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Nepal : Proclamation of autonomous Abadh state in Nepal for the operation of a parallel government by the new Communist Party of Nepal Maoist
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CPN M declares autonomous province Nawalparasi, January 3
Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist today proclaimed autonomous Abadh state incorporating the three districts of Lumbini Zone for the operation of a parallel government.
At a proclamation assembly organised in Butwal, Rupandehi, Chand-led Maoists declared Rupandehi, Nawalparasi and Kapilvastu districts as Abadh autonomous state.
At the function, politburo member and Revolutionary People’s Council Nepal Chief Santosh Budhamagar likened it to the independent province created during the Maoist insurgency and said that it would play the same pivotal role.
Budhamagar said his party would soon unveil the rules and regulations of People’s Council and autonomous state.
At the programme, party central member and Lumbini Sub-bureau in-charge Chandra Bahadur Chand urged the party rank and file to be ready to take the party to a new height.
Other speakers said that they were preparing to set up party mechanism at the district and village levels to take the agitation to a new height.
A people’s representative created out of three districts has declared a 51-member representative assembly.
The assembly is led by Basanti GC. Similarly, the assembly has declared Abadh Provincial People’s Council.
Nathuram Tharu and Chaitraram Musihar are the chief and deputy chief of the people’s council. Earlier, Maoists declared autonomous Magrat, Tamsaling, Tharu states, among others.
At the press meet organised after declaration of Abadh state, Maoist politburo member Santosh Budhamagar said that his party had kept the form of agitation open.
He warned that if they were suppressed they would retaliate against the government. “Our party was forced to revive the old structures as the government was unable to solve the people’s basic problems after India’s blockade of Nepal’s border points “, Budhamagar said.
On the allegation that his party was fighting to revive the defunct monarchy,
Budhamagar clarified that it was his party that had fought for ten years to abolish monarchy.
He warned that youths in his party might wield weapons at any time if the need arises.
Rumours of revival of underground movement; unrest in Nepal’s Maoist splinter groups
In a move that may may bring the current political dispensation to a new threat, a splinter group of the Maoist Party announced the revival of the “peoples government”, with a message that another “armed insurgency” may be round the corner.
Maoist group led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’, a fierce commander from the decade-long insurgency that ended in 2006 with the Maoists deciding to join the peace process, decided to form the “peoples council”, an equivalent of the “peoples government” since dissolved, at the end of a secret meeting held some three weeks ago in the capital.
A senior functionary of the group told ENS that “conveners” for provincial and district level councils have been formed, and further course of actions would be decided soon.
The news about revival of the council follows series of complaints lodged “unofficially” with the police by many individuals that they are being “threatened of dire consequences if they did not comply to the request for donation by the group” indicating that the Maoists-era extortion campaign is also back.
The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists that joined the peace process in April 2006 has since split into five groups, but Biplab’s is the group that has revived guerrilla training, and has now announced formation of the council.
Baburam Bhattarai, second-in-command in the party all these years and a former Prime Minister, quit the party but is now busy building a “third force” apparently with a non-communist ideology.
There are speculations that the Maoists did not “hand over” their entire armoury when they joined the peace process, and a substantial part of it was “hidden” under the supervision of Biplab
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MARXISM LENINSM MAOISM IS A SOCIAL SCIENCE THAT MUST BE PRACTICED AND STUDIED - START STUDYING HERE IN 2016
SEE ALSO:
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Alexey Markov speaks to International Rosa Luxemburg Conference in Berlin on January 9th 2016
Genuine Communist Parties not Discussion Clubs Needed - Alexey Markov
‘Ghost’ fighter’s speech at conference in Germany met with applause Alexey Markov, commander of the communist detachment of the Ghost Brigade of Alexei Mozgovoi, participated in the International Rosa Luxemburg Conference in Berlin on January 9.
Over 1,000 people listened to Markov’s presentation, broadcast over Skype, reported Politnavigator.
Markov’s speech was very warmly received by the audience.
Moderating the discussion was Suzann Witt-Stahl, a well-known German journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Melody & Rhythm."
Guests asked questions about the everyday life of Ghost Brigade soldiers, and the military situation at the front. "Neither war nor peace" is how Markov described the political situation in Donbass.
He explained how Ghost fighters provide order in the territory under its control, implementing health care, organizing food supplies, and generally trying to help local residents.
In addition, Alex told the audience that the Ghost Brigade fighters repeatedly witnessed how Ukrainian nationalist battalions fired not only on the positions of Ghost, but on the roadblocks of regular Ukrainian army units.
