world majority of commodity-slaves."

Extract from the Building points on Obama and the Orientatation of Black Revolutionaries from Central Committee Poor Righteous Party of the Black Nation

There is a link to Poor Righteous Party of the Black nation under friends and comrades on the right of this page for the full statement