Tellingly, the Communist Markov expressed concern about the growth of right-wing extremist sentiment in Europe, saying that
"the ruling classes of Europe could again make a bet on the fascists."
The Ghost fighter expressed the hope that "real communists" will come onto the historical arena, who will able to truly defend their views. "We are fighting for a society based on mutual friendship between peoples and socialism," said Markov.
Source Translated by Greg Butterfield
See Also: http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/alexey-markov-red-sunrise.html
DEMOCRACY AND CLASS STRUGGLE SAYS LET THE STRUGGLE FOR MARXISM LENINISM MAOISM BE THE GUIDING LIGHT IN 2016
TURN THE GLOBAL ANTI HEGEMONIC STRUGGLES INTO ANTI CAPITALIST STRUGGLES AND ANTI IMPERIALIST STRUGGLES.
STRUGGLE FOR REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISM IN 2016
STRUGGLE FOR MARXISM LENINISM MAOISM
Professor Jose Maria Sison Chairperson of ILPS says "Defend the rights of Dr. GN Saibaba, demand his immediate release"
By Prof. JOSE MARIA SISON
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, resolutely and vigorously support the campaign for the defense and release of Dr. G N Saibaba from prison. We condemn the grave violation of his civil and political rights, especially his right to free speech and his rights against unjust imprisonment, physical and mental torture and cruel and inhumane treatment. We base ourselves on the reports from Indian human rights organizations and we hereunder restate the facts of his case for the purpose of wider dissemination.
Dr. G N Saibaba was at first abducted on 9th May 2014 from the Delhi University North Campus by the Maharashtra police. Because of his strong principled and vocal opposition to Operation Green Hunt, as a military campaign to oppress and exploit the Adivasis (indigenous people) and to grab their natural resources, he was framed as a Maoist and charged under the vicious UAPA legislation. He was imprisoned in the Nagpur Central Jail for over a year.
Dr. Saibaba was then already 90% disabled and wheel chair bound, unable to walk. He was put in solitary confinement in the notorious anda cell and consequently became afflicted with problems in his spinal cord. These were followed by complications in heart, kidney and gall bladder. His left arm became completely paralyzed owing to gradual muscle atrophy.
The prison authorities acting under the Central Government command were hell bent on killing Saibaba in prison. But a concerted campaign of democratic and human rights activists and associations in India and abroad brought public opinion to bear on the Indian authorities and pressed them to release Dr. Saibaba on bail for medical treatment. The Indian High Court granted Dr. Saibaba three months bail for this purpose on 30 June 2015.
Dr. Saibaba received treatment at various hospitals in Delhi. His application for a permanent bail was rejected by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court. But upon the recommendation of the doctors treating him, he was able to get his bail period extended by a further three months. Then, on 23 December 2015 a single judge from the same Court ordered Dr. Saibaba to surrender himself to the Nagpur prison within 48 hours. This order ignores Dr. Saibaba’s serious ill health and the previous Court Order that allowed him at least until 31st December 2015 to receive medical treatment.
We fully agree with all the defenders of Dr. Saibaba that the order to put him back in Nagpur jail is a barbaric act by the Indian state, completely unmindful of his grave disability and ill health. As if on a rampage, the same High Court judgement has also ordered proceedings for criminal contempt against highly respected writer and social activist Arundhati Roy for her article, titled ‘Professor, POW’, against GN Saibaba’s unjust imprisonment and violation of his right to free speech. It is criminally absurd that a court engages in a chain of acts against the fundamental freedom of speech that is supposed to be guaranteed by the Indian Constitution.
Having known Dr. Saibaba as a colleague in the ILPS since its founding in 2001, we are proud of his record of standing up and speaking against the neoliberal policy of imperialist globalization and the consequent recurrence of crisis and the escalation of imperialist plunder and war. We are proud of his principled and courageous stand against the Indian government’s pseudo-development programs that are designed to let multinational corporations grab vast areas of land and loot the mineral wealth of the India. Dr. Saibaba has exposed the fact this pseudo-development benefits the exploiting classes at the expense of the Adivasis who lose their homes, land, water and forests.
The Adivasis are driven by the imperialists and the Indian reactionaries to engage in a life and death struggle against the State in order to uphold and defend their ancestral rights and preserve their environment. They are fighting heroically against such military operations as Operation Green Hunt which are unleashed by the reactionary armed forces. Dr. Saibaba has stood for justice in opposing the crimes being committed against the Adivasis. We are outraged that he is made to suffer for speaking out his mind for the cause of justice. We are also indignant that the state is persecuting Arundhati Roy just because she has criticized the Court’s decision to deny Dr. Saibaba permanent bail.
We call on all member-organizations of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle to issue statements and undertake protest actions before Indian embassies and consulates to condemn the unjust acts of the Indian authorities and to demand the permanent bail and immediate release of Dr. G N Saibaba and thus allow him to get the proper medical care and treatment. We must also demand the withdrawal of the false and outrageous charge of contempt against Arundhati Roy for defending Dr. Saibaba’s right to free speech.
India : I'll Lose My Hand If Not Treated, Jailed Professor Saibaba Writes To Judge
Professor GN Saibaba, who was sent back to jail on December 25 after the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court cancelled his bail, has sent a four-page hand-written letter to the principal judge of the Gadchiroli district and sessions courts, seeking treatment and dietary requirements on the ground that his health is fast deteriorating.
The wheelchair-bound Saibaba, who is 90 per cent disabled, was arrested in May 2014 by the Maharashtra police in Delhi. The Delhi University English professor was granted bail on medical grounds, but this was cancelled on December 23.
His letter, dated January 5, says: "I have been suffering from multiple ailments of severe nature and have been taking regular treatment at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC), New Delhi, for my left shoulder, which was damaged seriously in prison."
Investigations at CIIMS, Nagpur, initially and later at Fortis Hospital and the ISIC established that three muscles related to his left shoulder and the nerve system were damaged, threatening to render his left hand useless.
"I have been continuously undergoing physiotherapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy and electro-magnetic therapy involving various instruments and devices,"
Saibaba says in his letter. "My present incarceration has totally stopped this treatment, which is completely detrimental for my left hand. As I am 90% disabled owing to polio, both my legs don't function. As a result; neither can I stand nor walk and I have been confined totally to a wheelchair. If I don't get my damaged left hand treated, I will have to live with one hand, which will turn my life into an impossible task."
Saibaba has requested the judge to pass necessary orders with immediate effect to send him for the treatment so that "the danger to my life is thwarted."
He has also requested for a few minimal facilities till the time he is shifted to a hospital, including five helpers to help him with his daily chores.
Saibaba suffers from a serious heart condition and had a history of falling unconscious in the 14 months period he was in this prison. The walls of his heart have been thickened, rendering his heart inflexible to pump blood.
In this context, he has requested for regular checks of his blood pressure till he is shifted to a hospital. He also has issues with his kidney, urinary tract, gall bladder and bowel, which do not allow him to eat prison food.
Among the things he has requested:
1. Jail mulakat with my lawyers, friends and relatives inside the prison and not at the iron-grilled curtain as I cannot approach the grill and talk to anyone from my wheelchair.
2. Five helpers to take turns and take care of me to go to toilet, to take bath, to eat, to wash clothes and in fact to enable me to do every daily chore as I cannot do any of these on my own.
3. To provide me with fruits, dry fruits and other food. To continue with 440 ml milk, bread, eggs and tur dal without spice, mirch powder, etc.
4. As my muscles are damaged, I need hot water to take a hot pack and also to take a bath. Kindly also order the jail authorities to continue with this as well."
From classroom to prison
The state of Maharashtra, whose police picked up Saibaba on the afternoon of May 9, 2014 from the University campus, has charged the civil rights activist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for alleged Maoist links.
When he was first arrested, Saibaba was taken to Aheri, in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, and eventually to the Nagpur Central Jail where he was lodged until June 2015, when he managed interim bail for medical treatment. When the trial started on October 27, 2015, at the Gadchiroli Sessions Court, all the co-accused got bail except Saibaba.
The bail order was cancelled on December 23, 2015, and on December 25, when his neighbours celebrated Christmas and prepared for the customary yearend party, Saibaba and his brother boarded a flight - tickets bought at the last moment at exorbitant price - to Nagpur.
"Do not lose hope, I fought for the poor, did no wrong," were his last words to his wife Vasantha, who held her husband's hand firmly. Within four hours, Saibaba was back in the Anda cell, an egg-shaped enclosure with little light or air, with some blank papers, a plastic body pen, books on poetry and civil rights and loads of fettered inmates in neighbouring cells, watched by abusive prison guards.
At home, Vasantha and her daughter are supported by members of a defence committee set up by friends of the professors, some lawyers and civil rights activists. They live on frugal meals, allegedly because Saibaba's R62,000 monthly salary was halved by his college under instructions from the University authorities, who pushed the family out of the campus after the police came calling in the heat of May 2014.
"The establishment had issues with his work in the civil society," says Vasantha. "He was a marked man, a man causing trouble for the state, for his active participation to highlight Operation Greenhunt (under which paramilitary forces were sent to fight the Maoists in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, Orissa Andhra and Maharashtra and which critics dubbed a government-backed ploy to clear tribal land for mining) that caused damage to Indian government's reputation and its ability to bring in foreign investors," says Vasantha, sitting at a table next to a small kitchen at the family's rented home.
The couple's daughter, a BA (English) second year student, standing close, says she is proud of her father, and has written two letters to him to offer courage and help. Saibaba's mother, a frail woman in her 70s, walks out of the kitchen, holding her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, saying in broken Telugu: "No one can kill my son, he has blessings from the Gods".
"My father is my hero, he sided with the poor and fought the rich who rendered the tribals homeless. He is my inspiration," says the daughter.
But the Maharashtra government says it has a strong case against Saibaba who, they claim, was in regular touch with the guerrillas, even complaining he was not getting enough work to fight the state.
"This is a case of worse human rights violation, he has a strong case. He was denied bail while he was being treated at a hospital (for spinal injuries). We have a strong case," says Prashant Bhushan, one of India's top lawyers who, along with Kamini Jaiswal, another lawyer and human rights activist, has offered to argue the case.
The family has both legal and moral support from Rebecca John, the intrepid lawyer known for handling some of India's most sensitive case, including the one involving the Talwar family whose daughter, Arushi, was found murdered.
Saibaba's friends are also trying hard to create a nationwide awareness. There is an online campaign on the Facebook and a Twitter handle operated by Committee of Justice for Saibaba. But that's still falling short in the maze of India's 350-plus news channels and their breathtaking breaking news.
"We are trying, trying hard. A professor is meant to be aware of ills of the society and highlight them to his students and others. That's what Saibaba did. How can he be an enemy of the state?" asks Hany Babu, an English professor and Saibaba's schoolmate.
Rakesh Ranjan, another professor and sympathiser, says keeping Saibaba in jail will send a wrong message across India. "This means death of dissent, which is bad for any democracy.
Saibaba is 90 percent disabled, he is a professor, not a threat to the society. He needs to be treated with honour."
The committee is now contemplating meeting President Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Support has come from the CPM, SJP, BSP, even Trinamool Congress.
But a senior Home Ministry official said the move could be just the proverbial drop in the water because on issues involving national security (in this case the Maoist rebels), politicians rarely budge unless there is a global outcry (as it happened in the case of Dr Binayak Sen).
"No one will budge, its about the state fighting disruptors of the system," said the official, requesting anonymity.
In the faraway Nagpur jail, Saibaba lives in hope. His first 14 months spent in jail were like life in hell, he was dragged by the hands to his cell by guards, rupturing his nerves from neck to left shoulder and rendering his left hand immobile. Will he be able to save that hand? The ball is now in the Gadchiroli principal judge's court
New Year - New Struggles - Red Salute to Norwegian Comrades
Democracy and Class Struggle wishes success for comrades in Norway in their legal struggle in 2016..
HANDS OFF OUR NORWEGIAN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF SOS RACISM
Since 2008 the Norwegian State has been attacking SOS Racism and its leading members with false charges of fraud. Many Norwegian youth organisations receive state funding .
Many Norwegian youth organisations which receive state funding the Labour Party Youth, the Catholic Youth have had problems following audits but none were politicised like the attack on SOS Racism in the Norwegian Media.
The lead instigator for the Norwegian investigation against SOS Racism is Einar Endresen of the anti immigrant racist Norwegian Progress Party and an hysterical media campaign has been whipped up against SOS Racism in Norway
The attack on SOS Racism and in particular of Tjen Folket is attempt by the neo liberal Norwegian State to destroy the anti racist democratic principles of the Norwegian Anti Nazis Resistance so clearly embodied in SOS Racism activities with its support of vulnerable refugee's especially now from Syria and its opposition to Islamophobia.
The placing of Kjell Gunnar Larsen, Trond Torbjorsen, Henrik Ormasen, Kenneth Fuglemsmo, Jan Erik Skretteberg, Bjarne Stokke and Anne Elizabeth Hansen on trial is putting the Norwegian neo-liberal state on trial and we are telling the whole world about this persecution of anti-racists.
EXPOSE THE FRAUD AND RACISM OF THE NORWEGIAN STATE
DEFEND THE NORWEGIAN SEVEN!
See Also: http://www.h-avis.no/nyheter/haugesund/haugaland-tingrett/kampklar-larsen-i-retten/s/5-62-205572
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